Darkspear Islands
Darkspear Islands is a battleground in WoW: Forever. Location: Off the coast of Kalimdor. 8 steps in our guides cover it, listed below.
Launch-week groups form from 29 October, server time
Queue now and yours is made before the servers open. Or post a run for a time of your own.
About Darkspear Islands
Darkspear Islands is Forever's new battleground: 15 against 15, on islands off the coast of Kalimdor. warcraft.wiki.gg names the two sides as the Darkspear Raiders and the Theramore Expeditionary Force.
How it plays. Blizzard describes strategic control points combined with Arathi Basin-style flag captures. Icy Veins fills that in: four bases to hold, and a flag in the middle that you carry to a base you control. warcraft.wiki.gg compares the layout to Eye of the Storm.
From level 30, not only at 60. Both warcraft.wiki.gg and Icy Veins say you can queue from level 30. Icy Veins lists four brackets: 30–39, 40–49, 50–59 and 60.
Queues mix rulesets. Icy Veins reports that battleground queues cross rulesets, so you will meet players from the Normal, PvP and RP rulesets in the same match.
Checked against its sources on 7 October 2026.
For PvP, the Darkspear Islands will introduce a 15 vs 15 Battleground off the coast of Kalimdor, combining strategic control points with Arathi Basin-style flag captures and defense.
Blizzard News: World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel RecapDarkspear Raiders and Theramore Expeditionary Force vie for control of the area.
warcraft.wiki.gg: Darkspear Islands (battleground)Characters must be at least level 30 to queue for this battleground.
warcraft.wiki.gg: Darkspear Islands (battleground) — levelThe layout is similar to the Eye of the Storm.
warcraft.wiki.gg: Darkspear Islands (battleground) — layoutThe battleground consists of four bases that teams need to control and a flag in the middle that you must take to a controlled base to capture.
Icy Veins: Everything you need to know about PvP in WoW: ForeverDarkspear Islands is available to players Level 30 or higher, with four brackets: 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60.
Icy Veins: PvP in WoW: Forever — bracketsBattleground queues in Forever work cross-rulesets. This means that, when queuing for a battleground, you'll find players from Normal, PvP, and RP rulesets.
Icy Veins: PvP in WoW: Forever — queues
What it needs
- Reach level 30 — it is not an endgame-only battlegroundDarkspear Islands
- Gather your fifteen inside one level bracketDarkspear IslandsNeeds a group
- Make sure everyone is on the same ruleset and factionDarkspear IslandsNeeds a group
- Queue at a Battlemaster in Stormwind or OrgrimmarDarkspear Islands
- Decide who goes where before the gates openDarkspear IslandsNeeds a group
- Know what a match pays, win or loseDarkspear Islands
- What nobody has published yetDarkspear Islands
- Darkspear Islands — the new 15v15, and what it is made ofThe PvP ruleset locks you to one factionNeeds a group
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