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Comment by HuntressJD70

It would seem for this Armored Vaultbot, you need to kite it to the magnet inside of Bondo's Scrap Yard, there is a electro-magnet thing basically acrossed from him. Once the bot is in front of it, the Armored Vaultbot will explode and turn to a pile of rubble. Loot, so far was a yellow punch card (epic), the blue print for the key (unknown at this time if it works on Armored Vaultbot itself), a mount, and some other miscellaneous items. No one as of 4/19/2019 had a clue how to open it until a very helpful druid named Jaconi, suggested the magnet. Regardless of where on the island it is, KITE the Vaultbot to that magnet...it almost looks like a "tower" type thing, it has like blue lightning volts on it. Sorry for the terrible description, but you should recognize it once in the yard of Bondo. Happy looting!

Armored Vaultbot Key

Comment by Jastza

Found him patrolling/chasing someone at 55 / 70.
At the moment the rare will keep chasing you endlessly until someone else taunts/gets threat.
The bot takes significantly less damaged and needs to be kited to Bondo's Yard - 63.5/39.0 . The rare exploded into gold/scrap on the floor, somewhat similar to Opulence when he dies except it's just one gold pile.

Comment by Medievaldragon

This NPC is part of the Mechagon's Rest in Pistons achievement.

Mechagonian Nullifier - 56.88 52.10 (Junkwatt Depot: Requires Smashed Transport Relay, which has a small drop rate from minions that spawn for 1 minute during Gemicide's Drill Rig DR-JD99 drilling.
Mecharantula -- 87.90 19.60 (Sparkweaver Point)
Paol Pondwader -- 22.02 69.17 (Roams the north side of the second-most big isles in Western Spray. Only seems to spawn when Reclamation project and/or Flame Turret projects are available)
Arachnoid Harvester -- 51.69 41.57 (southwest of Bondo's Yard)
Fungarian Furor -- Only spawns when Mylune is in Rustbolt with daily quest: Aid from Nordrassil. Follow the link to learn how to summon him.
Deepwater Maw -- 37.28 43.82 (Toothy Shallows: Requires Hundred Fathom Lure to spawn)
Bonepicker 65.90 26.94 (Sourback Hideout cave)
Uncle T'Rog - 58.65 23.58
Motobrain Spider -- 80.14 24.84 (Sparkweaver Point: patrols north to south of the coordinates, near the cave)
Malfunctioning Beastbot -- 60.66 42.22 (Bondo's Yard: Spawns as a neutral giant mech-gorilla. Requires: Beastbot Powerpack to turn him on. First timer? Blueprint: Beastbot Powerpack at 60.93 41.57)
Earthbreaker Gulroc -- 63.03 25.68 (Only spawns when Drill Rig construction projects are available. Drill Rig DR-TR35. Scrapbone's Hollow cave in Scrapbone Den)
Gemicide -- 59.78 67.05 (Requires: Drill Rig costruction project. Cave, south of Junkwatt Depot's wall)
Boilburn -- (a cave north of the Junkwatt Depot's wall. Only spawns when Drill Rig construction projects are available. Drill Rig DR-JD41. Drops Blueprint: Scrap Trap)
Steel Singer Freza -- 25.29 77.55 (Western Spray)
Mr. Fixthis - 61.25 60.49 (Junkwatt Depot)
Oxidized Leachbeast
The Rusty Prince - 57.21 58.38 (Future Mechagon: Junkwatt Depot)
Caustic Mechaslime -- 66.46 58.81 (The Outflow: Only spawns when Drill Rig construction projects are available. Drill Rig DR-CC73. Inside the Crumbling Cavern)
The Scrap King -- 72.27 50.12 (The Heaps)
Jawbreaker -- 77.26 44.68 (The Heaps)
Rumblerocks -- 38.21 53.02 (Inside the Rustrock Cavern in Toothy Shallows)
Killsaw -- 41.26 34.88 (The Fleeting Forest)
Foul Manifestation - 66.11 50.10 (The Heaps: follow the link to learn how to summon him.)
Rocket
Boggac Skullbash -- 55.64 26.37 (Scrapbone Den: only spawns during Drill Rig construction projects)
Seaspit -- 19.25 80.26 (Western Spray: drops Blueprint: Rustbolt Kegerator)
Rustfeather -- 64.13 78.86 (The Outflow: top of mountain)
Crazed Trogg -- 81.94 21.35 -- (Tinted Cave in Sparkweaver Point. He is friendly. Follow the link to learn how to turn him hostile)
Ol' Big Tusk -- 56.22 35.92 (Requires Drill Rig construction project. Drill Rig DR-TR28)
Oxidized Leachbeast
The Kleptoboss -- 68.39 48.27 (The Heaps: only spawns when Drill Rig construction projects are available. Drill Rig DR-CC88. Inside the underground Crumbling Cavern)
Gear Checker Cogstar (Only spawns when a certain amount of Upgraded Sentry are killed. They say "Bzzt... unit defeated... request immediate support... Szzt. Cogstar yells: Distress message received! Gear Checker Cogstar reinforcing target area." He spawns where that last Upgraded Sentry died)
Armored Vaultbot -- 50.08 46.46 (The Fleeting Forest: roams northwest to southeast of these coordinates. He is immune. Follow the link to learn how to kill him. Drops: Blueprint: Armored Vaultbot Key)
Enforcer KX-T57 - 52.98 62.38 (Junkwatt Depot)
Gorged Gear-Cruncher -- 72.85 54.06 (The Heaps: Only spawns when Drill Rig construction projects are available. Drill Rig DR-CC61. Inside the Crumbling Cavern)

