Stratholme Undead

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Stratholme was closed on the beta, which stopped at level 30. This guide follows the dungeon as it was in Classic, with the boss levels from the Forever data. Blizzard has not said whether the dungeon changes for Forever.

Stratholme is one instance with two sides. The Undead side belongs to the Scourge of Baron Rivendare, the Living side to the Scarlet Crusade.

Getting there

The Eastwall Gate lies a little east of the main gate of Stratholme, in the northwest of the Eastern Plaguelands. It needs the Key to the City, which Magistrate Barthilas drops. Without the key, enter through the main gate and cross the Living side. Then Barthilas stays at his first spot in front of Alonsus Chapel; opening the Service Entrance Gate makes him run to the back of the dungeon.

The same key opens the Gauntlet Gate to the rest of the Undead side. Opening it starts the Baron’s Ultimatum: after 45 minutes he kills his prisoner. That only matters for the Tier 0.5 quest Dead Man’s Plea.

The route

The numbers match the map above.

1. The first ziggurat. Nerub’enkan (1) stands on top. Clear the area first.
2. On the way. Stonespine (2) is a rare that walks between the first two ziggurats. Black Guard Swordsmith (3) appears when someone clicks the pattern on the floor.
3. The second ziggurat. Baroness Anastari (4) waits on top.
4. The third ziggurat. Maleki the Pallid (5) waits on top.
5. The acolytes. In each ziggurat, kill all Thuzadin Acolytes. When the third group falls, the Scourge yells that the Slaughterhouse is unprotected, and the gates to Slaughter Square open.
6. The magistrate. Magistrate Barthilas (6) waits here if he ran off.
7. Slaughter Square. Kill all Venom Belchers and Bile Spewers, and Ramstein the Gorger (7) comes out. After him a wave of Mindless Undead follows, then three Black Guard Sentries.
8. The Slaughter House. Baron Rivendare (8) waits inside. The door closes behind you.

The bosses

Nerub’enkan

Fight him at the top of the ramp, in sight of the healer. He calls Crypt Scarabs: area damage clears them. Encasing Webs slows the tank but does not cost threat.

Stonespine

A rare. Pull him away from patrols. His Vicious Rend bleeds the tank.

Black Guard Swordsmith

He appears when someone clicks the pattern on the floor. Do that between pulls, and say so first.

Baroness Anastari

She possesses a player, who has to be brought to 50% health to break the control. Heal that player right after. Remove Banshee Curse; casters can be silenced.

Maleki the Pallid

He hits hard. Interrupt Frostbolt and Drain Life. Ice Tomb freezes the tank for 6 seconds, and he turns to the next player on threat in the meantime.

Magistrate Barthilas

Turn him to a wall, away from the group, so Mighty Blow does not throw the tank into other monsters. Crowd Pummel hits everyone near him. He drops the Key to the City.

Ramstein the Gorger

He hits hard and drops threat with Knockout. The player second on threat takes him over until the tank taunts him back: a plate wearer or a ranged player who can kite.

Baron Rivendare

Go in together: the door closes. The tank takes him to the back right, with his back to a wall. Ranged players and the healer stay at full range on the left, out of Unholy Aura. Melee players stand behind him because of Cleave, and kill the skeletons he raises. Mortal Strike lowers the healing on the tank.

What is not known yet

• The rewards of the eight quests in the Forever data.
• The loot: 35 of the 53 Classic items are not in the Forever data yet, and the drop of Deathcharger’s Reins is not known.
• Changes for Forever: the dungeon was closed on the beta. Behind a gate in Slaughter Square a closed portal to Naxxramas could be seen in Classic; what Forever does with it, is not known.