Blizzard's Forever Journey EP.2 in Denmark: the zones, new dungeons and classes it names

2026-10-31 · ForeverDB

Blizzard's second Forever Journey film sends Guzu, Zibartas and GingiTV into the Danish dunes, cutting between a real road trip and WoW: Forever. Every place it names is in the beta client, including the two new dungeons they praise, the Ruins of Lordaeron and the Hall of Thanes. The two Wrath-era memories and one misheard riddle answer are the only things outside the beta.

This is an official Blizzard video, posted to the World of Warcraft YouTube channel on 31 October 2026. Every name it drops is checked against the WoW: Forever beta client (build 1.60.1.70755); the levels and numbers come from the client, and server-side values such as Rage, mana and mana regeneration can't be read from it yet.

Episode 2 of Forever Journey follows the streamers Guzu, Zibartas and GingiTV on a road trip through Denmark, ending with them playing WoW: Forever out in the dunes at Råbjerg Mile. Like the Norway episode it is a mood piece with a real-world quest framing, not a systems reveal, but it names real zones, two of Forever's new dungeons, a riddle round full of places, and the classes the three of them play. We checked each one against the beta client. Nothing contradicts it, and the only gaps are two Wrath-era memories and a riddle answer that isn't in our data.

The short version

• An official Blizzard travel film with Guzu, Zibartas and GingiTV. It announces no new systems.
• Every place it names is in the client: the zones Tanaris, Westfall and Orgrimmar, the named areas Uldum, Moonbrook and the Deeprun Tram, and the dungeons Deadmines, the Ruins of Lordaeron and the Hall of Thanes.
• The two new dungeons they praise, the Ruins of Lordaeron and the Hall of Thanes, are both in the client with full boss lists.
• Guzu plays a Warrior, Zibartas a Paladin (Human Paladin at launch) and GingiTV a healer Priest; Zibartas says Shaman is his favourite on the beta. Battle Shout Battle Shout and the Priest's Heal Heal come up and match the client.
• Icecrown Citadel, the Lich King and Scarlet Halls are Wrath-era and retail content, outside the Classic-era beta. The riddle answer 'Mount Hyjal' isn't in our zone data.
• The film skips class changes, so lower down we list what else changed for the four classes it touches: Warrior, Paladin, Priest and Shaman.

Claim by claim

Named places, dungeons, items and class abilities in the film, checked against the Forever beta client.

The zones and areas it names

They set up and play out in the desert, which they keep calling Tanaris.

Gonna play some wow in the middle of Tanaris man. Blizzard, Guzu, Zibartas & GingiTV's Quest Through Denmark | WoW: Forever Journey EP.2 (5:54)

Tanaris is a zone in the client. From there they talk about heading to the Uldum gates; Uldum is a named area in the client (id 989), and in the Classic-era world the Gates of Uldum sit in southern Tanaris. The day's levelling run is in Westfall, and the riddle round later names Orgrimmar (also the Horde faction Orgrimmar), Moonbrook and the Deeprun Tram, all named areas in the client.

The two new dungeons

The class and content talk mostly lands on Forever's new dungeons. Zibartas rates both of the ones he's run.

I actually like the new dungeon design, especially Ruins of Lordaeron. Blizzard, Guzu, Zibartas & GingiTV's Quest Through Denmark | WoW: Forever Journey EP.2 (14:27)

Both are 5-player dungeons in the client. The Ruins of Lordaeron has seven bosses in our data: Witherfang, The Abandoned, The Butcher, the Lordaeron Captain, Viktor the Vile, Bjork and Rath'mael. The Hall of Thanes has four: Faldrim Anvilmar, Infurnus, Plunder and Durgen Dirgehammer. The client doesn't carry level ranges for either yet, so we can't say what level you run them at.

The riddle round

Over snacks they run a quiz of place riddles, and all the answers are in the client. "Beneath Moonbrook" points at the Deadmines, a 5-player dungeon (id 36) with eight bosses ending in Edwin VanCleef; Moonbrook is a named area (id 20) in Westfall. Another riddle is Gamon, the Orgrimmar NPC players kill for a laugh, and one is the Deeprun Tram (a named area, id 2257). The captions turn the Mount Hyjal answer into "Mount Hyman"; Mount Hyjal isn't in our zone data.

