City of Dalaran
Arcane everywhere, and most things here laugh at Arcane damage.
Eight bosses, one of them secret, and the only dungeon in Forever you need a key to enter at all. Most damage here is Arcane, so armour and blocks help less than usual.
Get ready
Getting there
Get the Dalaran Sewer Key first: only one person in the group needs it. Enter through the sewers to a portal at the end of a long pipe. Alliance starts with An Alarming Request in Southshore's town hall. Horde does a chain from Magus Wordeen Voidglare in Tarren Mill (Prison Break In, Key to the City: kill four traitors at the Lordamere Internment Camp and take the Grimy Key from the Warden's Footlocker upstairs).
Zone: Alterac Mountains, through the city sewers
Grab these quests
- Alliance: Heart of Disruption (Arcane Mote from the Shade of the Archmage), Power Overwhelming (kill the Arcanic Enigma), A Green Sample (Fel Infused Blossom), Starving Arcane (remnants and echoes).
- Horde: The Grave Knight (kill Atrexis), Source of Power (six Cracked Sentry Cores), Opportunistic Education (The Founding of Dalaran, on the back wall past the portal room), Heart of Disruption.
- Sentry cores: each Fragmented Sentry drops one, each player needs six, and a run has 12–15 sentries. Plan on two or three runs for a full group.
Who and what to bring
- Non-Arcane damage. Many mobs take no Arcane damage (Blizzard says that's on purpose).
- Interrupts and stuns for Mana Phantoms.
- A decurser for Lyn.
- A Paladin for Blessing of Freedom on the Fel Ancient.
- Lots of water: many mobs drain mana.
What's new here
Brand new in WoW Forever
This dungeon has no Classic version, so there are no old guides for it. What's here comes from the beta and the first weeks of Forever. Blizzard is still tuning it, so check your tooltips.
Quest XP
Dungeon quests below level 40 pay extra XP in Forever. The 1 October build cut that bonus in half, but the quests are still worth picking up before you go in.
Mob XP
Dungeon mobs give about a third of their Classic XP. Quests are where the XP is. If anyone in the group is far above the mobs' level, nobody gets XP for those kills.
Group Finder
In Forever, Group Finder is a listing board, not a queue, and meeting stones don't summon. A Warlock and two other players can cast Ritual of Summoning at the stone.
Kirin Tor reputation
Kills give Kirin Tor reputation, more from elites, Lyn and the Shade. Since 15 October only the Alliance earns it.
Boss by boss
Atrexis the Grave Knight
- Disarm: On the tank.
- Raise Dead: Keeps raising skeletons until he dies.
- Unholy Frenzy: Speeds up him and his allies.
- Thrash / Strike: Melee hits.
- Kill a couple of the Kirin Tor Necromancers before you pull him.
- Kill the first few adds, then switch to the boss. Don't let the skeletons pile up.
Bonebinder's Signet 
Gravespike Repeater Changed 9 Nov 
Graveweave Bindings
Lyn the Ignored
Secret boss: needs the Tome of Dalaran- Raise Dead: Raises adds all fight.
- Shadow Bolt Volley: Hits everyone.
- Curse of Thorns: On the tank: hurts whoever attacks the cursed target.
- Get the Tome first: clear Shadowfang Keep, loot the Black Tome from the table in Arugal's room, and use it at the ley line in Ambermill's town hall (Silverpine).
- Decurse Curse of Thorns right away.
Tendonscraper DaggerArcane Anomaly
Krasus' Landing- Arcane Bolt: About 500 Arcane damage on the tank.
- Focal Blast: A 3-second beam that sweeps around the room.
- Watch which way the beam turns and walk ahead of it.
- Healers: Arcane Bolt hurts. Keep the tank topped up.
Arcanic Enigma
Garden on the southern bank- Mana Phantoms: Two come with him and cast Mana Burn.
- Manamorph: Turns random players into sheep (dispellable).
- Silence: An area silence ranged can avoid.
- Summon Manaling: More adds.
- Kill the Mana Phantoms first. Interrupt or stun every Mana Burn: don't let them go off.
- Dispel Manamorph. Druids in Cat Form can't be sheeped.
- Ranged stand back from the Silence.
Unstable Sentinel
Trade area- Arcing Smash: Frontal cleave.
- Malfunction: A pulsing blast within 25 yards.
- Face him away from the group.
- Ranged stand back to avoid Malfunction entirely. A stun before the cast stops it.
- The tank takes big hits: healers stay on them.
Mana Devourer
Near the Violet Hold- Drain Vitality: Damage over time on the tank.
- Debilitate: Arcane damage to everyone and drains 200 mana from each player.
- Clear the whole room first: anything left alive joins in.
- It's a race. Use your cooldowns and kill it before your mana is gone.
Fel Ancient
Centre of the city- Entangle: Roots players for 10 seconds and hurts them.
- Fel Timbers: Green pools on the ground.
- Talk to Grindle Firespark to lower the barriers around it.
- Get out of green pools right away.
- Blessing of Freedom removes the roots. Treants take no Nature damage, but bleeds work.
Shade of the Archmage
Last boss, in the Purple Parlor- Arcane Bolt: On the tank.
- Bounding Mana: A sphere that flies out and comes back.
- Arcane Explosion: Hits everyone within 20 yards when the sphere comes back.
- Mass Polymorph + Evocation: When she runs out of mana she sheeps everyone and refills.
- Speak to Archmage Modera near the keep to open the portal.
- Move the boss away from where the sphere was cast, and stay out of 20 yards when it returns.
- After the Mass Polymorph wears off, the fight starts over: get ready again.
Trash that can wipe you
| Mob | What to do |
|---|---|
| Fallen Mage | Frostbolts the tank. Pull with line of sight. |
| Kirin Tor Necromancer | Keeps raising skeletons and frenzies them. Kill it first. |
| Seeking Remnant | Sees stealthed players. Rogues and Druids, be careful. |
| Saturated Remnant | Arcane auto-attacks the tank can't block. |
| Phantasm | Reflection Field sends spells back at you. Casters stop casting when it's up. |
| Mana Phantom | Mana Burn on the tank and healer. Interrupt it. |
Run it better
Check what you're hitting
Constructs and elementals take no bleeds or poisons. Treants take no Nature. Many things take no Arcane. Mages: bring Fire or Frost.
Tanks: armour helps less
Arcane melee can't be blocked. Healers should expect more damage than normal.
Plan the cores
If the group needs Cracked Sentry Cores, agree before you start that you'll run it two or three times.
Get the Tome before the run
Lyn only appears if someone has the Tome of Dalaran. It's an easy add if you're running Shadowfang Keep anyway.
Let Bonkr Compass+ call your buttons
Boss fights go smoother when you're not thinking about your rotation. Build one on the portal's Rotations page and Compass+ shows the next button to press, so you can watch the floor instead.
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