Hogger
- For the Stormwind Stockade encounter, see Hogger (tactics). For the Warcraft Rumble hero, see Hogger (Rumble).
 Hogger | |
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 Hogger in the Trading Card Game and Hearthstone. | |
| Title |
Gnoll King[1] Scourge of Elwynn |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Gnoll (Humanoid) |
| Level |
Retail: 1-30 Elite Classic: 11 Elite |
| Reaction | Alliance Horde |
| Affiliation(s) | Riverpaw pack, Defias Brotherhood |
| Occupation | Leader of the Riverpaw pack |
| Location | Hogger Hill, Elwynn Forest |
| Status |
Deceased (lore)[2] Defeatable (Elwynn) & Killable (Stockade)  |
Hogger is a gnoll found atop Hogger Hill in southwestern Elwynn Forest. He was the chieftain of the Riverpaw pack.
Hogger had a reputation as a particularly dangerous foe, primarily because he was one of the first elite mobs a human would meet. Thus, new players would sometimes underestimate him, not knowing what the elite tag indicated. In classic, this mistake was a recipe for a very quick death. While Hogger's significance in-game was originally minimal, his relative difficulty at such a low level has caused him to become one of the most well-known and popular minor characters in the game.
Biography
World of Warcraft
In the years after the Third War, the Riverpaw pack led by Hogger became an ominous threat to the kingdom of Stormwind, raiding farms and human villages throughout Elwynn Forest. They were conspiring with the Defias Brotherhood,[3][4] which was equipping them with weapons, tactical leadership, and magic.[5]
Though it was unclear what the gnolls were after, the Stormwind Marshals realized that the creatures posed an obvious threat to the realm and had to be eradicated.[5] As part of this effort, the army placed a generous bounty on Hogger asking bounty hunters and adventurers to slay the beast and bring his claw to Marshal Dughan in Goldshire as proof of his demise.[6]
Cataclysm
Following the Cataclysm in 28 ADP, Hogger was still active in Elwynn Forest and even had his own hill named after him, the Hogger Hill. After being defeated once again by heroes, he was arrested and taken to the Stockade in Stormwind City, alongside many of his pack.[7] Eventually, the imprisoned gnoll king organized an attack against the guards from within the Stockades, leading his followers to kill Warden Thelwater's men. The Alliance adventurers were ultimately dispatched to put an end to Hogger.[1]
After his death, the gnoll packs in the kingdom found themselves leaderless, becoming messy and easy for the armies of Stormwind to defeat and repel. Hogger's Trousers have been kept in the stockade by the guards as a memento that improves the morale of the troops.[2]
Abilities
- See also: Hogger (tactics)#Abilities
Eating — Eat a delicious meat pile. Heals 5% of maximum health every 3. Lasts 12 sec.
- Note: causes Upset Stomach, which stuns Hogger for 10 sec, if he is hit while eating.
Summon Minions — Summons Minions of Hogger to aid the caster in combat.
Vicious Slice — A vicious slice rips through the enemy target, instantly dealing 100% normal weapon damage. The target is also left bleeding for 2% of maximum health every 2 sec. for 6 sec.
Head Butt 5 yd range — Stuns an enemy, rendering it unable to move or attack for 2 sec. Instant
Pierce Armor Melee range — Reduces an enemy's armor by 50% for 20 sec. Instant (45 sec cooldown)
Rushing Charge — Increases the caster's movement speed by 60% for 3 sec. and causes it to inflict an additional 10 damage on its first attack. Instant (5 sec cooldown)
Objective of
- See also: Hogger (tactics)#Objective of
[1-30G] WANTED: "Hogger"
- Drops
[Huge Gnoll Claw] for [11E] Wanted: "Hogger".
Quotes
- Elwynn Forest
- Grrrr... fresh meat!
- More bones to gnaw on...
- Main article: WANTED: "Hogger"#Notes
- Stormwind Stockade
- Main article: Hogger (tactics)#Quotes
In Hearthstone
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- Hogger appears as a legendary card in Hearthstone.
- He also appears as the first boss that new players used to face in the game's old tutorial and as the third boss in Scabbs' Book of Mercenaries chapter.
