Cataclysm Prologue Part 3, New Tinkertown, Mobile Armory

[Boubouille]

Cataclysm Prologue Part 3 - We're under attack!
The 3rd part of the prologue is available for testings and things are getting very serious, Stormwind and Orgrimmar are attacked by elementals every 1~2 hours! This event is pretty fun and a lot less annoying than the WotLK's zombie invasion, if you do not want to participate in the event you should stay alive without too much problem.

• Guards will try to evacuate citizens, low level players can also use portals to leave the city before the attack.
• You first have to barricade Stormwind/Orgrimmar to help defending the city.
• You will then have to defeat the elementals in all the districts of the city, Orgrimmar is damaged badly in the process and most of the buildings are on fire.
• After succesfully defending the cities, you will get a chance to counter attack by entering the huge portal in capital cities (or using the LFD tool) to fight mini-bosses in 4 different instances.
• The 4 bosses are Grand Ambassador Flamelash in BRD, Crown Princess Theradras in Maraudon, Kai'ju Gahz'rilla in Zul'Farrak and Prince Sarsarun in AQ20.

Stormwind

Orgrimmar

Twilight Bosses

Twilight Bosses Loot

Level	Type	Spec	Slot	Name
251	Shield	Melee	Off Hand	Barrier of the Earth Princess
251	Plate	Heal	Waist	Girdle of Oblation
251	Plate	Melee	Chest	Tectonic Plate
251	Plate	Melee	Chest	Salamander Skin
251	Plate	Melee	Wrist	Twilight Offering Bands
251	Mail	Physical DPS	Legs	Sacrificial Mail
251	Leather	Heal	Feet	Flamewaker's Treads
251	Leather	Physical DPS	Chest	Pulmonary Casing
251	Cloth	Heal	Chest	Earth Bride's Gown
251	Cloth	Physical DPS	Back	Cloak of Mocking Winds
251	Cloth	Spell DPS	Back	Zaetar's Deathshroud
251	Cloth	Spell DPS	Feet	Sandfury Sandals
251	Finger	Melee	Finger	Old Gods' Blessing
251	Finger	Physical DPS	Finger	Sulfuron's Favor
251	Finger	Spell DPS	Finger	Ring of the Three-Headed Beast
251	Neck	Heal	Neck	Pendant of Burning Spirits
251	Neck	Melee	Neck	Flamelash Amulet
251	Neck	Physical DPS	Neck	Amulet of the Centauri
251	Neck	Spell DPS	Neck	Amulet of Evil Winds

Quests
More quests are added with this phase, you will probably end up with 6 or 7 different quests in your log as soon as you start talking to NPCs.

