Death and revives

The hero dies when HP reaches 0. A popup then offers the way back: a free return to the nearest town at a price in EXP and meso, a revive on the spot with Reverse, or one of two paid revives.

Death

At death the hero's HP is set to 0 and the hero is marked dead. From level 10, after the first job advancement, the game also sets an EXP penalty: a quarter of the current level's need, but never more than the EXP the hero has.

The death popup offers:

• Return to town: EXP minus the penalty (none below level 10 or before the advancement) and meso minus a tenth. The hero goes to the nearest town, the same choice as Return Scroll to Nearest Town, and comes back with full HP and MP.
• Revive here with Reverse, or with one of the two paid revives of the cash shop. The hero stands up where it fell, with full HP and MP. No monster, shop or quest gives Reverse.
• Go to the main menu, which asks first.

In Monster Carnival a death costs carnival points instead.

Example (made-up numbers): a level 20 hero with a need of 1,000, 180 EXP and 5,000 meso dies. The penalty is 250, capped at 180, so the hero returns to town with 0 EXP and 4,500 meso.

Sources

CHero::Die 0x65979 (the dead flag at +0x0C, the penalty at +0x158), the death popup's keys in CStateGame::OnKeyPressed 0x8D4C9, CHero::Revive 0x6140D. The popup is popup 0x68, opened by Popup_Open 0x3EAA1.