A Treatise on Strategy

• A Treatise on Strategy
• This Item Begins a Quest
• Requires Level 1
• "Anduin Lothar's ultimate compendium of battle strategy. This tome would be of interest to someone at the Darkmoon Faire."

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A Treatise on Strategy is a rare drop from selected heroic mode dungeon bosses for players with the  [Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide] in their bags. This item has a much lower drop rate than the other Darkmoon artifacts, but awards 15 tickets.

Source

This item drops only in heroic mode.

Encounter	Instance
Armsmaster Harlan	Scarlet Halls
Brother Korloff	Scarlet Monastery
Darkmaster Gandling	Scholomance
Hoptallus	Stormstout Brewery
Sha of Doubt	Temple of the Jade Serpent
Xin the Weaponmaster	Mogu'shan Palace
Commander Ri'mok	Gate of the Setting Sun

As a quest objective

This item starts  [1-70] The Master Strategist.

Notes

Before patch 5.0.4, the following bosses had a rare chance to drop this item in heroic mode only:

Encounter	Instance
Commander Springvale	Shadowfang Keep
Slabhide	Stonecore
General Umbriss	Grim Batol
Grand Vizier Ertan	Vortex Pinnacle
Ascendant Lord Obsidius	Blackrock Caverns
Commander Ulthok	Throne of the Tides
High Prophet Barim	Lost City of the Tol'vir
Rajh	Halls of Origination
Archbishop Benedictus	Hour of Twilight

Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Drop sources changed.
  
• Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB