Excavation Site: Wetlands
A brand-new dungeon for levels 24 to 29: a Titan dig site in the Wetlands, frozen in time and guarded by constructs. Four bosses, for groups of 5.
Getting in
Group of 5 players. The Group Finder offers it from level 26.
No lockout on the beta for now: you can run it again straight away.
Areas inside
Lost Marsh · Stalker's Thicket · Site of the Guardian · Lost Dig Site
The bosses, in order 4
Saltspine3 itemsNo screenshot of this boss yet Rare 3
Supple Bellyskin Leggings36.2 %
Glinteye Slippers34.3 %
Saltscale Girdle29.5 %
Drop rates measured outside the Forever beta (Classic or seasons), over 210 kills: the beta does not have enough data yet.
- Shadetooth6 items
No screenshot of this boss yet Rare 3
Raptor's Gaze37.2 %
Raptorclaw Greaves29.9 %
Garb of Florid Feathers26.2 %
Uncommon 1
Blueprint: Greenhouse6.1 %
Common 2
Thicket Raptor MeatQuest9.1 %
Thicket Raptor HideQuest5.5 %
Drop rates measured outside the Forever beta (Classic or seasons), over 164 kills: the beta does not have enough data yet.
Highland Horror28 itemsUncommon 1
Lambent Scale Gloves2.9 %
Common 5
Horrible RootcoreQuest60.3 %
Spongy Morel10.3 %
Melon Juice7.4 %
Healing Potion2.9 %
Scroll of Protection II2.9 %
Poor 2
Decomposed Boot10.3 %
Slimy Ichor2.9 %
Show 20 more items (under 2 % drop chance)
Uncommon 12
Moss Agate1.5 %
Brutal War Axe1.5 %
Emblazoned Boots1.5 %
Heavy Bronze Lockbox1.5 %
Emblazoned Cloak1.5 %
Battleforge Wristguards1.5 %
Dervish Bracers1.5 %
Dervish Gloves1.5 %- Sage's Boots1.5 %
Sage's Cloak1.5 %
Ivory Band1.5 %
Honed Stiletto1.5 %
Common 2
- Earthroot1.5 %
Swiftthistle1.5 %
Poor 6
Reinforced Chain Shoulderpads1.5 %
Cross-stitched Sandals1.5 %- Tough Leather Boots1.5 %
Oaken War Staff1.5 %
Deft Stiletto1.5 %
Stiff Recurve Bow1.5 %
Drop rates measured outside the Forever beta (Classic or seasons), over 68 kills: the beta does not have enough data yet.
- Relic Guardian6 items
No screenshot of this boss yet Rare 3
Reliquary Mantle34.2 %
Golemsight Long Gun33.5 %
Ring of Power Regulation28.3 %
Uncommon 1
- Blueprint: Rock Garden7.7 %
Common 2
Titan RelicQuest27.6 %- Titan RelicQuest24.6 %
Drop rates measured outside the Forever beta (Classic or seasons), over 272 kills: the beta does not have enough data yet.
The quests 14
In Forever, dungeon quests give far more experience than in Classic, especially on your first run. Blizzard can still change these values before launch.
Lvl 28 Highland Hides ★ New
Return 4 Thicket Raptor Hides to James Halloran, the tanner, in Menethil Harbor.
Objectives
- Thicket Raptor Hide ×4
Turn in to
- James HalloranWetlands (8.4, 55.8)
Rewards
The quest text
The Highlands are host to ruins of some sort, secrets now being explored by an expedition team. What I know is that they've got their own wildlife and beasts lurking in that mountain marshland. How about you take a foray in there with some well-equipped friends, and we work a trade?
I don't care if they're hiding, I want their hides! Bring me the skins from four of the Thicket Raptors, I'll have a trade worked out for you to make it worth it.
Lvl 31 Changing Tastes ★ New
Enter the Excavation Sites in the Wetlands and bring back Thicket Raptor Meat.
Objectives
- Thicket Raptor Meat ×4
Choose one reward
Satchel of Potions★ New
Serrated Raptor Claw★ NewYou also get
Recipe: Twice-Spiced Raptor Slice★ New
Twice-Spiced Raptor Slice ×5★ NewThe quest text
Zamja tells me we need more homestyle cooking.
