No Heroic mode, no flex raids, and you still travel to the door yourself.
- There is no Heroic mode. Armor color variants spotted in beta are offset pieces, not a second difficulty.
- Meeting stones open a Looking for Group listing and do not summon. A Warlock can still summon; everyone else walks.
- No flex raiding: each tier has a 10-player and a 20-player raid. Onyxia's Lair adds a 40-player raid on 9 Dec 2026.
- Tarnished Undermine Real exists in Forever, like TBC Badges of Justice.
Unconfirmed launch lockouts, which bosses drop Tarnished Undermine Real and what it buys.
Source Blizzard Q&A, 17 Sep 2026, and the Kotaku interview with Tim Jones and Mike Nuthals.