Tinkerfest

Celebrated by Gnomes throughout Norrath, the Tinkerfest holiday occurs for several days near the end of July, through the beginning of August, and exalts the craft of Tinkering and the joy of Clockworks. During Tinkerfest, Gnomes hold festivals celebrating tinkering and all things gnomish, frequently exchanging gifts with family members and celebrating their heritage. Once celebrated regularly, it has only been recently resurrected post-shattering.

Overview

Speaking Gnomish will be handy for this holiday! Tik-Tok is not required but can also be helpful.

Celebrations and celebrators can be found wherever gnomes are found. To find out more about this summer celebration, speak with any Celebrations Coordinator NPC. However, the central location to all Tinkerfest celebrations is in the Gnomeland Security Headquarters in Steamfont Mountains. To make your way there, many "Unstable Tinkered Portals" can be found throughout Norrath to transport you to the party headquarters. Before you go, make sure you stop by a merchant who sells language primers if you don't speak Gnomish, as you need it for some quests!

New This Year

• In 2023, Tinkerfest is scheduled to begin June 5, 2023 through June 21, 2023.

Please list any new quests or items added and remove this note. Please move old dates and retired (outdated) info to the Event History and Retired Quests section.

New features for 2023!

Special Rules Servers

• Varsoon & Zarrakon –
  • A special Tinkerfest themed merchant, a celebrating tinkerer, and The Shiny Tinkerfest Cog, the currency used to purchase event items, are located in the city of Freeport and Qeynos Capitol District. The merchants have over 70 Tinkerfest themed items for your celebrations, including 2 mounts!
  • The new collection of “Tinmizer's Medals of Achievement” is available amongst shiny cogs in celebration locations
  • This includes in-game mail to announce TLE event
• Kael Drakkel - The event is active, with the following exceptions (due to expansion availability):
  • The Reticent Tinkerer, "Hack 'n Slash" (PQ)
  • NOTE: Legend of the Geargobbler: Admin Level Access is now possible due to the additional boost provided by Druzzil’s Favor.

Live servers

• New quest found amongst cogs in celebration locations - Forgotten Complications
• Adjusted adventure quest!
  • Blood, Sweat, and Gears offered by Tickni Kerplooie at Gnomeland Security in Steamfont Mountains is now available to all levels!
• New level scaling version of ’22 dungeon, for characters under level 119.
  • Innovation: Tinkerer's Trial
• New collection!
  • Tinmizer's Medals
• 9 New merchant exclusive items sold by Myron in Gnomeland Security
• New Tradeskill recipe book, "Tinkerfest Blueprints 15.0” sold by Myron in Gnomeland Security in Steamfont Mountains. The recipes require Shiny Tinkerfest Cog obtained as quest rewards or harvested, and other low level harvestables as components

Here is a link to the Tinkerfest 2023 Announcement from DarkPaw Games

Annual Goodies and Highlights

• This event offers steampunk-themed cosmetic clothing and accessories, mad machines to decorate with, and robot pets to follow you everywhere you go.
• The Tinkerfest Inquisitor merc, Dok-Tok Mk III has equal stats to Zhugrus Blightstaff.
• The Kajiggers (wing mounts) have always been popular, but more so in places with steps or tiers. It can be harder to navigate such places with a riding mount, and it is easier with wings. Jetpacks act as leaping mount types.
• The PQ Quest: Hack 'n Slash drops parts for a familiar, and a Green Adornment with Fervor, plus two limited-use recipes. There are many other goodies for decorators and a Mythical armor piece for Head slot that features the Accuracy stat.
• Tinkerfest's Aether races are considered "the hardest" - give them a try, the Achievement, Furiously Fast, really feels like you've accomplished something.
• Be sure to do Great Balls of Fire early on, it can seem like the quests "stop" if that one is missed.
• Go prepared: your tinkerer will need more Shiny Tinkerfest Cogs to buy all the blueprints this year, assuming they don't have them yet.
• Tinkerfest Cheer - have you taken a close look at the effect given by the Gnomish spirits? Go look, you may want to spread more cheer this year.

Portals

The celebrating Gnomes surround the green, glowing Unstable Tinkered Portal in Freeport.

Both the common event currency, Shiny Tinkerfest Cogs and the event (purple shiny) collectibles are found in all locations around these portals.