If we start selling raptor, she thinks it'll draw in customers who don't usually visit Borstan's Firepit.
Her idea is not so bad. But I want something that rises above the smells of our birth villages. We're in Orgrimmar! Borstan should serve a grand take on their familiar favorites.
A hunter recently came back from the Wetlands with a giant talon from the thicket raptors in the Excavation Sites.
Up for a job?
Lvl 31 Dragonmaw Rumors ★ New step 1 of 2
Travel to the Wetlands and meet the Deathstalker Agent in the hills above the Dragonmaw camp.
Rewards
The quest chain
- After: Open the Maw
The quest text
The Dragonmaw are a formidable clan.
They're known for binding magic strong enough to make dragons serve, and rumor claims they're preparing some display of it in the Wetlands. Whether truth or bluster, the Deathstalkers can't act on half-formed whispers. Titanic winds carried only that much to me.
A deathstalker agent needs a hand in the hills above the Dragonmaw encampment. Meet her there. She'll reveal the next steps.
Lvl 31 Earthen Echo ★ New step 2 of 2
Bring the Titan Relic to Muln Earthfury at the Skywatcher Plateau in northwest Mulgore.
Objectives
- Titan Relic
Turn in to
- Muln Earthfury
Choose one reward
Heavehammer★ New
Healer's Staff★ New
Furs of the Earthen Ring★ NewYou also get
The quest chain
- Before: Elder Knowledge
The quest text
Truly, this is a fascinating object.
It shows indications of being much more than a mere carving or sculpture.
While our elders may be interested in observing this artifact, the Earthen Ring are who would carry the most wisdom for our buried ruins and forgotten lands. Seek out Muln Earthfury, a direct approach is fitting for the gravity of what you carry.
You can find him and other elders of the Earthen Ring council at the Skywatcher Plateau in northwest Mulgore.
Lvl 31 Elder Knowledge ★ New step 1 of 2
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
Rewards
The quest chain
- After: Earthen Echo
The quest text
This unusual composite shard scatters light like a living prism. Its nature is uncertain, but its power feels ancient. The most knowledgeable minds for artifacts of this bygone age must reside on the Elder rise in Thunder Bluff.
Lvl 31 Fallen in the Fen ★ New
Return to Dorin Songblade.
Turn in to
- Dorin Songblade <Armorer>Redridge Mountains (30.8, 46.4)
Choose one reward
Daewyn's Girdle★ New
Songblade Stabilizer★ NewYou also get
The quest text
<You cover the dwarf's body with his cloak.>
Travel to Lakeshire and personally inform Dorin Songblade what became of his brother within the Excavation Sites.
Lvl 31 Heartwoven ★ New step 2 of 2
This quest starts from an item, not from a character:
Reed-woven Heart★ NewReturn to Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.
Objectives
- Reed-woven Heart
Turn in to
- Caitlin GrassmanWetlands (11.8, 58.6)
Choose one reward
Greater Healing Potion ×4
Mana Potion ×4You also get
Swiftness PotionSatchel of Potions★ NewThe quest chain
- Before: Lost in the Thicket Things
The quest text
I need a moment to rest before I find my own way out.
<He pulls some reeds from his pack and quickly braids and bends them into a heart.>
Take this, and bring it back to Caitlin. Let her know I'll be home soon! Now that we have a path cleared out thanks to you, I'll gather my bushels and follow your trail.
Thank you.
Lvl 31 Horrors in the Highland ★ New
Kill a Highland Horror within Excavation Sites and bring its root core to Rethiel the Greenwarden in the Wetlands.
Objectives
- Horrible Rootcore
Turn in to
- Rethiel the GreenwardenWetlands (56.2, 40.4)
Choose one reward
Ironwood Destroyer★ New
Curl of Life★ New
Hornbeam Heft★ NewYou also get
The quest text
These brackish wetlands hold a greater well of unsalted southern waters. It pains me, yet within my roots I sense a corruption seeping through that mountain gully.
