Raid preview · beta names only
Barrow Deeps
A named raid planned as a maximum-level 10-player challenge. This page sets expectations from Blizzard's raid overview and the beta evidence; it is not a boss tactics or loot walkthrough.
- Raid preview · beta names only
- 10 players
- 8 bosses
- 8 encounter names
- New raids open December 9
© Blizzard Entertainment. Official Barrow Deeps media.
Barrow Deeps quick facts
- Guide state
- Raid preview · beta names onlyBeta observation ·
- Group size
- Maximum-level 10-player challenge (planned)
- Bosses
- 8 (Blizzard raid overview)
- Location
- Three entrances around the world, one in
Mount HyjalWowhead report · - Beta encounter names
- 8 named in the beta clientBeta observation ·
- Raids unlock
- December 9, 2026, together with the other two raids; weekly reset planned
- In the beta client (ended in October)
- Assets only, no instance yetBeta observation ·
- New raid rewards
- Tier sets and legendary reward announced overall; details not published
- Raid-specific loot
- Table and drop rates not publishedNot published
- Boss mechanics
- Not published yetNot published
- Entrance
- Within Mount Hyjal, with multiple entrances through Mount Hyjal, Winterspring and Blackmaw Hold
- Attunement
- None listed by Blizzard
Blizzard's raid overview of October 20 opens all three raids on December 9: Barrow Deeps (10 players), Hyjal Summit (20 players) and Onyxia's Lair (40 players, Dustwallow Marsh). Entering Onyxia's Lair requires the Drakefire Amulet from a faction-specific attunement questline. All raids are planned to reset each week.
What to planraid preview
The checked sources establish the shape of this raid and the evidence still missing. Use these points to set expectations before treating a later beta or launch record as a playable guide.
- Build around the published size: Maximum-level 10-player challenge (planned).
- Plan for the unlock: all three raids open on December 9, 2026, so no raid opens first. Blizzard plans a weekly reset.
- Use the recorded setting: Three entrances around the world, one in Mount Hyjal. This location is a Wowhead report.
- Read the encounter list as names only: 8 names are present in a beta-client achievement. The achievement does not establish a kill order, mechanics or loot.
- Wait for the missing run data: boss mechanics, raid-specific loot and tier-set details are not published on this source cut, and Blizzard names no lockout rule beyond the weekly reset.
Barrow Deeps encounter names8 in the beta client
The client's raid achievement names these 8 encounters. It gives names only, so this page claims no kill order, mechanics or loot.
- Deepscar Matriarch
- Khalith the Dreadspinner
- Amethrax
- Ravus and Darlissa
- Elder Tangleclaw
- Well of Sorrow
- Del'lynar Songwood
- Sonya Darkhallow
Checked against patch 1.60.1. Achievement order is not necessarily kill order.
Loot
Blizzard confirmed: New tier sets and a legendary reward are planned for the new raids overall, according to Blizzard's What's Next recap. The recap does not identify which raid or boss awards either reward.
Details not published: no raid-specific tier details, loot table, boss drop list or drop rates are published. Beta-client items tied to the raid are covered in the next section; none of them is assigned to a boss.
In the beta client
The beta client has no instance zone record for Barrow Deeps. It does carry Barrow Deeps weapon models and a “Conquerer of the Deeps” achievement, so the raid exists as assets and rewards before it exists as a place.
Checked against patch 1.60.1. An asset in a client is not a shipped encounter.
Where it is
Three entrances around the world, one in Mount Hyjal (Wowhead report). The map places every instance by its recorded location, not by its entrance.
Not known yet
- Blizzard says these new raids will include new tier sets and a legendary reward, but has not published which raid or boss awards them, a loot table or drop rates, a Blizzard-confirmed encounter list, or boss mechanics. The encounter names on this page come from a beta-client achievement and can change before launch.
- Blizzard lists no attunement for this raid and no lockout rule beyond the planned weekly reset.
Sources
Claims on this page are limited to these records.
- Blizzard EntertainmentCheckedWorld of Warcraft: Forever What's Next Panel Recap
- WowheadCheckedWoW: Forever beta-client zone records (patch 1.60.1)
- WowheadCheckedWoW: Forever beta-client raid achievements (patch 1.60.1)
- WowheadCheckedRaids Overview for Forever: Hub, Dates and Locations