I tried the repetitive dieing approach. It worked even better than above. I bubbled standing on a raised section just diagonally across from the tower with divine shield (10s) and ran into the tower. I didn't see the first crate and ended up running past it up to the 2nd floor. At that point all the mob chasing me had given up. I accidentally aggro'd the ogre that is very near the 2nd crate (I could've avoided that if I'd been thinking faster) but by healing I was able to dispatch him without too much difficulty. Then I opened the crate and immediately ran up to the top floor. I lost all the newly spawned mob by doing that so I could immediately open the 3rd crate. At that point I tried to lose them by dropping all the way down the tower. I'm not sure how many lost but I think I still had several one me at the bottom of the tower. I didn't really try very hard to stay alive but I doubt I would have managed it if I had. So as a ghost I ran back in, found the crate I'd missed (took a bit of looking). Respawned by it, opened it immediately and then immediately ran out of the tower and bubbled as I left. That let me escape all the way to the alliance section with only the final ogre right by that section still aggroing me. Since I had plenty of mana I healed myself and killed him off (without any help from those lazy alliance soldiers I might add - they ignored the hulking great ogre in the middle of their camp!).

So one death and only 2 ogre kills (ignoring the several I killed to get near the tower) to quickly get all the items as a lvl 44 palladin is a resounding success.

-Druid lvl 42-

Very easy to do for druids - in cat form with prowling

What i did :

Sneaked into the tower, killed the mobs inside, even&nbsp on the top floor.

Afer that I looted the second chest, by doing that some mobs spawned(See questlog) and starting running towards me.
I'd go in catform again and prowled.. no problems.

After that I looted the chest on top floor, same tactic.

And last I looted the first chest, same tactic again.
No probs doing that, didnt die at all , didnt use defenses.

All you have to do is following this intructions and you will succeed.
Just do it quick )

just a little sidenote: as you go down the ramp by the trolls entering the part with the ogres, there is a little post on the right hand sid with a kind of straw X on it, if you jump onto the ledge right by there you can cruise all the way round to the tower without the hassle of killing all the ogres on the way to it...

saves looooads of time =)

As you work your way up the tower that will be a box on each level. After opening a box and taking the object out several mobs will spawn (3 for the first, 4 for the next, and 5 for the last).

it's really easy for hunters
-dismiss your pet
-get to the tower by the edge,activate defenses
-open the first chest,frost trap quickly, run to the second one, feign death and the adds will go
-wait for fd's cooldown
-open the second chest, run to the third one and feign death again
- open the 3rd one,frost trap, jump down, start running, you should be able to make it alive to the entrance, fd for the last time to be sure
- get back to arathi and deliver it..

Azure Agate is a one time use item so use it wisely.

When you use the Azure Agate on the device outside of the tower several water elementals will be summoned outside and through out the Tower. They won't last long though.

Since I couldn't find anybody to help me do this part I just would die in tower then go revive next to each chest when it was unguarded and loot it then die again from the ogres that appeared after you loot each chest. Each chest is on a different floor of the tower.

Update after patch 2.3. After opening each box, it seems like it'll spawn 2 ogres only. The duo always seems to be a Mauler and a shaman. Shaman always drops a fire totem.

As a rogue, have auto loot on and just stealth right after you loot. I avoided all the spawns this way.

also new in patch 2.3: the mobs are no longer elite, but there has been added several mobs on the slope up to the tower - there's now 5 where there used to be 2, so making the quest a little tricky still, but it's all in all easier, just completed it as 38 shadow priest..

The tower is at 18,68 in Stromgarde.

i -soloed- this quest as a 41 druid.

the tower is in the far right back corner of stromgarde, near where you were killing shamans for the agate. its got 2 ogres guarding the door, cant miss it.

use cat form, stealth all the way through to the top.
(DO NOT OPEN THE FIRST TWO CHESTS!)
get to the top chest and go night elf. wait a second, open the chest, grab the loot, then QUICKLY cat form and stealth. the summoned ogres run around in circles looking for you, so if youre nervous sneak back into a corner and wait for a clear path to the second floor.

do the same for each chest and waltz right on out!

if i can do this at 41, anyone can.

