How many bosses, from what level, with what loot: public guides to The Drowned City do not give the same answers. Warcraft Tavern counts six bosses and three rares, while wowforeverguides adds a level 45 shark carried over from the BlizzCon demo. The site wowforevertalents.com surveys the dungeon in the game client (build 1.60.1.70888): six bosses and three quests. This Drowned City guide relies on that survey to settle the question, and says what it does not contain.
The Drowned City, underwater, from level 35
The Drowned City is a 5-player dungeon unique to Forever, introduced with patch 1.60.1.
The entrance is below the surface, off the coast of Stranglethorn. Warcraft Tavern places it in a cave named Sunken Hollow, around coordinates 21.4 / 27.9, near the island where water elementals stand. The guide recommends Water Breathing: part of the dungeon is submerged too. The client survey does not place the entrance on the map: Warcraft Tavern’s guide remains the only indication, and it has not been verified in game.
| Source | Bosses | Levels | Quests |
|---|---|---|---|
| wowforevertalents.com, client survey (build 1.60.1.70888) | 6 | Level 35 for the group finder; level 38 and 40 quests | 3, all marked Horde |
| Warcraft Tavern, read on November 13, 2026 | 6 plus 3 rares that do not always appear | 35 to 42 | 8 listed |
| wowforeverguides, read on November 13, 2026 | 6 plus a level 45 shark seen in the demo | 35 to 40 | not surveyed |
Warcraft Tavern’s three rares are Umbra (a level 38 murloc, near the stairs leading to Var’Taka), Gill (a goblin, on the way to the Primeval Elemental) and “Pyromancer” Braxton (a human, in the pirate section). The client survey does not list them, so their existence can be neither confirmed nor ruled out. The level 45 shark does not appear in the client surveys either.
Drowned City loot, boss by boss
The rates below are the ones Wowhead recorded during the beta, over 487 to 1,239 kills depending on the boss. They are not official. Item names are given in English.
| Boss (kills recorded) | Main items and drop rates | Linken’s Boots of Iron |
|---|---|---|
| Zul’Alai (1,239) | Oathbound Bracers 34.5% · Bloodslash Axe 32.8% · Berserker Shackles 32.6% | 0.6% |
| Var’Taka (727) | Harpoon of Command 37.1% · Priestess Cloak 32.5% · Brinebelly Leggings 30.4% | 0.3% |
| Captain Dreadrise (1,068) | Briny Sash 35.1% · Dreadfrost Saber 33.5% · Frosty Blunderbuss 31.4% | 0.7% |
| Deathless Marrow (801) | Knucklebone Ring 33.6% · Bloodspine Staff 29.6% · Viscera Spaulders 27.2%; quest item 51.9% | 0.6% |
| Primeval Elemental (487) | Heart of the Primeval 42.5% · Robe of the Drowned 30.8% · Waterlogged Burial Shroud 26.7% | 1.4% |
| Min’loth the Serpent (803) | Serpentbane Crown 34.5% · Maw of Min’loth 32.8% · Ritual-Binder’s Gloves 32.8% | 1.5% |
Each boss therefore has three items with similar shares, from 26.7% to 42.5%. Deathless Marrow’s quest item is the Ancient Gurubashi Idol, the one the quest of the same name asks for.
The Linken’s Boots of Iron are the item whose source varies the most from one guide to another. That same survey places them with all six bosses, between 0.3% and 1.5%: no particular boss justifies farming them. The client tooltip gives mail boots, item level 38, level 33 required, armor 169, +8 Agility and +12 Stamina, bound when picked up, with this flavor text: “Incredibly heavy, useless boots. Who made these?”
Three confirmed quests, five to fill in
The client confirms three quests, all marked Horde. The money is what the quest pays, in gold and silver.
| Quest (level) | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| The Only Good Brinescale… (38) | Kill Var’Taka | 1 gold 30 silver, choice of Tidesoaked Leggings or Naga Priestess’s Mantle; Darkspear Trolls and Orgrimmar reputation +100 each |
| Ancient Gurubashi Idol (40) | Bring back an Ancient Gurubashi Idol | 1 gold; Earthen Ring +300, Darkspear Trolls +150 |
| The Drowned City (40) | Make rubbings of the four I’lalai tablets with the hide and charcoal provided | No money listed; Darkspear Trolls and Orgrimmar +100 each |
Warcraft Tavern lists eight. The other five are Magics of the Drowned City, Take Two With Water, Ancient Gurubashi Secrets, Shady Saltseers and The Saltseer Captain. The client survey does not contain them: no rewards, no faction listed. On Warcraft Tavern’s page, the first three carry the Alliance emblem and the idol quest the Horde one: the Alliance therefore has its own quests in the dungeon.
To fit this dungeon into a leveling route, our article on levels 30 to 40 compares dungeons and murlocs, and our 27 leveling builds cover the specializations.
Mechanics: what Warcraft Tavern says
The mechanics below come from Warcraft Tavern’s guide alone, signed by Luxrah. Nothing was verified in game, and dungeon hotfixes may change them. A barrier in the dungeon is lowered by interacting with the Glowing Pearls, located near Var’Taka and Captain Dreadrise.
| Boss (level) | Key points |
|---|---|
| Zul’Alai (37) | Monstrous Slam stuns nearby players for 3 seconds; Rotted Strike slows and can be dispelled; at 30% health, Undying Oath makes it regenerate and attack 30% faster. |
| Var’Taka (38) | Two level 37 priestesses heal it: interrupt or control them. Its Harpoon pulls a player, who must step out of its arc attack. |
| Captain Dreadrise (38) | Embrine locks a player in a bubble where they drown: the bubble must be destroyed. Waterbolt Volley (area damage) can be interrupted. |
| Deathless Marrow (39) | Waves of three nagas (Deathless Guardians, Sorcerers, Watchers); each add killed increases damage dealt to the boss by 20%. The Guardians stun: kill them first. |
| Primeval Elemental (38) | At the bottom of a pool, in a submerged room; it appears when the Undying Offering trolls are killed. Freeze Water slows, Waterbolt can be interrupted. |
| Min’loth the Serpent (40) | Two phases: humanoid form, then serpent, with Poison Bolt Volley on the whole group and Fear. |
What the November 9 hotfix changed
Blizzard’s hotfix list, posted by Kaivax on November 10, 2026 at 5:23 a.m. Paris time, fixes Drowned City creatures that were doing “about 30% more damage than intended”. The same list eases the Deathless Marrow encounter: creature health −25%, Fireball from the Deathless Sorcerer −25%, Charge from the Deathless Watcher −50%, and Shield Bash from the Deathless Guardian about half as frequent.
The detail is in the US thread; our article on the November 9 hotfixes covers the whole list.
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