SPOILER I Have Been Traumatized By The Hero Of Gavel Quest

So short story, just finished a wholesome npc-driven questline of Feather Falls, so I have grown quite attached to my adventuring npcs in Wynncraft now, thus me and my mate Gurix, just exploring the caves together, trying not to die, had some great roasted spider eggs bonding moments, and he died to traps in the final trap section. The sounds and titles jumped me and the realization hits me like a truck. All feelings replaced with five stages of grief as I realized what just happened, and I had to do the solo puzzle instead. I basically got struck by a good old lop of survivor's guilt. In a Wynncraft quest.

Why the heck do I care so much about this character, I don't actually know. I think it's the knowledge that this lad was quite an innocent yet powerless actor and thus compels me to try and protect, but doing puzzles after midnight is a very easy way of failing it. Maybe in a way, what the quest meant by the Hero of Gavel is actually the player themselves, who in some fashion may try saving Gurix. Can I really call myself that though, if I have failed to save him? This character death shall haunt me to no end in my sleeps...

And again, the whole lore behind it that Siegfrieds are replaced as they die so the public doesn't know and that they can milk it, is also very messed up. Makes you wonder how many Gurixs that suffered the same fate as well, given many could quite easily die like that. Oh wait, there in fact are.

D:

And finally to those who actually left him in the cage to die, damn.

 

i did that lmao

 

IMO this quest is rediculusly bad.

Reasoning:
through out the game Seigfried is portrayed to be this great hero of gavel, and you sorta look up to him hoping to meet him. Then you do, and its just a babysitting job. Its sorta an insult to adventures. I feel like the quest would be 100% better if you actually went and fought a dragon or smthn fun and cool with a legit hero, not the actor who just dies from breathing bad air. Its lowkey a babysitting quest that costs 3 LE JUST TO START. The storyline is boring and makes little to no sense/is just boring imo of a lvl 99 quest. Overall 0/10 second most hated quest. (first goes to ToL that quest is ASS)

 

I unfortunately killed him on my shaman. It was a devastating feeling. ;-;
Tried to save him today on my archer, but he died to a DAMN BUG. >:(
At least I have 4 more classes to try and save him.

 

My issue with it was purely how easy it is for him to accidentally die to the (frankly atrocious) traps. I like the change to have more interactable companions and for quests to have more choices. Overall I think that was well done (not jus tin this quest) but I do wish it had to be done more deliberately, or that you could restart the section if he dies and you want him to live. An escort mission that cannot be reattempted is just not that fun.

 

he died for me one trap before the teleporter e

tbh i don't get the purpose of the "puzzle". it's more like just a precision test of you walking between the tiles, or i'm doing something wrong

 

I wouldn't say I left him for dead... but he was standing in the wrong place at the wrong time and I may or may not have accidently incinerated him.

 

Love the story, gameplay design infuriating at points

some le for the merchandise, which i love on a story structure to build to the reveal, but is a bit fetchy but isnt too bad

The fact you need materials from previous sections to live is annoying because they do not call attention to how being observant is beneficial (though it might of changed idk, this is my experience from beta)

Trap section is too hard, and most players wont grasp how easy siegfried can die before he actually dies in one hit

Story great, gameplay meh
Like how they showed how he was a fraud, since of the hints before 1.20 suggested something deeper

 

I did not feel confident enough to do the quest without a tutorial, and I wanted to keep Siegfried alive just so I could get the key to his grave along with the other Heroes of Gavel.

Overall, I would say the quest was a pretty good finisher to Gavel quests. I really like Siegfried (Gurix)'s actions throughout the quest, first appearing as a noble warrior, but then later revealing himself as a poser. I kind of like the choose-your-own-adventure feeling the quest has to it, and the subtle reward at the end just makes the whole quest better along with other more minor rewards like Hard Leather Boots (Pretty useless boots), and 10 EB. And I really like the end to see that Siegfried either walked out of the cave, but I really like the ending if Siegfried survived more, since I like how it just shows Gurix saying "I- I've been replaced?!" and there are just 2 Siegfried Agents escorting him out, you also get to see fireworks too, and also, the key.

 

Tile puzzle too hard? No, it’s too buggy.

I would’ve been fine and so would’ve he had it not bugged.