Excavation Site: Wetlands

Dungeon for 5 players · New in Forever · read from the Forever client, build 1.60.1.70755. All instances →

Excavation Site: Wetlands loading screen

Entering

  • 5 players

No lockout was seen on the beta: groups ran dungeons back to back. The tables also carry 5 players · daily lockout (★ added in this build); the beta showed no way into it.

The Wetlands dig site Blizzard described at BlizzCon 2026, for levels 24 to 29: a Titan dig site above Whelgar's Excavation, with a strange mist, flashes of light, active Titan constructs and an area apparently stuck in time. Blizzard said it should tie straight into the Explorer's League. The Group Finder level the client gives this map, 26, sits inside that range.

Bosses · 4

A boss the beta has named or looted links to its own Wowhead page. ★ bosses are new in Forever, so their links go to Wowhead's Forever database, which fills from players' uploads and may not hold them yet.

Quests · 14

  • Highland Hides★ Level 28

    Return 4 Thicket Raptor Hides to James Halloran, the tanner, in Menethil Harbor.

    Objectives

    • Thicket Raptor Hide ×4

    Who gives it, who takes it in

    • Picked up from James Halloran Wetlands, Menethil Harbor (8.6, 55.8)
    • Turned in to James Halloran Wetlands, Menethil Harbor (8.6, 55.8)

    Sources: the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532)

    Rewards

    You will also receive:

    XP1,150 12s

    Reputation:

    The chain

  • Changing Tastes★ Level 31 Horde

    Enter the Excavation Sites in the Wetlands and bring back Thicket Raptor Meat.

    Objectives

    • Thicket Raptor Meat ×4

    Rewards

    You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

    You will also receive:

  • Dragonmaw Rumors★ Level 31

    Travel to the Wetlands and meet the Deathstalker Agent in the hills above the Dragonmaw camp.

    The chain · step 1 of 2

  • Earthen Echo★ Level 31 Horde

    This quest starts from an item, not from a quest giver:

    Bring the Titan Relic to Muln Earthfury at the Skywatcher Plateau in northwest Mulgore.

    Objectives

    • Titan Relic

    Who takes it in

    • Turned in to Muln Earthfury named in the quest's summary

    Those are read from the quest's own wording, not from a sighting on the beta.

    Source: the beta client's quest cache, 13 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70338)

    Rewards

    You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

    You will also receive:

    60s

    The chain · step 2 of 2

  • Elder Knowledge★ Level 31 Horde

    Take the Titan Relic to the Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff and look for someone who can tell you more about it.

    Objectives

    • Titan Relic

    The chain · step 1 of 2

  • Fallen in the Fen★ Level 31

    Return to Dorin Songblade.

    Who takes it in

    • Turned in to Dorin Songblade Armorer Redridge Mountains, Lakeshire (25.7, 46.5)

    Sources: the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532)

    Rewards

    You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

  • Heartwoven★ Level 31 Alliance

    This quest starts from an item, not from a quest giver:

    Return to Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.

    Objectives

    • Reed-woven Heart

    Who takes it in

    • Turned in to Caitlin Grassman Wetlands, Menethil Harbor (11.9, 58.8)

    Sources: the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532) · the beta client's quest cache, 13 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70338)

    Rewards

    You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

    You will also receive:

    The chain · step 2 of 2

  • Horrors in the Highland★ Level 31 Alliance

    Kill a Highland Horror within Excavation Sites and bring its root core to Rethiel the Greenwarden in the Wetlands.

    Objectives

    • Horrible Rootcore

    Who gives it, who takes it in

    • Picked up from Rethiel the Greenwarden Wetlands, The Green Belt (56.3, 40.5)
    • Turned in to Rethiel the Greenwarden Wetlands, The Green Belt (56.3, 40.5)

    Sources: the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532)

    Rewards

    You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

  • Lost in the Thicket Things★ Level 31 Alliance

    Find Ardin Grassman in the Excavation Sites.

    Objectives

    • Learn what happened to Ardin Grassman

    Who gives it

    • Picked up from Caitlin Grassman Wetlands, Menethil Harbor (11.9, 58.8)

    Sources: the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532) · the beta client's quest cache, 13 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70338)

    The chain · step 1 of 2

  • Lost Relic Carry★ Level 31 Alliance

    Bring the Titan Relic to Prospector Whelgar in the Wetlands excavation site.

    Objectives

    • Titan Relic

    Who takes it in

    • Turned in to Creature #1077 Wetlands, Whelgar's Excavation Site (38.8, 52.4)

    Sources: the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532)

    The chain · step 1 of 2

  • Open the Maw★ Level 31

    Slay the Dragonmaw forces within the Excavation Site and return to the Deathstalker Agent outside with anything you recover.

    Objectives

    • Dragonmaw Saboteur ×2
    • Dragonmaw Warder ×4
    • Dragonmaw Dispatch

    Rewards

    You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

    You will also receive:

    The chain · step 2 of 2

  • Prehistoric Prism★ Level 31 Alliance

    This quest starts from an item, not from a quest giver:

    Bring the Titan Relic to High Explorer Magellas in Ironforge's Hall of Explorers.

    Objectives

    • Titan Relic

    Who gives it, who takes it in

    • Picked up from Creature #1077 Wetlands, Whelgar's Excavation Site (38.8, 52.4)
    • Turned in to High Explorer Magellas Explorers' League Ironforge, Hall of Explorers (69.7, 18.6)

    Sources: the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532)

    Rewards

    You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

    You will also receive:

    60s

    The chain · step 2 of 2

  • Seeking Caitlin★ Level 31

    Speak with Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.

    Who takes it in

    • Turned in to Caitlin Grassman Wetlands, Menethil Harbor (11.9, 58.8) named in the quest's summary

    Those are read from the quest's own wording, not from a sighting on the beta.

    Sources: the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532) · the beta client's quest cache, 13 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70338)

  • Songblade Search★ Level 31

    Look for Dorin Songblade's brother, Daewyn, in Whelgar's Excavation Site.

    Who gives it

    • Picked up from Dorin Songblade Armorer Redridge Mountains, Lakeshire (25.7, 46.5)

    Sources: the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532)

What the beta server told the client about each quest that sends you into Excavation Site: Wetlands: the task, its objectives, who hands it out and who takes it in where the quest's own wording or the beta log names them, and the rewards, with item names, money and experience from the client tables. ★ marks quests that did not exist in Classic Era; Wowhead has no page for those yet. Every quest also has a page of its own.

Areas inside

Lost Marsh · Stalker's Thicket · Site of the Guardian · Lost Dig Site

★New in Forever · map 2998 Sources: Forever client build 1.60.1.70755 · BlizzCon, 12 September 2026 · Forever client build 1.60.1.69893 · beta play, 18 September 2026 · the beta client's creature cache, 23 October 2026 (creaturecache.wdb, build 70532) · the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026 (loot log) · the beta client's quest cache, 13 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70338) · the WFT Beta Log addon, 23 October 2026

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