A Hardcore run is one class with one life. You begin it on a class you have never played, play that class exactly as you would any other, and the first time it falls where a death costs you something, the run is over.

Beginning a run

• Open the class picker and choose a class at level 1 with no EXP — one you have never played. Beneath its level you will see ☠ Begin a Hardcore run. Confirm, and the class loads with the run begun.
• Only that class is on the run. Your other classes, and everything your account owns, are untouched.
• Guest accounts cannot begin a run, and a class on a run cannot begin another until it has fallen.

What ends a run

• Falling in the overworld, a dungeon or a raid — the deaths that already cost you your carried gold and 20% of your EXP.
• The Labyrinth, guild raids, the echo arena and PvP duels are safe: the game treats those as non-deaths, so nobody can be duelled out of a run.
• A Last Resort that saves you is not a death. Any blow that leaves you standing leaves the run standing.

When a run falls

• The class returns to level 1: its level, EXP and class stats go back to their starting values, and the usual cost of that death still applies.
• Your gold, items, titles, and everything you bought or chose for that class stay exactly as they were. You may begin a new run on the class afterwards.
• The run keeps its place in the Hall of Legends, struck through: the level it reached, what felled it, where, and how long it lived.

Milestones

A living run earns a title, once, as it reaches each of these levels. The titles stay yours whatever happens afterwards.

While a run lives, a ☠ skull stands beside your name in chat, on the online list and on your profile, and the Hall of Legends ranks every living run by its level.