Name	Objective
Tablets of the Earth	Bring the Tablets of Earth to Advisor Belgrum in Ironforge.
Tablets of Fire	Bring the Tablets of Fire to Earthmender Norsala in Orgrimmar.
Alert Our Leaders	Speak with Garrosh Hellscream at Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar's Valley of Wisdom.
Warn King Wrynn	Speak with King Varian Wrynn in Stormwind Keep.
Hammering It Out	Take the Mysterious Device to Stormwind, Ironforge, Exodar or Darnassus and show it to an Earthen Ring Representative.
Hammering It Out	Take the Mysterious Device to Orgrimmar, Undercity, Silvermoon City or Thunder Bluff and show it to an Earthen Ring Representative.
Water They Up To?	Slay Kai'ju Gahz'rilla and inform General Marcus Jonathan in Stormwind City.
Water They Up To?	Slay Kai'ju Gahz'rilla and inform Hamuul Runetotem in Thunder Bluff.
Fired Up and Not So Good To Go.	Slay Grand Ambassador Flamelash and inform Commander Cragfist in Ironforge.
Fired Up and Not So Good To Go.	Slay Grand Ambassador Flamelash and inform Blood Guard Kang in Orgrimmar.
This Blows	Slay Prince Sarsarun and inform General Marcus Jonathan in Stormwind City.
This Blows	Slay Prince Sarsarun and inform Hamuul Runetotem in Thunder Bluff.
The Elements Cry Out	Speak with Erunak Stonespeaker in Stormwind.
The Elements Cry Out	Speak to Earthmender Norsala in Orgrimmar.
What's Shaking in Ironforge	Speak with Stormcaller Mylra in Ironforge.
The Wildhammer	Speak to Gavan Grayfeather in Stormwind Keep.
Speak with Captain Anton	Speak with Captain Anton in Stormwind Keep.
A Gathering in Outland	Speak with Gavan Grayfeather at the Throne of Elements in Nagrand.
The Situation So Far	Speak with Gotura Fourwinds in Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar.
A Gathering in Outland	Speak with Thrall at the Throne of Elements in Nagrand.
Show Me Your Papers	Go to the front gates of Stormwind, read King Wrynn's Proclamation and search 5 Stormwind Citizens. Keep anything suspicious that you find.
Arrest the Infiltrators	Use the Heavy Manacles to arrest 5 Cultist Infiltrators and bring them to Warden Thelwater the Stockade. After you've returned with your prisoners, question one of the Detained Cultists in the Stockade.
Back Under Cover	Put on your Recruit's Robe, go to Mirror Lake Orchard and get the Book of Incantations from Overseer Sylandra. Read from the Book of Incantations near the Cultist Altar to practice the ritual.
I Said the Words...	Disrupt the cultist rituals in the Dwarven District, the Park, and the Cathedral District by reading the incorrect words from the Book of Incantations.
I Said the Words...	Disrupt the cultist rituals in the Drag, the Valley of Honor, and near the city's West Gate by reading the incorrect words from the Book of Incantations.
Back Under Cover	Put on your Recruit's Robe, go to the Jaggedswine Farm and get the Book of Incantations from Overseer Jintak. Read from the Book of Incantations near the Cultist Altar to practice the ritual.
Show Me Your Papers	Go to the front gates of Orgrimmar, read the Warchief's Proclamation and search 5 Orgrimmar Citizens. Keep anything suspicious that you find.
Arrest the Infiltrators	Use the Heavy Manacles to arrest 5 Cultist Infiltrators and bring them to Warden Gartok Ragefist at the Ring of Valor in Orgrimmar's Valley of Honor. After you've returned with your prisoners, question the Detained Cultist.

New Tinkertown and the Fight for Gnomeregan

As Gnomeregan's exiles set out to reclaim their beloved capital from the treasonous Mekgineer Thermaplugg, we bring you a first look at how this wondrous techno-city will exist in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Following the conclusion of Operation: Gnomeregan, High Tinker Mekkatorque and his people have gained a foothold just outside the city in New Tinkertown. Soon, though, they'll find that the surface is rife with a host of new perils that they couldn't have prepared for.

Resolute in reclaiming their lost capital, Gnomeregan's exiles have begun an assault against the traitorous Mekgineer Thermaplugg. Traveling from their temporary residence in Ironforge, they are led by the esteemed High Tinker Gelbin Mekkatorque, leader of the gnomes, and seek to restore Gnomeregan to its past glory. In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, new gnome adventurers will get to experience this ongoing struggle to retake their former home firsthand, beginning their journey in the besieged upper levels of the techno-city.

In the wake of Operation: Gnomeregan, survivors of the fallout will make their way to New Tinkertown, the gnomes' foothold outside their captured city. From there they will be called into action by the high tinker himself to help protect reclaimed gnomish land from new and imminent threats. As one of the newest recruits to this cause, your mettle will be put to the test when you face perilous trials like rescuing captured gnomish demolitionists, destroying a tunnel riddled with vicious troggs, and extinguishing toxic sludge that has begun to rise from the irradiated depths of the city.

