When they arrived at Stratholme, Arthas realized that the villagers had been infected with the Plague of Undeath. When Uther refused to obey Arthas' command to purge the city, Arthas relieved Uther of command and disbanded the Silver Hand, then slaughtered the townsfolk himself. After hunting down Mal'ganis in Northrend, Arthas returned as one of the Lich King's death knights and toppled the Kingdom of Lordaeron by murdering his own father, King Terenas. After the fall of Lordaeron's capital, the plague spread throughout the northern regions of Lordaeron, turning them into the blighted lands they are today.
The resistance against the Scourge was particularly bloody at Darrowshire, where the ghoul Horgus the Ravager and the death knight Marduk Blackpool alias Marduk the Black led an army of Scourge against the town. Only surviving paladins under Davil Crokford and the Darrowshire militia under Captain Joseph Redpath were able to stand in their way.
Though they put up a valiant fight, the defenders of Darrowshire were not enough to stave off the endless legions of Scourge. Davil managed to defeat Horgus in combat, but he succumbed to the horrific wounds the ghoul had inflicted. Captain Redpath fell to Marduk's necromancy, his soul taken from his body and corrupted into the service of the Scourge, where he proceeded to turn on his fellows and tear Darrowshire apart, killing everyone who hid in their homes.
After the fall of Lordaeron, the Scarlet Crusade attempted to retake the shattered kingdom from both the Scourge and the undead renegades known as the Forsaken. In the Eastern Plaguelands, they took control of both the town of Tyr's Hand and the western districts of Stratholme, where they battle the forces of Baron Rivendare to gain control of the destroyed city.
Eventually, the master of the Scourge in Lordaeron made his return to the blighted lands. From his citadel of Naxxramas , floating over the Plaguewood near Stratholme, he prepared to continue the work he began in the name of his master, the Lich King.
Recently, Naxxramas floated away from the Plaguelands and reappeared over Dragonblight in Northrend, though it was replaced by Acherus: The Ebon Hold over the far eastern portion of the zone. From there, Arthas sent his death knights to exterminate both the Scarlet Crusade and the Argent Dawn and leave his grip over the Plaguelands unchallenged.
But, there is that old saying about the best-laid plans of mice and men and Lich Kings The Eastern Plaguelands contain a normal instanced dungeon Stratholme , and formerly contained the raid dungeon Naxxramas. The micro dungeon Tyr's Hand can also be found here. Light's Hope Chapel serves as a travel hub for both the Horde and the Alliance.
There are no battlegrounds in this zone, though it is a world PvP area. Light's Hope Chapel is the primary travel hub to and from the Eastern Plaguelands, and connects directly to the Alliance city of Ironforge and the Horde city of Undercity.
Directly above Light's Hope Chapel is Acherus: The Ebon Hold , the main hub for player-character death knights, which provides flight paths to various destinations via Light's Hope Chapel Light's Hope will always be the first stop, regardless of whether you're going there or not.
Prior to the Cataclysm , the Plaguewood Tower flight path could only be used if a player's faction controlled the tower as it was part of the A Game of Towers World PvP event.
Plaguewood Tower's flight path was also the only path in the game to use the spectral gryphon for all character classes versus Death Knights use of the spectral gryphon when flying out of the Ebon Hold , and it was used regardless of Faction. This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.
The Eastern Plaguelands have been expanded somewhat to include a small area for death knights , including their home base of Acherus: The Ebon Hold , a massive Scourge necropolis floating above the hills behind Light's Hope Chapel. It is here that the death knight trainers, as well as their leader Highlord Darion Mograine , can be found. Death knights start out in Scourge service in a special instanced area east of Tyr's Hand known as the Scarlet Enclave.
As they progress in their training, death knights are tasked with laying waste to the towns of New Avalon and Havenshire , which lay below the fortress. The casters are squishy, and their skeleton adds are squishier. At 70, these are your easiest pulls to get through. Never, ever die in Slaughter Square.
Take them one at a time, unless you are at full health. They hit really, really hard for their level. The best way to avoid bugs and glitches, as there are MANY, is to wait by the door. If you don't, you risk having the ones that walk through the door unchallenged respawning on top of you, and that spells death. Take on Ramstein as close as you can to full health.
