10 HARDEST Quests To AVOID On Your Hardcore Classic Journey | Classic WoW

[@WillEmmo]

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[@timopint1125]

how to dogde like a pussy in hardcore mode...yeah..nope

[@bobdobbs420]

Do your own grocery shopping fatboy.

[@101NerdRage]

I have to disagree with you at 10:05. You can easily trivialize this chicken escort by doing the quest "Tooga's Quest" at the same time. They are both escort quests to be taken to the same location. The only important difference here is that Tooga will follow you instead of leading you. So within the 30 minute time frame you're given you can easily pick up Tooga, take him straight to the chicken chicken escort and complete two escort quests at the same time. Tooga will also help you fight off anything that attacks so it's SUPER beneficial to do them at the same time. I hope this info helps at least one person. BTW LOVE the content!

[@voarex]

"Supplies to Auberdine" fits this perfectly, as its an escort that spawns multiple waves of mobs that hit so hard they can kill the escort in three hits. This means that if all three spawned mobs hit the escort each once you've failed the quest in a literal blink of an eye.

[@ProfessorThinker-zv5vt]

xD you do not know how to complete it the ez way.

[@TLK_TV]

Literally just don’t go on the road and the mobs don’t spawn lol

[@lila7663]

People in the replies don't realize you cannot cheese this quest like the one from Darkshore->Ashenvale lol

[@voarex]

@@lila7663 Yeah they are all thinking of "The Sleeper Has Awakened" where the escort follows you but in "Supplies to Auberdine" the escort is on a track so you have to follow the escort

[@BenTh17]

I just commented on the same thing, the last group of mobs that spawn just ended my latest warrior 🤦‍♂️

[@TombomOfficial]

2:44: A Matter of Time (Chromie in Andorhal) 4:13: Of Forgotten Memories (Tirion Fordring in Eastern Plaguelands) 5:58: Pawn Captures Queen (Alchemist Pestlezugg in Tanaris) 7:02: (HORDE) Test of Endurance (Dorn Plainstalker in Thousand Needles) 8:15: (ALLIANCE) Absent Minded Prospector (Prospector Remtravel in Darkshore) 9:21: Robotic Chicken Quests (World Quests x3) 11:43: Stranglethorn Fever (Fin Fizracket in Stranglethorn Vale) 13:08: Get Me Out of Here (Melizza Brimbuzzle in Desolace) 14:06 The Bloodsail Buccaneers (Fleet Master Seahorn in Stranglethorn Vale) 15:07 Meet at the Grave (Donova Snowden in Winterspring) 15:59 Gerenzo's Orders (Piznik in Stonetalon Mountains)

[@bleakcandour]

King

[@vulpax5915]

Usually I appreciate posts like these but… I kinda wanted the surprise ….

[@saltyphry9622]

As horde there is only 1 quest I won't attempt and that is Hecular's Revenge in Hillsbrad. Turning it in at the graveyard in southshore is truly a suicide mission. Also Test of Endurance can be approached simliarly to Pawn Captures Queen to make it more doable.

[@Caady]

The other thing on the questchain? Yeti genocide...

[@antrim7008]

Can attest to the Hercular quest, had guards aggro on me from half a mile away

[@neuro3697]

Did this quest earlier (non HC) and if you come from the river side there'll be one guard that patrols up the little hill along the riverbank. If you just wait for him to head north a bit you can slip in fairly easily

[@LadyTygryComics]

One of the few I specifically remember giving up on in vanilla. So much time wasted trying to cheese it.

[@cjodyssey]

Have you tried not being horde? you can talk to your doc about getting it removed.

[@stevenglowacki8576]

I thought you might mention the entry quest to Western Plaugelands for the Horde, Scarlet Diversions. This unlocks All Along the Watchtowers and the Cauldron quests once you complete it. The goal is to annoy the Scarlet Crusade Encampment and pretend to be the Scourge so the Crusade will focus on the Scourge instead of you. To do this you need to use an item to burn down a tent and put up a flag. You cannot do any of this while being attacked from what I recall, so you need to kill the entire camp within aggro range. The problem is that it's nearly impossible to solo pull the guys at the center near the tent, and there's many casters in the group as well. It is possible to slowly whittle the group down by pulling, killing one mob, and then running, but running can be rather dangerous due to the wildlife. I don't know if I've ever done this quest on a character without dying, but if I did I'm pretty sure it was because I had help, even if not grouped with the other person. Given this is a level 50s quest, it's extremely unlikely someone else will be trying it at the same time as you, especially since it's Horde only. Since this opens up the entire zone, there's a lot of xp locked behind it, but I would probably want to be much higher than the recommended 53 before trying on hardcore.

