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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's Patch 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 the Vault of Incarnates raid, the storm surrounding the Dragon Isles has receded, and you can now fly over to the Forbidden Reach. Taking the breadcrumb quest called Hidden Legacies in Valdrakken, you can either manually Dragonride over to the new zone, or take one of the handy new flight 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 the Primalists and the newly awakened Dracthyr, you will discover that there is division among their ranks, and prepare to face Scalecommander Sarkareth in 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 the War Creche or Froststone Vault are 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:
- World Quests (Daily/bi-weekly)
- New Dragon Glyphs (One time only)
- Rare Farming
- Forbidden Hoards (30-minute spawn time)
- Evolved Storms (Two hour spawn time)
- Renown Envoys (Daily cooldown)
- Zskera Vaults (Resets weekly)
Most of these can be encountered in the open world and will visually be shown on your map. Most Rares, Forbidden Hoards, World Quests, and Evolved Storms will be visible, although they all have differing spawn times.
Forbidden Hoards are 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. The Evolved Storms are an event whereby you need to kill a specified boss outside the Froststone Vault. The elemental theme will be totally random and will always provide you with a random 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 the Zskera Vaults and Evolved Storms, as these are the major sources of end-game power via the Onyx Annulet Ring.
Rares work slightly differently in this zone, with some being restricted behind your professions. Various items will drop from random mobs, that can be turned into an epic version via one of the recipes sold by Trader Hag'arth in 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 the Champion of the Forbidden Reach achievement quite difficult to complete, so try asking friends or searching in the group finder for the rares you're struggling to find.
The Forbidden Reach rare locations are as follows:
Rare Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Bonesifter Marwark | 42, 60 | Can drop the Ashenwing Battle Pet. |
Duzalgor | 37, 31 | Find a Toxin Antidote to counter the choking gas. |
Gahz'raxes | 26, 41 | Found in an underwater cave. |
Galakhad | 44, 79 | Up high on the snowy mountain. |
Grugoth the Hullcrusher | 43, 90 | Down by the shoreline. |
Ishyra | 41, 14 | - |
Lady Shaz'ra | 61, 58 | Found inside a cave behind the waterfall. |
Mad-Eye Curry | 69, 46 | Found in a cave, you must kill off his lieutenants before he can be damaged. |
Ookbeard | 36, 11 | - |
Pyrachniss | 67, 55 | Found at the central lava layer of the War Creche. |
Reisa the Drowned | 46, 19 | Found in a small cave. |
Veltrax | 72, 67 | Found in the middle of the Naga cavern. |
Volcanakk | 74, 54 | Resides at the back of the Siege Creche. |
Vraken the Hunter | 59, 49 | Can drop the Scruffles Battle Pet. |
Warden Entrix | 43, 84 | Can drop the Wakyn Battle Pet. Found beyond the teleporter in the War Creche. |
Wyrmslayer Angvardi | 61, 30 | Very high up, on the tower above Froststone Vault. |
Agni Blazehoof | 69, 54 56, 39 67, 61 | Requires Alchemy item to spawn (Draconic Suppression Powder). |
Tidesmith Zarviss | 67, 75 63, 61 80, 58 | Requires Blacksmithing item to spawn (Ancient Ceremonial Trident). |
Luttrok | 40, 53 54, 45 55, 51 | Requires Cooking item to spawn (Sparkling Spice Pouch). |
Manathema | 55, 36 47, 64 46, 78 | Requires Enchanting item to spawn (Glowing Crystal Bookmark). |
Fimbol | 54, 72 44, 74 61, 26 | Requires Engineering item to spawn (Gnomish Voicebox). |
Sir Pinchalot | 70, 41 23, 67 47, 90 | Requires Fishing item to spawn (Elusive Croaking Crab). |
Kangalo | 35, 40 40, 53 75, 31 56, 59 | Requires Herbalism item to spawn (Dormant Lifebloom Seeds). |
Arcantrix | 61, 64 49, 41 48, 37 | Requires Inscription item to spawn (Arcane Dispelling Rune). |
Amephyst | 28, 57 42, 44 81, 33 | Requires Jewelcrafting item to spawn (Crystal Tuning Fork). |
Snarfang | 48, 49 37, 47 64, 72 | Requires Leatherworking item to spawn (Reinforced Pristine Leather). |
Tectonus | 74, 36 45, 42 | Requires Mining item to spawn (Amplified Quaking Stone). |
Faunos | 70, 46 45, 36 50, 86 | Requires Skinning item to spawn (Razor-Sharp Animal Bone). |
Gareed | 57, 48 31, 53 60, 91 | Requires Tailoring item to spawn (Traditional Morqut Kite). |
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Every Rare has the chance to drop the Ancient Salamanther mount once per day.
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Forbidden Reach Rewards
There are a variety of rewards that you can gain from the Forbidden Reach. The most common will be Elemental 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 in Morqut Village.
Item | Faction | Item Type | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
Dragonscale Surplus Cache | Dragonscale Expedition | Loot Chest | Draconic Artifact x1 |
Sack of Oddities | Dragonscale Expedition | Loot Chest | Elemental Overflow x2000 |
Reliquary Scroll of Perception | Dragonscale Expedition | Temporary Buff | Elemental Overflow x2000 |
Iskaara Supply Bag | Iskaara Tuskarr | Loot Chest | Wondrous Fish x1 |
Buckie | Iskaara Tuskarr | Battle Pet | Elemental Overflow x25000 |
Morqut Hearth Totem | Iskaara Tuskarr | Teleport | Elemental Overflow x2000 |
Maruuk Surplus Bundle | Maruuk Centaur | Loot Chest | Token of Blessing x1 |
Noble Bruffalon | Maruuk Centaur | Mount | Elemental Overflow x100000 |
Essence of Divination | Maruuk Centaur | Temporary Buff | Elemental Overflow x2000 |
Valdrakken Surplus Chest | Valdrakken Accord | Loot Chest | Mysterious Writings x1 |
Windborne Velocidrake: Exposed Finned Neck | Valdrakken Accord | Dragon Riding Customisation | Elemental Overflow x2500 |
Highland Drake: Tapered Nose | Valdrakken Accord | Dragon Riding Customisation | Elemental Overflow x2500 |
Azure Scrying Crystal | Valdrakken Accord | Temporary Buff | Elemental Overflow x2000 |
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To help any new or alt characters, most activities in the Forbidden Reach will provide you with randomised Primalist Gear. These are 385 ilvl tokens 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 to 395 ilvl with Untapped Forbidden Knowledge, another currency that will come from the same sources.
This patch has only one new reputation: the Obsidian Warders (Alliance) or the Dark Talons (Horde). However, the new Envoy system allows you to specialise your reputation gains with any of the original four Dragonflight Renowns. Each day you may select a Renown, which will provide a ten percent increase to all reputation gained with them, alongside an extra daily. You can select your daily Envoy from the Scroll next to the faction NPCs in Morqut Village.
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