- Hogger, Doom of Elwynn, appears as a legendary card in the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion.
- A Hogger-themed card back was rewarded for achieving Rank 20 in Ranked Season 24, which took place during March 2016.
- Cap'n Hoggarr is a Battlegrounds exclusive card and hero.
- Hogger is also an uncollectible fighter mercenary card in the Mercenaries mode.
- A Hogger hero skin for the warrior class is obtainable by participating in a special event.
In other media
- Hogger appears as a warrior card in the TCG. The quest, Wanted: "Hogger", is also the subject of a card.
- Hogger is a playable character in Heroes of the Storm. He is depicted wielding a flail, similar to gnoll creeps in Warcraft III.
- Samwise Didier hoped to include Hogger in Heroes of the Storm as early as 2014.[8]
- It is speculated that Hogger is voiced by David Lodge in Heroes of the Storm.
- Hogger is also a melee ground unit of the Beast family in Warcraft Rumble and the fifth and final boss of the Elwynn Forest map.
Notes and trivia
- He was one of the very few old-world elite mobs who kept his elite status after patch 2.3.
- Hogger originally had exactly 666 health, the Biblical Number of the Beast, just like Old Icebeard and Captain Flat Tusk (NPCs similar in level and difficulty to Hogger, for dwarf and orc characters, respectively).
[Hogs' Studded Collar], a miniature version of Hogger, is rewarded from the [That's Whack!] achievement at the Darkmoon Faire.- Hogger is a "memory" in the fight against Argent Confessor Paletress in the Trial of the Champion encounter of the Crusaders' Coliseum.
- When the Horde broke into the Stockade during the Fourth War, they found a Hogger costume and Kazul, who was imprisoned for impersonating him at some point.
- Data Anomaly (Hogger) is a projection of Hogger summoned on Mechagon Island.
- A memory of Hogger manifested during the Radiant Echoes in the Searing Gorge.
- Hogger can be summoned in the Vision of Stormwind during Horrific Visions Revisited.
- Since World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, many player stats are tracked, including deaths to various things (mobs, lava, drowning, etc). One such way of dying recorded is deaths to Hogger.
- In a PC World article, Hogger was voted as #24 of the 47 "most diabolical videogame villains of all time".
- 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.
- 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."
- Hogger was featured as a pin in the 2022 Blind Pack Series 8. It came in three variants: color, gold, and platinum.[9]
- Blizzard also used to sell a Lil' Hogger plush, added in early 2015, featuring a spiked collar and posable tail.
- A "Wanted: Hogger" poster appears in the Warcraft film.[10]
- A "Hogger raid" was where many level 1 characters attempted to kill Hogger by zerging him.
- Due to his popularity, Hogger was often aggrandized in jokes traditionally featuring Chuck Norris. He was often jokingly referred to as an extraordinarily difficult mob on par with other raid bosses. Many people would also say that various legendary items were rare drops from him.
Gallery
- World of Warcraft
Hogger (old model) in World of Warcraft.
Hogger in the early Dragonflight alpha.
Hogger's updated model in Dragonflight.
Hogger's updated model concept and showcase.
- Other
Hogger's key art in Heroes of the Storm.
Hogger in Heroes of the Storm.
Shipwrecker Hogger
Plushie
Pin, colored version.
Wanted: Hogger bounty in the Warcraft movie.
Patch changes
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Model updated.
References
- ^ a b [10-30] The Gnoll King
- ^ a b World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth: The Eastern Kingdoms, pg. 23
- ^ [10] The Collector
- ^ [18] The Defias Brotherhood
- ^ a b The World of Warcraft Townhall/Beastiary#Gnoll
- ^ [11E] Wanted: "Hogger"
- ^ [1-30G] WANTED: "Hogger"
- ^ 2013-11-11, Blizzard could add dormant franchise characters to Heroes of the Storm. Facepunch, retrieved on 2014-06-16
- ^ Blizzard Series 8 Blind Packs- 5 Pack Set, Blizzard Gear. Retrieved on 2022-05-13
- ^ 2014-11-12, BlizzCon 2014 – Warcraft Movie Presentation Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-03-11