The Climbing Hook turns the sheer rock faces of Norgan into routes you can walk up. You throw it at a carved wooden tether post standing on a clifftop, a rope ladder unrolls down the stone, and you climb it. You do not have to buy your first one or finish a side quest to get it.
Quick answer: During the main quest Seeking the Sage, Dorin gives you a Climbing Hook at no cost after you retrieve the Spirit Compass from the village tower. Point it at a tether post, fire with R1, and use Ascend to go up the ladder.
How to get your first Climbing Hook in Norgan
The first hook is handed to you inside the story, so it cannot be missed. It arrives while you are chasing the Spirit Compass during Seeking the Sage.
Climbing Hook stats and reference
The Climbing Hook is a light Implement you can carry in bulk, so stocking a few before a long trek costs almost nothing in weight. Its item panel describes it as strong rope with a hook on the end, used on a tether post to create a rope ladder, and able to be thrown to distant posts as well.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Implements |
| Weight | 0.20 kg |
| Stack size | 99 |
| Buy price (Aymond) | 5,000 G |
| Sell price | 1,500 G |
| Forgery fee | 6,000 G |
| Can be gifted | Yes |
Aymond, the peddler, charges 5,000 G for a Climbing Hook. He carries just one at a time, with another added to his stock every 10 days.
How to use a tether post
Look for a person-height pole of thick wood, painted reddish and bound in rope. Its crossbar has a beast’s head carved at both ends, giving it a T shape when viewed from below. Set right on the clifftop edge, it stands out against the sky when seen from the ground.
Where the first tether post is at Lake Norgan
Leave the village tower and follow the slope toward the water; the location banner says Lake Norgan. Morgus, a soldier, waits on the shore near a wrecked rowboat and a collapsed stone bridge. Behind him, a sheer rock wall reaches up to the post on its top edge—the one Dorin indicated.
Talking to Morgus offers the side quest Sticks and Stones. If you accept it, the first objective, “Scale the cliff,” points at this same wall, and Morgus climbs the ladder himself once it is up. You do not need the quest to use the post, though — the hook works on it either way.
Is the hook used up, and does the ladder stay?
Every time you throw a Climbing Hook, you use one. The ladder remains in place afterward, so returning to a post you’ve already rigged gives you only the Ascend prompt; you won’t spend another hook. Each post costs one hook to set up, not one per climb.
Keep a few hooks in your pack before a long expedition. At 0.20 kg each they barely register, and running dry at a post you need stops you cold.
Where to find more Climbing Hooks
One more Climbing Hook lies on the floor of a small hut inside the Norgandian Settlement, next to an Arctic Camping Kit and Dried Hare Meat, and Aymond sells them for 5,000 G each. Beyond the Lake Norgan wall, the game’s help notes that the posts dotting the Norgan landscape can be tethered the same way, and “Hook Tether Posts” is one of the layers you can toggle on the Norgan map to find them. With a small stash of hooks in your pack, those posts become shortcuts the moment you throw at them.