Retail memories outside the beta

A few things they reminisce about aren't in the Classic-era beta. GingiTV's sub-three-minute Scarlet Halls run is a retail-era dungeon. Zibartas names the Icecrown zone and the Lich King raid as his favourites, which are Wrath of the Lich King content. The two giant hammers he brings, a Sulfuras and a Doomhammer, are hand-built cosplay props; neither weapon is in our item data yet. The one in-game item name that does land, the "really big candy bar" joke, is a real client item (Candy Bar).

The classes they play

For the final push they make a group: Guzu on a Warrior, Zibartas on a Paladin and GingiTV healing on a Priest. Zibartas has tried most of the beta and names a different class as his pick.

I played almost every class so far on on the beta. And shaman for me, is my favourite currently. Blizzard, Guzu, Zibartas & GingiTV's Quest Through Denmark | WoW: Forever Journey EP.2 (7:27)

For launch, though, he goes for looks over the meta. Asked what he'll play, he answers:

Human Paladin. Blizzard, Guzu, Zibartas & GingiTV's Quest Through Denmark | WoW: Forever Journey EP.2 (7:44)

The only class abilities the fight names are the Warrior's Battle Shout and the Priest's healing. In the Hogger pulls Guzu calls out his shout:

I'll pop like a battle shout Blizzard, Guzu, Zibartas & GingiTV's Quest Through Denmark | WoW: Forever Journey EP.2 (20:47)

• Battle Shout Battle Shout is a Warrior ability from the trainer at level 1. It raises the melee attack power of party or raid members within 20 yards for 3 min. In Forever it lasts 3 min instead of 2, but each rank is weaker: Rank 1 gives 9 attack power and Rank 7 (level 60) gives 139 instead of Classic's 232. The client lists the 10 Rage cost; whether Rage generation changed can't be read from it.
• Heal Heal is the Priest's dedicated heal from the trainer at level 16 (GingiTV is at too low a level for it during the Hogger fight). Rank 1 heals 250 to 290 over a 3 sec cast. In Forever the top rank heals less (Rank 4 is 611 to 691 instead of 712 to 804) but low ranks scale better with healing power (Rank 1's coefficient is 0.857 instead of 0.729). When GingiTV goes "OOM", that's mana, which the server tracks and the client can't show.

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What we have, and what we don't

The client has everything the film points at that belongs to the Classic-era world: the zones (Tanaris, Westfall, Orgrimmar), the named areas (Uldum, Moonbrook, the Deeprun Tram), the three dungeons with their boss lists (Deadmines, the Ruins of Lordaeron and the Hall of Thanes) and the Candy Bar joke item. What it lacks: no NPC records for Gamon or Hogger yet, no item records for the Sulfuras and Doomhammer props, and no Mount Hyjal in our zone data. Scarlet Halls, the Icecrown zone and the Lich King raid sit outside the beta entirely as retail and Wrath content. The two new dungeons have boss lists but no level ranges in the client, and with the beta capped at level 60, there's no higher-level content to test against them yet.

What the video didn't mention

The film keeps to road-trip chat, so here is what else changed for the four classes it touches. Talent tiers open every 5 levels from 10 (tier 1 at 10, up to tier 7 at 40), so a level 60 beta character can reach every tier. Classic Era numbers are the comparison only.

