Gnomish Inventor

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Gnomish Inventor is a free neutral minion card, from the Legacy set.

Other versions

How to get

The Regular and Golden copies of Gnomish Inventor are uncraftable. They have special unlock requirements and cannot be crafted, disenchanted, or opened from card packs:
TypeSourceQualityCount
LegacyUnlock Wild formatRegular, Golden2

Previous availability

Gnomish Inventor used to be obtainable through these means.

TypeSourceQualityCount
Custom Level up priest to 57 until March 30, 2021.Golden 1
Custom Level up priest to 58 until March 30, 2021.Golden 1
Custom Unlock priest until March 30, 2021.Regular 2

Sounds

Play
  • ▶️ VO_CS2_147_Play_01.wav Pass me that arclight spanner!
Attack
  • ▶️ VO_CS2_147_Attack_02.wav Hey, gimme a minute!
Death

Lore

Gnomes are a race known for their ingenuity and engineering inventions.

Warcraft Wiki icon.pngThis section uses content from the Warcraft Wiki.
Gnomes tend to design fairly complicated devices that are relatively safe. Gnomes are in many ways commensurate organizers: a gnome can spend as much time (or more) organizing and planning a project as they do actually working on it. If the design fails, they try to learn why, and fix it if they can. If they meet with success, they will continue to tinker with it and improve the design, often for years afterward. Thus, many gnomish designs feature a high degree of complexity and a low chance of failure, the exceptions being those that dabble with chaos energy — but even then, they take steps to ensure the worst that could happen is a brief, non-fatal failure.
Gnomes overplan new projects, producing blueprints and schematics that can take longer to make than the device itself. While this cautious attitude results in higher quality products and a greater success rate, it often takes so long that cost overruns creep in. While a goblin would scream and flee at the mere thought of a cost overrun, a gnome simply shrugs and presses on. If a project fails to work correctly the first time, a gnome will continue to tinker with it, while a goblin would usually give up and move to something else. Thus, gnomish items have very low failure rates compared to goblin items.

Trivia

Gallery

Patch changes

  • Forged in the Barrens logo.pngPatch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
  • Journey to Un'Goro logo.png Patch 8.0.0.18336 (2017-04-04):
    • Rarity is now Free (previously: Common).
  • Hearthstone logo.png Patch 1.0.0.4217 (Closed beta, 2013-12-10):
    • Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Priest Level 57." (previously: "Unlocked at Priest Level 56.").
  • Hearthstone logo.png Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
    • Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Priest Level 56." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
  • Hearthstone logo.png Patch 1.0.0.3645 (Alpha, 2013-08-12):
    • Flavor text now reads: "She's never quite sure what she's making, she just knows it's AWESOME!" (previously: no flavor text).
  • Hearthstone logo.png Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
    • Added.

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