[@abduljabars]

The worst part for me was even if I could slowly wittle away at the camp, by the time I would get to the last couple mobs....in come respawns

[@Moldylocks]

You can have lucky spawns with almost no casters, making it much easier, so the difficulty it's a bit inconsistent. Definitely honorable mention would be this one for horde and the Redridge escort from the cave for alliance.

[@Boonweezy]

The infinite range of arcane missiles makes running away late a death sentence ive died so many times trying to run away wt low health to the casters!

[@garydurn7983]

This is a risky one not to forget panic running into nearby zombos 🤣

[@cattysplat]

@@abduljabars There is also a patrolling group of scarlets that can spawn at that camp and makes their way to felstone field. If they spawn you're in for a world of hurt (hunter with pet, healer, mage pack.)

[@Twincobra13]

I always found "Missing In Action" to be extremely rough. (the rescue "rambo" from the cave quest) The area in front of the cave is packed with mobs (both melee and caster) and the you have to work your way into and out of the cave, only to have to work your way through the respawned mobs to get back to Lakeshire.

[@jeremykothe2847]

Outside that cave, on that escort, is probably one of the most dangerous points for anyone, even over-levelled. I skipped it in HC, but I've heard people say if you pre-clear properly it's doable.

[@vincenttm3847]

I had no problem with this quest on Warlock, the rescue NPC is Elite and quite tanky too. It's hard but doable

[@abduljabars]

Yea exiting the cave can be rough. But if you just let him face pull everything, it makes everything much easier. He's extremely tanky so best to let him get aggro on a group and you focus one at a time. The real scare is making sure mobs don't flee into other packs at the cave exit.

[@IgotDis14]

@@abduljabars Exactly.. People instantly pull aggro from the escort but they don't realize that its a warrior tank elite mob.. It would need to tank 4 orcs for 2 minutes before dying lol..

[@upgrayedd4376]

it's a reference to the movie missing in action (a chuck norris movie from 1984) and not rambo. but if you're younger than gen x, ill allow it :)

[@F4ml4y]

HC classic popped off at the exact right time for WillE to keep making fresh Classic videos

[@Jenartik]

what a massive coincidence that hc classic popped right after the release of a classic raid that required more than 2 brain cells 🤔🤔🤔

[@lightner6924]

I pity Classic players. They just can't accept thier game sucks. HC leveling isn't hard at all. I have seen so many deaths from dumb ass shit. Imagine playing HC classic LOL.

[@noahsmith7163]

Imagine being a whiny little baby

[@chasewrubel2853]

@@lightner6924 uninspired bait /yawn

[@MrJonboy]

@@chasewrubel2853 true lol

[@Keraejis]

There's a quest in Darkshore where a dwarf asks you to retrieve a chest from his wrecked ship off the coast. The murloks guarding the wreckage aggro through the walls, have a mix of casters and melee, you are slow while swimming, and respawn is pretty quick. Not to mention if you don't have a waterbreathing potion it could make it twice as difficult.

[@Dystinction1]

There's a quest in Ashenvale that has you escort a druid back into Darkshore. Right at the end of the quest it spawns a pack of three satyr casters who immediately target the escort. Their combined shadowbolts can outright kill the escort in one volley at a level where you might not even have interrupts based on your class. They then turn these shadowbolts on you. I'm no HC player, but I'd avoid it if possible.

[@voarex]

"Escape Through Force"

[@toastman8382]

I always fail this quest because I forgot to loot the horn

[@Mutepoet379]

@@voarexthe quest he is talking about is “supplies to auberdine” where you escort the paladin up to darkshore

[@Dystinction1]

@@Mutepoet379 Was it a pally? Its been a minute.

