
Stratholme was once the northernmost city of the kingdom of Lordaeron and the Order of the Silver Hand was founded here.
Now, however, Stratholme has become a city of dark magic, having been ravaged by the mad Prince Arthas in the Third War. Once the city was razed, the undead took over the smoldering ruins, waylaying and slaughtering any that happen across their path.
Now, only undead and necromancers can be found here, along with the spirits of the long dead Stratholme citizenry. Overhead, gargoyles and frost wyrms can be seen patrolling the sky through the orange mist that seems to ooze from the buildings. This mist further corrupts and poisons all living creatures who spend too much time here, painfully converting them into servants of the Scourge.
There are two "sides" in the zone and have been in place since the initial razing of the city.
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The Scarlet Bastion
Clicking on a parchment named "Blacksmith Plans" will trigger the Hammersmith. The plans can appear in at least 2 known locations:
Scarlet Crusaders
The Slaughterhouse
Triggered Bosses
Festival Lane
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World of Warcraft Wikibase™ |
| Name | Quest | Level | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Crusader Dathrohan | 57 - 62 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Baron Rivendare | 57 - 62 | Elite Undead | |
| Hearthsinger Forresten | 52 - 57 | Boss Undead | |
| Skul | 55 - 58 | Boss Undead | |
| Stonespine | 55 - 60 | Boss Undead | |
| Ramstein the Gorger | 5 - 61 | Elite Undead | |
| Magistrate Barthilas | 53 - 58 | Elite Undead | |
| The Unforgiven | 53 - 57 | Elite Undead | |
| Baroness Anastari | 54 - 59 | Elite Undead | |
| Timmy the Cruel | 54 - 58 | Elite Undead | |
| Archivist Galford | 55 - 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Cannon Master Willey | 55 - 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Crimson Hammersmith | 55 - 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Nerub'enkan | 55 - 60 | Elite Undead | |
| Black Guard Swordsmith | 56 - 62 | Elite Undead | |
| Maleki the Pallid | 56 - 61 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Postmaster Malown | 57 - 60 | Elite Undead | |
| Patchwork Horror | 52 - 58 | Elite Undead | |
| Venom Belcher | 55 - 61 | Elite Undead | |
| Fras Siabi | 58 - 61 | Elite Undead | |
| Skeletal Servant | 28 - 58 | Undead | |
| Broken Cadaver | 50 - 56 | Undead | |
| Spiteful Phantom | 53 - 59 | Undead | |
| Aurius | 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Ysida Harmon | 60 | Humanoid | |
| Wailing Banshee | 4 - 59 | Elite Undead | |
| Mangled Cadaver | 50 - 56 | Elite Undead | |
| Spectral Citizen | 50 - 56 | Elite Undead | |
| Ghostly Citizen | 51 - 57 | Elite Undead | |
| Ravaged Cadaver | 51 - 57 | Elite Undead | |
| Crimson Conjuror | 52 - 58 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Crimson Guardsman | 52 - 58 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Crimson Initiate | 52 - 58 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Plague Ghoul | 52 - 58 | Elite Undead | |
| Rockwing Gargoyle | 52 - 58 | Elite Undead | |
| Shrieking Banshee | 52 - 58 | Elite Undead | |
| Stratholme Courier | 52 - 57 | Elite Undead | |
| Black Guard Sentry | 53 - 59 | Elite Undead | |
| Crimson Defender | 53 - 59 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Crimson Monk | 53 - 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Crimson Priest | 53 - 59 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Crimson Sorcerer | 53 - 59 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Crypt Crawler | 53 - 59 | Elite Undead | |
| Ghoul Ravener | 53 - 59 | Elite Undead | |
| Rockwing Screecher | 53 - 59 | Elite Undead | |
