TheWoWDBBecomes available immediately after finishing the "Befriending the Giants" quest from Assistant Greely nearby. Make sure you accept the Azsharite Experiment Number One" from Greely when accepting this - both take place at the same location, quite a long walk from the NPCs.
Quest
The Terrible Tinkers of the Ruined Reaches
A World of Warcraft quest in Azshara. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This quest takes the same place as the quest as the other Azshara quest, "Azsharite Experiment Number One".
I don't know why there is a race requirement as listed on the quest info, but my tauren paladin and orc DK are both able to do this quest.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneAzshara
Quest ID14383
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(14383))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineAzshara, step 39 of 88
RewardsHobart's Spare Hubcap, 
Spring Gadget, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Hobart's Spare Hubcap, Spring Gadget, 10g 50s, 4,100 XPDescription
Scoundrels! Infidels! Ever since I started my operation here in Azshara the Gadgetspring family has hampered my studies and sabotaged my research. And now a mob of middling, second-rate tinkers have rallied to their aid! I have pressing business to attend to: see to it that those gnomes are finished for good. Head to the Ruined Reaches on the coast, south of my Secret Lab, and start rolling some of their disproportionately enormous heads for me.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #76 50.6 74.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inAzshara 50.6, 74.8
/way #76 50.6 74.8 - Objective areaAzshara 39.8, 84.7
/way #76 39.8 84.7 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azshara 41.5, 83.5
/way #76 41.5 83.5 - Objective areaAzshara 50.5, 74.7
/way #76 50.5 74.7
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 Azshara map
- Twilight Skies about 30 yards
- Weigh Anchor about 830 yards
- Ready the Air Force about 900 yards
- Smoot's Samophlange about 900 yards
- Ready the Navy about 1,020 yards
- All Aboard! about 1,030 yards
- Pre-Flight Checklist about 1,040 yards
- Where Is My Warfleet? about 1,040 yards
- Beating the Market about 1,040 yards
- Ready the Ground Troops about 1,040 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azshara, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azshara:
- Southern Rocketway, Azshara
- Bilgewater Harbor, Azshara
- Orgrimmar, Durotar
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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TypeShield Shield
Item level7
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor35
Stats+1 Strength, +1 Stamina, +3 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Sells to vendors for3 silver59 copper
TypeArmor Held In Off-hand
Item level7
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+1 Stamina, +3 Intellect
Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost
Sells to vendors for3 silver58 copper
Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +250
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Azshara that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Runaway Shredder! (+250), The Captain's Logs (+250), Up a Tree (+250), Defend the Gates! (+250), Arborcide (+350), Basilisk Bashin' (+250).
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
Azshara
Part 39 of 88.
Previous: Azsharite Experiment Number One · Next: Azsharite Experiment Number Two
- 34Raptor Raptor Rocket
- 35Mysterious Azsharite
- 36A Gigantic Snack
- 37Befriending Giants
- 38Azsharite Experiment Number One
- 39The Terrible Tinkers of the Ruined Reaches
- 40Azsharite Experiment Number Two
- 41Operation Fishgut
- 42Rapid Deployment
- 43There Are Many Like It
- 44Mop Up
- 45Halo Drops
Showing steps 34 to 45 of 88.
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.
- Azsharite Experiment Number One
Well, I can think of one surefire way to send a giant running to the bathroom, but you're not going to like it. What we need is a ... massive ... laxative. Oh hey! Would you believe the gnomes have something of the sort? That can't be a coincidence.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Azsharite Experiment Number Two
Okay, new plan. We'll SCARE it out of 'em! In my experience most large creatures are terrified of tiny ones - like rats. Hmm. This place is crawling with rats, but how do we coax them over to the giant? Hey! You don't mind having your cellular matrix broken down and reassembled do you?
Also counted by Azshara Quests
Its criteria name 9 quests; others include:
- Arborcide
- Mystery of the Sarcen Stone
- Sisters of the Sea
- Azsharite Experiment Number Two
- Farewell, Minnow
- Raptor Raptor Rocket
- The Conquest of Azshara
- Shore Leave
The storyline at a glance
Azshara has 88 steps, from Runaway Shredder! to The Conquest of Azshara.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azshara (88).
Other storylines on the Azshara map
- Twilight Highlands
- Xylem Challenge
- A Golden Opportunity
- The Jade Forest, The Remains of Hellscream's Fist
- Mists of Pandaria
- Legion Blacksmithing
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.
- Azshara Quests: its criteria name 9 quests, this one included.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Azshara.
