Maximilian “HandOfBlood“ Knabe has made it and reached the maximum level 60 with his rogue in WoW Classic Hardcore. After reaching the milestone, the popular Twitch streamer and YouTuber celebrated one thing in particular at the Sauercrowd project.
What is HandOfBlood celebrating? Hänno’s stream on January 25, 2026, on Twitch had a simple yet clear motto: It only goes offline when the rogue in WoW Classic Hardcore has reached the maximum level 60! The popular streamer and YouTuber brought two experience bars at level 59 into Sunday. Thus, 90 percent of the level was still missing.
In the end, it actually took more than 9 hours for HandOfBlood to reach the maximum level with his leather-wearer. This was also because he had to take on organizational guild leader tasks intermittently, such as moderating a meeting.
The last experience points came from the quests “Arajs Scarab” and “Woe to you, Andorhal” from the Western Plaguelands. You can watch the moment below or on Twitch:
The German Twitch landscape surprises HandOfBlood
Hänno praises his guild: After reaching the important milestone, HandOfBlood takes a brief moment to thank the many comrades of the Sauercrowd project.
So thank you to everyone who positively supports this event. Those who, even when things go wrong and it doesn’t run perfectly, still remain constructive and understanding. Thanks to Kevin. Thanks to Metashi. And of course to the teams behind it, without whom nothing would work here.
And thanks also to all grinders and to the relaxed gamers that they don’t let themselves get stressed, stay focused on the ball.
HandOfBlood on YouTube
And especially thanks to those who keep restarting. No matter how often they bite the dust. I didn’t expect that. I swear to you, I thought after at least 2 weeks, we would only be a quarter of the streamers who started. But that they endure it so hard, I think only a few would have thought.
What’s next? Now it’s up to Hänno to prepare for the Molten Core and not perish in the process. Exactly that just happened to one of the two other guild leaders a few days ago: Papaplatte reached level 60 as the first guild leader of Sauercrowd, then dies unfortunately – the community is sure: that was it
Guild leader number 3, Metashi, had a close call just before level 60, when he panicked due to an unwanted PvP marking and put his entire dungeon group at risk. Both streamers are already working on their comeback. Metashi is currently even at level 48 with his second warrior.
Papaplatte had to be persuaded for his comeback. Thanks to a master plan, he wants to reach level 60 with his mage on time despite being on vacation. In this, 15,000 water bags play a decisive role: A LoL pro is becoming the secret GOAT of Sauercrowd, farming for days to allow Papaplatte to have his vacation
