Thank you
The final episode of Holdredge's Crusade. The series ends because the boxing does: the hands gave out. A look back at levelling the same Paladin twice on two servers, and the solo 130 Paladin video still owed.
Holdredge's Crusade ends here, 184 episodes in, and the honest reason is physical: years of six-boxing have done enough damage to my hands that I can barely play. The character had not had a video since December 2024, so this is a formal end cap rather than a decision made on the day. What survives is a fondness for the class I only tried because a viewer suggested it.
Why It Ends
The same reason all of them are ending.
- The boxing has to stop. Hand problems have reached the point where playing at all is difficult, and a six box is what caused it.
- The series had already stopped without saying so, which is the thing I dislike most as a viewer and am putting right across the whole channel.
- The character is finished, not deleted. Holdredge was levelled through Shattering of Ro to tier one gear specifically so he has armour when the account goes free to play.
Levelled Twice, On Purpose
The history behind 184 episodes.
- It started on Firiona Vie and got to around 110 to 120.
- Then a move to Drinal, on Blurp's suggestion, which meant rolling a brand new Holdredge and levelling the whole thing again, along with the rest of the box team.
- Paladin was a viewer's idea. I had been playing Shadowknight for years and only tried it because someone in the comments told me to, which I count as the series working exactly as intended.
What Is Still Coming
One video, and no more levels.
- A solo 130 Paladin video is still owed, covering the class properly rather than as part of a box team.
- No push to 135 when the cap moves. I may have a different Paladin by then.
- 105 to 130 is cookie cutter anyway, so the 130 video should stay accurate for years: take what it says, add whatever new spell each expansion brings, and the build holds.
- Another Holdredge in a different world is on the cards eventually. Just not this character.
The Short Version
- Holdredge's Crusade is over at 184 episodes.
- Boxing is finished because of hand injury, which ends every series built on it.
- The character stays with tier one Shattering of Ro armour for free to play.
- A solo 130 Paladin video is still to come.
- The class was a viewer suggestion, and turned into 184 episodes.
YouTube Generated Transcript
Hello and welcome to Holdridge’s crusade, the final episode. So, today’s the end. >> [laughter] >> Uh, if you watch my other ending of characters, you’ll you’ll know I’m I’m giving up boxing and uh uh, you know, this you know, I’m just you know, just done with it. Now, this character is has not had a video since December 2024, so I don’t know why I didn’t end this sooner. Uh, but uh, you know, definitely it is what it is. Now, uh, what I plan to do is I do plan to create a 130 paladin video. I think I was going to create that before Legends came out and uh, I just didn’t get to it yet. So, I do plan on creating a a 130 solo paladin video uh, covering everything that I’ve uh, I’ve learned and stuff like that. I’ll solo some undead or something like that. Have a good time there, but the series where we do anything with this for the most part, this character is done. This character is uh, you know, pretty much at the end. >> [laughter] >> Uh, you know, I I did level him up recently like in the uh, Shadow of the Row. I got him as, you know, his tier one uh, stuff, right? So, he could uh so he could have armor when he goes free to play here in about uh uh, but a few weeks. I don’t even know how long it is. But you know, that’s what it is. So, I you know, had a great time I’m you know, with this series. I uh, I I learned to like paladin in in all honesty. In fact, I like this charac- I like paladin so much. I leveled paladin multiple times. Uh, if you’ll do recall, I started this series on Fyronav, right? Fyronav. And we leveled up to I think like 110, 120, somewhere around there. And then Blurp was like, “Why don’t you come play on Jurnal?” And I was like, “All right.” And then I went over I made I made a brand new character on Jurnal and leveled it up again. Uh recreating all the characters over there. I think it was like a six box or something like that. And uh definitely uh learned a lot about the class, learned a lot about it and uh you know, I had a great time. So, uh definitely uh you know, it is the end now, but uh you know, it was fun. And I I thank everybody who watched the series. I think everybody who liked the series, commented on the series, the people who gave me suggestions on things to do, things to change, you know, like I I Someone even gave me the idea to do the Paladin, right? They were like, “Hey, you should try a Paladin.” I was like, “All right.” You know, cuz I I you know, I’ve been doing uh Shadow Knight for the longest time. Uh and uh definitely uh definitely having a good time. Uh so, there will be a solo uh 130 Paladin video. I do not plan to up you know, level this character uh to 135 and you know, a year when that came when the the next expansion does a level cap increase, I don’t plan on it to, but uh uh maybe by then uh you know, there’ll be I’ll have a different Paladin or something else, but [laughter] I don’t plan on extending it flat past 130. 130 like it’s pretty much cookie cutter from 105 all the way to 130, right? There’s not much change in the the way any of these classes play, so you can pretty much take whatever I say here and just upgrade the spells. So, in December when the new one comes out, uh you know, you take whatever spell I talk about in that 130 video and you add the new one if there is a new one and then in the next year when the the 135 expansion comes out do the same thing and you’ll be set and should be pretty much identical to what I what I say in the 130 video. Uh but that’s that. Um you know, I appreciate everybody who watched the watched the show watched the videos and the the whole the whole thing. I had a I had a blast. It was fun. Uh but you know, I’m I’m very uh I’m very What’s the word I’m looking for? I like I don’t want to say 80 ADHD, right? I’m very like you know, I shiny new thing I immediately jump on it, right? And I like to jump around. I like to play different things. That’s probably why I box cuz it you know, it required me to focus on stuff but you know, I’m having I’m having so many issues with my hands that >> [laughter] >> I can barely play the game at all anymore. Um but you know, it is what it is. So I appreciate everybody. Uh thank you very much for watching the the character and the whole series Holder’s Crusade. Uh I do plan on I do plan on doing some stuff in the future with all Holdridge but not this Holdridge. I’m going to take him to a different world and uh we’ll do some funny stuff with that there but that’s the future. We’ll see where that goes when we get there. But uh thank you very much for watching and please have a fantastic day. >> Mhm.