The creatures, like those in our lowlands, react more bitterly to the taint. Lacking the sea's hardening salt since life's dawn, they have little strength against such evil.
Go to those highlands, and bring me the Highland Horror's root core.
Lvl 31 Lost in the Thicket Things ★ New step 1 of 2
Find Ardin Grassman in the Excavation Sites.
Objectives
- Learn what happened to Ardin Grassman
Rewards
The quest chain
- After: Heartwoven
The quest text
My husband, Ardin, has a rare gift for sensing nature. He'll scale any peak to gather the herbs and flowers I need for my alchemy, keeping our shelves and pantry stocked.
But I fear he's wandered into trouble. An excavation crew passed through seeking supplies. They spoke, among other things, of towering grasses unlike anything they'd ever seen. Those were what he told me he had to go see for himself. He's been gone too long!
If you learn anything of him, I'd be grateful.
Lvl 31 Lost Relic Carry ★ New step 1 of 2
Bring the Titan Relic to Prospector Whelgar in the Wetlands excavation site.
Objectives
- Titan Relic
Turn in to
- Prospector WhelgarWetlands (38.8, 52.2)
Rewards
The quest chain
- After: Prehistoric Prism
The quest text
You pick up a fractured piece of the rock-mech automaton. It has a texture unlike anything you've touched before, a composite material of unknown makeup. This is certainly bound to be more 'device' than 'debris.'
Prospector Whelgar himself at his excavation site might have something useful to share about the relic.
Lvl 31 Open the Maw ★ New step 2 of 2
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
Choose one reward
Knife-Polishing Rag★ New
Dirt-Heavy Bracers★ NewYou also get
Bloody Map★ NewThe quest chain
- Before: Dragonmaw Rumors
The quest text
Dragonmaw. <She lets out a dry, amused scoff.>
The remnants of the dragon-wrangling clan think they've found something that could lead to them rising to their former power. In the eyes of whom... their false warchief?
Clear out their ragtag clan within the Excavation Sites so our Deathstalkers can move in undetected.
If the Dragonmaw carry anything of note upon them, return it to me--this information must stay between us and our royal command.
Lvl 31 Prehistoric Prism ★ New step 2 of 2
Bring the Titan Relic to High Explorer Magellas in Ironforge's Hall of Explorers.
Objectives
- Titan Relic
Turn in to
- High Explorer Magellas <Explorers' League>Ironforge (69.8, 18.4)
Choose one reward
Explorer's League Dustcover★ NewHealer's Staff★ NewHeavehammer★ NewYou also get
The quest chain
- Before: Lost Relic Carry
The quest text
With titan-like inscriptions like that on its facets, nothing less than Ironforge's Hall of Explorers is the right place to bring it.
I'd like to think that you'll be noted in the history for it in the catalogue -- "Recovered by <name>! Authenticated by Prospector Whelgar..." Ah, I'm gettin' meself carried away.
High Explorer Magellas will receive you, and given the exquisite nature of what you carry, will surely be most generously appreciative should you donate it to the museum.
Good find!
Lvl 31 Seeking Caitlin ★ New
Speak with Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.
Turn in to
- Caitlin GrassmanWetlands (11.8, 58.6)
Rewards
The quest text
From time to time, I correspond with others in my craft--herbalists or eccentrics who study rare plants and local oddities. We trade discoveries, and sometimes warnings of what lies ahead.
One alchemist in the Wetlands wrote of an excavation team her husband was part of, uncovering signs of a long-lost primordial grass... but she never sent word of its abundance or accessibility.
If you can, check on Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.
Lvl 31 Songblade Search ★ New
Look for Dorin Songblade's brother, Daewyn, in Whelgar's Excavation Site.
Rewards
The quest text
Me brother tried draggin' me off tae the Wetlands with some diggin' crew out o' Loch Modan. Said they were headin' into hills no dwarf's ever set boot in for some sort o' excavation.
Aye, I'd 'ave gone, if I wasn't already behind on this pile o' girdles I've got to refit.
Daewyn normally writes after he sends off, though. Haven't heard a thing, gives me a strange feelin' this time.
If yer marchin' that way, mind checking in on me brother?
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