Hall of Thanes in WoW Forever: the Dungeon Beneath Ironforge

4 Nov 2026Dungeon live at launch

IronforgeEntrance beneath the city

9 DecRaids unlock at 60

Hall of Thanes is 1 of the 9 new dungeons in World of Warcraft: Forever. The crypt opens at launch, on 4 November 2026 at 3:00 PM PST. Blizzard places it beneath Ironforge, the resting place of the dwarven monarchs.

Someone broke into the crypts. Blizzard points at the Dark Irons. It is an Alliance story on paper. Horde groups still run it. They sneak or fight their way in. Blizzard’s posts name no bosses and carry no loot table for it yet.

Beta players already tested Hall of Thanes while the level cap sat at 20 and then 30. The full set is on the WoW Forever dungeons page.

Hall of Thanes sits on the same launch slate as Ruins of Lordaeron, the Excavation Site, City of Dalaran, Blackmaw Hold, the Drowned City, Krol'dok Stronghold, Alcaz Prison and the Shaper's Terrace. Spring 2027 and summer 2027 each add 2 more dungeons on the roadmap.

Blizzard’s PAX Aus keynote aired on 8 October 2026 at 6:00 PM PDT, billed as an in-depth look at one of the new Forever dungeons. The beta client already lists 4 bosses for the crypt, from Faldrim Anvilmar to the final boss, Durgen Dirgehammer.

Hall of Thanes sits beneath Ironforge in Dun Morogh. Blizzard names the city as the entrance. Blizzard has not published a door coordinate or an interior map.

Alliance players start close. Ironforge is their hub. Dwarf and Gnome characters reach the gate with almost no travel. Night Elf and Human players still need the Dun Morogh path or a summon.

Horde players have a longer approach. They cross into dwarven land without a friendly flight path. Flying mounts do not exist in Forever. Budget travel time before the queue pop.

Realmless play keeps factions separate. Groups stay inside 1 ruleset. Normal, PvP and Roleplaying cannot mix for the run. Hardcore arrives after launch. Wall rules: Realmless.

Dwarf players who want the new shaman line can pair this dungeon with the Dwarf Shaman page. The class combo is Alliance-native. The dungeon story matches that fantasy.

Blizzard lists Hall of Thanes for levels 13 to 18, the lowest range of the 9 new dungeons. Beta testers could already run it while the level cap sat at 20 and then at 30.

A 2nd set of numbers comes from the Legacy Challenges, which count dungeon work in 3 bands.

With no level scaling in Forever, a group at 13 to 18 meets the crypt at the difficulty it was built for. The dwarven halls reward careful pulls: Polymorph, banish, root or trap the extras, hold threat on a few targets and burn 1 focus target at a time. Save area damage for pulls that are already under control.

A tank, a healer and a player with crowd control make the safe group until a patch note changes that advice.

Blizzard’s posts give no Hall of Thanes boss list yet. Those posts carry no encounter names, health figures, phase timers or ability cards.

What Blizzard’s posts show is the fantasy. The dwarven monarchs rest beneath Ironforge. Intruders broke the seals. Dark Iron involvement is the published finger-point. Expect dwarven halls, crypt guardians and a break-in plot.

Forever dungeon design stresses tactical pulls. A tank holds a few targets. A controller sheep, sap, fear or trap the rest. Healers stay busy when a pull goes wide. Open-world solo pacing sits near 10 to 15 seconds per normal mob. Instance pacing is slower than modern retail.

Beta players meet 4 bosses in the crypt, and the beta client lists 4 encounters. Faldrim Anvilmar comes 1st, Plunder 3rd and Durgen Dirgehammer last. The 2nd boss is Magmatus, an elemental who arrives with a Dark Iron Summoner. The beta client files his encounter under the name Infurnus.

Blizzard has not published a Hall of Thanes loot table yet. Its posts carry no item names, drop rates, sockets or set pieces for the crypt, and a search for Hall of Thanes drops turns up no official sheet.

Group loot in the crypt follows Blizzard's transmog rules. An uncommon or rare bind-on-pickup drop unlocks its look for every eligible looter, so nobody rolls against you for a skin. Epic raid looks belong only to the player the item binds to. What you can wear still depends on armor type, and high-level looks stay locked until level 60.

The drops themselves come under the dungeon-wide loot pass. Unique boss items are blue, hundreds of new items joined the dungeon pool, weak ones got better and the old favourites remain. Quest lines inside dungeons pay bigger rewards too.

Some bosses drop Blueprint recipes for the advanced camping objects, the ones that give 1-hour buffs at a campsite. That is a reason for a level 60 to walk back into an early dungeon, and the camping page covers camps.

As Blizzard adds turn-ins, they land on the quests page.

At 13 to 18, Hall of Thanes is the 1st new dungeon an Alliance character reaches.

Collect every crypt quest before you zone in, because the 1st clear pays the quest bonus XP. The 1 October beta build cut that bonus by 50%. The 8 October 2026 build then raised XP from dungeon kills by about 20% and fixed a bug that tied party XP to the highest-level member. Blizzard is still collecting feedback, so treat dungeon XP as not final. Turn everything in once, then return to the Dun Morogh and Loch Modan quests.

Run it again only for a spare look or a Blueprint recipe, because repeat clears pay less XP than the 1st. The raids that open on 9 December need level 60, and the crypt is an early stop on the way there.

Horde groups can run it too, but the trip into dwarven land takes time. On a Horde route, the closer early dungeon is Ruins of Lordaeron at 15 to 20.

From 4 November, our dungeon runs put a Pro on your 1st clear. Pick your ruleset and faction before launch week.

All 3 calendars above include 1 clear of the crypt. The whole route is in our leveling to 60 guide.

Our Pros run Hall of Thanes from launch day for characters at 13 to 18, so you skip the wait for a group at the entrance. Forever has no Dungeon Finder: the group finder is a listing board where players invite each other by hand, and since the 1 October build every listing picks a playstyle, Carry Offered among them (observed on the beta). Tell us your ruleset and faction, and pick self-play or piloted. Your Pro plays on that ruleset and faction, so the group can form. Piloted runs are played by a human Pro in our own gaming hubs, on a PC dedicated to your account and a residential IP in your city, so the run looks exactly like you playing from home.

Alliance Dwarf and Gnome characters start next door. The run fits into early Dun Morogh leveling. Horde buyers can add help for the trip into Ironforge.

A booked 1st clear includes every crypt quest turn-in and the blue items from its bosses. You can add extra runs to the order for a Blueprint or a spare look.

• Dungeon runs: /wow-forever/dungeons
• Leveling pre-order $299 / $420: /wow-forever/leveling
• Raid spots from 9 December: /wow-forever/raids
• Dwarf class combo: Dwarf Shaman

Send your level, faction and ruleset in chat. You get a clear order for the 9 dungeons and the date you will be 60 before the raids.

Aiming for a raid spot on 9 December? Clear the crypt early, then work up through the mid and high dungeons. Blackmaw Hold and the Shaper's Terrace are the last 2 dungeons before the raids. Book those closer to 60.