Hall of Thanes: WoW: Forever Dungeon Guide

Hall of Thanes is a five-player dungeon beneath Ironforge. Your group descends into ancient dwarven halls overrun by spirits, golems, and Dark Iron invaders.

The way down starts in The High Seat at the center of Ironforge. Enter the throne room and find the door on the left. Beyond it lies the road to Old Ironforge: follow the passage down to the dungeon portal.

The map marks The High Seat, where the descent begins.

Alliance Entrance

Travel to Ironforge and head to the Great Forge. From there, enter The High Seat and turn into the side passage. Along the way down, you can pick up some of the dungeon quests.

Horde Entrance

The entrance is shared by both factions, but Ironforge is an enemy capital. One overland route runs through the Arathi Highlands, the Wetlands, Loch Modan, and Dun Morogh. Form your group before you approach the city and agree in advance on how you will move to the throne room: the guards are more dangerous than the regular enemies at the dungeon entrance.

1. Clear the first hall and wait until Faldrim Anvilmar is in a convenient spot. Pull the boss away from nearby enemy packs.
2. Push through the Dark Iron dwarves. Kill the casters first and step away from thrown bombs.
3. In the fight with Magmatus, quickly take out the accompanying summoner.
4. Wait for Plunder to patrol by and pick a spot where a knockback won't send the tank into a fresh pack of enemies.
5. Before Durgen Dirgehammer, clear the edges of the room. Kill the two golems at the start of the fight, then focus the boss.

Don't pull a patrolling boss near untouched enemies. A knockback or fear can turn a single fight into a brawl with several packs at once.

Fight Overview

The boss moves around the first hall. Clear space for the fight first, then pull him to your group. Watch his spellcasting and the tank's condition: the curse lasts a long time and keeps hindering you after the kill.

Key Abilities

• Mind Blast - deals Shadow damage. Interrupt the cast whenever possible.
• Anvilmar's Curse - reduces attack and casting speed by 20% for 10 minutes, while also granting immunity to poisons and bleeds.

Tank: keep the boss in a cleared area.

DPS: assign interrupts and avoid pulling nearby enemies.

Healer: account for slower casting under the curse. If your group has curse removal, discuss using it after the fight.

Fight Overview

A Dark Iron Summoner stands next to the boss. Make the summoner your first target: if left alive, the caster complicates the fight with extra creatures. Once he dies, switch to the boss and watch out for fire effects.

Key Abilities

• Combust - sets the chosen target ablaze, dealing damage instantly and then every 2 seconds for 12 seconds.

Tank: keep the boss away from ranged players.

DPS: kill the summoner quickly and interrupt dangerous spells.

Healer: watch allies who are set on fire, not just the tank.

Fight Overview

The golem patrols the corridor. Before the fight, clear the nearby packs and pick a wall the tank can stand against. The main danger is losing a good position after a knockback.

Key Abilities

• Knock Away - knocks the current target back.

Tank: stand with your back to a wall or in a safe corner.

DPS: stand on the other side of the boss and don't run into the uncleared part of the corridor.

Healer: keep line of sight on the tank after a knockback.

Fight Overview

Before the final fight, kill the looters along the edges of the hall. The boss is escorted by two adds, each a Lesser Stone Golem: the tank should gather all three enemies, and the group should kill the golems one at a time. Save stuns and defensive cooldowns for the start of the fight, when incoming damage is highest.

Key Abilities

• Fear - causes the target to flee in fear. Clearing the room in advance lowers the risk of pulling new enemies.
• Rend - inflicts a bleed that deals damage over time.

Tank: hold the boss and both golems while the group deals with the adds.

DPS: pick one golem as a shared target, then move on to the second.

Healer: keep the tank's health topped up until the adds are dead.

Most quests are available to the Alliance. The quest An Ancient Grudge can be completed by both factions.

1. Important Heirlooms

   Reward: choice of one item: Dwarven Tome, Tomb Robber's Gloves; 7 silver; 2,950 XP; 100 reputation with Gadgetzan.

   Quest level: 15. Faction: Alliance.

   Quest giver: Thom Filch, Old Ironforge.

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2. The Restless Dead

   Reward: choice of one item: Dusty Belt, Cryptwalker Bracers; 7 silver; 2,300 XP; 100 reputation with Ironforge.

   Quest level: 15. Faction: Alliance.

   Quest giver: Afadra Dunwall, Old Ironforge, near the descent.

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3. Old Ironforge Incursion

   Reward: choice of one item: Calibrated Blunderbuss, Ironforge Greathammer, Deepblaze; 8 silver; 3,200 XP; 100 reputation with Ironforge; 100 reputation with Gnomeregan Exiles.

   Quest level: 16. Faction: Alliance.

   Quest giver: Earthseer Farsen, Dun Morogh, Gol'Bolar Quarry.

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   Complete Underground Map first.

Underground Map reward: 7 silver; 1,050 XP; 100 reputation with Ironforge; 100 reputation with Gnomeregan Exiles.

4. The Treaty of Understanding

   Reward: 16 silver; 2,550 XP; 100 reputation with Ironforge; 100 reputation with Gnomeregan Exiles.

   Quest level: 16. Faction: Alliance.

   Quest giver: an item in the vault, final section of the Hall of Thanes.

5. An Ancient Grudge

   Reward: choice of one item: Catacomb Cloak, Deepgrave Trousers; 2,300 XP.

   Quest level: 15. Faction: Alliance and Horde.

   Quest giver: Ghostly Attendant, first hall of the Hall of Thanes, near Faldrim Anvilmar.

Before leaving, check the vault in the last hall and make sure you've collected the quest items.