No, World of Warcraft: Forever has no built-in Dungeon Journal. The modern game’s Adventure Guide, the window that lists every boss with its abilities and loot, is not part of Forever, and Blizzard’s development notes and launch overviews do not add one. What the game does give you is the Group Finder’s dungeon list, filtered to your level, plus the built-in quest helper for dungeon quests.
If you want boss abilities, maps and loot tables, an addon adds them. As of November 13, nine days after launch, two journal addons have Forever versions on CurseForge: DFL Dungeon Journal and Dungeon Codex. Below is what each one shows, how to install them, and where their information can fall short.
What Forever Has Instead
Without a journal, three things in the base game cover most of what you need before a run:
- The Group Finder’s dungeon list. When you list yourself or browse groups, the Group Finder shows the dungeons for your level. Its “Show All Level Ranges” checkbox reveals the rest. Our Dungeon Finder guide explains how the listings work and how to get your group to the entrance.
- The quest helper. Dungeon quests show their objectives in the tracker and on the world map like any other quest. Our guide to turning on the quest helper covers the settings that switch it off.
- Item tooltips. Loot you see in chat or on a corpse has a full tooltip, so you can compare it with what you wear. The game does not show a dungeon’s loot before you go in.
What is missing is the planning side: which bosses a dungeon has, what they do, and what they drop. That is the gap the addons fill.
For a list of every dungeon and its level range, including the nine new ones, see our dungeon level ranges guide.
The Addons That Add a Dungeon Journal
| Addon | How to open it | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| DFL Dungeon Journal | Type /dfl, click the minimap crest, or bind a key | Every instance on one page: level range, entrance, painted floor maps with boss markers, boss abilities and tactics, recorded loot you can filter and compare, and the instance’s quests with rewards |
| Dungeon Codex | Type /codex or click its minimap button | All 5-player dungeons, built after the retail Adventure Guide: maps with boss markers, boss abilities, loot tables with drop chances, and dungeon quests with their givers and rewards |
DFL Dungeon Journal is the bigger of the two. It covers raids as well as dungeons, and it shows your equipped piece beside any drop you hover, so you can see whether an item is an upgrade before you run the dungeon for it. It also has a button that pins the dungeon’s entrance on your world map, which helps with the instances that are hard to find.
Dungeon Codex is the lighter one. Its handy touch is that it opens straight to the dungeon you are standing in, so you can check the next boss mid-run.
Both pages name the new Forever dungeons Hall of Thanes and the Ruins of Lordaeron alongside the original ones; our guides to those two show how to reach each entrance. You only need one: pick DFL if you want raids and item comparison, Dungeon Codex if you want something quick to open in a run.
How to Install a Dungeon Journal Addon
- Get the Forever file. On CurseForge, both addons list Forever as their game flavor. Make sure the file you download is the Forever one, not a Classic Era or retail file.
- Install it. With the CurseForge app, pick your Forever installation first and search for the addon. To install by hand, unzip it into
World of Warcraft\_forever_\Interface\AddOns. Our addon install guide walks through both ways. - Turn it on. At character select, click AddOns and make sure it is ticked.
- Open it in game with its slash command or minimap button.
Older journal addons from Classic do not carry over. AtlasLootClassic, the loot browser many Classic players used, has no Forever version, so it will not load. Our list of the best WoW Forever addons that work has more that do.
What the Addons Can Get Wrong
Treat an addon’s loot table as a guide, not a promise. These are not Blizzard’s data, and Forever changes items and drops in places, so a journal is only as good as its last update.
- Drop lists are recorded. DFL lists the drops it has recorded for each boss, and Dungeon Codex learns as you play. The new Forever dungeons are the newest data, so their lists are the most likely to be incomplete.
- Hotfixes change things. Blizzard adjusts dungeons in its hotfix posts, and an addon catches up only when its author updates it. Dungeon Codex’s own page still warns that stats and loot can change.
- Keep them updated. Both addons were updated after launch, DFL as recently as November 13. The CurseForge app updates them for you.
If you plan to run dungeons alone once you outlevel them, our guide to soloing dungeons covers when that starts to work. For quests outside dungeons, our Questie guide covers the most popular quest addon.
Every other WoW Forever guide is on our World of Warcraft hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does WoW Forever have a Dungeon Journal? No. There is no built-in Dungeon Journal or Adventure Guide. Addons such as DFL Dungeon Journal and Dungeon Codex add one.
What is the best dungeon journal addon for WoW Forever? DFL Dungeon Journal covers the most: dungeons and raids, maps, boss tactics, loot comparison and quests. Dungeon Codex is a lighter option that opens on the dungeon you are in.
How do you open DFL Dungeon Journal? Type /dfl in chat, click its crest on the minimap, or bind a key to it.
Does AtlasLoot work in WoW Forever? AtlasLootClassic has no Forever version, so it does not load in Forever.
Can you see dungeon loot in WoW Forever without an addon? Not before you go in. The game shows tooltips for items you see, but it has no list of what each boss drops.
How do you find which dungeons fit your level? Open the Group Finder. It lists dungeons for your level, and “Show All Level Ranges” shows the rest.