A part of the Sauercrowd guild apparently wasn’t ready to say goodbye to WoW Classic Hardcore after the event ended. 20 Twitch streamers set out for the raid instance Zul’Gurub, but not all returned safely.
What kind of raid is this? The raid challenge Zul’Gurub is located in the northeastern part of Stranglethorn Vale and was included with one of the later updates on the Vanilla-WoW servers. Unlike Onyxia’s Lair or Molten Core, the troll instance requires only 20 players instead of 40.
The relatively low difficulty, the comparably small raid size, and the occasionally very good loot make Zul’Gurub a great entry point to get into the raid content of WoW Classic. However, the Sauercrowd guild had long ignored the instance, focusing entirely on the first raid in Molten Core.
Successful raid, but a loss just before the finish
What was the visit to Zul’Gurub like for Sauercrowd? Although the streamer event officially ended with the victory over Onyxia last weekend, 20 Sauercrowd members met yesterday (on March 2, 2026) to conquer Zul’Gurub together.
Among them were Nicistemmler, Naguura, Wildmics, Felikah, Cezzy, and Metashi. It took more than two and a half hours until the final boss Hakkar lay defeated on the ground. First, the main tank was caught out and did not survive a boss pull. Just before the goal, a priest fell as well.
Who got caught and why? When facing High Priest Venoxis, you deal not only with the boss but also with several snakes that shoot poisons. During the pull, Tashy, the warrior tank from Metashi, not only took a hit from the boss but also the toxic salvos of all the snakes: a felt one-hit. You can watch the death of the event leader on Twitch.
While the raid was fighting the trash groups in the center of Zul’Gurub to clear the way to Hakkar, the next mishap occurred. drhassmann did not pay attention to the spirit coming towards him while healing the group. 2 hits were enough to reduce the priest’s health points to zero.
You can watch the scene on Twitch, on YouTube, or see below:
The nasty thing about the ghosts: The phantoms cannot be spotted or tanked or controlled. You have to dodge them until they disappear. Naguura even warned: “Watch out, the ghost.” However, drhassmann was apparently so focused on healing that he only noticed the danger when it was too late.
It was the first hardcore death of the streamer. And it was the first raid loss for the Sauercrowd guild in hardcore. The visits to Molten Core and Onyxia’s Lair had all participants survived. Those who want to see more WoW content from the streamers can look forward to: The big winner of Sauercrowd starts her own guild on Twitch, wants to play WoW Midnight with 200 streamers
