TheWoWDBYou don't have to actually be moving in the mechano spider. You can just get out of it and fly to checkpoint 1, get back in it and get the checkpoint, get out of it and then go to checkpoint 2.
Checkpoint 1: /way 43 56
Checkpoint 2: /way 52 75
Quest
Test Drive
A World of Warcraft quest in Mechagon Island. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Brothers and Sisters of the mechanically inclined.
It is I Ianto CogSprocket come to warn you. This Device DEFIES PHYSICS.
DO NOT GO FOR A SWIM WITH THIS DEVICE. DO NOT DO IT FOR I DO NOT RECOMMEND.
For the Sake of science I (the marvelous CogSprocket) Took this device to water to test its buoyancy.
I approached the water after getting this baby up to her top speed (it was glorious).
The vast expanse of water beckoned with her glimmering (rust causing) splendor.
I located a stretch of cliff with an acceptable height to allow me full clearance to assist my entry (Must have been 5 feet high)
I managed a perfect Launch and approached the water rapidly prepared for a minor collision with the water (my heart skipped a beat for a brief moment).
Just before hitting i clenched my eyes shut tightly in anticipation of an event that never came.
I rapidly found myself DROPPING through the water as if it were air.
I still needed to breathe but it was as if the water tensionthat should have been was not (i was MINDBLOWN).
Physics went completely out the window. i was able to move around under water as though i was on dry land.
I NEARLY succumbed to lack of oxygen.
BEWARE taking this beauty for a dip least you replicate my Experiment.Experiment log 32445PZQ
Ianto Cogsprocket Signing off.
Pro Tip For this quest:
Just get out of the mount and if you have flying just fly to the checkpoints. Then in your bags, there is an item where you can mount the spider.
Easy Peasy :)
Quest facts
Quest ID55696
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55696))
What to do
StorylineMaking a Mount, step 10 of 12
Rewards25g 74s, 8,150 XP
Description
There's still a lot of work to do, but it's running! We need to give the engine, brakes and gyro-balance actuator a good test. You want to take it out for a drive and see how well they work?
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1462 71.5 38.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inMechagon Island 71.5, 38.3
/way #1462 71.5 38.3 - Objective areaMechagon Island 43.4, 56.9
/way #1462 43.4 56.9 - Objective areaMechagon Island 52.8, 75.4
/way #1462 52.8 75.4 - Objective areaMechagon Island 71.5, 38.5
/way #1462 71.5 38.5
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Mechagon Island map
- Pirates, Sea Monsters, Robots same spot
- Princely Visit about 10 yards
- We Come in Peace... and Profit about 10 yards
- Your First Charge is Free! about 20 yards
- Recharging Rustbolt about 20 yards
- Batteries Not Included about 20 yards
- Abduction Reduction about 20 yards
- Aid From Nordrassil about 20 yards
- Unprofitable Ventures about 20 yards
- My Chickens are Not for Eating! about 30 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Mechagon Island, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mechagon Island:
- Overspark Expedition Camp, Mechagon
- Prospectus Bay, Mechagon
- Whitegrove Chapel, Drustvar
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Reward details
Reputation: Rustbolt Resistance +150
The Rustbolt Resistance holds the line against King Mechagon and his evil plans.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
Other quests in Mechagon that reward Rustbolt Resistance reputation: Secretest Fish (+25), More Power (+75), Grease The Wheels (+150), Right Bot for the Job (+150), Toys For Destruction (+150), The Nuts and Bolts of It (+150).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Making a Mount
Part 10 of 12.
Previous: Emission Free · Next: Knock His Bot Off
- 1Shop Project
- 2Right Bot for the Job
- 3Ready to Rumble
- 4Knock 'Em Out The Box
- 5A Little Leg Work
- 6The Nuts and Bolts of It
- 7Factory Refurbished
- 8Grease The Wheels
- 9Emission Free
- 10Test Drive
- 11Knock His Bot Off
- 12Drive It Away Today
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Emission Free
We're going to need a few Empty Energy Cells to fill out the battery pack on the mount control assembly. See if you can find me these.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Knock His Bot Off
I need to rebuild the main powercore. It's a 500S Mekronic so I'll need the operational schematics to get the work done. Only person I know who has a copy of that is Bondo Bigblock. We're going to need Bondo's help to finish this. Maybe if you ask him, he'll lend us his schematics.
Also counted by Making the Mount
Its criteria name 12 quests; others include:
- Grease The Wheels
- Right Bot for the Job
- The Nuts and Bolts of It
- Ready to Rumble
- Knock 'Em Out The Box
- Shop Project
- Drive It Away Today
- A Little Leg Work
The storyline at a glance
Making a Mount has 12 steps, from Shop Project to Drive It Away Today.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mechagon Island (12).
Other storylines on the Mechagon Island map
- Expedition to Mechagon
- Welcome to Mechagon
- Allies of the Alliance: Mechagnome
- Mechagon Fishing
- Junkyard Tinkering
- Quickcharge Experiments
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Making the Mount: its criteria name 12 quests, this one included.