General
The Coiled Isle — Zone Exploration Guide
Unlocking the zone, all 12 rares, all 22 treasures, lore objects, Skyriding Glyphs, and the zone's achievements.
The Coiled Isle is the new outdoor zone added in Patch 12.1, sitting off the eastern coast of Zul'Aman. This guide covers how to unlock and travel the zone, its points of interest, and the full explorer's checklist: all 12 rares, all 22 treasures, the 10 lore objects, and the 11 Skyriding Glyphs. For the zone's endgame systems — Temple Assaults, the Altar of Corrosion, and the Corrosive Codex — see the separate Vaults of Atal'Utek guide, and for the new Renown faction see the Zul'jarra's Forces guide.
🗺 Unlocking & Getting to the Isle
The Coiled Isle unlocks during Chapter 2 of the Patch 12.1 campaign, The Curse of Ula'tek, through the quest What Lies Beyond the Fog. Once you've completed the introductory questline, every character in your warband can fly there.
Getting There
- Flying is available immediately — the Isle sits off the eastern coast of Zul'Aman in the Eastern Kingdoms, so you can fly a mount straight there once unlocked.
- A flight path runs to Tokka's Landing, the zone's central hub, once you've unlocked it.
- You can also swim from Zul'Aman, though sharks and threshadons patrol the water.
- After a short questline to unlock Prey in Season 2, a two-way portal opens between Astalor's Sanctum in Silvermoon City and the Coiled Isle — the fastest way back and forth. This portal isn't available until Season 2 begins, a week after the 12.1 launch.
📌 Points of Interest
The zone is built around Tokka's Landing as its central hub, with two regular Delves, the Season 2 Nemesis Delve, an instanced world boss lair, and the entrances to the Vaults of Atal'Utek scattered around it.
| Location | Coordinates |
|---|---|
| Tokka's Landing (hub, flight master) | /way #2512 59.4 49.5 |
| Gnarldor Isle Delve | /way #2512 64.6 78 |
| The Ring of Glory Delve | /way #2512 71.1 56.8 |
| Torment's Rise Nemesis Delve | /way #2512 52.1 30.8 |
| Tokka's Folly | /way #2512 51.5 49.7 |
| The Tidebound Grotto (world boss lair) | /way #2512 60.1 66.1 |
| Gate of the Serpent Eye (Vaults entrance) | /way #2512 43.3 44.2 |
| Gate of the Eastern Fang (Vaults entrance) | /way #2512 45.4 65.9 |
| Gate of the Western Fang (Vaults entrance) | /way #2512 31.8 64.9 |
| Altar of Corrosion (inside the Vaults) | /way #2509 51.2 62.6 |
| Altar of Fangs dungeon entrance (inside the Vaults) | /way #2509 47.2 67.6 |
| The Venomous Abyss raid entrance (inside the Vaults) | /way #2509 47.2 21.7 |
The Tidebound Grotto World Boss
Nymrissa Wavecaller sits at the bottom of the bay below Tokka's Landing. It's the first world boss to offer multiple difficulty options — World, Normal, Heroic, and Mythic — dropping Veteran through Myth track gear depending on difficulty. The encounter is instanced: you need a group before entering on any difficulty above World, and there's a Summoning Stone outside the lair for that purpose. Full strategy and reward details are covered in the separate Tidebound Grotto Lair boss guide.
🐇 Rares — Coiled to Strike
Twelve rares are scattered across the Coiled Isle. Each grants 50 reputation with Zul'jarra's Forces on its first kill, drops Adventurer track (item level 266) Warbound-until-equipped gear, and has a small chance to drop one of two exclusive mounts: the Ruby Writhe or the Topaz Skyfang. Killing all 12 completes the Coiled to Strike achievement, which rewards the Amani Forge decor piece.
| Rare | Coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Farthik the Plunderer | /way #2512 53.8 72.0 | Interact with the Unguarded Chest to summon it |
| Kari'zah the Forgotten | /way #2512 24.8 73.5 | |
| Hisstara | /way #2512 43.9 50.8 | |
| Garsecg | /way #2512 69.5 45.0 | |
| Coin-Eye Skully | /way #2512 55.8 67.9 | Swims in a circle around the area |
| Sss'alik | /way #2512 60.0 40.0 | Patrols up and down the nearby path |
| Siltmouth | /way #2512 50.1 69.0 | |
| Lockjaw | /way #2512 31.7 56.7 | |
| Szarith the Fanged | /way #2509 38.8 13.4 | Inside the Vaults, in The Underbelly area |
| Nar'zira | /way #2512 63.1 62.1 | Inside the Tomb of the Lost Priest (entrance at 52.4, 43.1) |
| Big Mon | /way #2512 70.1 63.5 | |
| Destra | /way #2512 52.0 32.3 |
💰 Treasures — Treasures of the Coiled Isle
Twenty-two treasures are hidden around the zone. Finding all of them completes Treasures of the Coiled Isle and rewards the Auriferous Venomfang mount. Most are simple ground pickups; several require a short chain of interactions first.
