Original-game progression route
| # | Zone | Final boss |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elwynn Forest | Edwin VanCleef |
| 2 | Duskwood | Morbent Fel |
| 3 | Warsong Gulch | Lord Kazzak |
| 4 | Un’Goro Crater | King Mosh |
| 5 | Arathi Basin | Lord Aliden Perenolde |
| 6 | Feralas | King Gordok |
| 7 | Gurubashi Arena | Hakkar the Soulflayer |
| 8 | Scarlet Monastery | High Inquisitor Whitemane |
| 9 | Alterac Valley | Azuregos |
| 10 | Blackrock Mountain | Nefarian |
| 11 | Gates of Ahn’Qiraj | C’Thun |
| 12 | Naxxramas | Kel’Thuzad |
The locked-zone requirements and order were inspected in the current picker; Kel’Thuzad is also named in current Naxxramas achievement text. We did not clear this route. The separate community reconstruction’s sixteen battlegrounds are not interchangeable with these twelve original zones.[1]
Use the displayed clock, starting with Elwynn
The current Elwynn panel and Drop Tables show Hogger at 3:00, Mother Fang at 6:00, Rhahk’Zor at 9:00, Mr. Smite at 12:00 and final boss Edwin VanCleef at 16:00. Arrival time is not a guaranteed kill or finish time. We have not independently captured every later-zone timer, so this page does not turn community 16/18/20-minute summaries into universal schedules.[1]
When progress looks stuck
- Recheck the class on the picker and its Zones open count.
- Read the locked zone’s named predecessor and boss. Surviving part of the previous zone is not the same as defeating its final boss.
- If the next step feels too hard, inspect class talent points, worn gear and the current build trigger before raising difficulty.
- For loot, choose the relevant Drop Tables row instead of assuming the newest unlocked zone drops every missing piece.
- In co-op, check that the selected class qualifies for the host’s zone; a code does not transfer another class’s progression.
Separate a zone unlock, a Heroic unlock and a gear-star permission in your notes. Read the difficulty scopes →[1]
Sources & verification
- Aethus · original v0.130.0 ↗ (external website, opens in a new tab) — English menus and public client text inspected 30 October 2026, build e7d9dd47, resource stamp 98f593b6313e. Single primary source; no full-run, multiplayer or hardware benchmark. Runtime placeholders are not inferred.