Hyjal Summit

Hyjal Summit is WoW Forever's new 20-player raid. It opens on December 9, 2026, the same day as Barrow Deeps, and the two raids bring new tier sets.

The raid picks up after Archimonde's defeat, once the night elves have lost their immortality.

Twenty players need structure: a raid leader, a loot system and a roster that turns up every week. The raid opens five weeks after launch, and those five weeks are your time to build all three.

Reach 60

Get your character to 60 first. Every week you spend leveling is a week you're not gearing.

Then respec out of your leveling talents. Every spec guide in our class guides has a level 60 build to switch to.

Gear up in the endgame dungeons

Work through the endgame dungeons in level order:

1. Blackrock Depths
2. Dire Maul
3. Lower Blackrock Spire
4. Scholomance and Stratholme
5. Upper Blackrock Spire

Both halves of Blackrock Spire take ten players. Split your roster into two teams of ten and run them side by side: both teams gear up, and each learns to play together.

Fill your weakest slots first. Replacing a leftover leveling item is a bigger upgrade than polishing a slot that's already good.

Build your group

Build around two or three tanks and four or five healers, and fill the rest with damage dealers. Recruit a few backups on top, so one missing player never cancels the raid.

Twenty players need one voice. Pick a raid leader who calls the pulls, and settle on voice chat and a start time the whole roster can make.

Stock consumables

New bosses take attempts to learn, and every attempt costs consumables. Stock up before December 9:

• health and mana potions;
• food and elixirs for your role;
• bandages;
• gold for repairs.

Crafting professions pay off here. An alchemist in the roster makes its potions and elixirs, and a cook makes its food.

• Settle your loot rules now. With new tier sets on the table, the first night is no time to argue about loot.
• Run Blackrock Spire as two teams of ten every week until the raid opens.
• Your twenty also make two Barrow Deeps groups of ten, and that raid opens the same day. Plan the split now, so each ten has its own tanks and healers.