Quick Guide
In the v0.124.0 menu we inspected, Elwynn Forest was open and Duskwood required defeating Edwin VanCleef there. Each later locked zone named a boss in the preceding zone; check your current menu for changes.
- Choose a class and inspect its zone picker.
- Start with Elwynn Forest and check the boss schedule on its card.
- For a locked zone, read the named boss and preceding zone in the lock message.
The browser game's zone picker shows a chain of 12 zones for our fresh Warrior on build 0.124.0. The table transcribes the menu's unlock instructions; we have not independently completed every zone or tested every unlock.
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Zone unlock order
The following conditions are taken from the locked-zone labels on the browser menu. They are not a record of completed runs, and a later game update may change them. The menu showed 1 of 12 zones open for our fresh Warrior.
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| Zone | Menu says to defeat |
|---|---|
| Elwynn Forest | Available in our fresh session |
| Duskwood | Edwin VanCleef in Elwynn Forest |
| Warsong Gulch | Morbent Fel in Duskwood |
| Un’Goro Crater | Lord Kazzak in Warsong Gulch |
| Arathi Basin | King Mosh in Un’Goro Crater |
| Feralas | Lord Aliden Perenolde in Arathi Basin |
| Gurubashi Arena | King Gordok in Feralas |
| Scarlet Monastery | Hakkar the Soulflayer in Gurubashi Arena |
| Alterac Valley | High Inquisitor Whitemane in Scarlet Monastery |
| Blackrock Mountain | Azuregos in Alterac Valley |
| Gates of Ahn’Qiraj | Nefarian in Blackrock Mountain |
| Naxxramas | C’Thun in Gates of Ahn’Qiraj |
Elwynn Forest boss schedule
If this is your first run, the beginner guide covers character selection and the opening controls. The Elwynn Forest card lists these times and bosses. They are the schedule shown before entering; our test has not independently observed all five encounters or confirmed the timing under every difficulty.
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| Time | Boss |
|---|---|
| 3:00 | Hogger |
| 6:00 | Mother Fang |
| 9:00 | Rhahk’Zor |
| 12:00 | Mr. Smite |
| 16:00 | Edwin VanCleef |
Elwynn Forest difficulty and Heroic unlocks
Select Elwynn Forest, then open Difficulty beside the zone-entry button. In our fresh Paladin session on v0.127.0, Normal was selected and all five Heroic rows displayed a message to beat Elwynn Forest on Normal with this class to open Heroic. The menu also says beating Heroic N here opens the next level for every class and lets this class's gear from this zone reach N stars.
The table records the menu labels for this zone and session. We have not cleared Normal with this Paladin, unlocked a Heroic level, tested the modifiers in combat or verified how star upgrades apply. Check your own character's lock message and the current menu.
On 29 October 2026, the same screen listed Sanguine from Heroic III: a slain elite leaves a pool that heals enemies standing in it. It listed Explosive from Heroic V: orbs emerge from the horde and only direct hits hurt them. These were the menu's weekly descriptions, not combat tests; the displayed affixes can change, so read the current list before entering.
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| Difficulty | Health | Damage | Marks | Loot and talent XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | As zone is | As zone is | ×0.5 | Not stated |
| Heroic I | ×1.79 | ×1.65 | ×1 | ×1.3 |
| Heroic II | ×1.97 | ×1.77 | ×1.25 | ×1.4 |
| Heroic III | ×2.16 | ×1.88 | ×1.5 | ×1.5 |
| Heroic IV | ×2.45 | ×2.01 | ×2 | ×1.6 |
| Heroic V | ×2.72 | ×2.16 | ×2.5 | ×1.7 |
Check the selected class before co-op
The co-op host screen says each joining player needs the selected zone and difficulty open on their own class. Check your picker before joining a later zone; the co-op setup guide explains how to host and join a room. The screen gives this requirement; we have not tested every locked-zone join case.
Sources
Reviewed:
0.124.0
The zone order and boss schedule were read from a fresh Warrior's v0.124.0 menu. The Elwynn difficulty and weekly-affix menu was inspected separately on v0.127.0; its unlocks and modifiers were not tested in combat.