Stratholme Service Entrance
- This article is about the Service Entrance of Stratholme. For the Main Gate, see Stratholme Main Gate. For history, see Stratholme. For the original instance, see Stratholme (Classic). For the events of the Culling of Stratholme, see Culling of Stratholme (disambiguation).
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| Location | Plaguewood, Eastern Plaguelands | ||||||
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| End boss | Lord Aurius Rivendare | ||||||
| Level | 46-56 | ||||||
| Min lvl | 37 | ||||||
| Player limit | 5 | ||||||
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The city of Stratholme (pronounced ˈstrathːhɔlm[1]) was the northernmost and second most populous city of the kingdom of Lordaeron, and is the city where the Order of the Silver Hand was founded. [27, 8] Today, Stratholme is the Scourge's capital in Lordaeron. The mad Prince Arthas ravaged Stratholme in the Third War and the undead moved in soon after. Stratholme burns to this day.
The service entrace is found at Eastwall Gate[43, 18].
History
From the World Dungeons page on the official World of Warcraft Community Site:
- Once the jewel of northern Lordaeron, the city of Stratholme is where Prince Arthas turned against his mentor, Uther Lightbringer, and slaughtered hundreds of his own subjects who were believed to have contracted the dreaded plague of undeath. Arthas' downward spiral and ultimate surrender to the Lich King soon followed.
- The broken, burning city came to be a haven for the undead Scourge, who gathered behind Stratholme's massive watchtowers and iron gates. In years past, both champions of the Light and zealots of the Scarlet Crusade ventured into Stratholme to battle these monstrosities - and, almost to a man, they failed. Now, these former champions of humanity stand resurrected, bolstering the Scourge further. If they are not sealed in their lair, the forces of undeath, led by the death knight Lord Aurius Rivendare and the dreadlord Balnazzar, will soon boil forth to ravage Lordaeron once again.
Geography
This is the second wing of Stratholme, but it has its own instance portal in Eastern Plaguelands found inside the Eastwall Gate. However, it is not marked with an instance portal icon on the zone map.
This and the Stratholme Main Gate are actually all one large instance, just as in the classic version. This means that players can progress naturally to this wing from the first one within the instance if desired. However, it also means that if a character attempts to enter the service entrance portal after previously entering through the main gate, they will be returned to the beginning of the main gate wing within the instance. Resetting instances will clear the "stored entrance", causing the next entry point to once again correspond to the instance portal.
Maps and subregions
Atlas map showing various shops that were in Stratholme.
Dungeon scenario
The objective interface splits the dungeon into four steps:
Disable the Ziggurats
- Destroy the Ash'ari Crystals to disable the ziggurats and gain access to the Slaughterhouse.
- Ash'ari Crystals destroyed (3)
- Baroness Anastari defeated
- Maleki the Pallid defeated
- Nerub'enkan defeated
The Slaughterhouse
- Defeat the abominations guarding the Slaughterhouse.
- Abominations defeated (9)
Ramstein the Gorger
- Defeat Ramstein the Gorger.
- Ramstein the Gorger defeated
Lord Aurius Rivendare
- Defeat the Black Guard Sentries and proceed into Lord Aurius Rivendare's domain.
- Black Guard Sentry defeated (5)
- Lord Aurius Rivendare defeated
Dungeon denizens
Abominations
Banshees
Crypt fiends
Death knights (one, Lord Aurius Rivendare)
Gargoyles
Ghouls- Humans
Skeletal warriors
Skeletons
Wights (one, Magistrate Barthilas)
Wraiths
Zombies
Encounters
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Summary
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To get to Lord Aurius Rivendare, the 3 Ash'ari Crystals must be toppled. These Crystals are guarded by 3 of the bosses: Baroness Anastari, Nerub'enkan and Maleki the Pallid. Kill them, and all five Thuzadin Acolytes inside the ziggurats they guard, and the Crystals will be toppled, allowing you entry to Slaughter Square where Lord Rivendare awaits.
Once you clear out all the abomination trash in Slaughter Square where the Slaughter House stands, Aurius will send out Ramstein the Gorger to kill the group. After Ramstein, two waves of trash, Mindless Undead and Black Guard Sentry, must be killed to unlock Lord Rivendare's room, to which he challenges the players to take him on.
The Black Guard Swordsmith is triggered by clicking on some blacksmithing plans on the floor to the right of the stairs of the First Ziggurat. Baroness Anastari is at the top of the stairs.
Quests
[20-30D] Liquid Gold- [20-30D] Argent Reinforcements
- [20-30D] Man Against Abomination
- [20-30D] Weapons for War
- [20-30D] Lord Aurius Rivendare
Loot
Trivia
- There is a raid instance portal at Slaughter Square. This was intended to lead to Naxxramas, similar to the Molten Core entrance from Blackrock Depths.[2] Carefully using a flying mount to approach Stratholme from the outside shows that an old version of the necropolis is still flying near Slaughter Square. The portal can be seen during the event before Rivendare, when lesser undead are brought in from the area. If you delay, the area will close and you will become stuck. The tunnel leads to an abandoned place where an invisible necropolis is, which can be seen with a model viewer.
- After all the bosses are cleared, Argent Crusaders will invade the instance and engage the remaining undead in combat.
Gallery
Flying over Stratholme.
Beyond the Slaughter Square raid portal.
Alpha satellite map, with Naxxramas at the end.
Patch changes
Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): It is once again possible to travel directly between both sides of Stratholme. 
Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Split from the original Stratholme.
References
- ^ YouTube - Let's Play Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 13 - Uther Arrives
- ^ Ion Hazzikostas on Twitter: "That was going to be the original Naxx entrance, the way you zoned into MC through BRD, BWL through UBRS, etc."
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