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{{Infobox zone
| name = The Lost Isles
| ss = LostIslesA.jpg
| faction = Neutral
| level = 1 - 20
| battlelvl = 1 - 4
| capital = {{Combat}} [[Oostan]] (destroyed)
| races = {{RaceIcon|Pygmy}} [[Pygmy]]<br/> {{Race|Goblin}}<br/> {{RaceIcon|Hobgoblin}} [[Hobgoblin]]<br/> {{Race|Orc}}<br/> {{Race|Human}}<br/> {{Race|Naga}}<br/> {{Race|Gnome}}
| rulers = {{NPC|Combat|Yngwie|icon=Pygmy}}{{KIA}}
| major = {{Combat}} [[Oomlot Village]] (destroyed)<br/> {{Horde}} [[Town-In-A-Box (Lost Isles)|Town-In-A-Box]] (destroyed)
| minor = {{Horde}} [[Horde Base Camp]]<br/> {{Horde}} [[Warchief's Lookout]]<br/> {{Horde}} [[Gallywix Docks]] (destroyed)<br/> {{Alliance}} [[Alliance Beachhead]]<br/> {{Neutral}} [[Shipwreck Shore]]<br/> {{Combat}} [[Slave Pits|The Slave Pits]]
| affiliation = [[Pygmy|Pygmy tribes]], [[Bilgewater Cartel]], [[Horde]], [[Alliance]], [[Southsea Freebooters]]
| loc = Northwest of [[Kezan]], [[Great Sea]]
| territory =
}}

'''The Lost Isles''' is a zone added in ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]]''. This small archipelago is located in the [[Great Sea]], very close to both [[Kezan]] and the [[Maelstrom]]. The [[goblin (playable)|goblins]] of the [[Bilgewater Cartel]] were shipwrecked on the Lost Isles after fleeing the devastation of Kezan. After surviving the perils of the island, the goblins became allies of the Horde and have since started to rebuild their civilization in [[Azshara]]. The isles themselves can only be accessed during the [[goblin starting experience]].

==Description==
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Following [[Deathwing|Deathwing's]] destruction of [[Kezan]], the surviving [[Goblin (playable)|goblins]] of the [[Bilgewater Cartel]] flee on [[Jastor Gallywix|Jastor Gallywix's]] [[Gallywix's Yacht|Yacht]]. They wash up on the Lost Isles after being attacked unprovoked by an [[Alliance]] battleship. The [[player]], [[Sassy Hardwrench]], and Jastor Gallywix lead the survivors once onshore. The orc ship, ''[[Draka's Fury]]'' was shipwrecked as well. Losing their "[[Thrall|cargo]]" to the Alliance, [[Aggra]], the acting captain of the shipwrecked crew of the ''Draka's Fury'', sends the goblins to recover the cargo, who is none other than [[Thrall]] himself. After humbling the greedy Gallywix and killing his cronies to ensure his cooperation, the goblins accompany Thrall back to [[Kalimdor]], where the goblins begin constructing their new home in [[Azshara]] and swear allegiance to the [[Horde]].

===Notes===
A race of intelligent monkeys mines [[Kaja'mite]] somewhere on the Isles.<ref>http://wow.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzcon-2009-worgen-and-goblin-quests-spoilers/P2</ref> Some of the monkeys seem to be enslaved by mysterious pygmies.
The raptors and dinosaurs seem to have unique new models, shown on Blizzard-made concept art. The Isles are covered with exotic forests, bamboo and a new species of palm trees.

==Message in a Bottle==
{{Book|Kezan And The Lost Isles<ref>''[[The Art of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]]'', pg. 82</ref>|height=20em|align=left|content=
:If your reading this, I'm probably dead.
I got shipwrecked with Kezan's other uprooted goblins on some crazy place called the Lost Isles. Hostile jungle critters are making snacks out of my fellow castaways, and I have this sick feeling that I'm next. I'd go on about the strange flora and fauna here, but who cares about some dinky rock out in the middle of nowhere when my life is on the line? Lets focus on what I can do for ''you'', and what you can do for ''me''.

See, when Mount Kajaro started spewing molet rock all over Kezan, my [[workshop]] and all the precious inventions within got blown to smithereens. Luckily I storied the details of the creations in my noggin. Inside this bottle you'll find every schematic to my name...''free'' to take. You put these babies to use, and you'll be living like a trade prince in no time. I only ask one tiny thing in return - make sure the world knows who invented these gems of goblin ingenuity. You know: build a few statues in my honor, name your kids after me, that sort of thing. Quite a deal, am I right?

''Explories' League Note:It appears that the author's name was not included on this letter or the hastily scribbled schematics accompanying it.''}}

==Geography==
===Location===
The Lost Isles are some tropical islands located southwest of the [[Maelstrom]] and northwest of [[Kezan]], in the [[Great Sea]].

===Maps and subregions===
[[File:VZ-Lost Isles-t1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Map of the Lost Isles (pre-volcanic eruption).]]
[[File:VZ-Lost Isles-t2.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Map of the Lost Isles (post-volcanic eruption).]]

