The Twitch Guild Sauercrowd players are dying in WoW Hardcore. While this is part of the cycle of the game, the deaths are particularly bitter because many characters at maximum level are affected. HandOfBlood, Metashi, and Papaplatte are now steering and enacting new rules.
Here is what is happening at Sauercrowd:
- Since the end of December 2025, the German Sauercrowd project has been running on Twitch, where various streamers try to reach maximum level in WoW Hardcore. The twist: most are newcomers without experience in MMORPGs.
- As early as January, streamer Hahn reached level 60 with his character. Since then, 24 more have followed (according to Sauercrowd.gg, as of January 20, 2:45 PM).
- However, many characters have recently been lost, mainly at high levels, often even at level 60. In one dungeon, 4 players died right away. The problem is that in WoW Hardcore, deaths are permanent, and the setbacks are now jeopardizing the guild.
This is how the guild leadership reacts: In a recent stream, Papaplatte, one of the guild leaders, reacted to the various deaths (on YouTube). He looks at who has died and concludes with a pretty devastating statement:
These are all deaths that could have been avoided. No joke, people need to start putting their egos aside. We need to realize that we are all too bad to do this alone. There are a few individuals who can do it, but most of us are too bad. Level together, level in threes. There’s no reason to push your ego here, folks.
Papaplatte on YouTube
Papaplatte also looks at the death of the first player at level 60, Willib0, who met his end due to a lot of bad luck during a crucial quest—followed by several more clips of questionable actions, where players attempt to fight dungeon bosses solo or make fleeting newbie mistakes. And all at high levels.
The guild leader fears for the future of the guild and concludes: “I don’t know if we can make it […] I swear, we will never see Molten Core.” Shortly thereafter, the triumvirate of leadership, consisting of Papaplatte, HandOfBlood, and Metashi, calls for a crisis meeting and reaches out to the guild members.
“The venerable guild leadership is very satisfied with how the event is going so far. Nevertheless…”
On Sunday, January 18, the guild leadership scheduled a meeting for all members in Loch Modan. Among other topics, they discussed increasing the taxes, holding a minute of silence for the fallen, and a major new feature: RestedXP.
RestedXP is an addon with a guide for WoW Classic, designed for easy and quick leveling. It allows for automatic quest turn-ins and provides detailed breakdowns of all quest tasks. A free version is available up to level 30; anything above that costs money.
So far, RestedXP has been prohibited for Sauercrowd members or only allowed in a limited capacity. However, those restrictions are now lifted. HandOfBlood says (on YouTube):
We found it cool to have this “raw” WoW experience in the event so far. […] The venerable guild leadership is very satisfied with how the event is going so far. Nevertheless, we have come to the agreement that we would loosen this up a bit, and from now on RestedXP will be available unlimited.
HandOfBlood
The goal is for as many new players as possible to see the endgame and especially the famous first raid, Molten Core. Deaths at high levels should be less frustrating this way when leveling a new character is not as strenuous.
Although the guild is struggling with many deaths, the members do not give up but continue to rise (still) again and again. This even earns respect from Papaplatte for their tenacity—and some major successes: Undefeated Twitch streamer shows Trymacs how to do it, leveling her very first WoW character to level 60—in Hardcore
