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Excavation Site: Wetlands quests and loot in WoW: Forever
Every Excavation Site: Wetlands quest in World of Warcraft: Forever for the Horde and the Alliance: where each starts and from what level, in pickup order, with the XP, money and items the quests give and what the bosses drop, sorted for your class.
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Excavation Site: Wetlands is new in Forever, run at 24 to 29. Our data holds three Horde quests and one Alliance one; community sources report two more for the Horde and eight for the Alliance, each on its card with its sources.
Blizzard cut the XP from dungeon trash in Forever and raised it for dungeon quests, so a dungeon’s first clear with its quests is where its XP is. On October 1 it halved that extra, and dungeon quests still pay more than normal ones. The numbers here are the beta’s last build (70532) and may change at launch. To fit Excavation Site: Wetlands into the whole road to 30, open it in the dungeon quest planner.
Quests and loot
Every item shows the level it needs; nothing is hidden for your level. The map, the NPCs and how to get in are on Excavation Site: Wetlands's place page.
Horde
Plan the Horde's run → Excavation Site: WetlandsNew
run at 24–29 · 3 quests + 2 reported
Three Horde quests and one Alliance quest are recorded here, and sources report two more for the Horde and eight for the Alliance.
Blizzard cut the XP from dungeon trash in Forever and raised it for dungeon quests, so a dungeon's first clear with its quests pays far more than a repeat run. On October 1 it halved that extra, and dungeon quests still pay more than normal ones.
- Changing Tastes
Borstan · Orgrimmar
- Elder Knowledge
Titan Relic (item) · inside the dungeon
Starts with the Titan Relic, dropped by the Relic Guardian; Bashana Runetotem in Thunder Bluff takes it.
- Earthen Echo
Bashana Runetotem · Thunder Bluff
Step 2 of a chain that starts with Elder Knowledge inside the dungeon, from level 24.
Reported by community sources
- Dragonmaw Rumors
Zaruk · Hammerfall
Leads to Open the Maw.
- Open the Maw
Deathstalker Agent · at the dungeon entrance
- XP
- XP not yet recorded in Forever
- Money
- 60s for 1 of 3 quests
- Level
- —
From the quests
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Recipe: Twice-Spiced Raptor Slice suits your class any level · Changing Tastes -
Twice-Spiced Raptor Slice suits your class level 5 · Changing Tastes -
Satchel of Potions suits your class any level · Changing Tastes (a choice) -
Serrated Raptor Claw suits your class any level · Changing Tastes (a choice) -
Heavehammer suits your class any level · Earthen Echo (a choice) -
Healer's Staff suits your class any level · Earthen Echo (a choice) -
Furs of the Earthen Ring suits your class any level · Earthen Echo (a choice)
From the bosses
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Supple Bellyskin Leggings suits your class level 26 · Saltspine -
Saltscale Girdle suits your class usable from 40usable from 40 level 26 · Saltspine -
Glinteye Slippers suits your class level 26 · Saltspine -
Raptorclaw Greaves suits your class usable from 40usable from 40 level 26 · Shadetooth -
Raptor's Gaze suits your class level 26 · Shadetooth -
Garb of Florid Feathers suits your class level 26 · Shadetooth -
Blueprint: Greenhouse suits your class any level · Shadetooth -
Horrible Rootcore suits your class any level · Highland Horror -
Reliquary Mantle suits your class usable from 40usable from 40 level 28 · Relic Guardian -
Ring of Power Regulation suits your class level 28 · Relic Guardian -
Golemsight Long Gun suits your class level 28 · Relic Guardian - Blueprint: Rock Garden suits your class any level · Relic Guardian
Alliance
Plan the Alliance's run → Excavation Site: WetlandsNew
run at 24–29 · 1 quest + 8 reported
Three Horde quests and one Alliance quest are recorded here, and sources report two more for the Horde and eight for the Alliance.