Comment by varenne

Armored Vaultbot rare is located near Bondo's Yard Mechagon.
Part of the Rest In Pistons achievement

First time kill: You need to pull the rare and kite it to the Bondo's Yard (63.12 39.21) to the Bolten Springspark coil circle

After you killed it for thee first time and got the blueprint you can craft the Blueprint: Vaultbot Key and use it on the rare or still kite the rare to the spot.

Loot: Blueprint: Vaultbot Key Armored Vaultbot
For TomTom users:
/way 57.56 48.01 Vaultbot
/way 63.12 39.21 Kite here

Location video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VON2A9GgrIs

Comment by Evangeleena

Not sure how am I supposed to kite him because for me he keeps resetting like any other mob the moment I pull him too far.

Comment by Lightq8

If for whatever reason he got immune/reset and he walks back to his spawn point, DO NOT use your Armored Vaultbot Key while his walking back, the key will get consumed and you cannot kill him...rip my key

Comment by rvnender

A group of players and my self tried for an hour to kite this guy and he kept resetting.

Comment by jodmos

Is the key convenience in not having to kite to Bondos or is it the only way to get the pet/paint vial?

Comment by SexyMuffin

Does anyone know the respawn timer? Been camping him for so long without effect

Comment by AzerateAeriePeak

Be careful not to use the key on him when he's evading. This causes you to lose the key and does not open him.

Comment by sweetsmell

Nothing is more beautiful than seeing players come together to insult the hunters that keep their pet taunt on while kiting this rare.

Comment by Holt59

In the alternate timeline, you do not have to kite him he will explode as soon as you "open" it.

Comment by NessieMo

Note that the Visual Holo Sphere needed for Be Kind, Rewind does not drop from the Armored Vaultbot if you've already looted it that day.

I thought that would be the case, but tried it anyway. Don't bother!

Comment by skugern

The fact that Rogues cannot lockpick this mob is insulting.

Comment by ssimon11

I can confirm that the alt time vaultbot drops both the paint vial and the pet. You can make vaultbot keys and farm him there daily without waiting for spawns.

Do have to get the key blueprint first, of course.

Comment by greengoo

If you kite him to the magnet, it counts as your kill for the day.

If you open him with a key in Alt Time, it counts as your kill for the day.

You cannot do both in one day (and get loot). If you go to alt time after kiting, you can't unlock it (which fortunately does not use a key).

Comment by Hinahina

If you encounter him in "The Other Place" during the quest for Chromie you cannot kite it! It will evade. You need the KEY. You can only kite it in your main timeline.

Comment by FantasticAlice

Note: Although it is buried at the bottom of some poor bloke's comment about it resetting constantly..You can't kite it in Apocalypse Mech. Despite the fact it is for a Apocalypse quest. I Have never seen it in Normal Mechagon and surmised logically that it only appeared in the Apocalypse Mechagon.

So I don't know if it is a rare spawn in Normal Mech, if it is in a different locale or if the massive Emerald Dream Horde one shot it everytime it shows up with their lovely raid groups.

But apparently you can't kite the wee thing in the Apocalypse Mechagon for who knows why.

