Hobart Grapplehammer

Hobart Grapplehammer is a famous goblin inventor of the Bilgewater Cartel. 
==History==
He is first seen in the KTC Headquarters on Kezan experimenting with new products. When the place is destroyed by the volcano he escapes with the rest of the survivors to the Lost Isles and then is later found at the Southern Rocketway Terminus in Azshara.
He will not offer his quests until the player has completed Befriending Giants and is eligible for Azsharite Experiment Number One. He will then solicit the player's help. Hobart is also one of the dozens of past NPC's encountered by adventurers to assist in killing the elementals at Sethria's Roost.
During the Burning Legion's third invasion, he traveled to Dalaran where he sold engineering supplies. To fight the demons, he made a lot of guns. However, since Azeroth's heroes were finding artifacts all over the world, his weapons become useless, so he decided to get rid of them. As such, he supplied Fargo Flintlocke with guns and ammo.Aww Scrap!Resupplying the Line Later, he tried to turn guns into useful tools, creating a gun that shot bandages.Fire and Forget He continued working with Fargo, sending him to Stormheim for some materials for his new type of wormhole generator.It's Not Rocket ScienceWibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey
Later, Hobart sent Fargo to test his new gunshoes and gunpacks to Azsuna.'Locke and Load The dwarf wasn't very satisfied with the inventions as they kept exploding.Keep Yer Powder Dry Subsequently, he requested the :Runestone of Vitality from Odyn and used its power on a pile of gun parts. He intended to mass-market the gun parts as toys for children.Halls of Valor: Trigger Happy
===Battle for Azeroth===
During the Fourth War, Hobart was a part of the Horde's forces in Drustvar. After Krazzlefrazz Outpost was established, Hobart joined the Horde adventurer's team as an engineer.Champion: Hobart Grapplehammer He accompanied the Horde into the Great Sea on the Banshee's Wail, and provided the Speaker of the Horde with a diving helmet to withstand the water pressure, instructions to use the said helmet, and communicate with them as they carried out their mission to acquire the body of Marshal M. Valentine.Deep Dive However, the Banshee's Wail was infiltrated by the Alliance champion, forcing Hobart to put on his mechanical suit, ready to knock the invader off the ship.Behind Enemy Boats Subsequently, WIldhammer Gryphon Riders were seen throwing lightning hammers at him.The Wildhammer Specialty
Unaware of the Alliance attack, the Speaker killed the wildlife to help charge the communication network within the helmet, and while the Alliance was driven back.Biolumi-Nuisance With communication secured, Hobart ordered the Speaker to kill the undead dragon Daenistrasz in order to claim Valentine's body.Water-Breathing Dragon With the dragon slain, Hobart ordered the Speaker to return to the Banshee's Wail with Valentine's body and anything else of value. Thus, the Speaker discovered and brought the body of Derek Proudmoore to the ship as well.Grab and Go
After this, Hobart appeared in Plunder Harbor in Tiragarde Sound with his flying machine.The Bulk of the Guard He can also be seen in the Motherlode.
Unlike his fellow champion Rexxar, Hobart sat out the conflict between Varok Saurfang and Sylvanas Windrunner.The Eve of Battle (Horde)They Move Against Us
Goblins exalted with the Bilgewater Cartel were later sent to deliver a Mysterious Package to Hobart Grapplehammer only to discover that Trade Prince Gallywix has not only used forgery to get Hobart under contract but has managed to buy all of Crapopolis within the Motherlode.A Special Delivery Upon discovering that Hobart had no intention of giving him the X-52 Personnel Armor, Gallywix and Hired Scoundrels attacked Hobart's workshop only to be driven back.Let's Rumble! Despite this minor setback, Gallywix returned with greater numbers and took Hobart prisoner, with the intention of claiming the armor as his own. However, Hobart stubbornly refused to yield to Gallywix to the point of giving the X-52 Personnel Armor to Gallywix's old rival. The resulting fight between old rivals ended with Gallywix trapped his own armor and forced to renegotiate his contract with Hobart, whose shaking him down actually impressed the Trade Prince.Beat The Crapopolis Outta Him!A Fitting Reward
By the time of the formation of the Horde Council, Gallywix had left the Horde and the Bilgewater Cartel,Warchief of the Horde (quest) and it is unknown how this affected Hobart's contract with him.
