going to see a Hyldnir about a Bear

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going to see a Hyldnir about a Bear

January 31, 2013 by kamaliaetalia

A few weeks ago, Ketura went back to Northrend and began camping in Brunnhildar Village, smacking around poor tired miners and Hyldsmeet contestants and aspiring Val’kyr in hopes that someday Gretta the Arbiter would deem her worthy of a Warbear of her very own.

A week or so later, I brought Kinevra back to Brunnhildar Village, too, thinking that if I had two characters doing those dailies, I might get the bear a little sooner.

Today, Kinevra opened up her sack of Hyldnir spoils and lo and behold, there was the bear!

Hurrah! No more snowballs and salted yeti cheese!

That’s one more mount for my tally, but more importantly, now my Dwarf gals can have a loyal bear friend without having to be Hunters.

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Posted in Dwarf, Miscellany, Questing | 20 Comments

20 Responses

on January 31, 2013 at 9:03 pm | Reply Tracey

I…I…I didn’t know this existed! How did I not know about this?? And why, oh why, couldn’t I have found out about sometime that I wasn’t already drowning in more dailies than I can handle???
- on January 31, 2013 at 10:02 pm | Reply kamaliaetalia
  
  You have to play through the first part of the Sons of Hodir quest chain (starting with “They Took Our Men!” in K3, approximately through “The Drakkensryd”) to get these dailies to open up. Only one of the four is offered each day, and the drop chance for the white bear mount is rather low. The disciplining miners and defending your title quests are in the village and take only a few minutes. The warbear pit quest is also in the village, but, being a vehicle quest, it goes kind of slow. The frost oil quest probably takes the longest because you have to fly out to Valkyrion and back. Even so, it’s only about fifteen minutes a day. If you’ve got a level 80+ alt who isn’t doing anything better, I recommend camping them in Brunnhildar Village, rather than running back and forth with your main.
  - on January 31, 2013 at 10:15 pm Tracey
    
    I did these when I was leveling through the area, but I only vaguely remember the actual dailies. I didn’t know at the time there was a mount as a possible reward. My 90 is a mage, so it’s not too bad getting back and forth. I did tonight’s right after posting, actually. Cheese and 1g…
  - on January 31, 2013 at 10:38 pm kamaliaetalia
    
    Good luck!
on January 31, 2013 at 10:52 pm | Reply Askevar

Congrats! It took me a LONG time to get that bear too!
- on January 31, 2013 at 10:56 pm | Reply kamaliaetalia
  
  Thank you!
on February 1, 2013 at 5:08 am | Reply tomeoftheancient

Grats on your lovely bear! And why is it that a Dwarf looks so perfect mounted on one.
- on February 1, 2013 at 9:49 am | Reply kamaliaetalia
  
  Thank you! I don’t know what it is about Dwarves and bears — actually I do know what it is, it’s the Classic WoW cinematic — but they go so well together! I did already have the Armored Brown Bear from Mei Francis in Dalaran, but dangit, I wanted the white one because of Iorek Bjarnson in The Golden Compass.
on February 1, 2013 at 11:05 am | Reply repgrind

Grats!
- on February 1, 2013 at 11:31 am | Reply kamaliaetalia
  
  Thanks!
on February 1, 2013 at 5:29 pm | Reply Aune

Congratulations! I am totes jealous
Hubby got that bear the first time… >.>
- on February 1, 2013 at 6:28 pm | Reply kamaliaetalia
  
  Thank you! Getting the bear the first time, wow, that is really lucky!
on February 1, 2013 at 8:23 pm | Reply Redbeard

You….. /opens and closes mouth

You have no idea how lucky you are!

I tried for that bear daily for over six months, and finally gave up. You know the drop rate is abysmal when I got some of the whelpings to drop (in pre-cata zones) after only a month or so.

Congrats!
- on February 1, 2013 at 9:29 pm | Reply kamaliaetalia
  
  Oh, my… I guess I did get lucky, to get it after only about a month of doing it.
  
  Thanks!
on February 2, 2013 at 4:45 am | Reply Erinys

Grats

(This is where all my RNG luck ever converges, I got my bear in my first ever bag. Although every other mount since has taken a very long time to balance it out).
- on February 2, 2013 at 5:03 pm | Reply kamaliaetalia
  
  Thanks! And grats to you, too
on February 2, 2013 at 10:38 am | Reply zwingli Whisperwind

The Dwarf Ladies getting their Bear Friend is the most important thing of all!

I mean, a Dwarven Lady without a Bear, is like…is like…

Oh, the thought is to dreadful to think!

Z
- on February 2, 2013 at 5:03 pm | Reply kamaliaetalia
  
  Indeed!
on February 3, 2013 at 11:04 pm | Reply Pando

Gratz on the bear! I love mine I have a fascination with all the bear mounts They all look so amazing!
- on February 4, 2013 at 3:21 pm | Reply kamaliaetalia
  
  Thanks! The bear mounts are pretty cool for sure