Raids

Barrow Deeps (10)

New in Forever

Verified 30 Oct 2026Beta: re-check at launchSources and checks

Forever beta 1.60.1.70009

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TL;DR

New 10-player, level-60 raid under Mount Hyjal with 8 bosses. Opens 9 Dec.
No attunement chain, but devs hint at extra steps. Three entrances: Mount Hyjal, Winterspring and Blackmaw Hold.
Encounters are unrevealed. Boss names below come from a demo and a datamine, so treat them as unconfirmed.

Location and entrance

Inside Mount Hyjal, beneath Kalimdor. Entrances connect through Mount Hyjal, Winterspring and Blackmaw Hold (the 55-60 dungeon in Azshara).
Blizzard hasn't said whether each entrance leads to a different wing. Fill after 9 Dec.
Lore: the prison that held Illidan Stormrage for 10,000 years. You go in to find what became of those left behind, and how the wardens plan to contain what's below.

10 players, level 60, fixed size (no flex).
No attunement chain: devs said so to But Why Tho? (13 Sep) and on the official podcast (8 Oct, via Warcraft Tavern). They hinted at extra steps to "get the full experience".
! The beta client has a key item, Brooch of the Wardens, which "grants access to the Vord'anaar Prison within Barrow Deeps". That looks like a gated sub-area, which fits the hint. How you get it is unpublished. Fill after 9 Dec.

New Blizzard: new tier sets plus a legendary arrive with this tier. Which raid drops which pieces is unannounced.
! Icy Veins says tier pieces drop in all three raid sizes, so a 10-only group still gets tier. That's single-sourced, so recheck.
New Epic drops grant their appearance only to whoever the item binds to.
Loot table: fill after 9 Dec. The beta client holds no loot table for this raid.
! New item stats are reportedly hidden until someone first loots them.

Tank and healer counts: unknown until someone sees the fights. Fill after 9 Dec.
New Some class buffs are now baseline (Blessing of Kings, Divine Spirit, Improved Mark of the Wild). That matters more in a 10 with few buffers.
New Horde can now bring Paladins (Undead Paladin is a new combo) alongside Shaman.

Get the whole ten to 60 first. Launch to unlock is five weeks.
Do the Blackmaw Hold dungeon: it's one of the entrances, and its lore points "farther below Azeroth".
New Beta client text: some buffs give Stamina plus a bonus (Hit, Crit, Haste, or less chance to be dodged/parried) only while you're in Mount Hyjal, Hyjal Summit and the Barrow Deeps. Which items or foods carry them is unconfirmed. Fill after launch.
! Plan as if world buffs get stripped on entry. That's unconfirmed.