The plans are just before the Baronesses ziggurat on the right side of it

Managed to do this quest solo at 70 as a paladin. I�m sure other classes could do it too. I threw on shield and 1h, and retribution aura. I went in the strat back door opened the first gate and hit holy wrath immediately. Then target one of the elites and keep spamming consecrate while whacking on the elite till he�s dead, then target the next elite and repeat, if you get low on health and the non elites are dead and u have to run, when u come back and there�s only 1 or 2 elites left in the group you can probably sneak past them

Turn right and go around the back of the church to the next group. The next group is basically the same, exorcism one of three elites, then LoS (line of site) pull around the back of the church building and hit holy wrath and spam consecrate again till they�re all dead while targeting the elites and whacking on them.

Next I went through the 2 gauntlet gates and put my 2h weapon on and Sanctity aura, I would suggest retribution if u don�t have sanctity but its no biggie imo, the next bunch of mobs are solo pullable, go get rid of them, banshees, crypt fiends and the patrolling gargoyles. LoS pulling back through the gauntlet gate and behind the wall helps to not get adds or gets feared by the screechers. Watch out for the eyes of naxx too as this s a popular place for them to come out from.

There�s a group of 3 mobs on the right, and a group of three on the left near the cart. You can walk through the middle of these without agroing. Then just past the wall on the right there�s 2 ghouls with the blacksmithing plans behind them, pull them and kill them both, they�re fairly easy.

Now this is the tough part, there�s a gargoyle patrol that fly�s close to the ziggurat solo pull this guy when he comes so he doesn�t agro.

Then wait till the banshee floats over near the ziggurat and u can sneak past the plans and past the group of three humanoids so you�re close to the back of the ziggurat. Pull the banshee when she�s close to the LoS, you wont be able to do a complete LoS pull so just get her back as far as possible and the run up and melee and you shouldn�t agro the 3 humanoids.

Now go back up close to the wall and loot the plans and run back toward the back of the ziggurat, the mob will spawn and he�s easy to kill, loot him and then go back to Winterspring to hand in the quest

axesmith quest next although i dont know how soloable it will be, a lot harder i think since its in brs

70 rogue solo
if you go in the back gate you need to go strait to the next gate not left. I just used distract on the mobs by the gate then opened and ran in. stealth past all the mobs on the right and around the wall you will see 2 ghouls. those are the only 2 you need to kill. the plans are along the wall by those 2 guys. right click scroll to summon the 61 elite. stealth back out how you came in.

Zipher - Daggerspine

ive read in various threads, that the quest "corruption" is required for a weaponsmith to become a swordsmith. i'm lvl 52, bs241. got to WS, talked to the NPC, but he didnt offer any quest. he just asked me if i want to become a swordsmith, and when i answered "yes", the swordsmith skill was added in my skill book. Has sth changed, or have i done sth wrong?

This quest is very difficult it seems as I cannot find anyone, let alone my own guild to help me out with it :(

&nbsp When I set out to finish this quest I was in a ten man raid.&nbsp The blacksmithing plans were right where the above post said they'd be next to the Baroness' ziggurat.&nbsp The plans themselves were laying out on the ground, and the gear appeared over them and I was able to open them.&nbsp This summonned the keeper, but after killing him the item needed to complete the quest was not on him with the rest of his loot, I'm guessing because I was in a raid.&nbsp Other people in the raid mentioned that with the new patch you are not able to leave a raid to get items like this anymore either, that you have to go in as a party.&nbsp Don't have any hard facts on that yet.&nbsp Anybody else shed some more light on this?

how do you get to the back entrance and where is it? thanks

You gotta be a weaponsmith, level 50 or higher, and my blacksmith skill was around 270 when i was able to take on the quest.&nbsp Be careful once you decide which of the 3 quests, sword, axe or mace, the other 2 will no longer be questable.

The back door into Stratholme is located along the northern wall north of the graveyard near Plaguewood in EPL....You will notice the back door as it will look like a brick structure on side of the northern cliff...There will be a gate that is locked, so you either need someone to pick the gate open or get the [Key to the City] off the undead mini boss just before the abominations!

The plans that are looted to summon can be looted by only one person so random rolling would be fair!

