Excavation Site Dungeon Run — Full Breakdown & Transcript

First Look at WoW Forever's NEW Wetlands Dungeon

0h 24m video Published Oct 3, 2026 Transcribed Oct 3, 2026 Xaryu Xaryu
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Beginner 5 min read For: World of Warcraft players, especially mages and those interested in dungeon content and leveling strategies.
AI Trust Score 72/100
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"Delivers exactly what the title promises—a raw, first-hand dungeon run with genuine reactions and useful insights."

AI Summary

The video is a live gameplay walkthrough of the new Excavation Site dungeon in the Wetlands, featuring a mage at level 26. The player explores the dungeon's mechanics, shares loot decisions, and highlights the class's power spike at this level. The run concludes with a positive review of the dungeon's design and its role in breaking up the leveling grind.

[00:26]
Meeting Stone Discovery

The player discovers that clicking a meeting stone now shows other players looking for a dungeon, a quality-of-life change that wasn't widely known.

[08:43]
Jurassic Park Mechanic

The dungeon features a 'Jurassic Park' long grass mechanic with stealth mobs, adding tension and surprise to the run.

[02:14]
Mage Level 26 Power Spike

The player notes that level 26 is a major power spike for mages, with the class 'coming to life' and dealing significant damage.

[14:52]
Daewyn's Girdle Loot

The player considers the belt with 10 health every 5 seconds a 'crazy' stat, highlighting its value for survivability.

[10:45]
Stockades Mainhand Farm

The player plans to farm Stockades for a mainhand weapon that 'goes hard' and pairs well at level 30.

[21:48]
Final Boss: Relic Guardian

The final boss is the Relic Guardian, a level 31 mob, which the player defeats with the help of a hunter.

[23:53]
Dungeon Variety in Leveling

The player notes that the new dungeons allow for different leveling paths, breaking the monotony of having to do every area.

The Excavation Site is a well-designed dungeon that breaks up the leveling grind, offering a mix of stealth mechanics, quests, and solid loot. It's a must-run for players looking for a fresh challenge.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Meeting Stone Discovery

The player discovers that clicking a meeting stone now shows other players looking for a dungeon, a quality-of-life change that wasn't widely known.

00:26
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Mage Level 26 Power Spike

The player highlights that level 26 is a major power spike for mages, with the class 'coming to life' and dealing significant damage.

02:14
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Jurassic Park Mechanic

The dungeon features a 'Jurassic Park' long grass mechanic with stealth mobs, adding a unique and memorable gameplay element.

08:43
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Dungeon Variety in Leveling

The player notes that the new dungeons allow for different leveling paths, breaking the monotony of having to do every area.

23:53

[00:00] Well guys, if you want to hit the brand new dungeon, send me a whisper. This one's apparently harder. The last boss is level 31. I'm doing it at 26 because I can't wait any longer, guys. I gotta see it.

[00:13] Hey look, a meeting stone. Not a summoning stone, by the way. But you can click on it. Weird. But you can click on a meeting stone? What's it do when you click on it? That's what it should have always done!

[00:26] Oh, that's so smart! Oh my gosh! Wait, that's actually brilliant! It should have always done that! You just found this out? Yeah, I haven't seen this yet.

[00:38] Bro, you literally just walk up, it's like, oh, what's this? Meeting stone. Oh, I'm looking for a dungeon. Oh, these guys are too. Boom. I didn't know that either. Yeah, I haven't heard anyone talk about that. That's actually low-key kind of sick.

[00:50] Excavation site. Wetlands. There's a tortoise up here. There's a bunch of tortoises up here. What the heck? All right, dungeon start is now, guys. There's a hunter over here. He's a troll. Okay, he's in the dungeon.

[01:03] Alright, boys, first look. Excavation site. Artwork. 10 out of 10. Excavation site wetlands. There's a toad over on the right. Killed it.

[01:15] It looks beautiful. It almost looks like we're just here. Okay, so it's one of those dungeons that, like, is supposed to make you feel like you're exactly where you are. Like Shadowfang Keith. Okay, you can, like, see outside.

[01:27] Okay, so you just have, like, this massive kit in the middle with, like, a ton of mobs. There's tortoises here, too, if we want to walk in and dial on the tortoises.

[01:39] The music is, yeah, music's solid.

[01:51] Okay, I'm getting ready for the first flamethrower conical chatter combo right here. Woohoo! My class is online level 26 for mage is a big one boys

[02:14] We're doing stuff. Oh someone pulled in the back

[02:26] Woohoo! Yep, that's what we were waiting for guys, 26 of a mage, this set comes to life.

[02:39] That's actually even better at like 30 though. Look at that. Salt slime, that looks like a boss, dude.

[02:57] Okay, yeah, yo, yo. Okay, we're gonna go in there, huh? Uh-oh.

[03:14] Yeah, this is...

[03:34] There we go. This is nice. This is very nice. Very, very nice, guys. Mage is doing stuff at level 26.

