--- description: Jon Snow's loyal direwolf Ghost is officially returning for Game of Thrones eighth and final season. title: A Long-Lost Game of Thrones Character Is Back for Season 8 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt156d173bbdb6b698/6988da030a4a2244319cf834/game-of-thrones-beyond-the-wall-08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Long-Lost _Game of Thrones_ Character Is Returning to Do Some Pretty Cool Things in Season 8  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 1, 2018 4:45 PM CUT  Helen Sloan—HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 1, 2018 4:45 PM CUT [Jon Snow’s](http://time.com/5391563/kit-harington-jon-snow-harry-potter/ "undefined") loyal [direwolf Ghost](http://time.com/4377207/game-of-thrones-ghost-battle-of-the-bastards/ "undefined") is officially returning in _Game of Thrones_ [season eight](http://time.com/5389324/game-of-thrones-cast-season-8-hints/ "undefined"). After a conspicuously long absence from HBO’s flagship drama, Ghost is set to make a triumphant return in _Thrones_‘ final six episodes, according to visual effects supervisor Joe Bauer. “Oh, you’ll see him again. He has a fair amount of screen time in season eight,” Bauer told [The Huffington Post](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/game-of-thrones-ghost-season-8%5Fus%5F5b7eb066e4b0348585fe242b "undefined"). “He’s very present and does some pretty cool things in season eight.” Ghost didn’t have a single scene in season seven, leaving fans wondering what the direwolf was up to while his master was off battling white walkers and falling in love with dragon queens. However, his time off from the show apparently had more to do with technical issues than anything else. “The direwolves are tough because you don’t want to get them wrong, so we end up always shooting real wolves and doing a scaling trick with them, but the real wolves only behave in certain ways,” Bauer explained. Here’s hoping for a Jon-Ghost reunion in season 8.  HBO ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5411597/game-of-thrones-season-8-ghost/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5411597/game-of-thrones-season-8-ghost/"},"headline":"A Long-Lost Game of Thrones Character Is Returning to Do Some Pretty Cool Things in Season 8","datePublished":"2018-10-01T16:45:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:57:30.872Z","description":"Get ready for some direwolf action","url":"https://time.com/5411597/game-of-thrones-season-8-ghost/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt156d173bbdb6b698/6988da030a4a2244319cf834/game-of-thrones-beyond-the-wall-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt156d173bbdb6b698/6988da030a4a2244319cf834/game-of-thrones-beyond-the-wall-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-beyond-the-wall--08","caption":"","creditText":"Helen Sloan—HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5411597/game-of-thrones-season-8-ghost/","name":"A Long-Lost Game of Thrones Character Is Returning to Do Some Pretty Cool Things in Season 8"}}]}] ```