This quest is rather simple if U R equal in level to the mobs If U R not U may have a greater agro radius and that could be a problem. All that you need to do is come in the the entrance of the area that the ogres occupy within the destroyed keep. Jump up on the rail to the left and run around to the keep. Jump down and run inside and get killed. come back and recon the place in order to find the boxes. Once you find the boxes you can rez next to each in succession, get the item die, come back and do the next one. Not too Heroic, bit it does let U solo the thing.

I was able to solo this as a level 41 Druid, just stealth to the boxes and wait for the ogres to path away (at some of the boxes there are ogre paths), unstealth and wait for it to cooldown then shift into caster form grab the box and shift back into cat form and restealth (you don't get flagged for combat right away).

I was Druid lvl 50 when I did this.
I found a few things out that can make it easier.

I passed the first chest (didn't see it) and whent for the second.
When the ogres came I was already on my way to the third floor - and they didn't follow.
I took the third chest - and jumped before the ogres reached me. They didn' follow.
Finally I toke the first chest, jumped to the bottom floor and left the building.

Those 'summond' ogres seamed rather stupid :-)

PS You still have to figth the 'standard' ogres thou.

46 Pally & 45 druid. We both forgot the agate and was too lazy to go back to the bank to get it.&nbsp Wrong move! Died once on 1st landing, once on second floor, once on the third and then on the way out. lol

Did it with my 44 Rogue. I snuck in, looted, and used stealth as soon as I got the item. That way I avoided battles. :) Should start at the very top of the tower though, as you'll have some difficulties sneaking past the extra mobs that pop up.

It's very easy. :) Have fun.

undress yourself, run in fear loot chest and die, realease at next chest do the same
Chests are at different floors, at 18,68 in Stromgarde

&nbsp This quest is even possible for a rogue without using the enchanted gem to set off the tower's defences. I managed to get all three items as a level 42 Night Elf Rogue just by some careful stealthing and waiting for the right moment to open the chests. So I didn't need to fight a single ogre. So cool.

this quest is extremely hard unless you are a rouge. As son as you open the chest, like 5 lvl 38-40 elites come out. So i would get the first chest and then let myself die. I would go to the second one as a ghost and resreect and then loot it and repeat this for the third. Don't worry about the repair of armor. The next quest after this will tell you to go to stormwind to talk to someone and he will give you 90 silver

Dont forget the agate, found with the summoned guardians we were able to gain access to the tower with out to much trouble.&nbsp I dont wanna see how bad it is with out we both had it so it was ez for me.

When you first are inside the tower, you can resurrect just next to the the chest´s and open them. Then you die (problaly) but come back and resurrect. you can "easily" come in to the the tower if you go outside Stromgarde Keep, follow the wall on the westside - go all the way very close to the outside wall there is a crack in the wall - then You only have to kill 1 lvl 38 Elite, or just run inside the tower and get smashed :-)

Well I solo'd this with a 42 mage. I found theres a way to get to the tower with out any trouble. Theres a ledge that you can jump on right where you "enter" the general area where the troll berserker's are. I zerged it, ice barrier'd and frost nova'd and died 4 times but it worked. I never used the defenses because i didn't know how or where to use it >_<

I think this will show people reading this how easy the game has become, i completed this on a lvl 38 priest, I died once, which was on purpose to save me time (getting out wihtout killing lots of mobs). I am new to the game so its not my experience that allowed me to complete it, I used the gap in the wall which has been described above, I then ran round the inside of the wall till i was at the tower, dropped down and killed a ogre, then killed the 2 guard ogres, and I was in. I also missed the first box, i killed the mobs that spawn when u open the 2nd box however just jumped from the top when I opened the 3rd, saving me time from having to fight. to get out I used shield and ran out and then back on my self till i was as close to external wall as possible, then let ogres kill me. I ran back as a ghost but stayed on the outside of the wall and res'ed. This took me less than 10 mins to complete.

priest lvl 42
just shielded and enter running to the top floor
scream, opened the box, died near the middle one,
ressed, shielded, scream, opened,
run to the bottom, same..

