How to Complete Blackmaw Hold in WoW Forever: Levels 55 to 60, Routes and Bosses

Blackmaw Hold is the new level 55 to 60 dungeon of WoW Forever. It is a great furbolg city in Azshara, behind a gate that stayed sealed in the original game.

The Blackmaw clan inside is fighting a corruption that spreads through its groves and tunnels. Blizzard built it as a long max-level run with many routes and bosses.

Here is how a group takes on the hold:

1. Reach level 55 or more. The dungeon is built for characters at the end of the climb to 60.
2. Find the gate in Azshara. A long furbolg tunnel winds through the mountain to the dungeon portal.
3. Pick a route. The hold has no single path, so agree on the route before the opening pull.
4. Fight through the corrupted furbolgs. Varrox Bleakhoof is the boss the dungeon's Legacy challenge names.
5. Plan a long session. Blizzard calls the hold a substantial max-level adventure.

A full group of 4 of our level-60 Pros can clear Blackmaw Hold with you, or 1 of them can play your character in the group.

Blackmaw Hold lies in Azshara, on the north-east coast of Kalimdor. The way in is a gate in the furbolg lands that was never opened in the original game.

Players knew that gate for years as an unused entrance to Timbermaw Hold. In Forever it opens onto the Blackmaw clan's city.

Behind the gate, the tunnels run deep and wind far into the mountain. The dungeon portal waits at their end.

The same tunnels lead on toward the Barrow Deeps, the 1st raid of WoW Forever. Our WoW Forever raids guide covers the Barrow Deeps, which opens on 9 December.

Blackmaw Hold is a non-linear dungeon. Several routes run through the hold, and bosses wait along them.

Its developers compared its size with Blackrock Depths, the largest dungeon of the original game.

The enemies are furbolgs of the Blackmaw clan taken by the corruption. Sane furbolgs outside ask heroes to go in and save that part of their clan.

The dungeon's Legacy challenge names 1 of those bosses: Varrox Bleakhoof.

Bring a full group of 5 at level 55 or higher. A tank, a healer and 3 damage dealers is the classic make-up.

Stock food, drink and potions for a long session. The non-linear layout means the group should agree on its route before the opening pull.

Blackmaw Hold has items of its own in the game files. The Blackmaw Ritual Totem is a quest item, and the Blackmaw Pouch earns trust with the Blackmaw furbolgs.

The level 60 characters who farm it are getting ready for the 9 December raids. Our WoW Forever BiS lists show the pre-raid gear each spec wants.

WoW Forever went live on 4 November, and Blackmaw Hold opened with it. Before launch, no beta tester had set foot inside.

The class and system changes of the last beta builds are in our WoW Forever patch notes guide. They set the talents and buffs your group brings into the hold.

For a Classic endgame dungeon with a long route, our Stratholme guide covers both sides of the plagued city.

Blackmaw Hold has its own row in the dungeon list on the order page. From level 55 a run takes a full group of 4 of our level-60 Pros.

Play along on your own character, or let a Pro play it in the group. Every drop from the run stays on your character.

The full 1 to 60 order already includes the 1st clear of Blackmaw Hold with the other new dungeons. Our WoW Forever dungeons guide lists all 9 with their levels.