Warrior

Arms

• Tactical Mastery Tactical Mastery is now a trainer ability at level 14, not a talent (new in Forever; the old talent's spell became the Improved Tactical Mastery talent). You keep extra Rage through a stance swap from early on.
• Spearing Strike Spearing Strike, a new tier 4 talent at level 25: 40% weapon damage, plus 80% more against Giants, Dragonkin and mounted targets, which it also dismounts.
• Bloodthrill Bloodthrill takes Axe Specialization's tier 5 slot at level 30: Rank 5 gives your main-hand hits on a Rend target a 20% chance to allow an Overpower.
• Weaponmaster Weaponmaster takes Mace Specialization's tier 5 slot at level 30, with a bonus set by weapon type (axe or polearm +5% crit, mace or staff ignore 15% armour, sword a chance at an extra attack).
• Thunder Clap Thunder Clap (level 6) now works in Battle or Defensive Stance, but its cooldown is 6 sec instead of 4.
• Retaliation Retaliation (level 20) is back every 15 min instead of 30.

Fury

• Lingering Rage Lingering Rage replaces Improved Demoralizing Shout at tier 2, level 15: Rank 5 adds 10 sec before your Rage starts to decay out of combat.
• Furious Precision Furious Precision replaces Improved Cleave at tier 3, level 20: Rank 3 gives 10% chance to hit with off-hand attacks.
• Improved Whirlwind Raging Blows, a new tier 4 talent at level 25: Rank 1 cuts the Rage cost of Cleave and Whirlwind by 3.
• Slam Slam gets a new Rank 1 at level 20 and now has an 18 sec cooldown instead of none.
• Demoralizing Shout Demoralizing Shout (level 14) is stronger and longer: Rank 5 is −196 attack power for 45 sec instead of −140 for 30.
• Bloodthirst Bloodthirst (tier 7, level 40) now adds 10% movement speed for 10 sec; Rank 4 is 48 instead of 45.
• Gore Drinker Gore Drinker, a new tier 6 talent at level 35: Rank 2 makes Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish and Bloodthirst heal you for 1% of max health on your next 3 hits.

Protection

• Master of Defense Master of Defense replaces Improved Shield Block at tier 3, level 20: Rank 2 gives a 100% chance to make 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry with a shield equipped.
• Vanguard Vanguard, a new tier 4 talent at level 25, lets you Charge while in Defensive Stance.
• Focused Rage Focused Rage, a new tier 5 talent at level 30: Rank 3 cuts the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3.
• Shield Block Shield Block (level 16) lasts 7 sec and blocks 2 attacks, instead of 5 sec and 1.
• Revenge Revenge (level 14) hits harder: Rank 6 is 138 to 168 instead of 81 to 99.
• Shield Wall Shield Wall (level 28) is back every 15 min instead of 30 and lasts 12 sec instead of 10, but cuts damage by 60% instead of 75%.
• Shield Slam Shield Slam (tier 7, level 40): Rank 4 is 640 to 670 instead of 342 to 358.

All 71 Warrior changes, rank by rank →

Paladin

Holy

• Reverence Reverence, a new tier 2 talent at level 15: Rank 2 keeps 30% of your mana regeneration going while casting.
• Holy Conduit Holy Conduit replaces Improved Lay on Hands at tier 3, level 20: Rank 2 cuts the mana cost of Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism and Hammer of Wrath by 40%.
• Infusion of Light Infusion of Light, a new tier 4 talent at level 25: a Holy Shock or Flash of Light crit cuts your next Holy Light cast by 1 sec.
• Oath of Light Oath of Light replaces Improved Blessing of Wisdom at tier 4, level 25: a 5 min buff that raises your Holy Light, Flash of Light and Holy Shock healing on one ally.
• Consecrated Ground Consecrated Ground, a new tier 5 talent at level 30: Rank 2 adds 10% Holy damage against the first 4 enemies in your Consecration.
• Light's Vigil Light's Vigil, a new tier 7 talent at level 40: your next Holy Shock on the target has no cooldown and heals them and their party for 315 to 333.

