Template:Player death

Cemetery concept art by Tad Ehrlich.^[1]

We don't have deleveling, instead what we have is experience debt. Now the more experience debt you accrue, the greater the detriment to your character; not to the point where you can not get out of the debt. There will always be a way forward to remove your debt.^[2] – Steven Sharif

A non-combatant (green player) who dies suffers normal penalties, which include:^[3]
- Experience debt (negative experience).^[4]
  - Skill and stat dampening.^[3]
  - Lower health and mana.^[3]
  - Lower gear proficiency.^[3]
- Durability loss.^[3]
- Dropping a percentage of carried raw materials.^[3]
  - This includes a percentage of items carried on the player's mule.^[5]
A combatant (purple player) who dies suffers these same penalties, but at half the rate of a non-combatant.^[3]
A corrupt (red player) suffers penalties at three or four times the rate of a non-combatant, and has a chance to drop any carried/equipped items based on their current corruption score. This includes:^[3]
- Dropping weapons and gear.^[6]
- These dropped items may be looted by other players.^[7]
- Corrupt players respawn at random locations in the vicinity of their death, not at regular spawn points.^[8]
- Dampening (due to corruption) only affects PvP combat.^[9]
Death penalties do not differ between PvP and PvE, but this is subject to change.^[10]
Death by drowning is possible.^[11]