Blizzard cut the XP from dungeon trash in Forever and raised it for dungeon quests, so a dungeon's first clear with its quests pays far more than a repeat run. On October 1 it halved that extra, and dungeon quests still pay more than normal ones.
- Heartwoven
Ardin Grassman · inside the dungeon
Step 3 of a chain that starts with Seeking Caitlin in Astranaar.
Reported by community sources
- Seeking Caitlin
Llana · Astranaar
Leads to Lost in the Thicket Things, then Heartwoven.
- Lost in the Thicket Things
Caitlin Grassman · Menethil Harbor
- Songblade Search
Dorin Songblade · Lakeshire
Leads to Fallen in the Fen.
- Fallen in the Fen
Daewyn Songblade · inside the dungeon
- Horrors in the Highland
Rethiel the Greenwarden · Wetlands
- Highland Hides
James Halloran · Menethil Harbor
- Lost Relic Carry
Titan Relic (item) · inside the dungeon
The Relic Guardian's Titan Relic goes to Prospector Whelgar.
- Prehistoric Prism
Prospector Whelgar · Whelgar's Excavation Site
- XP
- XP not yet recorded in Forever
- Money
- Money not yet recorded in Forever
- Level
- —
From the quests
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Swiftness Potion suits your class level 5 · Heartwoven - Satchel of Potions suits your class any level · Heartwoven
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Greater Healing Potion suits your class level 21 · Heartwoven (a choice) -
Mana Potion suits your class level 22 · Heartwoven (a choice)
From the bosses
- Supple Bellyskin Leggings suits your class level 26 · Saltspine
- Saltscale Girdle suits your class usable from 40usable from 40 level 26 · Saltspine
- Glinteye Slippers suits your class level 26 · Saltspine
- Raptorclaw Greaves suits your class usable from 40usable from 40 level 26 · Shadetooth
- Raptor's Gaze suits your class level 26 · Shadetooth
- Garb of Florid Feathers suits your class level 26 · Shadetooth
- Blueprint: Greenhouse suits your class any level · Shadetooth
- Horrible Rootcore suits your class any level · Highland Horror
- Reliquary Mantle suits your class usable from 40usable from 40 level 28 · Relic Guardian
- Ring of Power Regulation suits your class level 28 · Relic Guardian
- Golemsight Long Gun suits your class level 28 · Relic Guardian
- Blueprint: Rock Garden suits your class any level · Relic Guardian
Frequently asked
- Where do the Excavation Site: Wetlands quests start in WoW: Forever?
- The Horde has three quests in our data: one from Orgrimmar, one from Thunder Bluff and one picked up inside. The first opens at level 24. Community sources report two more, listed on the page with their sources. The Alliance has one quest in our data: picked up inside. It opens at level 24. Community sources report eight more, listed on the page with their sources.
- What level should I run Excavation Site: Wetlands at in WoW: Forever?
- At 24 to 29. Blizzard's October 20 article gives 24 to 29, used here; its October 1 beta notes gave 26 to 31. Its quests can be collected from level 24 for both factions. The XP of its quests is not yet recorded in Forever.
Sources
- Blizzard — Explore the New Dungeons of World of Warcraft: Forever https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24301455
- The Sun — WoW: Forever interview (BlizzCon 2026) https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/40367702/world-of-warcraft-forever-interview-zones-races-skills-levelling/
- Blizzard — WoW Forever Beta Development Notes, October 1 https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/2360696/4
- wowforever.ninja — our beta cache and Forever's client files https://wowforever.ninja/about/data/
- ForeverChanges — Excavation Site: Wetlands https://foreverchanges.pro/dungeons/excavation-site
- WoW Handbook — Excavation Site: Wetlands https://wowhandbook.com/zones/dungeons/excavation-site-wetlands/
- Method — Excavation Site: Wetlands https://www.method.gg/wow-forever/dungeons/excavation-site-wetlands
- Warcraft Tavern — Excavation Site: Wetlands quests https://www.warcrafttavern.com/forever/guides/excavation-site-wetlands-quests/