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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’sPatch 10.07 opened up the Forbidden Reach zone, allowing you to fully explore the home of Dracthyr and discover the next step of the Primalist’s plan. You will be able to farm quick catch-up gear for alts and empower your main with a special new item.
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This guide will tell you everything you need to know about the Forbidden Reach zone, including how to access it, the daily/weekly activities you want to look out for, and what rewards can come your way from taking part.
Navigating The Forbidden Reach
Upon Razagath’s defeat in theVault of Incarnatesraid, the storm surrounding the Dragon Isles has receded, and you’re able to now fly over to the Forbidden Reach. Taking the breadcrumb quest calledHidden Legaciesin Valdrakken, you can eithermanually Dragonrideover to the new zone, or take one of the handy newflight paths.
The main story quest line will take you around the zone, showing you most of the places of interest, alongside a couple of great new cinematics. Focusing on the story of thePrimalistsand the newly awakened Dracthyr, you will discover that there is division among their ranks, and prepare to faceScalecommander Sarkarethin the next patches' raid;Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible.
The Forbidden Reach is not particularly large, and you will be able to access most of its locations via Dragon Riding.
However, many key areas such as theWar CrecheorFroststone Vaultare located underground, and you will not be able to use your handy Dragon to fly around them.
What Should You Do In The Forbidden Reach
The main story quest chain on the Forbidden Reach is not particularly long, and you will soon find yourself free to partake in its repeated content sources. Activities that the Forbidden Reach has to offer include:
Most of these can be encountered in the open world and will visually be shown on your map. MostRares,Forbidden Hoards,World Quests,andEvolved Stormswill be visible, although they all have differing spawn times.
Forbidden Hoardsare essentially just loot chests that you will need to defend from a few waves of mobs to unlock. They are normally opened quite quickly, so be ready to fly on over to the map marker once they spawn. They drop similar loot to the Rares but are required for a few different achievements. TheEvolved Stormsare an event whereby you need to kill a specified boss outside theFroststone Vault. The elemental theme will be totally random and will always provide you with arandom Primordial Stone.
Your priorities will differ depending on what rewards you’re looking to farm, and if you have a well-geared main character then you might want to prioritise theZskera VaultsandEvolved Storms, as these are the major sources of end-game power via theOnyx Annulet Ring.
Rareswork slightly differently in this zone, with some beingrestricted behind your professions. Various items will drop from random mobs, that can be turned into anepic versionvia one of the recipes sold byTrader Hag’arthin Morqut Village. You can’t trade these items, so you will be reliant on other players to spawn the rares your professions can’t.
This system makes theChampion of the Forbidden Reachachievement quite difficult to complete, so try asking friends or searching in the group finder for the rares you’re struggling to find.
42, 60
37, 31
26, 41
44, 79
43, 90
41, 14
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61, 58
Mad-Eye Curry
69, 46
Found in a cave, you must kill off his lieutenants before he can be damaged.
36, 11
67, 55
46, 19
72, 67
74, 54
59, 49
Warden Entrix
43, 84
Can drop theWakynBattle Pet. Found beyond the teleporter in theWar Creche.
61, 30
69, 54
56, 39
67, 61
67, 75
63, 61
80, 58
40, 53
54, 45
55, 51
55, 36
47, 64
46, 78
54, 72
44, 74
61, 26
70, 41
23, 67
47, 90
35, 40
75, 31
56, 59
61, 64
49, 41
48, 37
28, 57
42, 44
81, 33
48, 49
37, 47
64, 72
74, 36
45, 42
70, 46
45, 36
50, 86
57, 48
31, 53
60, 91
RequiresTailoringitem to spawn (Traditional Morqut Kite).
Every Rare has the chance to drop theAncient Salamanthermountonce per day.
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Forbidden Reach Rewards
There are a variety of rewards that you may gain from the Forbidden Reach. The most common will beElemental Overflow, a currency that has been available since the expansion’s launch but is now available in large quantities. This can be spent on various items and collectibles sold by the NPCs inMorqut Village.
Token of Blessing x1
Temporary Buff
Elemental Overflow x2000
To help any new or alt characters, most activities in the Forbidden Reach will provide you with randomisedPrimalist Gear. These are385 ilvltokens that can be mailed to any character on your account and can be used to funnel gear or provide some catchup, as they cover every item slot.
The gear can be upgraded to395 ilvlwithUntapped Forbidden Knowledge, another currency that will come from the same sources.
This patch has only one new reputation: theObsidian Warders(Alliance) or theDark Talons(Horde). However, the newEnvoy systemallows you to specialise your reputation gains with any of the original four Dragonflight Renowns. Each day you may select a Renown, which will provide aten percent increase to all reputation gained with them, alongside an extra daily. You can select your daily Envoy from theScroll next to the faction NPCsin Morqut Village.
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