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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (HCCO) is a community challenge gamemode, where a player's Character is only allowed to use combat skills in {{Icon|Hardcore}} mode. This means the player will only be allowed to level {{Skill|Attack}}, {{Skill|Strength}}, {{Skill|Defence}}, {{Skill|Hitpoints}}, {{Skill|Ranged}}, {{Skill|Magic}}, {{Skill|Prayer}}, and [[Slayer]].
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (HCCO) is a community created [[Game Mode]], where a player's Character is only allowed to use combat skills in {{Icon|Hardcore}} mode. This means the player will only be allowed to level {{Skill|Attack}}, {{Skill|Strength}}, {{Skill|Defence}}, {{Skill|Hitpoints}}, {{Skill|Ranged}}, {{Skill|Magic}}, {{Skill|Prayer}}, and {{Skill|Slayer}}.


The entire gameplay consists of fighting enemies in different areas, and trying to reach end-game bosses, without ever touching any of the non-combat skills, or ever dying.
The entire gameplay consists of fighting enemies in different areas, and trying to reach end-game bosses, without ever touching any of the non-combat skills, or ever dying.
There's also a Google Sheet with highscores and some number crunching made by the community of the various players who play this gamemode. Hit up mazunki [they/them]#3247 on Discord if you want to join or view it. Similarly, 8992#7954 has made a completion log script to hide unavailable items, which you can find at [https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/404814-melvor-cb-only-completion-log GreasyFork]. This has since been replaced mostly by [[User:Zxv975|Zxv975]]'s HCCO mod.
There is a guide for this gamemode available at [[HCCO/Guide]] and feel free to DM Username#7620 on Discord with questions.


==Differences==
==Differences==
Since we're playing Hardcore, there are some important parts to keep in mind:
Since we're playing Hardcore, there are some important parts to keep in mind:
* No natural HP regeneration/s.
* No natural HP regeneration/s.
* We start with 12 bank slots, capped to 80 (+ slots gained from [[Bank Slot Token]]s after hitting 80 cap)  
* We start with 12 bank slots, capped to {{HardcoreBankMax}} (+ slots gained from [[Bank Slot Token]]s after hitting {{HardcoreBankMax}} cap).
* Harder penalties for being on the weak corner of [[Combat Triangle]].
* Harder penalties for being on the weak corner of [[Combat Triangle]].
* Permanent death
* Permanent death


To regain {{Skill|Hitpoints}}, our choices are very limited:
{{HardcoreRegeneration|Combat}}
* Consuming food, gained from monster loot:
** {{ItemIcon|Potatoes}} from {{MonsterIcon|Plant}}
** {{ItemIcon|Salmon}}, {{ItemIcon|Lobster}}, and {{ItemIcon|Shark}} from {{MonsterIcon|Sweaty Monster}}, {{MonsterIcon|Wet Monster}}, and {{MonsterIcon|Moist Monster}}
** {{ItemIcon|Trout}} from {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}}
* {{ItemIcon|Ancient Sword}} with its 25% chance for Life Leech (25% healing from damage dealt)
* [[Fervor I]] auroras, with 5/10/15% healing of damage done.
 
===Known alternatives===
 
Some people play alternative versions of this gamemode.
 
One of these variants (called HCCO 12 Bank Slots or HCCO12B) includes limiting themselves to the starting 12 bank slots. Another style allows using some non-combat skills, but none of the gathering-skills. This means they can't use {{Skill|Woodcutting}}, {{Skill|Fishing}}, {{Skill|Mining}}, {{Skill|Farming}}, but they can use the resources they gain from killing enemies. As a note, they will not be able to level {{Skill|Firemaking}}, as there is no way to obtain {{ItemIcon|Normal Logs}} without {{Skill|Woodcutting}}.
 
==Starting out==
Starting out, it's quite possible you will die many times. Either because of bad luck, or because you forgot to pay attention to the game.
Before you do anything, get a stack of potatoes by punching plants.
 
For the first few levels, personally, I recommend using Block, to level up {{Skill|Defence}}. Leveling defence up improves your natural evasion ratings, effectively reducing all enemies' hit chance. I don't enjoy spam-clicking potatoes 300 times a minute. After reaching defence level 15 or so, I will start leveling my {{Skill|Attack}} stat, for a higher chance to hit enemies.
 
Once I get both combat levels up to level 10, at least, I will try to get my first gear.
 
===Gaining gear===
{{ItemIcon|Bronze Battleaxe}} and {{ItemIcon|Bronze Shield}} are both dropped from [[Golbin]] at [[Golbin Village]]. With these, I will go back to grind more potatoes, until I get bored, and believe I am strong enough to get myself some steel gear from the [[Steel Knight]]. A quick note: Any weapon is better than your fists, simply because of the 4s cooldown between attacks with your fists.
 
You will be able to push yourself through the first three knights ({{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight}}, {{MonsterIcon|Black Knight}}, {{MonsterIcon|Mithril Knight}}) quite decently, getting Boots, Platelegs, Platebodies, Helmets, Shields, Swords, and Scimitars. Furthermore, the Black Knight will drop you a {{ItemIcon|Black Dagger}}.
 
After getting a full set of {{ItemIcon|Mithril Helmet}}, {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody}}, {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platelegs}}, {{ItemIcon|Mithril Boots}}, and possibly a {{ItemIcon|Mithril Sword}} or {{ItemIcon|Mithril Scimitar}}... I will do what I call a Pro Gamer Move, and kill a few [[Purple Goo Monster]]s until they give me an {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger}}. The benefit of wielding a dagger over a sword is that you will save yourself 0.2s between attacks, allowing you to hoard up even MORE POTATOES.
 
