Scarlet Monastery: Armory

Boss order, key drops and quests for the Armory wing of Scarlet Monastery, from the Classic Era database database (Classic Era baseline). Back to the Scarlet Monastery guide. Other wings: Graveyard · Library · Cathedral.

Door: this wing is locked. Open it with The Scarlet Key from the Library, or a rogue can pick it at Lockpicking 175 (Classic Era). Classic Era baseline.

Bosses in their original Classic Era listing order for this wing.

Armory bosses (Classic Era baseline)

Key drops (Classic Era baseline)

Rare and epic boss drops with the best Classic Era drop rates. Blizzard has re-examined dungeon loot for Forever, so this is the original table, not a promise.

Scarlet Monastery Armory quests (Classic Era baseline)

Quests whose Classic Era objectives name a boss in this wing or an item one of them drops.

Quest	Level (req.)	Faction	Quest giver	Giver's zone
In the Name of the Light	40 (34)	Alliance	Raleigh the Devout	Hillsbrad Foothills
Into The Scarlet Monastery	42 (33)	Horde	Varimathras	Undercity

Herod at a glance (Classic Era baseline)

Herod is the Armory's only boss and another of Scarlet Monastery's four leaders. His abilities are all melee: he charges, cleaves, spins and enrages. That makes him mainly a fight for your tank and healer, while ranged players and casters keep their distance.

Getting in

The Armory door is locked. Use The Scarlet Key, which the Classic Era database lists as Binds when picked up and Unique, or bring a Rogue with Lockpicking 175. Clearing the Library first gets you the key.

Leader quest rewards (Classic Era baseline)

Both leader quests need Herod dead, plus leaders from the other wings (Loksey, Mograine and Whitemane).

Quest	Faction	Giver	Reward choices
In the Name of the Light	Alliance	Raleigh the Devout, Southshore	Sword of Serenity, Bonebiter, Black Menace, Orb of Lorica
Into The Scarlet Monastery	Horde	Varimathras, Undercity	Sword of Omen, Prophetic Cane, Dragon's Blood Necklace

A sensible wing order

The Classic Era database lists Herod at level 40 and Arcanist Doan at 37, and the key you need comes from the Library. So the natural order is the Library first, then the Armory, then the Cathedral.

What Forever changes in every dungeon (Blizzard)

Blizzard hasn't posted notes for this wing yet, but its dungeon-wide changes apply here too:

Forever status

Blizzard hasn't published wing-by-wing changes for Scarlet Monastery in Forever. Bosses, drops and quests above are Classic Era baseline. Any Forever change is [Unconfirmed] until Blizzard posts it.

How this page is checked

Wing boss lists come from the Classic Era database's Scarlet Monastery zone page. Drops come from each boss's Classic Era database page, filtered to rare or better with a 3%+ drop rate and only Classic Era items listed. Quests are matched to a wing when their Classic Era objectives name one of its bosses or that boss's loot. Checked 3 Nov 2026 (AEDT). Updated 3 Nov 2026.