[@Loganz0]

If you don't take the roads. You can do this entire quest without spawning anything.

[@Avatar1977]

"Deep Ocean, Vast Sea" it's underwater so your classic breath meter is going to give you a tiny window to actually explore, it's miles offshore, and its a hard to navigate shipwreck with Murlocs jumping at you from all angles and through walls. If ever I was going to skip a quest its this one, because even in a group it is absolutely brutal.

[@tonycummings4588]

this is the one I was thinking, it's utterly hellish

[@SavageGameHawk]

Skip all water quests imo they’re slow and affect your movement, also you can aggro below and above you. Not worth the risk.

[@bleakcandour]

Yeah staying out of water and caves is a must. I'd even argue caves are walk in the park compared to former.

[@dustyngraham7196]

? This quest is incredibly easy to solo with knowledge of where the chests are, there giant holes in the ships with 2 murloc guiding each and not within aggro range of one another. Kill 1-2 murloc a outside ship, go up for breath, kill 1 murloc in ship, up for breath, last murloc near chest, grab chest, up for breath. Rinse/repeat for next ship.

[@kyleellis1825]

I mained a druid in vanilla, so I think that just changed my perspective on water areas going forward. I like them a lot more than most people.

[@NanomachineExE]

The mine in hillsbrad for horde players is a deathtrap if you're not prepped. Be advised. There's a mob that, at low health, spawns 2 additional adds that hit like a truck.

[@bosspoke]

Yep, the infamous foreman bonds. I didn't know he did that. Thought I could easily kill him, but got swamped by the 2 dwarf adds.

[@hououinkyouma1488]

I just lost my 31 hc character to this quest

[@frankamaya5796]

Also the sentry’s outside call each other

[@jeffreeds4003]

This and any enemy that spawns ads usually does so around the 50% HP mark. If the enemy is stunned when it would normally use that ability, it simply won't 😋

[@treyhughs1465]

This killed my first hc char

[@jthinde6750]

Surprised nobodies said "King of the Foulweald" for the horde in Ashenvale yet. Another hold-off against waves but very tough when doing it around the expected level ie 26-28. No time to rest between the waves and you have to fight at least 10+ mobs before the quest mob spawns.

[@williamsmith3349]

Yes this quest is nuts. My troll mage almost died helping a tauren warrior. However, when I was able to complete it solo.

[@GailsonPvPwtf]

Another honorable mention is Ghost-o-plasm Round Up in desolace. High mob density, casters, melees, nowhere to run.

[@Odyssey636]

Huh? That shit is so easy xD

[@Peleski]

It's easy if your char has either speed or a pet to take aggro while you run away

[@boristruth7912]

I lost my light of elune there yesterday :(

[@stonemove4207]

Great video ! thanks for sharing those ! At my surprise I did a few of them on my warlock and made it out ! Also, I was expecting to see what was my hardest and 'spiciest" quest I have ever done ; Insane druids ! Guys if you see a quest named Insane Druids, avoid at all cost. It will lure you in an underground maze filled up with different kinds of druids. Including alot of patrols and very fast respawns. Mobs are 10 feet apart from one another. It took me 2 hours + but I made it out ! Quest gave nothing beside exp.

[@Pricey06]

I love how you started with the Plaguelanf quests, like any of us are going to make it that far 😅

[@neojack333]

especialy since most of the people going that far would not take the risk to step into the plaguelands

[@SavageGameHawk]

Mages will most definitely be farming it if they get to this point

[@abduljabars]

I always found the Tanaris chicken escort to be the easiest with Feralas being the hardest. Using a mount to aggro everything before the chicken goes in combat then reset them is a real cheesy way to complete them if you wanted. Just gotta make sure none of the mobs hit you while you are near the chicken or he will enter combat and help you.

[@rickard7031]

The Feralas one is pretty easy if you avoid the last two packs, but if you fail at that the gnoll pack is dangerous.

[@mitchtheronin1469]

Also another dangerous quest is the horde one in hillsbraf where you have to kill foreman bonds. He summons 2 adds all of a sudden

[@ProfessorThinker-zv5vt]

That is an easy one xD. Did it at lvl 31 on my 1st warrior.

