Hah… You’re Not So Big Now!

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

Turn In: Crafty Wobblesprocket (same location)

Objective: Test out Crafty’s Ultra-Advanced Proto-Typical Shortening Blaster on 5 Magmoth Crushers or Mates of Magmothregar. After you have done so, return to Crafty at Fizzcrank Airstrip.

Quick Facts

• Chain Position: Continues from Just a Few More Things…
• Follow-up: Plan B

Walkthrough

Head north from Fizzcrank Airstrip to Magmoth. The target magnataur patrol the hills and access ways around the main cave system.

Target Locations:

• Magmoth Crushers [54, 16] to [57, 13]: Patrol the outer hills and pathways. Easiest to find and fight in open terrain.
• Mates of Magmothregar: Found deeper inside the cave system where Magmothregar lives with his harem.

Recommended Approach: Focus on Crushers in the hills just north of the airstrip. They’re more accessible than the Mates, and you avoid fighting through snobold camps and their annoying totems.

Using the Blaster (Critical Instructions)

The Shortening Blaster is a gnomish prototype, meaning it doesn’t always work as intended. Follow these steps carefully:

1. Use from maximum range (30-40 yards). The blaster has excellent range.
2. Stand still after using the item and wait for the debuff to appear on your target.
3. Only attack after seeing a visual effect on the magnataur. No effect = no quest credit.
4. Kill the target while the effect is still active. If the debuff fades before death, you won’t get credit.

Pet Class Warning: Dismiss pets before engaging. They may kill the target before the blaster effect applies.

Blaster Effects (All Cosmetic)

The blaster produces random effects on both you and your target. All effects are purely visual and don’t affect combat:

• Shrunk: Target shrinks to a tiny size
• Bigger: Target grows larger
• Yellow: You or target turn bright yellow
• Ghost: Spectral/transparent appearance
• Polymorph: Crafty Wobblesprocket: You or target transform into Crafty herself

The “Yellow” effect spell ID is 45678, which appears to be an intentional sequential numbering joke by the developers.

Important: Despite shrinking visually, the magnataur retain full combat stats. The shrinking is cosmetic only.

Combat Notes

Magmoth Crushers are level 70 magnataur with two notable abilities:

• Tusk Strike: Inflicts damage and knocks you back. Position carefully to avoid being knocked into additional mobs or off terrain.
• Magnataur Charge: Increases movement speed and adds bonus damage to the first three attacks.

Be aware of nearby snobolds and their totems. Knockbacks can push you into additional enemies.

Lore: A “Creative Solution” Fails

Crafty’s completion dialogue reveals the unfortunate truth: “Whadya mean it didn’t work?! But… but… <Crafty begins to sob.> Okay, we can deal with this. I’m a big girl. Time to think outside the box!”

Despite all the work gathering materials in the previous quest, the Shortening Blaster is a failure as a military weapon. While it produces amusing cosmetic effects, it doesn’t actually reduce the magnataur’s combat effectiveness. Shrinking a 20-foot mammoth-centaur to the size of a gnome doesn’t help if it can still hit just as hard.

This sets up the follow-up quest, Plan B, where Crafty pivots to a completely different approach: disguising the player as a Warsong orc to redirect the magnataur’s aggression toward the Horde instead.

Horde Equivalent: Revenge Upon Magmoth

The Horde quest Revenge Upon Magmoth from Ortrosh at Bor’gorok Outpost takes a much more direct approach to the magnataur problem. Instead of gnomish shrink rays, Horde players simply kill 10 Magmoth Shamans, 5 Magmoth Foragers, 3 Magmoth Crushers, and 3 Mates of Magmothregar.

Explore Borean Tundra’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Borean Tundra Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.