Among the many new features in Phase Two ofWoWSeason of Discoveryis the new epic crafting quest chain, tied to this Phase’s max-level Raid, Gnomeregan. InSoD Phase One’s Blackfathom Deeps, leatherworkers, blacksmiths, and tailors could acquire special materials and craft exclusive SoD Phase One epics.
But in Gnomeregan, and Phase Two,every SoD production professionhas access to new epic SoD crafting recipes. By completing the new profession questline, and all the sub-quests that must be completed alongside it, Alchemists, Blacksmiths, Enchanters, Engineers Leatherworkers, and Tailors can purchase – and later procure materials for – these new Phase Two epic recipes.
What Is Grime Encrusted Salvage?
In SoD Grime-Encrusted Salvage is both the item that starts the Phase 2 crafting quest and an item that players must collect, and crack open, to get Phase 2 crafting materials. The item can only be acquiredwithin the Gnomeregan Raid, and to complete its quest chain, you will need to run the Raid a few times.
Once you’ve collected your first Grime Encrusted Salvage SoD players are guided to Ziri, a Gnome in the Clean Zone of Gnomeregan. This area is only accessible after beating the first boss, and part of the quest chain requires items only acquirable outside of the Raid – plus more Grime Encrusted Salvage for crafting materials.
Once you have completed the SoD Grime Encrusted Salvage quest, a slew of rewards become available for purchase from Ziri. The vast majority of these are some of the best profession recipes in SoD Phase 2, but all of them require materials you can only get from opening Grime Encrusted Salvage. Some of the rewards will likely still be relevantdeep into Phases 3 and 4, so it’s a good idea to get the recipes unlocked before Gnomeregan is no longer the primary, and thus most populated, Raid in SoD.
Grime Encrusted Salvage SoD Quest Walkthrough
Step One: How To Get Grime-Encrusted Salvage in SoD
To start the Grime-Encrusted Salvage quest in SoD, players must first acquire one. It has a chance to drop in the Gnomeregan Raid from just about every mob, but bosses have a much higher chance to drop it. If you’re lucky, the enemies leading to Grubbis (or Grubbis himself) will drop a Grime-Encrusted Salvage. But no matter when in the Raid that the item drops, it will lead you to the Clean Room.
The Clean Room is a safe area within Gnomeregan that houses vendors, a mailbox, and two machines: the Sparklematic 5200, and the Salvagematic 9000. The Sparklematic is used for Grime-Encrusted Objects, a common item that drops random crafting materials when opened. The Salvagematic is currently broken, but with your help, it can be fixed and start cracking open Salvage for Gnomeregan-specific materials.
Step Two: Pick Up “Salvaging the Salvagematic” Quest in the Clean Room
After entering the Clean Room, and taking note of the Salvagematic, look for a Gnome named Ziri Littlesprocket. Talk to her and accept the quest “Salvaging the Salvagematic”. Ziri asks players to collect some raw materials from professions and enemies around the Raid to put the Salvagematic back together again.
Though you can certainly enter the Raid with some materials prepared ahead of time, a few items canonly be found in Gnomeregan, and one can only be acquired by completing a sister questline: “The Corroded Core”.
Step Three: Collect Salvagematic Quest Materials
To repair the Salvagematic SoD players must collect10x Mithril Bar,5x Greater Mystic Essence,3x GG12-082 Cartridge Fuse, and aPristine G-7 CORE Processor.
Mithril Barscan be made by Blacksmiths, andGreater Mystic Essenceare created by Enchanters – both can be purchased from the Auction House.
To getGG12-082 Cartridge Fuse, kill Mechanical-type enemies within the Gnomeragan Raid. If you don’t have enough by the end of the Raid, see if some other members of your group wouldn’t mind knocking out a few more on the way out from packs you skipped.
ThePristine G-7 CORE Processoris your reward for completing “The Corroded Core” quest line.
Finally, combine the two items, then return to Wirdal via Scooty’s teleporter in Booty Bay. Complete the “Warranty Claim” quest to get the Pristine G-7 Processor, then head back to Gnomeregan.
If you are incredibly fast, or have Warlocks ready to summon you to each far-off location, it’s theoretically possible to complete this quest line within the one-hour time limit. After finishing a Raid, and beating all Bosses, all NPCs in the Dungeon will despawn after an hour. But for most, you’ll simply have to run the Raid again on another reset.
Either way, once you beat Grubbis and get into the Clean Room, simply talk to Ziri (with all the materials in your inventory) to complete “Salvaging the Salvagematic”. This unlocks her inventory of profession recipes for purchase, at 25g apiece. It also lets you use any Grime Encrusted Salvage you collect in the future at the Salvagematic, rewarding you with crafting materials specifically used for thesenew SoD Phase 2recipes.
