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Series

1.	Forging a Head
2.	Placing Hodir's Helm

Storyline
The Storm Peaks Clean Up Just Around the Corner Slightly Unstable A Delicate Touch Reclaimed Rations Expression of Gratitude Ample Inspiration Only Partly Forgotten Bitter Departure Cell Block Tango Know No Fear A Flawless Plan Demolitionist Extraordinaire Offering Thanks Missing Scouts Loyal Companions Stemming the Aggressors Baby Stealers Sirana Iceshriek On Brann's Trail Sniffing Out the Perpetrator Pieces to the Puzzle Data Mining The Library Console Norgannon's Shell The Missing Bronzebeard The Nose Knows Sniffing Out the Perpetrator Speak Orcish, Man! Speaking with the Wind's Voice Catching up with Brann Pieces of the Puzzle Data Mining The Library Console Norgannon's Shell Rare Earth Fighting Back Relief for the Fallen Slaves of the Stormforged The Dark Ore The Gifts of Loken Facing the Storm Armor of Darkness The Armor's Secrets Valduran the Stormborn Destroy the Forges! Hit Them Where it Hurts A Colossal Threat The Heart of the Storm The Iron Colossus Aid from the Explorers' League The Frostborn King Fervor of the Frostborn An Experienced Guide Unwelcome Guests The Lonesome Watcher The Hidden Relic Fate of the Titans Fury of the Frostborn King The Master Explorer The Brothers Bronzebeard Going After the Core The Core's Keeper Forging the Keystone Xarantaur, the Witness The Witness and the Hero Memories of Stormhoof Distortions in Time Where Time Went Wrong The Hero's Arms Changing the Wind's Course They Took Our Men! Leave No Goblin Behind The Crone's Bargain Mildred the Cruel Discipline Examples to be Made A Certain Prisoner A Change of Scenery Is That Your Goblin? The Hyldsmeet Taking on All Challengers You'll Need a Bear Bearly Hanging On Cold Hearted Deemed Worthy Making a Harness The Last of Her Kind The Warm-Up Into the Pit Prepare for Glory Lok'lira's Parting Gift The Drakkensryd Sibling Rivalry Mending Fences The Refiner's Fire A Spark of Hope Forging an Alliance You Can't Miss Him Battling the Elements In Memoriam A Monument to the Fallen Forging a Head Placing Hodir's Helm Forging Hodir's Spear A New Beginning Veranus Territorial Trespass Krolmir, Hammer of Storms The Terrace of the Makers The Earthen Oath Loken's Lackeys The Reckoning

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Comments

Comment by geony

The northern ice spike - 64.59

Comment by 223954

just take the quest log description extremely literally, somewhat.

if you face the exact same direction as Njormeld, you'll see a small stalagmite, and a larger one behind it that has a chain encircling it about the height of the foreground spike. this is by the flightmaster.

look slightly to the right, if you're facing say 12 o clock, you want to be about 1-2 o clock. you should see another large+chain stag with a smaller one in front of it. just stare at it for a few moments and if you see the blinking, that's your target.

here's a better picture using the npc as vantage.

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7335/lkmountingpl9.jpg

Comment by 226771

You do not dismount when using the tablets.
That's what I suspected first and it's also why I tried to land on top of the spike (as of build 9155, the spike's top gleams like a big fat piece of loot), which is ... well, difficult, and if you fail, it's deadly. Just fly next to the spike and use the tablets, et voila.

Comment by 156294

druids cannot complete this quest in flight form, so make sure you have an actual flying mount on you unlike me...

edit: shift out, insta-click, shift back. works.

Comment by 247533

Location = 64.23 / 59.15 It's a small green spike in the ground. There are two of them. You place the helm on the LEFT spike.

Comment by 141466

One thing to note: the ice spike you need has sparklies on it.

Comment by aeonabyss

Definitely a bad quest description...
If you are standing next to the east side of Fjorn's anvil in Dun Niffelem and face north, fly up to the top of the ice column directly in front of the one with the chains wrapped around it and click the tablet.
It's basically the only non-pointy ice spike.

Comment by 243924

For druids that only have flight form.

