City of Dalaran: WoW: Forever Dungeon Guide

City of Dalaran is a five-player dungeon in the Alterac Mountains. Your group starts in the sewers and emerges onto city streets overrun by magical creatures. It has a separate Horde access quest chain and a hidden boss whose preparation begins in another dungeon.

The dungeon is in City of Dalaran, west of the Alterac Mountains. The map marks the approach to the sewers from outside the city.

Alliance Entrance

Travel to City of Dalaran from Hillsbrad Foothills. For your first visit, speak to Image of Archmage Modera to be teleported there. You can also enter through the city sewers.

Horde Entrance

Use the outer tunnel. Opening its gate requires the Dalaran Sewer Key; only one player needs the key to open the passage for the rest of the group. Having the key does not make the city guards friendly.

Get your own key through a quest chain from Magus Wordeen Voidglare in Tarren Mill:

1. Take Prison Break In and Key to the City.

   Quest reward: 65 silver, 3,300 experience, and 150 Undercity reputation.

2. Continue with Dalaran Patrols.

   Reward: 25 silver, 2,050 experience, and 75 Undercity reputation.

3. Take Blood in the Streets and go to Image of Archmage Modera.

4. Receive Heart of Disruption and the key to enter the sewers.

Start the chain:

1. Open the way into the sewers and defeat Atrexis the Grave Knight.
2. If you have prepared the tome, turn toward the hidden Lyn the Ignored. Otherwise, head to the surface.
3. Defeat Arcane Anomaly, Arcanic Enigma, and Unstable Sentinel in the city squares.
4. Clear the area around Mana Devourer completely, restore your mana, and start the fight.
5. Visit Fel Ancient, then prepare for the final encounter with Shade of the Archmage.

Prioritize killing Mana Phantom and interrupt Mana Burn as you clear the dungeon. When Saturated Remnant dies, it leaves an area that restores mana; use it before the next fight. Many enemies are immune to Arcane damage.

Fight Overview

The first boss meets your group in the sewers. This is a tough physical fight for the tank: use a shield and build threat before area attacks on the skeletons. The healer should watch for Disarm and periods of empowered strikes.

Key Abilities

• Disarm — Temporarily disarms the tank.
• Raise Dead — Raises skeletons. The tank should gather them before the group starts dealing area damage.
• Unholy Frenzy — Increases the boss's attack power.
• Thrash — Adds strikes against the current target.
• Strike — Delivers a heavy blow to the tank.

Fight Overview

Fight inside the circle in the courtyard. Extra creatures appear at the edges, so do not run out to them unless necessary. The key mechanic is tracking the rotating beam at all times.

Key Abilities

• Focal Blast — A beam rotates counterclockwise and deals extremely high damage. Move with the safe zone.
• Arcane Bolt — Deals Arcane damage to a target.

Fight Overview

First, kill the two Mana Phantom: their Mana Burn quickly drains the group. Kill the small helpers that appear later along with the boss. The healer should stay away from melee range.

Key Abilities

• Manamorph — Removes an ally from combat for 8 seconds. Dispel the magic effect.
• Silence — Silences players near the boss. The healer should keep their distance.
• Summon Manaling — Summons small helpers. Group them up and kill them with area damage.

Fight Overview

Before the fight, kill the tomes that emerge from the nearby buildings. Ranged players should stand at maximum range, while melee players should be ready to move away when the explosion is being prepared.

Key Abilities

• Malfunction — After a short cast, deals heavy damage within 25 yards. Move out of the area.

Fight Overview

The boss is near the Amethyst Fortress. Kill all enemies in its area before starting the fight; any survivors will join in. Start at full mana and finish quickly—the group's resources steadily drain over time.

Key Abilities

• Drain Vitality — Deals Arcane damage immediately and again over 10 seconds.
• Debilitate — Hits players within 45 yards and drains 200 mana.

The boss is immune to Arcane damage. Use another damage type.

Fight Overview

Watch for roots combined with green ground effects. The root itself is manageable, but dispel it immediately if a dangerous area appears under the target. You can reach the boss without defeating every other enemy in the dungeon.

Key Abilities

• Entangle — Roots two targets and deals damage over time.
• Fel Timbers — Leaves a green area that damages players standing in it.

