The Frozen Heart of Isuldof

Quest Giver: “Silvermoon” Harry — Scalawag Point, Howling Fjord [35, 81]

Turn-in: Orfus of Kamagua — Howling Fjord

Objective: Recover the Frozen Heart of Isuldof from the back of Jonah Sterling’s bear den and deliver it to Orfus of Kamagua.

Quick Facts

• Location: Cave at [33.6, 75.5], north of Scalawag Point on Garvan’s Reef
• Chain Position: Part of the Fury of the Kvaldir chain, one of four artifact recovery quests after “Scoodles”
• Pairs With: The Jig is Up (same cave, group quest to kill Jonah Sterling)

Walkthrough

Entering the Cave

• The cave entrance is at approximately [33.6, 75.5] on the north side of the island. Head inside and go straight ahead down the ramp.
• “Mad” Jonah Sterling, a level 71 Elite, lurks near the entrance. If you’re only here for the heart, you can hug the wall and sneak past him without pulling aggro. If he does catch you, he’s manageable solo for most classes at-level.
• Ignore the left tunnel leading to a keep-style entrance. Follow the downward ramp to the bear den in the back.

Grabbing the Heart

• Hozzer, a level 71 Elite polar bear, guards the back of the cave. The Frozen Heart is on the floor behind him, at approximately [33.8, 78.0].
• Hozzer is often sleeping when you arrive. If he’s asleep, you can walk around him and loot the heart without a fight. Stick to the edges and don’t clip him.
• If Hozzer is awake and aggros, he hits hard but is immune to fear and polymorph. Kiting him up the ramp will eventually cause him to reset. Hunters can Feign Death to drop aggro after looting.
• If you engage and need to kill him, he’s doable solo with level-appropriate gear. Tanks and plate classes will have an easy time.

Efficiency Tips

• Combo with The Jig is Up: If you have The Jig is Up from Annie Bonn, do both in one trip. For that quest, you attack Jonah Sterling. At roughly 30% health, he flees down to the bear den where Hozzer eats him alive. You then kill Hozzer and loot Jonah Sterling’s Spyglass from the bear’s corpse. Grab the Frozen Heart while you’re down there.
• Order of operations matters: If you do The Jig is Up first, Hozzer will be awake and hostile after eating Jonah. If you want to grab the heart without a fight, sneak past Jonah, loot the heart from behind the sleeping bear, then come back for Jonah.
• Hozzer respawn note: After being killed for The Jig is Up, Hozzer may respawn asleep on the shelf near the heart, giving a second chance to grab it without combat.

Lore Context

• Harry’s quest text tells the full story: “I saw the change in him the second he pulled it from the grave. I could see the blood freeze in his veins… It was then that the madness truly took over.” The Frozen Heart of Isuldof literally drove “Mad” Jonah Sterling insane on contact. He abandoned the other pirates and holed up in this cave with his bear, tossing the heart in the back of the den as if distance alone could undo the damage.
• This is one of four sacred vrykul artifacts stolen from Shield Hill by the Northsea Freebooters. Each artifact cursed whoever touched it. The theft awakened the kvaldir, and the only way to stop their attacks is to return all four to their graves.

Easter Eggs

• Hozzer is likely a play on “hoser,” a Canadian slang term popularized by Bob and Doug McKenzie on the comedy show SCTV. The McKenzie Brothers’ catchphrase “Take off, you hoser!” became a pop culture staple in the 1980s. Fitting name for a polar bear in a frozen cave.
• Pay attention to detail in the cave, including visible piles of bear droppings scattered across the floor. Someone on the art team was having fun.

Explore Howling Fjord’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Howling Fjord Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.