| Thuzadin Shadowcaster | 53 - 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Undead Postman | 53 - 58 | Elite Undead | |
| Bile Spewer | 54 - 60 | Elite Undead | |
| Crimson Gallant | 54 - 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Crimson Inquisitor | 54 - 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Crypt Beast | 54 - 60 | Elite Undead | |
| Fleshflayer Ghoul | 54 - 60 | Elite Undead | |
| Crimson Battle Mage | 55 - 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Malor the Zealous | 55 - 60 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Thuzadin Necromancer | 55 - 61 | Elite Humanoid | |
| Restless Soul | 1 | ||
| Plagued Insect | 41 - 55 | Critter | |
| Necromancer <Cult of the Damned> | 49 - 55 | Humanoid | |
| Crypt Walker | 50 - 56 | Undead | |
| Eye of Naxxramas | 50 - 57 | Undead | |
| Plagued Maggot | 50 - 55 | Critter | |
| Plagued Rat | 50 - 55 | Critter | |
| Skeletal Guardian | 50 - 72 | Undead | |
| Summoned Water Elemental | 50 - 83 | Elemental | |
| Mindless Undead | 51 - 57 | Undead | |
| Skeletal Berserker | 51 - 57 | Undead | |
| Undead Scarab | 52 - 60 | Undead | |
| Vengeful Phantom | 52 - 57 | Undead | |
| Bile Slime | 54 - 60 | ||
| Thuzadin Acolyte | 54 - 60 | Humanoid | |
| Wrath Phantom | 55 - 61 | Undead | |
| Crimson Rifleman | 56 - 60 | Humanoid | |
| Mindless Skeleton | 56 - 62 | Undead |
Edited, Nov 12th 2009 2:49pm by KradortheDruid
I am looting anything I kill so a run typically takes about 30 minutes or so. using the backdoor and heading to Baron.
Right now I have run this instance about 20 times. The loot is typically very good. 3-4 greens, 7-9 blues, runecloth, silver, grey gear, all add up. Its not the most profitable thing and I will stop once I am exhalted with Argent dawn but I am enjoying the zone and its lore.
A typical run yields:
10-15 large brillant shards - Darrowmere server AH currently stinks for these and the sell for about 1 gold apiece.
Runecloth (20) - 6 gold a stack at the moment. 3-4 full stacks per 30 minute run.
Illusion dust - 15-20 at 1 gold apiece.
Greater Eternal essence - typically 2-3 per run from disenchanting blues. 10 gold a piece
Silver and greys - keep the two handed greys, plate armor, heavy stuff. Can get 1.3 gold per two handed blade. Maybe 5 gold per run
So approx 60-80 gold per run, disenchanting everything and selling the greys. I only need about 6-7 more runs before I become revered. I will keep my fingers crossed for the mount but am not holding my breath.
can anyone tell me what this is for? or used to be for.
Edited, Mar 28th 2008 11:26am by Aerixia
What gives?
(For those curious, this was his group (he was the mage btw)):
Level 58 Orc Shaman
Level 59 Undead Warrior
Level 63 Troll Priest
Level 56 Blood Elf Pally
Level 58 Blood Elf Mage
Edited, Dec 16th 2007 6:20pm by Erotan
Edited, Dec 16th 2007 6:21pm by Erotan
Edited, Dec 16th 2007 6:21pm by Erotan
-Kwakara: lvl 69 Tauren Hunter
-Evanoia: lvl 34 Draeni Paladin
-Faelvin: lvl 54 Blood Elf Fire Mage
Being somewhat of a lone wolf, I like to see what I can do by myself before I call for help. I had cleared Scholomance easily enough, but Strat is way harder solo, as a 70 hunter anyways. That damn disease those zombie guys cast is a real pain. Anyways, having never been there before and no real clue as to where to go, I wandered in, slowly cleared my way to the Scarlet Crusade side, and then noticed an elite boss that had spawned, Timmy.
He hits pretty damn hard, even though he was only 58. I went at him thinking I'd blow him away pretty quickly, only to find out that Illidan really does speak the truth (you are unprepared). I'll try it again soon, as I ran out of pet food and need to stock up on purification potions next time.