At this point you should already have figured out you would benefit from the extra +7% Combat XP from the {{ItemIcon|Gold Emerald Ring}}, and the {{ItemIcon|Silver Ruby Necklace}} or the {{ItemIcon|Silver Topaz Necklace}} dropped at {{MonsterIcon|Mummy}}. The {{ItemIcon|Gold Topaz Ring}} is kinda meh, for now, since we won't have access to {{ItemIcon|Aorpheat's Signet Ring}} anyway.
 
After having some decent clothes, a necklace, ring, and weapon... it's time for our next step.
 
===Gaining gold===
 
Okay, so you're sick of being a manual autoclicker, pressing Loot All, equipping potatoes, and munching potatoes for 1001 nights in a row. Okay, so power up an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino Arduino], connect a real life potato to fuel it with energy, and turn it into a potato powered autoclicker instead. Do this until you have enough potatoes to get a million gold, and can buy [[Auto Eat|Auto Eat I]] for 1 000 000 [[Gold Coins]].
 
Just kidding. Kill {{MonsterIcon|Cow}}s, loot {{ItemIcon|Leather}}, and get free {{ItemIcon|Bones}} for {{Skill|Prayer}}, experience, and some pennies. Do this until you can afford auto-eat. In my experience, this is the most efficient way to get gold at this stage.
 
While the efficiency of Auto Eat I might not be the best, you will save yourself a lot manual labour, and can finally get yourself a shower, by consuming your hard-earned potatoes.
 
==Post-AutoEat I==
Okay, so you've seen the doctor, and they cured your [https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/factsheets/arthritis.htm Arthritis], and you can finally return to play Melvor Idle (which wasn't idle until now).
 
At this point, you should consider getting the gear from the last two knights ({{MonsterIcon|Adamant Knight}}, and {{MonsterIcon|Rune Knight}}), and upgrade the rune gear with {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar}} and {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar}} "quite easily" farmed at {{MonsterIcon|Statue}}.
 
'''TBD'''


==Post-Amulet of Looting==
===Known alternatives and history===
Note: This may not 100% accurate, and should be revised.


'''TBD'''
While HCCO is believed to have been created by CoolRox, they never played this game mode themselves. From the recorded history, it is not entirely known who was the first player who took this challenge seriously, although it's possible it was bad_name_2009#6633. Regardless, some honorable mentions are 8992#7954, JHawk55#8345, Nomeru#4261 who all played a non-official hardcore version of this gamemode (where regen applied).


==End-game==
After Hardcore was introduced, the only way to actually start a character in this game mode was by doing one of the following:
* Spam {{ItemIcon|Lemonade}} from the [[Easter Eggs|Easter egg]].
* Fight the {{MonsterIcon|Confused Pirate}}, and flee before they hit you (since they have a slower attack time a player with a {{ItemIcon|Bronze Battleaxe}} would have).
* Infinite {{ItemIcon|Birthday Cake|Birthday Cakes}} can be obtained if one had completed the [[Events|Birthday Event]], but since the birthday event required non-combat skills, this method would not be possible.


'''TBD'''
After seeing that HCCO was feasibly possible, Aurora Aquir#4272 joked about a "hardcore 12 bank slots combat only btw" and Drboomtown#0982 was the first to actually try it along with others such as JHawk55#8345, and created what eventually became a trend amongst the challenger-community. There are a few noteworthy players including IzzyYSN#0220, Hashtronomy#9283, Ynotman#8267, and Username#7620.


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Latest revision as of 20:05, 15 June 2023

This page was last updated for (v1.1.2).

Hardcore Combat Only (HCCO) is a community created Game Mode, where a player's Character is only allowed to use combat skills in Hardcore mode. This means the player will only be allowed to level Attack, Strength, Defence, Hitpoints, Ranged, Magic, Prayer, and Slayer.

The entire gameplay consists of fighting enemies in different areas, and trying to reach end-game bosses, without ever touching any of the non-combat skills, or ever dying.

There's also a Google Sheet with highscores and some number crunching made by the community of the various players who play this gamemode. Hit up mazunki [they/them]#3247 on Discord if you want to join or view it. Similarly, 8992#7954 has made a completion log script to hide unavailable items, which you can find at GreasyFork. This has since been replaced mostly by Zxv975's HCCO mod.

There is a guide for this gamemode available at HCCO/Guide and feel free to DM Username#7620 on Discord with questions.

Differences

Since we're playing Hardcore, there are some important parts to keep in mind:

  • No natural HP regeneration/s.
  • We start with 12 bank slots, capped to 108 (+ slots gained from Bank Slot Tokens after hitting 108 cap).
  • Harder penalties for being on the weak corner of Combat Triangle.
  • Permanent death

To regain Hitpoints in Hardcore, the choices are restricted to consuming food or using special abilities, since there's no natural regeneration:


Known alternatives and history

Note: This may not 100% accurate, and should be revised.

While HCCO is believed to have been created by CoolRox, they never played this game mode themselves. From the recorded history, it is not entirely known who was the first player who took this challenge seriously, although it's possible it was bad_name_2009#6633. Regardless, some honorable mentions are 8992#7954, JHawk55#8345, Nomeru#4261 who all played a non-official hardcore version of this gamemode (where regen applied).

After Hardcore was introduced, the only way to actually start a character in this game mode was by doing one of the following:

After seeing that HCCO was feasibly possible, Aurora Aquir#4272 joked about a "hardcore 12 bank slots combat only btw" and Drboomtown#0982 was the first to actually try it along with others such as JHawk55#8345, and created what eventually became a trend amongst the challenger-community. There are a few noteworthy players including IzzyYSN#0220, Hashtronomy#9283, Ynotman#8267, and Username#7620.