City of Dalaran
| Dungeon reference | |
|---|---|
| Zone | Not recorded |
| Range begins | 28 |
| Range ends | 33 |
| Party size | 5 |
| Loot records | Archmagister's Faceted Pendant, Blightleaf Rope, Bonebinder's Signet, Bonepile Gaze, Cartilage Shapers, Drape of Shifting Energy, Ephemeral Grips, Felbough Arm, Garb of Fallen Felbark, Gravespike Repeater, Graveweave Bindings, Guardian's Dualblade, Mana-Warped Chain Shirt, Manascale Treads, Ponderous Orb, Refractory Scaleguards, Runemender's Seal, Slitherwrap Girdle, Spine of the Devourer, Spinning Wheel blueprintAll documented loot |
City of Dalaran — announced levels 28–33.[1] The announced adventure concerns magical disturbances in Dalaran.[2]
Related quest and reward references
An Alarming Request records the approach step for the Modera quest sequence. Heart of Disruption, Starving Arcane, Power Overwhelming, The Grave Knight and A Green Sample link their individually checked equipment rewards. Quest variants and reward locations remain distinguished in those articles.
Before you go
Start with access notes, then match your Heart of Disruption variant and review other objectives. Dungeon checklists offers a preparation list. Historical client names below are kept separate from current written-guide advice.
Availability
Blizzard opened City of Dalaran for testing on October 8.[3] See Beta update (October 8, 2026) and Beta guide. The announced level band remains separate from a verified minimum entry requirement.
Setting and access
Blood in the Streets directs the approach along Lordamere Lake and provides Grimy Key. The two Heart of Disruption variants provide Dalaran Sewer Key; their pages preserve the different recipients and rewards. These original quest fields establish preparation without proving every access condition.
The guide reports that one key holder can open the Horde gate.[4] Exact entrance coordinates and Alliance transport conditions have not been independently established in this review. The guide's access table mixes pickup and recipient roles; the original quest records take precedence for the fields they actually display.
Beta client evidence
The dungeon is map 2959, with a five-player difficulty record (5923). A separate map named Dalaran City (2980) must not be treated as this instance.[5][6] The instance’s area records include Fel Grove (16559).[7] These records do not locate the entrance or prove that the dungeon is open on a beta realm.
Encounter preparation
Each article separates its short written-guide preparation from independently checked Forever spell tooltips, client identity and item drop records. Capture builds remain unreported for rendered database pages.
- Atrexis the Grave Knight
- Arcane Anomaly
- Arcanic Enigma
- Unstable Sentinel
- Mana Devourer
- Fel Ancient
- Lyn the Ignored
- Shade of the Archmage
For common enemies, see Mana Phantom, Angry Tome, Saturated Remnant, Seeking Remnant and Mana Echo. The last three have separate Starving Arcane kill counters.
Quest preparation
Read the individual records before entering; the following grouped references are not one combined chain or a claim that every quest is required.
| Purpose | Linked records |
|---|---|
| Approach and key research | Prison Break In → Dalaran Patrols (displayed series); Key to the City; Blood in the Streets |
| Mote variants and follow-ups | Heart of Disruption (96984) → Shrewd Negotiations; An Alarming Request → Heart of Disruption (92458) → Friend of the Kirin Tor |
| Boss and kill objectives | The Grave Knight; Power Overwhelming; Starving Arcane |
| Collection objectives | Opportunistic Education; Source of Power; A Green Sample |
The articles link the documented equipment choices. Quest rewards remain distinct from boss drops below. Dalaran Patrols uses the original eight-slave counter; Power Overwhelming preserves Mana Elemental versus Arcanic Enigma labels.
Historical client encounter names
The client associates these names with map 2959; the current-build check below preserves their historical identity.[8] They are research leads, not a tested route or a statement that every encounter is mandatory. Mechanics, optional-event conditions and drops need separate evidence.
| Client encounter name | Record ID |
|---|---|
| Arcane Anomaly | 3298 |
| Fel Ancient | 3299 |
| Mana Devourer | 3300 |
| Mana Elemental | 3301 |
| Unstable Sentinel | 3302 |
| Shade of the Archmage | 3303 |
| Lyn the Ignored | 3310 |
| Atrexis the Grave Knight | 3311 |
| Mana Wraith | 3312 |
Legacy connection
The client places this dungeon under Experienced Spelunker in the Legacy completion criteria (row 230769).[9] Completion rewards and availability should be checked in the active build.
Database-listed boss drops
The equipment below has an individually inspected Forever tooltip and a named drop source. These are database associations, not a wiki-measured loot log. Equipping levels are kept separate from the announced dungeon level band.
Spinning Wheel blueprint independently lists Unstable Sentinel as its source. Arcane Salvager blueprint records its tooltip and the unresolved boss association. See Dungeon loot and Equipment sources for the broader acquisition lists.
Client check: 10 October 2026
The archived 1.60.1.70291 export still pairs map 2959 with five-player difficulty rows 5923 and 6340.[10] Its nine encounter rows retain the historical names above, including Mana Elemental and Mana Wraith.[11] The separately named map 2980 remains Dalaran City, not this dungeon. Internal difficulty and ordering fields do not establish playable modes or a required route.
Help document this dungeon
Evidence still needed
Build-tagged entrance and access tests; Required encounter route; Loot eligibility and drop observations; Quest acceptance conditions
Unresolved source conflict: Power Overwhelming prose says Mana Elemental; its linked objective and the written guide name Arcanic Enigma.
Record the Forever build, observation date, and a source or screenshot. Update the article and remove only the tasks your evidence resolves.
Sources and scope
The level band comes from Blizzard’s announcement. Client records are from the Forever beta build stated above; a record’s presence does not demonstrate live availability. No entrance, strategy, drop rate or quest chain is inferred from another WoW edition.
- ↑ Kaivax, Blizzard, Dungeon level clarification, 15 September 2026. Reviewed 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Blizzard, Forever What’s Next written recap, 12 September 2026. Reviewed 27 September 2026.
- ↑ October 8 notes.
- ↑ Riyani’s written Forever dungeon guide, updated 9 October; reviewed 10 October 2026. Gameplay build unreported.
- ↑ Blizzard client table, Map, Forever beta 1.60.1.70009, enUS. Export retrieved and reviewed 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Blizzard client table, MapDifficulty, Forever beta 1.60.1.70009, enUS. Export retrieved and reviewed 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Blizzard client table, AreaTable, Forever beta 1.60.1.70009, enUS. Export retrieved and reviewed 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Blizzard client table, DungeonEncounter, Forever beta 1.60.1.70009, enUS. Matched by MapID. Export retrieved and reviewed 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Blizzard client table, CriteriaTree, Forever beta 1.60.1.70009, enUS. Export retrieved and reviewed 27 September 2026.
- ↑ MapDifficulty, retrieved 9 October; rows reviewed 10 October 2026.
- ↑ DungeonEncounter, MapID 2959; reviewed 10 October 2026.