1. Fly to about 10 meters above the location described in prior posts.
2. Shift to caster form.
3. Use the quest item as you fall past the tip of the spike.
4. Cast flight form again to avoid dying, or alternatively use Snowfall Lager from the dwarves at Frosthold (94,55). Snowfall Lager grants a feather fall effect and is purchased using two Relics of Ulduar.

Comment by xymera

Fly to the top of the crystal to the left of Lorekeeper Randvir. You use item, it wont dismount you. Then the head will appear.

Comment by baldeagle

Okay, Druids do not need a regular flying mount, nor do you need to free fall. While it is difficult to get positioned in just the right spot, it IS possible to land on the very top sharp edge of the crystal. You will think you are not landed, but if you press and hold your "x" key to go down, you will see you are stationary on the crystal. If you find you ARE going down, then just slightly adjust your postition. Once you have found the sweet spot, go ahead and shift out of flight form, and you are now standing on top of the crystal. Use the tablet, compete, shift into flight form, and go turn it in.

Comment by 255496

The crystal that you need to go to is sparkling as of 3.0.3 — you don't need to dismount to use the quest item.

Comment by 20187

My turn to make a graphic since nothing has helped.

http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mountinghodirshelmfi2.jpg

Comment by 256626

Comfirming That you can land on the tip of the ice spike

-timmy Kelthuz-

Comment by 243349

Well, the coords are 64.2 59.1 If you do not have coords, stand were the king is, and go to the right, around the curve and it's the second spike on the left, near the end. And I was mounted when I did it.

Comment by 161033

Tip -

The spike you need glimmers and sparkles.

No need to land on the spike, using the item whilst flying near the spike will work.

Comment by SpeedAtNight

For druids: If you land on the space shown in the picture below you won't slide off or fall.
http://i38.tinypic.com/34t25id.jpg

Comment by 68114

As a druid, you will not be able to click the tablet in flight form. But, what you can do is shift out of flight form, read the tablet, and then shift back to flight form before landing. I just did that, works great.

Comment by Wedmark

I used the tab while on my flying mount. Didn't get dismounted.

Comment by 219974

the spike tip is the sparkly one north of the anvil. you do not need to dismount.

Comment by pepperspray1991

When you complete this quest Njormeld will say

"That will do <race>
That will do"

Which is a reference to the movie Babe

Comment by 103436

I flew up next to the top of the spike. It wasnt where I thought it was, but it had "quest sparkles" comming from it. Like I side I just flew up next to it on my mount and used the tablet, it didnt dismount me or anything.

Comment by reiahart

At the crystals with sparklies on it =D 64, 59

If you are still having trouble when at this location just fly from the bottom of the crystal to the top spamming the item. You'll get it.

Comment by 263613

ugh... actually druids CAN use this item in flightform (it will change them out of flightform on use) simply shift back into flightform as you're falling.

If you're a druid and you think its not working for you.
Press 'esc' > 'Interface' > 'Controls' > and put a check mark next to 'Auto Dismount in Flight.'

Anyone playing with this unchecked (especially a druid) is a horrible player and should be labled as such.

Comment by 265036

The spike you are supposed to read the tablets on also has a sparkle on the tip to help you see it, and for me was below and to the left of the large spike that looks like the one you were supposed to use, if you were facing it.

Comment by 156401

I love the Babe reference when you complete it

Comment by 143992

All your tips were confusing me a lot, looking at your screenshots (and even youtube video) there is a head and i was looking for it all the time ... and well if you didn't notice it won't show before you complete the quest so you only have to look for an sparkling ice spike.

Comment by 87649

Ok.. If your standing in front of King Jokkum the spike your looking for is the short one that stops at about the same height as where the barb wire(or chain) is...

For me there were no sparkles and you will not see the helm on the spike until after the quest.

Comment by 271367

The ice spike is neither particularly small (it's only small in comparison with the massive spikes surrounding you!) nor is it right in front of him - it's actually right across the camp, so far away that it's invisible if you have view distance turned way down. On my computer, the sparklies only appeared after I'd been sitting at the spike for about ten seconds, as well.

