City of DalaranNew
Cité de Dalaran
Levels 28-33Alterac Mountains5 players
Other sources say 28-35 · 28-30 · 20-35
- levels
- 28-33
- players
- 5
- bosses
- 8
- drops known
- 26
Access
Attunement
Dalaran Sewers Key from the quest Heart of Disruption (both factions, different chains; quests from level 24). Since the Oct 15 beta notes the key opens the dungeon only: it no longer grants open-world access to the City of Dalaran; Horde players are attacked on sight in Dalaran and can no longer gain Kirin Tor reputation.
Confirmed in ForeverAt a glance
New in Forever: the sealed city of Dalaran in Alterac, opened with the Dalaran Sewers Key. Both factions, each with its own key chain.
A whole city of mages, behind a locked gate, through the sewers. Nobody locks a door unless there's something worth taking.
Who it's for
- Both factions: 4 Alliance and 4 Horde dungeon quests.
- New dungeon in WoW Forever, for 5 players (1 tank, 1 healer, 3 DPS).
- Key needed: each faction has its own chain for the Dalaran Sewer Key. Alliance starts with An Alarming Request (Emissary Jacques, Southshore Town Hall). Horde starts with Magus Wordeen Voidglare in Tarren Mill.
The route, in plain words
- The sewers. The run starts in the Dalaran Sewers. Atrexis the Grave Knight patrols there with three Kirin Tor Necromancers.
- The city. Then the city itself: Krasus' Landing (Arcane Anomaly), the southern garden (Arcanic Enigma), the trade area (Unstable Sentinel), and near the Violet Hold (Mana Devourer).
- The center. The Fel Ancient is in the middle of the city, behind a barrier. Talk to an NPC (Method names Grindle Firespark) to remove it.
- The end. A portal opens to the Purple Parlor, where the Shade of the Archmage waits.
Sources give three different boss orders; only the first and last bosses match. We check it in game at launch. One source says Sunreaver's Sanctuary is closed in the beta.
The bosses in one line each
- Atrexis the Grave Knight: disarms the tank and raises skeletons. Kill a few necromancers before the pull.
- Lyn the Ignored (secret): decurse Curse of Thorns from the tank, or melee stop hitting. Summoned with the Tome of Dalaran; one source calls it a rare spawn instead (to verify).
- Arcane Anomaly: stay inside the platform circle and keep ahead of its rotating beam.
- Arcanic Enigma: kill the two Mana Phantoms first. Dispel Manamorph, and keep the healer clear of the silence.
- Unstable Sentinel: frontal cleave, so face it away. On Malfunction, step out to more than 25 yards.
- Fel Ancient: break the roots, and leave the green pools at once.
- Mana Devourer: clear the whole room first and drink to full. It drains mana.
- Shade of the Archmage: sidestep the returning mana sphere, ranged stay beyond 20 yards. At 0 mana it polymorphs the group. Leaving the room resets the fight (to verify).
Kami-labs and games.gg also list a "Mana Wraith", with no details: to verify.
Quests to grab before you go
Take these before entering, or you'll run it twice:
- Alliance, Stormwind: A Green Sample (Shylamiir, The Park) and Power Overwhelming (High Sorcerer Andromath, Mage Quarter).
- Alliance, at the entrance (Silverpine Forest): Starving Arcane and Heart of Disruption (Archmage Modera).
- Horde, Hillsbrad Foothills: The Grave Knight (Melisara, Tarren Mill).
- Horde, Undercity: Source of Power (Doctor Martin Felben, Apothecarium).
- Horde, inside: Opportunistic Education (Rexxie Copperclutch, near the sewer entrance).
- Horde, Silverpine Forest: Heart of Disruption. Sources disagree on the NPC (Archmage Modera or Magus Wordeen Voidglare): to verify.
- Secret boss: loot the Black Tome in Shadowfang Keep (Arugal's room), use it at the Ambermill Leyline Focus in Silverpine Forest to get the Tome of Dalaran, then use it in the sewer room with the purple ritual circle (last step: to verify).
Quests: minimum level 24 per two sources, 33 per Kami-labs (probably the recommended level): to verify.
Watch out
- Horde players are attacked on sight in Dalaran since Oct 15. It isn't stated whether the Horde route to the dungeon crosses guarded areas: to verify.
- Horde can no longer earn Kirin Tor reputation (Oct 15).
- Arcane damage: most damage here is arcane, and some mobs are immune to one school: switch spells when you see "Immune". Bring water (trash notes from single sources).
- Level cap: the beta cap is 30, below the top of the level range.
FAQ
- Where is the City of Dalaran dungeon in WoW Forever?
- In the Alterac Mountains. You go in through the Dalaran Sewers. The three beta sources give three different entrance coordinates, so we don't publish one until we check in game.
- Do you need a key for the City of Dalaran?
- Yes, the Dalaran Sewer Key (also spelled Sewers Key). One keyholder can open the gate for the whole group. Since Oct 15 the key no longer opens the city outside the dungeon.
- What level should you be for the City of Dalaran?
- Most beta sources say 28-33. Method gives 28-35 and 26-33. Quests can be taken from level 24. We confirm the range in game at launch.
- How many bosses are in the City of Dalaran?
- Sources disagree: 7 plus a secret boss (Lyn the Ignored), or 9. Atrexis the Grave Knight comes first and the Shade of the Archmage is last.