Protection

• Seal of Fury Seal of Fury, a new ability from level 10 (new in Forever), a threat seal for tanking.
• Sacred Duty Sacred Duty, a new tier 2 talent at level 15: Rank 2 cuts the cooldown of Divine Shield, Divine Protection and Templar's Bulwark by 60 sec.
• Templar's Bulwark Templar's Bulwark, a new tier 3 talent at level 20: an absorb shield worth 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec.
• Swift Judgement Swift Judgement, a new tier 4 talent at level 25: unleash a Seal's Judgement without consuming it, off the normal Judgement cooldown.
• Stoicism Stoicism, a new tier 5 talent at level 30: Rank 2 cuts Stun and Charm duration on you by 20%.
• Iron Creed Iron Creed replaces One-Handed Weapon Specialization at tier 6, level 35: Rank 3 adds 30% Holy Strike threat and, with Righteous Fury up, 6% damage reduction for 6 sec.
• Shieldsworn Shieldsworn, a new tier 7 talent at level 40: cuts Holy Strike's cooldown by 4 sec and makes it strike with your shield.

Retribution

• Holy Strike Holy Strike, a new ability from level 6 (new in Forever), a core melee strike for the spec.
• Sanctified Judgement Sanctified Judgement, a new tier 2 talent at level 15: Rank 3 gives Judgement a 100% chance to return 60% of the judged seal's mana cost.
• Sacred Arbiter Sacred Arbiter, a new tier 4 talent at level 25: Rank 1 adds 20% Holy Strike damage and refreshes all Judgement effects on the target.
• Champion of the Light Champion of the Light, a new tier 6 talent at level 35: Rank 5 adds spell damage worth up to 60% of your Intellect and cuts Hammer of Wrath's cast by 1 sec.
• Unsealed Wrath Unsealed Wrath, a new tier 7 talent at level 40: your attacks store a copy of your active Seal, stacking up to 3 times.
• Blessing of Might Blessing of Might (level 4) now lasts 1 hour instead of 5 min, but is weaker: Rank 7 is 133 attack power instead of 185.

All 102 Paladin changes, rank by rank →

Priest

Discipline

• Twin Disciplines Twin Disciplines, a new tier 1 talent at level 10: Rank 5 adds 5% to the damage and healing of your instant-cast spells.
• Power in Light Power in Light, a new tier 1 talent at level 10: Rank 5 adds 10% Smite and Penance damage to targets with your Holy Fire or Shadow Word: Pain.
• Holy Precision Holy Precision replaces Improved Power Word: Fortitude at tier 2, level 15: Rank 3 gives 18% hit with Holy spells.
• Penance Penance, a new tier 5 talent at level 30 (a Season of Discovery spell, now a talent): holy light for damage or healing over 2 sec, 150 mana at Rank 1.
• Power Word: Fortitude Power Word: Fortitude (level 1) now lasts 1 hour instead of 30 min and is stronger: Rank 6 is 70 Stamina instead of 54.
• Power Word: Shield Power Word: Shield (level 6) is slightly weaker: Rank 10 absorbs 928 instead of 942.

Holy

• Divine Grace Divine Grace, a new ability from level 10 (new in Forever).
• Chastise Chastise, a new ability from level 20 (new in Forever).
• Holy Binding Holy Binding, a new tier 4 talent at level 25: a Flash Heal on someone else also heals you for 50% as much, with no threat.
• Litany of Light Litany of Light replaces Improved Prayer of Healing at tier 5, level 30: Rank 2 returns 10% of a heal's base mana if your last heal was a different spell.
• Prayer of Mending Prayer of Mending, a new tier 7 talent at level 40 (a Season of Discovery spell): a heal that jumps between party members when they take damage.
• Smite Smite (level 1) does much less at the top: Rank 8 is 160 to 180 instead of 371 to 415, and you can cast it in Shadowform now.
• Renew Renew (level 8) heals less at the top: Rank 10 is 830 over 15 sec instead of 970.

