Death & Difficulty Modes

At character creation you choose a death mode. The choice is permanent — you cannot change it later.

The three modes

Mode	On death	Meta progression
Softcore	Lose 10% of current gold; equipped items lose 10% of their max durability.	Preserved.
Mediumcore	All gold, all inventory items, all equipped items, and all belt potions are wiped. Locked items are not spared.	Preserved.
Hardcore	The character is permanently locked — the save can no longer be loaded. The main menu shows a tombstone with your death level and the killing enemy’s level.	Frozen at time of death.

What “meta progression preserved” covers

In Softcore and Mediumcore, the following all survive death:

• Hero level, attributes, and skills
• Bedroom upgrades
• Exploration Points and Exploration skills
• Region Resonance levels and kill-counter progress
• Region-quest claims and main-quest progress
• Tile clears

Gold and durability penalties

Softcore is the only mode with a partial penalty; the amounts are fixed:

Penalty	Value
Gold lost on death	10% of current gold
Durability lost on death	10% of each equipped item’s max durability

Modifiers that change the penalty:

• The Exploration skills Steel-Lined Pockets and Hardened Gear shrink the gold and durability loss (up to −75% each at level 100).
• Indestructible items never lose durability on death.

Death during offline catch-up

When the game replays missed offline time, a Mediumcore or Hardcore death stops the replay immediately so you see the moment of failure. Softcore deaths are simulated normally and do not halt the replay.