Hodir’s Call

Quest Giver: Hodir’s Horn (object) — Dun Niffelem, Storm Peaks [64, 65]

Objective: Defeat 5 Niffelem Forefathers and 5 Restless Frostborn at Thunderfall, then use Hodir’s Horn on their corpses to free their spirits.

Quick Facts

• Type: Daily quest (repeatable)
• Unlocked by: In Memoriam → A Monument to the Fallen
• Pairs With: Hot and Cold, A Viscous Cleaning (all three Friendly-tier dailies share the Dun Niffelem area)

Walkthrough

Step 1: Travel to Thunderfall

• Fly northeast from Dun Niffelem to Thunderfall around [72, 50]. This frozen battlefield sits just north of Frostfield Lake. You’ll recognize it by the massive frozen tableau of giants and dwarves locked in combat.

Step 2: Kill and Free Spirits

• Defeat 5 Niffelem Forefathers (large frost giants) and 5 Restless Frostborn (ghostly dwarves). Both Restless Frostborn Warriors and Restless Frostborn Ghosts count toward the Frostborn portion.
• After killing each mob, loot it first, then target the corpse and use Hodir’s Horn from your inventory. The spirit will ascend and the corpse will vanish.
• Repeat until you’ve freed 5 of each type.

Step 3: Return

• Fly back to Hodir’s Horn in Dun Niffelem [64, 65] to turn in.

Efficiency Tips

• Loot before you blow. The corpse disappears when the horn is used. If you don’t loot first, you lose whatever drops were on it.
• Others can’t steal your corpses. As of a patch during original WotLK, using the horn on a mob you didn’t kill produces a “Target is tapped” error. No ninja-horning.
• Forefather spawn point: If the giants are scarce, camp around [72.8, 48.3] where Forefathers spawn frequently.
• Start from the east edge. Beginning around [74.5, 50] and working counter-clockwise keeps you on the thinner outskirts with less accidental aggro.
• Relic of Ulduar drops: Both Forefathers and Frostborn drop Relics of Ulduar, which can be turned in for bonus Sons of Hodir reputation (250 per 10 relics via Hodir’s Tribute). Save these or sell them on the Auction House.
• Do Alongside: Run all three Friendly-tier dailies in one loop. A Viscous Cleaning (cave west of Dun Niffelem), Hot and Cold (Frostfield Lake east of Dun Niffelem), and Hodir’s Call (Thunderfall northeast). All three together yield 1,050 reputation, plus whatever Relics you pick up along the way.

Lore Context

Thunderfall is the site where Thorim, tricked by Loken into believing the frost giants killed his wife Sif, hurled his hammer Krolmir at King Arngrim. The explosion killed everyone nearby, both frost giants and frostborn dwarves mid-battle, and froze the entire scene in time. Some dwarves are still suspended in mid-air where the shockwave caught them.

The quest is an act of penance for Thorim’s mistake. By freeing the spirits of the fallen, you help lay to rest the victims of a tragedy that was engineered by Loken and, ultimately, by Yogg-Saron.

WotLK Classic vs. Original WotLK

• This quest was originally named “Blowing Hodir’s Horn,” which became one of WoW’s most infamous quest names due to the innuendo. It was renamed to “Hodir’s Call” in retail Patch 9.1.5 (November 2021). WotLK Classic launched in 2022 with the new name already in place.
• Horn cooldown was removed during Patch 3.3.0 in the original WotLK; this fix carried into Classic.
• Patch 3.3.0 also increased Sons of Hodir daily reputation gains by ~30% (from 250 to 350 per daily).

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