WoW Forever Raids: Hyjal Summit, Barrow Deeps & Onyxia's Lair

World of Warcraft: Forever launches with two new raids built for the level 60 endgame, and Onyxia’s Lair joins them as a level 60 raid. Blizzard says all three unlock on 9 December 2026.

The raids

Raid	Size	Notes
The Barrow Deeps	10-player	A max-level challenge for smaller groups
Hyjal Summit	20-player	Set on Mount Hyjal, one of Forever’s new zones

When do raids unlock?

Raids aren’t available on launch day. In its raid overview of 20 October, Blizzard says Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia’s Lair unlock on 9 December 2026, about five weeks after the 4 November launch. That gives everyone time to reach 60 and gear up through the new dungeons.

Onyxia’s Lair attunement

Blizzard says you need the Drakefire Amulet to enter Onyxia’s Lair. Its overview post covers how to earn it, but we could only read the summary, so we haven’t listed the steps here yet.

On the official WoW Forever Podcast (episode 3), the developers said Onyxia’s Lair keeps its lengthy attunement quest chain, and that it won’t be account-wide, at least not at launch. Barrow Deeps and Hyjal Summit have no attunement chain, though the developers hinted at extra steps to “get the full experience” (as reported by Warcraft Tavern).

Where does this fit in the timeline?

Forever takes place before Molten Core, so these raids come first in Forever’s own story rather than replacing the classic raid tiers.

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Sources: Blizzard: Raid Overview, Locations, Raid Sizes and Attunement, Warcraft Tavern: Onyxia’s Lair attunement, Blizzard: What’s Next panel recap, Warcraft Wiki.