Zones & quests

New and reimagined zones and their quests, as described by Blizzard.

Status legend

VERIFIED Verified: confirmed by an official Blizzard source, with its date shown.
ANNOUNCED Announced: officially planned, but not in the game yet.
TO BE CONFIRMED To be confirmed: not yet confirmed by an official World of Warcraft: Forever source.
OBSOLETE Obsolete: replaced by newer official information.
NOT YET DETAILED Not yet detailed: Blizzard hasn't published this information yet.
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION Community contribution: from a fan site, needs validation; never official.
EDITORIAL EVALUATION Editorial evaluation: the wiki editors' opinion, not official data.

Quests

VERIFIED more than a thousand new quests woven throughout the level 1–60 journey (product page: 1000+ new quests). [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12] [World of Warcraft: Forever (product page)]

VERIFIED Mount Hyjal: explore the aftermath of Archimonde’s defeat and Darkwhisper Gorge. [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]
VERIFIED Shen'dralas: a long-hidden mystery between Mulgore and Desolace. [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]
VERIFIED Riverglades: more than 150 new quests across much of the mid-30s to mid-40s experience. [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]
VERIFIED Zephras Isle: an elemental skybound starting experience from levels 1 through 12. [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]

VERIFIED You’ll feel that philosophy throughout the world: no flying mounts, no level scaling, and a continued focus on challenge, preparation, communication, and cooperation. [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]
VERIFIED Your adventure begins across the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor with new and reimagined regions, unfinished corners of the original world, and more than a thousand new quests woven throughout the level 1–60 journey. You’ll help restore Hyjal, uncover forgotten history in Shen'dralas, build a future on the Riverglades frontier, and take your first steps through Zephras Isle. [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]

VERIFIED Mount Hyjal invites you to explore the aftermath of Archimonde’s defeat, journey through Darkwhisper Gorge, and help shape the future of a recovering land. In Shen'dralas, a long-hidden mystery between Mulgore and Desolace becomes a new adventure tied to the Shen’dralar, Eldre’Thalas, Dire Maul, and the centaur tribes of the region. [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]
VERIFIED In the Riverglades, you’ll discover a rugged frontier of rivers, grasslands, trade routes, struggling communities, and old grudges, with more than 150 new quests across much of the mid-30s to mid-40s experience. [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]

World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap — https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24303862/world-of-warcraft-forever-whats-next-panel-recap
Channel: Blizzard News · Publication date: 2026-09-12 (22:00 UTC)
Used for: Quests, Zones, How the world works, New regions in detail
Limits: Panel recap; some dungeons not formally named; no detail on which raids unlock on December 9.
World of Warcraft: Forever (product page) — https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/forever/
Channel: Official product page · Publication date: no publication date shown
Used for: Quests
Limits: No publication date; text read from the page’s embedded data.