{| class="darktable  hlist"
|
*[[Alliance Beachhead]]
*''[[Draka's Fury]]''
*[[Great Sea|The Great Sea]]
*[[Horde Base Camp]]
*[[Kaja'mite Cavern]]
*[[Savage Glen|The Savage Glen]]
*[[Shipwreck Shore]]
*''[[Vengeance Wake]]''
*[[Vicious Vale|The Vicious Vale]]
*[[Wild Overlook]]
|-
||
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*[[Bilgewater Lumber Yard]]
*[[Dire Strait]]
*[[Gallywix Docks]]
*[[KTC Oil Platform]]
*[[Landing Site]]/[[Town-In-A-Box (Lost Isles)|Town-In-A-Box]]
*[[Lost Peak]]
**[[Gallywix Labor Mine]]
**[[Lost Caldera]]
**[[Oostan]]
***[[Oostan Nord]]
***[[Oostan Ost]]
***[[Oostan Sor]]
**[[Sky Falls]]
**[[Volcanoth's Lair]]
*[[Oomlot Village]]
*[[Raptor Rise]]
*[[Ruins of Vashj'elan]]
*[[Scorched Gully]]
*[[Slave Pits|The Slave Pits]]
*[[Tranquil Coast]]
*[[Vashj'elan Spawning Pool]]
*[[Verdant Highlands]]
*[[Warchief's Lookout]]
|-
||
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;Other
*[[Eastern Lost Isles]]
|}

<gallery>
File:WorldMap-TheLostIsles.jpg|Map before opening the [[Town-In-A-Box (Lost Isles)|Town-In-A-Box]].
</gallery>
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==Notable characters==
{{main|Lost Isles NPCs}}

==Resources==
[[File:The Lost Isles concept map.jpg|thumb|An early concept of the Lost Isles.]]
*Herbalism
**[[Peacebloom]]
**[[Silverleaf]]
**[[Earthroot]]
*Mining
**[[Copper Ore]]
*Fishing
**[[Raw Slitherskin Mackerel]]

==Wild creatures==
*[[Bush chicken]]s
*[[Crab]]s
*[[Frog]]s
*[[Monkey]]s
*[[Panther]]s
*[[Pterrordax]]s
*[[Raptor]]s
*[[Rat]]s
*[[Shark]]s
*[[Turtle]]s

==Notes and trivia==
*The Xizzix siblings ([[Pix Xizzix|Pix]], [[Rix Xizzix|Rix]], and [[Frix Xizzix|Frix]]) came from the Lost Isles to [[Booty Bay]] looking to start up a new business venture.<ref>[[Show Me The Money!]]</ref>
*The [[Tarnished Undermine Real|Undermine Real]] is described as a "Lost Isles currency", even though [[Undermine]] is located on Kezan and not the Lost Isles.
*Among the creatures concepted for the area were a variety of [[Lost Isle dinosaur|dinosaurs]], as well as [[Spiny Raptor|spiny raptors]], [[raptoryx]]es, [[barramunda]]s and [[dodo]]s.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Wow-goblin.jpg
CataclysmGoblin2.jpg
River.jpg
Artpanel 153.jpg
Artpanel 160.jpg
Artpanel 161.jpg
Artpanel 190.jpg
Lost Isles.png
Lost Isles HD.png
Lost isles.jpg
Baby-turtles.jpg|Baby Turtles
Kaja'mite-Caverns.jpg|Kaja'mite Caverns
lost-isles.jpg
</gallery>

;Art
<gallery>
Lost Isles concept art - X section.jpg|Concept art.
Lost Isle Dinosaurs concept art.jpg|Concept art.
Dodo concept art.jpg|Concept art.
Lost Isles flora concept art.jpg|Concept art.
Lost Isles Cactus Palm concept art.jpg|Concept art.
LostIsles art.jpg|Concept art.
Lost Isles TCG.jpg|Lost Isles in the [[TCG]].
</gallery>

;Maps
<gallery>
Lost Isles concept.png|Initial layout concept.
Lost Isles early concept.jpg|Early map of the small western island.
VZ-Maelstrom.jpg|The Lost Isles in the "Maelstrom Continent" of ''Cataclysm''.
Lost Isles on Kalimdor minimap.jpg|An early version of the Lost Isles appeared in the minimap for Kalimdor from ''Cataclysm'' up to [[patch 8.1.5]]. 
Chronicle - Map of Azeroth.jpg|Lost Isles' location as shown in ''[[World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1]]'' next to Kezan.
Chron3 map of Azeroth after the Cataclysm.jpg|Lost Isles' location as shown in ''[[World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3]]'' next to Kezan.
</gallery>

==Videos==
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*{{#vlink:52X4yRUOVk0|Cataclysm - Lost Isles Overview}}<br/>
*{{#vlink:DGmLtrvQfOY|Goblin Gameplay Starting Zone - Cataclysm}}

==Patch changes==
*{{Patch 7.3.5|note=Level scaling implemented, previous zone level: 5 - 12.}}
*{{Patch 4.0.3a|note=Added.}}

==See also==
*[[Goblin (playable)]]
*[[Lost Isles NPCs]]
*[[Kezan (starting zone)|Kezan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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