Dying
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 Dying
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.jpg) The art of dying.
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| Skill Type: | Other Skill
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| Max Level: | 50
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| Requirements: | N/A
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| Skill Trainers: | N/A
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“The art of dying.
Dying Overview
Dying is a skill that records the variety of unique ways in which a character has died. The skill unlocks small, but permanent bonuses to Max Health. It also gives access to a very useful ability, therefore it is actually a good idea for new players to try to get their characters killed in a variety of situations.
In-Game Description
The art of dying.
Training Dying
- Dying experience is earned the fist time your health falls to zero.
Connected Skills
Sub-Skills:
N/A
Secondary Skills:
- Necromancy - Necromancers should appreciate death!
- Compassion - When a character dies, a gravestone is left behind. Others may earn Compassion by mourning that tombstone.
Related Skills:
- Corpse Talking - This sub-skill of Necromancy involves communication with the deceased.
Synergy Levels:
Bonus Synergy Levels for Dying can be obtained from the following skills and levels:
- Alcohol Tolerance
- Level 90
- Compassion
- Level 20
- Necromancy
- Level 37
Dying Stat Bonuses
| Level | Bonus | Totals |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Max Health +5 | Max Health +5 |
| 20 | Max Health +5 | Max Health +10 |
| 30 | Max Health +5 | Max Health +15 |
| 40 | Max Health +5 | Max Health +20 |
| 50 | Max Health +5 Number of Inventory Folders +1 |
Max Health +25 Number of Inventory Folders +1 |
Dying Level Up Rewards
| Level | Reward |
|---|---|
| 10 (!) | +1 to Fairy Magic |
| 10 (!) | New death action |
| 20 | +1 to Necromancy |
| 25 | +1 to Nature Appreciation |
| 30 | +1 to Necromancy |
| 35 | +1 to Holistic Wellness |
Dying Mechanics
Bonus Experience
The first time your character dies in a unique way rewards bonus death experience. To see a list of the unique ways in which you've died previously (and how many times each), go to Skills panel > Dying and select the button there.
“(Earned 50 Death XP)
(Bonus XP! First Death From This Cause!)
Entering the Light
At Level 10 the Dying skill grants a new choice in the Death dialog, to "Enter the light." This new ability grants access to a portal to random locations, along with portals to Serbule and Rahu. These last two portals have 8-hour cooldowns, however.
Tombstones
When a player character dies, a tombstone is left behind. If you are embarrassed about the way in which you were disposed of (which is minutely detailed on the tombstone for other players to read) you can remove it by interacting with it. Clearing your tombstone(s) is otherwise cosmetic, unless you play in Hardcore Mode.
A group of three or more Tombstones is considered a Graveyard for Necromancy.
Hardcore Death
Hardcore Death Penalty is an option available from the signpost near the well in Serbule Keep. When you die in Hardcore Mode, in addition to being sent back to a respawn point some of your items become broken. In order to use them again, you must take them back to the location you died. That is, you have to walk back to your tombstone(s).
Diseases
Occasionally when your character dies or gets attacked by a diseased animal there is a possibility that the monster will pass on a disease to the character. These are permanent unless cured in a very specific manner.
Another way to get a dangerous disease is through a Power Word, such as Power Word: Leprosy.
