How do you get into Stratholme's Service Entrance?

With the Key to the City, which drops from Magistrate Barthilas. Without it, enter by the Main Gate and walk to Barthilas. A rogue can also open the gate (one source).

What level should you be for Stratholme Undead?

It is tuned for 58-60, and the Group Finder offers it from 55. Sources disagree on the minimum entry level (37 or 45).

Is there still a timer on Baron Rivendare?

In Classic, opening the Gauntlet gate starts a 45-minute timer for the Baron. Not confirmed for Forever (Classic data, to verify).

Does Baron Rivendare still drop Deathcharger's Reins?

Not confirmed. One Forever guide says the Reins now teach the mount account-wide (level 60 and Journeyman Riding needed), but whether the Baron still drops them is unknown.

Stratholme: Undead

Stratholme

Levels 58-60Eastern Plaguelands5 players

7 bosses · 1 rare(to verify)KeyNot known yetNot confirmed yetLast verified: 15 Oct 2026

levels: 58-60
players: 5
bosses: 7

Access

Key

Key to the City (Magistrate Barthilas) opens the service gate; otherwise enter by the Main Gate.

Confirmed in Forever

Three ziggurats, a square full of abominations and a baron who runs on a timer. Goblins love a deadline. Mostly other people's.

Classic data — updated at Forever's launch

Stratholme's Service Entrance (Undead side) is not playable in the beta (level cap 30). The description below comes from pre-launch data (game files and guides) and the original game's version of this dungeon; we check each point in game at launch and update this page.

Who it's for

Level range: tuned for 58-60; Group Finder from level 55, as a separate entry from the Main Gate (one source).
Both factions: one guide counts 10 Alliance and 11 Horde quests on this side; Ramstein is Horde only.
Group: 5 players.

The route, in plain words

Getting there. Fly to Light's Hope Chapel, then ride north-west. The Service Entrance is the Eastwall Gate, in the north of Eastern Plaguelands; one guide gives ~41.9, 15.8 on the Forever map, another source gives a portal at 48.4, 21.8 without naming the gate.
The Gauntlet. Magistrate Barthilas, and the rare Stonespine on the road.
The three ziggurats: Baroness Anastari, Nerub'enkan, Maleki the Pallid. Every Acolyte in each ziggurat must die before the Slaughter Square gate opens.
Slaughter Square: Ramstein the Gorger comes once all the abominations are dead, and a wave follows him.
Baron Rivendare, last, with Ysida Harmon in a cage.

That is one guide's order; another puts Stonespine second, Nerub'enkan before the Swordsmith and Anastari later (to verify). Boss count: 8 on this side per one guide, 19 for the whole of Stratholme per two others.

The bosses in one line each

Magistrate Barthilas: Crowd Pummel (interrupt) and a Mighty Blow knockback (guides advise a wall); healers out of melee.
Baroness Anastari: Banshee Curse, Silence (~10 s), and she possesses a player: bring that player to half health.
Black Guard Swordsmith: spawns when the Blacksmithing Plans are clicked; for blacksmiths.
Nerub'enkan: Crypt Scarabs, Pierce Armor, Encasing Webs; cure poison.
Maleki the Pallid: Ice Tomb stuns the tank up to 10 s; Frostbolt; interrupt his Drain Life and Drain Mana.
Ramstein the Gorger: Knockout (6-second stun that wipes threat) and Trample.
Baron Rivendare (final): Unholy Aura, Mortal Strike (-50% healing), skeletons and Death Pact.
Stonespine (rare): a Vicious Rend bleed.

Quests to grab before you go

From one Forever guide plus the original quest list:

The Flesh Does Not Lie: Betina Bigglezink, Light's Hope. 20 Plagued Flesh Samples.
The Active Agent: Betina. Find the Scourge Data in one of the three ziggurats. No longer gives its original items in Forever (one source).
Above and Beyond: Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff. Loot the Head of Baron Rivendare (the chain starts with The Archivist on the Main Gate side).
Houses of the Holy: Leonid Barthalomew the Revered. Holy Water; choose the Crown or the Band of the Penitent (improved in Forever).
The Medallion of Faith → Aurius' Reckoning: Aurius. The Medallion comes from the Main Gate side; kill Rivendare. Original items gone in Forever (one source).
Ramstein (Horde only): Nathanos Blightcaller. Kill Ramstein. Original items gone in Forever (one source).
Dead Man's Plea → Proof of Life: Dungeon Set 2 chain; save Ysida Harmon before the timer. No Argent Dawn reputation in Forever (one source).
Menethil's Gift: part of a Scholomance chain; the Keepsake of Remembrance is near Rivendare.
Corruption: Seril Scourgebane, Winterspring; for blacksmiths.
Valthalak amulet pieces: Dungeon Set 2 chain, from Bodley.

Watch out

No key, longer walk: without the Key to the City, you go in by the Main Gate.
The ziggurat Acolytes: miss one and the Slaughter Square gate stays shut.
Ramstein's Knockout wipes threat.
Old coordinates lie: Eastern Plaguelands is about 23% bigger in Forever (one source).
Loot changed: Dungeon Set 1 bonuses now come at 2/3/4/5/6 pieces, Rivendare drops the legs of all nine sets, and about 90 original boss items across both sides have no Forever entry (one source).
Experience: dungeon quests give half their bonus experience since Oct 1; kills give about 20% more since Oct 8 (one source).

FAQ

How do you get into Stratholme's Service Entrance?: With the Key to the City, which drops from Magistrate Barthilas. Without it, enter by the Main Gate and walk to Barthilas. A rogue can also open the gate (one source).
What level should you be for Stratholme Undead?: It is tuned for 58-60, and the Group Finder offers it from 55. Sources disagree on the minimum entry level (37 or 45).
Is there still a timer on Baron Rivendare?: In Classic, opening the Gauntlet gate starts a 45-minute timer for the Baron. Not confirmed for Forever (Classic data, to verify).
Does Baron Rivendare still drop Deathcharger's Reins?: Not confirmed. One Forever guide says the Reins now teach the mount account-wide (level 60 and Journeyman Riding needed), but whether the Baron still drops them is unknown.