Corpse Retrieval

[Rexdamage]

I want to start by saying I adore this game and have from the start. I've enjoyed the difficulty and the grind from the getgo, but I think the Ashlands are bringing to surface the biggest flaw in this game, getting your stuff back. It's never been "easy" to get back to your gravestone but it's always felt doable. However in the Ashlands with due to the sheer number of enemy spawns it feels nigh impossible to get to your corpse if it's remotely far from your base. I got knocked into lava by one of the new beast guys and now my gravestone is literally not retrievable. I have spent hours trying to get my stuff back. I've even tried dying repeatedly by jumping into the lava and try to move my stuff closer to land, but because my weight was >300 when I died (with the belt equipped) the game doesn't auto-pickup my stuff when I open the gravestone. Instead I have to click "take all" which I have about 4 frames to do so before I burn to death. I tried bringing a hammer and materials to build over the lava but there are simply WAY too many enemies around for me to be able to realistically place anything.

I think there are several solutions to this problem from the development side

1. Make gravestone drops more akin to dark souls, where your stuff drops not exactly where you died but where you were several seconds before. This way if you get knocked into an unreachable area you aren't SoL with your stuff.

2. Reduce enemy leash range. Particularly in the Ashlands the unrelenting enemies are becoming a problem. It feels absolutely brutal to try to cover any distance in the new zone without fighting every enemy you come across because 90% of them will simply never let you go

3. Make it so when you activate your gravestone you take all your items, regardless of the weight. I believe the "corpse run" buff gives you bonus carry weight anyway, which I would assume is to compensate for just such situations where you have the belt but died. But having to click (and you have to click, there is no hotkey) take all adds another action you have to do in an environment where doing things quickly is the difference maker.

Once again I love this game and am genuinely looking forward to continue exploring the Ashlands but either this zone is just slightly overtuned (which is another discussion entirely) or getting to your gravestone is just such a colossal hassle it's taking away from the fun I could be having exploring, gathering, fighting etc.

[jonnin]

3... if you have not picked up anything or your corpse was not full, you usually can pick it all up at once. If it won't fit, you can't. Sitting there picking and choosing your gear vs the rock you picked up gets you killed again... so if they change it to a click & go, it should pick up all the equipped items and all the consumables (arrows, food, potions) and leave the rest unless have space for it?

If my corpse recover is too annoying, I just restore my character backup file. Life is too short to get mad at pixels.

[Skaar]

You need to use Basalt Bombs to get your body back. Also make sure you're not wearing a feather cape, make you very weak vs fire.