Comment by Shylight

you dont have to land on the spike to use the item
hover above it and click it..easy

Comment by klajn

This quest leads to one of the daily quests for Sons of Hodir
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=13006

Comment by vikichan

Tricky quest, at least for me, I made a pretty much "explainable" screen shot, I hope it will help

Comment by TweFoju

its easy, idk why so many ppl thought its tricky

i just use my Mount and fly near the top of the spike and click on the quest item and done =)

Comment by paublina

I mostly just stayed really close to it and clicked the tablets, the helm appeared on the spike and I got quest completion. Not that I was still mounted when I did so.

Comment by 116540

i just did this quest as druid in my flying form and where the quest can be triggered my form has fade away but i did my quest and i also got my http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=964 :p

Comment by mailman234

It is the only huge spike around the room with HUGE SPARKLES coming from its tip. Fly to the sparkles and use the Tablets of Pronouncement... done and done

Comment by flymolo21

You don't have to land on it. Just fly close to it and it works...I died 2 times trying to land on it.

Comment by 292951

as soon as the helm showed up i didnt complete the quest,
you need to mount it but how?

Comment by Cantras

Another way of locating it: It is straight back from the horn, and the quartermaster is sortof looking at it (which is easier to see from the air.) Good luck. :)

Comment by 267279

OK I had a really hard time finding this using these directions. It isn't one of the big ones up at the top, like I thought. It is one of the ones down in the town with you. Stand between the king's legs, facing the same way he is facing, and it is about a 45 degree angle to your right. It's just a small one. It "sparkles" a little, but not like regular quest items do. Good luck.

Comment by 71818

nope u dont need to go out of flight form (Druid)
just go up to the top of the spike and use item

Comment by 176571

u dont have to dismount or anything...just fly to the sparkling peak and click the tablet.

Comment by 52637

btw.....after the new patch now i think it has been changed.... cause i could use the item in fligt form.... so for all druids who have only flight form and havent done this q, this is for u....

Comment by 309303

look for a ball of light at 64.2, 59.3...looks like a nightelf wisp then click on item he gave you...done

Comment by 52273

you can't place the mask if you are on a flying carpet.. you'll need to be on a regular flying mount..

Comment by Deewy

Tip: Look at the wolf denmother at the bottom of the "pit", the spike you need is the one almost immediately above her.

Comment by 326930

You do not have to dismount i was on my flyer and simply hit the tab and i completed the qeust do not bother trying to dismount on the top

Comment by Zazkia

The completion message - that will do little <race>, that will do - is a reference to the movie Babe.

Comment by 41613

Dont know when they changed it. But druids CAN now do it while shapeshifted.

Comment by 139938

Opens up the daily quest Polishing the Helm.

Comment by 343811

It's not that hard, gusy: the correct one has sparklies on the top, just like any other clickable object

Comment by Shubi

haha I like this quest - done it in 5 sec, and get 165 rep with Holdir + dinged 79 lvl :p
THX to narub for screens, otherwise I'd never look in air for it :p

Comment by LambiPambi

That will do, little <race>.

That will do....

A cute reference to the ending of Babe(film), that little pig with big dreams of becoming a sheep dog.

Comment by Eveena

The crystal you want is very close by the king. If you get behind him facing the way he is facing, it is directly NW of him and a little higher. It sparkles. When you click on the scroll, the crystal turns dark and two horns will appear on the new helmet.

Comment by 244854

shame on blizz doing quests like this one

Comment by Mosk

You don't have to dismount in order to do it.

Comment by 52857

Ive got a problem, i didnt know that you can use the q item on mount:(

So ive dismounted and near the sparks i had use the table and got the quest complete message but there is no helm:(

Is this because i died after the q complete message?

the funny thing is before i died, i saw the Helm

Comment by 52857

I don’t know what it was, but I came online and the Helm was there.

So if someone should have the same problem, then try it again later maybe the Helm is then there:)

Comment by 141166

You get to give head.. To a pole.. Hmmm.
..fun!

Comment by 218218

I can't even tell you how lackluster it was that the helm was simply a copy/paste of the DK greathelm...

