What is the penalty for death?

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The game seems to like to ♥♥♥♥ with me on this, one time I died and list everything in my inventory that wasn't a tool, another time I didn't lose anything. I'd like to know just what I'm risking and if it's a bug that sometimes I lose nothing.

Also are ores finite? Because losing those when I die SUCKS, I can't figure out where to pick up my stuff either. :l

[ice]

you return to the last point you went into a base and you saw the message "inventory secured"

[Elzquiem]

The penalty for dying in survival mode : you lose everything that has not been "secured" in your inventory. I don't know what happens for lost objects since I neved died.

Example 1 : you go outside with only a seaglide. You collect some ores, vines and misc stuff. For some reason, you die : you will be teleported to your last safe point (lifepod or base) with the previous secured inventory, in this case, with only your seaglide.

Example 2 : you go outside with only the seaglide. You collect two copper ores. You go back to base for some reason : your inventory is secured. Then, you go again outside, collect silver and then you die. You will lose only those silver pieces since the copper has been secured before.

So every time you have lots of collected stuff in your inventory, don't forget to go in your base to "save" them. Or you can make some containers, place them in strategic spots and drop collected stuff in them.

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Originally posted by Elzquiem:

The penalty for dying in survival mode : you lose everything that has not been "secured" in your inventory. I don't know what happens for lost objects since I neved died.

Example 1 : you go outside with only a seaglide. You collect some ores, vines and misc stuff. For some reason, you die : you will be teleported to your last safe point (lifepod or base) with the previous secured inventory, in this case, with only your seaglide.

Example 2 : you go outside with only the seaglide. You collect two copper ores. You go back to base for some reason : your inventory is secured. Then, you go again outside, collect silver and then you die. You will lose only those silver pieces since the copper has been secured before.

So every time you have lots of collected stuff in your inventory, don't forget to go in your base to "save" them. Or you can make some containers, place them in strategic spots and drop collected stuff in them.

Ohh ok, yeah that makes more sense. I'm used to just dropping everything and having it fall to the ground but then again I'm also not used to actually having a safe place in survival games. (don't starve doesn't really consider feeling safe a necessity ;v)

Good to know in the future, seems like it can be easily exploited though.

So, if you lose ore when you die and can't pick it up again, does ore just regenerate overtime?

[Elzquiem]

I'd say yes and no at the same time. Let me explain :

- Every material, stuff, ressources you collect is limited and does not respawn. There's plenty in the ocean so it's hard to run out of them but by collecting all quartz around my safe shallow spawn point, I can assure you they do not respawn. So if you run out of ressources in a biome, you'll need to seek for them in another one.

- You may experience ressource respawn : some people have experienced it. It can happens when the game is updated or when loading. The game is still in early access after all so you can expect some kind of bugs. But from what I read from devs or forums, only creatures respawn from eggs.

- You can find however "respawnable" ressources (like copper ores) in specific cases : some creatures grant you ones. Tell me if you want to be spoiled about which ones I found.

- If ultimately you have depleted everything and you're too afraid of depths or going too far, you can use console commands.

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Originally posted by Elzquiem:

I'd say yes and no at the same time. Let me explain :

- Every material, stuff, ressources you collect is limited and does not respawn. There's plenty in the ocean so it's hard to run out of them but by collecting all quartz around my safe shallow spawn point, I can assure you they do not respawn. So if you run out of ressources in a biome, you'll need to seek for them in another one.

- You may experience ressource respawn : some people have experienced it. It can happens when the game is updated or when loading. The game is still in early access after all so you can expect some kind of bugs. But from what I read from devs or forums, only creatures respawn from eggs.

- You can find however "respawnable" ressources (like copper ores) in specific cases : some creatures grant you ones. Tell me if you want to be spoiled about which ones I found.

- If ultimately you have depleted everything and you're too afraid of depths or going too far, you can use console commands.

Ok thanks, I might hold off on spoilers for now. I wish the stuff in your inventory didn't just automatically vanish from the world when you die though, that's 5 gold I'll probably never see again. :l If anything I wish it just respawned at its original coordinates and made me have to go get it again.

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by Ozelot:

you return to the last point you went into a base and you saw the message "inventory secured"

So I just as I was puttering around today in preperation for building "Newbie Tower 2: Newb Harder" realized, I don't get the inventory secured message anymore.

EDIT: And Cyclops/Base aren't commenting about captains or anything. Huh. Maybe game's just being particularly EA this load.

[Patthias]

I don't know if it has changed but right now you lose everything not secured like Elzquiem stated before but the material does not disappear, but scatters around the area where you died.
A good example of this in another game is Minecraft.

[MaGicBush]

Nice 2 year old necro. Want a cookie Patreku?

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Originally posted by patrekur2749:

I don't know if it has changed but right now you lose everything not secured like Elzquiem stated before but the material does not disappear, but scatters around the area where you died.
A good example of this in another game is Minecraft.

Huh, it used to just get voided so that's actually really good to know. Appreciate that, even if it was a 2-year old necro.

[to be named]

Originally posted by MaGicBush:

Nice 2 year old necro. Want a cookie Patreku?

nice not helpful,completely useless reply

yeah it might have been necroed,but still helped someone,besides,whats the problem with necros? its still relevant nowadays,would you rather have a 'new' thread asking the exact same thing?

besides,if steam wanted so much for people to never necro it would auto-delete threads when they became 1-2 years old,or at least lock them

if you have nothing to add to this,please dont comment!

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally posted by MaGicBush:

Nice 2 year old necro. Want a cookie Patreku?

Yeah, some kids just feel like they are a part of something bigger when they use ' kewl buzzwords' like necro

[Namaride]

Originally posted by Nyarlathotep:

Originally posted by MaGicBush:

Nice 2 year old necro. Want a cookie Patreku?

Yeah, some kids just feel like they are a part of something bigger when they use ' kewl buzzwords' like necro

Nice 0.5 year old necro. Also like a cookie?

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friendly reminder that if you're done with a thread, unsubscribe from it and don't be a whiner who complains about necros.

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally posted by Namasteride:

Originally posted by Nyarlathotep:

Yeah, some kids just feel like they are a part of something bigger when they use ' kewl buzzwords' like necro

Nice 0.5 year old necro. Also like a cookie?

Congratulations, your witty comment wins you the internets

[Anipix]

Poopy! thanks for info