Excavation Site: Wetlands
Excavation Site: Wetlands is one of the nine new dungeons in WoW: Forever, for characters of levels 26–31. Location: Wetlands. 1 step in our guides covers it, listed below.
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About Excavation Site: Wetlands
Excavation Site: Wetlands is a new outdoor dungeon in the Wetlands. At BlizzCon, Blizzard described it only as "a mysterious excavation site above Whelgar's Excavation", which is why older guides give it other names. The name on this page is the one in Blizzard's beta notes.
The level band moved. Blizzard's table of 15 September listed it at 24–29. When it opened on the beta on 1 October, Blizzard's notes listed it at 26–31, and that is the band we use. Icy Veins' dungeon guide says 26–33. If a guide says 24–29, it was written before the change.
Finding the door. Icy Veins says the dungeon is on a path that starts just south of the Thelgen Rock cavern, in a part of the zone that was not open before.
Both factions have a reason to go. Icy Veins counts eight quests for it: five for the Alliance and three for the Horde.
Checked against its sources on 7 October 2026.
New Dungeon - Excavation Site: Wetlands (26-31).
Blizzard (Kaivax): WoW Forever Beta Development Notes — updated October 1Excavation Site: Wetlands | 24 | 29
Blizzard (Kaivax): Krol’dok Stronghold — the nine new dungeons and their levelsa mysterious excavation site above Whelgar's Excavation
Blizzard News: World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel RecapThe dungeon is located in Wetlands, on a path that starts just south of the Thelgen Rock cavern.
Icy Veins: Excavation Site: Wetlands dungeon guideExcavation Site: Wetlands is dungeon in WoW Forever, tuned for Level 26-33 players.
Icy Veins: Excavation Site: Wetlands dungeon guide — level and questsOut of these, 5 quests are Alliance-only, and 3 are Horde-only.
Icy Veins: Excavation Site: Wetlands dungeon guide — quests by factionFrom what we've seen so far it will be an outdoor dungeon, set in a part of the zone that was previously inaccessible.
Icy Veins: Everything new in phase 2 of the WoW Forever beta
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