Evil-Aligned Cities with Portals

• Freeport - in East Freeport ( -107, -24, 106 ) Copy/waypoint -107, -24, 106
• Gorowyn - near to the first elevator upon entering the city from Timorous Deep ( 2575, 8, 1228 ) Copy/waypoint 2575, 8, 1228
• Neriak - within Indigo Hollow ( 42, 17, -32 ) Copy/waypoint 42, 17, -32

Good-Aligned Cities with Portals

• Kelethin - on the platform near the Kelethin First Regional Bank ( 298, 106, 151 ) Copy/waypoint 298, 106, 151
• Qeynos - in North Qeynos ( 267, -16, 68 ) Copy/waypoint 267, -15.62, 67.9
• New Halas - on the platforms leading down to the Erollis Dock ( -428, 53, 27 ) Copy/waypoint -428, 53, 27

Other Portals

• Solusek's Eye - near the Solusek Mining Company gnomes ( 33, 14, -41 ) Copy/waypoint 33, 14, -41
• The Bonemire - within the Drednever Crash Site ( 39, 43, 523 ) Copy/waypoint 39, 43, 523
• Moors of Ykesha - around the crafting area and bank within the Dropship Landing Zone ( 1780, 453, 837 ) Copy/waypoint 1780, 453, 837
• Great Divide - Thurgadin Docks ( 1284, -540, 424 ) Copy/waypoint 1284, -540, 424

Quests

Printable Quest Tracker

The Tinkerfest Quest Tracker will track up to 15 characters and has been updated for 2023.

Public Quest

• Quest: Hack 'n Slash
  • Antonica -- Located between the druid rings/wizard spires and The Ruins of Caltorsis ( -1583, -1, -729 ) Copy/waypoint -1583, -1, -729.
  • The Commonlands -- Located in the Graveyard Plains ( 123, -43, 417 ) Copy/waypoint 123, -43, 417.

A guide for the Public Quests can be found on the EQ2 Traders Website.

Unlimited Repeatable

These quests can be repeated multiple times, in some cases triggering a new quest to unlock or an achievement.

• Great Balls of Fire Repeatable up to 50 times (introduced in 2010)
• Tinkerfest Cheer - Rewards in-combat movement speed buff (introduced in 2009)

Annual (Repeatable)

You can only do these once each time the event goes live.

• We Can Rebuild (introduced in 2015)
• Tinker-Bound History (introduced in 2014)
• Foray Into Ulterior Mechanica (introduced in 2013)
• Friendly Competition (introduced in 2011)
• The Legend of the Geargobbler (introduced in 2010)
• If They Only Had a Brain - Available after you have completed Great Balls of Fire at least 5 times. (2011)
• A Clockwork Snafu - given by Snafu Fizzbrip in Moors of Ykesha (introduced in 2019)
• Fiddledeegrak's Great Invention - given by Bertram Fiddledeegrak in Moors of Ykesha (introduced in 2020)
• Gearing the Competition (tradeskill, introduced in 2022)
• Blood, Sweat, and Gears (introduced in 2022; available to all levels as of 2023)
• Forgotten Complications (introduced in 2023)

Non-Repeatable

• The Reticent Tinkerer - Gives access to 2 mercenaries, teaches the Tik-Tok language (introduced in 2013)

Guide Quests

These quests are only available if a Guide is present in Gnomeland Security Headquarters.

• A Tinkerer's Clockwork Catalog (introduced in 2009)
• The Tome of Tinkering (introduced in 2010)

Aether Races

• Aether Racing: Butcherblock Mountains
• Aether Racing: Great Divide
• Aether Racing: Lavastorm
• Aether Racing: Tenebrous Tangle

Collectables

• Tinkered Parts -- Small purple shiny ground spawns for the collection may be found around any Tinkerfest celebration location, as well as in Gnomeland Security Headquarters. (2009)
• Tinkerer's Extraordinary Toolbelt -- The shinies for this collection can be found partly in Gnomeland Security Headquarters and either Qeynos or Freeport. The reward is a Platinum Tinkerfest Cog, needed to buy Jetpacks and a few other goodies during the festival. (2016)
• Tinmizer's Medals (introduced in 2023)

Overseer Missions

• From Tibbles Aclatter in Gnomeland Security ( -538, 174, 998 ) Copy/waypoint -538.46, 173.78, 998.18

Tinkerfest Achievements

Since 2013, Tinkerfest has its own Achievements!