Causes of Death
 Cause of Death |
Initial XP | Repeated XP | Hints |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Poisoning | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Anti-regenerated | 250 | 0 | Hint |
| Arrowed | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Attack reflected back at self | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Bashed with a shield | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Bashed with a stick | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Battered by Hail | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Battered by a tsunami | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Bit by a Fiery Animal | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Bit by a Fox | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Bit by a Pumpkin | ? | ? | Hint |
| Bit by an imaginary fox | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Bitten by a dinosaur | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Bitten by a skull with wings glued onto it | ? | ? | Hint |
| Bitten by diseased animal | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Bitten repeatedly by swarms of insects | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Blasted by Sonic Waves | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Blasted by a sandstorm | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Blasted with dark energy | 100 | 0 | Hint |
| Blood sucked out of body | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Body temperature spontaneously lowered | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Bombed with toxic chemicals | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Bones Shattered | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Brain aneurysm due to terrible music | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Brain replaced by fungus | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Breathed Mummy Fumes | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Burned by otherworldly flames | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Caught a thrown knife in the chest | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Caught a thrown sword in the chest | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Caught in Pumpkin Bomb | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Charmed by a lamia | ? | ? | Hint |
| Choked on spores | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Clubbed On The Head | ? | ? | Hint |
| Coated in Toxic Grease | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Coated in electrified dragon spit | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Complications from soul damage | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Consumed by Dark Energy | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Consumed by insects | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Crossbowed | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Crushed by a giant pincer | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Crushed to death | ? | 0 | Hint |
| Cut By Small Thorns | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Deadly Gas | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Dehydration | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Died from mysterious illness | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Discomfort | 1000 | 5 | Hint |
| Drowned | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Drowned in Blood | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Eardrums Exploded | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Eardrums exploded due to extreme screaming | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Eaten by a worm | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Eggs exploded out of abdomen | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Electrocuted By a Portal | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Electrocuted | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Engulfed by Sentient Ice Slick | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Engulfed in ticks and biting fleas | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Entangled By a Mummy | ? | ? | Hint |
| Exposure to freezing temperatures | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Extremely Loud Music | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Eyeballs Melted | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Fatal Fever | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Fatal Levels of Shame | 500 | 5 | Hint |
| Feet Crushed by Rocks | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Fell from great height | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Fell from short distance | 100 | 1 | Hint |
| Fell off the world | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Filled with otherworldly shrapnel | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Filled with red-hot bone fragments | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Filleted | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Fire spell backfired | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Flesh sloughed off | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Food Poisoning | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Forgot how to breathe | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Frozen by flame | ? | ? | Hint |
| Frozen to death | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Gobbled up by your own might | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Headbutted to death | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Heart Attack after attacking a cow | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Heart attack | 200 | 5 | Hint |
| Heart became undead | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Hit by a Fungus Bullet | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Hit by a rock | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Hit by a whip-like tail | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Hit with a Shovel | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Hypnotic Suggestion | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Impact from being thrown | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Impacted with large opponent | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Impaled on Flying Bones | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Incinerated by a stationary flame source | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Incinerated by an Inscrutable Intelligence | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Incinerated | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Injected with wolfsbane | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Infested with fungus | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Inhaled too much water | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Innards teleported into a distant cloud | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Innards teleported into a distant volcano | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Innards teleported into the sea | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Internal Organs Removed By Ghost | ? | ? | Hint |
| Internal bleeding | ? | ? | Hint |
| Ironically killed by a restorative arrow | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Kicked by a Rabbit | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Kicked to death | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Killed by a Class 4 Nature Spirit | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Killed by a Droach | 100 | 1 | Hint |
| Killed by a haunting spirit | 75 | 5 | Hint |
| Killed by a mollusc | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Killed by a rune of power | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Killed by a self-destructing automaton | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Killed by a sentient weather phenomenon | ? | ? | Hint |
| Killed by a spider | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Killed by a worm | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Killed by an Orc | ? | ? | Hint |