Missarthas, 80 Belf DK
Xizervexius, 50something Undead Warlock
"Live life like a dog ... if you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away."
I am a level 70 resto shaman.
I killed all the first undead bosses and towers and then went to Ramstein's room.
After killing all of the guys in the Slaughter Square nothing happened. The gates all remained locked and Ramstein didn't come out.
Does anybody know if there is a bug where it won't let you finish if you are not in a group?
This sort of happened once before to me when I killed the last boss in Uldaman too fast while running some lowbies through .. it wouldnt open the vault door or the door i came in.
This place is good for mid-level drops and disenchantables. If you have the Key to the City, you can go straight to most of the bosses.
Maybe it is for people without the expansion pack?
I've never been much into any of the other Pre-BC endgame stuff,but I really liked plaguelands, so i want to get a group together for strat and scholo.
Then maybe to kill the leader of the scarlet crusade in hearthglen... just for kicks, and the chest that I see behind him :)
[Alliance]
77 Rogue (Kuros)
70 Paladin (Pallysmash)
59 Mage (Supernova)
[Horde]
68 Warrior (Tamakurahed)
Mok'nathal Realm
I am a 70 demo lock and usually team up with 2 RL friends of mine, 64 priest and 60 (!) paladin.
Me and the priest alone can clear BRD and LBRS easily (though it takes a while), and with the pallie we've been able to fully clear strat on our first try from the very beginning to Rivendare. Never tried with the priest alone but eventually we'll do.
We are not hardcore, I am the only 70 as I said with a mix of crafted purple and the rest blue, not too crappy gear but also not the best you can find around, and I don't think we are the best players on the server, so I guess...
What is so difficult in running an old game such as Strat in 5 if 3 people can easily handle it?
And before you start with the usual 'screenshot or it didn't happen', I'm gonna run Strat again in the following days because I lost the city key to the priest and I damn want it, so yes this time I'll post every screenshot I take.
Edited, Jul 3rd 2007 4:03pm by rainakee
Our only nervous moment was facing the Baroness, if she had MC'd me .. it would have been tickets, luckily that never happened.
My big question, how would a non caster class solo this, even at level 70, seeing as though the Mangled Cadavers cast that nasty 100% health regen debuff on you which lasts 10 mins. Not even a tank with 15000 hp can withstand that (not being able to eat or bandage for 10 mins while losing 150 hp every 10 secs will kill you )
-lvl 59 Pally, Holy (me) main healer
-70 Mage, Arcane/Fire
-68 Druid, main tank in bear form
-63 Hunter, Beastmaster, off tank with pet
-70 Rogue
And lets just say with this group make-up this still was a very tough instance to run, although not as hard as it could have been. The Mage and I initially tried to run it alone as I only needed Holy water out of there for my Epic Charger quest, and we wiped a couple times and came very close a few other times. So we call in reinforcements, and like I said it got better, but it still was work and kept us all on our toes. And acting as main healer it took all I had to keep the group healed. We finally got around to Balnazzar, not necessarily looking for him but wondering around since I now had the water I needed, and he spawns as a 68 Elite!!! We were all in shock/WTF! It was a close fight but we got him down and I was able to get Demonshear for my Pally, this was very much needed for me. Throughout the instance we all got quite a few nice drops, random blue items, and 3 Righteous orbs.
This was a very tough instance but alot of fun and very profitbable!!!
Garly / Lvl 80 Holy Paladin / Gorgonnash
You can also try farming the crimson patrol that goes from hearthglen to tyr's hand for a shot at the orbs and diamonds, but there are 4 bodyguards and 1 courier, all of which are linked.
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Along with the new Armor Sets, the high-level 5-10 man dungeons have received some changes regarding loot. Many items have been improved in quality and use. In addition, several epic items, such as Headmaster's Charge and the Runeblade of Baron Rivendare, have had their drop rates significantly increased. In order to preserve the challenge of these dungeons, they have had their instance caps lowered.
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