• Bits and Baubles -- Craft a mix of Tinkerfest items (2014)
• Gnomachine Too Complicated (complete each of the Tinkerfest quests)
• Famed Phosphorescence (craft a set of Tinkerfest lighting units)
• Full Metal Domicile (craft a mix of Tinkerfest building blocks)
• Furiously Fast (participate in each of the Tinkerfest Aether races)
• What About Bhoughbh
• Tinkerer's Trial Terminated (complete Innovation: Tinkerer's Trial zones six times)

Event Currency and Merchants

Currency

A Shiny Tinkerfest Cog as it appears on the ground before it is picked up.

This event has two types of currency.

• The common type is Shiny Tinkerfest Cogs. These are very easy to obtain, because you can simply pick them up where you find celebrating gnomes around the Unstable Tinkered Portals. It is used to buy the majority of items sold my merchants.
• The more valuable Platinum Tinkerfest Cogs are rewarded for completing specific quests. Because they are more valuable and used to buy only the very powerful items like the the Swift-Kicking Pedipowered Leaper mount and the Boostbarrel Jump-Pack mount.

Tips:

• Before spending the Platinum version of the cogs, check both merchants for items that require them!
• The cogs have a fast respawn time, but if you feel that you're being trampled in the rush of party-loving gnomes, check out one of the alternate locations.

Merchants

Both merchants are located in Gnomeland Security Headquarters at ( -579, 171, 995 ) Copy/waypoint -579, 171, 995. They are standing next to each other amidst the celebrating Gnomes.

• Myron - has a few blueprints
• Tarly - has most of the blueprints

Myron and Tarly sell a range of cogs, springs, gears and the like. Many are the same as craftable versions found in the Tinkerfest blueprints, while some are unique to the vendor. They also have "kajiggers" which are Gnomish wings (flying mounts) in addition to other mounts available for purchase.

See the Tinkerfest Merchant Items page for a full list of items sold by Myron and Tilly.

Tinkering and Tinkerfest

You don't have to be a Tinkerer to enjoy the event, but do need the skill to use the Blueprints sold during the event. The good news is this event offers some opportunity to help speed up the leveling of the Tinkering skill.

• If you have your Tinkering skills leveled up to 400 or 450, you can use Clockwork Brain recipe to cheaply finish up to 500. Otherwise, the pressure on Amber will make it very expensive, or time consuming to harvest more.
• Tinkerfest recipes seem to have a better chance to give skillups. See the Tinkering page for more ideas.

Cog-Collecting Macro

Sample "Harvest Tinkerfest Cog" Macro

You can make a macro for harvesting Tinkerfest purple shinies and Shiny Tinkerfest Cogs. Simply walk up to either a shiny or a Shiny Tinkerfest Cog and click the macro!

1. Press O to open the Macros window.
2. Find a blank macro slot and click on <click to edit>
3. Add a Command Step: /target_nearest_npc
4. Add a Spell/Ability step, then from your Knowledge Window, drag over the Ability Collecting
5. Add a Spell/Ability step, then from your Knowledge Window, drag over the Ability Gathering
6. Give your macro a title. I like to drag a Shiny Tinkerfest Cog onto the icon picture myself.
7. Click OK
8. Drag the new macro to a hotbar for easy access.

Event History and Retired Quests

To keep the most relevant information at the top, please move any retired quests or historical notes to this section.

• 2023 Tinkerfest dates: June 5, 2023 through June 21, 2023
• 2022 Tinkerfest dates: June 2, 2022 through June 15, 2022
• 2021 Tinkerfest dates: July 23, 2021 through August 5, 2021
• 2020 Tinkerfest dates: July 23, 2020 through August 5, 2020
• 2019 Tinkerfest dates: July 18, 2019 through August 2, 2019.
• 2018 Tinkerfest dates: July 19, 2018 through August 3, 2018.
• 2017 Tinkerfest dates: July 20, 2017 through August 2, 2017.
• 2015 Tinkerfest dates: July 26, 2015 through August 3, 2015

Credits

EQ2i credits posts in this thread written by Kaitheel at the SOE/DBG Forums for some of the information in this article.

EQ2i credits EQ2 Traders for some of the information in this article.

This article refers to events, personae and activities only accessable in-game during the annual Tinkerfest festivities that occur roughly from the end of July to early August.