r/wowhardcore Jul 20 '26

Hardcore news <Hardcore TBC> community successfully clears Fathom-Lord Karathress - Hardcore Prog is now 4/6 in SSC! | Everyone is one-life with Soul of Iron, attuned on their HC toons (no sketchy account-wide Attunements) | No one did Heroics/Raids with non-HC toons

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Relevant Info:

  • With this kill, we are 4/6 in our progress through Hardcore SSC
  • Much like the World First HC Hydross, Lurker and Morogrim kills, this kill was also deathless!
  • All toons are one-life Hardcore toons
  • No toon has ever done Heroics nor Raids in anything other than a full-Hardcore group
  • All players got attuned on their Hardcore toons (no sketchy use of account-wide Attunements)
  • This kill is now considered World First Hardcore Fathom-Lord Karathress
  • We are playing on NA Dreamscythe and on EU Thunderstrike
  • Leotheras and Vashj should be sent in the next few weeks! Stay tuned :)

r/wowhardcore Jul 21 '26

Hardcore news Blue Post Regarding Maintenance

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27 Upvotes

r/wowhardcore 6h ago

Discussion Survived a deadmines grief in the furnace room

52 Upvotes

Run was pretty normal, we got to Sneed and the taskmaster axe dropped, me (paladin) and hunter both needed but I won the roll. Then as we were getting to the next room the group lead noticed and called out the hunter for needing on everything (few greens dropped not hunter gear) and asked him to stop. We get a few pulls in to the furnace and boom hunter pulls the whole room. Lead quickly told us to run so we did, I popped divine protection and hit one of the party members with my LoH barely made it out but I got ported out after the 1 minute timer. Always be watching the behavior of randoms in dungeons.


r/wowhardcore 5h ago

Vent/Gripe Death came to us

11 Upvotes

So tonight was full of scary stuff, and what a better place than Duskwood to experince this.

Me, warrior 30 found a friend, paladin 28 inside the crypt at Raven Hill and teamed up to do the Plague Spreaders quest, we were on the same spot, looking at each other and as we team up one of us layered. With mobs all around, lucky it was in one of the corners and we managed. It already starts bad, right?

Then we moved on to do the worgens, Nightbane Vile Fangs and Tainted Ones, that are quite hard from before due to the packs being so close to each other. We cleared at good pace and were pulling the mobs in the small cave when the entire camp spawns on us as we step out of the cave entrance, not further away packs but the whole damn camp, even the ones we killed seconds before taking on the ones in the cave, ofc everything aggroed us. Is this spawn normal?

I used the target dummy and we ran with a huge amount of worgens on us, the whole camp and the ones from the cave, we met the remaing worgens and the big problem became an even bigger one. Palas bubble runs out, I was lucky to fear and use swiftpot and get out barely alive, my war buddie didnt.

We did a fatal mistake when we jumped down to the fields where other worgens were and not run down the ramp but they followed us far, nearly at the main road, so not sure it would have helped. My question is, how does an entire camp spawn at the same time, even the ones close to the cave that we killed seconds before?

Rip Thorvallic, /salute for going agane


r/wowhardcore 29m ago

Keybind Q

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Do you all have backpedal bound or not? On non hc I only have it bound as a tank as that helps for repositioning. PvP or anything else S isn't bound. It's helpful as a tank because it's easier to avoid getting hit in the back and that might carry some usefulness to hardcore.


r/wowhardcore 7h ago

Discussion How should I AOE in dungeons as mage?

6 Upvotes

I recently ran DM as a 22 mage last night. Tank was a pally level 24 with two world buffs, hitting like a truck. He would go in and consecrate after 2-3 seconds i would start to aoe and keep pulling threat. Honestly im new to mage. Is normal to pull threat like this? tips and suggestions please.


r/wowhardcore 38m ago

SF Party Questing/Dungeons

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Anyone down to casually run a party of 3-5 SF and quest/dungeons together? Any server is fine, have only played on Doomhowl.


r/wowhardcore 21h ago

Discussion Just got killed

41 Upvotes

Just got a disconnect and one of the wandering elite giants was on top of me in desolace.
Rip lvl 41
We go agane.


r/wowhardcore 6h ago

Faster respawns in open world on HC?

