Death and corpse recovery
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Recover belongings promptly and check loot permissions before touching another corpse.
Development source reviewed on 29 October 2026. In-game availability is unverified.
Your belongings#
Insured equipment is retained through the insurance rules; eligible young characters also keep movable items that would otherwise go to the corpse. Other item protection rules depend on the item’s loot status.
After resurrection, return to your corpse and open it within 2 tiles. The corpse system supports self-loot recovery, but backpack capacity and individual items can affect what returns.
Other players and loot rights#
The owner can access their corpse. A party member’s permission to loot depends on the deceased owner’s party loot setting. Party membership alone does not grant permission.
Looting an innocent corpse can be criminal on Felucca-style rules; restrictive facets can prohibit it entirely. Monster loot rights and temporary instancing are separate from simply arriving at the corpse.
Time matters#
The base corpse decay timer is 7 minutes, with a further 7-minute bone phase for corpses that transform to bones. Not every corpse remains through every phase. Recover urgently rather than treating these as guaranteed safe storage windows.
A corpse is live world state. This audit does not locate lost possessions or recover them.
Source notes
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These references identify the reviewed shard files. Source presence does not establish live availability.
Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/PlayerMobile.cs:2486
Insurance and young item retentionProjects/UOContent/Items/Misc/Corpses/Corpse.cs:92
Base corpse/bone timersProjects/UOContent/Items/Misc/Corpses/Corpse.cs:331
Instanced periodProjects/UOContent/Items/Misc/Corpses/Corpse.cs:761
Owner/party permissionProjects/UOContent/Items/Misc/Corpses/Corpse.cs:889
Criminal/restrictive lootingProjects/UOContent/Items/Misc/Corpses/Corpse.cs:923
Open and self-loot
Category: Adventures & loot