The Stormstout Brewery is a 5-man dungeon located in the Valley of the Four Winds,on Pandaria. The Normal-difficulty version of the dungeon is open to playersbetween level 85 and 90, while the Heroic-difficulty version of the dungeon isreserved to level 90 players. It houses 3 encounters:Ook-Ook, Hoptallus, andYan-Zhu the Uncasked.

1. Introduction↑top

The brewery has been overrun by strange creatures and Chen Stormstout,who has just arrived on Pandaria from the Wandering Isle, needs you toinvestigate the brewery of his ancestors and find out what happened toit.

The dungeon has a linear layout during which you will progress throughfour different zones and encounter three bosses. The dungeon featuresboth Normal (level 85+) and Heroic (level 90) modes. There are nodifferences in mechanics between Normal and Heroic modes. The onlydifferences are increased health and damage done for all bosses and enemies.

Grain Cellar	Stormstout Brewhall (Ook-Ook)
The Great Wheel (Hoptallus)	The Tasting Room (Yan-Zhu)

This guide will cover all of the three boss encounters, as well as thequests and achievements that are available in the dungeon.

2. Normal Difficulty Loot↑top

In Normal Difficulty, the level of the items you can obtain from theStormstout Brewery is 410.

2.1. Armor

Item Name	Armor	Slot	Main Stats	Source
Bracers of Displaced Air	Cloth	Wrists	Intellect	Ook-Ook
Wine Tasting Gloves	Cloth	Hands	Intellect	Trouble Brewing
Uncorking Gloves	Cloth	Hands	Intellect	Trouble Brewing
Fermenting Belt	Cloth	Waist	Intellect/Spirit	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Barrel-Aged Gloves	Leather	Hands	Intellect	Trouble Brewing
Nimbletoe Chestguard	Leather	Chest	Agility	Ook-Ook
Fizzy Spaulders	Leather	Shoulders	Agility	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Master Brewer's Gloves	Leather	Hands	Agility	Trouble Brewing
Uncasked Chestguard	Mail	Chest	Intellect	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Virmen Exterminator Gloves	Mail	Hands	Intellect	Trouble Brewing
Barrel Stacker's Mitts	Mail	Hands	Agility	Trouble Brewing
Hopping Mad Leggings	Mail	Legs	Agility	Hoptallus
Vegetable Chopping Handguards	Plate	Hands	Intellect	Trouble Brewing
Sudsy Legplates	Plate	Legs	Intellect	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Bubble-Breaker Bracers	Plate	Wrists	Strength/Dodge	Hoptallus
Partycrasher's Gauntlets,Trouble Brewing	Plate	Hands	Strength/Mastery	Trouble Brewing
Handguards of Sturdy Constitution	Plate	Hands	Strength/Dodge	Trouble Brewing

2.2. Weapons

Item Name	Type	Main Stats	Source
Bottle of Potent Potables	Off-Hand Frill	Intellect	Hoptallus
Gao's Keg Tapper	One-Hand Mace	Agility	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Yan-Zhu's Pressure Valve	Gun	Agility	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Ook's Hozen Slicer	One-Hand Sword	Strength/Mastery	Ook-Ook

2.3. Cloaks

Item Name	Type	Main Stats	Source
Used Bar Rag	Cloak	Intellect	Family Secrets
Auntie's Cooking Apron	Cloak	Intellect/Spirit	Family Secrets
Stormstout Drink Napkin	Cloak	Agility	Family Secrets
Tasting Room Tablecloth	Cloak	Strength/Mastery	Family Secrets
Blackened Chain Cloak	Cloak	Strength/Dodge	Family Secrets

3. Heroic Difficulty Loot↑top

In Heroic Difficulty, the level of the items you can obtain from theStormstout Brewery is 463, with one exception, Inelava, Spirit of Inebriation, which has an item level of 476.