[03:50] Feels good. There we go. Don't you want to play a Clacker, you have to think? Actually, I know you're probably being kind of like a troll, but like, actually, yeah.

[04:02] That's why I'm thinking about playing a Warrior, because there's a lot to think about. But, uh, but I'll level my Mage first. Salt Spine! World first Salt Spine on a no mage level 26 in the guild.

[04:19] Forever hype. Bro I got three crits in a row? Are you kidding me?

[04:38] I created 6% on the way. Spam 3, 3, 3, 3, 3. Yeah, literally only one button on this guy. But that'll change. Once you get Fingers of Frost, it'll be two buttons.

[04:53] What's this? Six Int, nine Stam, six Spirit. Am I willing to give up seven spell damage to gain five Stamina, two Intellect, and six Spirit? Ooh, that's actually a tough choice.

[05:06] A lot of Stamina, a lot of Int, a lot of Spirit. The answer is no? I don't know man, that's a puppy, honestly.

[05:22] I just greeted it, but maybe I should have needed it, I don't know. That's close. Woohoo! We got damage!

[05:38] I wonder if they're going to have him for PvP. I guess I'll take him.

[05:56] Uh oh, RMP! Uh oh!

[06:08] Which way is the next one Plane strike

[06:23] Go! Oh! Oh! Dun dun dun dun.

[06:47] Dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun. The Pally says, can you RMT me some water?

[07:02] Well, some things never change, guys. You know, you wanna remove something from Mage? Remove the ability to make water. I'll just buy it like everyone else.

[07:18] And then I don't have to bother making it for the full raid. That's what you should nerf. Nerf the water, bro. That's fine.

[07:32] Dude, look at the tall tree. I can't see anything. Oh! I can't see. I'm lost in the forest. Someone hold me. Oh, these mobs hold for some reason.

[07:50] Mage water is soulbound? Yeah, that's a great change. That would actually... Oh, oh, oh, oh! Someone... Oh, oh, oh, oh! I need a bop or I'm dead. It's a Pally Bop or I'm dead.

[08:03] Yep. Oh.

[08:18] So there were three stealth patrols. Wow. Get him, guys. Get him.

[08:31] Oh, thank you! Oh, no! Oh, man! Yo, that's legendary.

[08:43] I like that. I like that. It's like a bunch of... There's a bunch of grass, and then if you... If you're, like, kind of going through it, it's like Jurassic Park, and then there's a bunch of stealth mobs, and you pull,

[08:55] and then there's another pull, and a stealth pull, and a patrol. That's actually nice. Well, now we showed you guys what it looks like to die. We'll show you now what it looks like to live.

[09:07] It's just part of the experience guys, alright? Here we go. Wow, there's actually so many mobs. This is the place so many people are going to die in HC, yeah.

[09:27] Oh, oh, a fear.

[09:57] Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Final leave, okay? Oh, the pyramid evo! Oh, that hurts!

[10:21] Miss, miss, miss, miss. Oh! Yes. We need a good offhand because there's a lot of good mainhands. That's going to be a need for me.

[10:33] We don't have a mainhand yet, but there's a couple that I was looking at. There's one from stockades, actually, that I can farm. I think it's kind of cracked. See a stockhand?

[10:45] Yeah. That thing goes hard. So we'll do stockades a couple times to go for that mainhander. That'll be a super good combo at 30. There's a one-hander in SM too? Yeah, probably.

[11:10] What happens if you just go through the grass? Is there a bunch of mobs in there or something? This dungeon is a Jurassic Park reference, don't go in the long grass? I kinda wanna see what happens.

[11:22] Like what happens if you go in here? Is this cheap on the auction house? Yeah.

[11:35] Can I get wisdom please? Man.

[12:06] Oh, mazes. Mazes. Yeah When I get one more point in shatter and ice shards so level 28 I think it really starts to come online I mean I already doing pretty well but those two points make it so it just like

[12:26] almost doubles the damage again. Not quite doubles, but it gives you a massive, massive increase. Okay, so now we get to a place called the Lost Dig Site. You have a lot of towers. Throwing little bombs at you.

[12:38] Like little techies. One of the quest tournaments, Songblade Search.

[12:50] Looks like it's right over there. Get the sword from Shadowfang Thief and become a battle mage!

[13:06] Oh my gosh. And try... Protocol!

[13:36] I'm in.

[13:57] I'm liking this place so far. So it looks like we can go this way and we can also go down that way. Wow.

[14:27] A quest turn in. Oh, there's a locked chest here. And another quest turn in. Oh, Daewon is dead, guys. Spoilers. Daewon is dead. RIP.

[14:40] RIP, Daewyn. 6,000 experience. Ooh, Daewyn's girdle.

[14:52] Mmm, 10 health every 5 is crazy. But Salmon and Ink is also crazy. Ooh, I don't know. Return to Doran, Songblade, and Lakeshire.

