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Excavation Site: Wetlands
Level band24–29
Group Finder26
Doorunlisted
Bosses4
Quests0
A dig gone wrong above Whelgar's Excavation in the Wetlands, recommended 24–29 by Blizzard. Four bosses in the client; the Wetlands got new quests in Forever that lead here.
Before you zone in
- Blizzard's own recommendation is 24–29, lower than the 26–31 that early fan charts printed.
Bosses and loot
Saltspine · Client-named
No recorded drops for this name yet.
Shadetooth · Client-named
No recorded drops for this name yet.
Highland Horror · Client-named
No recorded drops for this name yet.
Relic Guardian · Client-named
No recorded drops for this name yet.
Questions players ask
What level is Excavation Site: Wetlands in WoW Forever?
24–29 is the recommended band; Group Finder lists it from level 26. The band is a planning figure, not an entry lock.
Where is Excavation Site: Wetlands?
Above Whelgar's Excavation, Wetlands. A dig gone wrong above Whelgar's Excavation in the Wetlands, recommended 24–29 by Blizzard. Four bosses in the client; the Wetlands got new quests in Forever that lead here.
Sources for this record
- Official new-dungeon overview: Blizzard, 20 October 2026: nine new five-player dungeons. Excavation Site: recommended 24–29. Group Finder and door minimum remain separate fields.
- Official recommended ranges: Kaivax, 15 September 2026. Krol’dok 40–45.
- What’s Next recap: Named the new instances and their places in the world.
- Forever Beta now live: First-week instances already in test.
- Deep Dive recap: Same faction and same ruleset to group for dungeons.
- Excavation Site: Wetlands update: Historical: the 1 October notes listed 26–31. The 20 October official overview lists 24–29.
- DungeonEncounter (Wago Tools mirror): Build 1.60.1.70235, MapID 2998. Encounter names matched in this client-table mirror.
- MapDifficulty (Wago Tools mirror): Build 1.60.1.70235, same build as DungeonEncounter. MaxPlayers per difficulty. This table is not used to reassign the published encounter list.
- Public creature-cache report (build 69913): Quest, NPC, reward, Group Finder and door-entry figures as that public report printed them. Group Finder and door numbers have not been independently verified against client tables.
Drops are community loot records and client tables checked against Wowhead Forever tooltips, not an official drop table. Updated 2026-10-24.