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Comment by skitzosmeagol

Its possible but it would be time consuming, not worth it, and you would get 0 experience and the drops wouldnt be worth the time it would take. Your better off going with Scarlet Monestary groups.

Comment by 8159

Only exp you might get is from Bazil Thredd himself and I am not sure on that one all the way. I can't remember what his level is.

Comment by 9545

Only reason to go into this dungeon, which I find boring BTW, is to get the quests done. Especially the Ring of Wrynn quest.

Get a lvl 60 to go with you for maximum quickness.

Comment by 11705

With a level 60 mage I find stockades is a nice quick way to make a little extra coin. I can run it quickly and usually make a couple of gold off the mobs. And never understestimate the occasional rare drops that are in there such as the Twisted Chanter's Staff and a pair of blue caster shoulders that I can't remember the name of off the top of my head. I sold those shoulders a few weeks back for 30g. Not only is the instance easy for high levels, but it's right there in Stormwind.

Comment by 72738

It isn't worth doing, people only go there for quests and sometimes farming wool.
There are only 3 Rare drops and the respawn time is fast, it is located in Stormwind and requires level 15 (i think) to enter.
I also suggest Shadowfang Keep instead.

Comment by 83236

I farm the stockade chests for twink items often, and these are some things I've found out:
-There are always 2 chests in the instance, no more no less.
-There is one chest per wing, west and east.
-There is never a chest in the starting corridor.
-The chests are randomly locked or not locked.

Comment by 75777

You have to be at least level 15 before it will let you in The Stockade

Comment by 85853

A nice blue 1h mace dropped for me off of the defias guy right when u enter the instance

Comment by Boney

Very good for Wool Cloth, farmed on my mage, after 3 full clears i had 153 Wool Cloth, took no more than 30 mins at 70

Comment by jessicasanders

the new update has made the loot a lot better one run scored me about 10 greens and 2 blues much better htne runs used to score me :)

Comment by 30736

I disagree with the claims that this is a great place for wool cloth, I have found that the deadmines are much better. alot of the mobs there are non-elite miners yet they drop instance level stuff. 4-5 pieces of wool a time. Clearing the instance all the way to the cannon (where you enter the big "Goonies" cave) but then exiting and resetting, I was able to get around 80 wool cloth. The time it takes to do this varies per class of course but I found this a hell of alot easier to do with my 62 shadowpriest than the stockades. Food for thought! ;)

Comment by SykotikKytten

i actually really like Stocks, i know, i'm a freak.
But the two times that i've been in it, i've gotten 3 blue drops and 24 greens.
However the only reason i'm farming it is for the greens for disenchanting.
And the wool cloth.

Comment by 175240

it is possible to 2 man this. a lvl 23 rogue and me (lvl 24 retired twink hunter) did it today. very slow but easy. had to be careful on pulls. but if we didnt have more then 2 guys we did ok. Very Good Experience while rested. about 600 per kill for me.

Comment by 167085

Once i was doing this with my lvl 50 paladin, https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=12994#dropped-by:0-3-8-9+1 dropped. I dont know from which mob though, because i was AoE pulling them

Comment by Achile

Was there somebody from horde with low-level? How did you get there?

Comment by 165543

i like the stocks cuz the bosses r not much more powerful than the others plus its so small that u won't get lost inside which is conveniant,anyway the smallest instance i ever ran (the only instances i went to were the stocks,blackrock mountian,deadmines wailing caverns, and gnomeregan.

Comment by dylanp53

i clear this on my 70 rogue in about 5 min.s and i get a good twink BOE every other run so i made it part of my daily runs and i get about 2 a day each selling for about 40 g to up to 140g depends on the BOE. for those who know there twink items i got keller's gridle, razor sum thing 18 axe for shaman twinks, magefist gloves, mindthrust bracers, feet of the lynx, and many many more plus mutiple's of the previous listed twink items. good money should farm.

Comment by 160540

this dungeon has good drops(if the drop) but sadly their drop rate is rare

Comment by 207128

Great for leveling from 20~ to anything up to 28, possibly 30 (would need approving, only just started). Providing you have a level 70 mage friend, lucky for me i'm owed a favour, it is possible to level extremely quickly here. Note that until you are 22 the mobs are "red" and you get less exp than when they are "orange": hey presto you get about 1/4 of a level each time. Thats at least one level every hour (5 per hour) and you can also nip to DM after for a cheeky bonus.

