WoW Forever Talents Talent calculator for World of Warcraft: Forever Patch notes 9 Nov Blizzard's 9 November hotfixes, checked

The Drowned City

Dungeon for 5 players · New in Forever · read from the Forever client, build 1.60.1.70862. All instances →

The Drowned City loading screen

Entering

  • 5 players

No lockout was seen on the beta: groups ran dungeons back to back. The tables also carry 5 players · daily lockout (★ added in this build); the beta showed no way into it.

One of the nine dungeons Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2026, for levels 35 to 40: troll ruins off Stranglethorn that have just risen out of the sea, with naga, trolls and a wrecked pirate ship. It was the dungeon playable on the BlizzCon show floor. The beta server already answered for three of its Horde quests from build 1.60.1.70235 on, before the client carried its map.

Bosses · 6

  1. Zul'Alai★
  2. Var'Taka★
  3. Captain Dreadrise★
  4. Deathless Guardians★
  5. Primeval Elemental★
  6. Min'loth the Serpent★

★ bosses are new in Forever; until one is named in game, there is no creature id to link and no database that has heard of it.

Quests · 3

  • The Only Good Brinescale...★ Level 38 Horde

    Slay Var'Taka in the Drowned City.

    Rewards

    You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

    Tidesoaked Leggings★ Naga Priestess's Mantle★

    You will also receive:

    1g 30s

    Reputation:

    Darkspear Trolls +100Orgrimmar +100

    No database has this quest yet: it is new in Forever, and this page reads it from the beta client itself (quest 95776, from the client's own quest cache). Full page for this quest →

  • Ancient Gurubashi Idol★ Level 40 Horde

    Recover an Ancient Gurubashi Idol from the Drowned City.

    Objectives

    • Ancient Gurubashi Idol

    Rewards

    You will also receive:

    1g

    Reputation:

    Earthen Ring +300Darkspear Trolls +150

    No database has this quest yet: it is new in Forever, and this page reads it from the beta client itself (quest 96774, from the client's own quest cache). Full page for this quest →

  • The Drowned City★ Level 40 Horde

    Use the hide and charcoal to create rubbings of the tablets found in the Drowned City.

    Objectives

    • The First Tablet of I'lalai
    • The Second Tablet of I'lalai
    • The Third Tablet of I'lalai
    • The Fourth Tablet of I'lalai

    Rewards

    Reputation:

    Darkspear Trolls +100Orgrimmar +100

    No database has this quest yet: it is new in Forever, and this page reads it from the beta client itself (quest 95775, from the client's own quest cache). Full page for this quest →

What the beta server told the client about each quest that sends you into The Drowned City: the task, its objectives, who hands it out and who takes it in where the quest's own wording or the beta log names them, and the rewards, with item names, money and experience from the client tables. ★ marks quests that did not exist in Classic Era; Wowhead has no page for those yet. Every quest also has a page of its own.

Areas inside

Sunken Hollow · Flooded Shrine · Deep Archives · Altar of the Serpent · Eternal Amphitheater · Abyssal Dais · The Unsinkable · Ataal'Byzal

★New in Forever · map 2970 Sources: Forever client build 1.60.1.70862 · BlizzCon, 12 September 2026 · the beta client's quest cache, 6 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70235) · beta play, 18 September 2026 · the beta client's quest cache, 13 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70338)

Every instance

Dungeons & Raids

51 instances
With a level set, doors you cannot enter yet lock and instances near your level light up.

5 group size, 10v10 players a side 28 Group Finder level, entry level with a plus, or a battleground's level band Confirmed raid Blizzard has confirmed for Forever Announced announced, not in the client yet Not confirmed 40? in the client from Classic, not announced ★ new in Forever ◆ changed