WoW Forever Beta New Maps and Zones Datamined (Build 1.60.1.70009)

We compared the map and zone lists in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70009, with the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.69722. The beta client has 72 maps against Era's 59, and 1,371 zone and subzone entries against Era's 1,212. That is 159 new zone entries. Five of them are internal developer entries (scratch maps plus an unused and a prototype area), which leaves 154 real ones. Six existing entries get a new name or parent, and a seventh only loses a trailing space in its name.

A map or zone in the client files is not a promise that you can go there. Some of these may be unfinished or cut before launch. What follows is only what the beta client build 1.60.1.70009 contains.

New maps

The client tags each map with a type. We list that type as the client gives it.

Map	Type in the client
Zephras Isle	open world
Warsong Gulch (Winter)	open world
Dalaran City	open world
Eastern Kingdoms Preserved	open world
City of Dalaran	dungeon type instance
Excavation Site: Wetlands	dungeon type instance
Ruins of Lordaeron	dungeon type instance
Half-Pint Tavern	dungeon type instance
The Hall of Thanes	dungeon type instance
Manor Mistmantle	dungeon type instance
Darkspear Islands	battleground
Battle for Gilneas	battleground
Hyjal Crater	arena

The client also has a 14th new map row with a placeholder name, which we are leaving out.

Zephras Isle

Zephras Isle is the largest new place by zone count. The beta client lists 28 area entries on its map, the Zephras Isle zone itself plus 27 named areas, including Thendal Village, Thendal Grove, Shen'dar Highlands, Shen'dar Village, Valanaar, Valanaar Skydocks, Windsong Lake, Gustberry Lowlands, Shadowgale Forest, Rohashi Spires, Shrine of Akir, Sanctum of Storms, Ruins of Ban'aethal, Skywall, Falaath Village and Fairweather Stables. It also has a set of standing stones (Windsong, Overlook and Thendal) and two pylon watchtowers.

New areas in the Eastern Kingdoms

Gilneas and Ruins of Gilneas are new top level zones. Gilneas City and The Blackwald sit under Ruins of Gilneas.
Riverglades is a new top level zone, with Twilight's Shroud, Sunnyglade, Farholde Keep and Krol'dok Stronghold under it.
Tirisfal Glades gains Bandarion Keep and Whispering Forest.
Dun Morogh gains the Ironforge Submarine Facility.
Stormwind City gains Stormwind Harbor.
Alterac Mountains gains Old Dalaran Ruins.
Wetlands gains Dragonmaw Retreat.
Whelgar's Excavation Site is listed as its own top level entry.

New areas in Kalimdor

Mount Hyjal gets the most: Elderwild, Summit of Eternity, Tainted Foothills, Dae'gun, Shrine of Aviana, Felblood Scar and Malorne's Retreat. The zone itself is renamed from "Hyjal" to "Mount Hyjal" in the beta client.
Shen'dralas is a new top level zone. The existing Valley of Bones subzone is moved under it.
Azshara gains Legashi Stronghold and Thalassian Vanguard Camp, and Legash Encampment is renamed Legashi Encampment.
Mulgore gains Gloomrise and Camp Gev'rek.
Un'Goro Crater gains The Shaper's Terrace.

Instances and battlegrounds

Battle for Gilneas has 8 named areas: Lighthouse, Waterworks, Mines, Horde Landing, Gilnean Stronghold, The Overlook, Gilnean Coast and Beneath the Double Rainbow.
Darkspear Islands has Ruins, Camp, Shipwreck Cove and Abandoned Tower.
Ruins of Lordaeron has King's Alley, Lordaeron Graveyard, Lordamere Overlook and Market Street.
Excavation Site: Wetlands has Lost Marsh, Stalker's Thicket, Site of the Guardian and Lost Dig Site.
Warsong Gulch (Winter) has its own Silverwing Hold and Warsong Lumber Mill entries.
City of Dalaran has a Hillsbrad Foothills area and a Fel Grove.

Renames worth knowing

Timbermaw Hold (area 1216) is now named Blackmaw Hold.
Area 474 is now named Galak Camp, with an exploration level of 9.
Mount Hyjal and Legashi Encampment, covered above.

One open question

18 new area entries point at a map id (2940) that has no row in the beta client's Map table. Their names match places we already know: Stormwind City, Elwynn Forest, Goldshire, Northshire Valley, Burning Steppes, Blackrock Mountain and others. We do not know yet what that map is for, so we are not calling it anything.

_All data is datamined from the game client and may change before release. This is the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70009, compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.69722. Drop rates and server-side tuning are not part of client data and are never stated here._