Comment by 210883

Each mob will run when their health goes under 20% witch can lead to more aggro. Only sometimes a blue will drop from a boss. You must be atleast level 15 to enter Stockades, any level over has access. This dungeon can only be reseted around about 4 times, you can enter again later on. There are lots of quests you can do at Stockades, for example at Darkshire you can accept a 'wanted' quest and at Lakeshire you can accept a 'wanted' quest too. You can accept a trial of quests in Deadmines by looting Edwin Vancleef's body and looting 'Unsent Letter'. There is also a quest you can accept in Stockades where you will need to kill 15 of each mobs.

Comment by 208842

Can someone tell me if there is any possible way to get in the stockades if your horde?

Comment by 60456

inside Stormwind City.

Remember to set dungeon difficulty to normal. ;)

Comment by 177608

it is also a easy way to make money by running lvl 20s through it they lvl up in a heart beat

Comment by poitin

The Stockade needs some item buffs, or new blue drops, badly. Horde is heavily favored in access to dungeons with good gear, and Alliance gets... The Stockade?

Weak.

Comment by 250506

Other then the achevment its worthless for a horde member to run it at all but its fun trying to get to the dang place

Comment by 259844

The Zone in for the Stockade is the Tower, just north of the Mage Quarter in Stormwind, for those that dont have Coordinates....

Comment by 7upchuck

Another thing that drops here but has a very low rate is https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=2059#comments The sentry cloak is very good and if you don't really wanna use it for you character, it's worth quite a bit on the AH. I recently got one and sold it for almost 200g. 189g to be exact.

Comment by 276941

While running stockades today a Twisted Chanter's Staff (Lv 19 boe) dropped off a large solid chest.
The run before that i got Keller's Girdle.(Lv 18 boe).

Lv 71 priest Sancrosanct. Just started running instances solo...

Comment by 282300

Well, at least us Horde are not missing anything. (Besides a mountains worth of wool.)

Comment by 144768

For the Horde players who want to do stocks to get the achievement, here is how to do it.
1. Do not go through the front gait.
2. Go around up the backside (by Stormwind Harbor)
3. Remember to strip naked
4. Mount in a safe place ( i found the most southerly place you can run up is best)
5. Run up out of the Harbor avoid mobs. (if your 80 they are nothing, just 67 elites)
6. Avoid players
7. Run through the door if your mount will fit
8. Done

I was attacked by an 80 Pally when i did this and still lived. If you manage to not dismount you have succeeded. Overall i thought it was quite easy and was expecting more deaths. Also i didn't do this at some ungodly hour so it can be done at normal waking hours.

hope this helps

Comment by 157377

If you make a DK, and wanna be a tailor for a reason I don't really know, this is THE place to farm. Linen cloth, wool cloth and silk cloth drops here, And I've heard, that this is the best place to farm, if you want twink items to dropd, except shadowfang.

Comment by 150254

Ok, A Horde's Guide to Stockades(or Greeting's from Stormwind)

After getting a lot of "How'd you do that" from Guildies and Puggerr's when they saw my achievment, i decided to write out how I got into the Stocks.

First head to The Jansen Stead in Westfall, from there head into the water and start swimming north keeping to the shoreline. After 10-20 mins of swimming you'll be near Stormwind Harbor; near the first dock is a gentle slope of grass. Head up on this and mount up, you'll be in Stormwind now from here head up the ramps into the city itself head around the Park's walkway, from there take the south bridge to the Mage Quarter, from there just run into the Stock's and get your achievment.

Comment by 161601

The looking for group function allows you to select the stockades up to level 29. At level 30 you can no longer select the stockades, which I find interesting (and lame) considering that it's listed as a dungeon for levels 24-32.

Comment by Azvolrien

The obvious alternative way for a Hordie (lvl80 Tauren hunter, in this case) getting into the harbour is to take a boat. I used the one from Auberdine, since the mobs there are relatively low-level. There was a bit of a wait at the Kalimdor end, but I avoided any tedious swimming and rode through the city on Mr Non-Threatening here. Aspect of the Beast is also a good idea if you're a hunter.

Agreed that this is an excellent place to farm wool. I went in with zero and I came out with 78 after one run.