[@mitchtheronin1469]

@@ProfessorThinker-zv5vt yeah but think about someone being like lvl 28 and then being surprised. also at the back of a cave. its just better to know

[@ProfessorThinker-zv5vt]

@@mitchtheronin1469 At lvl 28 it is ez to do still. Not a hard quest. If you die, you're a noob.

[@nickniko1052]

​​@@ProfessorThinker-zv5vt He has killed tons of HC. one mob turns to three, plus the 2 dwarfs have knockdowns. Throw in some unlucky respawns or a mob running into respawns and ur probably cooked.

[@zka77]

Skip everything: - in caves - underwater - escorts - elites

[@bertyamgeebler1865]

good life rules in general imo

[@Mihaisuta]

Skip the game too. Pay someone to play it for you.

[@Сергей-ы7р7р]

as a warlock i found underwater quests quite easy :) every class has it own quailities and weak points..... not if you are warrior.... if you are warrior just find heal to yourself haha there no more chances for you

[@jeffreyowen7696]

Don’t forget murlocs

[@InsertYourself1]

As a new player to Classic WoW that just died to Hogger i needed this video. Thank you❤

[@jamescpalmer]

I have over 1000 hours in classic wow, probably more. I played the whole of classic and know literally all the quests/zones am total nerd. Don't play hardcore, you will quit the game. You're going to die and you don't know why. Trust me. Play through on softcore once, then play hardcore. I'm going to save you many many hours.

[@InsertYourself1]

@@jamescpalmer Bro I'm already lv17 in WotLK and lv14 in Classic. I'm well ahead of you 😂

[@Thorvald9666]

In Defense of King's Lands and Battle for Hillsbrad should be honorable mentions

[@TheRexTera]

The best advice I would give to anyone levelling in Classic regardless of it being Hardcore or not is to simply avoid “tunnel-visioning” on one objective. Almost everything you do while levelling serves multiple purposes. This is one of the absolute brilliance of Classic WoWs game design. If you tunnel-vision a quest it’s simply not as efficient or profitable as grinding mobs that drops crafting items. Treat most quests like bonus XP. It’s not like Retail or Wrath where quests are the most important.

[@cattysplat]

Keep your eyes open for chests, patrols, patrolling rare elite spawns, respawns and always have an escape route clear.

[@madchessLeviathan]

not sure if it is elite, but the quest the star the hand and the heart is one of the ones I found the most challenging as well as the alliance escort in arathi highlands that goes though the horde village, if unlucky the courier can spawn on top of you just as you exit the hut, and on to low level you will get additional pulls. Any quest with high density murlocs are also bad news since they net you and run away to others at low health.

[@blacklily250]

Anytime I have nostalgia for classic wow, I just search vanilla wow zones music, cure the itch every time

[@holysecret2]

Not a fan of the vanilla music?

[@rjh1820]

you don’t like the music or listening to it is enough because it is so good? Personally when I hear the music I yearn to play wow vanilla again.

[@benjaminwesercreative]

leveling a character cures that itch even more 😅

[@blacklily250]

@@rjh1820 I mean I love the music, but whenever I watch this type of video just remind me how tedious and grindy the game is. So I just put on the music, go to that happy place

[@meltingskeleton2082]

I died to this quest on my shaman back in vanilla, I died on the same spot in classic... hopefully it's all fresh in my mind so I don't fall into that problem again.

[@damagepy]

With the Tanaris chicken escort Scorpions, if they alive and you run ahead and kill them, they are on a respawn timer, sso when the chicken gets there they may just not spawn (after their deaths, they respawn as hidden and the chicken "summons" them. IF they are still dead then there is nothing to summon. Also the quest fails if the chicken dies, so in non-HC many times I was able to corpserun back and continue following the chicken (if mobs havent killed it yet)

[@danginat7172]

This isn't necessarily a quest, but Son of Arugal patrolling North Silverpine Forest is terrifying when trying to complete Sepulcher quests. It feels like playing Dead Space.

[@Yellowtruck55]

Died so many times to there trying to get some briarthorn

[@Lucaash]

Or randomly walking into soutshore guards while killing some bears in hillsbrad.

