All 9 new dungeons and their level ranges
Community Manager Kaivax posted the level ranges on the official forums. Locations and themes come from that post and the What's Next panel recap. Here's the list in level order:
| Dungeon | Levels | What Blizzard has said |
|---|---|---|
| The Hall of Thanes | 13–18 | Beneath Ironforge |
| Ruins of Lordaeron | 15–20 | The Forsaken fighting to reclaim Lordaeron |
| Excavation Site: Wetlands | 26–31 | A dig site above Whelgar's Excavation; range from the October 1 beta notes (the first forum list said 24–29) |
| City of Dalaran | 28–33 | Magical trouble in Dalaran |
| The Drowned City | 35–40 | Naga and pirates |
| Krol'dok Stronghold | 40–45 | Level range corrected in a blue post |
| Alcaz Prison | 48–53 | No details yet |
| Blackmaw Hold | 55–60 | Corruption |
| Shaper's Terrace | 58–60 | No details yet |
Krol'dok Stronghold was listed with the wrong range in BlizzCon materials, and Kaivax corrected it to 40–45 on the forums. The What's Next recap also mentions titan mysteries in Un'Goro among the dungeon themes.
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WoW Forever has nine announced new dungeons. City of Dalaran joined beta testing on October 8, alongside higher dungeon creature XP and a revised party calculation. Those changes are separate from dungeon quest bonus XP.
What’s inside Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron and Excavation Site: Wetlands?
Blizzard walked through three of the nine in its Launch Dungeons video on October 14, 2026:
- Hall of Thanes is the first dungeon for Alliance characters, right beneath Ironforge’s throne room, the Alliance counterpart to Ragefire Chasm. Dark Iron Dwarves are looting the tombs of Ironforge’s kings and the restless dead fight back; patrols punish sloppy pulls. Killing the first boss, Faldrim Anvilmar, opens the way to the final vault.
- Ruins of Lordaeron plays out almost entirely outdoors across the castle and its ruins. You clear the Scourge, free the bound spirits and finish on the necromancer Rath’mael; moving shadows and fog make sightlines dangerous, so pull to lit open ground.
- Excavation Site: Wetlands sends you after a missing dwarven dig team, across open water and through tall grass where several stealthed raptor types ambush the party.
How do you get into the Dalaran dungeon?
Through the sewers. The Kirin Tor don’t trust outsiders yet, so you fight up from the toxic Dalaran sewers to the streets and unlock the city’s quests from the inside.
How should you use the dungeon level ranges?
The ranges describe content coverage; do not read them as automatic matchmaking rules or mandatory entrance requirements. An announced dungeon is not necessarily enabled in every beta build.
How do creature, quest and party XP differ?
| XP source or condition | Current beta change | What it does not mean |
|---|---|---|
| Dungeon quest bonus | October 1 cuts the extra XP beyond an ordinary quest by 50%. | Total quest XP was not necessarily halved. |
| Dungeon creature kills | October 8 increases the reward by about 20%. | This percentage does not apply to quests. |
| Higher-level party member | The lower-level enemy adjustment is calculated for each player. | The highest member no longer sets that penalty for everyone. |
| Vastly overleveled party member | The rule preventing the party earning XP still applies. | XP is not guaranteed for every level gap. |
The effects combine differently for different groups. They do not establish a fixed clear time or guaranteed leveling ranking; enemy level and party composition remain part of the calculation.
Loot and reward changes
- The new dungeons come with their own quests and new rewards.
- Every dungeon drop is being re-examined.
- Unique boss items are upgraded to blue quality.
- Appearances from BoP greens and blues that drop in dungeons are unlocked for every eligible looter, not just the winner.
- Advanced Camping profession objects come from Blueprint recipes found in dungeons.
- October 8 lowers some dungeon quest rewards from Rare to Uncommon with revised stats; these quest items are separate from boss-drop quality.
- Blizzard says nearly every original dungeon is also refreshed, with updated rewards and more quest XP.
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Group Finder and voice chat
The October 8 notes explicitly confirm Group Finder postings: a posting can specify an in-game voice mode and joining players receive a prompt for that chat. Discord Voice can be used according to the party leader’s setting. These postings are not, by themselves, an announcement of automatic matchmaking or dungeon teleportation.
Are more dungeons coming?
Yes. The roadmap lists two new dungeons in each of the major updates planned for spring and summer 2027. Blizzard hasn't said yet what they're called or what level they're for.
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