==Inventions==
Hobart Grapplehammer claims to be the genius behind many products brought to the Kajaro Trading Company, such as :Kaja'Cola, the Poultryizer, Town-In-A-Box, Lab-In-A-Box, the Ingenious Cap of Mook Foolery, KTC Train-a-Tron Deluxe, the Amazing G-Ray, Never-Deflating Pool Ponies, :The Big Ones, Warrior-Matic NX-01, and the gilgoblins.
Before the eruption of Mount Kajaro, Hobart was working on two new projects, the Micro Mechachicken and Subject Nine. While on the Lost Isles he designed and built the greatest fighting submersible of all time, the Mechashark X-Steam.
Along with Jastor Gallywix,The Ultimate Bomb Hobart developed a massive bomb out of azshariteA Hello to Arms that would later be used on Thal'darah Grove in Stonetalon Mountains.To Be Horde... In Drustvar he created the Wolfercycle, though it quickly crashed.I Hope There's No Witches in the Mountains
Other items belonging to Hobard include Hobart's Ingenious Cap of Mook Foolery, Hobart's Prototype Gunshoes, and Hobart's Spare Hubcap.
===Veracity of his inventions===
He's been advised not to claim he created the gilgoblins by his counsel, due to a negligence case brought up over them. It was also later revealed by Lenu Gillbrack that Hobart's claims of inventing them was a lie. In fact, it seems he may not have been forthright about his "inventions" and is possible he didn't create some of them.Grizzek Fizzwrench#Dialogue
==Locations==
==Abilities==
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==Sells==
Item 	Cost
"Twirling Bottom" Repeater 	
Bent Copper Tube 	
Blacksmith Hammer 	
Boon of the Builder 	
Bronze Framework 	
Bronze Tube 	
Chaos Blaster 	
Coarse Blasting Powder 	
Depleted Leyflame Burner 	
Designs of the Grand Architect 	
Durable Flux 	
Engineer's Ink 	
Felgibber Shotgun 	
Fireworks Instruction Manual 	
Forgotten Schematics of the Broken Isles 	
Gyrochronatom 	
Hair Trigger 	
Heavy Stock 	
Light Parchment 	
Loose Trigger 	
Mining Pick 	
Oversized Blasting Cap 	
Rough Blasting Powder 	
Schematic: Auto-Hammer 	
Schematic: Deployable Bullet Dispenser 	
Schematic: Double-Barreled Cranial Cannon 	
Schematic: Failure Detection Pylon 	
Schematic: Gunpack 	
Schematic: Intra-Dalaran Wormhole Generator 	
Schematic: Ironsight Cranial Cannon 	
Schematic: Pump-Action Bandage Gun 	
Schematic: Reaves Module: Bling Mode 	
Schematic: Sawed-Off Cranial Cannon 	
Schematic: Semi-Automagic Cranial Cannon 	
Schematic: Titanium Toolbox 	
Silver Contact 	
Sniping Scope 	
Strong Flux 	
Surface-to-Infernal Rocket Launcher 	
Technique: Glyph of the Goblin Anti-Grav Flare	
Tinker's Kit 	
True Iron Barrel 	
Walnut Stock 	
Weak Flux 	
Wooden Stock 	
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==Quests==
;The Lost Isles
*Hobart Needs You 
*Cluster Cluck 
*Invasion Imminent! 
*The Biggest Egg Ever (quest) 
*Who's Top of the Food Chain Now? 
*A Goblin in Shark's Clothing 
*Rocket Boot Boost 
*Children of a Turtle God 
*Volcanoth! 
*Escape Velocity 
;Azshara
*The Terrible Tinkers of the Ruined Reaches 
*A Hello to Arms 
;Dalaran
*Aww Scrap! 
*Resupplying the Line 
*Fire and Forget 
*It's Not Rocket Science 
*Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey 
*'Locke, Stock and Barrel 
*'Locke and Load 
*Halls of Valor: Trigger Happy 
*Court of Stars: Revamping the Recoil 
*Time for a Recharge 
*Boon of the Builder (quest) 
*A Harsh Mistress 
* Biolumi-Nuisance 
* Grab and Go 
* Seafloor Shipwreck 
* Champion: Hobart Grapplehammer 
* Krazzlefrazz Outpost (quest) 
* A Simple Experiment 
* A Special Delivery 
* Blunt Force Testing 
* Buyers Wanted! 
* Fun With Landmines 
* I've Got What You Need 
* Let's Rumble! 
* Shopping For Parts 
==Objective of==
* I Hope There's No Witches in the Mountains
==Quotes==
;Kezan
:Good to see you, <name>!
:I just wanted to make sure that you appreciate all of the products that my genius has brought to the Kajaro Trading Company?
