Overview

The Steam Factory is home to the Brownie Rebels, though there isn't really a whole lot of content associated with them. There are two entrances from Fortress depending on which side of the zone you want to go to. There are no zonewide loot drops in the zone.

Rare Mobs

Exterminator Mark V

Spawns in the tunnels, mostly near the eastern entrance from Fortress. Hits for up to 5500 and casts a 2k dd with stun and snare.
Drops - Clockwork Defensive Guard, Tattered Technician's Mantle, Steam-Powered Defensive Device, Steamwork Technician's Mantle

Foreman Bronzecoat

Spawns on the catwalks in the hanger area to the northwest. Hits for up to 5k, procs a 6k dd with fd, casts a frontal 3k AE, and can spawn adds.
Drops - Polished Bronze Gear, Intensity and Consort Steam Cores

Foundry Master Slagspring

Spawns from roamers in the foundry area in the north. Hits for just under 5500 and procs a 5k dd with 500 dot.
Drops - Girdle of the Engineer, Slagspring's Belt of Tinkering, Dream and Druadic Steam Cores

Head Mechanic Binsprocket

Spawns in the central roomn of the zone. Hits for around 5k, has two different FDs, and spawns 4 adds.
Drops - Steel Spaulders of the Tinkerer, Binsprocket's Favored Spaulders, Martialism and Necrotic Steam Cores

Ironhorn

Spawns in the mining area. Hits for over 6k and procs a knockback.
Drops - Polished Horn Ring, Sash of the Slavers, Pitted Iron Ring, Dark Sash of the Master

Oilslick

Spawns just south of the eastern zone in. Non-kos but social with other oozes. Hits for around 6k and procs a 2k dot.
Drops - Oil Drenched Gaudy Ring, Oil Soaked Traveling Cloak, Oily Diamond Ring, Polished Cloak of Woven Wire

Quartermaster Thickgear

Spawns east of the mining area. Hits for just over 5k, procs a 6k dd with fd and a frontal 4k dd with 1k dot.
Drops - Reinforced Steamwork Shield, Thickgear's Defensive Apparatus, Purification and Dedicant Steam Cores

Slavemaster Gork

Spawns in the mining area. Hits for under 5k but has a 40% haste buff which needs to be dispelled. Has multiple single target nukes including a 9k dd, a 4k dd with fd, and a 3k dd with potential charm.
Drops - Engraved Horn Earring, Crude Iron Figurine, Finely Carved Horn Bangle, Etched Iron Sphere

Station Attendant Sparkbolt

Spawns in the generator area just north of eastern zone in. Hits up to 6k, procs a 5k dd with stun, and spawns adds in pairs once at 75% and again around 50%.
Drops - Charged Alloy Bolt, Martialism and Necrotic Steam Cores

Steamwork Prototype Mark XIX

Spawns on the catwalks of the hangar area, northwest part of zone. Hits for 6k, no other details.
Drops - Mechanical Back Protection Apparatus, Experimental Distraction Cloak, Intensity and Consort Steam Cores

Tasks

Tasks can be repeated unless otherwise specified.

Aiding the Resistance

Quest giver: Gymrie
Requirements: none
Reward: Brownie Rebels +50

Fairly direct task. You need to loot (can't pre-loot?) 4 each of Charged Power Crystals, Oil Cans, Bars of Refined Gnomium, and Engineer's Toolboxes. These all appear to be zonewide drops of just about everything with a drop rate around 1 in 25. Deliver them all to Gymrie to complete the task.

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Browniebot XVII

Quest giver: Millick
Requirements: none
Reward: Brownie Rebels +30

For this task you need to collect a Used Clockwork Driveshaft, a Used Clockwork Spring, and four Tarnished Screws from the clockworks in the zone. The shaft and springs drop around 1 in 16 while screws are closer to 1 in 6. These can be pre-looted? Deliver them all to Millick to complete the task.

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Let My People Go

Quest giver: Lymrit
Requirements: none
Reward: Brownie Rebels +50

Straightforward kill task, 10 each of the normal Steamsuits and the Enhanced Steamsuits and then report back to complete the task.