Comment by Regigo

Druids can use the item in flight form. Not sure when it got patched that way, but I just used it myself.

Comment by 423851

quest leads you to believe that you must land on the spike. it's the small spike in front of the very largest spike with chains around it. fly to the tip and right click the quest item while mounted and ta da!

no need to dismount

Comment by 83915

Drop the quest and start it again to force the correct spike to "sparkle" again.

Comment by dragunknight92

The spot you are looking for is directly north-west of the king when facing the same direction as him, OR directly opposite Njordeld, across the room. The iclce WITHOUT the chains attatched. The tip sparcles every few seconds like a gathering node.

Comment by Fondell

For people who use Carbonite Addon: The spot where the spike is located is shown as a blue dot on top of the big spike. The spike you acctually need is the smaller spike located BELOW the big spike. It shows the correct position but it can be confusing as you can not actually see the spike you need to use on the map since the map is 2D.

Comment by theAnton

Why does the Great Helm of Hodir look like the standard Death Knight helm?

Comment by FenixAiur

"Sons of Hodir, I humbly present you Hodir's helm."

Or something like that.. I'm paraphrasing.

How can anyone "humbly" present a helm that is bigger than the drake he rides? I'd feel like a champ in front of all those giants.

Comment by 291995

I don't know if my quest was glitched or not, but I couldn't see this thing /anywhere/. I even aligned myself with the screenshots posted, and didn't find it. Eventually I got sick of flying around so I just started flying in a few yard increments and using the item and eventually I got credit for the quest, though I still didn't actually see it anywhere....

So if you are having trouble finding the item as well, try just flying in the area it's supposed to be and use the item :P As posted above you just have to be near it..

Comment by wolvesrme

You guys know you don't have to land to put the Helm on the spike? All I did was go near the spike and use the quest item and it went on there and I wasn't dismounted. ;)

Comment by 497259

Save yourself a lot of trouble and check out the screenshots, I did and could have saved some serious time had I looked at them before. I submitted one myself as well.

Comment by 331329

I would have never found it without those screenshots!

Comment by Corehoundhunter

How did we fit the helm in a backpack?

Comment by 544807

When I turned in the quest i snagged 195 rep for the Sons btw @a lvl 80

:)

Comment by teniossa

muito fácil vá até a coordenada 64,60 (voando) e clique no item que você recebeu quando pegou a quest

very easy to go to the coordinates 64.60 (flying) and click the item that you received when you got the quest

Comment by 806182

The Northern Ice Spike is the short one on Lorekeeper Randvir's right-hand side.

Comment by 816952

I agree with other people that this quest was pretty hard to figure out what you should do to complete it.

Simple just fly to the ice spike that glitters and use the Tablets while you are mounted. --> DONE!

Comment by 308483

Whoever wrote this quest is a &*!@ing imbecile.

Comment by Gingerheart74

I don't quite see how everyone is having such a problem with this quest. It seemed very easy to me. Just turn away from Njormeld and the spike you want is right in front of you, with a nice big sparkle on it to let you know that it's the one you need. Seems to be more of a problem with the player than the game.

Comment by 662725

http://tinypic.com/m/f4iw74/4
Here is the information you need, this was pretty bad and NOT obvious at all, I can see most just abandoning this quest or looking to youtube for the answer like I did.

Comment by LADYEAGLE00

by far the most ridiculous quest info given, THANKS TO THE SCREENSHOTS,,,I DIDNT DUMP THE QUEST~ I flew around entire spot looking for a sparkle of some sort...after getting a headache decided to come on here and get some help! THANK YOU!

Comment by 938531

whow do i mount hodir's helm

Comment by 926728

I had trouble completing this quest - the pillar wasn't sparkling. I had to abandon the quest and re-log it, then it was sparkling

Comment by gort615

coordinates 64.16 by 58.95 that help any? fly up near the top of the spike.

then go to 63.26 by 63.15 and speak to Njormeld standing next to the anvil.

