Talk:Dunes/@comment-2601:648:4301:7940:18CE:A4A:3FEF:6E8A-20170913052944

"It is unknown why these entrances were removed." One of the devs stated on the Discord it's because he felt that the Lost River shouldn't be skipped  (Hence the removal of direct entry into the area, forcing you to go through the LR first)   and because "There's too many entrances to it already".

The Mountains just got an entrance to it though, so maybe they're dialing back on that just a bit (It also serves as a quick route to the ILZ, though you do still technically pass through a bit of the LR biome to reach it)