i soloed this with my lvl 42 hunter.
i got ironspines ribcage which was great and every thing else was crap

JUST hit level 39 on my NE Druid and I am ready to try the instances.. got my party all set up.. my question is when you do a instance like the monastery... Are all the mobs aggressive? walking near them triggers their aggro or do you have to tap them?

ya sm is probely the best! instance in the world it has great loot and some fun quests

Very bad idea to try and solo this, even to farm sections of it, at less than lvl 50, if then. Many group mobs which will not pull apart, and scattered in groups all over the complex. Lvl46 healadin, died in the first hallway in both the library and the graveyard.

Wait to do it with a group, much, much more fun.

is this a good place to run for loot for a 61 lok(can de)

Well I'm looking forward to do this now.

Ratidian

Haven't gotten to the Armory or the Cathedral yet, but have done the library twice and the graveyard 4-5 times at this point.

Armory group was likely the most interesting, though.

The only people that stuck through the whole thing were me (a 33 rogue) and a 35 lock. The easiest part of this was using the rogue to sap one target, then having the lock and the eventual hunter's pets take another target and then having a third target pulled by the hunter. Worked out most of the time, until we finally wiped later on in the instance and had to get everyone to fight through all over again. Not to mention when my dagger broke. :( That wasn't too fun.

The graveyard was definitely fun, though. Went in tonight with a 31 lock (myself), a 32-33 lock (they leveled mid-instance), a 46 druid, a 36 pally and a 34 hunter. We got through the instance in probably about 30-45 minutes, surprisingly. And one mageweave cloth drop throughout was pretty nice, too. :D

what lvl should i be when first starting into scarlet monestary....i plan on going to stranglethorn vale before going to scarlet monestary

Just duo'ed the cathederal with Lvl44 Warrior(me) and a lvl 42 Paladin.

So long as you pull intelligently and focus on one enemy at a time, there is no reason to have to fight more than 3 mobs at a time anywhere in the instance. Just make sure any runners are stunned/slowed/killed before they can draw a link.
We did die once on the last bosses when a patroling chaplain popped and joined in, but after we had died, returned, and taken out the offending mob the bosses fell quite easily. I tanked both bosses and we both attacked the dude first, despite the woman healing him, because he does WAY more damage than her, and she ran out of mana after she had healed him twice + cast a few offensives. As soon as the bloke died, the woman was meat.

One tip: You can bandage yourself pretty nice immediately after you wake up if you killed the dude far away from the altar, and then fought the woman where she runs from, coz she has to run to his corpse when she res's him. Your gonna need that mp...

Another tip: if you are duoing you just need a good tank and healer. Just make sure your healer watches their MP for the last fight.

Last tip: You can run thru the fountain and get minimal aggro if you are over 40. We got to the cath having only killed about 9 mobs.

Really last tip: Be extra carful when first pulling mobs out of the cathederal pull them at least past the bottom of the stairs, coz if one runner goes in, easily 5 or 6 could come out.

So, I've been farming SM for about a week. I really want The Butcher and I'm stubborn so . . . here I will stay to rot b/c that flith flarnin' elusive bugger Won't Drop. =p This is to the benefit of others, hopefully, though.

Chests

If you're wanting to make quick runs for guaranteed greens, and aren't looking for anything in particular, there are 5 static chests. 2 in the GY, 1 in the Armory and 2 in the Library. No chests in the Cathedral.

Chest loots:

• Locked: out of 32 chests, 4-6 silver per chest: 10 greys, 90 whites (herbs, food, sweet nectar, cloth, leather, potions), 38 greens, 1 blue, 0 purples
• Unlocked: out of 43 chests, 4-6 silver per chest: 4 greys, 135 whites (same variety as locked), 57 greems, 4 blues, 0 purples

Named / Bosses

Generally BOP, although the Interrogator has been kind enough to drop several greens and even a blue for me; however, this took repeated killings.

Rares

Again, generally BOP, but other items are in their loot table. If you're looking to do a quick ML to a lower level toon, or just want to whack the rares for the lower level they are in the GY only. Ironspine, Ashzir the Sleepless and Fallen Champion. I have found four spawn points for them myself.

