Eastern Plaguelands in WoW Forever: New Avalon, Flights and Stratholme

The Redrawn Map and New Avalon

Eastern Plaguelands is one of three maps redone so heavily that the frame shifts, according to Kami Labs' comparison of the beta map art with Classic. The rework makes room for New Avalon behind Tyr's Hand. The same map adds two PvP towers that the original drawing did not show.Source: Kami Labs: All 54 WoW Forever Maps Compared to Classic, checked Nov 8, 2026.

Being drawn on the map tells you the area is there, not what you do in it. Kami Labs suggests the space may reuse work from Season of Discovery, and it frames that as a guess. ForeverChanges lists no new quest in this zone, and the sources cited on this page name no faction hub or reward for New Avalon.

What Level to Arrive

Save this zone for the end of your climb. ForeverChanges lists 108 quests here, most at level 56 to 60, and many accept you from level 50 to 55.Source: ForeverChanges: Eastern Plaguelands quests, checked Nov 8, 2026. The client's place tags point the same way. The tags in the table below run from 54 to 59, so plan on arriving in your mid 50s or later. They are client tags, not a Forever bracket. Our leveling zones page shows where the zone sits in the wider order.

ForeverChanges counts 15 elite quests, two PvP quests, two raid quests and one dungeon quest. Its experience column is Forever's, and the rest starts from a reconstruction of Classic.

Light's Hope Chapel and the Quest Hubs

Light's Hope Chapel is the zone's main base, and most long chains begin there. Positions below come from ForeverChanges quest records.Source: ForeverChanges: Eastern Plaguelands quests, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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Argent Dawn Commission pays +10 reputation and Zaeldarr the Outcast pays +75.Source: ForeverChanges: Zaeldarr the Outcast, checked Nov 8, 2026. Hidden Treasures pays +200 Argent Dawn. Pamela Redpath starts it in Darrowshire at 31.2, 78.Source: ForeverChanges: Hidden Treasures, checked Nov 8, 2026. The reputations guide covers the wider faction.

The list also carries 25 Craftsman's Writ entries, most of them named for a crafted item.

Tower Quests

The zone's two PvP quests answer part of the tower question. Emmisary Whitebeard, at 71.5, 49.7, gives Establishing New Outposts, and Emmisary Gormok, at 70.4, 47.9, gives the Horde's Bolstering Our Defenses. Both ask you to capture Crown Guard, Eastwall, Northpass and Plaguewood towers.Source: ForeverChanges: Establishing New Outposts, checked Nov 8, 2026. That records four named towers. It does not tell us whether the two extra towers Kami Labs saw on the map do anything.

What Changed on the Quest List

ForeverChanges marks none of these quests as new, and flags nine as changed, counting both versions of The Dread Citadel. Each record we opened states what moved: five pay a little less experience, while The Dread Citadel, The Ice Guard and The Shadow Guard now show a gold cost.

What the Client Shows

The client's place list matches Classic Era row for row. We compared Forever build 1.60.1.70862 with Classic Era build 1.15.9.70576, and no row was added, removed or renamed. No level tag moved either, and New Avalon is already in the Classic Era table.Source: Wago Tools: AreaTable, checked Nov 8, 2026. So the area table cannot tell you what Forever built there. It covers names and tags, not terrain, quests or creatures.

Tags are the level the client attaches to a place, not a quest range. They do show where the zone gets harder.

Flights

Light's Hope Chapel is the flight hub in the client, with a separate node for each faction. Those rows are the same as Classic Era, and no new path touches this zone.Source: Wago Tools: TaxiPath, checked Nov 8, 2026. Map positions are our conversion of the client's world positions.

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The four tower nodes at Plaguewood, Northpass, Eastwall and Crown Guard also remain in the table. Client rows do not prove a flight master is on duty, so check your flight map on arrival. For the zone next door, read our Western Plaguelands guide.

Stratholme's Two Entrances

Stratholme has two entrances, and they lead to different halves of the city. Kami Labs lists these from Forever data, so treat them as reported.Source: Kami Labs: Stratholme, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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Kami Labs lists an entry level of 37, a Group Finder level of 55 and 19 bosses. Our dungeon guide tracks the full list.

Herbs, Fishing and Festival Stops

ForeverChanges names this zone among the top places for Arthas' Tears, Golden Sansam, Dreamfoil, Plaguebloom and Black Lotus.Source: ForeverChanges: Herbalism, checked Nov 8, 2026. Fishing here is in its highest group, needing a lure beyond 300 skill.Source: ForeverChanges: Fishing, checked Nov 8, 2026.

During the Lunar Festival, Elder Snowcrown stands at 71.7, 50.7 and Elder Windrun at 34.1, 64.1.Source: ForeverChanges: Snowcrown the Elder and Windrun the Elder, checked Nov 8, 2026. The client also stores an Explore Eastern Plaguelands achievement, ID 771.Source: Wago Tools: Achievement, checked Nov 8, 2026.

What We Checked and What Stays Open

We read Blizzard's beta development notes through the November 2 update and its known-issues post, and neither names this zone. The November 5 and 6 hotfix notes name nothing here either. Our RestedXP guide tracks what the addon covers.

These are still open:

• What players do at New Avalon
• Exact quest level bracket
• Whether the two extra towers work