World of Warcraft: Forever adds nine new dungeons between levels 13 and 60. Here they are in level order, on a leveling roadmap with the new zones: where each one is, who it’s for and what Blizzard has shown so far.
Dungeon levels follow Blizzard’s September 15 Kaivax post, which corrected Krol’dok Stronghold. Other details are checked against the What’s Next and Deep Dive panel videos. Last reviewed: .
The new dungeons run through the whole leveling journey, one every few levels from 13 to 60. The ranges are from Blizzard’s September 15 Kaivax post, which corrected Krol’dok Stronghold after BlizzCon listed a wider bracket.
The chart also places the four new zones, so you can see which dungeons fall in the same part of the journey. Where Blizzard gave a zone’s levels only as a rough span, its band has soft edges and keeps Blizzard’s wording; zones without a level range are listed last, with what Blizzard has said about them. What the experience changes and new quests mean for the rest of the journey is in the WoW Forever leveling guide.
Since the October 1 build the beta’s level cap is 30, and Blizzard’s notes list every dungeon it has open: three of the nine new ones and eleven from Classic. The October 8 build opened a fourth new one for testing, the City of Dalaran.
Razorfen Downs opens at level 25 and Uldaman at 30 in Blizzard’s notes, well below the Classic dungeon finder’s 33–47 and 38–53. The City of Dalaran dungeon opened for testing with the October 8 build.
What the beta shows inside each new dungeon (bosses, quests, loot) is on its own page; the beta’s dates are on the WoW Forever release date page and the fastest way up is in the WoW Forever leveling guide.
Art © Blizzard Entertainment, from the WoW Forever beta client (build 1.60.1.70450).
Beneath Ironforge, Dun Morogh
Someone has broken into the resting place of the old dwarven kings, and Blizzard points at the Dark Irons. Ghostly whispers fill the halls. It’s pitched to the Alliance; the Horde has to sneak or fight its way in.
Bosses, quests and loot →Art © Blizzard Entertainment, from the WoW Forever beta client (build 1.60.1.70450).
Tirisfal Glades
Help the Forsaken reclaim the ruined city, where the Scourge still lurks and a necromancer has moved in, apparently planning an attack on another city. It’s pitched to the Horde; the Alliance has to find a way to sneak in.
Bosses, quests and loot →Image: Blizzard Entertainment.
Wetlands, above Whelgar’s Excavation
A dig site “trapped in time”: strange mist drifts down from the mountains, lights flash on the horizon and titan constructs have gone rogue. Kaivax’s dungeon list names it Excavation Site: Wetlands.
Bosses, quests and loot →Image: Blizzard Entertainment.
Alterac Mountains
The barrier hiding the city is down and the Kirin Tor are losing control: spells backfire, arcane constructs run wild and demonic energy spreads. Blizzard says it’s more than a dungeon, with the whole city to explore.
Bosses, quests and loot →Image: Blizzard Entertainment.
Off the coast of Stranglethorn Vale
Ancient troll ruins have risen out of the sea, with trolls and naga inside and a pirate ship wrecked on them. It was the dungeon visitors could play at BlizzCon.
Bosses, quests and loot →The Riverglades
A huge outdoor dungeon held by ogres who kidnap people and raid the region, with strange chanting at night. Blizzard corrected its level range after BlizzCon: it is 40–45, not the wider bracket that appeared in panel coverage.
Bosses, quests and loot →Image: Blizzard Entertainment.
Alcaz Island, Dustwallow Marsh
The island prison Classic players could reach but never enter, rumored to have once held King Varian Wrynn. Inside, the Defias and the naga are fighting.
Bosses, quests and loot →Image: Blizzard Entertainment.
Behind a gate in Azshara
A great furbolg city, where the furbolgs are struggling against some kind of corruption. Its deep tunnels hint at the way to the Barrow Deeps raid.
Bosses, quests and loot →Un’Goro Crater
A titan facility in the hills of Un’Goro, with old titan buildings, power crystals and wildlife running loose. Blizzard calls it one of Forever’s most treacherous places.
Bosses, quests and loot →Two paid addons plan dungeon guides for Forever, one as walkthroughs and one as a leveling route through dungeons; what each has announced and what it costs: Zygor vs RestedXP for WoW Forever (the comparison contains affiliate links).
Every dungeon drop was re-examined and hundreds were added. Items unique to a dungeon boss are now blue quality. In an interview with MMORPG.com, the developers said there is no Dungeon Journal and you won’t see an item’s stats until it has dropped for you or on your server; the same goes for gear in WoW Forever raids.
Blizzard told The Sun the experience curve to 60 is unchanged, but dungeon mob XP is much lower and dungeon quest XP much higher: the first clear pays well, farming the same dungeon over and over doesn’t. The aim is to keep people out in the world rather than boosting. On October 1 Blizzard halved the extra experience dungeon quests give, after feedback on leveling speed in the beta. The October 8 build then raised the experience from dungeon creatures by approximately 20% and went back to Classic Era’s party rule: each member’s experience depends on their own level against the creature, no longer on the highest-level member of the party. Blizzard’s Aggrend says a perfectly played dungeon run now levels very close to, if not as fast as, optimal questing, and that dungeon cleaving to 60 won’t be allowed to become the best way to level.
A bind-on-pickup green or blue from a dungeon gives its look to everyone eligible to loot it, so nobody rolls just for the appearance. Epics still go to the looter only.
Tanks hold threat on only three or four enemies at once, so Polymorph, Banish, Fear and other crowd control stay part of the job.
On the WoW Forever Podcast episode 3, the designers said “We probably won’t have dungeon maps”: with a map, players take the shortest path and skip the rest.