3.1. Armor

Item Name	Armor	Slot	Main Stats	Source
Bracers of Displaced Air	Cloth	Wrists	Intellect	Ook-Ook
Fermenting Belt	Cloth	Waist	Intellect/Spirit	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Fizzy Spaulders	Leather	Shoulders	Agility	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Nimbletoe Chestguard	Leather	Chest	Agility	Ook-Ook
Belt of Brazen Inebriation	Leather	Waist	Agility	Hoptallus
Uncasked Chestguard	Mail	Chest	Intellect	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Hopping Mad Leggings	Mail	Legs	Agility	Hoptallus
Sudsy Legplates	Plate	Legs	Intellect	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Barreldodger Boots	Plate	Feet	Intellect	Ook-Ook
Bubble-Breaker Bracers	Plate	Wrists	Strength/Dodge	Hoptallus

3.2. Weapons

Item Name	Type	Main Stats	Source
Wort Stirring Rod	Staff	Intellect/Hit	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Bottle of Potent Potables	Off-Hand Frill	Intellect	Hoptallus
Gao's Keg Tapper	One-Hand Mace	Agility	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Yan-Zhu's Pressure Valve	Gun	Agility	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Inelava, Spirit of Inebriation	One-Hand Axe	Strength/Mastery	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Ook's Hozen Slicer	One-Hand Sword	Strength/Mastery	Ook-Ook

3.3. Cloaks, Rings, and Trinkets

Item Name	Type	Main Stats	Source
Alemental Seal	Ring	Intellect	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Cloak of Hidden Flasks	Cloak	Intellect/Spirit	Hoptallus
Empty Fruit Barrel	Trinket	Spirit	Ook-Ook
Lime-Rimmed Signet	Ring	Strength/Parry	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked
Carbonic Carbuncle	Trinket	Strength	Yan-Zhu the Uncasked

4. Quests↑top

5. Ook-Ook↑top

As you enter the entrance, you will quickly notice a progressionbar that appears on your screen. It counts the number of Hozen youhave killed. The count will increase as you make your way throughthe instance, confronting the party Hozens that overrun thelower level of the brewery.

You will eventually reach the Stormstout Brewhall, where you are tofight Ook-Ook, the Hozen leader. He will only appear after you have filledthe progression bar by killing a total of 40 Hozens.

The fight against Ook-Ook is straightforward. There are two thingsthat you need to watch out for. Ook-Ook will regularly cast Ground Pound and Rolling Barrel.

• Ground Pound damages targets in front ofOok-Ook and can easily be avoided.
• Rolling Barrel is cast when Ook-Ook reaches 90%, 60%, and 30%health. It causes guests around the fighting stage to throw barrels.These barrels will roll and explode when touching a player or a wall,dealing damage to nearby party members. You can approach a barreland click it, which allows you to control it and run it into Ook-Ook(this will damage him and stack a debuff that causes him to take increased damage).

To sum it up, avoid being in front of the boss and run as many barrels asyou possibly can into him.

Tanks and healers need to be aware of Going Bananas, which causesOok-Ook to deal 15% more damage and to attack 15% faster. It will stack 3 times,at 90%, 60%, and 30% remaining health.

5.1. Achievement: Keep Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

To complete Keep Rollin' Rollin' Rollin', you need to run 20 barrelsinto Ook-Ook before killing him, in the Heroic version of the encounter.

6. Hoptallus↑top

After defeating Ook-Ook, you will make your way to thefirst outdoor portion of the instance. There, a gauntlet event will leadyou to Hoptallus.

6.1. Gauntlet Event

The gauntlet event starts just as you exit the Stormstout Brewhall, whereyou fought Ook-Ook. It ends when you reach Hoptallus. During the gauntlet, wavesof ads will keep coming at you. They are made of:

• Hoplings, which are weak enemies that deal a bit of melee damage;
• Hoppers, which stop moving when they reach you and detonate theexplosives they carry a few seconds later;
• Boppers, which carry a hammer that they drop when they die and thatyou can take.