[15:04] You get 6000 experience points for that. I think I do like this waist because Sphere and HP5 is just huge.

[15:34] You took a dead guy's belt? No, I'm telling... I'm returning to Zoran's songblade and getting his old...

[15:47] his old belt from his brother as a reward for finding his dead body. A lot different.

[15:59] Yeah, you don't have to use it anymore. Yeah. So a dead guy's belt?

[16:13] His old belt that he doesn't use anymore. It has some decent stats on it. Potentially. Okay, so it looks like there's nothing up this way, maybe.

[16:25] Unless there's like a way under there. Offhands are now displayed even without weapons. Oh, that's kinda cool.

[16:39] Wait, that was a boss? Highland Horror Defeated. What? Was that supposed to happen? Was that a bug?

[16:53] Island Horror Defeated made a sound and animation like it was a boss.

[17:08] Seems like a bug to me.

[17:23] It's at quest mob, oh maybe it's there.

[17:37] Okay, looks like we're going this way now. Our tanks said be right back so I'll go ahead and pull the slider. Got this. 339 crit to the dome.

[17:51] Save it. Ormus! Thanks, LeBron.

[18:09] Okay, two level 29 spiders. So the end of the dungeon is definitely getting higher here. Nova Flametrike So am I cold Woohoo Although all my Nova broke before we got our combo off so trip

[18:30] No crit. Will! Thanks for the prompt. Got an Eagle Kick here, hopefully we don't get seared.

[18:44] There's spiders... and more spiders... and more spiders. Okay, no flange right here. We must find the cone of cold before break.

[18:59] Cereal, thanks for the prom. Yup, this is where we excel guys.

[19:13] That's the mage class right there. Okay. So I think we've killed like one boss so far?

[19:26] No, two bosses so far. Yeah, two bosses so far. Unless that third one's counted as a mini-boss.

[19:41] Got some scroll here. Open that up. This is a dungeon? Yes, this is the excavation site. Oh, my scroll backfired. Yo, what's up guys? We got a, we got a maze of the chief here.

[19:54] I'll be here in a sec. I really have to open this up. We have to comprehend what's going on here. Got it. It gave me a frog familiar. To get 6 extra intellect. There we go guys.

[20:08] Dwarven excavators up top. Ooh. Ooh! That looks like it's gonna come to life, doesn't it?

[20:20] Yeah, save the dwarves! Save the dwarves! Watch over here.

[20:39] Yeah, let's turn this in real quick. Return to Medical Harbor. Ooh, reach into the Valley of Hope for the best. Special of potions is a shrink it with a 10-minute cooldown.

[20:53] What? Is that what it sounds like? 10 minute cool down and you get infinite pots? Is that what that is? Yo, whoa, whoa.

[21:05] We need that. I guarantee this thing is coming to life here.

[21:23] Where's our tank? I think we have to hit this panel. This has to be something. There's a dead dwarf here.

[21:36] I'm clicking it. I'm clicking it. I'm clicking it. Our tank's up front. There we go. Thirty-one!

[21:48] Relic Guardian. I think this is the final boss. I got a miss on my first ability, I'm gonna wind up a big crossbow here. 200 damage. 200 damage back to back. Miss. 182 now. 181 now. Miss. Okay, the hunter is gonna carry us here. This is rough.

[22:13] Oh hunter has aggro here. I'm gonna send a coat of gold. Got it. Got a 50 damage wand. Somehow it says high threat. Guess I am pretty scary looking. Okay I have two misses in a

[22:35] row. Insane rotation? Yeah I know. I mean it's not really... I definitely want to do I definitely want to do a lot of fossils here. This is good. Okay. Start winding up. We're home.

[22:47] Halley, seal's aggro. Bubbles up. Hey, we got a taunt as well. Come on. What kind of loot are we getting here? Relic guardian. What kind of loot?

[23:01] Stamina? Mana per five. Okay. I probably agreed. I don't know. Okay, honestly, bro, this dungeon, pretty lit.

[23:14] Not super long, not super crazy, but, like, cool. The water at the start, the scenery, you go through the marsh, you know, there's a thicket, there's stealth mobs, there's patrols, you go around, you do some quests, you come around, you hit up the guardian site, turn in another quest, get some gear, breaks up the leveling.

[23:37] I like it. Great, all three of the new ones. All three new dungeons are great. Three for three. All of them. They're phenomenal. Very good. I like that it breaks up the leveling too. Very, very nice.

[23:53] So there's two turn-ins at Doran over in Lakeshire, and a turn-in on Medical. Don't you think it's too much concentration on dungeons at certain levels because you can literally skip an entire area now? I think that's the point.

[24:05] I think the point is, every time you do a new character, you'll have a little different path versus needing to hit every area. On one character, you could say,

[24:17] I'm going to skip this one, I'm going to go over here on this character, and that's fine. Whereas currently it's like, no, you kind of have to do literally everything or else it's she-she, you know?

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