Mount Hyjal is the new endgame zone of World of Warcraft: Forever, in northern Kalimdor between Felwood and Winterspring, and you walk in from Winterspring through Darkwhisper Gorge. The live game’s Group Finder lists it for levels 55 to 60, both of its flight points serve Alliance and Horde, and on December 9 it opens two raids: Hyjal Summit for 20 players and the Barrow Deeps for 10. This WoW Forever Mount Hyjal guide shows how to get in, what each of its nine subzones holds, which reputations and materials the zone brings, and what a fresh level 60 should do there before the raids.
Blizzard’s What’s Next panel recap sends players to Hyjal to “explore the aftermath of Archimonde’s defeat”. In its October 19 video Your Leveling Journey Past 30, as Icy Veins summarized it, Hyjal’s gates have been shut for five years and you help the Druids of the Talon heal the land. It is the highest of Forever’s four new zones; our Riverglades and Shen’dralas guides cover two others.
How solid this is: levels, subzones, flight points, factions and items come from the live game’s data (build 1.60.1.70790 of November 4, still the newest on November 5). Raid facts are Blizzard’s. Boss lists, the Heavy Thorium location and a flask recipe come from Warcraft Wiki, written from pre-launch data. On November 5, a day after launch, we found no player reports from inside the zone, so quest hubs and node spawns aren’t here yet. Every other launch guide is in our WoW Forever hub.
What Level Is Mount Hyjal in WoW Forever?
Mount Hyjal is a level 55 to 60 zone by the live game’s own Group Finder, which lists it as a questing zone with exactly that range. Blizzard hasn’t given the zone a level. Its raids are level 60, and Blizzard’s raid overview of October 20 calls the Barrow Deeps a maximum-level raid.
The rest of the game data points the same way. Hyjal’s nine subzones carry no area level, unlike the Riverglades’ subzones, which run from 36 to 44 in the same data. Darkwhisper Gorge, the Winterspring area you cross on the way in, is a level 60 area. The zone’s flasks need level 55, and its reputation rings, the Rousing Seed Pod and the crafted Elderwild armor all need level 60.
Our advice: go at 58 to 60. The Group Finder’s windows are wide (it shows Winterspring at 53 to 63 and the Riverglades at 33 to 54), and Hyjal’s reputations and raids only pay off at 60. Our WoW Forever zones by level guide uses the same Group Finder range of 55 to 60.
How to Get to Mount Hyjal
You reach Mount Hyjal on foot through Darkwhisper Gorge at the southern end of Winterspring, and both factions use the same way in. Once you have the Tainted Foothills flight point, Everlook flies you straight there.
- Fly to Everlook in Winterspring. Alliance and Horde both have a flight master there, and its inn is a good hearthstone spot for the weeks before the raids.
- Ride south to Darkwhisper Gorge. From Everlook to the Hyjal entrance at the gorge’s western end is about 2,300 yards in a straight line (our measurement on Forever’s maps). Forever keeps Classic’s monsters in the original zones, so expect elite Frostmaul giants near the mouth of the gorge and elite demons inside it. Stay on the road; our Winterspring farming guide shows where those elites stand.
- Follow the gorge west into Mount Hyjal. The road enters the zone’s south-east corner at about 87, 74 on the Hyjal map. The game data describes the crossing as passing “through the druidic wards”.
- Take the Tainted Foothills flight point at 55.1, 82.5, about 1,100 yards west of where you enter. From then on, Everlook flies you to it directly.
Mount Hyjal has no attunement: you ride in through Darkwhisper Gorge without a quest (checked in the live game, November 6). The game data holds internal entries named “Hyjal Attunement”, but they don’t gate the zone. One thing is still open: Forever’s Hyjal map shows a second road leaving the zone in the north-east, ending at a gate symbol. Where it comes out isn’t documented yet.
Mount Hyjal Flight Paths
Mount Hyjal has two flight points, and both serve Alliance and Horde in the live game’s flight data: Tainted Foothills near the way in and Summit of Eternity below the World Tree. Only Tainted Foothills connects to the outside world.
| Flight point | Map position | Faction | Flies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tainted Foothills | 55.1, 82.5 | Both | Everlook, Summit of Eternity |
| Summit of Eternity | 68.6, 44.1 | Both | Tainted Foothills only |
The summit is therefore two hops from Everlook. Our WoW Forever flight paths guide has the full network for both factions.
Teleports to Mount Hyjal for Engineers
The live game’s data has two Hyjal teleporters. The Dimensional Transporter – Mt. Hyjal needs Engineering 300 and level 60. The EZ and SAF Field Transporter: Mt. Hyjal is a trinket any level 60 character can use, so an engineer can make it for you. Both send you to Kaylaena’s Workshop on Mount Hyjal, a place nobody has located yet. Where the schematics drop is unknown; our WoW Forever engineering guide covers the other new teleporters. Goblin engineers still have the Dimensional Ripper – Everlook from Classic.