Comment by MsPhelix

To recap:
The spike is just ahead of Njormeld - the direction he is facing - a spike to the North of him NOT the Northern Spike as the brief description at the top of the quest page says. Look for the sparkles - they are not constant and are more like a lighthouse beam swing around into your vision than the normal sparkles that mark a quest object.
You do not land on the spike - just float there and read the proclamation.
I agree this is not much of a quest.

Comment by 811177

I failed to find the sparkly spike for ages, its the wording as much as anything else:
The Northern ice spike - it isn't, there are plenty more northern.
The Small ice spike - it isn't, there are plenty smaller.
In Front of me - it isn't particularly, there are others more directly in front.

With camera zoomed in, stand behind Njormeld about as far as he is tall with the screen centered on the small of his back & look to his right about the level of his forearm.
Wait a couple of seconds because the sparkles are like on loot but not continuous.

Comment by 1057704

Fly to the top of the spike at 64.2,59.2 and use the quest item.

Comment by 1062726

its under the large ice spice that is chained to the canyon walls
its a smaller ice spike beneith the large chained one

Comment by Alexandrias

I have an older computer - no sparkles for me. Had I gone through ALL the photo links in this thread, I would have found it sooner; as it was I spent a lot of time trying to match up the bones and chains from the Wowhead picture of it. If you're coming in through the valley towards the front entrance, the spike you want is located before you get to the the King on the left-hand side. If you can see the spear, it's to the left of that. I didn't land on the tip, because at that point I couldn't isolate it. When I finally saw everything match up to the picture all that was left to do was moving incrementally until the game would let me read the tablet.

Comment by fday

My spire didn't sparkle like described. It's the one right in front of the huge northern one with chains around it. Coordinates are 64.18 59.24.

Comment by Hairband

Nothing helpful in all these posts.

Look at my picture. You do not have to get off your mount, as you can see, I'm hovering over the spike which is in front of the largest CHAINED spike (several wraps, others are chained too but not wrapped 2-3 times).

Click tablet. Get prizes. :)

Comment by Kevinem

stand on spike ( with or without your mount ) at 64.2 - 59.2 and use the item .
and it is done

Comment by 436203

I couldn't see the sparkle as explained in other posts either. Dropping and taking quest again made it visible again.

You need to fly on top of spike and use tablet from your inventory. No dismount is required. being on near top edge is required, It will complain otherwise.
(look at screenshot, It is marked with red arrow)

Comment by 1440987

Mounting Hodir's Helm http://youtu.be/kOQMmA7_HG4

Comment by allOf

Mounting Hodir's Helm https://youtu.be/TVmD1XmLxcw

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex93bFZEVd0&feature=youtu.be

Comment by BaronErnstSCA

The spike you're looking for is much lower than the others and is located at 64.18, 59.27. Don't dismount just click and it'll automatically place the helm on it and then you can turn in the quest. I spent waaay too much time at the top of the tallest spire (directly above the correct one) trhing to place the helm there.

Comment by Hairband

Find the spike that has the HELM on it. Should be a sparkle on the top of the helm, if not, just hover over the cranium--click item--presto.

Note you can't stand on the helm without falling down--should give you a clue you don't have to dismount.

No one here said the MOST IMPORTANT thing-- there's only ONE ice spike with the helm on it... there are about 10 spikes altogether and only one has a spike.

Comment by alphageekyvr

Pretty terribly designed. I could not see the helm or sparkle no matter what I did. Finally, I just went to where I *thought* it was, clicked the tablet and poof! quest done. *sigh*

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Placing Hodir's Helm

Njormeld wants you to fly to the tip of the northern ice spike in Dun Niffelem and use the Tablets of Pronouncement.

	Hodir's Helm Mounted (1)

Provided item:

	Tablets of Pronouncement (1)

Description

The helm is forged.

Your efforts have not gone unnoticed, small one. Though there remains much to do, we sons of Hodir are grateful for your accomplishments.

In return, I offer you the opportunity to present Hodir's helm to our king and our brethren.

Fly to the sparkling tip of the small ice spike in front of me and read to our people from this tablet.

Enjoy the privilege, <class>. Never before has an outsider been given such an honor!

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

150 reputation with The Sons of Hodir

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12987))