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Here's how powerful you need to be for each WoW Classic dungeon

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WoW Classic dungeons become available once you’ve reached the magical teen levels of Blizzard's retro MMO. All offer a change of pace from leveling in World of Warcraft, and the chance of better gear upgrades that will last you quite a few levels, as well as some flavourful items just for fun.

Since these servers replicate a time where transmogrification of gear doesn’t exist, it’s also worth noting that some of the armor from these dungeons is quite attractive, particularly if you wear leather.

Even better—and unlike retail World of Warcraft—you’re not limited to five people in most of these instances. Most of these dungeons allow a raid of up to ten people, with the exceptions being Blackrock Depths, Stratholme, and Scholomance, which all enforce the five-player cap.

Bringing extra people makes them easier to complete too, as they don’t scale to group size. Though it should be noted that you can't complete quests while in a raid group, and your experience gain will be much lower. So, with your team assembled, here are the levels you need to be for each WoW Classic dungeon, including subsequent, Classic, and expansions.

How World of Warcraft dungeons work

If you're a real beginner to MMOs, you'll be playing as one of three roles: tank, healer, and DPS. Tanks attract and absorb damage with their beefy health bars, healers keep the team alive, and DPS players deliver the damage. If you're summer green enough not to have known that before reading, we suggest you go DPS: you'll get the least aggro from other team that way. Take three DPS, one healer, and one tank, and you're good to go.

If you'd like to know which class you should pick to fill any of these roles, we've got a handy WoW Classic class guide to get your dungeon-stomping boots wet.

Classic

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WoW Classic dungeons (10-60)

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Dungeon Minimum level Recommended level
Ragefire Chasm 10 13-18
Wailing Caverns 10 15-25
The Dees 10 18-23
Shadowfang Keep 14 22-30
Blackfathom Deeps 15 20-30
The Stockade 15 22-30
Gnomeregan 19 24-34
Razorfen Kraul 25 30-40
Scarlet Monastery 21 26-45
Razorfen Downs 35 40-50
Uldaman 30 35-45
Zul'Farrak 39 44-54
Maraudon 30 46-55
Temple of Atal'Hakkar 45 55-60
Blackrock Depths 48 52-60
Lower Blackrock Spire 48 55-60
Upper Blackrock Spire 48 55-60
Dire Maul 48 55-60
Scholomance 48 58-60
Stratholme 48 58-60

Burning Crusade

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WoW Burning Crusade Classic dungeons (60-70) 

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Dungeon Minimum level Recommended level
Hellfire Ramparts 58 60-62
The Blood Furnace 58 61-63
The Slave Pens 59 62-64
The Underbog 60 63-65
Mana-Tombs 62 64-66
Auchenai Crypts 63 65-67
Old Hillsbrad Foothills 64 66-68
Sethekk Halls 65 67-69
Shadow Labyrinth 67 68-70
The Shattered Halls 67 68-70
The Botanica 67 68-70
The Mechanar 67 68-70
The Steamvault 67 68-70
Black Morass (Dark Portal) 68 68-80
Arcatraz 68 68-80

Wrath of the Lich King

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WoW Wrath Classic dungeons (70-80)

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Dungeon Minimum level Recommended level
Utgarde Keep 65 70-72
The Nexus 66 71-73
Azjol-Nerub 67 72-74
Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom 68 73-75
Drak'Tharon Keep 69 74-76
The Violet Hold 70 75-77
Gundrak 71 76-78
Halls of Stone 72 77-79
Halls of Lightning 75 79-80
The Oculus 75 79-80
The Culling of Stratholme 75 79-80
Trial of the Champion 75 79-80
The Forge of Souls 75 79-80
Pit of Saron 80 80
Halls of Reflection 80 80
Utgarde Pinnacle 80 80

Cataclysm

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WoW Cataclysm Classic dungeons (80-85)*

* Levels based on initial launch gameplay 

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Dungeon Minimum level Recommended level
Blackrock Caverns 77 80-83
Throne of the Tides 77 80-83
The Stonecore 79 82-85
Vortex Pinnacle 79 82-85
Lost City of the Tol’vir 80 83-85
Halls of Origination 80 83-85
Grim Batol 80 84-85
End Time 85 85
Well of Eternity 85 85
Hour of Twilight 85 85
The Dees (Heroic) 85 85
Shadowfang Keep (Heroic) 85 85
Zul’Gurub (Heroic) 85 85
Zul’Aman (Heroic) 85 85
Heather Newman
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Heather Newman has reported on games for more than 25 years, with an internationally syndicated column and stories in dozens of magazines. In World of Warcraft, her Mythic Plus dungeon team was No. 1 in all-star points in North America for a number of weeks for slightly cheesy reasons. She scored one measly point against Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel in Unreal Tournament and was, exceedingly briefly, top 50 world in Halo.

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