Fight Overview

The hidden boss is summoned in the sewers using a prepared tome. Remove the curse as quickly as possible: the reflected damage from a player's own attacks is especially dangerous for characters with a high attack speed. The tank gathers the skeletons while the healer watches the whole group.

Key Abilities

• Shadow Bolt Volley — Deals Shadow damage to the group.
• Curse of Thorns — The cursed player's attacks can damage them. Prioritize removing the curse.
• Raise Dead — Summons two skeletons. Do not leave them on the healer.

Fight Overview

Spread out around the room and stay out of the projectile's path. Casters should stay more than 20 yards away. Watch the boss's mana: when it runs out, a mass transformation is followed by a mana-restoring phase.

Key Abilities

• Mass Polymorph — Transforms the group before the boss restores mana. You can hide behind a wall while keeping the boss in the room.
• Evocation — Restores the boss's mana.
• Arcane Bolt — Repeatedly deals heavy damage to the current target.
• Arcane Explosion — Hits players within 20 yards.
• Bounding Mana — A projectile travels to a chosen player and back, damaging everyone in its path.

Do not take the boss outside the room: leaving the room resets the fight.

1. In Shadowfang Keep, defeat Archmage Arugal and take the Black Tome from the table.
2. In Ambermill, find the leyline focus inside the fortified building. Use the tome next to it to obtain the Tome of Dalaran.
3. In City of Dalaran, defeat Atrexis the Grave Knight. In the sewers, go straight instead of turning right toward the surface.
4. Use the prepared tome by the purple rune on the ground. After a short scene, Lyn the Ignored will appear.

Leyline focus in Ambermill:

1. The Grave Knight

   Reward: choose one item — Gravewalker Boots, Undead Knight's Bracers. Additional: 9,400 experience and 1 gold.

   Quest level: 33. Faction: Horde.

   Offered by: Melisara, Hillsbrad Foothills.

   /way Hillsbrad Foothills 62.6 20.6 Copy

2. Source of Power

   Reward: choose one item — Unstable Power Core, Construct Cloak. Additional: 9,400 experience.

   Quest level: 33. Faction: Horde.

   Offered by: Doctor Martin Felben, Undercity.

   /way Undercity 46.6 74.4 Copy

3. Opportunistic Education

   Reward: choose one item — Solid Gold Band, Larcenist's Belt. Additional: 9,400 experience.

   Quest level: 33. Faction: Horde.

   Offered by: Rexxie Copperclutch, near the dungeon entrance.

4. Heart of Disruption

   Reward: choose one item — Battle Spaulders, Enchanted Sandals, Striking Staff. Additional: 9,400 experience.

   Quest level: 33. Faction: Horde.

   Offered by: Image of Archmage Modera, Silverpine Forest.

   /way Silverpine Forest 68.6 45.2 Copy

   This completes the Horde access preparation.

5. Power Overwhelming

   Reward: choose one item — Violet Sash, Runebound Gloves. Additional: 9,400 experience and 1 gold.

   Quest level: 33. Faction: Alliance.

   Offered by: High Sorcerer Andromath, Stormwind City.

   /way Stormwind City 37.6 81.6 Copy

6. Heart of Disruption

   Reward: choose one item — Spellguard Pauldrons, Renewing Footpads, Defender of Dalaran. Additional: 9,400 experience and 100 Kirin Tor reputation.

   Quest level: 33. Faction: Alliance.

   Offered by: Image of Archmage Modera, Silverpine Forest.

   /way Silverpine Forest 68.6 45.2 Copy

   This is the Alliance version of the quest.

7. A Green Sample

   Reward: choose one item — Vine Pruner's Cloak, Thorn Protecting Girdle. Additional: 9,400 experience.

   Quest level: 33. Faction: Alliance.

   Offered by: Shylamiir, Stormwind City.

   /way Stormwind City 15.2 49.8 Copy

8. Starving Arcane

   Reward: choose one item — Fallen Guard's Pendant, Arcane Infused Rod. Additional: 9,400 experience and 100 Kirin Tor reputation.

   Quest level: 33. Faction: Alliance.

   Offered by: Image of Archmage Modera, outside City of Dalaran.

   /way Silverpine Forest 68.6 45.2 Copy