Stormwind Stockade (Classic)

This article is about original instance. For revamped location, see Stormwind Stockade.

Stormwind Stockade
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Location	Canals, Stormwind City
Race(s)	Human
End boss	Bazil Thredd
Level	22-30
Minimum level	15
Player limit	5 (10)
Bosses Targorr the Dread Kam Deepfury Hamhock Bazil Thredd Bruegal Ironknuckle (rare) Dextren Ward (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore)

Stormwind Stockade pre-Cataclysm bosses

Stormwind Stockade, aka The Stockade, is a heavily guarded prison in the middle of Stormwind City. A large number of dangerous criminals, including some criminal masterminds and Defias mercenaries, are currently being held in the stockade. However, not so long ago, there was a revolt inside the dungeon, and the prisoners now keep the Stockade under their control.

Recommended group composition is a competent and reasonably balanced group of players around level 27, with a decent level 27, at least, tank or very competent players for the final mini-boss.

History

From the World Dungeons page on the official World of Warcraft Community Site:

Stormwind Stockade is a high-security prison complex, hidden beneath the canal district of Stormwind city. Presided over by Warden Thelwater, Stormwind Stockade is home to petty crooks, political insurgents, murderers and a score of the most dangerous criminals in the land. Recently, a prisoner-led revolt has resulted in a state of pandemonium within the stockade - where the guards have been driven out and the convicts roam free. Warden Thelwater has managed to escape the holding area and is currently enlisting brave thrill-seekers to venture into the prison and kill the uprising's mastermind - the cunning felon, Bazil Thredd.

It seems the prison was fairly inefficiently run, resorting to using least one teenage guard who got murdered when the prisoners revealed their allegiance to the Defias Brotherhood. Several prisoners were sentenced to death, including the Blackrock orc Targorr the Dread and human grave-robber Dextren Ward, but bureaucratic nobles put a hold on them in a sort of foul play. As a result, both the Lakeshire guard, Council of Darkshire and even Kingdom of Ironforge sent agents to the prison to bypass Stormwindian bureaucracy and have prisoners assassinated.

Quest guide

Alliance quests
Quest name	Quest giver		Zone location
[25D] What Comes Around...	Guard Berton	[26, 46]	Lakeshire, Redridge Mountains
[26D] Crime and Punishment	Councilman Millstipe	[71, 47]	Darkshire, Duskwood
[26D] Quell The Uprising	Warden Thelwater	[51, 69]	Outside the instance
[26D] The Color of Blood	Nikova Raskol	[73, 50]	Old Town, Stormwind
[27D] The Fury Runs Deep	Motley Garmason	[49, 18]	Dun Modr, Wetlands
[29D] The Stockade Riots	Warden Thelwater	[51, 69]	Outside the instance

Dungeon denizens

• Dark Iron dwarf (one, Kam Deepfury)
• Dwarf (one, Bruegal Ironknuckle)
• Humans
• Ogre (one, Hamhock)
• Orc (one, Targorr the Dread)

The inmates

•  Defias Captive
•  Defias Convict
•  Defias Inmate
•  Defias Insurgent
•  Defias Prisoner

The instigators

•  Bazil Thredd (Final Encounter)
•  Dextren Ward
•  Hamhock
•  Kam Deepfury
•  Targorr the Dread
•  Bruegal Ironknuckle

Loot

Boss	Weapons and Shields	Cloth	Leather	Mail	Plate	Back	Other
Targorr the Dread							[Head of Targorr] (Quest)
Kam Deepfury	[Kam's Walking Stick]						[Head of Deepfury] (Quest)
Bazil Thredd							[Head of Bazil Thredd] (Quest)
Bruegal Ironknuckle (Rare)	[Iron Knuckles]  [Prison Shank]			[Jimmied Handcuffs]
Dextren Ward							[Hand of Dextren Ward] (Quest)
Trash Mobs							[Defias Renegade Ring]

Notes, tips, and additional info

• Enemy Level Range: 23-26 elites
• Possibly the smallest instance in the game in terms of size, though due to the number of mobs in close quarters it can take as long as a full-sized instance to run with a level-appropriate group.
• Must be at least level 15 to enter the instance.
• Even though Horde players can enter this instance as well, due to its position and the quests it is often regarded Alliance-only. Horde players can however access it as normal through the Looking for Dungeon tool.
• This is one of the few instances in the game where [Amplify Magic] shines, as none of the enemies here use magical attacks (except Hamhock who uses Chain Lightning). If you have a mage with you, get him/her to use it so as to strengthen your healers.
• Due to the small area of the dungeon, feared enemies and players can be fatal to your party if they run into a room full of enemies. Keeping enemy mobs from fleeing (e.g. [Hamstring]) and dealing with fear effects from Dextren Ward ( [Fear Ward], [Tremor Totem]) can go a long way to ensuring your group's survival in this dungeon.
• Unlike most instances, Stormwind Stockade has exceptionally poor loot from bosses, with the exception of one rare spawn. This is believed to be because, being in the center of the human capital, it would be too easy to farm.
• This is a great place to farm for [wool] as all of the mobs here drop it (almost always) and it usually drops in 2's and 3's.
• The Stockade is smaller than Deadmines but has about the same number of mini-bosses.
• Sometimes a group of Defias Rioters will come from the instance and attack the Guards and other players. They won't survive that long and it only lasts for about 5–10 seconds.
• Some treasure chests within the Stockade are locked. [Large Iron Bound Chests] are locked and thus require a rogue, an engineer using Seaforium Charges, or a blacksmith using Skeleton keys to open while Large Solid Chests are not locked.

Gallery

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  The Stormwind Stockade

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  Inside the instance.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Redesigned.
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Capped at ten players.
  
• Patch 0.6 (2004-04-13): Creatures located in the Stormwind Stockade now have spells and abilities.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB