Online:Warlord Tzogvin

Warlord Tzogvin
Location	Warlord Tzogvin's Lair, Frostvault
Race	Riekling	Gender	Male
Health	1,683,9864,060,124	Difficulty
Reaction	Hostile
Other Information
Faction(s)	Coldsnap Tribe
Drops
Gold, Soul Gem, Potions, Poisons Radiant Set item (Superior or Epic quality)

Warlord Tzogvin

Tzogvin wielding a conjured sword

Tzogvin wielding a conjured battleaxe

Tzogvin on his throne

Warlord Tzogvin is the Riekling chieftain of the Coldsnap Tribe that serves as the first boss of Frostvault. He has plundered the soul gem of the Dwemer Excavation Machine and must be killed so that it can be obtained. Landal attempts to negotiate with him, but as Tzogvin's tribe has just been slaughtered by your group, he responds to him only with contempt, and to you with violence.

At the start of the fight, he will use a dwarven warhammer to attack. At some point during the battle, he will throw it away and create a sword out of thin air and jump up, crashing back down and dealing damage. With his greatsword, he uses a variety of flame-based attacks. Later on, he will summon a battleaxe, which grants him access to frost-based attacks and cyclones. If at any point the group is wiped, he will sit back down on his makeshift dwemer throne.

Related Quests

• Lock and Keystone: Search the depths of a Dwemer vault for a powerful artifact.
•  Pledge: Frostvault: Prove you are truly Undaunted by clearing Frostvault.

Skills and Abilities

As a boss type enemy, Warlord Tzogvin is immune to all crowd control effects.

Initial Phase

The boss will begin the fight using a dwarven warhammer.

Strike

A basic melee attack that deals moderate physical damage.

Rend Flesh

Getting hit by Strike will deal minor physical damage over time.

Colossal Smash

A charged heavy attack that deals very high physical damage and knocks the target back. Block this if you are the tank or dodge it if you're not.

Reckless Charge

The boss will charge at far away targets dealing moderate physical damage. Block or dodge this, or stay near the boss to prevent this.

Bola Ball

The boss throws a Bola Ball at a random player causing a tether to appear between them and another player. As long as the tether is active, both players will take high magical damage over time. Run away from each other to break the tether, or roll dodge the ball to prevent the tether from forming initially. As of patch 6.3.5, this mechanic appears to be removed, or is extremely rare.

Summon Goblins

Throughout the fight, other Coldsnap goblins may join the encounter. They should be chained in and cleaved down quickly to simplify the fight.

Flame Phase

At 70% health, the boss will summon a bound sword. This phase usually begins with the Heat Field mechanic.

Heat Field mechanic

Fire Pit

The boss jumps leaving behind a pool of fire that deals moderate flame damage over time. Avoid this.

Fiery Crash

The boss lands on a random spot in the arena, dealing moderate flame damage and stunning all in his impact zone. There is no indication where he will land, so be ready to heal up.

Heat Field

The boss summons a shield around himself and flame AOEs will appear under each player dealing moderate flame damage over time as indicated by red circles. This damage will increase over time, and thus players will need to break the damage shield before the damage wipes the group. Players must also avoid stacking the AOEs around each other to reduce the damage done.

All attacks from the initial phase reappear as well afterwards.

Flame Fissure

When holding the sword, all Reckless Charge moves will also cause fire lines to spread out from under the boss dealing moderate flame damage.

Ice Phase

At 30% health, the boss will summon a bound battleaxe. This phase usually begins with the Whirlwind mechanic.

Whirlwind mechanic

Whirlwind

The boss stands in the middle of the arena and summons an expanding frost AOE that deals very high frost damage over time. Simply stick to the edge of the arena to avoid it.

Raging Winds

The boss summons an ice tornado that chases a player around dealing high frost damage over time. Simply keep moving to avoid it. There will be an indication message on your screen to show that you are the one being targeted. Leading this tornado into the three banners on the edge of the arena will net players an achievement.

