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HordeGamon
Image of Gamon
Race Tauren (Humanoid)
Level 85 Elite
Reaction Alliance Horde
Location Orgrimmar
Status Killable
"Not again!" [1]

Gamon is a level 85 elite named tauren found in Orgrimmar's inn.

General Info

Gamonraidkill

A raid-style kill of Gamon shortly after the release of Patch 4.0.3

Unlike the other NPC characters in Orgrimmar, Gamon is attackable and many Horde players enjoyed assassinating him when he appeared in the inn. There is no penalty for killing Gamon. Often, Horde players traveling through Orgrimmar or logging in from the inn would hear the sounds of a bar fight followed by a tauren death groan.

Although it was probably an unintentional design quirk on Blizzard's part, the player-driven murders of Gamon contributed to the atmosphere of Orgrimmar as being a rough place. Gamon is a famous mob because his deaths were once so frequent and public, as players often tried to drag him out of the inn to kill him in front of the Auction House, where everyone could watch. This may be the case even more so in Cataclysm due to his status as an elite. Observing players frequently respond to Gamon's death by targeting him and spamming emotes such as /cry, /mourn, /spit, /laugh, and /dance.

Gamon is susceptible to mind control. Priests enjoy sending him out of the inn to run and jump around Orgrimmar's citizens. Gamon had a unique ability called Pride Breaker which could be used on other players and NPCs that did no damage, but would punt them about 5 yards. This would also dismount a mounted player. Since patch 3.1.0, this ability has been removed.

Gamon is treated by Horde players much the same way as Hogger is by Alliance players. Players have kited Gamon to remote locations such as Thunder Bluff, Onyxia's Lair, and even Silithus. In addition, some level 1 players form up raids to attack Gamon as if he were a boss. Since patch 4.0.3, players often form raid groups to kill Gamon, who was made into a level 85 elite as of the patch. Players also enjoy linking epic/legendary items in chat, jokingly claiming that the items are epic/legendary drops from Gamon. He does, however, drop typical level 12 loot.

Objective of

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[Tazan's Key] can be pick pocketed for the quest Template:Questclass

  • Gamon's unfortunate fate comes from the fact that he is involved in a Horde rogue class questline in which you must pickpocket him to receive a key. Any mob that a player can pickpocket must also be attackable. While this places Gamon in the difficult situation of being constantly killed, it can also make the quest very difficult to complete since players might not have a good chance of actually finding Gamon alive.
  • Gamon's re-spawn timer is 5 minutes after he is killed, so rogues can attempt to camp him. However, any high-level player can simply one-shot Gamon, so you have to be very quick on your feet. It is best to announce as often as possible, even risking spamming, in General Chat that you need Gamon for your quest, from the moment you pick it up until you have managed to pickpocket him, and hope other players will be merciful. This does not always work since some players either don't pay attention or simply don't care, but also because a player could spawn in the Orgrimmar inn and many people simply kill Gamon as soon as they appear out of habit and will do so without seeing your message.
  • You can eventually complete it, but Horde rogues should be aware that this can be one of the most frustrating quests in the game, especially on high population servers during peak hours.

In Wrath of the Lich King

Wrath-Logo-Small This section concerns content related to Wrath of the Lich King.

Gamon is also involved in the end of the death knight introduction chain — N [55] Warchief's Blessing — in which he promises to protect the citizens of Orgrimmar from the encroaching death knight. While all other NPCs will appear unfriendly to the death knight, Gamon is actively hostile and will chase after any death knight that comes too close, loudly yelling that he will save Orgrimmar.

In addition, for the quest achievement Money achievement Veteran of the Wrathgate, players will be sent back to a different (phased) Orgrimmar under martial law and talk to Thrall. You will find Gamon, among other loyal Horde citizens, gathering in front of the bank.

Trading Card

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This article contains information from the Trading Card Game which is considered non-canon.


Gamon appears as a card in the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game:

Gamon

  • Set: Dark Portal
  • Type: Ally - Unique
  • Cost: 1
  • ATK/Health: 1/1
  • Class: Warrior
  • Race: Tauren
  • Artist: Kevin Chin
  • Text: Any hero or ally can attack Gamon. (Including characters in your party.)
  • Flavor: "Not again!"
  • Card #: 209

Patch changes

Gamon

Seen before Cataclysm

Cataclysm Hotfix (2010-11-30): Gamon is now immune to all forms of crowd control, uses the abilities Charge and Battle Shout, and wrecks adversaries with his new two-handed axe. Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): He is tired of being killed over and over again. He is now located in the new Orgrimmar inn and is a level 85 Elite.
Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): The ability Pride Breaker is no longer accessible when mind controlled.

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External links

Normally
During N [74] The Battle For The Undercity