How to Get to Kezan & the Lost Isles | WoW Goblin Starting Zone Guide

Unlike most zones in Azeroth, getting to Kezan and the Lost Isles isn’t a matter of finding the right portal or flight path from a capital city — there isn’t one. This guide explains exactly why that is, what your only real option is, and what happens once you leave.

⚡ Quick Facts: Kezan & The Lost Isles

How to Get to Kezan and the Lost Isles from Orgrimmar (Only Through a New Goblin)

🎯 Even though Goblins are a Horde race and Orgrimmar is their eventual home city, there is no portal, boat, or NPC in Orgrimmar that will send you to Kezan or the Lost Isles. The only way in is to create a brand-new Goblin character. The moment you do, your character begins directly on Kezan, working for the Bilgewater Cartel under Trade Prince Gallywix — no travel required, since it’s the starting zone itself. If you’re planning a Horde alt anyway, our guide on unlocking Death Knight covers another Horde-side starting experience with its own special access rules.

How to Get to Kezan and the Lost Isles from Stormwind (Not Possible for Alliance)

❌ Alliance players cannot reach Kezan or the Lost Isles under any circumstances. Goblins are exclusively a Horde race, and the zone is heavily phased so that only Goblin characters currently in the starting experience can see or interact with it. There is no Stormwind portal, boat, or workaround that grants Alliance characters access. Alliance players looking for the equivalent experience should check our guide on how to get to Gilneas, the Worgen starting zone, which follows a similar one-time-access structure.

Why You Can’t Return to Kezan or the Lost Isles After Leaving

The story explains the lock-out: Kezan is destroyed by Deathwing’s eruption of Mount Kajaro partway through the questline, and the survivors are later shipwrecked on the Lost Isles, where they cross paths with a stranded Thrall and the orc shaman Aggra before finally relocating to Azshara on Kalimdor. Once your Goblin completes this storyline and arrives on the mainland, both zones become permanently inaccessible on that character — there’s no hearthstone trick, flight path, or later unlock that brings you back.

⚠️ This makes Kezan and the Lost Isles one of the only truly one-time zones left in the game, alongside similar phased starting experiences.

How to Start a New Goblin Character and Reach Kezan

1. From the character selection screen, choose Create Character.
2. Select Horde, then choose the Goblin race for any available class.
3. Finish customizing your character and click Enter World.
4. You’ll load directly into Kezan, playing as a mid-level executive of the Bilgewater Trading Company, with no additional travel needed.

If you already have an existing Goblin character that never completed the starting experience, you can log into it directly to resume in Kezan or the Lost Isles, depending on how far you got.

What Happens After You Leave the Lost Isles

🔥 After finishing the questline on the Lost Isles, your Goblin sails to Kalimdor and reports to Orgrimmar, then continues on to the Azshara storyline. From that point forward, your character plays like any other Horde character — flying, using portals, and traveling normally between capital cities, just without any way back to where they started.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🎯 Key Takeaways

• Kezan and the Lost Isles have no portal or travel route from any capital city.
• The only way to visit is by creating a new Goblin character (Horde only).
• Once you finish the starting experience, the zones are permanently locked out on that character.
• This restriction applies identically on both retail and Cataclysm Classic.