I soloed this as a level 46 Mage....Tough to do and stay alive but easy if your willing to die and run back three times.

1) Walk in to tower frontage and get to first chest and die.

2) Come back and res right next to chest when orgres are furthest away. Loot chest and die again.

3) Walk back as spirit and res by second chest.

4) Rinse, lather, repeat.

5) Got whole quest done alone and only died three times. Could never find a group to do this the right way so it had to be done this way as a solo mage.

I would recommend jumping onto the wall before you go down the ramp. Look for a streetlamp on your left. Run around until you see a campfire n jump down. This will save you both time and damage. BTW if you die ANYWHERE inside the tower you can rez ANYWHERE inside the tower.

Edited, Mar 15th 2007 6:57pm by fivered

This is a really really crude way of doing it but it works with a little bit of patience.

Grab a few potions and make a run for it lol. You can cut straight to the tower without fighting if you walk the ledge. Right before you go down the ramp towards the ogres theres a iron cross kinda looking thing on the right. Jump up and run all the way to the tower. You can run basically to the top if possible.

Rez and make your way back to the top of the tower. Get to the very top and rez next to the first chest. If you can feign do so if not jump down to the next chest and get slaughtered all over again. Rinse and repeat.

The bottom chest requires a little bit of timing. Wait till both the ogres start walking away. Once they're far enough away clicky clicky make a run for it.

Once you do that you can either run towards the guards on the alliance side of the keep or resurrect at the spirit healer.

Nice xp and easy follow-up quest.

At first, I went around the ledge, got to the tower, then (stupidly) tried to take on one of the Lords (42 feral druid). It worked pretty well until his health went up to full instantly after I backed up into a corner. I decided to make a run for it, and got almost inside before getting owned. I went back as wisp, and decided to try catstealthing. It worked pretty well. I got inside the tower and started up the ramp before I noticed an orge was coming down. I nearly jumped out of my skin and mashed the s key. I was so focused on staying away that I almost ran into the other one coming down the other ramp. I "ran" (stealthed i guess) back to the other one and followed him up. I found the first chest and waited until the scary orges were all gone. I unstealthed and immediately had an Orge Lord on me. I ran, all the way up the tower, where i got hit by a lightning bolt and died. But then (gasp!) I noticed that my wrists had turned yellow! The horror! I decided I would go back there, and repair bills be damned. I went up to the top, and rezzed between the two guys. Cat form, stealth, wait until that damn shammy walked away, then got chest and catstealthed because I had read that here. Then the Orges all showed up, and I passed the time waiting for the shammy to give me a clear shot at the way down by finding room in my inventory for my armor, which I didn't want to mess up mor than I already had. (almost done. damn this is a long post.) I went down as soon as I had a chance, got to the 2nd one and did the unstealth loot cat restealth thing again, but this time there was one right on me. I wondered how the hell I was going to get out of this, but then (again) I saw this person (not sure what race or anything, just someone) running around, clearly either a bored 70 or on the same quest. The orges all went after him, and I jumped down and ran to the next chest, which I got easily and then catstealthed out of there. Outside, I saw a bunch of dead Ogres and some ? Hordies running around. I /lolled and /bowed, then ran out of there and turned in the quest.

when you active device outside , it give you 4 element guardians , lv 38 etile. In my opinion, activate or not does not effect the result of quest. However, if you dunt activate , you dunt have guardian that fight beside your. Each floor has a chest. By opening each chest, 5 mob will appear. Repeat till you done all 3 chest.

