Permadeath?

[Illmad]

So I've seen this game streamed a lot recently, and it caught my interest. Although, is it possible to turn off the permadeath? I never got into playing Minecraft hardcore mode, or any survival game where I may lose many hours of progress from dying.
Roguelikes and roguelites are okay since they play only run by run, and one run taking on average less than an hour. Well, depending on the game really.
I was hoping this game had the ability to turn off permadeath, and instead give us a debuff or something after dying. Granted there isn't much point in going on if the shark eats the entire raft, but if I spend a hundred hours and manage to build an entire floating city block, I'm going to ragequit if I lose it by slipping on a banana peel and falling into a shark.

[Carrot]

There are 4 different modes, creative (you can dont have to collect materials, your hunger, thirst and health dont go down) easy, normal and hard (permadeath)
Im not sure about easy, normal is the default one so i stuck with that. if your playing solo and you drown or get attacked by a shark multiple times you need to respawn and you end up back on the boat (you might need a bed, im not sure do make that as soon as you can)
But you will loose everything in you hotbar and inventory thats stored on your person, so ive learnt when i go in the water to only have a spear and the hook and go back to the raft often to store what i have collected.
Also helps to have multiple tools made up and stored just incase, well that's what i do. I like being prepared for when bruces 15th brother turns up ^^

[Illmad]

Thanks. I usually play on Normal, so I'll give it a try once I purchase the game.'

[Willow Rivers]

Easy you can respawn and keep all your inventory items.
Normal you cna respawn ahd will loose all your inventory items.
Hard you cannot resapwn, someone has to revive you or it is game over and you have to start over.

[Sonic the Dredgehog]

Originally posted by Carrot:

There are 4 different modes, creative (you can dont have to collect materials, your hunger, thirst and health dont go down) easy, normal and hard (permadeath)
Im not sure about easy, normal is the default one so i stuck with that. if your playing solo and you drown or get attacked by a shark multiple times you need to respawn and you end up back on the boat (you might need a bed, im not sure do make that as soon as you can)
But you will loose everything in you hotbar and inventory thats stored on your person, so ive learnt when i go in the water to only have a spear and the hook and go back to the raft often to store what i have collected.
Also helps to have multiple tools made up and stored just incase, well that's what i do. I like being prepared for when bruces 15th brother turns up ^^

Just replying because I played easy at first and deaths on that mode mean nothing tbh. You lose nothing from inventory or hotbar. Deaths on this difficulty are more of a minor inconvenience of being transported back to the raft when you finally found that copper or metal that you wanted.