Hogger
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 Hogger
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| Race | Gnoll (Humanoid) |
| Level | 11 Elite
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| Health | 666
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| Wealth | 33
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| Status | Killable |
Hogger is a level 11 elite named Riverpaw gnoll chieftain in Southern Elwynn Forest. A quest exists offering a reward for his killing from the Westbrook Garrison in Elwynn Forest, near the border with Westfall. He is an indirect agent of the Defias Brotherhood along with the rest of his Riverpaw tribe.
Hogger has a reputation as a particularly dangerous foe, primarily because he is one of, if not the first, elite mobs a human will meet. Thus, new players will sometimes, not knowing what the elite tag indicates, horribly underestimate him and be killed with great ease.
For most classes it is a fact that he can be soloed relatively easily from level 14 onwards. Adventurers below that level are advised to find some friends before attempting to slay him. Skilled players could possibly be able to solo him with druids, hunters, warriors, rogues, warlocks, paladins, or priests at level 11. Another way to solo him is by kiting him to the nearby tower and let the two guards kill him. You must make sure to do most of damage though because if you do not then you will not get to loot him. Mages and other cloth wearers should usually group because Hogger hits fairly hard on cloth. You should watch out for any Gnoll mobs nearby.
See also: Hogger (tactics)
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"Hogger raid"
A "Hogger raid" is where many level 1 characters (a full 40-man raid back in the day, nowadays usually no more than 25 persons) attempt to kill Hogger by zerging him.
Hogger is also used as a joke when it comes to where loot drops. Many people will jokingly say that items such as [Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian], and [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker] are rare drops from Hogger. Keep in mind that Hogger has no extraordinary loot, and these claims are false. Hogger is also often referred to as an extraordinarily difficult mob on par with other raid bosses, which has no basis in fact and serves only to glorify him.
Wrath of the Lich King
Hogger is a "memory" in the fight against Argent Confessor Paletress in the Trial of the Champion encounter of the Crusaders' Coliseum. This was introduced in patch Patch 3.2.0, "Call of the Crusade".
Objective of
- Drops [Huge Gnoll Claw] for the quest
[11G] Wanted: "Hogger".
Trivia
- In a PC World article, Hogger was voted as #24 of the 47 "most diabolical videogame villains of all time".
- The upcoming Character Battle VII of GameFAQs includes Hogger as an entry in Division 7. His description reads: "An unbeatable 40-man raid boss in World of Warcraft. No guild can take him down."
- During the BlizzCon 2009 live raid by the raiding guild Premonition, the final boss they fought was a level 80 heroic version of Hogger, which they were not able to defeat.
- Since Wrath, many player stats are tracked, including deaths to various things (mobs, lava, drowning, etc). One such way of dying recorded is deaths to Hogger.
