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New zones, dungeons and battlegrounds

Everything that is new in WoW Forever compared with the original game, taken from the game's own beta data.

More than 1,000 new quests across levels 1 to 60, and new ship routes: Stormwind to Auberdine, Menethil to Southshore and Tanaris to Riverglades.

New zones

Zephras Isle

Zephras Isle

Levels 3 to 12

A floating island and the starting zone of the Skyborne, with 27 named areas from level 3 to level 12.

Areas

  • level 3Thendal Standing Stones
  • level 4Thendal Cave
  • level 5Shen'dar Highlands · Shen'dar Village
  • level 6Bandit Hideout · Falaath Village · Overlook Standing Stones · Windsong Lake · Windsong Standing Stones
  • level 7East Pylon Watchtower · West Pylon Watchtower
  • level 8Fairweather Stables · Gustberry Lowlands · Shriekling Den · Windfield Orchard
  • level 10Nightclaw Cavern · Rohashi Spires · Sanctum of Storms · Shrine of Akir · Valanaar · Valanaar Skydocks
  • level 12Ruins of Ban'aethal · Shadowgale Forest
  • no level yetRise of Spirits · Skywall · Thendal Grove · Thendal Village
Riverglades

Riverglades

Levels 36 to 44

A large frontier zone in the Eastern Kingdoms, near Redridge and the Swamp of Sorrows, with nearly 200 quests and the Brotherhood of the Horse. The game places its areas between levels 36 and 44. You get there by ship from Tanaris to Powderfuse Port.

Areas

  • level 36Meadowsbrook · Southern Watch · Wheeler's Grange
  • level 37Bristle Hills
  • level 38Ashwood's Fall · Elbrim's Farm · Farholde Keep · Powderfuse Port · Rog'mar · Sunnyglade · Terral's Watch · Turner's Logging Camp
  • level 40Eastwind Shore
  • level 41Twilight Hollow · Windstead
  • level 42Bolder'ok · Krol'dok Stronghold
  • level 44Forlorn Pit · Twilight's Shroud
  • no level yetThe Forbidding Sea
Shen'dralas

A leveling and story zone between Mulgore and Desolace, built around the Shen'dralar of Dire Maul and the centaur tribes of the region. The game gives no level to its areas yet.

Areas

  • no level yetBristleback Retreat · Evenshade's Overlook · Forlorn Gardens · Magram Front · Outcast Hideaway
Mount Hyjal

Set after the defeat of Archimonde. It works as a level 60 endgame zone and is where the 20-player raid Hyjal Summit is based. Its areas have no level in the game data.

Areas

  • no level yetCradle of Tranquility · Dae'gun · Elderwild · Felblood Scar · Malorne's Retreat · Mourning's Rest · Shrine of Aviana · Summit of Eternity · Tainted Foothills
Ruins of Gilneas

The ruined kingdom of Gilneas, with Gilneas City and its surroundings. It is also the setting of the Battle for Gilneas battleground.

Areas

  • no level yetDreadwatch Outpost · Emberstone Mine · Emberstone Village · Gilneas City · Hayward Fishery · Northern Headlands · Rutsak's Guard · Tempest's Reach · The Blackwald

New areas in the old zones

Places added inside zones that already existed, with the level the game gives them.

Alterac Mountains

  • level 30Old Dalaran Ruins

Azshara

  • level 49Thalassian Vanguard Camp
  • level 52Legashi Stronghold

Burning Steppes

  • level 56Poacher's Den

Dalaran

  • no level yetThe Eventide

Dun Morogh

  • level 56Ironforge Submarine Facility

Moonglade

  • no level yetStormrage Barrow Dens

Mulgore

  • level 6Camp Gev'rek · Gloomrise
  • level 10Skywatcher Plateau

Stormwind City

  • no level yetStormwind Harbor

Stranglethorn Vale

  • no level yetSunken Hollow

The Hinterlands

  • level 56Martsirt

Thousand Needles

  • level 6Scalding Ridge

Tirisfal Glades

  • level 8Bandarion Keep · Shadowvale · Whispering Forest

Un'Goro Crater

  • level 48Stomping Grounds
  • no level yetPillar of Assimilation · The Shaper's Terrace

Wetlands

  • level 25Dragonmaw Retreat
  • level 26Excavation Site: Wetlands
  • no level yetThe Drunken Dwarf

New dungeons

Instances added to the dungeon finder in the beta.

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Battlegrounds

  • Darkspear Islands

    Darkspear Islands

    Off the coast of Kalimdor are the ceremonial islands of the Darkspear tribe.

  • Battle for Gilneas

    Battle for Gilneas

    As the Greymane wall collapses, the inevitable conflict between the Forsaken and Worgen reaches a new climax.

  • Warsong Gulch (Winter)

    A winter version of the Warsong Gulch map.

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