(edited for typo)

Comment by freddykr

Good guide but i must add that instead of swimming for 10 mins, get a water walking elixir, be careful not to dmg yourself and run with your mount over the sea to the harbor, just to save you a few mins..

Comment by 267513

It's really a shame, I love the idea od this instance, the setting, and the bosses...but the drops suck so much that there isn't even a point other than the quests

Comment by Brmonkey

I've found through lots of farming of Stockades that 36 open bag slots is enough to loot everything in the entire instance (including the usual chest).

Comment by 347189

this is a great instance to power lvl in but the worse for drops so go for the exp and go some where else for drops such as deadmines or VC

Comment by Mesosneaky

Just ran my daughter's low level Tauren Hunter thru for the first time (only my 2nd even being here) and the rare spawn, Bruegal Ironknuckle, was indeed there. He dropped the Prison Shank. Did it mostly for the achievement, though.

Comment by HairyMage

Why is they're a Plague Zombie on the npc list?

Comment by 386895

Great place along with Deadmines for farming wool

Comment by 408164

I really don't see how the guards in the entrance are so worried. If they can keep the criminals in the instance, they'll soon starve and then you can herd them into the cells again.

Comment by 126544

The Stockades is rather nice to pick up some twink items. I don't run it much, but I have picked up a Searing Blade, a Band of Purification, a Sentry Cloak, and also Feet of the Lynx.

Comment by 422130

i just ran this guy through...i got 10g :D

Comment by 428035

i always farm this instance for Healing potions, Silk cloth, and random BoE drops. Great place, good drops, easy runs.

Comment by 367064

as a 64 hunter i pulled the hole place just with my pet

Comment by Aristonj

Lots of people say that its almost no good drop in Stockades, and I agree. But today I got:
Razor's Edge
Defender Bracers (of the Bear)
Lambent Scale Boots
Lambent Scale Breastplate
and Bright Belt

So kinda lucky me ;D

Comment by Sonatina

I think it is worth noting that you can not summon 30+ lvl characters to the meeting stone.

Comment by Guanyin

If you're a Horde player, there is an easy way to get in at a lower level without losing your armor/weapon durability, at least alot less. Make sure there are players to kill you and try to get killed by them on the run there, instead of being owned by guards.
It may sound a bit weird, but think, if an enemy player kills you, your armor doesn't degrade :)
I have done stocks on a level 40 hunter, surprisingly easy this way.

Comment by Zukai

Soloed as a lvl 32 warrior with shoulder and chest heirlooms as arms spec, its one of the easier instances since the bosses have very few special abilities

Comment by Serani

Easily soloable as lvl 27 affliction warlock with all hierloom items

Comment by 514486

So.... a level 80 can run 9 other lower levels through this?

Comment by 437689

This place is SO annoying. Don't go just for achievement at least get cloth or something if your horde. It took me at least a freaking hour to get there and I stealthed over to Bazil and killed him in two seconds (well then I died...). So at least do something there besides getting acheivement. (Going as 58 hordie rogue)

Comment by theimba

The most annoying thing about this instance is that if you wipe as a Horde, you pretty much have to run through the entire Elwynn Forest and half of Stormwind if you wipe or if the only person alive capable of ressing is a paladin that "forgot to" do their class quest, which generally causes your group to disband.

Comment by 585693

ok i read all the comments and i cant find anything that tells me how to get into the stockade for alliance. i been all over the dock and all over the city and i still cant find it. someone please tell me where to go!

Comment by Thottbot

/tloc 41,57

Comment by Thottbot

can horde get into this instance?

Comment by Thottbot

stockades is an instance that's really only good for quests (i.e. xp and rep). if you need an instance to get money and drops, try scarlet monastery. i dont think it's worth horde risking their lives to get into. your not missing out on anything if you're wondering.

Comment by Thottbot

Feet of the lynx dropped yay
Al
26 human rogue
thorium brotherhood

Comment by Thottbot

First of all, There are 3 BLUE drops in Stockades.

