The Drowned City

Dungeon · Announced, not in the client yet · announced by Blizzard (BlizzCon, 12 September 2026, the beta client's quest cache, 6 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70235), the beta client's quest cache, 8 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70291) and the beta client's quest cache, 13 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70338)). All instances →

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Announced at BlizzCon 2026, not in the client yet: a dungeon for levels 35 to 40. Troll ruins off Stranglethorn that have just risen out of the sea, with naga, trolls and a wrecked pirate ship. This was the dungeon playable on the BlizzCon show floor. The client build carries no map and no area of that name, so bosses, group size and the level the door asks for are unknown until it lands in a build. The beta server already answers for its quests: three Horde quests at levels 38 and 40, each naming the Drowned City, which the client types as dungeon quests and files under an area id (16550) that no table of the build has. The first was answered on build 1.60.1.70235, the other two on 1.60.1.70291.

Bosses

Bosses are unknown until the dungeon reaches a client build.

Quests · 3

  • The Only Good Brinescale...★ Level 38 Horde

    Slay Var'Taka in the Drowned City.

    Rewards

    You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

    You will also receive:

    1g 30s

    Reputation:

  • Ancient Gurubashi Idol★ Level 40 Horde

    Recover an Ancient Gurubashi Idol from the Drowned City.

    Objectives

    • Ancient Gurubashi Idol

    Rewards

    You will also receive:

    1g

    Reputation:

  • The Drowned City★ Level 40 Horde

    Use the hide and charcoal to create rubbings of the tablets found in the Drowned City.

    Objectives

    • The First Tablet of I'lalai
    • The Second Tablet of I'lalai
    • The Third Tablet of I'lalai
    • The Fourth Tablet of I'lalai

    Rewards

    Reputation:

What the beta server told the client about each quest that sends you into The Drowned City: 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.

★Announced, not in the client yet Sources: BlizzCon, 12 September 2026 · Forever client build 1.60.1.69893 · Forever client build 1.60.1.70291 · the beta client's quest cache, 6 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70235) · the beta client's quest cache, 8 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70291) · the beta client's quest cache, 13 October 2026 (questcache.wdb, build 70338)

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