• One in the mausoleum at the bottom of the 2nd set of stairs (if you're lower level and are going to pull the rare, make sure to check around the corners for the wanderers or other mobs which may be within aggro proximity).
• One pretty much dead center south of the GY (to the right of the, hm, hut?, in the south)
• One in the SW corner of the GY
• One in the north just to the west of the hut-thing

Any of the rares can spawn in any of those areas. There should be two other spawn points from what I've read, but I haven't had spawns in those areas yet. If they aren't up the first run through and you're going to do the other sections of SM as well, go ahead and kill the place holders, run the other sections and come back, there will be respawns and one may be the rare. The other way is to reset the zone. Respawn for me took 17 min 44 seconds when I used CT's timer mod.

Herbs

• Graveyard - three spawns per reset, I have also verified that the herbs do respawn. The spawns can be any combination of Kingsblood and Grave Moss. I've had 3 of GM and 3 of KB and anything in between.
• Armory - in the courtyard is one spawn of Fadeleaf, that's it for the Armory.
• Library - like the Armory, there is a Fadeleaf spawn in the courtyard, there is also a Liferoot spawn by the Houndmaster, you'll have to kill him and his pooches to get it, though.
• Cathedral - Liferoot can spawn in the fountain and Goldthorn spawns in the grassy areas. I have not spent enough time in there to determine whether the Liferoot is a static spawn or if it is similar to the GY and can be any combination with a limit of 3 maximum node spawns. There have always been at least 2 Goldthorn spawns for me, though.

Cloth

Silk is the dominant cloth in this zone. Wool can be had, but less frequently. Mageweave can also be had; however, rarely. If I had to venture a guess at the rates I'd say 90% silk, 9% wool and 1% mageweave. Mobs drop between 1 and 4 pieces of silk, I haven't paid attention to wool or mageweave due to the rarity and I lack a need for either. A sampling: GY completely cleared yielded 3 stacks of silk, 5 pieces of wool and 1 piece of mageweave so pretty close to my percentages guess.

Mobs - Least difficult to most difficult

• Graveyard - 15 humanoid, including the Interrogator, one wanderer, the rest are static. Torturers, Scryers and Sentries. First chest is near four mobs which can be any combination of torturers (strictly melee) or scryers (shadow casters). Upon entering the courtyard it's all undead. Anguished Dead, Unfettered Spirits, Haunting Phantasm (summons Illusionary Phantasm which can be killed with very little damage so it's a good idea to whack the Illusionaries right away because they do normal damage). The second chest will either be on the north or east "platforms" or it will be in the mausoleum, down the first three flights of stairs and then in either the east or west room. Unfettered spirits are normal mobs, can be either singles or groups of three. If running a lowbie through the instance, the lowbie could kill these normal mobs while the higher level takes care of the elites, dependent upon the gearing and level of the lowbie, of course. Unfettereds are in the low 30s. Three Rares: Ironspine, Fallen Champion and Ashzir the Sleepless. For Rogues with Blade Flurry - Rogue AE: Items used: Crystal Spire, Thornling Seed: pop spire, Sprint pull Unfettereds, pop Blade Flurry, toss Thornling Seed. Depending on gear you might want to pop Evasion. =p Level 30s alone don't hurt, in small swarms they're a nuisance but in groups of 16+ they Can hurt (think about it, 30 dmg hits single - 300 dmg hits per 10 mobs, big difference, not to mention you Will get an elite or two in there unless you're very careful on the pull). I have Blade Flurry and Prep so I'll pull about 5-6 sets and have them down quickly leaving me with about 2k hp to spare, depending on how many elites I got in the mix. I do hit the elites first, too. (No poo about my spec, it's what works for me =p)

