Character death

This page is about death for player characters. For death for monsters, see kill.

Death occurs when the life of a character reaches 0, regardless of other resources. This can occur through damage, life loss, or instant kill mechanics (e.g. Drowning).

Mechanics

Softcore

In Softcore leagues, during the campaign, there is no penalty for death. However, the area will be reset, respawning most monsters and destroying any items on the ground except certain guaranteed drops from bosses, usually uncut gems. A player can choose to respawn in their last visited town or at their last activated checkpoint or waypoint (or at the beginning of their current area if no checkpoint/waypoint is activated). If playing in a party, dead characters can be revived by a nearby party member.

In endgame areas (area level 65+) death incurs a loss of experience equal to 10% of the total experience bar required to reach the next level. If the player's current experience bar is less than 10%, the experience bar will return to 0%. It is not possible to go down a level, however.

Additionally, dying in a map or other area requiring portals will prevent re-entry into the area (or destroy all remaining portals if not in a party). Maps on the Atlas can be reattempted by inserting a new waystone, but will remove any existing modifiers from Precursor Tablets or map encounters from that map.

Hardcore

In Hardcore leagues, the character (and their inventory) will be transferred permanently into the Softcore equivalent league. Certain hardcore leagues such as events may cause the character to be sent to Void League instead as a form of permadeath.

Revive

Killed characters can be revived by other players in a party sharing an instance. The revive action requires a player to channel for a few seconds near the dead character, and the reviving player can be interrupted by taking damage. This only is possible in act areas; reviving is not permitted in other areas such as maps.

To channel the revive action, left-click and hold on a killed player's body where there is an hourglass icon and the text "Revive".

Safety nets

• Pause: If you lag (client does not respond for >100ms), the server gets paused, regardless of if you get disconnected or not.. If the lag doesn't resolve in 6 seconds, you will be disconnected from the game. The game can also be paused manually by pressing ESC.
• Logout/disconnect: Logging out will also pause the game. When the player logs back in, they will appear at the previously activated checkpoint or nearest waypoint.
• Respawn at checkpoint: Players can choose to teleport to the nearest checkpoint from the ESC menu. Doing so will forfeit the current boss fight, if applicable.
• The Barrow DwellerThe Barrow Dweller
  Rogue ArmourArmour: 53
  Evasion: 43
  Movement Speed: -4.0%Requires Level 11, 14 Str, 14 Dex(60-100)% increased Armour and Evasion
  +(-20--10)% to Fire Resistance
  +50% to Cold Resistance
  Damage of Enemies Hitting you is Unlucky while you are on Low Life
  50% chance to Avoid Death from HitsIn the mists they dwell,
  forever hungry,
  forever cold. has a 50% (up to 61% when corrupted) chance to avoid death from hits. This does not prevent death from damage over time, life loss, instant kills, or other sources.
• Omen of AmeliorationOmen of AmeliorationWhile this item is active in your inventory will
  prevent 75% of Experience loss when you dieRight click this item in your inventory to set it to be active. This item is consumed when triggered. Only one Omen can be triggered from combat in each instance. will not prevent death, but should death occur, it will reduce experience loss from 10% to 2.5% of the experience bar.

Related items

Item		Stats	Description
DeathmarchDeathmarchSupport, Minion, Persistent Category: Deathmarch Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Persistent Minions. Supported Minions will restore Life to nearby Allied Minions on death, as well as removing Ailments from those Minions.Minions from Supported Skills heal Allied Minions within 3 metres for 25% of Supported Minions' life on death, as well as removing all Ailments from those MinionsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	1	Minions from Supported Skills heal Allied Minions within 3 metres for 25% of Supported Minions' life on death, as well as removing all Ailments from those Minions	—
Tawhoa's TendingTawhoa's TendingSupport, Lineage, Totem, AoE, Physical Category: Hardy Totems Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Requires Level 65 Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Totems to have more Life. Totems created by Supported Skills explode on death, dealing Physical damage based on their Life.Support Totems created by Supported Skills have 50% more maximum Life Totems created by Supported Skills trigger Tawhoa's Vengeance on death Tawhoa's Vengeance Critical Hit Chance: 5.00% Deal Physical Damage in an area, based on Totem Life. Expliosion radius is 3 meters Explosion deal base Physical Damage equal to 10% of Totem's maximum LifeA scavenging warrior found Tawhoa meditating in a grove. "There is only so much jade in this world," intoned the god. "Take my gift to your tribe. Ironwood will grow for all time."Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	65	Support Totems created by Supported Skills have 50% more maximum Life Totems created by Supported Skills trigger Tawhoa's Vengeance on death Tawhoa's Vengeance Critical Hit Chance: 5.00% Deal Physical Damage in an area, based on Totem Life. Expliosion radius is 3 meters Explosion deal base Physical Damage equal to 10% of Totem's maximum Life	—
Omen of AmeliorationOmen of AmeliorationWhile this item is active in your inventory will prevent 75% of Experience loss when you dieRight click this item in your inventory to set it to be active. This item is consumed when triggered. Only one Omen can be triggered from combat in each instance.	1	—	While this item is active in your inventory will prevent 75% of Experience loss when you die
The Barrow DwellerThe Barrow Dweller Rogue ArmourArmour: 53 Evasion: 43 Movement Speed: -4.0%Requires Level 11, 14 Str, 14 Dex(60-100)% increased Armour and Evasion +(-20--10)% to Fire Resistance +50% to Cold Resistance Damage of Enemies Hitting you is Unlucky while you are on Low Life 50% chance to Avoid Death from HitsIn the mists they dwell, forever hungry, forever cold.	11	(60-100)% increased Armour and Evasion +(-20--10)% to Fire Resistance +50% to Cold Resistance Damage of Enemies Hitting you is Unlucky while you are on Low Life 50% chance to Avoid Death from Hits	—
UnearthUnearthSpell, Minion, AoE, Physical, Duration Tier: 1 Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-76) Mana Cast Time: 0.95 sec Critical Strike Chance: 15.00%Raise spikes of bone from the earth in front of you, damaging enemies. The bones of Corpses and dead Reviving Minions in the area are ripped out and reassembled into short-lived Bone Construct Minions that fight for you. Larger Corpses create more than one Bone Construct.Deals (4-117) to (6-176) Physical Damage Limit (8-20) Bone Constructs Cone length is 6 metres Bone Construct duration is 15 seconds Reviving Minions can only create one Bone Construct per death Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.25-5) seconds to Bone Construct duration Minions have (2.5-50)% increased Movement SpeedSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	1	Deals (4-117) to (6-176) Physical Damage Limit (8-20) Bone Constructs Cone length is 6 metres Bone Construct duration is 15 seconds Reviving Minions can only create one Bone Construct per death	—

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.1	Reduced the initial player revive time to 2.5 seconds (previously 3 seconds). Reduced the player revive time penalty to 1.5 seconds per death (previously 2 seconds).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.