WoW Patch 11.1: Goblins Get Cars and Gallywix Gets What's Coming
Patch 11.1 "Undermined" launches February 25, taking us to Undermine - the goblin capital that's basically Vegas meets Bioshock with more explosions. After Siren Isle's singing crystals, we're trading mystical islands for capitalism gone nuclear.
Welcome to Goblin Vegas
Undermine sprawls beneath Kezan, a neon-lit nightmare of profit margins and OSHA violations. Four cartels vie for control:
- Steamwheedle - The "respectable" ones (relatively)
- Blackwater - Pirates but underground
- Bilgewater - Gallywix's crew of sociopaths
- Venture Company - Environmental destruction incorporated
Pick a cartel weekly for transmogs and car parts. It's reputation grinding with extra steps and capitalism flavoring.
Liberation of Undermine: 8 Bosses of Greed
The raid opens March 4 with highlights including:
- DJ Rick Reverb - Yes, a goblin DJ boss. His mechanics probably drop the bass
- Flarendo the Furious - A mech dinosaur with his cyborg gorilla friend. Peak goblin engineering
- Chrome King Jastor Gallywix - Finally killing this green bastard after 20 years
Gallywix as Xal'atath's pawn makes sense. Both love manipulation, betrayal, and monologuing. The loot better include his pleasure palace deed. (Spoiler, it does not).
D.R.I.V.E.: WoW Gets Need for Speed
The dynamic mount system introduces actual cars. Customize acceleration, drifting, grip, and top speed. It's Mario Kart in Azeroth, and it is a fun new twitst to dragonriding.
Drifting around Undermine's neon streets while other players drive by to their own destinations is truly a new experience. We are just lucky the collision setting was put off, or this could have been a very different kind of patch.
One Dungeon, Two Delves
Operation Floodgate - The single new dungeon involves stopping goblins from flooding... something. Probably their competitors. Environmental terrorism as a Mythic+ timer seems fitting.
Delves add Sidestreet Sluice and Excavation Site 9. More solo content for people who hate other people but still pay monthly subscriptions.
The Goblin Fantasy
Undermine delivers what goblin players wanted since 2010: their race actually mattering. The zone oozes personality with hazmat teams, malfunctioning mechs, and capitalism literally killing people.
Every corner screams "profits over safety." It's corporate dystopia with extra explosions. The environmental storytelling finally matches goblin stereotypes.
PvP Arena: Profit Pit
New arena set in Undermine's fighting pits. Expect environmental hazards like toxic waste and malfunctioning explosives. Because regular PvP wasn't toxic enough.
Story Implications
Gallywix working with Xal'atath sets up inevitable betrayal. He'll try to profit from void corruption, fail spectacularly, and blame everyone else. Standard goblin leadership.
The cartel politics provide comedy relief between cosmic horror beats. Sometimes you need capitalism jokes between Old God whispers.
Meta Changes
D.R.I.V.E. mounts change world traversal completely. Expect drifting competitions and underground racing guilds. Flying mounts become airport parking.
Raiders get eight bosses of varying quality. Gallywix fight better deliver after years of buildup. DJ boss either becomes beloved meme or hated gimmick.
The Undermined Experience
Patch 11.1 embraces WoW's absurdity. Goblins get cars while fighting void corruption. It shouldn't work, but goblin nihilism pairs perfectly with cosmic horror.
The zone looks gorgeous, dripping with neon and rust. Story delivers overdue payoff. D.R.I.V.E. system adds genuine innovation.
Just prepare for "Undermine Drift" achievement spam in guild chat. Some things never change.
Season 2 starts March 4. Time to kill Gallywix and steal his car.
