Shen’dralas is the smallest announcement of the four new zones and the one built out of a detail players have been flying over for twenty years. Blizzard has told its story but not its level range, so this page is short on purpose.
Written from Blizzard’s own panels and recaps, with interviews, a Wowhead roundup and lines read out of the Forever beta client marked where they are used. Last reviewed: .
The ruins you have been flying over
If you have ever taken the flight between Mulgore and Desolace, you have passed a set of ancient ruins far below. Blizzard called it “a mystery hiding in plain sight” and turned it into a zone about the Shen’dralar, the night elves whose history runs through Eldre’Thalas, the city inside Dire Maul, and Prince Tortheldrin himself.
On the panel, Blizzard said players would meet a member of that people by name. The panel’s automatic captions spell it Mortyn Evenshade, and the beta client (build 1.60.1.69893) contains a task about adding a missing page to “Evenshade’s journal”, so the surname is probably right — but Blizzard has not written it down anywhere official yet.
The other thread is the centaurs. The story lines of the Gelkis and Magram tribes carry on here, and Desolace’s own centaur faction quests get more content and new faction rewards alongside the new zone.
How you get to Shen’dralas
The Found Photos recap gives the way in: south of Desolace, through the Valley of Bones. The What’s Next panel the day before placed the zone between Mulgore and Desolace, which is the same corner of Kalimdor described from the air instead of from the road.
No level range has been announced. Everything else known about the zone is story, which is why it has no chart entry on the WoW Forever dungeons leveling roadmap.
What is in Shen’dralas
No new dungeon of its own. None of the nine new dungeons is in Shen’dralas. What the zone gives instead is a reason to walk back into Maraudon and Razorfen Downs.
The centaur war. The Gelkis and Magram story lines continue here, and the Desolace faction quests that go with them get new content and rewards.
Failing arcane pylons. The beta client has a task to repair a damaged pylon in Shen’dralas with Coalesced Mana Crystals — the same kind of failing highborne machinery as on Zephras Isle.
Wounded wildlife and a ghost. Two more client lines: putting down severely wounded animals inside the zone, and a spell named for a Shen’dralas ghost.
The client lines above come from build 1.60.1.69893 and are not announcements. They change, and some never ship.
Shen’dralas FAQ
Where is Shen’dralas?
In Kalimdor, south of Desolace through the Valley of Bones. It is the set of ruins visible from the flight between Mulgore and Desolace.
What level is Shen’dralas?
Blizzard has not announced a level range. Desolace and Maraudon sit in the thirties in Classic, but that is a guess about neighbours, not a number Blizzard gave.
Who are the Shen’dralar?
The night elves of Eldre’Thalas, the city that became Dire Maul, who stayed behind under Prince Tortheldrin. Shen’dralas is a zone about them.
Is there a dungeon in Shen’dralas?
No new one. The zone instead gives new reasons to return to Maraudon and Razorfen Downs, two dungeons that already exist.
Does Dire Maul change in WoW Forever?
Blizzard has not said so. Dire Maul is part of the story Shen’dralas tells, but it is not one of the nine new dungeons and no rework has been announced.
Is Shen’dralas in the WoW Forever beta?
Not announced. Blizzard has published no zone list for the WoW Forever beta, and with no level range for the zone there is no way to tell whether it fits under the cap of 30.
Not announced yet
The level range
How many quests the zone has
Its reputations and rewards
The name of the Shen’dralar character the panel introduced
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