A player in World of Warcraft has succeeded. He has achieved all achievements in the game and accomplished everything. But what comes next?
Anyone looking for a job in World of Warcraft can find something to do for virtually endless times. At least if one focuses on completing all achievements in the game. But does it really take “forever”? No, because one player has gone through with it and collected all achievements currently available.
What has happened? In the WoW subreddit, the player BillybobbsWoW proudly shows a screenshot. It displays his character and an achievement window. The almost unbelievable accomplishment: He has collected all achievements in the game. With 52,245 achievement points and all categories at 100%, he has mastered all contents of World of Warcraft.
How long did it take? According to his own statements, he has played for 720 days – pure WoW playtime, which translates to over 17,000 hours. Although he did not work on the achievements the entire time, the sheer amount of time is impressive. After all, he has spent about 2 years of real life in Azeroth.
The community reacts excited and fascinated: Within a few hours, the post in the WoW subreddit already received over 5,000 upvotes, and the number continues to rise. It’s not surprising that there are also a few references to one of the most famous South Park episodes:
- “Now you can play the game.” – ValkyrieLyra
- “Holy shit, I didn’t know it was even humanly possible. Congratulations!” – Pepsifraiche
- “He has succeeded. This crazy guy actually completed an MMO.” – SomeLevel428
An achievement for a short time – New patch coming soon
The accomplishment of completing all achievements is, of course, always a temporary achievement. Because with the next patch, new achievements will be added again, meaning that the now so beautifully complete list will once again show gaps. It remains to be seen whether BillybobbsWoW will continue to keep up with patch 11.2 Ghosts of K’aresh and beyond – or if he will now take a well-deserved break.
What were the hardest achievements? Interestingly, he did not find the PvP to be the worst grind, as most would have assumed, but rather the pet battles. He comments:
Especially the pet battles took a long time. Every day 5 hours a day for a total of 2 months and then a bit more, but less consistently.
This includes not only the 5,000 pet battles in general but also 1,000 PvP pet battles, as well as the “Family Battler” achievements, where you have to win multiple times in PvP but can only use pets from a specific group.
What is he doing next? BillybobbyWoW seems to be a true collector. In the comments, someone suggests that he should collect all transmog rewards in the game next. A task he undertakes and writes:
Yes, that could be crazy, but I’ll give it a try. […]
Currently, I am at 72% of all unique appearances according to AllTheThings.
At AllTheThings is an addon for collectors that lists all items, quests, and events in the game, showing what you have already collected and experienced and what you haven’t.
How many achievement points have you collected in World of Warcraft so far? Do you come even close to the accomplishment of this player? Or do you not care about achievements and the points associated with them at all because you think that achievements can even make a game worse?