:These include, but are not limited to: :Kaja'Cola, the Poultryizer, Town-In-A-Box, my Ingenious Cap of Mook Foolery, KTC Train-a-Tron Deluxe, the Amazing G-Ray, Never-Deflating Pool Ponies, the Big Ones, Warrior-Matic NX-01, and gilgoblins. No strike that last one. Under advice of counsel, I had nothing to do with them.
:Anyway, I'm working on a few more things here that I think you'll find interesting, such as the Micro Mechachicken and a little something I like to call Subject Nine.
;Kezan, experimenting on the Micro Mechachicken event
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;Kezan, while the volcano is erupting
:<Name>?! What are you still doing here?
:You have to get off of the island, or better yet, into one of my Town-In-A-Boxes!
:Don't wait too long, my <boy/girl>! The Cataclysm is upon us!
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:The Poultryizer explodes.
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;Town-In-A-Box
:My genius cannot be contained within a box!
:Wait, this isn't Azshara?! What is this place? That's a dormant volcano!
:I have half a mind to join the Trade Prince! The other half of my mind is considering the possible weaponization of the clucker eggs!
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For dialog with Assistant Greely before takeoff to Twilight Skies, look here.
===Legion===
;Dalaran gossip
*I notice you're not wearing any earrings. Could I interest you in a pair of bolt-action carbine hoops? They're not very rusty!
*This Oshenko fella' is always using "screwdrivers" on his screws. Hasn't he ever heard of a hammer?
*I haven't exploded anybody yet today. It's a good day!
*Hmm... you didn't see any nuclear bombs on your way in, did you? No? Alright, I'll keep looking.
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;Entering the shop
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===Battle for Azeroth===
;The Banshee's Wail
Anything worth having is worth fitting inside of a box.
Except people, of course! Can't put <name> in a box, right?
<Hobart gets lost in thought for a moment.>
Anyway, I'm just making a few adjustments here. I'll get this suit back up and running in no time... with a few explosive improvements!
;Krazzlefrazz Outpost
Looks like you came from the forest. How're the boys doin' down there?
;Great Sea
Oh, hey <class>. What's shakin'?
====Visions of N'Zoth====
;Greetings
*A new assistant! Excellent!
*Do you have a question?
*Speak up!
*Yes, what is it?
;Farewell
*Ambition is the mother of invention.
*Back to the drawing board!
*Run along now.
*We have field tests to conduct!
==In Hearthstone==
Hobart appears as for the warrior class in the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan for Hearthstone. In Hearthstone lore, he has apparently joined up with the Grimy Goons to serve as a weapon inventor and supplier. His flavor text reads: "Grapplehammer is the horrible mind behind the Automatic (banned in 7 districts)!"
==Trivia==
*He was originally planned to appear in Warlords of Draenor.Hobart Grapplehammer Wowhead page
*In the Battle for Azeroth beta, Gazlowe was a champion, but he was replaced with Hobart in a later build.
*Hobart's appearance has changed several times over the years:
**When first added in Cataclysm, Hobart wore a distinctive blue and white outfit with a cloak and simple goggles, an appearance he retained in Legion.
**Hobart's Hearthstone art does not resemble the aforementioned model at all, with mutton chops, a different hair color and style, different colored goggles, no nose ring, and different clothes. 
**Hobart's Battle for Azeroth appearances initially depicted him with a different outfit in the form of brown leather armor and slightly different goggles, but still retained the same physical appearance as his previous World of Warcraft model.
**With the launch of patch 8.3, all of Hobart's existing appearances were replaced with a new model more closely resembling his Hearthstone art. His outfit was replaced with a simple tuxedo and more elaborate goggles, and most of his physical features were changed as well: his hair style, hair color, skin color, and nose and ear shape were all altered, and his nose ring was removed.
*Hobart might be a reference to American theoretical physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "Father of the Atomic Bomb". Hobart shares a similar name and deals with large doomsday bombs.
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==References==
==External links==
Category:Goblin characters
Category:Engineers
Category:Doctors
Category:Bilgewater Cartel
Category:Quest givers
Category:Kezan NPCs
Category:Lost Isles NPCs
Category:Azshara NPCs
Category:Mount Hyjal NPCs
Category:Dalaran NPCs
Category:Dazar'alor NPCs
Category:Drustvar NPCs
Category:Great Sea NPCs
Category:Tiragarde Sound NPCs
Category:Motherlode NPCs
Category:Crapopolis NPCs
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