A campfire system: from skill 20 you place objects with a shared 1-hour cooldown.
A Basic Campfire offers 3 objects; Cook upgrades raise it to 5 and 10. Objects include Sharpening Wheel, Faction Banner, Incense Candle, Alchemy Lab and Tanning Rack.
Are there new professions or recipes?
StatedBlizzard says 600+ new recipes.
The Deep Dive recap gives the count and does not list them all. Blizzard’s camping post adds that every character can learn all three secondary professions (Cooking, Fishing and First Aid) plus two primary ones, and that a Basic Campfire supports up to three camp features.
What new zones are there?
Sources disagreeBlizzard’s recap names four new places; whether the starting island counts as a zone is a matter of counting.
Blizzard’s What’s Next recap names Mount Hyjal, Shen’dralas, the Riverglades (more than 150 new quests, around levels 35–45) and Zephras Isle (levels 1–12, the starting island). Some outlets count three zones plus the island, others four. We found no Blizzard sentence that gives a number.
Still open — Whether Blizzard counts the starting island as a zone.
How many new dungeons are there?
StatedNine new five-player dungeons, for levels 13 to 60.
Blizzard’s dungeons post lists Hall of Thanes 13–18, Ruins of Lordaeron 15–20, Excavation Site 24–29, City of Dalaran 28–33, The Drowned City 35–40, Krol’dok Stronghold 40–45, Alcaz Prison 48–53, Blackmaw Hold 55–60 and Shaper’s Terrace 58–60. Warcraft Wiki lists 33 in total.
What level is Excavation Site: Wetlands?
Sources disagreeBlizzard’s dungeons post lists 24–29; its 1 October beta notes said 26–31.
The newer official table, published on 20 October, gives 24–29, which matches Warcraft Tavern’s dungeon list. The older 26–31 came from the 1 October beta development notes. We show both because Blizzard has not said the earlier notes were wrong, and ranges can still move before launch.
Still open — Final launch levels.
What level is Deadmines in Forever?
Sources disagreeGuide sites disagree: 16, 17–26, 18–24 and 17–21.
None of the four ranges comes from a Blizzard chart. Blizzard’s dungeons post covers only the nine new dungeons, so Deadmines has no official range yet. We list the disagreement instead of choosing one, and will print a range once Blizzard publishes it.
Still open — An official range.
What raids are there and when?
StatedBarrow Deeps (10 players), Hyjal Summit (20) and Onyxia’s Lair (40), all unlocking on 9 December 2026.
Blizzard’s raid overview of 20 October says all three unlock on 9 December as level 60 raids, with 8 bosses in Barrow Deeps and 13 in Hyjal Summit. The What’s Next recap calls Barrow Deeps a maximum-level 10-player raid and Hyjal Summit a 20-player one.
Still open — Whether raids reset weekly on a fixed day: Blizzard says all raids are currently planned to reset each week but gives no day or time.
How many players and bosses are in the WoW Forever raids?
StatedBarrow Deeps is a 10-player raid, Hyjal Summit 20 and Onyxia’s Lair 40, all for level 60.
Blizzard’s raid overview gives eight bosses for Barrow Deeps and 13 for Hyjal Summit, and a three-phase encounter for Onyxia. The post does not name the Barrow Deeps bosses. All three raids open on 9 December, and all raids are currently planned to reset each week, with no reset day or time given.
Still open — The reset day and time.
Does Onyxia’s Lair need attunement in WoW Forever?
StatedYes. Every raider needs the Drakefire Amulet, earned through a faction-specific attunement questline.
Blizzard’s raid overview says the amulet must be in your inventory and does not need to be equipped. The Alliance chain starts in the Burning Steppes with Dragonkin Menace; the Horde chain starts in the Badlands at Kargath with Blood and Thunder. Both end in Upper Blackrock Spire, and Blizzard advises starting early.
How do raid lockouts work in WoW Forever?
Nobody has saidWe found no published lockout rules.
Raid sizes are published (Barrow Deeps 10, Hyjal Summit 20, Onyxia’s Lair 40) and raids open on 9 December. The pages we read do not say how often a raid can be cleared or on which day it resets.
Still open — The lockout length and reset day.
Is Dalaran Alliance only, and how do I get in?
StatedIn the beta the city is hostile to Horde, while the City of Dalaran dungeon stays open to both factions.
The 15 October beta notes say Horde are no longer welcome in Dalaran and are attacked on sight, which does not affect the dungeon; the Horde questline for the Dalaran Sewer Key no longer grants unrestricted access to the city (beta). Warcraft Wiki describes Dalaran as initially hostile to both factions, with Skyborne getting early friendly access and Alliance eventually welcomed after a short questline. The dungeon (levels 28–34, 5 players) is in the Alterac Mountains; one party member needs the key from the Image of Archmage Modera in Silverpine Forest after Alliance or Horde quests.
Still open — How the city behaves at launch.
How much XP do dungeons give?
StatedIn the beta, creature XP in dungeons rose by about 20% on 8 October and dungeon quest bonus XP was cut by 50% on 1 October (beta).
Beta notes of 8 October also reverted party XP for killing lower-level enemies to the Classic Era per-player calculation; Blizzard wrote that together the changes “will dramatically increase experience earned in dungeons for most players”. If a party member is far above the enemy, no one in the party gets XP. The 1 October change followed leveling-speed feedback. These are beta values; Blizzard has not published launch XP tables.
Still open — Launch values.
How does PvP progression work?
StatedHonor is a currency and Rank Points raise your rank, up to High Warlord or Grand Marshal, with a weekly cap.
Blizzard: Honor comes from defeating players, battlegrounds and PvP quests, and buys one blue and one epic PvP set; the epic piece needs the blue piece plus an Emboldened Seal with rank requirements. Rank Points come from battlegrounds and PvP quests, ranks run to 14 in the reward table, and each PvP season has weekly tasks, three of which also grant a Legacy Point. Darkspear Islands is a new 15v15 battleground.
