How to Get the Dalaran Sewer Key in WoW: Forever (City of Dalaran Attunement Quest Chain)

The City of Dalaran is one of the nine new dungeons in World of Warcraft: Forever, and the only way in is through the sewers – with the Dalaran Sewer Key. You get it from a short attunement chain that starts in Hillsbrad Foothills and is different for each faction. The Alliance version is quick; the Horde version sends you into an internment camp first. Here's every step for both, plus the dungeon quests worth picking up before you zone in.

This guide is up to date for World of Warcraft: Forever as live since November 4, 2026.

Quick answer

The dungeon itself is aimed at roughly levels 28–33 (some guides stretch it to 35). The sewer gate is on the Silverpine Forest side of Lordamere Lake, at about 68.6, 45.2.

Alliance attunement

1. An Alarming Request (requires level 30). Pick it up from Emissary Jacques in the Southshore town hall, about 48.3, 60.1. Before you leave, also grab the Alliance dungeon quests below – two of them start in Stormwind.
2. Travel to the sewer gate. It's on the eastern edge of Silverpine Forest, by Lordamere Lake (about 68.6, 45.2). Turn in to the Image of Archmage Modera standing there.
3. Heart of Disruption. Accept it from Modera. The Dalaran Sewer Key goes straight into your keyring. The quest asks for an Arcane Mote from the Shade of the Archmage, the dungeon's final boss.
4. Clear the dungeon and loot the mote, then return it to Modera at the gate.
5. Friend of the Kirin Tor follows: deliver the Arcane Mote to Archmage Celindra.

Alliance dungeon quests: Starving Arcane from Modera (kill arcane remnants and mana echoes inside), Power Overwhelming from High Sorcerer Andromath in Stormwind, and A Green Sample from Shylamiir in Stormwind (a Fel Infused Blossom from the Fel Ancient area). Pick up the two Stormwind quests before you travel.

Horde attunement

1. Prison Break In and Key to the City. Both come from Magus Wordeen Voidglare in Tarren Mill (about 61.6, 20.8). Head to the Lordamere Internment Camp in Alterac Mountains.
   • Prison Break In: collect the four Bloodstone pieces – Wedge, Marble, Shard and Oval – from the prisoners in the camp. Two are in one house, one in the yard and one upstairs in a second house, so check both buildings.
   • Key to the City: loot the Grimy Key from the Warden's Footlocker in that second house. Warden Belamoore guards it.
   • Return both to Wordeen.
2. Dalaran Patrols. Kill 6 Dalaran Summoners and 8 Elemental Slaves around the ruins outside Dalaran. Interrupt the Summoners' casts, and keep your distance from the city guards.
3. Blood in the Streets. Take it to the Image of Archmage Modera at the sewer gate. From the camp you can follow the lake shore, or fly to The Sepulcher in Silverpine and head east.
4. Heart of Disruption. Accept it from Modera to get the Dalaran Sewer Key. Kill the Shade of the Archmage for the Arcane Mote and turn in to Wordeen in Tarren Mill.
5. Shrewd Negotiations follows. Sources disagree on where it ends (Archmage Celindra or Modera) – follow your quest arrow. During the beta this quest let the Horde into the open-world city of Dalaran; Blizzard changed that before launch.

Horde dungeon quests: Source of Power from Doctor Martin Felben in the Undercity Apothecarium (6 Cracked Sentry Cores), The Grave Knight from Melisara in Tarren Mill (kill Atrexis, the first boss), and Opportunistic Education from Rexxie Copperclutch, a goblin just inside the entrance.

Inside the dungeon

You start in the sewers beneath the city. The bosses include Atrexis the Grave Knight first and the Shade of the Archmage last – that's the one you need for Heart of Disruption. There's also a secret boss, Lyn the Ignored, who needs a Tome of Dalaran from Shadowfang Keep.

Rewards

Heart of Disruption offers a choice of three items. Reported options are Spellguard Pauldrons, Renewing Footpads or Defender of Dalaran for the Alliance, and Battle Spaulders, Enchanted Sandals or Striking Staff for the Horde. The rest of the chain mainly gives experience and Kirin Tor standing.

Common mistakes

• Thinking the Grimy Key opens the gate. It's only a quest item for Key to the City. The gate needs the Dalaran Sewer Key.
• Abandoning Heart of Disruption before your run. Keep it in your log until you've killed the Shade.
• Doing Stone Tokens and Bracers of Binding. These optional Tarren Mill quests from Keeper Bel'varil aren't part of the attunement, and the shield guards they involve are a pain for melee.
• Leaving town without the side quests. Stormwind (Alliance) and Undercity/Tarren Mill (Horde) quests make the run far more rewarding.
• Missing a Bloodstone piece. The four prisoners are spread across two houses and the yard.
• Assuming one key opens the gate for everyone. That worked in the beta, but it's not confirmed for the live game. Have everyone do the chain to be safe.

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