Hoplings	Hoppers	Boppers

The key to this event is to kill the Boppers first, then click on the hammersthat they drop. Each time you do so, you will be granted 3 hammer charges. Thecharges stack, so you can keep clicking hammers and end up with 30 or 40 chargeseasily. When you have charges, you have access to a button in the middle of yourscreen. Clicking the button uses a hammer charge, sending all nearby virmens inthe air, heavily damaging them.

Once you have acquired a hammer, the 3 charges it gives you should be enoughto kill a few other Boppers, giving you more charges. As you progress throughthe gauntlet event, you (or someone else in your party) will stack an increasingnumber of hammer charges, making the event increasingly easier.

6.1.1. Achievement: How Did He Get Up There?

To complete How Did He Get Up There?, you will need to find theHozen Clinger, who is in the room right before Hoptallus,where the gauntlet event ends.

Gather virmens underneath the Hozen Clinger and use a hammer to send them intheir air. As he gets hit by virmens, he will loosen hisgrip and fall, triggering the achievement.

6.1.2. Achievement: Hopocalypse Now!

To complete Hopocalypse Now!, you need to kill 100 virmens witha single swing of the hammer. This achievement will only trigger in theHeroic difficulty version of the dungeon. Normally, the gauntlet event should provideyou with enough virmens to trigger the achievement. Go to the endof the gauntlet (the room before Hoptallus) and round all the virmens up.While a hit with the hammer will kill the Hoplings, it will notkill the Boppers, so you will need to damage them a little before usingthe hammer.

If you fail to do the achievement during the gauntlet event, you can alwaystry during the fight, by letting Hoptallus summon enough virmens. However,it will be difficult to survive his attacks all the while having to deal withdozens of virmen adds.

6.2. The Fight

When you reach Hoptallus, the gauntlet event will finish and you canengage him. During the fight, Hoptallus will melee the tank a bit and cast 2abilities that you need to avoid. Carrot Breath is a frontal damagingattack during which Hoptallus will slowly rotate on himself, several times.To avoid the breath, you need to turn around Hoptallus. Furlwind is a whirlwind-like attack that does proximity damage. Youneed to move away from it.

Carrot Breath	Furlwind

Hoptallus will periodically call Hoplings, Hoppers, andBoppers for help. They should be dealt with in exactly the sameway as during the gauntlet event. Kill the Boppers first, get hammercharges, and use the charges to kill the rest of the virmens. As theencounter progresses, you will stack more and more charges, allowingfor a very liberal use of the hammer.

The only thing to watch out for is that using the hammer to obliteratethe adds is particularly enjoyable, to such an extent that you may losetrack of Carrot Breath and Furlwind, and get him by them.

7. Yan-Zhu the Uncasked↑top

After defeating Hoptallus, you will have to fight your way to the topfloor of the brewery by defeating a number of Alementals.

7.1. Alementals

The abilities used by the Alementals will be reused by Yan-Zhu, the finalboss of the dungeon. All Alementals need to be tanked and will deal meleedamage (in addition to their abilities).

Immediately after disposing of Hoptallus, you will find aBloated Brew Alemental or a Stout Brew Alemental.

• Bloated Brew Alementals cast Bloat atrandom targets, causing them to knock back and deal damage tofriendly players on their right and on their left.
• Stout Brew Alementals afflict players with Blackout Brew.Unless you remove the debuff by moving and jumping, it will quicklystack to 10 stacks, stunning you for 10 seconds.

Then, you will enter a room with 9 Bubbling Brew Alementalsor 9 Yeasty Brew Alementals.

• Bubbling Brew Alementals regularly use Bubble Shield, whichgrants damage protection to nearby Bubbling Brew Alementals. Sinceeach Bubble Shield will stack its effect on the Alementals, it isimportant to destroy the shields when they appear, before resumingyour attacks on the Alementals.
• Yeasty Brew Alementals will cast Brew Bolt, which deals abit of Frost damage to a random player.

When you exit the room, you will meet 2 Fizzy Brew Alementalsor 2 Sudsy Brew Alementals. They will respectively cast Suds and Carbonation, which create damaging void zones(under the Alemental for Suds and under the targeted player for Carbonation).