He doesn't hit overly hard, but there are a lot of mobs that come at you after he dies. The Baron is a cakewalk if you pop all cooldowns as soon as the fight starts. His Unholy Aura is negligible if you burn fast enough.
With patience and careful foresight, you can solo UD Strat. Good luck! Edit: As a side note, if you don't have the key or feel like killing Barthilas, he's really quite easy. He hits fairly hard, but he doesn't have a ton of health, and his knockback isn't too bad if you have nothing behind you. He'll be found by the church if you're running in the front door for the key, or in the corner by Slaughter Square if you came through the side door.
Comment by mazhop My experience last night doing it solo for the first time while being a lvl 70 BM tauren hunter with a gorilla as a pet. I wasn't too worried about the 45 minute timer, I was in for learning and rep. I got all the way up to Baron but didn't engage him, otherwise I cleared all of the undead side.
With a gorilla, volley and some good pvp gear you can solo mobs at a time. I sent in pet, let him tank his thunderstop does over 1K dmg and then just volley dps. None were really hard, just maintain a steady attack and don't pull aggro. Even when mana drops lows, fire off a couple of solo shots AoV and you're back up.
Heal pet when necessary and have fun. Just make sure you're up to full health before you start. It's 2 minutes of wtf while you see yourself either killing or being killed. I'll dismiss pet the next time and see what happens.
The beast within might help but for 18 seconds it might be pointess. The gate with the rats, it was easy. Gorilla attacked using TS, I as a Taruen used mine and just vollyed away. All in all, cleared it quickly. I wasn't able to get to baron but I'll give it a try later today and see what I come up with.
For my first time it took me 90 minutes but I was in no rush. Comment by Epitaph 3. Especially as a prot pally. Runecloth is selling for insane amounts of gold right now for rep grinders Here's a retarded video of a prot pally farming this place easy. Comment by Takes around mins for baron runs solo as ret pally.
By far the best place to farm AD rep for the title upcoming in Wotlk especially if u have the blue trinket which allows gathering of scourgestones and grants passive 81ap vs undead. Comment by I soloed the undead side 2day as a 61 Fury warr with decent gear it was pretty dificult getting passed the mobs without aggroing the hardest part was the giant group of skellies near the end.
Comment by can a 70 MM hunter with good gear solo this? Comment by The paradise of solo farming Comment by Elders' Square Service Entrance is 43, Comment by Eminence i've just done 1 run on my lvl 80 death knight, farming to exalted with AD for the title achievement - i got the mount in the process last night however this time i had the quest "the great fras asabi" or whatever its called.
Comment by Hi all i'm a 71 warrior with the dark moon cards crusade and wrath and i want to know if you have disenchant and run this instance after selling and killing every thing in here what amount of gold did you make money from killing mobs drops disenchants?
Comment by Fatnub This instance is a joke to solo as prot warrior at 80 atm, can just pull all and aoe if you want. I pwned the Mangled Cadavers first on every pull as they can do the Cadaver Worms. If you get infected anyway, you can always use Enraged Regeneration, as it's not affected by the disease. I recommend the Cobalt plate set made by blacksmiths as an effective minimum. Use them while farming the instance as the scourgestones will greatly help you raise your AD reputation.
You might end up exalted by the time you get the mount. Pull the first abomination then simply wait at the gates,as more will gradually venture twards you. He is fairly easy,his special move being that he can stun you on occasion. After he dies two waves of non-elite skeletons will run in the courtyard and attack you. They are easily dispatched. After those are down the doors open and eight elite skeletons with about health will engage you. Runecloth drops in aboundance here,as well as good amounts of money and vendor trash and consumables.
Enchanters can disenchant all the uncommon and rares for an extra profit. For a non-enchanter,you can typicaly expect around gold per run,from money drops and vendoring. Comment by any warrior TG spec tried to solo? Comment by ChillingOut Good old memories. I was so excited when Blizzard were to reintroduce Stratholme in WotLK but after being there, it's so watered down and boring.
