Champions of Azeroth have adventured across the Dragon Isles, aided the dragonflights and defeated the powerful proto-dragon Raszageth. Now it’s time to learn what lies beneath the surface of the Dragon Isles with our Return to the Forbidden Reach on 22 March AEDT (10.0.7), and our reveal of Embers of Neltharion (10.1)—WoW’s next major content update.

Return to the Forbidden Reach (10.0.7)

Launching 22 March 2023 (AEDT), with the completion of regional maintenance.

Major features include:

• New Max-level Zone: The Forbidden Reach
  • This zone includes new content for max-level players delving into the troubles left behind by the meddling Primalists and the chaos sewn among the elements.
• Zskera Vaults
  • Max level players exploring the depths of the Forbidden Reach will aid the Dragonscale Expedition as they delve into these newly discovered vaults ripe with enemies, puzzles to solve and treasures to plunder.
• Monk Class Expansion
  • Lightforged Draenei, Worgen, and Goblins can now play as the Monk class.

Embers of Neltharion (10.1)
Live on Public Testing Realm (PTR) beginning 10 March AEDT.
As players will learn in Return to the Forbidden Reach (10.0.7), the fallen Earth-warder Neltharion, infamously known as Deathwing, kept a secret laboratory deep underground below the Dragon Isles. Both the newly freed Incarnates and a rebel band of Dracthyr led by Scalecommander Sarkareth pose a threat as they fight to gain access to the lab and control over Neltharion’s long-hidden secrets.

Major features include:

• NEW ZONE: Zaralek Cavern
  • New quests, denizens to befriend, exploration, dragonriding updates and more await in this mysterious underground cavern.
• NEW RAID: Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
  • Aberrus is a secret laboratory hidden within Zaralek Cavern and where Neltharion not only created the Dracthyr but also succumbed to the whispers of the Old Gods.
  • Players will face nine bosses in an effort to thwart the incarnates as well as Scalecommander Sarkareth, whose forces seek to claim the legacy of the Dracthyr.
  • Like Season 1, normal, heroic, and mythic difficulties will release simultaneously.
• NEW MYTHIC+ ROTATION:
  • The remaining Dragonflight dungeons will enter the fray:
    • Brackenhide Hollow
    • Halls of Infusion
    • Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
    • Neltharus
  • Four dungeons returning from past expansions will provide new challenges to keep the M+ rotation fresh:
    • Freehold, Battle for Azeroth
    • The Underrot, Battle for Azeroth
    • Neltharion’s Lair, Legion
    • Vortex Pinnacle, Cataclysm
  • Seasonal affixes are in development and will be available for testing later in the PTR cycle.

And a lot more! Additional information and updates to the PTR for Embers of Neltharion throughout the testing cycle can be found on our In Development forums.