Exciting days in the world of World of Warcraft Classic, everyone. A fiercely dedicated MMO player, inspired by the anime legend One-Punch Man, has now devoted 292 hours to obliterating enemies with nothing but their bare fists—playing as a completely naked hardcore WoW Classic Warrior, hellbent on reaching level 60 using only the most primal tools: their two hands.

Reddit user Historical-Warning88, known in-game as Onepunchwarr, has been on this journey for roughly seven months. And astonishingly, their meticulous Reddit updates and YouTube playlist confirm every grueling minute. "I'm doing solo questing, no grouping," they declared in an earlier post. "No armor, no weapon—just fists and punches," reads another, quickly followed by a moment of existential doubt: "'What am I doing with my life?'"

I initially planned to publish this piece on July 25, but now I see the delay as fate. On July 27, just yesterday, the One Punch Warrior dropped a new update: 292 hours deep, they’ve hit level 55, and the psychological toll of the endless grind is becoming undeniable.

"I'm still alive. And not so healthy anymore. But at least I'm level 50 now," they say in their latest video. This saga might very well become a cautionary tale for the ages.

"After 69 hours of grinding mobs—no gear, no weapon—I climbed from level 50 to 55 over five weeks," their most recent Reddit post begins. "At this point, the grind feels borderline insane. I’m always benefiting from the rested XP bonus, yet it still takes me at least 12 hours of nonstop mob farming to level up. I need over 170k experience per level, and each kill gives me only 240–280 XP."

As the One Punch Warrior rightly notes, that’s "a lot of NPCs to punch into oblivion." But by now, the physical grind isn’t the real challenge—it’s the gnawing anxiety of losing everything to a random disconnection mid-combat. Lag and unexpected disconnects are the silent assassins of hardcore MMO runs—dying to a boss or a mistake is honorable, but dying to a dropped connection? That’s tragedy. And it looms over them like a thunderhead.

"My most recent disconnect happened at level 51—power went out," they share, admitting, 'I'm pushing my luck too far already.' Still, most things are going well: I've maxed Demoralizing Shout and Battle Shout, Recklessness lets me solo rare and tough mobs, and I've stockpiled mountains of consumables to carry me to level 60. All that's left is grinding another 90 hours—unless I get taken out by a DC or some elite mob ambushes me in Un'Goro Crater." (For the uninitiated: these abilities reduce enemy damage, boost party attack power, and enhance rage generation and crit chance.)

Here’s one thing they’re not scared of: death flags. In a post from last month, the warrior mused: "Just imagine losing 7 months of progress because of a random power outage while I’m in combat. How devastating would that be :3? So yes, I’m making my final push to level 60. I hope it’s fun. And watch me suffer."

Just imagine indeed.

"If you die now, that might just be the saddest RIP in hardcore WoW history," one commenter wrote.

"This is a reminder to check on your loved ones," another joked in a separate thread.

We’re all rooting for you, One Punch Warrior. And secretly hoping you take a nap.

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