Why can't they bring the old Stratholme back up to level 80 where it should be? The place was epic! It is excellent for Argent Dawn reputation as well. If you're seeking the achievements for that rep this is a good place to get it. There are many bosses who drop Scourgestones. As a level 80 mage in mostly quest blues it is not difficult at all. If you do every boss in the instance you can get k rep per run. Usually by just running the undead site of Stratholme I net 6 Corrupters Scourgestones per run.
Comment by OK im at the Skull door, for the baron i think, there are 13 minutes on timer, im 80 paladin, all ziggs are clear, all abominations dead, and its not opening? The chain starts in Orgrimmar with one of the An Earnest Proposition quests depends on your class and the four quests are: Dead Man's Plea - obtained outside Stratholme Proof of Life - obtained inside Stratholme and a selection of 1 out of 4 of each of these: The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet Keep in mind that you have to do a lot of other quests before you can obtain these.
Comment by has anyone noticed a bug with this instance? Comment by uberwoods lol i hate this place xcept for the pimp hat that drops 2 manned with a bm hunter and a holy priest not geared at all. Comment by i just got from him the: Jeweled Amulet of Cainwyn along with 3 other blues : lucky me :P it is not even listed as possible drop from him, so i thought i add this here.
Comment by I've just discovered something quite interesting upon my last visit to the good Baron. After you've slain all the Abominations in front of the Slaughterhouse, of course our good friend Ramstein the Gorger will come lumbering out of the door.
If you're farming the mount and want the fastest runs possible, than stay right by the door as Ramstein is coming out, pull him and walk through the door. You must kill Ramstein inside, the 5 or 6 skeletons will appear when Ramstein falls. Upon killing the skeletons you will have access to the good Baron, although upon leaving the Slaughterhouse you will be greeted by a hundred skeletons, give or take. But at least you took out the Baron faster! Comment by Ok, when I am done killing Baron, all the exits are closed with a gate that cannot be opened with the Key to the City, what do I do?
I heave to hearth every time! Comment by Service entrance is now at Comment by can someone please tell me which npc's give you the curse? Comment by is this soloable by a lvl 71 dk? Comment by As a 73 DK I did it in quest greens no problem. This is as blood spec and in unholy presence the whole time. Rivendare was not a problem, just make sure the skeletons go down I think if you're 71 you'll be fine Anything 70 and over can probably run past most of the mobs, and the few that aggro can be able to taken care of no problem.
The only issues are the Eyes of Naxxramas which spring up every so often. There are also a fair number of rare bosses in this place. As a side note, I don't think there's a better place to farm Runecloth in the game. A min Baron run netted stacks Running Strat is great for farming gold, obtaining Deathcharger's Reins or getting faction reputation either Argent Dawn or City Reputation.
The aforementioned diseases are the most troublesome part of the place, along with one of the crypt fiend types which seems to spam silences on you if you're a caster. Comment by I killed all the ones u have to kill to summon ramenstein and hes not spawning. Comment by Ferlathin I killed all the ones u have to kill to summon ramenstein and hes not spawning. Comment by Just soloed baron side as a level 71 ret pally. Made sure I had seal of wisdom up for mana regen and used ret aura.
As long as you can out heal your damage, you're fine. So anyway if you are eager to try, no need to wait til level 80 if you are the right class. Comment by MaxWilder Why the hell is the actual location of this dungeon not listed anywhere? As if everybody has been playing this game since day one and has all the dozens of instances listed on a map in their head?
That simple line should be on every instance page! Comment by I noticed that you can make quite a bit of money from here, im a level 80 DK to this is fairly easy, all the runecloth that dropsfrom here, not to mention the BoE Items can bring you anywhere from g a run. Depending on your drops. Comment by just a quick overview of the flesh-golem glitch just before rammstein if you're grinding for the mount; there is a known glitch that, when only afew of the golems're left, they'll all despawn, respawn a second later, but even if you kill them all, the door doesn't unlock and rammstein doesn't appear.