[@abra2133]

idk why but the silithid egg quest in the barrens is in my opinion one of the scariest ones, first of all it's high level for the zone, and the silithid grubs that spawn after getting an egg have an absurd amount of damage, hitting for 50-90 per hit while each egg spawning about 3 of them, if you have no aoe it's a true nightmare

[@erikpersson8265]

Get the razorhide buff from Camp Taurajo, gives you thorns!

[@bosspoke]

I dunno, yes this quest has killed one of my many characters in hardcore but tbh it is not that difficult.

[@Yellowtruck55]

Yep, that one always gets me. Even worse if you've taken herbalism; those little gold dots of mageroyal and wild steelbloom on the mini map right next to the hives. Many, many corpse runs there😂

[@dosbilliam]

Just trying to get INTO that mine as a Warrior killed what interest I had in that character back in mid-Vanilla Classic. Trying the Defend quest on HC would, for me at least, being a Mage and a high enough level that the reward essentially doesn't exist.

[@Aethelhald]

Vanilla WoW is full of quests in every single zone that just shouldn't be done at the recommended level unless you've done them before and know what to expect / how to cheese it. The other day (not on hardcore mode) I tried to do a quest in Silverpine Forest where I had to place a severed head in an alcove inside a keep on Fenris Isle. I fought my way in easily enough, but holy shit, once inside, it's impossible to pull less than 3 mobs at once, they all dual wield and attack extremely quickly, they pull others when they try to run when their health is low, and if you attempt to run away you just end up running into respawns outside the castle. I came back 4 levels higher and still almost died doing it.

[@newergamer7974]

I love that you're doing hc things now I already tried some hc with my own challange of only using spells from one spec on mage. I might try it normally though. Eitherway I had a break but I might actually come back

[@jani14jani]

Was it at Western plague lands. The tent quest where you have to set the tent at fire and place a flag there. It should be at least in top 15 hardest.

[@DrunkTalk]

I attempted Piznik on my current druid. Luckily I realized pretty early into one of the large pulls that it was time to dip and I made it out. I should go back there for some revenge.

[@drumlineking07]

I almost always do the Feralas chicken quest, sometimes I do the Tanaris one (for the reasons stated in this video), but you can forget about that last one. I think I've only done it on ONE character out of the dozens I've made over the years.

[@Ciftyfent]

Really? I have done it and it was the easiest for me, maybe i got luck with the Enemies 😅

[@Efinem3787]

Love these vids and I haven’t played wow in two years

[@Khunark]

i haven't in ten

[@mheald111]

I had a very difficult time with “test of endurance “ solo. Died 6 or 7 times but was finally about to complete it. Definitely recommend being a higher level.

[@Yellowtruck55]

As a holy priest, that was a nightmare.

[@gameharmony8775]

For the chicken quest in Feralas - if you’re a shaman you can run ahead of the chicken to the gnoll spawns that happen as you’re heading down to the water and earthbind them and run down to the water. They should all follow you and keep the chicken from aggroing them at all. Eventually, they’ll leash, and the chicken can reach the shore without you having to worry about that patrol at all.

[@Demane69]

There is another way out of the Prospector quest in a corner of the quarry. I doubt it would help much, but is a possible escape in certain situations.

[@adrinextreme]

I was about to do that piznik quest this morning on my 23 mage. I’m so glad I decided not to go in solo lol

[@Marconius6]

Man, this video brought back so, so many painful memories from vanilla...

[@cattysplat]

Atleast you remembered them. Unlike all the levelling in retail.

[@thefunkylordwedge]

Gotta have the Obsidion quest that happens way later on this list. It's an elite quest that is surprisingly more difficult than any other elite quest I've done thus far - mostly because of the topography.

[@hm0ngb0y209]

OMG! I did that quest "Gerenzo's Orders" in HC on my pally. Lucky i didn't die. Made it out of the cave alive lol

[@isaaccook8175]

I did the Piznik quest last night with a priest, wherever you are, Clamantha thanks you

[@jeskiaking4852]

I already levelled a hardcore character to 80 (60 in vanilla, 70 in TBC and now 80 in wotlk). I had some hard rules for myself. Never ever go into a cave unless you way overlevel the mobs and quest is green. No elites and no groups/dungeon quests. My character is a warlock and my voidy saved me many many times.