Mount Hyjal Map and Subzones
Mount Hyjal has nine subzones in the live game’s data. You enter in the Tainted Foothills in the south-east; the road runs west through Felblood Scar and Malorne’s Retreat, north past Mourning’s Rest and the Cradle of Tranquility, and east over Dae’gun to the Summit of Eternity. Positions are the middle of each area’s map highlight; descriptions come from the game’s internal area names and the map art.
| Subzone | Where | What’s there |
|---|---|---|
| Tainted Foothills | South-east (71, 73) | The first area past Darkwhisper Gorge, with two fel-green pools and the flight point at its western end. |
| Felblood Scar | South (46, 77) | Tents around fel-green pools; the internal name marks it as a warlock camp. |
| Malorne’s Retreat | South-west (29, 71) | Named for Malorne, the White Stag and father of Cenarius. The road from the south bends north here. |
| Mourning’s Rest | West (24, 53) | Gravestones on the map; the internal name marks it as undead ground. |
| Elderwild | Far west (14, 50) | A village by its internal name. The data also holds an Elderwild Construction Hammer and crafted Elderwild armor, which hints at a rebuilding story (our reading). |
| Cradle of Tranquility | West of the middle (34, 42) | A lake fed by a stream, on the road between Mourning’s Rest and Dae’gun. |
| Dae’gun | North (55, 37) | Demons by its internal name. The map draws a spiked camp, with a fortress symbol north of it. |
| Shrine of Aviana | Middle (51, 59) | A shrine to Aviana, the demigod the Druids of the Talon follow, with a tower east of it. |
| Summit of Eternity | North-east (78, 35) | The World Tree Nordrassil, the Summit of Eternity flight point (68.6, 44.1) and, near the tree, the way into Hyjal Summit. Warcraft Wiki places Thisalee Crow, a level 60 druid friendly to both factions, at 69.0, 49.8. |
The live game also has an “Explore Mount Hyjal” achievement for uncovering the whole zone map.
Mount Hyjal Reputations: Guardians of Hyjal, Barkskin Burrow and The Watchers
Three new reputations in the live game’s data belong to Mount Hyjal and its raids, and all three are open to both factions. The rewards below are the items the data sells for reputation; quest rewards don’t show up this way.
| Faction | Who they are (game text) | You start at | Rewards found |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardians of Hyjal | A splinter faction of the Cenarion Circle that protects Mount Hyjal | Neutral | Rousing Seed Pod (Revered, 10 gold), Guardians of Hyjal Tabard (Exalted, 25 gold) |
| Barkskin Burrow | One of the few furbolg tribes untouched by corruption, working to bring harmony back to Hyjal | Hostile, 3,400 short of Neutral | None listed yet |
| The Watchers | Night elf jailers and marshals who guard a network of underground prisons | Neutral | Signet rings from Friendly to Exalted; Nelanna’s Enchanted Jewel at Honored |
The Rousing Seed Pod is the reward to plan around. It raises the number of Artisan’s Tier items you can wear at once to two. Artisan’s Tier is the game’s limit group for crafted epic set pieces, such as the Spiritcaller set, and it normally allows one. The Seed Pod needs level 60.
The Watchers sell four ring lines (Ferocity, Brilliance, Resolve and Vigilance), each in four steps: Initiate’s at Friendly for 5 gold, Tracker’s at Honored for 8 gold, Watcher’s at Revered for 12 gold and Warden’s at Exalted for 20 gold. The last two are epic, and all need level 60. The data doesn’t say how you earn Watchers reputation. Blizzard describes the Barrow Deeps as a prison with wardens, so the raid is the likely source, but that is our reading.
Gathering in Mount Hyjal: Heavy Thorium, Death Lotus and Hyjal Flasks
Mount Hyjal is where WoW Forever’s new level 60 materials point. What is known as of November 5:
- Heavy Thorium Ore: Warcraft Wiki says it comes from Heavy Thorium Veins in Mount Hyjal. You smelt it at a Molten Foundry, the Mining 300 camp object, as our mining leveling guide explains. The skill needed to mine it is unknown.
- Death Lotus: the glove enchant Lotus Claw gives “a small chance to acquire Death Lotus when gathering any herb in Hyjal” (live game text). The enchant itself costs a Death Lotus, and the herb sells to vendors for 15 silver.
- Marefoil and Demonsage: new level 60 herbs with no published location yet. Hyjal is our guess, as in our herb farming guide.
- Flasks of Natural Accuracy, Aggression, Precision and Swiftness: 60 Stamina for two hours plus, only in Mount Hyjal, Hyjal Summit and the Barrow Deeps, 5% hit, 4% crit, a 5% lower chance to be dodged or parried, or 5% haste. They need level 55 and Alchemy 300. Warcraft Wiki lists Swiftness at one Death Lotus, 18 Marefoil, 6 Icecap and an Imbued Vial. Where the recipes drop is unknown.
- Ketharas’ Hyjal Stew: food that makes you Well Fed and 15% faster while in Hyjal. Its source is unknown.