Comment by Just a warning for any 80s looking to solo this I tried on my pala ret spec shocking gear, don't chain pull 15 or so like u can in most other 60 instances as you will get killed most of the time on the UD side as u get silenced and feared much too often. Living side was still pretty safe though.
Really frustrating to manage to solo my way to the Slaughter, clear everything and then stand around wondering why nothing was happening and why I was barred in the area. Comment by WlyWnka If you ever wanna farm for the mount then this map will truly help you. It will be easier if you have Key to the City because then you can use the entrance to the side where Baron is. Deathcharger's Reins is the mount that drops :D.
Comment by I'm farming this instance and I died right infront of the building where Baron is and I released and went back but when I got back the gate to go into Barons room with the aboms is closed, so I went back to where the people are to kill to open the gate and they're still dead, so I decided to exit and reset the instance but it won't reset Comment by Does anyone know why the entrance gates those at the proper entrance to the isntance, not the service entrance are locked?
And does anyone know how to open them? I've tried butchering every living and undead thing in the instance, including all bosses, but with no luck thus far. Once a great human city, the mad Prince Arthas ravaged Stratholme in the Third War and the undead moved in soon after. Undead and necromancers control the city while gargoyles and frost wyrms patrol the sky. Noxious orange mist oozes from the buildings and poisons living creatures, transforming them into servants of the Scourge.
The largest city after Lordaeron's capital, Stratholme was destroyed by Arthas in the opening hours of the Third War, as he massacred the city's citizenry after they were infected by the Plague of Undeath. Stratholme burns to this day, and its districts have been split between the overzealous Scarlet Crusade led by Grand Crusader Dathrohan, and the Scourge forces led by the death knight Baron Rivendare. Comment by Stratholme undead side were ones a 10 man instance. I bet you it was hard ;.
Comment by The service entrance to Strat is here With Enchanting on your Pally, this can be a pretty profitable place to DE. Comment by So i have a question? I solo'd this place on my shammy for Argent Champion title and was pretty easy considering i can clense my self from that disease that doesnt allow health regen.
This guarantees she will not possess you and have you kill your own pet or vice versa. Comment by "Additional instances cannot be launched, please try again later. Comment by Not sure if anyone has posted this and I don't feel like scrolling through them all so here ya go. All other rep remains the same. Boss rep remains. All of these mobs will grant 10 AD rep per kill. For a few side notes, completeing the Gauntlet within the time limit will grant bonus rep, the Thuzadin Acolytes in the ziggurats are the only non-elites that drop Invader stones and will also always grant 3 AD rep per kill, the Mangled Cadavers cast Cadaver Worms and the Scarlet mobs do NOT give AD rep.
And good luck. Comment by there is some type of mailbox about groups into the entrence what is that for? Comment by Here's a video I made of the full complete "Baron Run" starting from boss kill, spirit run, mob dodge and boss kill again. It's pretty much the same circuit each run, just watch out for flying gargoyles. Each cycle takes about 6 mins from start to finish.
Comment by I recently went into Strat, and after killing the three tower ppl only the first of the gates to the slaughter house opened, how do i open the second one or is it just glitching? Comment by GravenTerenas Was just doing a solo run for the mount, and I died due to chain silence from a crypt crawler. Ran back to the side entrance and zoned in again, around 3 minutes after dying, only to find the instance had reset itself; all the bosses were up again, and the ziggurats were respawned I had destroyed all 3 crystals.
Is it normal for the instance to reset like this if you wipe? Fairly sure this has never happened to me before. It's a shame it will be abandoned, but at least now you can feel like you actually earned opening the gate, haha. Comment by how do i come in to the room whit baron rivendar in? Comment by hey anyone know whats behind the raid entrance at the end? Comment by It seems that Magistrate Barthilas does not spawn if you enter from the alternate entrance.
Guessing it's because im only one person or have Key to the City with me. Edit: I have most likely found the error. I hadn't seen the two places in which the Magistrate may spawn, nor do I know if he spawns everytime.
I'm pretty sure that I didn't find him in either place last run though. Will finish Stratholme research by tomorrow. Back to legit runs we go. Comment by collector A little glitch that is quite amusing in my opinion: You go through the back door service gate of strat and Magistrate Barthilas will run to the Northern gate and de-spawn so he can "warn Baron Rivendare of your intrusion".
