WoW Blog/Mechagon Island

This article is a copy of "Preview: Mechagon Island Visitor's Guide", an official blog by Blizzard Entertainment. It's about the Mechagon Island zone.

Legends speak of a place off the craggy coast of Kul Tiras whose denizens have replaced blood and bones with bolts and brass: Mechagon Island, home of a society of mechanically augmented gnomes and their iron-fisted ruler King Mechagon.

Legends say that long, long ago, King Mechagon, set out on a journey to find a mythical land full of wondrous technological marvels. . . and was never heard from again. Centuries later, an astounding discovery sparks an expedition to find out what happened to the king and his subjects on the remote Mechagon Island.

Your adventure to Mechagon begins after establishing your hub in Nazjatar and powering up your Heart of Azeroth. Soon after, you will receive a summons from one of the most renowned tinkerers of Azeroth—Gazlowe for the Horde, and Tinkmaster Overspark for the Alliance—directing you to a newly opened vault in Tiragarde Sound. Inside, you will find technology that has never been seen on Azeroth, and the location of the fabled island.

Upon arriving in Mechagon, you'll meet the scrappy and resourceful mechagnomes, whose fleshy forms have been improved with cybernetic enhancements. But as you'll soon find out, this is not the technological paradise you may have been expecting. The mechagnomes on the island's surface are fighting against a foe with twisted designs for Azeroth: the legendary King Mechagon himself, who rules the subterranean metropolis of Mechagon City with an iron fist. Within the wondrous city's walls and workshops, the mad king has spent the past centuries consumed with an obsession to “cure” Azeroth of the Curse of Flesh—stripping away organic life and replacing it with purer, more efficient mechanical forms.

At the forefront of the battle against the twisted tyrant is his son, Prince Erazmin, leader of the Rustbolt Resistance. As you learn more about what's happening on the island, you'll be recruited to join the fight to overthrow his tyrannical father and put an end to his mad designs. But you'll need more than resolve to stand against King Mechagon's might; if you have any hope of succeeding, you'll need to bolster the resistance forces by taking part in the myriad events and activities you'll discover around the island, including collecting scrap to build tools and weapons, assisting the island's daily visitors with their personal quests, constructing a trinket to give you an edge in combat, and more.

One of the many mechanical marvels you'll encounter on the island is Pascal-K1N6, a giant iron robot who will help players craft an arsenal full of equipment, mounts, toys, consumables, and more in exchange for Spare Parts and Energy Cells found across Mechagon.

As you explore the island, you'll discover blueprints that Pascal-K1N6 can use to craft these items. One particularly curious blueprint for can be found at the scrap heap known as Bondo's Yard—pick up the plans for a Mechanocat Laser Pointer, and you'll soon be able to call in a X-995 Mechanocat to ride around the island. As you continue sifting through the island's scrap, be sure to keep an eye out for paint you can use to customize your new robo-kitty's color.

As you explore Mechagon, you'll be able to contribute resources to Construction Projects that create a variety of powerful constructs. These projects provide a variety of bonuses to give you and your fellow adventurers an edge on the island, including experimental equipment weapons and equipement [sic] to wield while on the island, flame turrets that help clear an area of foes, a drill rig that can uncover a cave full of treasures (and maybe uncover something best left uncovered), and more.

• Did You Know?: Angling for Parts
• The parts you need for Construction Projects can be salvaged from a variety of sources around the island—including through fishing in Mechagon's rust-tainted waters . [sic] You'll often be able to gain Spare Parts and even sometimes fish up Energy Cells along the way. Just keep an eye out for malfunctioning creations among other less than welcoming denizens of the island.

One of the most fascinating pieces of technology waiting to be discovered in Mechagon is the Pocket-Sized Computation Device, a trinket that players can customize to suit their adventuring needs. The device houses three Punchcard Sockets, into which players can insert one Red, Yellow, and Blue Punch Card. Punch Cards provide a variety of different bonuses, and can be collected by questing, exploring the Mechagon zone, and advancing through the new Mythic-only dungeon Operation: Mechagon. Players will receive their Pocket-Sized Computation Device after completing the Upgraded quest, available shortly after landing in Mechagon.

Once you're feeling properly upgraded, it's time to begin your bid to shut down King Mechagon once and for all and free the mechagnomes from his tyranny. Get ready for Operation Mechagon!

There's plenty to discover as you make your way through Mechagon Island. Get ready to rally the resistance, turn one gnome's junk into another gnome's treasure, and put an end to the mad king's mechanations once and for all when Rise of Azshara arrives on June 25!

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