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Quest 1 of 3 in the Thunderfall Chain
Both Factions • The Storm Peaks • Level 80 • Dun Niffelem
Collect 8 Horn Fragments from Thunderfall.
Fly northeast to Thunderfall, the frozen battlefield north of Frostfield Lake. The fragments litter the ground across the crater and read as grey sheet metal rather than horn, so scan low. The spirits wandering the field are hostile, so pull from the edges one at a time rather than wading into the middle, and note that a few fragments sit in the crater itself with less around them. Druids can gather in flight form without landing, and stealth classes can walk past the whole problem. Take Culling Jorcuttar at the same time, since both are required before Jokkum will discuss Krolmir. Pays +250 reputation.
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Jokkum's reasoning was that his people could not forgive Thorim while the frozen fossils were still the first thing they saw, so something else had to stand there instead. Vikstone gathered eight pieces of Hodir's Horn off a battlefield where the dead were still mid-swing.

“Surely Thorim has told you of the tragedy that divides us. It was in Thunderfall, northeast of here, that these events unfolded. The frozen fossils there are a reminder of that dark day, as are the spirits that haunt that place. If my people are to forgive Thorim, something must take the place of those images. A memorial must be constructed to bring our hearts peace.

Go there, Night Elf. Collect the fragments of Hodir’s Horn that was shattered that day.”

-King Jokkum

Objective

LEVEL

80

Requires level

77

Start

King Jokkum in Dun Niffelem wants you to collect 8 Horn Fragments from Thunderfall.

  • Horn Fragment (8)

 

Quest Giver: King Jokkum
Objective: Collect 8 pieces of Hodir's Spear from the Thunderfall area in The Storm Peaks.
Quest Location: Thunderfall, coordinates 72,47.
Location:
The spear fragments are scattered across Thunderfall, a visually stunning subzone with frozen NPCs and a detailed icy battlefield.
Coordinates: Focus on 72,47, but pieces are scattered in the surrounding area.
Appearance:
The fragments are small, grey pieces on the ground, making them slightly harder to spot. Look carefully near icy debris and around the frozen combatants.
Quest Giver: King Jokkum
Quest Location: Thunderfall, coordinates 72, 47. The spear fragments are scattered across Thunderfall. The fragments are small, grey pieces on the ground. Look carefully near icy debris and around the frozen combatants.

 

Reward

You will receive:

7 Gold

40 Silver

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

12,190 experience
250 reputation with The Sons of Hodir

Walkthrough

 

Quest Giver: King Jokkum — Dun Niffelem, Storm Peaks [65, 60]

Objective: Collect 8 Horn Fragments from Thunderfall.

 

Quick Facts

  • Location: Thunderfall [71, 49]
  • Chain Position: 1 of 2 in the Thunderfall side chain (mandatory side quest within the Sons of Hodir chain). Followed by A Monument to the Fallen.
  • Do Alongside: Culling Jorcuttar, the other mandatory side quest (formerly Jormuttar is Soo Fat…) available at this point in the chain.

 

Walkthrough

Getting to Thunderfall

  • Fly northeast from Dun Niffelem to Thunderfall, located just north of Frostfield Lake. The area is unmistakable: a massive frozen battlefield with frost giants and frost dwarves locked mid-combat, some of the dwarves suspended in mid-air where the shockwave caught them.

 

Collecting the Horn Fragments

  • The fragments are small, grey metallic pieces scattered on the ground across the crater and the surrounding battlefield. They look more like sheet metal than horn pieces. Focus your search around [71, 50] to [72, 52].
  • The area is haunted by wandering spirits (Niffelem Forefathers and Restless Frostborn Ghosts). These are hostile and can aggro if you’re not careful.
  • Druids: Can collect fragments in flight form without landing, bypassing combat entirely.
  • Rogues/Mages: Stealth or Invisibility can help avoid the spirits while picking up fragments.
  • For everyone else, pull spirits from the edges of the battlefield one at a time to clear a path. Avoid pulling into the center where density is higher.
  • There are a couple of fragments in the central crater with fewer guards nearby.

 

Efficiency Tips

  • Complete Culling Jorcuttar before or after this quest, as both are mandatory side quests required to advance toward Krolmir, Hammer of Storms.
  • After turning this in, immediately grab the follow-up, A Monument to the Fallen, which simply sends you to Njormeld on the other side of Dun Niffelem. Quick turn-in for Sons of Hodir rep.
  • On crowded servers, horn fragments can be contested. Early mornings or off-peak hours help if you’re having trouble finding enough.

 

Lore Context

Thunderfall is the site where Thorim, enraged by the (supposed) murder of his wife Sif at the hands of the frost giants, hurled his hammer Krolmir at King Arngrim. The resulting explosion killed everyone present and froze the entire battle tableau for millennia. In truth, Loken murdered Sif and framed the frost giants.

The Horn Fragments you’re collecting are pieces of Hodir’s Horn, a sacred relic gifted to the frost giants by the Titan Keeper Hodir himself. King Jokkum wants it reconstructed as a memorial to help his people find peace and begin to forgive Thorim.

Arngrim’s final act before death was casting a protective rune on Krolmir so that no enemy could claim it. His son, King Jokkum, later returns the hammer to Thorim in the chain’s climactic quest.

 

Norse Mythology

  • Hodir’s name likely derives from Höðr, the Norse god who was tricked by Loki into killing his brother Baldr. This mirrors Loken’s manipulation of the Keepers. There is an alternative connection to Hymir, a frost giant from Norse myth.
  • The broader Thunderfall storyline parallels Norse themes throughout: Thorim = Thor, Sif = Sif, Loken = Loki, Krolmir = Mjölnir. The frozen battlefield itself evokes Ragnarök imagery, where the gods fall in a final cataclysmic battle.

 

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

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
6,100 experience
75 reputation with Argent Crusade

Warrior IconVikstone's War Journal

“Surely Thorim has told you of the tragedy that divides us,” Jokkum said. “It was in Thunderfall, northeast of here, that these events unfolded. The frozen fossils there are a reminder of that dark day, as are the spirits that haunt that place. If my people are to forgive Thorim, something must take the place of those images. A memorial must be constructed to bring our hearts peace. Go there, night elf. Collect the fragments of Hodir’s Horn that was shattered that day.”

Hodir’s horn. These people take their name from the man and I had not once thought to ask what became of him.

Vikstone Portrait Act 3
Illustrated by Christian DiBari and Simon Gough.

I had stood in that crater before, watching a god go down on one knee and a king forgive him for it. 

The fossils are everywhere and they are frozen in the middle of things. Giants and frost dwarves caught mid-strike and mid-fall, some still upright with a weapon up and nowhere to put it. Not one of them is turned toward the thing that killed them. They were fighting each other when the hammer came down.

The horn had gone across the whole field. I took eight pieces out of the ice, and no two of them fit together.

“Another good deed you have done on Thorim’s behalf,” Jokkum said. “This will help to soften the hearts of my people towards him.”

On Thorim’s behalf. The one thing I have done on that man’s behalf that made any difference at all was walk him out onto a bridge.

 

Jokkum had a smith who could make something out of them, which was the whole point of collecting relics from a graveyard in the first place, because his people needed A Monument to the Fallen.

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