Cyclone

Smaller ice AOEs will appear along the edge of the arena when Whirlwind is used. Avoid these smaller AOEs while hiding from the larger central AOE by running along the edge of the arena.

Afterwards, attacks from the initial phase will reappear.

Dialogue

Landal Gevont: "Wait! It's their chieftain! I might be able to arrange a truce, maybe even a trade for the stone!"

Landal Gevont: <Flattering Goblin gibberish.>

Warlord Tzogvin: <Furious Goblin gibberish.>

Landal Gevont: "Oh my, that was … detailed. <Pleading Goblin gibberish.>"

Warlord Tzogvin: <Contemptuous Goblin gibberish.> [Casts a cyclone at him]

Landal Gevont: "No, no, no, no! Help!"

Warlord Tzogvin: <Mocking Goblin laughter.>

During combat:

• <Defiant Goblin gibberish>
• <Bellowed Goblin gibberish.>
• <Amused Goblin gibberish.>
• <Vicious Goblin gibberish.>
• <Angry Goblin gibberish.>
• <Taunting Goblin gibberish.>
• <Threatening Goblin gibberish.>
• <Maniacal Goblin laughter.>
• <Mad cackling.>
• <Condemning Goblin gibberish.>
• <Distraught goblin gibberish.>
• <Bellowed Goblin warcry.>
• <Mocking Goblin laughter.>
• <Annoyed Goblin gibberish.>
• <Commanding Goblin gibberish.>
• <Enraged Goblin gibberish>
• <Exasperated goblin gibberish.>

Achievements

There are several achievements associated with this enemy:

Achievement		Points	Description
	Running the Right Angles	5	Always dodge Warlord Tzogvin's Reckless Charges in Frostvault.
	Three Sheets to the Wind	5	Get Warlord Tzogvin to destroy all three of his banners with Raging Winds in Frostvault.
	Frostvault Vanquisher	10	Defeat Icestalker, Warlord Tzogvin, the Vault Protector, Rizzuk Bonechill, and the Stonekeeper in Frostvault.
	Frostvault Conqueror	10	Defeat Icestalker, Warlord Tzogvin, the Vault Protector, Rizzuk Bonechill, and the Stonekeeper in Veteran Frostvault.
	Relentless Raider	50	Defeat all encounters in addition to Icestalker, Warlord Tzogvin, the Vault Protector, Rizzuk Bonechill, and the Stonekeeper after using the Veracity Verifier in Veteran Frostvault within 30 minutes without suffering a group member death.
	Smash and Grab	50	Defeat all encounters in addition to Icestalker, Warlord Tzogvin, the Vault Protector, Rizzuk Bonechill, and the Stonekeeper within 30 minutes of entering Veteran Frostvault. Your timer starts upon entering combat.
	Safe Keeping	50	Defeat all encounters in addition to Icestalker, Warlord Tzogvin, the Vault Protector, Rizzuk Bonechill, and the Stonekeeper in Veteran Frostvault without suffering a group member death.

Notes

• He shares much of the same animations as The Celestial Warrior when fought, including the same sword model as the Warrior's Shehai. Even when his sword is summoned, he uses the exact same spell to cast it, showing the same magical runes in the air.
• The original conversation between Tzogvin and Landal went somewhat differently:

Landal Gevont: "Wait! It's their chieftain! I might be able to arrange a truce, maybe even a trade for the stone!"

Landal Gevont: <Flattering goblin gibberish.>

Warlord Tzogvin: <Furious Goblin gibberish.>

Warlord Tzogvin: <Commanding Goblin gibberish.>

Warlord Tzogvin: <Angry Goblin gibberish.>

Landal Gevont: "Or you can just kill him. Nothing deranged about that."

• The throne he sits on is identical to the chair used by the Harmonic Auditor. This can be seen by the unnecessary life-support vest connected to it.