Comment by kabookiejoe

Dear hunters, your pets suck, turn taunt off for this.

Sincerely everyone else kiting

Comment by NoobTank

A more accurate spawn point (from alternative timeline, which is presumably the same):

/way 53.34 49.56 Vaultbot

Comment by Cozmo22

You get a guaranteed spawn in Alternate Mechagon when you use Personal Time Displacer and go to the spawn point, although you can´t kite, you need to use Armored Vaultbot Key

Comment by Emerno

Trying to loot this every day on two characters until I get the pet. So far the shortest I've waited for a respawn was 8 minutes and the longest has been 84 minutes.
Kills: 20

It's DONE. On the longest wait of 1 hour and 24 minutes I finally got the pet after 63 total attempts.

Comment by sushibar

Can't use the key if you're in combat, and possibly if it is as well. I hit it first in alt time, and had to run away to drop combat, then I got the gear symbol on mouseover, opened it, got the reward.

Comment by Kemaria

I didn't see this mentioned yet, so for those of you seeking the rare and adorable Armored Vaultbot, I wanted to point out that you don't have to tag vaultbot to be eligible to loot Pile of Coins, so you can loot the same spawn on more than one toon. You just have to be quick with logging in/out as Pile of Coins seems to last for about one minute before it despawns. I always keep my Armored Vaultbot-hunting alts logged out at the magnet (63.3, 38.9). If there's no delays in logging/looting (e.g. if someone uses the key so the NPC isn't kited to the magnet), I'm able to loot the same Pile of Coins on three toons, especially if I fly to the hearth area in Rustbolt (71.3, 36.1 by the mailbox) for an instant logout rather than waiting 20 seconds at the magnet. You might be able to squeeze in more toons than three, I don't know - I haven't tried beyond three. Since vaultbot spawns less often than the other rares around him (looking at you, Enforcer KX-T57!), this is a huge time-saver for me.

Comment by Mehuge

I didn't have to kite this mob. Someone else just killed it (or opened it, not sure, they did something and it disappeared) and it left a pile on the ground which I could loot, and gave me the blueprint for the key.

Comment by ohatcheejack

Tried using a key on this dude & it wouldn't work. I wasn't attacking it nor was anyone around. Not sure what's up there..

Comment by Winnowe

I do not have the key blueprint, and from everything I've been able to gather from comments here, I have to do the kite method on armored vaultbot in normal universe at least once to get the blueprint. So, I've been camping its spawn for about 2 hours. If there's some other way to get the blueprint, please tell me. I am extremely frustrated. This reminds me of why I will eternally remember Everquest as time in hell.

Comment by 360fov

I'm confused, is it necessary to kite him in order to obtain certain loot? I used the key and he exploded on the path...dropped stuff, nothing good. Not sure what the kiting process is for. Thanks in advance, ive been unable to get a clear answer through reddit etc.

Comment by Eillesthis

For the loot see Pile of Coins.
For the Vaultbot in The Other Place see Armored Vaultbot.
For the battle pet see Armored Vaultbot and Armored Vaultbot

Comment by Saralainn

I did not read every comment, just the highest rated, so sorry if this has already been said.

You do NOT need to tag Vaultbot to loot once it has been kited to Bondo's Yard. I missed the kiting and just got to Bondo's as he dropped the gold and was still able to loot.

Comment by OleMarYUlberg

The pile does stay on the ground for a little while.
By quickly exiting and relaunching the game, I am able to loot the same pile on three different well placed characters from a single spawn. Four may be possible if you have a better PC and less addons then me.

Comment by iIIumnati

I was able to loot one Armored Vaultbot with three characters.
Here is how I did it.

01] Park character 1 next to the magnet and logoff ... takes 20 seconds to logout.
02] Park character 2 next to the magnet and logoff ... takes 20 seconds to logout.
03] Bring character 3 near the spawn point of the Armored Vaultbot.
04] If the Armored Vaultbot is up you are ready to proceed. Go to step 09.
06] If the Armored Vaultbot is not up. log off ... takes 20 seconds.
07] Log on with character 3 and see if the Vaultbot is up.
08] Go to step 04.
09] Kite the Vaultbot to the magnet.
10] Loot the pile of gold.
11] Fly to Mechagon rest point near mailbox and logoff ... takes less than 20 seconds.
12] Log on with character 1 and fly to the magnet and loot the pile of gold.
13] Fly to Mechagon rest point near mailbox and logoff ... takes less than 20 seconds.
14] Log on with character 2 and fly to the magnet and loot the pile of gold.