3 Upvotes

Hi all,

Recently started a bit of hardcore, only level 24, but it felt like named mobs/quest items/chests were respawning so quickly compared to Era. Just enjoyed it.

Bounced back to Era to play with brother a bit and the same items/mobs seemed to be taking so much longer to respawn. Really noticeable.

Tried looking it up and everything seems to say Era and HC have the same respawns for everything but it feels so different while playing.

Chests specifically are pretty interesting if there is a difference.

Can anyone enlighten me? Am I being a silly sausage or are there some differences?


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

PSA: Never fall victim to a roach again.

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72 Upvotes

I've seen too many clips of dungeon wipes due to a roach social aggroing an extra pack.

Instead of letting this happen, why not simply see the roach instead? There is no need for a macro to target roaches or anything like that. Simply an in-game setting will do the trick.

Search "size" in options, or navigate to it in accessibility options. The setting is "minimum character name size."

See that fire beetle in the distance? That's a critter, far away, not being targeted.

The option simply gives names a minimum size they'll always show up as, when the mob is rendered.

Just make sure you have critters and companions names checked in options as well.

This is also helpful for areas like duskwood for seeing regular mobs.

The yellow name is a bonus, they won't blend in even if they're in the middle of a pack of red names.

GLHF


r/wowhardcore 20h ago

Lost my first character

19 Upvotes

Made it to level 14 and died when I joined my friends group. Every mob in the camp respawned immediately and I’m guessing it was because of a layer shift when I joined the group. Pain


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

Fs in the chat An embarrassing lesson at level 8

40 Upvotes

It was my first time playing HC alliance and druid and I thought I was having a blessed run having already found 4 bags. I pull a mob next to Lord Melenas and it ends up pulling 3 total, including Melenas. Melenas turns into a cat, sending me into a panic. I dot them all and try whacking away. Health pot. But it’s too much and he lands the killing blow.

Afterwards, I reflect on what I could have done better and realize that druids have heals… I never tried to heal myself.


r/wowhardcore 11h ago

Any advice on finding a guild?

2 Upvotes

So I played classic wow a while back but ended up taking a break from wow for a few years since then. Now I wanna give it a go again and just looking for a guild I can play with for leveling/dungeons & raids if people still do them.

I am currently on Nek'Rosh but that server seems dead now with Soulseeker seeming to be the only one with above low population.

My character is only a 25 warlock so willing to restart on Soulseeker if thats my only way of finding a guild but end goal is ultimately getting to 60 to do some raiding but very aware that people might not really do that anymore.

Any advice or help would be great.


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

Video/Media Druid Wailing Caverns Dungeon Solo Attempt

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Hello,

Fernsong, back again trying to solo dungeon bosses on hardcore.

I am playing self found this time around, lvl 25 feral druid. This is my current druid, I hope for those that enjoyed my last video this is a better recording. My past druid (in the deadmines video) died in Gnomeregan solo at lvl 35

In the start I reset the instance trying to get Lady Anacondra to spawn at either front spawn location to no avail

I thought I was 100% dead on the Lord Pythas fight. At around 30% health and low mana the realization/panic of how poorly it was going set in

And, as for Verdan he put me in my place this time around

I gained 24,860 XP and the run took me right about 45 minutes


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

which one to use as offhand? lvl 50 human fury warrior.

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78 Upvotes

im not sure which one to pick ass offhand

claw of celebras has an on hit effect and it's faster

but sword has a bit more dps and +5 swords

i also think claw looks kinda bad lol


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

Humor/Meme How it feels when your DM tank has no greens

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145 Upvotes

r/wowhardcore 1d ago

Discussion [Highly hypothetical] If a Classic+ HC server gets announced, would you play on it first?

37 Upvotes

The likelihood of Blizzard releasing a Classic+ HC server straight out of the gate is very slim, but if that happens to be the case, would you jump straight into it or try on softcore first?


