A boss in World of Warcraft Classic is being abducted by players. He then goes on a rampage in the cities – and simply cannot be defeated.
In World of Warcraft, there are occasionally curious bugs and errors. The Classic version of Cataclysm also has some interesting glitches that make some heroes in Stormwind and Orgrimmar raise an eyebrow in surprise. Because on the Cataclysm realms, a boss is currently wandering around in the cities who does not actually belong there.
What’s going on in WoW Classic? For several days, players in WoW Cataclysm have reported that curious things are happening in the capitals. For instance, you can see the boss Helix Gearbreaker, who actually belongs in the Deadmines. However, he is frequently found in Stormwind or Orgrimmar, fighting against several dozen guards at the same time – but never dying. A little bug and the resulting exploit are the reason.
How does it work? The trick or exploit is not that complicated. You only need to enter the Deadmines and advance to the second boss of the dungeon, Helix Gearbreaker. Then a mage conjures a portal to a capital city and the fight begins. As soon as Helix jumps on the back of a player, that character goes through a portal – and Helix is taken along into the big world.
Since he is considered hostile by all guards everywhere, he is immediately involved in a fight. However, Helix can never die, so he gathers more and more guards and causes some attention with his shouts.
What is so curious about it? Actually, bosses (and all mobs in general) cannot escape from dungeons. After all, they are in a separate instance, and if they wanted to chase a character, they would simply be reset.
There is only one exception in very few cases. For instance, when a debuff on a character causes the mobs to appear afterwards, or in the case of Helix Gearbreaker, when he jumps on the back of a character.
Is this a new bug? No, it has been around since the first release of Cataclysm. However, the bug was fixed after a few days, after some realms even crashed due to too many copies of Helix causing chaos in the capitals.
That this bug is now appearing again in WoW Cataclysm Classic seems to be something that was simply forgotten during development. But after more than a decade, such a small detail can definitely be overlooked, right? Elsewhere, dungeons bring joy – because they are already over in 21 seconds.