[@feywinterfox9630]

Wow, it’s been so long doing a lot of these old quests that a lot of this stuff I forgot even happens, like the plague lands quest with the group that jumps you at the graveyard! Forgot all about that one!

[@chrisgroth9028]

Just to add a couple. I am not sure there is a single quest but anything going near or up to the Altar of Jintha'Alor (troll aztec temple) in the Hinterlands is dangerous. The other memorable hard quest is an Alliance only quest in Darkshore. It's "Deep Ocean, Vast Sea". It's underwater, going into underwater ship wreckages against murlocs. Nuff said.

[@chucknv5482]

Also, near that digsite escort quest, there is a horde patrol that can kill you at that level so do not AFK near the camp or water.

[@Klaital1]

One more quest I would add to this list is the Deep Ocean, Vast Sea quest in Darkshore where you have to fetch some items from sunken ships that are swarming with murlocs with really fast respawns.

[@MelancholicMuppet]

And the murlocs bug as well when running away, running at the speed of light and through walls.

[@Odyssey636]

Nah bru that shit isnt considered hard at all. Theres way harder water quests that are similar with elite enemies.

[@GrizzlyHillsRadio]

Never actually did any of the escort quests other than absent minded prospector. Ahhh memories of the Alex Jones cyber chicken. Thank you WillE. After this video I'm going to have to watch "A leveling catastrophe in classic wow"

[@shantvincent782]

I wish I had watched this before I tried your #1, the final mention. Fortunately someone on the opposing faction assisted, helping me to reset/escape. Then I found a party of 3. It was nuts. I was playing a warrior. He died while tanking SFK the next day, haha. The low level made the common mistake of aggroing mobs on a higher area which chain pulled another 10 mobs... I was a bit over leveed and planned to tank them, but the other 4 players were roaches/rats.

[@Despond]

Never do a fight where you have to use a trick like jumping back and forward a spot because you're going to most likely mess up one jump and it's panic mode.

[@credzic]

I don't know what it is but your voice reminds me of theotrix, the guy who does OSRS videos. Might be your speech mannerisms. Great content!

[@wyldeman0O7]

The Stonetalon quest at the end Gerezno's orders had my heart pumping at lvl 28, I would just skip it unless you have sacrifice voidwalker and master summoner

[@Epck]

even on paladin with 30 frost resistance at 27 it was extremely close

[@dk-sky3820]

The honorable mention “Gerenzo's Orders” is exactly what killed my lvl 24 hunter (I simply stumbled upon this quest and didn’t know what it was about) Before that all went so smooth I was lullabied by the treacherous easiness of hunter leveling. Never touched hardcore ever since lol

[@iljadarbinieks6204]

What’s the Addon that you use for your NamePlates? looks incredible 16:35

[@Liaxtube]

Anyone else massively triggered when he called it "One Thousand Needles"? Because it's definitely just "Thousand Needles" and this is a hill I need to die on.

[@kyleellis1825]

I really wanted to prove you wrong, but my proof comes from the RPG which did call it the One Thousand Needles. Since that's non canon, you are actually correct that it was never officially called 1Kneedles.

[@stetv928_8]

Like when people call Star Wars “the Star Wars”

[@KnolanCross]

I soloed all those quests but the last one as a druid. I honestly believe it is impossible to finish it without being over level for it (or doing it in a group). I remember I picked it because I needed just a bit more XP for the last level and I ended up just grinding kobolds in the cave after failing it a couple of times.

[@cattysplat]

You actually have some time to regen between each group. If you have strong damage, AOE/CC or something to offtank the damage, it's really not impossible. I did the quest solo on all my horde characters and always was a fun challenge.

[@Sage2000]

Could you please makr a list for these high surprise risks frok eache zone ot class quests? I lost my mage to a class Quest inside Stormwind...

[@kumuqua]

I tried gorenzos order yesterday on my 24 HC warr. I’ve never tried it before, had NO idea what I was getting into. Needless to say… go agane. Too bad this vid wasn’t 1 day earlier lol

[@dimmune6860]

Died on my warrior as well during the Season of Mastery Soul of Iron challenge.

