Raids
Three raids unlock on December 9, 2026 - two of them brand new, joined by the classic Onyxia's Lair.
Barrow Deeps
A max-level raid beneath Kalimdor: the prison that held Illidan Stormrage for ten thousand years, now opened. Eight bosses, three entrances via Mount Hyjal, Winterspring and Blackmaw Hold, new tier sets, and a legendary reward still under wraps.
Hyjal Summit
A 20-player raid at the summit of Mount Hyjal, near the World Tree Nordrassil: 13 bosses, an ancient guardian to open, then several routes above and below ground to the final encounters.
Onyxia's Lair
The classic 40-player raid is the third unlock on December 9. It is not new content, and Blizzard keeps the attunement: without the Drakefire Amulet in your bags, nobody gets in.
Three unlocks on December 9, and what follows
There is no raid at launch on November 4. The raids open on December 9, 2026, and the number three regularly misleads: only two of them are new. Barrow Deeps is a ten-player raid beneath the mountain, in the prison where Illidan sat for ten thousand years. Hyjal Summit is a twenty-player raid at the elven ruins on the peak. The third is Onyxia's Lair, the existing forty-player raid from Classic - the roadmap lists it as an unlock on the same date, but it is not new content.
Ten and twenty players are unfamiliar numbers for the first age, and they are the reason Forever is not Classic with an extension: a ten-player raid as the entry point assumes a different guild size than forty people in Molten Core.
After that the roadmap takes over. Spring 2027 brings two more raids for 10 and 20 players, two dungeons, a new explorable zone and a legendary quest line. Summer 2027 brings a reworked iconic raid plus another new one. Through all of it the level cap stays at 60 - Forever grows sideways, not upwards.
What is not here matters more than what is: there are no loot tables, boss orders or numbers for these raids. The beta stops at level 30, so no raid is tested there - and anything appearing as a "Barrow Deeps guide" before December 9 cannot be resting on a client.