TheWoWDBYou can either ride the elevator up, or talk to Torben Zapblast, the gnome standing about 5 paces away, for a transport directly to the next quest NPC in the chain, your old friend Nevin Twistwrench... who has somehow made his way to the surface ahead of you.
Leads to the quest that introduces you to your first class trainer.
Mage: The Future of Gnomeregan
Priest: The Future of Gnomeregan
Rogue: The Future of Gnomeregan
Warlock: The Future of Gnomeregan
Warrior: The Future of Gnomeregan
Quest
To the Surface
A World of Warcraft quest in New Tinkertown. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You have to get teleported up. If you ride the elevator without talking to Torben Zapblast, you'll have to go back down and talk to him to get teleported. Just going up using the elevator does not complete the quest.
Quest facts
Quest ID27674
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27674))
Requirements
ClassesHunter, Warlock, Druid, Mage, Demon Hunter, Monk, Priest, Paladin, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior, Evoker, Adventurer and Traveler
RacesGnome and Mechagnome
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Nevin has just sent word that he and his men are making their way to the surface. He'll be waiting for you in the building that S.A.F.E. has established as its headquarters. See Torben Zapblast over there? Talk to him when you're ready to head to the surface and he'll arrange to have you transported up there. It's been a pleasure meeting you, {name}, and I'm honored to have played a small role in helping you escape from Gnomeregan to start your life on the surface.
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #27 29.5 37.7
Coordinates
- Objective areaDun Morogh 29.5, 37.7
/way #27 29.5 37.7
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 New Tinkertown map
- Shifting Gears about 90 yards
- Shadowed Halls and Dusty Cogs about 90 yards
- Gnomeregan's Finest about 90 yards
- G.E.A.R. Up about 90 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on New Tinkertown, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on New Tinkertown:
- Kharanos, Dun Morogh
- Ironforge, Dun Morogh
- Menethil Harbor, Wetlands
- Thorium Point, Searing Gorge
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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To the Surface http://youtu.be/z81LhAkqaCg
Money2 silver
Experience180 XP
Storyline
Gnomeregan
Part 6 of 37.
Previous: Decontamination · Next: The Future of Gnomeregan
- 1Pinned Down
- 2Report to Carvo Blastbolt
- 3See to the Survivors
- 4Withdraw to the Loading Room!
- 5Decontamination
- 6To the Surface
- 7The Future of Gnomeregan
- 8The Future of Gnomeregan
- 9The Future of Gnomeregan
- 10The Future of Gnomeregan
- 11The Future of Gnomeregan
- 12The Future of Gnomeregan
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 37.
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.
- Decontamination
You've been down here in Gnomeregan for a long time, <name>, and it's amazing that you've survived and kept your wits so long! We need to get you out. Before we can send you to the surface to join the rest of the gnomes, you have to go through the decontamination process.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Future of Gnomeregan
It's a victory for us every time we're able to help another survivor escape from the contaminated halls of Gnomeregan. <class>s like you will play an important part in the future of Gnomeregan.
The storyline at a glance
Gnomeregan has 37 steps, from Pinned Down to On to Kharanos.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): New Tinkertown (30), New Tinkertown (5), Dun Morogh (2).
Other storylines on the New Tinkertown map
- Gnome Heritage Armor
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.