| Killed by an aberration | ? | ? | Hint |
| Killed by an angry insect | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Killed by an enraged humanoid foe | ? | ? | Hint |
| Killed by an enraged mollusc | ? | ? | Hint |
| Killed by an enraged undead | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Killed by an exploding animal | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Killed by an insane cultist | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Killed by an insane swordsman | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Killed by an insect | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Killed by cattle | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Killed by the living dead | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Krakened | ? | ? | Hint |
| Leg bones snapped by zombie hands protruding from the ground | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Licked by a Frog | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Loss of blood | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Loss of motor control | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Lovetapped Too Hard | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Made to Feel Totally Irrelevant | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Mangled by a gigantic skeleton | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Mauled by a pack of wild animals | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Mauled by a wild animal | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Mauled by an animal's rage attack | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Melted by Acid | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Mind Jellified By Psychic Ghost | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Mind shattered by a burst of incredible pain | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Murdered by a humanoid foe | ? | ? | Hint |
| Murdered by seafood | 500 | 5 | Hint |
| Muscle Spasms | 200 | 20 | Hint |
| Organs liquified by poison | ? | ? | Hint |
| Panic-attack while ensnared | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Pecked by a Hippogriff | ? | ? | Hint |
| Pecked to death by an angry bird | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Perforated | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Physical contact with raw unlife | ? | ? | Hint |
| Played with a Sentient Ooze | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Poisoned weapon | 200 | 10 | Hint |
| Poisoned with Iocaine | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Poisoned | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Psychic Encephalitis | 200 | ? | Hint |
| Pulverized by a Golem | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Pummeled partially into another dimension | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Punched to death | ? | ? | Hint |
| Pushed the wrong button | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Ravaged by forces of nature | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Ravaged by unnatural winds | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Realized that life is meaningless | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Rebuked by the Goddess of Warmth | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Ripped apart by giant hooks | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Rotted From Within | 50 | ?? | Hint |
| Scapegoated | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Scolded by the Goddess of Hope | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Scratched by a Rabbit | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Shot by a Pumpkin | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Shot by a ballista | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Slain by own magic | ? | ? | Hint |
| Slashed by a Treant | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Slashed by an illusion that was somehow all too real | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Slashed to death by angry plant | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Slashed to pieces | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Slowly cooked alive | ? | ? | Hint |
| Smote by a God of War | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Smote by Admin | 200 | 10 | Hint |
| Soul absorbed by dark altar | 100 | 5 | Hint |
| Soul consumed by giant bat | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Soul pummeled to tatters | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Soul ripped from body to fuel another | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Splashed with acid | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Spontaneously exploded | ? | ? | Hint |
| Stabbed with Ice Shards | 50 | ?? | Hint |
| Stabbed with a knife | 50 | 1 | Hint |
| Staked through the heart | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Stroke | 200 | 5 | Hint |
| Sudden Freezing Temperatures | 200 | 5 | Hint |
| Suicide by Immolation | 100 | ? | Hint |
| Suicide by Poison | 100 | 1 | Hint |
| Surprised by Tragic Lullaby | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Swam in acid | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Terrified to Death | 200 | 20 | Hint |
| Torn to bits by a dinosaur | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Touched by a tingly tentacle | 50 | 0 | Hint |
| Touched by a word of power | 500 | 0 | Hint |
| Touched Something Electrified | 50 | 5 | Hint |
| Unknown cause of death | 0 | 0 | Hint |
| Unnaturally Aged | ? | ? | Hint |
| Vines In Veins | 50 | ? | Hint |
| Willpower consumed by a plant | 50 | ? | Hint |
Harmless Post-Death Effects
After experiencing death, one may be revived with a harmless role-play effect applied to their character for an hour.
Phobias
- Phobia: Rats - You're terrified of rats!
- Phobia: Spiders - You're terrified of spiders of any size!
- Phobia: Cakes - You're terrified of cakes and similar baked goods!
- Phobia: Goblins - You're terrified of goblins, as well as anything associated with goblins!
- Phobia: Dogs - You're terrified of dogs, wolves, and other canines!
- Phobia: Reptiles - You're terrified of snakes and other reptiles!
- Phobia: Opposite Sex - You're terrified of members of the opposite sex!
- Phobia: Portals - You're terrified of magical portals!
- Phobia: Bovines - You're terrified of cows!
- Phobia: Trees - You're terrified of trees and other large vegetation!
- Phobia: Water - You're deathly afraid of getting wet!
- Phobia: Bridges - You're terrified by the idea of crossing a bridge!
- Phobia: Dairy - You're deathly afraid of milk, cheese, or any food containing dairy products!
- Phobia: Meat - You've become terrified of eating meat!
Delusions
- Delusion: Invisible Demons - You've become convinced that invisible demons are tracking you and obstructing your every effort.
- Delusion: Candy Lands - Text
- Delusion: Invisible Demons - You believe that everything around you is made of candy, cake, or other sugary treats!
- Delusion: All Kings - You just realized that you're in the presence of nobility. In fact, EVERYONE around you is a King (or Queen) except you!
- Delusion: Flight - You believe you can fly!
- Delusion: Invisibility - You believe you've become entirely invisible, except to demons. Anyone who can see you must be a demon in disguise.
- Delusion: Dance Party - You believe you're at a vast, world-encompassing dance party! Why isn't everyone else dancing? They're being so rude to your host!
- Delusion: Dragon Assassin - You just remembered that you are a dragon in disguise, sent to assassinate a certain target!
- Delusion: Third Arm - You seem to have an extra arm! How convenient!
- Delusion: Face Fell Off - Oh no, your face fell off! You're hideous now!
- Delusion: Secret Codes - You think everyone around you is speaking in a code language you can barely understand. What are they trying to hide?
- Delusion: Loose Teeth - All your teeth are loose! You have to be really careful or they'll all fall out!
