Awakening the Machine Event Guide in WoW: The War Within

Awakening the Machine is an outdoor event that takes starts in Gundargaz in the Ringing Deeps, as seen on the world map. The event has now downtime and is available at all times. It unlocks upon reaching Renown 3 with the The Assembly of the Deeps.

You can teleport to the event's area by talking to Speaker Kuldas and selecting the Begin Maintenance button.

Talk to Speaker Kuldas again to start the event.

The main objective of the event is to protect Speaker Kuldas from cumulative waves of mobs. In total, there are 20 waves and there will be short break after 5 waves. When Kuldas' health reaches 0, you will teleport out and the event will conclude.

The current progress is visible on the scenario sidebar.

The following section contans tips to help you defeat as many waves as you can. Do not forget to use a flask and food before starting the event.

During the event, you will come across multiple types of mobs and each has to be dealt with in a different way.

• Swarmbots — Make sure to aggro them when they spawn. They walk slowly toward Kuldas and have relatively low health.
• Medbots — These bots heal others, make sure to kill them as soon as possible. When killed, they drop a potion on the ground that you can pick up to heal yourself and Kuldas.
• Nullbots — Protect other mobs with a barrier that turns them immune, down them quickly!
• Corrupted Machinists — They will instantly die when you interrupt their cast.
• Malfunctioning Pylons — The pylons cast a beam at Kuldas, you can intercept it by standing between Kuldas and the pylon.
• Explosive Bomberbots — These have low health and detonate when they die so make sure to move them away from Kuldas.
• Automatic Ironstriders — Applies a DoT that lasts for 8 seconds. When it expires, it drops a puddle under you and sends a wave in an X direction. Make sure Kuldas is not hit by the wave.
• Awakened Phalanx — This is a DPS race and you cannot really do anything other than killing the boss as quickly as possible. Having lust and cooldowns up for the phalanx is extremely helpful.

Awakened Cache near Speaker Kuldas will provide you with loot every 5 waves. You can find it in Gundargaz.

• Clearing 5 waves grants Valorstones, 150 The Assembly of the Deeps reputation, and 100 Resonance Crystals.
• Clearing 10 waves grants Valorstones, 250 The Assembly of the Deeps reputation, and 1 Fractured Spark of Omens.
• Clearing 15 waves grants Valorstones, 350 The Assembly of the Deeps reputation, and 150 Resonance Crystals.
• Clearing 20 waves grants additional Valorstones and The Assembly of the Deeps reputation.

The cache contains Carved Harbinger Crests, Valorstones, 100 Resonance Crystals, and reputation with the Assembly of the Deeps.

The Awakened Chest has a small chance to contain the Machine Defense Unit 1-11 mount.

If you manage to clear all 20 waves, an Awakened Phalanx will spawn. Defeating it will provide you with the It's Not Much, But It's Honest Work achievement.

The weekly Gearing Up for Trouble quest requires you to complete 20 waves in the event. You do not need to complete them in a single run. Upon completing the weekly quest, you will receive Awakened Mechanical Cache that contains gold, upgrade meterials, gear, and Restored Coffer Keys for Delves.

To learn more about the other events available in the War Within expansion, visit our guide linked below!