Death And Recovery

Death is part of DarkWind. It hurts, but it is not the end of a character.

What Happens

When you die, you become a ghost and lose many living abilities.

At level 5 and under:

• You can pray at the church to return to life
• Death has no stat, level, or experience penalty

Above level 5:

• You lose your experience on hand
• You lose one level
• You lose one point from each stat
• Guild resurrection can save some stat loss
• The level and experience loss still happen

Returning To Life

Common recovery steps:

1. Go to the church
2. pray
3. Return to your corpse if it is safe
4. Ask for help if the corpse is in a dangerous area
5. Re-bank coins and replace lost supplies

Ghosts can use gocot if trapped or unable to reach Center of Town.

Death Avengement

Death avengement lets another player avenge your last death and recover part of the lost experience.

Avengement rules:

• You have 30 real-time minutes from death
• The avenger must kill the enemy that killed you
• Neither player can log off during the attempt
• Only one avenger can be assigned per death
• One avenger can only avenge one player at a time
• If the killer dies before the avenger succeeds, the avengement ends

Do not use avengement for deaths at level 5 and under. Prayer restores new adventurers without penalty.

Avoiding Death

• Use monitor
• Set wimpy
• Carry food and drink
• Keep coins in the bank
• Learn nearby exits
• Use areas <domain> to choose level-appropriate places
• Leave when enemies hit too hard
• Ask the newbie channel or guildmates before pushing deeper