A few posts here say Gerenzo is at 63,40 but most agree its 64,40 (which is where I found him also). Though QH is showing 63,40 as of 6/20/09.

Funny thing in my case...... In all my "brilliance" I saw that I could bypass the the corner of scaffolding where 64,40 lies by jumping to the lowerlevel. This had me heading directly for 63,40 while not having to deal with a couple mob in the process. Of course when I got to 63,40 all I found was the machine operator, and from there I made my way to the vendor like others, only to gind Gerenzo was nowhere to be found. What's worse (HE, HE) is that I read posts here stating Gerenzo can take as long as 1 /1/2 hour to respawn. So, as some mob did seem to respawn after my arrival (that I had not killed myself) I assumed someone had beaten me to the punch. But after 15 minutes (as I am nowhere near patient enough to wait 1 1/2 hour for this small a quest) I looked back under the tarp at 64,40 (the part I had jumped over), and cursor a the little fella in the corner, and GUESS WHO IT wAS.... that's right! Apparently he was there all along.

Anyway, if I am right that someone had been there just before me, then it seems he must respawn pretty quickly.

i did this q as a lvl 26 lock wif my voidwalker, it was ded easy. apart from the little mechanical scarecrow thing that chased me round for about half an hour afterwards -_-

I did this quest as a level 29 undead priest, and it was still yellow at that time. I had just come from the Charred Vale, doing green quests there. This quest was much easier than those. The Charred Vale is filled with mobs ranging 23-29. This area has 1 level 27 (Gerenzo), some 24-25 right around the water mill, and the rest are all around 21.

To get to Gerenzo, look for the huge water mill at the end of the lake. There are a few different ways to get to the path leading up the mountain to the mill. I know I came on land the first time, and the second time was from the lake.

Why 2 times?

As sagittaep said, be careful about falling! I killed Gerenzo, his guard, and the mechanical creation. I had looted the creation, and was on my way to Gerenzo when I fell, and the fall killed me. Unfortunately, you cannot resurrect on the platform. I had to resurrect below and go up again... by which time they'd all respawned, so I had to kill them again.

Not sure why it took 1 1/2 to 2 hours for him to respawn for TrinkaLou. For me, it was about 5 minutes, at most. Oh, and both times, they were in the same place: first platform off to the left (3rd or 4th platform in the sequence).

The quest agent asks you to kill "Gerenzo Wrenchwhistle". He is located in an overlook mining operation on the northern high mountains of Cragpool Lake.

To get to him, head to Cragpool Lake and follow the east bend. Go around the mountain hills and follow the northface mountains back to the lake and you'll find the walk up from there to the overlook (69,40 to 64,40). The highest you'll end up going is 63,37 which on the minimap looks like you're going to cross the state border but you're not. At 64,40 you'll find the operations center.

At level 31 it only look a short while to kill all the 20s and 21s until I got down. There were up to seven blocking the way. Weapons, dynamite, and guns are the only weapons they carry.

At the end you'll face Gerenzo a mechanic who launches a third, a mechanical warrior. I killed the mechanic and then his minion with little difficulty as they are 21 and I'm 31. Gerenzo is 27 but he died anyways.

Edited, Nov 7th 2007 4:23am by Waylo

Quest was still green at lv34, gave 1300xp. Supposedly goes gray at lv35, so there must be some deduction.

This went swimmingly with my lvl 24 Tauren warrior.
Went in, picked off the builders and engineers one by one, then charged Gerenzo and the last lvl22 engineer. He spawns a mechanical minion, but it's nothing to worry about.
Used retaliation, demoralizing shout, hamstring & cleave, then heroic strike to finish him off.
Not much of a job.

LOC 64.5 40.3 under the canopy

23 Orc Hunter
Suramar
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Didn't get back around to doing this till level 35, but even then with the quest being Gray in my log I got 875xp, 21 silver, some rep with ratchet and the choice of the 2 items. Not bad to go back to even if you are a higher level.

Solo'd with a 22 Warlock using my Voidwalker to keep him at bay. wasn't to difficult, had to use a soulstone but if I'd notice I was fighting him and not just a lacky I'd played slightly different.

Solo'd easily as 26 rogue. Correct coords are 64,40 beside the water wheel norht of Cragpool Lake. Engineers and reapers are numerous and spawn quickly, so if Gerenzo is not there, try and keep area clear until he respawns.

Not spawning for me either, feb 5, 07. His lieutennant with the mech has spawned three times already, but no Gerenzo.

Is this a horde only quest?

Trail 69,40 small look close.

Soloed lvl 23 warrior; wacked em, picked up hand, died rezed, drop down hill and done.

4 min of walk time to sunrock so 4 more till sickness fades no sweat for over 2k xp.

All you druids out there - this guy is a piece of cake at 22.

