Quick Facts

Series

1.	A Disarming Distraction Core Access Codes
2.	Hacking the Wibson

Storyline
Uldum Easy Money Traitors! Smoke in Their Eyes Budd's Plan Kavem the Callous Escape From the Lost City Impending Retribution Al'Akir's Vengeance Under the Choking Sands Minions of Al'Akir The Prophet Hadassi The Prophet's Dying Words Colossal Guardians The Scepter of Orsis Send Word to Phaoris The High Commander's Vote The Weakest Link Shaping Up Salhet's Secret Salhet the Tactician Return to Camp The High Priest's Vote Trespassers in the Water Stopping the Spread The Defilers' Ritual The Root of the Corruption The Vizier's Vote Tanotep's Son Neferset Prison The Pit of Scales The High Council's Decision Nahom Must Hold The Secret of Nahom Punish the Trespassers The Cypher of Keset The Defense of Nahom The Curse of the Tombs Artificial Intelligence A Disarming Distraction Core Access Codes Hacking the Wibson Gnomebliteration The Push Westward Lieutenants of Darkness Bleeding the Enemy Salhet's Gambit The Fall of Neferset City Exploding Through Field Work A Strange Disc On to Something The Thrill of Discovery Be Prepared Lessons From the Past Be Prepared By the Light of the Stars Tipping the Balance After the Fall Just a Fancy Cockroach Do the Honors I've Got This Guy They Don't Know What They've Got Here Ignition Tailgunner! Eastern Hospitality A Favor for the Furrier The Desert Fox Fashionism Idolatry Angered Spirits Gobbles! Make Yourself Useful Crisis Management Battlezone Missed Me By Zhat Much! Lockdown! The Great Escape Sending a Message Firing Squad Meet Me In Vir'sar Friend of a Friend Two Tents Master Trapper Unlimited Potential Camelraderie Reduced Productivity Missing Pieces Stirred the Hornet's Nest Myzerian's Head Shroud of the Makers Schnottz So Fast Bad Datas I'll Do It By Hand Sullah's Gift Fire From the Sky See You on the Other Side! Fortune and Glory Harrison Jones and the Temple of Uldum Put That Baby in the Cradle! Three if by Air The Coffer of Promise

Screenshots

Videos

Comments

Comment by Belzebutinov

It's an undead rocker. On a dinosaur. On a shark...

WITH A FRICKIN' LASER ON HIS HEAD!

Blizzard, I love you.

Edit: screenie: http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n280/Belzebutinov/WoWScrnShot_120810_120707.jpg

Comment by Lolstorm

Best quest ever.

Comment by Percivale

Sadly, this gadget only works in the Tomb of the Sun King :-(

Otherwise I'd be keeping it and not handing in the quest.

Comment by 350838

This A.I.D.A terminal knows how engineers think :)

Comment by Deuff

Just head east to west. on the outer eastern wall of square, is the first. On the Stairs to the closed door, is the second. and finally on top of the hill is the third. just run in distract with the quest item and clicky clicky.

Comment by 717646

Unless you have sick gear and can hit like a tank, these non-elite gnomes can take you out if you don't use a flying mount.

Comment by 129203

The affected gnomes say various things in response to the holograms:

Blue Mechanostrider:
"It's the TXR-5000!"
"200 horsepower, dual combustion engine with modified flux capacitors! ZOING!"
"I didn't know this came in lightning-blue! AWESOME!"
"Check out the modified leg articulation! Perfect for off-roading!"

Laser Shark:
"ROCK ON!"
"Weaponized sharks? Why didn't I think of that!"
"Brilliant!"
"So...EPIC!"

Eredar:
"Hubba-hubba!"
"You could bounce a washer off those legs!"
"Shake it like a sine wave, baby!"
The nerd in me couldn't help but laugh especially at this one.

Oh, the things gnomes love.

Comment by gabrielalfaro

Ok... I admit it... I stared at the draenei

Comment by HyacinTB

Two of these little bastards chased me all the way to 85,60! I couldn't reactivate the distraction, and I knew more would be coming, so I ran, and two just would NOT let up!

Comment by Fibericon

If you stand in the wrong place (right around the middle of the tomb), the quest item will not be usable. It will say you need to be in the tomb. Be careful of that because it can get you killed rather quickly.

Comment by 634671

For those who get slightly confused (like me) the bomb clusters are the piles of spiked pinkish red balls. THIS IS THE BEST QUEST EVER!

