Forbidden Reach

The Forbidden Reach (originally the Reach) is an island located off the coast of the Dragon Isles. It was fashioned by Neltharion the Earth-Warder to serve as a training ground for his ultimate soldiers, the dracthyr. But in the aftermath of a terrible battle, the island has lain dormant and abandoned for ages until the return of an ancient enemy causes the dracthyr to stir.

The zone is the starting zone of the new playable race-hero class combo dracthyr evoker starting at level 58.

Until patch 10.0.7 when the zone was re-opened, when a player visited the Forbidden Reach outside of the evoker starting experience by flying from the mainland Dragon Isles, they were struck by lightning until they died.

The Forbidden Reach was once fashioned by Neltharion the Earth-Warder himself to be the secret training grounds of the black dragonflight and of its would-be ultimate soldiers. The Reach has since descended into a broken and deserted landscape, lost to the ravages of time. Those few dragons who remember the island know that it is taboo to visit, as it is a place where something dreadful fell. Those who have braved the shores found little of consequence in this cauldron-like caldera apart from a shattered landscape and nature-claimed ruins half buried by magma. Deep beneath the surface, vast underground chambers contain legions of dracthyr, resting in magical stasis for thousands of years.

Malygos once assigned three blue dragons (Andesigos, Lapisagos and Venagosa) and loyal drakonid troops to ensure the dracthyr stayed locked underground forever.

Quests in the Forbidden Reach play out as part of the evoker starting experience in the dracthyr starting experience.

Later, players return in patch 10.0.7 for the Forbidden Reach storyline.

• Scythid

The Zskera Vaults drives most exploration and treasure finding in the Forbidden Reach. Use a Zskera Vault Key or 28 from Forbidden Hoards, rare elites, and small treasures to open all the vault doors in the active vault. Vaults are randomized per-player and per-week, but are not timed. Many, many mounts, pets, cosmetics, and quest-starting items can be found inside.

The Onyx Annulet is a callback to the Pocket-Sized Computation Device from Mechagon Island, a ring with 3 sockets that can be fitted with three of 25 Primordial Stones with unique trinket-style effects.

Account-bound loot tokens drop somewhat frequently across the reach, which can be turned into item level 385 Primal Infused armor. This serves as both catch-up gear, and part of an eight-piece set.

Additionally, Primalist Weapon, Primalist Necklace, Primalist Cloak, Primalist Ring, and Primalist Trinket tokens can also drop. Once turned into equippable armor, it can be upgraded at any item upgrader (like Researcher Baneflare at Morqut Village) with an Untapped Forbidden Knowledge to reach item level 395.

• Rare-elites
• Wyrmslayer Angvardi
• Mad-Eye Carrey, First Mate Ovdah, Navigator Bi-Yun
• Duzalgor
• Warden Entrix
• Gahz'raxes
• Galakhad
• Grugoth the Hullcrusher
• Ishyra
• Bonesifter Marwak
• Ookbeard
• Pyrachniss
• Reisa the Drowned
• Lady Shaz'ra
• Veltrax
• Volcanakk
• Vraken the Hunter
• Rares
• Kangalo (Herbalists)
• Loot Specialist (varies)

• Froststone Vault Primal Storm
• Storm-Bound Chest / Trial of Storms
• Forbidden Hoard (multiple locations)

• Dragonscale Expedition Flags
• Caldera of the Menders Expedition Flag
• The Lost Atheneum Expedition Flag
• Dragon Glyphs (Forbidden Reach Glyph Hunter)
• Winglord's Perch Glyph
• Talon's Watch Glyph
• Froststone Peak Glyph
• Dragonskull Island Glyph
• Stormsunder Mountain Glyph
• The Frosted Spine Glyph
• Talonlords' Perch Glyph
• Caldera of the Menders Glyph
• Dragonriding races (Forbidden Reach Racing Completionist)
• Aerie Chasm Cruise, west of Stormsunder Crater
• Caldera Coaster, Skyward Watch
• Forbidden Reach Rush, Old Weyrn Grounds
• Morqut Ascent, Morqut Islet
• Southern Reach Route, northeast of Broken Seaboard
• Stormsunder Crater Circuit, Stormsunder Crater

• Exploration
• You Know How to Reach Me (meta)
• Adventurer of the Forbidden Reach
• Champion of the Forbidden Reach
• Explore the Forbidden Reach
• Forbidden Spoils
• Librarian of the Reach
• Scavenger of the Forbidden Reach
• Hoarder of the Forbidden Reach
• Under the Weather
• While We Were Sleeping
• X Marks the Spot (achievement)
• Scroll Hunter
• Zskera Vaults
• Door To Door
• Door Buster
• Every Door, Everywhere, All At Once
• Dragonriding
• Forbidden Reach Glyph Hunter
• Forbidden Reach: Gold
• Forbidden Reach Advanced: Gold
• Forbidden Reach Reverse: Gold
• Forbidden Reach Racing Completionist