7.2. Pre-Fight Alementals

After reaching the Tasting Room, you will have to fight3 waves of Alementals before Yan-Zhu appears. They will be the sametype of Alementals that you have just fought.

The first wave is comprised of:

• 2 Bloated Brew Alementals, if you previously fought a Bloated Brew Alemental, or
• 2 Stout Brew Alementals, if you previously fought a Stout Brew Alemental.

The second wave is comprised of:

• 9 Bubbling Brew Alementals, if you previously fought Bubbling Brew Alementals, or
• 9 Yeasty Brew Alementals, if you previously fought Yeasty Brew Alementals.

The third wave is comprised of:

• 4 Fizzy Brew Alementals, if you previously fought Fizzy Brew Alementals, or
• 4 Sudsy Brew Alementals, if you previously fought Sudsy Brew Alementals.

7.3. The Fight against Yan-Zhu

The encounter with Yan-Zhu the Uncasked will vary, according tothe types of adds you previously encountered. Indeed,the boss will use the abilities of the Alementals that you defeat onyour way to him.

7.3.1. Abilities

Yan-Zhu has three abilities. Each ability is one of two possible choices,based on the ads you fought on your way to him. The adds (and thereforeYan-Zhu's abilities) are decided randomly, on a per-lockout basis.

His first ability is either:

• Bloat, if you previously fought Bloated Brew Alementals;
• Blackout Brew, if you previously fought Stout Brew Alementals.

His second ability is either:

• Bubble Shield, if you previously fought Bubbling Brew Alementals;
• summoning Yeasty Brew Alementals, if you previously though Yeasty BrewAlementals.

In addition to Brew Bolt, Yeasty Brew Alementals gain a new abilitycalled Ferment, which is channeled towards Yan-Zhu, restoring his manaand health. The effect can be intercepted if you stand between Yan-Zhu and aYeasty Brew Alemental.

His third ability is either:

• Carbonation, if you previously fought Fizzy Brew Alementals;
• Wall of Suds, if you previously fought Sudsy Brew Alementals.

7.3.2. Strategy

Dealing with the first two abilities is easy, whichever they are:

• Bloat: make sure that you have no one on your left and right;
• Blackout Brew: move/jump often;
• Bubble Shield: destroy all 8 Bubble Shields;
• Yeasty Brew Alementals: kill them or intercept their channel (stand in the beam).

Dealing with the third ability is slightly more problematic.

• Carbonation fills the room with a gas that prevents you from castingyour abilities. You need to click on one of the Fizzy Bubbles that appearwhen Carbonation is cast. This will grant you the ability to fly and avoidthe dangerous gas. While flying, you will be able to cast your spells normally,even when moving.
• Wall of Suds causes two damaging walls to travel the room in differentdirections. To deal with these walls, you are given a passive buff called Sudsy, which allows you to jump higher than usual (high enough to avoidthe damage of the walls).To optimise your jumps, you should try to jump near a point where the walls willintersect. This way, you will jump over both walls at once.

Bloat	Bubble Shield	Carbonation
Blackout Brew	Ferment	Wall of Suds

8. Achievement: Ling-Ting's Herbal Journey↑top

To complete Ling-Ting's Herbal Journey, you will first need tobuy Ling-Ting's Favorite Tea from Auntie Stormstout at theentrace of the dungeon. Drinking this tea will allow you to see theGolden Hoplings that you need to gather. There are 30 of themand, as the instance is linear, you will find them easily.

Here are a few tips/notes.

• The buff given by Ling-Ting's Favorite Tea onlylasts 5 minutes, so you should buy as many copies of this itemas you can (currently, the maximum is 5).
• Credit for finding Hoplings is shared between party members.
• You can still find the Hoplings after the dungeon has been completed.

9. Final Considerations↑top

This concludes our Stormstout Brewery dungeon guide. If youfind any inconsistency or mistake, feel free to comment or send us an e-mail.