- Delusion: No More Yellow - You lost the ability to see yellow things. They're completely invisible to you!
- Delusion: No More Green - You lost the ability to see green things. They're completely invisible to you!
- Delusion: Body Swap - You believe you've swapped bodies with another player. No doubt this is their fault!
- Delusion: Unassailable Beauty - You've become the most beautiful person in the world!
Paranoia
- Paranoia: Working With Goblins - You've just realized that everyone you know is a goblin spy!
- Paranoia: Stealing Your Money - You've just realized that everyone you know is trying to steal your money!
- Paranoia: Look The Fool - Everyone you know is trying hard to make you look like a fool. The most frustrating part is they won't admit it!
- Paranoia: Eye Beams - Everyone is trying to get you to make eye contact so they can steal your soul!
Dementia
- Dementia: Rhymes - You find that you can only speak in rhyme! (Whew, good thing slant rhymes are okay!)
- Dementia: Riddles - You find that you can only speak in riddles!
- Dementia: Mute - You can't speak! You can only pantomime!
- Dementia: Pronoun Trouble - "When you say a pronoun (like 'him' or 'her' or 'me' or 'them') it comes out as a gibberish word!
- Dementia: No Number Three - You can no longer understand the concept of the number three! Even the word has no meaning to you!
- Dementia: Gender Swap - You now perceive all males as females, and vice versa!
- Dementia: Molly-Coddle - You keep saying molly-coddle all the time! What does that even mean?
- Dementia: Counting - You feel compelled to count everything you see. Out loud!
- Dementia: Hopping - You can't walk; you can only hop!
- Dementia: The Queen - You believe you're the Queen of a distant land. You expect to be treated like visiting royalty.
- Dementia: Money Is Fake - You just noticed that all of your money is counterfeit! You're broke!
- Dementia: Ostrich - You believe you are a large flightless bird with a dangerous beak.
- Dementia: Sasquatch - You keep seeing a hairy ape-man in the corner of your eye. Is he friend or foe?
- Dementia: No more R - You lost the ability to say the letter R or pronounce an R sound.
Paranoid Delusion
- Paranoid Delusion: Bats - Tiny bats are flying everywhere. They keep trying to fly down your throat and choke you to death!
Other Innate Effects
- Manic Laughter - Everything is hilarious! You can't stop laughing!
- Depression - Everything is so sad! You can't stop crying!
Dying Experience Table
Click Expand to view the Experience Table for Dying
| Level | Experience | Total Experience |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | 50 | 60 |
| 3 | 50 | 110 |
| 4 | 50 | 160 |
| 5 | 50 | 210 |
| 6 | 210 | 420 |
| 7 | 210 | 630 |
| 8 | 210 | 840 |
| 9 | 210 | 1050 |
| 10 | 210 | 1260 |
| 11 | 420 | 1680 |
| 12 | 420 | 2100 |
| 13 | 420 | 2520 |
| 14 | 420 | 2940 |
| 15 | 420 | 3360 |
| 16 | 680 | 4040 |
| 17 | 680 | 4720 |
| 18 | 680 | 5400 |
| 19 | 680 | 6080 |
| 20 | 680 | 6760 |
| 21 | 990 | 7750 |
| 22 | 990 | 8740 |
| 23 | 990 | 9730 |
| 24 | 990 | 10720 |
| 25 | 990 | 11710 |
| 26 | 1350 | 13060 |
| 27 | 1350 | 14410 |
| 28 | 1350 | 15760 |
| 29 | 1350 | 17110 |
| 30 | 1350 | 18460 |
| 31 | 1760 | 20220 |
| 32 | 1760 | 21980 |
| 33 | 1760 | 23740 |
| 34 | 1760 | 25500 |
| 35 | 1760 | 27260 |
| 36 | 2500 | 29760 |
| 37 | 2500 | 32260 |
| 38 | 2500 | 34760 |
| 39 | 2500 | 37260 |
| 40 | 2500 | 39760 |
| 41 | 3210 | 42970 |
| 42 | 3210 | 46180 |
| 43 | 3210 | 49390 |
| 44 | 3210 | 52600 |
| 45 | 3210 | 55810 |
| 46 | 4440 | 60250 |
| 47 | 4440 | 64690 |
| 48 | 4440 | 69130 |
| 49 | 4440 | 73570 |
| 50 | 4440 | 78010 |
Trivia
- At one point, all players shared the same tombstone model.
