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The Drowned City: quests, bosses and levels

Open since WoW Forever’s launch on November 4. The Drowned City is in Stranglethorn Vale, Eastern Kingdoms. A 5-player dungeon for levels 35 to 40, with 6 bosses.

Levels
35–40
Group
5 players
Entrance
Off the coast of Stranglethorn Vale, west of Grom'gol Base Camp
Access
Its entrance is under water: dive to find it.

Its map and its loot are not on this page yet: Blizzard ships this dungeon’s files encrypted. The game opens them for its players, but the files our pages are built from stay closed to us for now.

Bosses6

In the order the DungeonJournal addon lists them (version 1.7.4, November 8, 2026), kept up to date by its players.

  1. 1Zul'Alai
  2. 2Var'Taka
  3. 3Captain Dreadrise
  4. 4Deathless Marrow
  5. 5Gill
  6. 6Min'loth the Serpent

Dungeon quests11

0 of 11

  • level 40requires 30Horde

    Use the hide and charcoal to create rubbings of the tablets found in the Drowned City.

    Given by
    Kin'weelay, Grom'gol Base Camp, Stranglethorn Vale
    Turn in
    Kin'weelay, Grom'gol Base Camp, Stranglethorn Vale
  • level 40requires 30Horde

    Take the tablet etchings to Master Gadrin in Sen'jin Village in Durotar.

    Given by
    Kin'weelay, Grom'gol Base Camp, Stranglethorn Vale
    Turn in
    Master Gadrin, Sen'jin Village, Durotar
  • level 38requires 30Horde

    Slay Var'Taka in the Drowned City.

    Given by
    Commander Aggro'gosh, Grom'gol Base Camp, Stranglethorn Vale
    Turn in
    Commander Aggro'gosh, Grom'gol Base Camp, Stranglethorn Vale
  • level 40requires 30Horde

    Recover an Ancient Gurubashi Idol from the Drowned City.

    Given by
    Mazu'kon, Mulgore
    Turn in
    Mazu'kon, Mulgore
  • level 40requires 30Alliance

    Use the hide and charcoal to create rubbings of the tablets found in the Drowned City.

    Given by
    Loremaster Dibbs, Southshore, Hillsbrad Foothills
    Turn in
    Loremaster Dibbs, Southshore, Hillsbrad Foothills
  • level 40requires 30Alliance

    Collect 5 I'lalai Fetishes from trolls in the Drowned City.

    Given by
    Loremaster Dibbs, Southshore, Hillsbrad Foothills
    Turn in
    Loremaster Dibbs, Southshore, Hillsbrad Foothills
  • level 40requires 30Alliance

    Bring Loremaster Dibbs' I'lalai Translations to Historian Karnik in Ironforge.

    Given by
    Loremaster Dibbs, Southshore, Hillsbrad Foothills
    Turn in
    Historian Karnik, Hall of Explorers, Ironforge
  • level 40requires 30Alliance

    Bring the I'lalai Fetish to Abra Cadabra in Dalaran.

    Given by
    Loremaster Dibbs, Southshore, Hillsbrad Foothills
    Turn in
    Abra Cadabra, Dalaran
  • level 40requires 34Alliance

    Recover an Ancient Gurubashi Idol from the Drowned City.

    Given by
    Archmage Timear, outside where the Violet Hold stood, Dalaran, Alterac Mountains
    Turn in
    Archmage Timear, Dalaran (not confirmed)
  • level 40requires 34

    Collect 10 Voodoo Infused Artifacts from Saltseer pirates in the Drowned City.

    Given by
    Krazek, Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale
    Turn in
    Krazek, Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale
  • level 40requires 34

    Slay 3 Saltseer Coroners and Captain Dreadrise in the Drowned City.

    Given by
    Krazek, Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale
    Turn in
    Krazek, Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale

Quests from the addon kept up to date by its players: DungeonJournal

Levels, location and access from Blizzard’s article of October 20, 2026; names as the WoW Forever client writes them.

In the game since launch: Blizzard’s hotfixes of November 6, 2026 fixed some of its creatures, which could break off a fight.

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