Dungeons
The nine new five-player dungeons, from level 13 to 60, in level order.
All launch dungeons
The Hall of Thanes
Dark Iron dwarves have broken into the kings' tomb under Ironforge. The Alliance answer to Ragefire Chasm.
Levels 13-18
Ironforge
Alliance
4 named bosses
Ruins of Lordaeron
The surface ruins above the Undercity. Street patrols chain into each other, so pull with care.
Levels 15-20
Tirisfal Glades
Horde side
8 named bosses
Excavation Site: Wetlands
An Explorer's League dig gone strange: titan constructs, mist, flashes of light and a patch that looks stuck in time.
Levels 24-29
Wetlands
Not announced
4 named bosses
City of Dalaran
The Kirin Tor barrier is down, enchantments are failing and demonic energy is leaking in. More open than a corridor dungeon: you explore the city.
Levels 28-33
Alterac Mountains
Not announced
9 named bosses
The Drowned City
Troll ruins risen from the sea off Stranglethorn: naga, trolls and a wrecked pirate ship.
Levels 35-40
Stranglethorn coast
Not announced
4 named bosses
Krol'dok Stronghold
An outdoor ogre hold with kidnappings, night chanting and the Twilight's Hammer. Built as the alternative to another round of Scarlet Monastery.
Alcaz Prison
An island prison off Dustwallow where Defias and naga are fighting inside.
Levels 48-53
Dustwallow Marsh
Not announced
Not announced
Blackmaw Hold
A great furbolg city behind the gate in northern Azshara that never opened in Classic. Corruption has taken hold inside.
Levels 55-60
Azshara
Not announced
Not announced
Shaper's Terrace
A titan site in the Un'Goro hills: old machinery, power crystals, dinosaurs and an energy source nobody has explained.
Levels 58-60
Un'Goro Crater
Not announced
Not announced
A dash means not announced. Who can enter is announced for 2 of the 9 dungeons, and boss names for 5.
How dungeons work in Forever
One difficulty
Dungeons and raids have a single difficulty. There is no Heroic mode, and it does not adapt to your group. Armor color variants seen in the beta are offset pieces, not a second difficulty.
Run it once, with every quest
Dungeon quests give far more experience than the monsters do. Collect every quest first, clear the dungeon once, then go back to questing.
No Dungeon Finder
Nothing matches you into a group or teleports you in. Meeting stones open a Looking for Group listing and do not summon.
Walk, or bring a Warlock
Ritual of Summoning still works and still needs two other party members at the spot. Everyone else walks to the door.
5 more rules · Boss loot is Rare quality, Camp blueprints, Tarnished Undermine Real, Forgot to loot?, No Dungeon Journal at firstShowHide
Boss loot is Rare quality
Dungeon drops were re-examined and hundreds of new drops were added. Boss items are Rare quality.
Camp blueprints
Specific dungeon bosses drop Blueprint recipes for advanced camp objects: the Alchemy Lab, the Tanning Rack and upgraded Campfires.
Tarnished Undermine Real
A dungeon currency in the style of Burning Crusade's Badges of Justice, with resource boxes.
Forgot to loot?
The Steamwheedle Lost and Found, run by Rix Xizzix, mails you dungeon items you left unlooted.
No Dungeon Journal at first
Raid bosses stay unknown until you walk in, and there will be no raid test realm to spoil the next tier.
Day-one rules in the launch guideDungeons by level for your classThe four new zones
Raids: 9 Dec 2026
Sizes and entrancesShow
- Raids unlock on 9 Dec 2026. Launch raids need no attunement.
- Every raid tier has a 10-player raid and a 20-player raid. There is no flex sizing.
- Barrow Deeps (10 players) has about eight bosses and three entrances, one of them in Mount Hyjal. Hyjal Summit (20 players) has more bosses.
- Onyxia's Lair is the extra 40-player raid in the December wave, with extra tier pieces. Not every tier gets a 40-player raid.
- You can out-gear and out-level raids. The difficulty never changes.
Sources and what isn't confirmed
Not announced
- Launch lockouts
- Individual loot tables
- Boss names for the four dungeons that were not in the beta
- Later raid attunements
- Individual loot tables
- Which bosses drop them
- Which bosses drop it and what it buys
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Sources
Q&A, 17 Sep 2026 · Kris Zierhut, The Sun · Kotaku · Warcraft Tavern, 14 Sep 2026 · Blizzard, Deep Dive · Wowhead, beta coverage · Greenfield
Updated 22 Sep 2026. Beta details can change in any build. About our data