Boss-by-boss mechanics follow below, from the dungeon entrance through to Odyn.
Only three trash packs stand between the entrance and the first boss. Valarjar Thundercallers afflict players with Thunderstrike, which must be spread away from teammates immediately.
Just before Hymdall, a Storm Drake patrols the bridge. It uses Lightning Breath in a frontal cone toward the tank, and Crackling Storm spawns small drifting vortexes on the floor. Stand clear of them.
Tanks take the heaviest hit from Hymdall's Bloodletting Sweep. He also throws blades at random targets. Step aside whenever possible.
The fight's primary mechanic is the Storm Drakes that sweep across the bridge in sets of three. Watch the sky to spot which lane they will fly through, then move the boss out of the path. Electrified tornadoes also spawn perpendicular to the breath casts. Avoid those, repeat the positioning loop, and Hymdall falls quickly.
After Hymdall, the path splits: go right for Fenryr or left for Hyrja. The hallway toward Hyrja contains additional Valarjar who deal light melee and ranged damage. The priority targets are Valarjar Mystics, who must be interrupted frequently: they cast Healing Light and place a Rune of Healing on the ground; tanks need to drag enemies out of the rune immediately.
The corridor also contains Stormforged Sentinels. They use Charged Pulse (15-yard circle that knocks back) and Crackle (a line of lightning toward a random party member that deals periodic damage while players stand in it).
Before Hyrja becomes active, defeat the two mini-bosses on either side of her platform. Solsten uses Eye of the Storm: the group must hide inside his bubble when the cast goes out. Olmyr the Enlightened casts Sanctify: dodge the spreading sparkles. Hyrja channels power from whichever mini-boss area she is tanked near, so starting position matters.
Start Hyrja where Solsten fell; she will open with Eye of the Storm, which the group handles with a practiced bubble stack from the mini-boss phase. When she casts it, everyone must be inside the bubble. Healers should pre-position for the burst.
Tanks watch for Shield of Light, a knockback tank buster whose path hits anyone in its trajectory; group awareness of tank positioning is critical. After the knockback, aim the boss so the next knockback sends the tank toward the far wall rather than into the group.
When tanked on Olmyr's side, Hyrja casts Expel Light on a random player (step away from others) and Sanctify (backpedal and prioritize dodging orbs over dealing damage). Each time she uses an empowered ability, swap sides: she gains damage from consecutive casts on the same side. Keep alternating until she falls.
Fenryr is a two-phase encounter that gives the group a brief recovery window between phases.
Phase 1: The fight is a stack-spread cycle. Stack for Claw Frenzy, a tank buster that shares damage with everyone within 12 yards. Spread for Ravenous Leap to minimize the bleed applications landed on the group. Unnerving Howl interrupts spellcasting roughly every 35 seconds; hold casts until it resolves.
At 60% health, Fenryr retreats. Combat drops, giving healers time to top off mana and the group a window to recover cooldowns before the hunt.
Phase 2 (the hunt): Track Fenryr to his den. Adds spawn during the chase. DPS should cleave them down. Once cornered, Fenryr gains Scent of Blood, fixating a random target and chasing them for 6 seconds. A major defensive cooldown or simply running in a wide arc counters this. After the successful hunt, the path to the final two bosses opens.
After both Hyrja and Fenryr are down, the middle door opens to the final two bosses. Four named NPCs stand in the hall and engage one at a time when spoken to: each one grants its abilities to the surviving enemies when killed, so order matters.
Start with King Haldor (second from the left), who uses Sever for heavy tank damage. Follow with King Ranulf, whose Unruly Yell interrupts spellcasting. The last two: King Bjorn (Wicked Dagger on a random player) and King Tor (Call Ancestor spawns an add that heals Tor on arrival; stun, slow, root, or trap it) and engage simultaneously regardless of kill order.
Skovald is a two-phase fight that can spike chaotically if the group loses positioning.
Phase 1: Tanks mitigate Savage Blade with defensives. Felblaze Rush targets a player. Move that player away from others to prevent cleave. The phase-ending mechanic is Ragnarok: a lethal AoE. Counter it by picking up the Aegis of Aggramar that spawns on the floor and standing behind it. The tank typically holds it, but any player can use it.
Phase 2: Skovald takes the Aegis for himself. Move behind his shield to keep dealing damage. He spawns adds that leave void zones. Kill the adds and avoid the fire. Once the adds are down, the fight cycles back to Phase 1. Stack near melee, spread when mechanics demand it, and repeat until he falls.
Odyn targets random players with Spear of Light, which deals damage and spawns contact-damage orbs. Step away from their spawn point. Immediately after, a Stormforged Obliterator add appears and must be killed as the top priority. Interrupt its Surge cast at all costs.
Odyn then casts Radiant Tempest, a lethal AoE circle. Move Odyn to the edge of the circular room before the cast lands so the group has maximum space to reposition. When Radiant Tempest ends, the active Spears shatter and shoot orbs outward. Prioritize dodging these before returning to the boss.
Phase 2 activates when Odyn uses Runic Brand: each player receives a colored brand and must run to the matching rune symbol on the floor to gain a large damage buff. Use offensive cooldowns during this window. When the buff expires, the encounter returns to Phase 1. Repeat until Odyn reaches 80% health. At that point he concedes, ending the fight.
Not in Midnight Season 1. Halls of Valor was part of the Dragonflight Season 1 pool (alongside Court of Stars, Shadowmoon Burial Grounds, and Temple of the Jade Serpent). The Midnight S1 pool uses a different set of eight dungeons. The dungeon remains accessible for regular clears and the mechanics in this guide are still accurate.
Hymdall is always first. After that, Hyrja and Fenryr can be killed in either order. Most groups go Hyrja first since the split path makes it slightly more efficient. God-King Skovald and Odyn follow in a fixed order once the middle door opens.
Start on Solsten's side (the right mini-boss). This means Hyrja opens with Eye of the Storm, which the group is already practiced at dodging from killing Solsten. Starting on Olmyr's side means the opening mechanic is Sanctify, which is the harder of the two to manage on first contact.
At 60% health, Fenryr retreats to his den and combat drops. The group has roughly 20–30 seconds to top off mana, reset cooldowns, and move to his den before Phase 2 begins. Do not use major offensive cooldowns just before the transition. Save them for the Phase 2 opener when adds also spawn.
The tank picks it up in most groups because they need to use it during Ragnarok, but any player can pick it up if the tank is out of position. The Aegis is a ground-spawned item. Click it before the Ragnarok cast completes or the group takes a lethal hit.
Each player receives a colored brand and must run to the matching colored rune on the floor. Standing in your rune converts the brand into a major damage buff. Use all offensive cooldowns during this window. Matching the wrong rune does nothing, and missing the rune entirely means losing the buff entirely.
In Dragonflight Season 1, the timer was approximately 35–38 minutes, reduced from the original ~45-minute Legion timer. If the dungeon returns to a future M+ pool, check the current season's Blizzard notes for the updated time.
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