These drop off the really rare spawn, Bruegal Ironknuckle(dwarf)

Jimmied Cuffs
Binds on Pickup
Wrist Mail
89 Armor
+3 strength
+7 Stamina
Requires Level 21

Iron Knuckle
Binds on Pickup
Fist Weapon One-Hand
19 - 37 Damage Speed 1.70
(16.5 Damage Per Second)
Chance on Hit: Chance to pummel target for 4 seconds and interrupt the spell from being cast for 5 seconds.
Requires Level 21

Prison Shank
Binds on Pickup
One-Hand Dagger
21 - 37 Damage Speed 1.80
(16.7 Damage Per Second)
+5 Agility
+2 Stamina
Requires Level 21

Was too lazy to get you guys the links, sorry :P

Also: There are a LOT of World Drop BoE Blues that can drop here. mainly 10-19 stuff though, like Keller's Girdle and Ring of Protection(or something like that ;D)

hope this helped

Comment by Thottbot

I have a level 1 troll hunter and i made it to stocks (not entered) with 1,352 deaths all the way there

Comment by Thottbot

Aside from the drops the rare dwarf spawn gives, there are other things no one has mentioned yet.

For starters, the famous Skeletal Club (19 twink 1h mace) is a random drop here. I can say this for a fact as I've gotten it before (soloed on a 44 rogue).

Aside from that, there are a lot of really nice green drops. I have personally always had really good experiences doing Stocks, especially now that I can solo it and get all the drops.

Comment by Thottbot

the right location of meeting stone is 43,59. It's near mage quarter but not inside, by the canal

Comment by Thottbot

I went in here to solo it as a 50 lock... horde. I ended up dying only having to res once or twice on the way there, I went with a group of rogues that were causing havoc.
Instance is very small, boring, THE BOSSES DROP NO LOOT, but it does seem to be a very good place to farm wool... went from wool bandages to silk in an hour in there.

Comment by Thottbot

at about 4 in the morning, my friend(lvl 70 undead rogue) and I(lvl 70 undead mage) decided to see how difficult it would be to get to stocks... wasnt that hard lol, gaurds were pushovers, ran into like 3 lvl 60+'s and for sum odd reason, there were like 20 lvl 15-30's sorta in a big ass group dancing near the stocks... we prolly interupted a videoor sum kind of wow worshipping dancing orgy festival :P

anyway, go early in the morning and u have a chance :D

Comment by Thottbot

is there any way you can enter the vault of stormwind?

Comment by Thottbot

Just did this with my brother, horde lvl 70.
Died once, ressed on a safe spot, mounted and entered the stockade. 2 minutes later we had our achievement done. Was kinda funny, a lot of ally when we did it. lvl 75 guards are a pain in the ass tho

Comment by Thottbot

lvl 70 ran through with a guildie...had a way of getting into Stormwind undetected as a warrior ;) ill let you wrap your minds around that...nice achievement win

Comment by Thottbot

i am doing this as a lvl 70 and now that the harbour is out i swam from westfall and ran through the harbour,its easy until u encounter the lvl 75s bring defias 0ppl in

Comment by Thottbot

The instance is ideal for leveling up or getting green gear/quest experience. Do not do stormwind stockade solely for the rare drops... they are from RARE monsters that are RARELY seen

Comment by Thottbot

The stockade is located at 51.2,67.6

Comment by Thottbot

Stockades (1 run through) gives approx.
-50 wool cloth,
-26 linen cloth,
-5 silk cloth,
-6 green items,
-2 white items,
-3 gold (looted and grey items combined)

Comment by Thottbot

Lol iv been in a stockades run where a Sentry cloak drops and feet fo the lynx i got both i was soooo happy
i was running a group of 4 levels lvl 16-19 people on my lvl 80 dk so i used em for my twink and sentry cloak i sodl cuz i already got 1 from forman rigger in barrens

Comment by Thottbot

I just did this as a lvl 80 Shammy np. I recommend taking off amour and running through SW naked so u dont have a huge repair bill. I only died once but man its a looong way back from the graveyard. I just did it for the achievement and dont reccommend it for loot, it sux! =P

Comment by Thottbot

Little tip. I got the acheivment and also fished in stormwind and orgimmar for another acheivment while i was there.

I logged in on my ally mage and planned my route lol then run through with my dk and jumped into water and swam most of the way then run in. Didnt die once and i got plenty of wool :)

Comment by Thottbot

im just wondering
i know a lot of horde farm this for tailoring w/ wool
but i was wondering where the nearest "horde friendly" vendor is to vendor grey/green loot.

i defidentally know theres one in the town by VC, but idk if theres a vendor closer....

