Last updated May 13, 2026
Death in Lands of Arda gives you a choice: wait for help where you fell, or respawn at your bindstone and take an experience and gold penalty based on your level.
What happens when you die
- Nearby party members in the same area are alerted that you need help.
- You get a death popup that shows your exact XP and gold penalty before you choose to respawn, including grace-period and max penalty notes when they apply.
- If you do nothing, you stay dead and can wait for another player to raise you.
- If you respawn, you are resurrected, fully healed, stripped of negative effects, and sent back to your bindstone.
- Logging out while dead does not bypass the death state. The server restores it when you log back in.
Standard respawn penalties
- The base death penalty is
200 XP per leveland1,000 gold per level. - XP loss is adjusted by your reincarnation tier and capped at
4,000 XPloss total. - Non-reincarnated characters outside the grace period are capped at
20,000 goldloss total. - XP loss cannot drop you below the start of your current level.
- Non-reincarnated characters at level 30 or lower use the grace-period values instead.
XP penalty per level
| Reincarnation tier | Standard | Grace period | Ex. level 20 | Ex. level 35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 200 | 66 | 1,333 XP | 4,000 XP (max) |
| 1st reincarnation | 100 | -- | 2,000 XP | 3,500 XP |
| 2nd reincarnation | 50 | -- | 1,000 XP | 1,750 XP |
| 3rd reincarnation | 25 | -- | 500 XP | 875 XP |
| 4th reincarnation | 12 | -- | 240 XP | 420 XP |
Gold penalty per level
| Character status | Standard | Grace period | Ex. level 20 | Ex. level 35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-reincarnated | 1,000 | 0 | 0 gp | 20,000 gp (max) |
| Any reincarnation tier | 1,000 | -- | 20,000 gp | 35,000 gp |
Bindstones and respawn
- Respawning always sends you to your current bindstone.
- Bindstones also control where you are sent in other relocation cases, such as restricted-area returns after logout or server reset.
Special cases
- Army Unfallen resurrects dead allies in place and applies only the XP portion of the death penalty. It applies the grace-period XP penalty if applicable, otherwise it applies half of the standard XP penalty.