Your most important mission, however, will be to thwart the plans of Razlo Crushcog, conspirator and ally of Mekgineer Thermaplugg. Before Chill Breeze Valley can be fully resettled, Crushcog must be stopped, and only your efforts can bring that goal to fruition. Gnomish know-how and engineering will be your allies, but your greatest weapons will be your wits and the will to fight the good fight... for Gnomeregan!

In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, you'll encounter these challenges and more in the gnomes' new starting (levels 1-5) experience. Keep a good head on your shoulders and ingenuity in your pocket, and your contributions will help secure a proper home for your fellow gnomes.

Mobile Armory Update - 3D Model Viewer

Every character profile on the Mobile Armory now has a 3D model viewer displaying that character as he or she appears in-game, including equipped items and appearance.

• Simply touch and drag the character model to rotate it.
• Tap the icon on the top right to switch to a full-screen mode. In this mode, you can view a selection of character animations from the menu at the bottom of the screen. Other full-screen options include selecting a background, toggling the character’s helm and tabard display, and taking a screenshot (which saves to your Camera Roll).
• Tap the icon to the upper left of the character model to switch between viewing the 3D model and displaying character information.

Other additions in this update include:

• A character's in-game activity (including item acquisitions, achievements, and boss kills), is now captured in an activity feed. You can display this feed by using the drop-down menu at the top of a character profile.
• Professions (both primary and secondary) are now displayed on character profiles and are accessed by the same character profile drop-down menu.
• At-a-glance item rarities: Item icons now have colored borders indicating their rarity.
• iPhone OS 4.0 optimizations and enhancements.

[phai]

Why was this news named "Test"? :O

[Cilon]

Ironforge was attacked also.

[Cilon]

Ironforge was also attacked by elementals.

[Keristrasza]

Interesting ... I hope these hit live soon, things are getting old fast. D:

[Eleveneleven]

Wow that was quick. They barely even spent any time testing the doomsayer stuff.

[Elite Peon]

Im really sad that I gave up trying to download the PTR now :-( ( It was not even halfway done after 8 hours of downloading ) ..lol and I have a 100mb connection )

Btw it will be really awesome here in a few years when we can actually play games like wow on our cell phones ...man getting so close !

[Herecius]

Wow that was quick. They barely even spent any time testing the doomsayer stuff.

Most of the Doomsayer stuff already got tested in the 3.3.5 PTR, actually.

[ilovemrdoe]

What's part 2? (I'm assuming troll/gnomes retaking homelands was part 1)

[Marzenia]

Phai!

[Violent]

Interesting ... I hope these hit live soon, things are getting old fast. D:

Indeed

[ketzil]

Any achievements connected to this world event? If they have been posted point me in the direction please

[phai]

Phai!

Marzipan!

[ltm]

are the bosses farmable?

[LanceDH]

Part 1 were the retakings
Part 2 is spreading the word of doomsday
Part 3 is the actual attack
I believe..
guessing part 4 will be deathwing or close to him, maybe just landscape stuff

Also, is that loot incomplete ? I'd be rather sad if my reso shaman will still be stuck with a 219 shield, while (a lot of)tankies get an upgrade =(
The events look realy nice though.

[Herecius]

Next stage of the 4.0 download is going live.

[mgs]

Silly question: are those 4 Twilight Bosses repeatable like, say, Coren Direbrew during Brewfest, or is the kill - once per character, phased?

I.e. can I LFG for Ambassador Flamelash, not get my plate chest, then requeue and go kill him again, or does this mechanic work differently?

Thanks.

[Heretic013]

So Orgri gets hit hard. This is still the old city on the screens so I suppose that there will be some rebuilding event which will introduce the new 'Hellscreams Orgrimmar'.

[davep]

Next stage of the 4.0 download is going live.

it's been live

Edit: nvm just realize these are for live servers where defense is still needed

[Direfen]

This looks great, can't wait till its on the live servers! Fighting besides our faction leaders is gonna be damn fun.

Also am I seeing people on flying mounts? I can only assume they can't fly on them at the time since it's still the old Vanilla world?