Yesterday, we told World of Warcraft players to stop flying all the way to the Coiled Isle because Season 2 already gives you a much faster portal from Silvermoon.
There was just one problem.
Some alts apparently did not receive the memo.
Blizzard has now fixed an issue that prevented alternate characters from using the Prey portal between Silvermoon and the Coiled Isle, making the Season 2 shortcut properly useful across your roster.
The fix is included in the August 21 World of Warcraft hotfixes.
Your main had fast travel.
Your alts had public transport.
That arrangement has now been corrected.
The Portal Connects Silvermoon Directly to the Coiled Isle
The portal is unlocked through the Season 2 Prey introduction and connects Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon City directly with the Coiled Isle.
It also works in the opposite direction, giving players a quick route back to Silvermoon when they are finished with their island activities.
We covered the location and unlock in our guide to using the Coiled Isle portal instead of flying from Silvermoon.
For a main character that had completed the appropriate introduction, the shortcut was already extremely useful.
For some alts, however, the portal simply was not available when it should have been.
Blizzard Has Now Fixed the Alt Problem
Blizzard's hotfix is refreshingly straightforward:
Fixed an issue that prevented alts from being able to access the Prey portal between Silvermoon and The Coiled Isle.
There are no additional requirements listed in the hotfix and no indication that Blizzard intends the portal to remain restricted to a single character.
If one of your alts previously could not use the Season 2 shortcut despite being eligible, it is worth checking again now.
This is exactly the kind of account-wide convenience that matters more once players begin spreading Season 2 activities across multiple characters.
Alts Have Plenty of Reasons to Visit the Coiled Isle
The timing is particularly useful because the Coiled Isle is becoming increasingly alt-friendly.
Players can already use additional level 90 characters to accelerate Corrosive Codex progression. We recently covered how each eligible alt can collect six guaranteed Corrosive Souls from three weekly sources.
Several of those activities take place on or around the Coiled Isle.
Nightmare Prey is another reason to keep returning. The weekly A Nightmarish Task sends players through three Nightmare Hunts, and those can eventually lead into the Azta'rec reward chain that can produce Hero-track loot.
Then there are Curse Surges, Delves, the Vaults of Atal'Utek, Nymrissa and the various treasures and world activities spread across the zone.
Doing all of that on multiple characters is considerably more appealing when each trip does not begin with a scenic flight across half the continent.
The Portal Is Becoming One of Season 2's Best Quality-of-Life Unlocks
The portal itself is hardly Season 2's most powerful reward.
It does not increase your item level.
It does not provide Mistcrests.
It will not improve your parses.
But quality-of-life improvements have a habit of becoming increasingly valuable the more often you use them.
One saved flight is insignificant.
Dozens of trips across several characters are not.
That is why the alt fix matters.
Season 2 increasingly encourages players to use the Coiled Isle as a weekly activity hub rather than a zone they visit once for the campaign.
The portal turns that routine into:
- Go to Astalor's Sanctum.
- Take the portal.
- Arrive on the Coiled Isle.
And now your alts are allowed to participate too.
Warbands are supposed to make playing multiple characters easier.
Being forced to commute separately was probably taking the concept a little too literally.
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