Comment by sollap2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQcWmQsfFBY

Nice reference of the beta "Epicus Maximus".
This NPC "pack" appeared in Maelstrom after someone QQ'd on the forums that Maelstrom is not epic enough :]

Its a shame that it didn't came alive after the cata launch :S

...Epic

Comment by Jan1c

If you look at the vehicle standing near the questing area, you'll notice a strong resemblance to the Jawa's sandcrawler vehicles from Star Wars.

Comment by 760522

the gear u have to click its very tiny so just drag ur pointer in the middle of the object n ull find it :)

Comment by kerrymayall

or you could be like me and not even realise you had this thing and spent ages aoe'ing/fearing etc to try and get near the bombpile.

/smacks head

Comment by 660920

It might just be me... but this whole quest chain smells like star wars... or maybe star trek. Idk, im probably just a nerd.

Comment by Mortdread

clear refrence to austin powers,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh5Lh-tTSZQ

Comment by 131981

no u can not do it when your on a flying mount flying so your wrong i tried

I have just completed the quest and always dropped the distraction device from my flying mount

Comment by guatafu

the eredar is more likely to torture

Kinky

Comment by 790220

I just wanted to say...

If you did not read the text quest and simply proceeded to massacre all of those gnomes, you are not alone.

Comment by 762842

Most EPIC quest EVER!
(i'd love to survey those curves) LoL xD

Comment by 366235

So 3 out of 4 times i got the undead raptor shark lazer thing, and they just seemed to stand and watch it. the 4th time i got the dancer and some of them in the back started doing the crafting animation, from a side view it seemed they were just moving one hand back and forth...

Comment by 837555

Very funny quest.

Comment by 299678

Well, we've known for a while what the new female Night Elf model would look like if it were updated for Cataclysm. Now we know what the female draenei would look like. And Goldshire would never be the same.

Honestly though, since the Worgen and Goblin models are in the new, more realistic Cataclysm style, when will the rest of the races be given updated models?

Anyway, a vote for the hot draenei lady!

Comment by Lindenkron

+ Rating if you also did this quest without hologram because you're too gangster to read the quest line.

*giggle*

Comment by Verceus

Turned me on

Comment by alelb22

OK.. now I need a button to add this quest as my Favourite...

Comment by NaughtyBits

Just wanted to make it clear that you want to put the projector RIGHT ON TOP of the bomb clusters. I kept messing around with different angles thinking I had to pull them away, but they can all get distracted right on the thing. You do have to dismount to disarm the bomb, though, so you'll want to work fast.

Comment by Jimbofult

Lots of cute comments here, but....
1) Hover over one of the piles of bombs or unstable mobile bombs on your flying mount.
2) Activate the hologram using the quest item.
3) Wait just a bit to make sure all of the nearby mobs are distracted.
4) Click the sparkly area of the bomb pile or unstable mobile bomb.
5) Jump back up on your flying mount ASAP (the distraction only lasts for 8 seconds).
6) Move on to the next one.

Comment by BigZZZ

Gnomes cant complete this quest because they get too enhanced by the holograms, it distracts them too

Comment by Bleausy

I know what was written here is quite outdated.. however most of it is still correct with the exception is that you can click on the bombs while your mounted. This is no longer true, and you end up having to fight off the mobs, to get to the bombs.

Comment by 1440987

A Disarming Distraction http://youtu.be/iCDGmmXcLsY

Comment by Boxofbeer

A Disarming Distraction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmufIk1dyqY

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRgu79oB3kM&feature=youtu.be

Links

A Disarming Distraction

Disarm the First, Second and Third Bomb Clusters and deactivate 4 Unstable Bomb Bots at the Tomb of the Sun King.

	First Bomb Cluster disarmed (1)
	Second Bomb Cluster disarmed (1)
	Third Bomb Cluster disarmed (1)
	Unstable Bomb Bot deactivated (4)

Provided item:

	Holographic Projector (1)

Description

The curse has taken over the expedition members' higher brain functions, but my calculations reveal their suppressed adolescent subconscious can still be stimulated by realistic imagery.

Utilize this holo-projector to distract them.

They are currently setting up explosives at the tomb to the east to attempt to gain access to secret passages in Uldum.

They seek dangerous re-origination technology beneath Uldum and must be stopped.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Tomb-Curse Chestplate			Treads of the Starry Obelisk
	Brainrot Grips

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27761))