This saves you from using Personal Time Displacer + Armored Vaultbot Key per character.
Also, if your character doesn't have the Tinkering to create the key you can loot it this way.

Points of Interest:
/way 54 48 Vaultbot Spawn Point
/way 63 39 Magnet
/way 71 36 Rest Point

I use this strategy to try for the Armored Vaultbot battle pet which sells for good gold on the
Auction House. I hope you enjoy this strategy.

Comment by QuestFan769

Okay folks, for Noobs or Oldz or parents who can't live on these games and in these forums, here's a different way of looking at this:
1. Vaultbot spawns in regular timeline (not in the alternate future timeline), and the spawn point is somewhere around the forking paths/roads outside Bondo's Yard on the west side of your map.
2. Hit it and don't die as it slowly follows you while you walk it all the way to Bondo's Yard. (This is equal to "kiting it", as recommended in so many other comments here.)
3. You have to walk it all the way up to the "magnet" inside the gold "target" ring that you usually use for the bot-scrapping quest (it will be on the farther side of the yard from your entry point with the vaultbot).
4. I got the Vaultbot Key Blueprints on my first go, so hopefully you will too.
Have fun!

Comment by yvesicle

Didn't see any comments about what happens if you kill him without using the key or kiting him - took 32 minutes of my life and he left no loot behind, only an unlootable pile of gold. Worth it in the name of science.

Comment by Somthinsweet

It turns out if you take it to Drustvar it will phase out. This is surely not the correct path to get to Bondo's yard.

Comment by Jeolene

Not sure what's going on with this any more, but I simply cannot get it to follow me to Bondo's yard. I went there to pick up some energy cells for the stitch yard (which makes no sense) and found vaultbot up. I hit it, made it follow me, but after three attempts, it stops at the tunnel on the road and evades, returning to where it spawns. I made sure it stayed on the road, I didn't run too fast or too far, I cannot get it to stay with me.

Comment by CatCoop

I just got an Armored Vaultbot pet (in March 2023) from the alternate timeline by using the key. I used a couple different alts to camp her. It was only my 15th try for the pet in the last couple weeks, but when Mechagon was new, I tried many, many times with no luck.

Earlier today, I was in the same spot/timeline and couldn't click on the Vaultbot at all. Logged in again and voila! No problems, PLUS the pet!

Comment by Fleety

All the information is on this page, this is a TL:DR distillation (well, most info pulled into one post) for my pet collecting friends.

Camping this mob in the "normal phase" of Mechagon is inefficient, plus kiting the Vaultbot is vulnerable to knowledge-light hunters and 'locks letting their pet taunt and resetting the kite.

Your daily grind is better spent killing mechanical mobs for Spare Parts. I suggest farming just over 750 per day. You are going to need a minimum 2000 every three days if you want to loot the Armored Vaultbot everyday. You can only loot once per char, in any phase, per day. The Spare Parts are for making 3 S.P.A.R.E. Crate. Two are used every day to make Armored Vaultbot Key, two more are used in making a 3 charge Personal Time Displacer every three days.

You will need:
Personal Time Displacer

Spare Parts x 500 (to craft S.P.A.R.E. Crate x 2)
Energy Cell x 2
Chain Ignitercoil

Blueprint: Vaultbot Key Drops from any mobs in the Alternate Mechagon Chromie sends you into. Approximately 20min farming (YMMV).

Armored Vaultbot Key Drops from Armored Vaultbot, you turn it in to Pascal-K1N6 to add to his list of craftable items.

Spare Parts x 500 (to craft S.P.A.R.E. Crate x 2)

S.P.A.R.E. Crate You can learn this via a quest from Pascal (left of Pascal-K1N6) if you have 250 Spare Parts in your inventory - those in your reagent bank don't count. You also need to have completed the questJunkyard Tinkering and You.

Grind your 750 daily Spare Parts, craft your Armored Vaultbot Key, use your Personal Time Displacer and phase into the "future".
Fly to the Armored Vaultbot spawn point /way 53.34 49.56 Vaultbot.
Open it with your key, it explodes, loot the Pile of Coins (fail to) loot the Armored Vaultbot.

(Come back to Mechagon tomorrow, rinse and repeat FOREVA).

GLHF!

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