A robot doesn’t bleed and an arcane elemental is immune to Arcane, the designers said in the same episode. The City of Dalaran is the first place Arcane Mages meet it; other dungeons will test other classes.
In the September 17 Live Q&A, Blizzard said dungeons and raids in Forever have a single difficulty: there is no second, harder version of a dungeon to run. On tuning, the designers said on the podcast that they would rather launch dungeons slightly too hard and ease them afterwards than the reverse.
The BlizzCon demo had Classic’s Looking For Group window: you list and form groups yourself. It does not auto-match, and it does not teleport you. The Burning Crusade meeting stones that summon the party to the entrance were not in the demo. The designers stand by meeting stones that don’t summon: the trip to a dungeon is part of the dungeon, they said on the podcast, and every convenience “shrinks the world”.
Advanced campsite objects are learned from Blueprint recipes that drop from specific dungeon bosses. Every Blueprint in the beta client: WoW Forever Camping Planner.
The Classic dungeons return, and most look the same so far. The ones with a change players or the beta client have shown are below; what changes for every dungeon (XP, loot, shared appearances) is in the section above. The beta client holds little item data for Classic’s dungeon loot, so item changes only show up as players find them.
Three raids open on Dec 9: the new Barrow Deeps (10 players) and Hyjal Summit (20), and the original Onyxia’s Lair (40). What each raid is, the tier sets, the boss names seen in the demo and Blizzard’s raid design goals are in the WoW Forever raids guide.
Forever launches
Blizzard lists the new dungeons among what Forever launches with.
Raids unlock
The Barrow Deeps (10 players), Hyjal Summit (20) and Onyxia’s Lair (40).
Major update
Two new dungeons and two new raids, for 10 and 20 players.
Major update
Two more new dungeons, a new raid and a revamped iconic raid.
The beta, name reservation and every other date are on the WoW Forever release date page.
Classic’s dungeon quests, with their givers and rewards: pick “Dungeon” in the WoW Forever quest database.
Nine: Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron, Excavation Site: Wetlands, the City of Dalaran, the Drowned City, Krol’dok Stronghold, Alcaz Prison, Blackmaw Hold and Shaper’s Terrace. Blizzard’s 2027 roadmap adds four more.
Hall of Thanes 13–18, Ruins of Lordaeron 15–20, Excavation Site: Wetlands 26–31, City of Dalaran 28–33, the Drowned City 35–40, Krol’dok Stronghold 40–45, Alcaz Prison 48–53, Blackmaw Hold 55–60 and Shaper’s Terrace 58–60. Blizzard corrected Krol’dok after BlizzCon; it is not 40–55.
Blizzard pitched Hall of Thanes to the Alliance and the Ruins of Lordaeron to the Horde. It gave no faction for the other seven.
Blizzard suggested the other faction will have to sneak in, or fight its way in, but hasn’t explained how that works yet. On the WoW Forever Podcast episode 3, the designers said the Hall of Thanes is not Alliance-only and that some of its quests were opened to the Horde on purpose; whether it has a Horde entrance, they left open.
Yes. The City of Dalaran is a dungeon for levels 28–33 in the Alterac Mountains, and Blizzard says the whole city is there to explore.
The Drowned City, the level 35–40 dungeon off the coast of Stranglethorn Vale.
Not a retail-style one. The BlizzCon demo had Classic’s Looking For Group window: you can list and form groups yourself, but it does not auto-match or teleport you to the dungeon. The Burning Crusade meeting stones that summon the party to the door were not in the demo.
According to Blizzard’s interview with The Sun, dungeon mob XP is much lower and dungeon quest XP is much higher, while the experience curve to 60 is unchanged. Blizzard wants the first run to be rewarding and repeated farming not to be the best path. On October 1 Blizzard halved the extra experience dungeon quests give, after feedback on leveling speed in the beta. The October 8 build then raised the experience from dungeon creatures by approximately 20% and went back to Classic Era’s party rule: each member’s experience depends on their own level against the creature, no longer on the highest-level member of the party. Blizzard’s Aggrend says a perfectly played dungeon run now levels very close to, if not as fast as, optimal questing, and that dungeon cleaving to 60 won’t be allowed to become the best way to level.
Blizzard designed against it: tanks hold threat on only three or four enemies at once and crowd control still matters, so dungeons aren’t built for pulling whole rooms.
Yes. Blizzard re-examined every dungeon drop and added hundreds of new ones, and the new Shen’dralas zone gives reasons to go back to Maraudon and Razorfen Downs.
A bind-on-pickup green or blue does: its appearance goes to everyone eligible to loot it. Epic appearances only go to the player who loots the item.
It is mailed to you. In the beta, loot left on a corpse in a dungeon, green, blue or epic, arrives by mail from the Steamwheedle Lost and Found, the goblin service from Season of Discovery, according to Wowhead.
No. In the September 17 Live Q&A, Blizzard said dungeons and raids in Forever have a single difficulty.
No. Dungeons and raids are only with players on your own ruleset, and Horde and Alliance can’t group together. Blizzard restated both in the September 17 Live Q&A, saying there is no cross-faction play because the Horde and the Alliance are enemies.
Blizzard hasn’t said. The raids are for 10 (Barrow Deeps), 20 (Hyjal Summit) and 40 players (Onyxia’s Lair).
December 9, 2026: the Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia’s Lair. Each raid is covered in the WoW Forever raids guide.
It has three entrances. One is in Mount Hyjal, and Blizzard hinted that the tunnels of Blackmaw Hold lead there too.
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