Comment by Thottbot

I'm an 80 pally, trying for Classic Dungeonmaster and Loremaster achievements, so I ended up running Stockades solo.
A run through - killing most, but not everyone - took about 20 minutes.

I got:
10 silk
44 wool
18 linen
9 white food items
1 healing potion
1 lesser mana potion
9 greens
12 grays
quest items
a couple of gold, total

FYI for Loremaster: after completing the Bazil Thredd quest , a non-dungeon questline opens up that adds another 9 quests.

Comment by Thottbot

Tried yesterday with my lv 65 HORDE Paladin and i got it! You will die approximatively 2-3 times depending on how much players and guards sees you... (inside the city you'll be automatically flagged for PVP). Then walk each time for 5 minutes from the border of Elwynn Forest to Stormwind.. It will take 15 minutes to get in the Stockade. The instance requires no key, and takes 5 minutes if you go to the right, and don't kill everyone. Hope was helpful.

Comment by Thottbot

As HORDE 80 lvl shammy i got there from auberdine through Stormwind Harbor, weak guards, no players. I didn't die once.

Comment by Thottbot

Ok people i'm a horde dk i've been farming this all day (Today) i've ran it 37times (10min per run) VERY EASY. Here are my drops
Sentry cloak X1
Feet of the lynx x1
Redbeard crest x4
Antipodian rod X1
Ring of Defence x2
Twisted chanters staff x1
Porspecters axe 1
And 2 dumb Fire bane cloak x2
This place has the HIGHEST drop for twink gear im jelous of the alli but i can still get there so in a way im not... also it is SUPER easy to get the good drops no matter what or just realy quick
Bring a friend and tell him to put on pass on loot and set ur loot threshold to uncomman. This will make it so that person can ONLY loot the Greens+ If they need somthing give it to em cuz they can't roll but there saving alot of bag space amd time from looting cuz it only shows them the people with good stuff BTW
Greens drop LIKE CRAZY
In my 37 runs i got 5firest leather bracers 7blood rings 3demond bands and more and on my server some of that stuff that drops there is selling 3g each and in 10min u get about 10greens with is 30g so i've been farming here on my DK and i've gotten SOOOOOO much gear so if ur a lvl 80 horde and ur farming for ur twinks this is THE BEST place to go unles of course ur farming gear that only drops in one instance such as Tree Bark Jacket Shadowfang And Assassin's Blade Ext

Hope this helps

Comment by Thottbot

Hey guys after the last 2 weeks or so i've ran this non stop i'de say 5hours a day not counting weekends on weekends 10hours but anyway i've made 9k off the drops (400-600 from mob money or what ev its called) well i sold everything i got and i got SO much cash i almost fainted lol + it wasn't hard and i still got some !@#$ on ah anyway i wrote down what i've gotten
Sentry cloak x4 (AWSOME I KNOW)
Feet of the lynx x2 (kinda gay)
9redbeard crest (Drops like hell i suggest u loot chests 5 of em droped off them)
Anitpodean rod x2 (i hate this wep)
twisted chanters staff x5
thorbia gauntlets x5
firebane cloak x3 and more then 500stacks of wool lol made like 2k or more off dat lol

and a *!@# load of greens i got like a %^&* load and i sell em like 2g-3g each so evey run i get 30g off em 10greens a run
lol this is a easy place to farm and lol its fun cuz when u come out of instance alli try and jump u but i just kill em (If u think ur gunna die run into the instance)

anyway i got some other blues like

4prospecter axes ad the rest im WAY to lazy 2 put out lol

(sorry for no links to items dont know how 2 do dat lol)

Comment by zndman

Just finished a Stockade run, but couldn't complete three quests because the related mobs were nowhere to be found. The quests are: What Comes Around... Crime and Punishment and The Fury Runs Deep . Anyone else can confirm this bug?

Comment by mcdisney2001

CURRENT ENTRANCE: As of 2020, the meeting stone and entrance is at 53.25, 70.59. It's on the anal at the north-eastern corner of the Mage Quarter.

Comment by oster

You have to be level 15 to enter.

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The Stockade

The StockadeTargorr the DreadKam DeepfuryHamhockBazil ThreddDextren WardThe StockadeStormwind CityHistory

The Stockades are a high-security prison complex, hidden beneath the canal district of Stormwind city. Presided over by Warden Thelwater, the Stockades are 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 Stockades - 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.

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