A Viscous Cleaning

Quest Giver: Hodir’s Helm (object) — Dun Niffelem, Storm Peaks [64, 59]

Objective: Collect 5 Viscous Oil from Viscous Oil slimes in Hibernal Cavern, then return to Hodir’s Helm and apply the oil.

Quick Facts

• Type: Daily quest
• Prerequisites: Complete Forging a Head and Placing Hodir’s Helm (requires Friendly)
• Pairs With: Culling Jorcuttar (same cave, but see phasing warning below)

Walkthrough

Step 1: Accept from Hodir’s Helm

• This quest has no NPC quest giver. Approach Hodir’s Helm at [64, 59] in Dun Niffelem (the artifact you placed during Placing Hodir’s Helm). As you draw near, you notice frost accumulating on its surface, and the helm’s eyes flash, telepathically sending you a vision of Hibernal Cavern.

Step 2: Collect Viscous Oil

• Fly southwest to Hibernal Cavern. The entrance is at approximately [55.6, 63.0].
• Kill the neutral Viscous Oil slimes inside the cave. They have a 100% drop rate, so you need exactly 5 kills.
• Cave routing tip: At the fork just inside the entrance, go right (straight). The left fork leads to a cluster of aggressive jormungar that aren’t needed for this quest.

Step 3: Return to Hodir’s Helm

• Fly back to Dun Niffelem and use the oil on Hodir’s Helm to complete the quest. The frost falls away and the surface gleams.

Tips

• Phasing Warning: If you currently have Culling Jorcuttar in your quest log, Hibernal Cavern will be phased differently and the Viscous Oil slimes will not be visible. Complete or abandon Culling Jorcuttar first, then return for this daily.
• Viscous Oils are individual loot. Grouping won’t affect your ability to collect them.
• Do Alongside: If you still need to complete Culling Jorcuttar as a one-time quest, do it first, then pick up this daily afterward since both use the same cave. On days you’re running all your Sons of Hodir dailies, pair this with Hot and Cold and Hodir’s Call for a full Friendly-tier loop from Dun Niffelem.

Lore Context

The Viscous Oil slimes are part of Hibernal Cavern’s layered ecosystem. The cave also contains Dead Icemaw Bears (used for Culling Jorcuttar) and the jormungar brood they spawned to protect. The slimes are essentially biological byproducts of this underground food chain, and their oil happens to be the perfect anti-frost sealant for Njormeld’s artifact.

This quest is unique among Sons of Hodir dailies in that it has no NPC quest giver. The helm itself communicates telepathically with you through a vision, fitting for an artifact built from Stormforged Eyes.

Rename Note: This quest was originally called “Polishing the Helm” and was renamed to “A Viscous Cleaning” in Patch 9.1.5 (November 2, 2021), part of the same content sensitivity pass that hit the other Sons of Hodir quests.

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.