Mountain giant Mountain giants are colossal creatures , crafted by the titan s when the world was young , composed of living stone and stout flora . Benevolent and solitary by nature , the mountain giants have awakened to find that the tranquil world they once helped to shape has become a hectic battlefield of fire and sorrow . Now the mountain giants have pledged their courage and strength to the night elves ' cause — and stand ready to banish the last remnants of the Burning Legion from the world . These massive melee units can take incredible amounts of punishment from attackers . The mountain giants of stone have northwestern Feralas as their main area , where they go under the names of Cliff Giant and Land Walker . The ancient cliff giants of the southern region of Azshara consume the rock and buildings of the land for sustenance . The excrement from their consumption is a highly malleable and extremely strong crystal known as Azsharite . The formations litter the southern arc , but few are ever recovered due to the extremely violent nature of the giant s . The giants devour trespassers , and their organic bodies are also transformed into Azsharite . Many heroes recover enough of the Azsharite for the creation of powerful weapon ' s body . Despite being creations of the titans , some mountain giants , like Baron Kazum , serve the Elemental Lieutenants of the Old Gods . Description . The giant has a thick humanoid build and weathered and rocky skin . Its arms are very long for its build , while its legs are quite short . This great creature looks to be composed of roughly hewn stone , patched with moss . Its fists are the size of human torsos , each of its fingers the width of a human arm . It rumbles as it stares down at you . Birthed from the stone , the mountain giants were created to shape the world ’ s mountains . Once they roamed everywhere , crafting the craggy peaks and carving the valleys of Azeroth . Now , few remain to carry out their work . Those left , though , are considered mighty creatures of mythic power and are seen as the mightiest warriors in the world . Mountain giants are hermitic , content to hide away in the remote mountains of the world . They are slow to anger , ignoring most annoyances as temporary problems that will eventually disappear . When stirred to anger , however , they are frightening and dangerous . A few years ago , they awakened to discover that the tranquil world they loved is besieged by fire and ash . They left their mountain peaks to join their old allies , the night elves , against the Burning Legion and other forces of destruction . Mountain giants measure a towering 20 feet tall and weigh nearly 12 , 000 pounds . Their natural life spans measure into the thousands of years . They carry valuables in cracks and ledges of their skin , tucking jewels and items into niches where they will fit . They leave larger items in mountain caves . Mountain giants do not reproduce . All mountain giants that exist today are the same creatures that the titans created at the dawn of the world , and the immortal creatures tend to be perpetual and unchanging . Thus , every mountain giant that falls in battle is one that cannot be replaced . Mountain giants can see twice as far as humans in starlight , moonlight , torchlight and similar conditions of poor illumination . They retain the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions . Mountain giants are immortal and never suffer the effects of aging , nor can they die of old age . They can die through other means , as can mortal creatures . Mountain giants eagerly enter melee combat , believing ( usually correctly ) that they can destroy anything with their clubs and can absorb whatever their enemies throw at them . They enter the most violent areas of melee , offering themselves as targets to protect their allies . Mountain giants use longspears formed from mountain stone . The stony hide of the mountain giant is hard and thick , providing it with some protection from magical and normal attacks . A mountain giant can throw rocks as well as any giant . A mountain giant can catch rocks as well . A mountain giant can shape an existing piece of stone into any rough shape , up to thirty cubic feet at a time . The mountain giant can also use this ability to heal itself . The mountain giants awoke from their " timeless slumber " when the Burning Legion attacked in the Third War . They seem to have started sleeping when Loken initiated stasis of the giants . As Malfurion knew then from the War of the Ancients , Loken may been corrupted after that . Culture . Mountain giants speak Darnassian and Titan . Mountain giants do not concern themselves with learning other languages , but a few of the more adventurous ones find it beneficial to speak Common . But their speech tends to be crude and dim - witted . Every once in a while , a mountain giant leaves its home in Kalimdor and travels into the larger world . An adventuring giant usually joins a particular night elf friend , but not always . Mountain giants rarely explain their actions ; they simply walk out of the forests , then travel the roads , or the trackless wilderness , or board a ship without a word ; perhaps they simply assume that everyone else takes it on faith that they know what they ’ re doing . Warcraft III . From Mountain giant at Battle . net Appearance . Mountain giants measure a towering 20 feet tall and weigh nearly 12 , 000 pounds . Naturally Mountain Giants are immortal as opposed to the unnatural immortality of the Night Elves . Mountain giants appear to adapt to their surrounding environment and take on characteristics , such as taking on a differing coloration than their standard grey and green . Other mountain giant types . Other assorted skins found in the files for mountain giants are listed as hill giant , " fel giant " , " forest giant " , " mountaingiantpartialwhitecrystal " , and " mountaingiantwhitecrystal " . . These represent color variations for mountain giants , but have not been confirmed to be official types of mountain giant . For example the skin used to represent " frost giant " is called " tundra giant " in the files . The model used for stone giants is referred to as " mountaingianthowling " but are called stone giants in game .