Simple Pickups
- Possessed Vase — /way #2512 31.4 83.5
- Tarnished Amani Glaive — /way #2512 55.2 38.0
- Damaged Loa Trinket — /way #2512 46.9 29.6
- Ornate Bottle — /way #2512 67.0 28.0
- Waterlogged Basket — /way #2512 49.5 32.0
- Crumbling Urn — /way #2512 73.5 56.5
- Fangbound Sack — /way #2512 45.9 66.3
- Malfunctioning Staff — /way #2512 75.4 68.4
- Jaktu's Cursed Blade — /way #2512 60.4 59.5
- Venomjade Necklace — /way #2512 64.7 36.6
- Stinking Vessel — /way #2512 53.1 43.1
- Smoldering Incense — /way #2512 29.5 67.2
- Forgotten Mask — /way #2512 64.9 78.9
- Zul'jan's Stash — /way #2512 43.9 26.5
Multi-Step Treasures
- Sunken Diver's Chest (/way #2512 65.4 5.8) — loot 3 Diver's Key Fragments from Glittering Grouper Brinetail in the area, combine into a key, then open the chest.
- Profane Ritual Spoils (/way #2512 43.6 67.5) — interact with the four Mysterious Trinkets on the table (top right, top left, bottom right, bottom left).
- Lost Spirit (/way #2512 68.0 65.9) — first grab the Forgotten Trinket at 70.2, 64.5, then return to the Lost Spirit.
- Vul'zahn's Smuggled Treasure (/way #2512 58.2 45.7) — talk to Vul'zahn, then the Witherbark Cook (58.0, 48.8), then Apothecary Dezi (57.2, 48.5) for medicine, return to the cook for stew, then back to Vul'zahn for the key.
- Grave of Someone Forgotten (/way #2512 67.3 48.5) — interact with the grave and its ghost, then speak with the spirits of Zan'ja (70.4, 58.4), Ru'ko (66.4, 57.2), and Zuzan (69.1, 52.7) before returning to the grave.
- Brine-Crusted Chest (/way #2512 70.6 76.6) — loot a Luminescent Pearl from a Bubbling Clam on the sea floor near 71.9, 82.8, place it near Nacretta at 70.6, 77.1, then loot the key she drops.
- Amani Privateer's Cache (/way #2512 71.9 66.6) — fish the Grisly Cod Pool at 73.4, 66.1 for a Grisly Morsel, feed it to the nearby dolphin, then swim underwater to loot half a key from the Waterlogged Crate (73.1, 67.0) and the other half from the Broken Urn (72.4, 68.4) before combining them.
📜 Lore Objects & Skyriding Glyphs
Lore Objects — Student of Hissstory
Ten lore objects are scattered around the isle. Collecting all of them grants the achievement Student of Hissstory and the toy Cursed Badge of the Soulcoilers, which turns you into a snake-like humanoid and doesn't break on entering combat.
| Lore Object | Coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Head Mason's Tablet | /way 42.5 65.0 | Within the entrance to the Vaults of Atal'Utek |
| Worn Tablet | /way 70.0 65.9 | Within the temple |
| Message in a Bottle | /way 31.6 83.7 | Next to a shipwreck on the shore |
| Forum Rules | /way 25.0 67.8 | Base of a stone square in the open |
| Zandalari Logbook | /way 71.9 44.9 | In the water next to a shipwreck |
| Amani Exile's Words | /way 57.4 80.3 | Within the base of a large fallen tree |
| Abandoned Tablet | /way 50.7 68.4 | Below the broken bridge |
| Oily Black Stone | /way 45.8 47.9 | In a pool of green liquid; readable in Shadow Priest voidform (not required for credit) |
| Survival Journals | /way 34.1 36.5 | Washed ashore on a small island |
| Profaned Plaque | /way 32.5 63.7 | Chamber on the left as you enter the Vaults of Atal'Utek |
Skyriding Glyphs — The Coiled Isle's Glyph Hunter
Eleven Skyriding Glyphs are placed around the zone. Collecting all of them only rewards an achievement — there's no other prize for the set.
- The Fangs — /way 37.4 60.5 (top of the tallest peak)
- The Wreck of Sethralis's Scales — /way 28.8 75.2
- Gate of the Eastern Fang — /way 45.9 64.9 (above the Vaults entrance)
- The Whispering Marsh — /way 64.1 60.7 (above a broken tree)
- The Serpent's Tail — /way 52.1 38.6
- Gate of the Serpent's Eye — /way 43.9 44.2 (below the snake head at the Vaults entrance)
- The Forum — /way 26.6 63.2
- Southern Island — /way 40.6 90.5 (eastern side of the southern island)
- Tokka's Landing — /way 58.9 48.9 (above the entrance arch)
- The Wreck of Paku's Talon — /way 70.1 48.3
- Blistering Terrace — /way 42.9 30.6
🏆 Achievements
The Coiled Isle's achievements build toward a meta, Ula'tek Uncoiled, which requires four sub-achievements:
- Explore the Coiled Isle — explore the zone
- Treasures of the Coiled Isle — find every treasure
- Coiled to Strike — kill every rare
- The Curse of Ula'tek — complete the campaign storylines
Other collection achievements on the isle include Angler of The Coiled Isle (catch every fish type), The Coiled Isle Safari (catch all the zone's wild battle pets — see the Pet Collection guide), The Coiled Isles Glyph Hunter (all 11 Skyriding Glyphs), Student of Hissstory (all 10 lore objects), Snake Charmed, I'm Sure (complete side quests), and A Stack of Snacks (complete the world quest Ki'clak Snack Attack five times).