Hello, I guess if you are reading this then you're thinking about getting a rook piercing! Well, I got mine done almost a year ago and it is my favorite after my tragus. It's beautiful and I get lots of compliments and questions about it. I love it when people ask, "Did that hurt?" Well, yeah it hurt! To me, this piercing was more painful than my tragus but less painful than my conch... I don't know if that helps at all. But it only hurts a lot for a few seconds. It's worth repeating that EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, so some people here will tell you it didn't hurt at all and some will tell you it hurt like hell. Now like I said at the beginning, my rook piercing is almost a year old, and it is still sore. It's not infected; I take good care of it. But I did more research online and it turns out that some cartilage piercings are notoriously difficult to heal, especially rooks, sometimes taking up to 2 years to fully heal. So mine is still sore. I still can't sleep on that side. My other cartilage piercings healed just fine, I guess my body just doesn't like this one.....But to me it is all worth it! I love my rook piercing. I love its uniqueness and its beauty, and I'll never take it out. So if you're thinking about getting one, go ahead and do it. You could be one of the lucky ones that doesn't feel anything at all!