Features

Automatic Enrollment — On your first login at level 1 (or level 55 for Death Knights), the addon prompts you to enroll. Once confirmed, your run is tracked from that moment. No setup, no account required.

Persistent Death Log — Every death on any HC player is logged with timestamp, zone, killer, level, and last words. Viewable at any time via /hcw → Death Log.

Level History — Every level milestone is recorded with a timestamp and zone. When your run ends, full progression is preserved in the account-wide run history.

Automatic Screenshots — The addon takes a screenshot at level 20+ milestones and on death — giving you a permanent record without any manual action.

Permanent Death Detection — When you die to any game mechanic, your run ends immediately. The addon marks your character as dead, broadcasts the death to the world, and locks your HC status.

Blood Pact — PvP Protection — When struck by a hostile player, a 60-second grace window opens. Any death inside that window does NOT end your run — whether from the player or a mob. Can be disabled per-character in settings.

World Death Announcements — When an HC player dies, the announcement broadcasts to party, guild, and the HardcoreDeaths channel — showing name, class, level, zone, killer, and last words.

Mini Feed — A compact, draggable overlay shows a live feed of nearby HC deaths without cluttering your chat window.

Auto-Leave Non-HC Groups — If a non-HC player joins your party, the addon announces the violation in party chat and automatically leaves the group. You cannot accidentally group with a non-HC player.

Level Gap Enforcement — HC rules require party members to be within 10 levels of each other. The addon enforces this automatically.

Final Duty — When a party member dies inside a dungeon, the rest of the group must complete or abandon the run before leaving. The addon tracks and reminds you to honour your obligation.

Nearby HC Peers — See all HC players detected in your zone — name, level, class, and HC mode — populated passively via party, guild, whisper, and the Hardcore channel.

Standard Hardcore — Trading, Mail, and the Auction House are permitted. Group with other enrolled HC characters. PvP deaths are protected by Blood Pact. The balanced experience for all players.

Self-Found — Enforced by Addon — The Auction House, Mail, and Trading are fully disabled and enforced by the addon. All loot must be self-found. Heirlooms are blocked. The hardest challenge WOTLKHC offers.

Death Discrepancy Detection — The addon cross-references WoW's internal death statistics against its own log. If they don't match — meaning a death happened while the addon was off — your run ends automatically.

Tamper Detection — Core files are integrity-checked on every login. If the addon has been modified or partially removed, a full-screen lockout appears and all features are disabled.

SF Economy Monitoring — In Self-Found mode, the addon monitors your gold balance. Receiving gold through bypassed trades or mailbox exploits is flagged and your run ended.

Signed Death Broadcasts — Every death message sent to the HardcoreDeaths channel is cryptographically signed. Spoofed deaths are silently dropped before being logged or displayed.