I did this the first time and thought simply "oh well, I missed him. Comment by dragunknight92 The firt time I ever ran Strath was at level 70 skipped it for BC content and so on my 1st run I soloed it, skipping the bosses in the zigurats. Thats when I discovered that breaking the crates opened the gate to the Baron. From then on thats all I ever did and was very confused when it didnt work after a patch. Didnt know that that was a "cheat". Comment by Thottbot How do you get the Key to go in the gate on the East?
Comment by Thottbot it drops off a sub boss right before you enter the area with all the stiches looking mobs, rolled a 94 and got it :.
Comment by Thottbot This is one of the best instances ever for those of u whodont know its the first city the undead started to take over in Wacraft 3 and Timmy is the littel kid you rescue in the optinol quest on the first level and is turnd into a ghoul on one of the later levels of the human campaing.
Comment by Thottbot On top of knowing what to pull when, this little tip will make it much easier to complete. Make sure you have a lock in the party.
As soon as you drop Maleki the humanoid boss put a SS on the priest, have warrior lead a suicide run to the abominations, about halfway through the room to the aboms will do it. After everything finishes killing you and goes back to original positions, have priest get up and rez party, doesn't take long and allows for a large group of mobs to be skipped. Though many do not like the idea of having an intentional wipe, this method does shave a couple of minutes, which is most often all you need.
Comment by Thottbot Most of the comments about 10 man parties were made at least a year ago cause back then strat was way harder then it is now and back then there wasn't as much gear. So don't get too confused about the whole 10 man groups. Comment by Thottbot If you notice the store signs, many of the people who originally owned them are alive now, for example: Leeka's Shields and Maces Comment by Thottbot I entered Stratholme and Comment by Thottbot i entered but i'm blocked by a gate The city of Stratholme was the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and was the city where the Order of the Silver Hand was founded.
The largest city after Lordaeron's capital, Stratholme was destroyed by Prince Arthas in the opening hours of the Third War, as he massacred the city's citizenry after they were infected by the Plague of Undeath. Comment by Thottbot I solo this frequently as a level 70 enhancement shaman. Not really difficult. I usually only run from the back gate entrance to Baron Rivendare, then leave for my 3g repair bill from the small damage taken, and to sell all the crap.
Then I go back and repeat until I'm bored, and move on to something else. Can be soloed all the way through, but gets tight in places. For now, I'll just describe my usual, quick route through the back. First group directly in front of the gate can be skipped by hugging left wall.
The bard that drops the piccolo can be single pulled if he's up by peeking around the corner of the gated area and using lightning bolt, then running back through the gate and tucking around the corner so he can't shoot you with his bow.
Drop Mana Spring and Grace of Air totems, and pull with chain lightning on one of the elite zombies. Drop a stoneclaw totem and a magma totem, and begin killing. Take down the first elite, then the berserker skeletons, then the other elites. Leave the casters for last; you should be resisting the majority of their frostbolts. You are killing the skellies because they generally go down easier, while hitting for only slightly less than the zombies.
Heal to full, repeat on the next group. If you have any trouble, don't hesitate to burn shamanistic rage for the defense and heal yourself. Once you pass through the gate and Rivendare gives you your 45 minute warning, pull the nearest banshee.
If it's a shrieking banshee, wait for her to start casting, then nail her with earth shock to interrupt and pull her back.
The next pull is tricky. Should be a banshee roaming back and forth to your left, a crypt fiend in front of you, and another crypt fiend to your right. Gargolyes patrol across the entire area, including a rare spawn gargoyle. Wait until the gargoyles are just beginning to leave aggro range, and lightning bolt nearest banshee.
Again, if it is a shrieking banshee, interupt with earth shock. The developers might do something with in the future but for now, there's nothing. There are a total of 13 bosses in this instance and they are listed below in order of encounter as you progress through the dungeon. There's no register feature and no need to give an email address if you don't need to. All messages will be reviewed before being displayed.
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