WoW Patch 11.1 Undermine: The Homecoming Epilogue (Spoilers)

Key Takeaways

This recaps the "Homecoming" epilogue of Patch 11.1 "Undermine(d)" and contains spoilers for the Liberation of Undermine raid.
Renzik "The Shiv", SI:7's second-in-command, died taking a shot meant for Monte Gazlowe during the campaign.
After Chrome King Gallywix fell in the raid, Master Mathias Shaw came to Undermine to honor Renzik.
In the quest "Cut After Cut", players recovered Renzik's belongings at the Westfall Lighthouse: his throwing knives, fishing gear, and a copy of Undermine Weekly.
In "Coming Home", Gazlowe and Shaw scattered Renzik's ashes over Undermine from the Scrapshop rooftop.
With Gallywix deposed, the Undermine cartels set aside their rivalry and the city began to rebuild.

The full spoiler walkthrough of that send-off follows, starting from the raid that set it up.

How the Undermine Storyline Ended

Patch 11.1 "Undermine(d)" closed its campaign inside the Liberation of Undermine raid, the eight-boss instance that opened a week after the patch launched. The finale sends players against Chrome King Gallywix, the self-styled Overboss who had seized control of the goblin city. The raid-completion quest, "Liberation of Undermine: The House Loses", tasks the group with defeating him, and it is only after Gallywix falls that the quieter epilogue begins.

That epilogue, "Homecoming," trades the raid's chaos for a personal story about loss. It ties off a thread that ran through the whole Undermine campaign: the death of one of its most understated heroes.

Renzik's Sacrifice

Earlier in the campaign, Renzik "The Shiv", the goblin second-in-command of Stormwind's SI:7 intelligence agency, was killed. He threw himself into the path of an assassin's shot meant for Monte Gazlowe, leader of the Bilgewater Cartel, and it reduced him to ash. His death gives the "Homecoming" epilogue its urn: a vessel Gazlowe has made for storing what remains of his friend.

For anyone who missed the earlier chapter, the moment reframes Renzik from a background handler into the emotional center of the patch. His sacrifice is what draws Stormwind's spymaster to a goblin city he would otherwise never visit.

Recovering Renzik's Belongings at Westfall Lighthouse

Master Mathias Shaw, the head of SI:7, arrives in Undermine to escort Renzik's ashes back and to pay his respects. In the quest "Cut After Cut", Shaw and Gazlowe travel by portal to the Westfall Lighthouse, a quiet spot that Renzik and Shaw both favored. Among Renzik's personal effects there are his throwing knives, his fishing gear, and an old copy of the "Undermine Weekly" paper.

The scene is built out of small objects rather than grand speeches. Sorting through a dead agent's fishing rod and newspaper does more to sell the loss than any cutscene, and it lets Shaw and Gazlowe, two very different leaders, reflect on the same person from opposite sides of his life.

Coming Home: Scattering the Ashes over Undermine

The epilogue closes with the quest "Coming Home". Gazlowe and Shaw return to Undermine and climb the Scrapshop, and from the rooftop they scatter Renzik's ashes over the city he came from. It is a homecoming in the most literal sense: a goblin who spent his career in Stormwind's service is laid to rest above the streets where he started.

Returning the ashes to Undermine, rather than burying them in Stormwind, is the whole point of the beat. Renzik belonged to both worlds, and the send-off gives him back to the one that made him.

What Renzik's Send-Off Means for Undermine

The ending lands differently because of where Undermine is by this point. Once a city ground down under Gallywix's grip, it comes out of the raid free of him, with its cartels choosing cooperation over the constant infighting that defined the place. Renzik's quiet funeral over a recovering Undermine reads as a marker of that shift, closing the personal story and the citywide one at the same time, while hinting that the goblins' role in the wider War Within is not finished. Players who want to fight through the encounters behind this ending can see the Liberation of Undermine raid options.

FAQ

Who is Renzik "The Shiv"?

Renzik "The Shiv" is a goblin rogue and the long-serving second-in-command of SI:7, Stormwind's intelligence agency under Master Mathias Shaw. He dies during the Patch 11.1 Undermine campaign, and the "Homecoming" epilogue is his send-off.

How did Renzik die?

He pushed Monte Gazlowe out of the path of an assassin's shot and took it himself, and it reduced him to ash, which is why the epilogue centers on an urn rather than a burial.

What quest returns Renzik's ashes to Undermine?

The quest "Coming Home" is where Gazlowe and Mathias Shaw scatter Renzik's ashes over Undermine from the Scrapshop rooftop. The earlier quest "Cut After Cut" covers recovering his belongings at the Westfall Lighthouse.

Why does Mathias Shaw come to Undermine?

Shaw leads SI:7 and comes to honor Renzik, his longtime agent, and to see his remains returned home. His presence links Stormwind's spy network directly to the goblin city's story for the first time.

Do you need to clear the raid to see the Homecoming epilogue?

Yes. The epilogue follows the Liberation of Undermine raid, whose completion quest, "Liberation of Undermine: The House Loses", requires defeating Chrome King Gallywix. The "Homecoming" story unlocks after Gallywix is beaten.

Is the Undermine storyline over after this?

The "Homecoming" epilogue closes the Patch 11.1 campaign and Renzik's arc, but it leaves Undermine rebuilding and its cartels newly aligned, setting up the goblins for a larger part in later War Within content.

Last reviewed 2026-07-02 against Patch 11.1 Undermine(d). Maintained by WowCarry's WoW team.