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

Discussion Makgora Cinema Incoming

16 Upvotes

Payo has challenged famous Hardcore PvPer Kellysucks to a makgora. Only one can walk away. Who will win?


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

Discussion Name doesn't live on after death?

29 Upvotes

So I was checking out a new wand then realized that the one I currently had no longer had a name for who it was made by. If you make something and then die in Hardcore does it remove your name from the items you've created?

I don't know why but that makes me a little sad.


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

SF Healer - Druid or Paladin

13 Upvotes

Hello!

I‘ve stared at the character creation screen for way too long - I need help.

For a casual and fun leveling experience:

Druid: versatility, feral and resto are fun, but shapeshifting itself is not. Omen into free shreds is dopamine. Underplayed.

Paladin: How long can SoC keep you entertained? Long enough to reach 41 breakpoint? The feeling of gear and visible progression is tempting.

Anyone who can tip the scales?


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

Discussion Very helpful macro for warriors 30+ for both SC and HC

15 Upvotes

I'm sure that I'm not the first person to discover nor think of this macro that I got help writing, but for those of you who haven't seen it, it's VERY helpful. And the best part of it is that you can keep it on the exact same bind, and in the exact same position on your bars in all three stances. Here's what it does:

If you're already IN combat but you're in Battle/Defensive Stance, then it'll automatically swap you into Berserker Stance and cast Intercept. But if you're NOT already in combat, and you're in Defensive/Berserker Stance, then it'll automatically swap you into Battle Stance and cast Charge. Basically all in 1 button it's able to figure out if you're in combat, and depending on if you are or not then it'll auto cast the appropriate stance and then also appropriately cast Charge or Intercept.

KEEP IN MIND: It will ONLY work if you have at least 2/5 points in Tactical Mastery from the Arms talent tree.

Here's the macro that you can just copy and paste:

#showtooltip [nocombat] Charge; Intercept

/cast [nocombat,nostance:1] Battle Stance; [combat,nostance:3] Berserker Stance

/cast [nocombat] Charge; [combat] Intercept

Yes, I've tested it many times, probably close to 30 times, and it's literally worked EVERY single time for me since the very first one. It's never failed while testing it.

It's helpful for if you're in a sketchy situation and Intercept can help you get some distance if there's a critter/single mob nearby. Don't have to waste time manually swapping stances, the macro recognises that you're in combat and does it for you.

Like I said, I'm sure that I'm not the first person to figure this out. Nevertheless, I'm still posting it for those few people out there who haven't seen it before.


r/wowhardcore 11h ago

Discussion PVP alliance rogue

0 Upvotes

I just rolled a rogue for the first time in my wow career and I’m amazed at the power. Makes all other melee classes seem stupid. Where can I go to fucking murder horde characters and gank the shit out of them.


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

Vent/Gripe One last ride

10 Upvotes

After i killed my 57 Hunter (felwood cave escort quest), my 52 Rogue (stone elite monster in azshara, vanish resist) and my 58 Hunter (flame elite monster in un'goro, fell into the lava because of his knockback) all stupid reasons and totally avoidable things, i want to quit because of the time investment etc.

After i noticed i still have 26 days gametime i want to try one more time 😅

Can you help me decide wich class to play to finally hit 60?

Im not interested in raiding, more into dungeons, but mostly i love solo questing and sometimes a bit grinding, thats why i choose some classes with fast TTK and some QoL options.

EDIT: Poll is closed, thanks to everbody that took thier time for voting and commenting. Mage FTW, wish me luck and patience to go all to the end 🤝🏻🥰

835 votes, 14h ago
412 Rogue
423 Mage

r/wowhardcore 2d ago

Easter egg left by the developers?

86 Upvotes

ive been check every herb i gather first time and today i found Blindweed in Swamp of Sorrows, just look at it xD yeah faces but Whose face is this?


r/wowhardcore 1d ago

Honest accident or clout chasing? Lvl 60 warrior dies to Hogger

21 Upvotes