[@Odyssey636]

Why u trying aoe cave quests at 24 on a warr. You shouldnt even be in caves on warr till u have sweeping strikes and a good 2h wep like whirlwind at minimum

[@rofltastic12]

Sorry man. I’ve gone through 6 HC warriors already, it’s rough out there!

[@alakazoo4867]

The #1 on your list I did unknowingly and found out it was not that easy

[@devonchafe2764]

My guess for number one. Kurzen Cave Edit* I'm honestly surprised it didn't even make the cut. Those stealthed mobs with the stun are brutal

[@superbaas8822]

Kurzen Cave is certainly a pain to do, but for gun reliant classes you can just get a really nice gun that lasts a good while.

[@andromidius]

That's a group quest that really isn't jerking you around. Soloing Kurzen is... not something 99% of people are going to be able to do. Heck, I barely managed it duo during Season of Mastry - and we died quite a few times. Hardcore solo - don't even bother, its not worth it.

[@devonchafe2764]

@@andromidius the quest to kill the named mob is a group quest, the one before where you just kill mobs in the cave is not

[@Odyssey636]

​@andromidius i did it on level even killing the elite with no problems xD

[@OTPulse]

15:05 Blizzard has addressed these quest saying they won't require death. In this quest I would guess the item instead of killing you would just apply a buff allowing you to talk to the NPC.

[@retrotechgames-diyrepair4691]

Good trick

[@lockofmetal8894]

8:40, it has 2 exits, on the opposite side where u go down u can go up aswell

[@shakeyownz]

I typically just skip quests that are either too hard to solo at it’s respective level and quests that involve killing a named mob. More often than not it’s better to keep grinding than waiting for a single mob to respawn.

[@Ciftyfent]

The Stranglethorn Fever Quest really feels hard, i needed 5 trys to finish that Quest. Jesus

[@BenTh17]

You should add “supplies to auberdine” to this list, I thought I’d be safe doing it since I was four levels higher than the quest but I was wrong. I finished the last encounter and died after to curse of agony but couldn’t do anything about it as I was stuck in combat and had already used a pot and the damage ticks cancelled my bandage. No idea how this is a level “24” quest

[@Odyssey636]

Shrug i did it at 25 easily. Depends on your class.

[@PhilHibbs]

15:20 I think they've fixed all the quests that required you to die, did they miss the graveyard elixir one?

[@BaaadJuju]

Good video idea, great work : )

[@Peleski]

I find Chasing A Me escort often dodgy because people often grind the gorillas and they spawn very fast. Good XP tho

[@carlton6953]

2:30 is when the actual video content starts

[@Schilani]

I am kinda curious if the Linken Questchain is still available on the hardcore servers. Because it would be quite the hilarious troll to have a quest available that will erase your character.

[@nazaG_89]

it doesn't kill you, I have done it, you turn spirit with a debuff for 5min or something like that and interact

[@Whurlpuul]

That one village defence quest in plaguelands was a tough one, the one that awards the cup of coffee.

[@cattysplat]

The battle of darrowshire that's a raid quest. But it also needs strategy and can easily wipe or screw it up. Rewards Tea with Sugar

[@timkokesh1968]

I’m glad you brought up Silithid quests. Those damn quests are really brutal, and I don’t even consider doing them unless I can’t avoid them. Yuck!

[@mportillo78]

Isn't there a quest that ends up with you dropping out of the sky in gadgetzan from something? i started playing the game again in HCC and I've been trying to think of all the quest that forcibly kill you.

[@DrunkTalk]

Ghost-o-plasm round up also deserves an honorable mention

[@kimbo5409]

The amount of temporal parasites you spawn depends on your distance from each of the silos so you can max range one end and only summon one at a time.

[@cattysplat]

This is what made Vanilla/Classic so great. Quests that were not afraid to just stomp all over you in a friendly way of saying "get better" or "get friends."

[@Kyletradez11]

Hillsborad foothills lion and turtle quests. There’s a black dragon that patrols the river and some open space who caught me

[@BabinSquared]

Freedom to Ruul. Rescue From Jaedenar. Free From the Hold. All problematic escort quests inside of densely-packed areas. Free From the Hold even has an obnoxiously long respawn timer, just to cap things off.

