You never lose your equipment
Whatever killed you, a monster or another player, everything you wear stays worn and everything you carry stays in your inventory. Your body is left behind where you fell, empty: there is nothing to run back for, and nothing anyone can loot. Months of play are never lost in one bad fight.
What happens
You come back at the Altar of the Temple of Midgaard, or in your clan's hall, with 1 hit point. Rest, or visit the healer north of the temple.
What a death costs
- The spells affecting you are canceled.
- Experience: two-thirds of the way back to the beginning of your level.
- Your pets go away.
- A player killer, killed by anyone, drops half of the gold they carry.
Killed by another player
You become a ghost for 3 ticks: no player can attack you while you get back on your feet. The arenas (Grand Arena, Mob Arena, wars) have their own rules: see their pages.
In the game: help death, and the player killing rules in help pkrules.