Icecap, the other flask herb, grows only in Winterspring, on your way in.
Hyjal Summit and Barrow Deeps: Raid Entrances and What Blizzard Said
Mount Hyjal’s two raids open on December 9, the same day as the 40-player Onyxia’s Lair, and Blizzard’s raid overview says all raids are currently planned to reset weekly. Our WoW Forever release date and raid timeline has every date. Forever’s Hyjal Summit is a new 20-player raid, not the Burning Crusade raid of the same name.
| Raid | Players | Bosses | Entrance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyjal Summit | 20 | 13 | At the peak of Mount Hyjal near the World Tree Nordrassil. The Summit of Eternity flight point is about 250 yards from the tree (our measurement). |
| Barrow Deeps | 10 | 8 | Several entrances connected to Mount Hyjal, Winterspring and Blackmaw Hold; exact spots not published |
Hyjal Summit begins with a battle against an ancient guardian, Blizzard says. After that, raid groups choose between several paths across the mountain, through ruins above and below ground, before the final encounters.
The Barrow Deeps lie beneath Kalimdor: the prison that held Illidan Stormrage for 10,000 years. The Blackmaw Hold side matches Blizzard’s dungeon overview, which says the deepest reaches of Blackmaw Hold, the level 55 to 60 dungeon in Azshara, may lead “even farther below Azeroth”. Nobody has placed the Winterspring or Hyjal entrances yet.
The bosses: the live game’s statistics count kills of The Wild King in Hyjal Summit and Sonya Darkhallow in the Barrow Deeps, and each raid has a Conqueror achievement worth 1 Legacy Point. Warcraft Wiki’s lists, built from game data before launch, name all 21:
- Hyjal Summit (13): Bandalar, Time-Lost Battalion, Old Gloomlurker, Kathris the Haunted, Elder Minderel, Council of Thorns, The Wild King, Ancient of Decay, Sylvesteris Dusksong, Gharalis the Abyssal, Anara Chillwind, Tracker Stillwind, Nythus the Dreambound.
- Barrow Deeps (8): Deepscar Matriarch, Khalith the Dreadspinner, Amethrax, Ravus and Darlissa, Elder Tangleclaw, Well of Sorrow, Del’lynar Songwood, Sonya Darkhallow.
Blizzard’s What’s Next recap also promises new tier sets and a legendary reward from these raids. The only raid attunement Blizzard has announced is Onyxia’s; our WoW Forever Onyxia attunement guide has both faction chains.
What to Do in Mount Hyjal Before the Raids
A character who reaches 60 before December 9 should, in this order:
- Unlock both flight points and set your hearthstone in Everlook.
- Quest for the Guardians of Hyjal and push toward Revered for the Rousing Seed Pod if you plan to wear crafted Artisan’s Tier pieces.
- Gather while you quest: miners for Heavy Thorium, herbalists with a Lotus Claw enchant for Death Lotus. Both are new level 60 materials with few known sources.
- Alchemists: watch for the Natural flask recipes, whose flasks only work where raiders will be from December 9.
- Start the Onyxia attunement on the side; it needs several Blackrock Depths and Blackrock Spire runs.
- Gear up in the level 60 dungeons. Blackmaw Hold (55 to 60) sits on one of the paths into the Barrow Deeps.
Mount Hyjal FAQ
What level is Mount Hyjal in WoW Forever?
Mount Hyjal is a level 55 to 60 zone, going by the live game’s Group Finder. Its raids, Hyjal Summit and the Barrow Deeps, are level 60.
How do you get to Mount Hyjal in WoW Forever?
Fly to Everlook, ride south into Darkwhisper Gorge and follow it west into the zone, then take the Tainted Foothills flight point. After that, Everlook flies you straight in.
Is Mount Hyjal Alliance or Horde?
Both. Its two flight points serve both factions, and its reputations (Guardians of Hyjal, Barkskin Burrow and The Watchers) are open to everyone.
Where is the Hyjal Summit entrance?
Near the World Tree Nordrassil at the top of the Summit of Eternity, according to Blizzard. The exact spot wasn’t published by November 5; the Summit of Eternity flight point is the closest.
Where is the Barrow Deeps entrance?
Blizzard says the Barrow Deeps has several entrances connected to Mount Hyjal, Winterspring and Blackmaw Hold. Their exact spots weren’t published as of November 5.
When do the Mount Hyjal raids open?
On December 9, 2026, together with Onyxia’s Lair. Hyjal Summit takes 20 players, the Barrow Deeps 10.
Sources: Blizzard’s raid overview, What’s Next panel recap, dungeon overview and the video Your Leveling Journey Past 30; subzones, Group Finder levels, flight points, factions, items and spell texts from the live client’s game data (build 1.60.1.70790); boss lists, Heavy Thorium and the flask recipe from Warcraft Wiki; the video summary from Icy Veins. Screenshot and map: Blizzard Entertainment.