I just soloed this at 68 being a paladin I was able to do enough damage and stay alive to make it.

well i did the quest from the masterswordsmith guy and all he says just ask nicely and ill teach you master swordsmithing and then nothing else.. and im at 350bs and level 70. anyone know what i should do

what side of strat is the quest on? im really confused cuz no one says what side

Very easy for me to solo.&nbsp I stealthed into UD Strat. There are a few zombies that have enchanced vision, but not too many, so it wasn't too hard for me to zig zag past them.

I walked to the "Cash & Sons - Pawn Brokers" and grabbed the plans laying on the floor.&nbsp The LVL 61 Elite appeared at the&nbsp door of the store front.&nbsp No other Mobs were aggro'd by me or the fight that ensued.&nbsp I turned on Evasion and killed him easily.

i solo'd this as a 70 hunter easily. u dont even half to kill any groups except the two man group right in front of the plans. walked from the gate along the wall (i do mean HUG the wall) and didnt aggro any of the mobs in first room. pull all the single's in the middle and make sure u get all the flyers. turn right and there is the one 2-man mob pulled one ice trapped the other, when he unfroze killed him. grabbed plans killed the smith and booked it out. talk about a cake walk

If u did the weaponsmith specialisation quest, u just walk in Everlook and pick what spec u want.

Any bs can learn this recipe now btw. armorsmith/weaponsmith, doesn't matter.

Only req is 280 bs skill.

How do i get to the back enterance and where is it located?

is the back entrance the need key to open? if so, where can i get it? is this the entrance to the east in the cave?

thanks

Just did it with a 60 paladin, 59 paladin, 58 druid and 60 rogue. Was way over kill...

This could be duo'd by two paladins or a warrior with a priest. He doesn't hit hard and doesn't have a lot of hp.

really easy if you are a lvl 70 rogue. clear the 2 mobs and pick the plans. take out the spawn. barely lost health

triple post

Edited, Mon Jul 18 05:32:02 2005

Well, it looks like I'm completely screwed.

45 Paladin, with 270 smithing.

is there a prereq for this quest?

Festivmaggot
60 Pala on Shadowsong EU

No prereq on the quest, other than you beeing an artisane weaponsmith, get it in Everlook, Winterspring.

What I wanna know is Is there any known way to solve this quest if you are member of a raidgroup ?,

Or is it ONLY solveable in a 5 persons team ?

If yes to the last question, i'd say 5 x level 60 of certain professions are needed.

RawPlux

I'm a lvl 53 Warrior and i recently completed this quest with some guildies... a 60 pali (as the main and only healer) 59 mage and 2 60 rouges... it was pretty easy, even with a pali healer... if u know where the guy is and u can avoid the baronesses aggroits not to hard at all... besides completing the quest u get the plans for corruption good xp and in our case 2 blue drops on the way to the black guard

As of this post, I was unable to loot the corpse in a 10-man. Must have been fixed or something.

I have this quest now, level 52.

ffs triple post

Edited, Mon Jul 18 05:28:38 2005

Hiya!

My Paladin is now Lvl54 and i got that Quest! Now i want to complete it, but there's noone willing to help since they say i'm dead meat when entering!

Now i'd like to know if there's an opening to complete it when i'm with 4 Lvl60s around?

Can anyone tell me where to get the key to the service entrance and can anyone give detailed instructions for completing this quest?

I'm a lvl 53 warrior and i fairly easily completed this quest with a few of my guildies... we had a 60 pali 2 60 rouges and a 59 mage... so the pali was our healer... which seemed like a chalange in itself... but basicly we just enterd the back door to strat killed the first 3 groups of undead... hung a right into the gauntlet part aggroed the mobs there one by one or in groups of 2 or 3... avoided the baronesses aggro, i grabbed the plans, black guard apeared it was an easy kill and he droped the quest item...

Soloed as a lvl 70 holy pally

Im level 58, and cant get help doing this quest. am half tempted to offer to pay people to go with me, just so I can complete the quest. Have 4 sets of plans in the bank, just waiting on me to get swordsmith. LBRS, and UBRs have been good to me. But cant read till I get swordsmith.

So being level 52, and talking about not getting help for it. think how I feel at level 58.

it is possible to obtain this at lvl 51 (prolly hard to do it tho :-P)

strat isn't really a 55-60 then, exclusively 60s. very difficult quest.

Edited, Mon May 9 17:34:56 2005

Staring at seril and No quest at level 44 :) Lil too early.