Shadow

• Shadow Word: Death Shadow Word: Death, a new ability from level 32 (a Season of Discovery spell, now a class ability).
• Improved Mind Flay Improved Mind Flay, a new tier 3 talent at level 20: Rank 2 makes each Mind Flay tick hit 20% harder than the one before.
• Dark Inspiration Dark Inspiration, a new tier 4 talent at level 25: Rank 5 adds 15% Spirit to you and your party for 10 sec after Mind Blast or a full Mind Flay.
• Devouring Contagion Devouring Contagion replaces Improved Vampiric Embrace at tier 5, level 30: Rank 2 halves Devouring Plague's mana cost and spreads it when the target dies.
• Early Demise Early Demise, a new tier 6 talent at level 35: Rank 2 adds 30% Shadow Word: Death crit on targets at or below 20% health.
• Shadow Word: Pain Shadow Word: Pain (level 4) ticks for less: Rank 8 is 762 over 18 sec instead of 852, but scales better with spell power.
• Mind Blast Mind Blast (level 10): Rank 9 is 472 to 498 instead of 503 to 531.

All 89 Priest changes, rank by rank →

Shaman

Elemental

• Earthbound Earthbound, a new tier 4 talent at level 25: your Earthbind Totem roots nearby enemies for 5 sec when cast.
• Lava Burst Lava Burst, a new tier 5 talent at level 30 (a Season of Discovery spell): 107 to 139 Fire damage, 20% more with Flame Shock on the target.
• Lightning Overload Lightning Overload, a new tier 5 talent at level 30: Rank 3 gives Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning a 10% chance to fire a second time for half damage.
• Call of the Elements Call of the Elements (level 20), Call of the Ancestors Call of the Ancestors (level 30) and Call of the Spirits Call of the Spirits (level 40) are new abilities that drop a saved set of totems at once.
• Lightning Bolt Lightning Bolt (level 1) does much less at the top: Rank 10 is 185 to 207 instead of 419 to 467, and its higher ranks cast in 2.5 sec instead of 3.
• Earth Shock Earth Shock (level 4): Rank 7 is 293 to 309 instead of 517 to 545.
• Flame Shock Flame Shock (level 10): Rank 6 is 166 up front plus 176 over 12 sec, instead of 292 plus 320.

Enhancement

• Shamanistic Focus Shamanistic Focus replaces Two-Handed Axes and Maces at tier 3, level 20: Rank 1 cuts the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.
• Improved Stormstrike Improved Stormstrike, a new tier 5 talent at level 30: Rank 2 gives 50% mana regen while casting for 15 sec after Stormstrike, and resets its cooldown on a Dodge or Parry.
• Maelstrom Weapon Maelstrom Weapon replaces Weapon Mastery at tier 6, level 35: melee hits can cut your next Lightning Bolt's cast time and cost, stacking up to 5 times.
• Spirit Weapons Spirit Weapons now sits in the old Parry slot at tier 5, level 30, reworked into a parry-and-threat talent.
• Rockbiter Weapon Rockbiter Weapon (level 1) and Flametongue Weapon Flametongue Weapon (level 10) now last 60 minutes instead of 5.

Restoration

• Mindfulness Mindfulness, a new tier 2 talent at level 15: Rank 3 keeps 50% of your mana regeneration going while casting.
• Water Shield Water Shield replaces Totemic Mastery at tier 3, level 20 (a Season of Discovery spell): three water globes that restore 2% of your mana when you are hit or crit.
• Riptide Riptide, a new tier 7 talent at level 40 (a Season of Discovery spell): heals 456 to 504 up front plus 445 over 15 sec and boosts your next Chain Heal.
• Healing Wave Healing Wave (level 1) heals less at the top: Rank 10 is 1508 to 1722 instead of 1620 to 1850, but low ranks scale better with healing power.
• Tremor Totem Tremor Totem (level 18) now lasts 5 min instead of 2.

Weapon and armour skills

• Dual Wield can't be learned by a Shaman in Forever; in Classic Era they had it from level 1.

All 86 Shaman changes, rank by rank →

Sources

• Guzu, Zibartas & GingiTV's Quest Through Denmark | WoW: Forever Journey EP.2 (World of Warcraft, YouTube)
• Blizzard's Forever Journey EP.1 in Norway (ForeverDB)
• Ruins of Lordaeron in the WoW Forever client (ForeverDB)
• The Hall of Thanes in the WoW Forever client (ForeverDB)
• Paladin: changes from Classic Era (ForeverDB, from the client)