Gnome regan
Radiation, robots and leper gnomes. The longest early dungeon, with the best bomb boss.
Six bosses and a rare in the gnomes' ruined city. Mekgineer Thermaplugg waits at the end with bombs coming out of the walls.
Get ready
Getting there
In Dun Morogh, west of Ironforge. Alliance can also use the back door with the Workshop Key from Electrocutioner 6000. Horde has a long trip through Alliance land.
Zone: Dun Morogh, west of Ironforge
Grab these quests
- Gnogaine (Ozzie Togglevolt, Kharanos): use the Delta Gnoam on irradiated mobs.
- Essential Artificials: cores from robots.
- Data Rescue: the Prismatic Punch Card chain.
- The Grand Betrayal (Alliance) and Rig Wars (Horde): Thermaplugg.
- Gyrodrillmatic Excavationators (Horde): robot parts.
Who and what to bring
- Cleansers for radiation and diseases.
- Interrupts for Electrocutioner and caster gnomes.
What's different in Forever
Same fights as Classic
In WoW Forever the bosses here keep their Classic levels and abilities. The loot has been reworked: many drops have new Forever stats, so read the tooltip.
Quest XP
Dungeon quests below level 40 pay extra XP in Forever (the 1 October build halved the bonus, but it's still there). From level 40 on, most pay their Classic XP.
Mob XP
Dungeon mobs give about a third of their Classic XP. If anyone in the group is far above the mobs' level, nobody gets XP for those kills.
Group Finder
It's a listing board, not a queue, and meeting stones don't summon. A Warlock and two others can cast Ritual of Summoning at the stone.
Boss by boss
Grubbis
Trogg event with Emi Shortfuse- Cloud of Disease: A disease cloud.
- Talk to Emi Shortfuse to start the event. Waves of troggs come; protect her, then Grubbis and his pet Chomper arrive.
Grubbis Paws
Irradiated Shield
Skullduggery BeltViscous Fallout
Radioactive ooze- Disease Cloud: Nature damage around it.
- Radiation: Damage over time.
- Cure the diseases and burn it.
Acidic Walkers
Hydrocane
Toxic RevengerElectrocutioner 6000
- Chain Bolt: Jumps between players.
- Megavolt: Big lightning hit.
- Spread out a bit. It drops the Workshop Key for the back door.
Electrocutioner Lagnut
Electrocutioner Leg
Spidertank OilragCrowd Pummeler 9-60
- Crowd Pummel: Knocks back everyone near it.
- Arcing Smash: Frontal cleave.
- Tank it against a wall and turn it away from the group.
Gnomebot Operating Boots
Manual Crowd Pummeler
Thermaplugg Medal of HonorMekgineer Thermaplugg
Last boss- Bomb faces: Faces on the walls open and walking bombs come out.
- Knock Away: Throws the tank back.
- Radiation: Damage over time.
- When a face opens, press the button under it to close it before the bombs pile up.
- Give one player the job of buttons; everyone else kills the boss.
Charged Gear
Electromagnetic Gigaflux Reactivator
Thermaplugg's Central Core
Thermaplugg's Left ArmRares: Dark Iron Ambassador and Techbot (Techbot can be in the outer tunnels).
Trash that can wipe you
| Mob | What to do |
|---|---|
| Leper gnomes | Lots of them, in groups. AoE works. |
| Mechano-Tanks and Mechano-Flamewalkers | Fire on the ground: step out. |
| Irradiated Pillagers and slimes | Diseases and radiation. Cleanse. |
Run it better
Use the back door
With the Workshop Key you can skip half the walk on the next run.
Assign the buttons
Thermaplugg goes smoothly when one player handles the bomb faces.
It's a long one
Set aside an hour or more.
Let Bonkr Compass+ call your buttons
Boss fights go smoother when you're not thinking about your rotation. Build one on the portal's Rotations page and Compass+ shows the next button to press, so you can watch the floor instead.
Loot lists come from WoW Forever's own game data, through the open-source WoW Forever simulator, and are checked for changes every week (last checked 2026-11-09). "New" and "Changed" tags show for 30 days. Hover an item for its WoW Forever stats; click it for Wowhead, which shows Classic's numbers.