[@operez1990]

I can honestly say the Hinterlands Robot Chicken quest is one of the easier ones. The Tanaris one is by far teh hardest.

[@tartagilia2448]

I agree 100% the wolf's are a non issue if u stay to the wall on the right side of the mountain because all the wolf's are to the left

[@fredrikengstrom2107]

To summarize the video: 1. Dont do escorts alone 2. Dont do caves alone 3. Dont quest on endgame zones alone (such as plaguelands) 4. Night elf arguably has the most dangerous starting zones 5. Some of the most dangerous early quests are on Horde side 6. Desolace is generally just a bad place to quest in vanilla wow. Even more on HC 7. STV and Ungoro have some of the most deadliest quest traps 8. Generally dont do quests you're not familiar with alone 9. Engineering is a good profession for melee class 10. The most common deaths are from mobs you didnt know were there.

[@cv3nda367]

we need a summary of quests and NPCs that pvp flags you or mind controlls you, because some players are just camping those spots waiting for another victim

[@Dunamic77]

I was just about to accept it solo on my warlock :D

[@teddys5775]

Hey I just did Gerenzo's Orders.. at lvl 40 while I was leveling my lock picking

[@garydurn7983]

You did it right 🤣

[@SkrapMetal84]

the "balance of power" quest line in Legion is probably the most tedious quest line in the entire game for me and can take a full month to complete.

[@spacemanspiff2036]

Where is King of the Foulweald quest ? :D

[@Odyssey636]

Ez quest

[@Vigor8]

The elite in searing gorge is pretty nasty

[@afoolinlove]

Nice thing about these quests is with the official HC we can group for these.

[@General12th]

Hi Will! I love HC videos!

[@Malcorpse]

I can proudly say i completed gerenzos orders on lvl 25 warrior. Never done it before but i was in the area, barely managed to survive with 37hp definitely thought i was going back to mulgore the whole last wave

[@JackSparrow-gn1zn]

That harpy cave in thousand needles is full of skeletons

[@Yellowtruck55]

Most of them are mine 😢

[@johannhowitzer]

Gorishi queen ended my best mage run at level 54. Or rather, I beat her and looted, had to run from her minions, and ran into respawns on the way out. I was unaware you can drink between waves, so I tried to take it all one after another. Almost made it. Fire plume ridge in Searing Gorge also killed me, although not my fault. I was at the top of the ramp, someone ran through and pulled everything, I thought I was safe but even the mobs by the lava pool ran straight for me. I took about five fireballs to the face just as I turned around. Had I been quick enough, I could have ice blocked and lived. The most dangerous thing in hardcore is hubris. Second most dangerous is the hubris of other players.

[@gingamonk790]

I'm glad you brought up the Gerenozo's order quest, I was getting ready to type in the comments as one that should been in the vid if it wasnt added XD I died to this quest on my lv24 druid. I've never done or seen this quest or anything in the stonetalon mountains to begin with so went in completely blind. I finished the first wave with little difficulty but not being outside for a druid means a lot of bad things. When the second waved spawned and I saw two caster I knew it was over. I BERALY killed one mob even with self healing and a health pot and bear form. After I knew this was just undoable and saw WAY to many respawns had already happened I just sat there for a moment and died to the last 3 mobs at there was no way to deal with everything, it pains me to know there was 3 waves.

[@KaLNFoRc3R]

You forgot King of the Foulweald as horde specific

[@jl7487]

Did the goblin-mine quest at lvl 24 without dying solo. Wasnt prepared for it to be so hard but mage OP

[@clintongriffin2077]

How about heleculars revenge?:)

[@Boxdrunken]

"Gerenzo's Orders" ... I survive the 4th wave and freak out thinking more waves are coming and i get killed when i panicked. Very hard quest.

[@onlyasetback]

Felwood cave quest where you escort the night elf in and then out. The three felguards are intense.

[@basehead617]

it never occurred to me Temporal Parasites was difficult, since I have always done it on a frost mage..

[@grafspe807]

I dont do hard core but i have died on every one of these quests except the number one i had no problem with that on my hunter for some reason

[@panxo13x]

that goddamn prospector remtravel quest, holy jesus he got intakilled like 5 times so i decied to come back to that quest later on jesus