Dirty, Stinkin’ Snobolds!

Quest Giver: Crafty Wobblesprocket, Fizzcrank Airstrip [57, 18]

Turn In: Crafty Wobblesprocket (same location)

Objective: Retrieve 10 boxes of Crafty’s Stuff and return them to Crafty Wobblesprocket at Fizzcrank Airstrip.

Quick Facts

• Chain Position: First quest in the Magmoth chain.
• Follow-up: Just a Few More Things…

Walkthrough

Head north from Fizzcrank Airstrip to Magmoth [55, 14]. The crates containing Crafty’s Stuff are scattered throughout the area, both outside and inside the cave system.

Collection Locations:

• Outside Magmoth [55, 14] – Crates scattered among snobold camps
• Cave entrance [54, 13] – Additional crates inside the caverns
• Deep cave [55, 12] – More crates near Bonker Togglevolt’s location

The crates are ground spawns (not drops), so you don’t need to kill anything to collect them. However, snobolds are densely packed and will aggro as you move through the area.

Efficiency Tip: Combine with Get Me Outa Here!

While collecting crates, look for Bonker Togglevolt inside the cave at [55, 12]. He offers the escort quest Get Me Outa Here!, which can be done simultaneously.

Strategy: Grab crates as you descend into the cave, pick up Bonker’s quest at the bottom, then collect remaining crates on your way out during the escort.

Lore: What Are Snobolds?

Crafty explains it in her quest text: “What’s a snobold you ask? It’s like a kobold, ‘cept they serve the magnataur; kinda take care of them. I know, weird!”

Snobolds are arctic kobold-like creatures found throughout Northrend. They live in a symbiotic relationship with the magnataur, serving as caretakers in exchange for protection. The magnataur are massive, mammoth-centaur hybrids rumored to be related to Cenarius himself. They’re vicious, constantly hungry, and among the deadliest creatures in Northrend.

Unlike their southern kobold cousins (who famously protect their candles), snobolds wear receptacles filled with bloodspore flowers on their heads. They’re more nomadic than kobolds, following magnataur herds across the frozen wastes.

The snobolds of Magmoth serve Magmothregar, a magnataur lord who lives in the central cave with his harem and offspring. The snobold clan is led by Kaganishu, a shaman who has a dark history: he killed Farseer Grimwalker’s Horde scouts, dragged the farseer into Magmoth, and ritually sacrificed him to create a fetish that anchors Grimwalker’s spirit to the area.

Easter Egg: Programming Language Reference

“Snobold” is almost certainly a developer joke referencing SNOBOL, an early programming language from the 1960s. This follows the pattern of “kobold,” which some players connect to COBOL (another early programming language).

The kobold/COBOL connection is coincidental (the word “kobold” comes from 13th-century German folklore about mine spirits), but snobolds being introduced alongside kobolds makes the SNOBOL reference deliberate. From time to time, snobolds even yell “Grr… na su ka Magmoth!” in combat.

Context: Why the Gnomes Built Here

Crafty’s frustration with Fizzcrank hints at a problem that becomes clearer in later quests: “As you may have noticed, we created the airstrip on the southern border of a magnataur den!”

The gnomes chose this location for reconnaissance flights and proximity to Talramas for salvage. But they didn’t fully account for the magnataur threat to the north. Crafty has been assigned to find a “creative solution” before the magnataur tear the airstrip limb from limb. This quest chain is the beginning of that effort.

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