Go up in cat form. Single pull and solo the normal mobs on the platforms, they're all lev 20 / 21. Make sure you apply a RIP after the third or fourth Claw, this stops 'em from pulling adds onto you.

Watch out for the Engineer, as he pulls a mechanical helper out of nowhere.

The main guy is a single pull. Pull down a level to you (This is how he's a single!) with Faerie Fire whist in humanoid form, change to CAT form right away (You're thinking BEAR, right? Well no, cat form has the DPS, bear doesn't), Build up 5 combo points with Claw, apply a rip, change back to human, cast a Healing touch, followed by a rejuvenation, then it's back into cat mode to apply more DPS...

Make sure you try to keep a 3 combo point or more rip on the little sod, so if he does run away (And he will at 10%ish) he doesn't make it too far.

Needless to say you'll have cleared all the other mobs on the lower platforms, right? ;)

It's amazing you can do this at level 22 solo, the mob is level 27, five levels above you! Technically you shouldn't be able to lay a finger on his arse, yet the power of the druid shows through again!

At level 22, I got the cloak, 22 silver, and 2200 XP from this phase of the quest.

I did this as a lvl 27, first got killed by horde, then got to the end and got killed by the guy next to him and his machine. Then the third freakin time the others hadn't respawned so it was just him, I forgot to do my dot on him- 4% he runs off, I turn to kill him and fall. Worst of all I didn't die. So I had to walk clear up and refight everything. If i would of died I could have rez'ed right where he was but nooo. Finally, I tried again and tried to jump to a lower level so I wouldn't have to fight as many, but you can't do it. Those boards are not walkable lol. Anyway, I give up for now. I should of got him on the first or second try, as long as there are no horde and you're smart!

If you do him methodically, he's cake, no matter where he spawns. Did him with my 23 shaman on the far east platform.

Just kill down to him, target the add. For myself, dropped earthbind, searing, and healing wave. Kill the add and run away. The little mech that spawned despawns when you're out of combat. Now you have Gerenzo all by his lonesome. Rinse and repeat.

There is a roamer that I had noticed before starting, but I figured someone would be dead before he came back around. Wrong. He made it to me before the deed was done, so i thought...what the heck, 1/3rd health, just jump in the water. Loot up and jump off. That leads me to my final suggestion, jump off the east side of the platform. I had about 300 of my 950ish hps and the fall was for 923. You do the math.

Good luck to all you hordies doing this. To you alliance types, jump off the north side. =)

Finished this quest as lvl 25 undead warlock. Sent voidwalker to draw mobs attention and I cast spells until gerenzo was dead, thats when everyone noticed me. I grabbed the arm and jumped off the platform.

I just did this quest as a lvl23 rogue.

Sap Gerenzo, beat the goblin on his platform, vanish (this will remove the mech-add created by the goblin), regen, and regularly beat Gerenzo up.

I had no pots, but Gouge+bandage was handy. Beware that he runs like all(?) other humanoids do, so make sure he doesnt run into a heap of adds.

He ran down the ramp and pulled me a gun-toting maniac. Did a quick loot on Gerenzo, gouged the gunman, bought a pair of pants from the vendor, and jumped into the water.

Not exactly a piece of cake, but doable.

did this at lvl 26. only died once and was able to get back before all the mobs had respawned. got out by jumping from the highest platform into the lake...

I've tried to solo this a couple of times and finally managed it with ease as a lvl 30 hunter. It could have been done at an earlier lvl but it depends on which platform Gerenzo spawns. I had him spawning on three different platforms and most of the times he spawned on the last. This is most difficult because there is another mob guarding him (as on all other platforms), but the real problem is that you can't attack him from a distance before you actually set a foot on that platform. However, this is causing his guard to attack you and the guard spawns his little helper and you have to deal with Gerenzo as well. Three of them are a rather tough fight and I never managed to kill Gerenzo and grab his mechanical arm before I died.
On my last and finally successful try I had him on the platform with the big machinery and since I was able to attack him from above, it was an easy task because his guard doesn't follow him when you attack Gerenzo directly.
So the point is, have a go at Gerenzo from a distance when you can and don't bother taking out his guard first. Gerenzo attacks together with his guard, but his guard doesn't join him when he is under attack.

I think you're rather mistaken. What swarm are you talking about? I just killed him about 2 minutes ago. No swarm. Hell I didn't even break a sweat.

lv29 Hunter, Wolf pet

I am not sure if this was a one time bug or a reoccuring problem. Put once I went up with several guys and a group before us killed the gnome. We literally waited over an hour and he still never respawned. This included us just going back to the begining of the trail and killing everything because we were bored and thought maybe starting over would respawn him. We eventually left without him ever respawning.

The trail is up from the right side of the lake.

Only worth 2200 xp.