I know Im kinda high fot the quest, nut I just finnished it and my heart is pounding. Some great fun! Im a druid and I went in solo in cat stealth form. I timed the opening of the chests when the the patroling ogers are away from me as far as possible, opened the chest and looted then went back to cat form and stealth. As I did this each time A swarm of ogers ran to me.. i thought I was dead, but they missed me. I snuck past each and up to next chest. At the last chest They ran to me just as I re-stleathed and I jumped from top floor to bottom, using cats grace I wasnt hurt. It was one of the moments Ill remember about the game. I hope it helps someone who cant get a group. BTW Did not use the Agate

quest xps rewards is 3000

This quest is easy if all the players in your group have decent reflexes.

Each chest you loot spawns 3 to 5 elite ogres. Remember, though: You aren't locked in combat when the ogres spawn. They charge toward the chest. Therefore, if you can escape before they see you, you needn't fight them, at ALL.

See where this is going?

I did this solo with my level 45 Paladin, and my only death was fighting the pair of Boulderfist Lords at the tower entrance. One got lucky with back-to-back criticals, and my heal spell didn't fire off in time. Not a big deal. I didn't need Lay on Hands, though there were fights that took both BoP and Divine Shield.

Here's a quick walkthrough. Read this BEFORE you try it, so that you'll know what you're up against! Some of these moves require VERY precise timing to execute properly.

1. Start with the MIDDLE chest.

Find it on a landing about halfway up. It's called Trelane's Lockbox or something like that. Clear all ogres around and below it before you open it.

a. Once it's open, 4 ogres appear, 2 on each side. They charge toward the chest. IMMEDIATELY pick one side and charge the two ogres, then keep charging past them while they follow. Pull them as far away from the other two as possible, preferably down a couple levels. Don't worry if you fall, the damage won't be more than 20% of your health, and you can fight them on the ground floor.

b. Dispatch them, then deal with the other two. If you did this right, you only fight two at a time. The fights are about equally hard.

c. Repeat until everybody has looted.

2. Second, do the TOP chest. This one is actually easier solo, for reasons that I'll get to shortly.

a. Make sure everything is cleared, all the way to the top of the tower, before you loot the top chest. This time, face the middle of the tower when you loot the chest. SIX ogres appear, three on each side. Now you have two options:

Option (1). If you're in a full party, you can beat them three at a time in an identical fashion to the middle chest. Pull one side of Ogres to the opposite end of the tower. Remember, they're charging toward the chest, so pull by circling PAST them, toward the wall that's OPPOSITE the lockbox. Fight there. You should only have to fight three at a time. It's hard, but feasible with a good group. Repeat until everybody has the item.

Option (2). If you're solo, the moment the ogres appear, charge the center of the room, and fall all the way to the bottom. If you move quickly enough, they will never aggro, and you will never have to fight any of them. This is the option I did.

3. Do the BOTTOM chest LAST. The reason is that there's NO way to avoid pulling aggro from ALL the ogres who appear on this one. There are three or four of them, making a difficult fight. DONT FIGHT THEM. Run out! Have your tank go first, so that he pulls all the aggro. Bring a potion just in case. You might want to heal your tank a couple of times, also, because you're running a gauntlet past at least six enemies. Keep running until you leave Stromgarde Keep. If you die, so what? You're done!

soloed as a 45 hunter...now when i say 45 hunter, don`t think that i fought my way through...it is imposible to solo by fighting...i just abused the heck out of feign death, so to all my fellow hunters out there, i recomend that you get to the right side of the tower(by fighting), dismiss your pet, activate the defenses, and go collect them from mid to top, and from top to bottom...if you get dazed or get a very big bunch of agro, just FD...i did this quest without the Water elementals `cause i got killed after i took the mid item, so it should be fairly easy for the rest of you guys

Easy peasy for a 42 rogue. Never had to fight... just stealth in and stealth out. Ogres have very bad eyesight.