• Library - This is where you get the Scarlet Key to open the Cathedral and Armory doors. Gallants (melee), Adepts (casters), Diviners (casters), Beastmasters (hunters would be my bet =p), Monks and Chaplains. Mid 30s mobs, even the pooches are elite. 4-5 silver per humanoid avg. Hallways are congested so it's tough to get through w/o fighting if you're unable to stealth or blink. Invis pots would work, but the time it would take for the cooldown it would be quicker to kill and hope for some nice drops. 1 static spawn of Fadeleaf in the courtyard, 1 static spawn of Liferoot in the Houndmaster's area, he will have to be disposed of to get the node. Chests - static in the first room you come upon after leaving the courtyard. You'll go down the hallway and end up with two choices, left or right. Left is your chest. Three mobs there with a wanderer. The second chest can be in the 4th or 5th hallway, it hasn't spawned anywhere else for me. There are 6 hallways total I am referring to. If you look at Atlas, or the map on Alla's, http://wow.allakhazam.com/images/zones/ScarletMonistaryLibrary.jpg you'll see, from the west to the east, 1 hallway, cy, 2nd hallway, red carpetted hallway, grey hallway, red carpetted hallway, grey red carpetted hallway. Hopefully that makes sense. Basically, the second chest spawns in either of the two grey sections.

• Armory - All humanoid mid to high 30s, save for Fire Elementals: Soldiers, Conjurors and their Fire Elemental pets, Evokers, Protectors, Guardsmen, Defenders and Myrmidons. That's pretty much the order you'll come across the mobs in. 1 static node of Fadeleaf in the courtyard. Chest has two spawn points: courtyard or to the right of the first set of stairs. There are rockets (firecrackers) at the south end of the 2nd to last hallway to Herod's room, next to 2 mobs but don't forget the wanderer. Weapon and armor crates can also be found housing a grey something or other. Not really worth clearing the mobs for.

• Cathedral - All humanoid, high 30s: Defenders, Myrmidons, Sorcerers, Wizards, Centurions in the courtyard. 2 static Goldthorn spawns, 1 Liferoot all in the upper and lower courtyards. Beyond the Chapel doors: EVERYTHING must die beyond these doors if you are going to kill Mograine. Anything left alive beyond those doors will assist him. It's bad enough he gets help from Whitemane. =p Beyond these doors the mobs are in the mid 30s capping at level 40 (aside from Mograine and Whitemane). You've got Champions, Monks, Abbots, Centurions, Wizards and Chaplains. There are no chests, but there is a "secret" named. In the room in the NE corner of the Chapel is a lone mob, to the left of that mob is a torch. Kill mob, click torch, voila! Super Top Sekwet room. Enter to find a very much undead (I know, I said everything was humanoid, but I'm not even getting paid for this guide so pshaw!) High Inquisitor Fairbanks. He will not attack until provoked. He's level 40 and he's uuuuugly. Green drops only, decent caster shoulders, so-so leather bracers and "meh" mail boots, all BOP. That's it, Mograin and Whitemane are all that's left of this zone.

Since this is a farming guide I did not touch on very many of the bosses since they drop mainly BOP items. I also skip most detail about the Armory and Cathedral because I haven't farmed the mobs, only the herbs and chests thus far. I'm twinking my baby rogue (lvl 27) through SM so the GY is my farm spot atm. Wait, a rogue with a rogue alt?! WTF?! What can I say, I enjoy the class. =p Besides that, I need a miner / skinner and I already know the rogue class and have helped several friends level their own rogues so it was the logical choice, I can zip through the levels quickly. =D Seriously, though, if twinking or catering to the high 20s to low 30s, SM is a great zone. Greens drop like candy, cloth is free flowing for that first aid and other tradeskills, and there's no competition for mobs so you can farm in peace.

Does it seem to anyone else that the drop rate in SM is down since the last revision? I've gotten about two greens in the last four runs (in a group), way below what I used to average (and it wasn't poor rolling)...

What quest (I know Horde can do it) requires you to burn one of the rooms in the Library?

Where is Scarlet Monastery? I wish this site told you where all of the instances are, but they don't.

There are only two non-mage alliance quests in this zone but one of them gives very nice weapons. Is this a small instance or am I in for a long ride for just these couple of quests?

Could a couple of decently equiped lvl 40s handle this?

Final mobs crazy tough and any tricks to fight them?