Dungeons, raids & PvP at launch

Updated 2026-09-13

Nine new dungeons

Most are aimed at characters under 60 — leveling is meant to matter as much as endgame.

Dungeon	Levels	Where
Hall of Thanes	13–18	Beneath Ironforge
Ruins of Lordaeron	~15–20	Tirisfal Glades
City of Dalaran	~20–35	Alterac / Hillsbrad
Excavation Site	24–29	Above Whelgar's Excavation, Wetlands
Drowned City	35–40	Off-coast ruins
Krol'dok Stronghold	35–40	Riverglades
Alcaz Island Prison	48–53	Dustwallow Marsh
Blackmaw Hold	55–60	Furbolg territory
Shaper's Terrace	58–60	Un'Goro Crater

Raids (open Dec 9)

Barrow Deeps (10): a max-level challenge in a night elf prison facility with multiple entrances.
Hyjal Summit (20): someone — or something — is draining a powerful alliance atop Hyjal. A legendary reward is tied to it.
Onyxia's Lair (40): returns as the 40-player raid.

Blizzard has not said anything about difficulty tiers yet.

PvP

Darkspear Islands is a new 15v15 battleground off the Kalimdor coast that mixes strategic control points with Arathi Basin-style flag captures and defense. All the classic battleground maps are retained.

Loot changes (Deep Dive panel, Sept 13)

Every boss loot table was redone, dungeon drops are now at least rare quality, quest rewards and world-drop epics were updated, and trinkets are more situational. Bind-on-pickup dungeon drops also unlock their transmog appearance for the whole eligible group (raids excluded).