• You can connect to the Hardcore server via Server Selection → Hardcore Tab.

• You can enter the Hardcore Server after creating a Hardcore-exclusive character.
  
  • Only one character slot is available for Hardcore-exclusive characters.
  • Hardcore-exclusive characters start at Lv. 63.
  • Upon creating a Hardcore-exclusive character, you receive 3,000 Skill Points.
  • Only Warrior, Ranger, Sorceress, and Berserker classes can be created.
    
    • You can choose between Succession and Awakening.

• Mar 13, 2025 (Thu) after maintenance - Apr 10, 2025 (Thu) before maintenance
  
  • This period is subject to change.

• Each Family is given 2 hours of playtime per day.
• Time depletes the moment your character enters the server, and reamining time continues to countdown even while logged out.
  • ex) If you log in at 7 PM and log out at 8 PM, you cannot log back in at 9 PM as your time is exhausted.
• Playtime resets 23 hours after the last Hardcore server login.
  
  • ex) If you logged in at 10:30 AM, you can log in again the next day at 9:30 AM.
• You can connect to the Hardcore server even while Node/Conquest Wars are in progress.

• Defeat monsters to earn. The stronger the foe, the greater the points.
• Defeat other adventurers to claim 10% of their Survival Points.
• However, you receive the following penalty if your Survival Point is at or above 3,000.
  
  • If you defeat an adventurer with less than 20% of your own points, a -30% penalty applies.
    
    • ex) If you have 5,000 points and defeat someone with 1,000 or fewer, you'll lose 1,500 points.
  • In the following regions, if you defeat adventurers with Survival Points under 20% of your Survival Points, the -30% deduction penalty on your Survival Points will not be applied.
    • Regions where Bosses Laytenn and Puturum appear
    • Regions where [Furious] Gahaz Bandits appear
    • Regions where [Furious] Pila Ku Jail monsters appear
    • [Black Spirit Infused] Aakman Temple
    • [Black Spirit Infused] Hystria Ruins
• Character-specific, so deleting/recreating a character resets your points.
• Character deletion triggers a 3 min wait time.
• Unoffered Survival Points are not counted towards the next day's Offering Points upon login. 
  • However, they will remain in your total Survival Points. 
    • ex) If you earn 500 Survival Points on day 1 and exit, the next day's Offering Points reset to 0, while total Survival Points start at 500.

• Complete quests on the Hardcore server to earn.
  
  • Significant amount awarded upon completion.
• Quests can be undertaken once daily and are assigned randomly based on your Survival Points.
  
  • Under 200 Survival Points - Defeat Ancient Weapons x100-150
  • 200-1,499 Survival Points - Defeat Desert Naga/Fogan, Crescent Shrine monsters
  • You can forfeit these quests but cannot change their type.
    
    • Quest Points do not disappear upon death.
• Quest Points do not reset even after the offering.
  • • ex) If you complete a quest and earn 1,500 Quest Points, then disconnect, the next day you will start with 1,500 Offering Points available.
• If you complete a quest after midnight the next day, you cannot start a new one for that day.

• Hardcore-exclusive gear is provided but cannot be repaired or enhanced.
• Max Durability for gear is different compared to the normal server.

• You lose 30% of your Survival Points.

• • Dying to fall damage or monster attacks applies the same penalty.

• Equipped gear can lose Durability according to a set probability.
  • Gear in your inventory are safe.

• You'll spawn at one of four designated sanctums upon first logging in and/or revival.
• Revivals are instant with no limits.
  
  • If you don't revive manually within 60 sec, you'll be automatically revived.

• The ESC > Escape function is available if you get stuck in terrain or found yourself immobilized.
• You'll be relocated to a safe area without monsters.
  • You'll not be relocated to any of the sanctums.
• The function's cooldown remains unchanged.

• Survival Point rankings are tallied periodically.
  
  • This excludes those with 100 points or fewer.
• Rankings are based on individual characters.
• The top 10 adventurers by total Survival Points are marked on the World Map.

* Total Survival Points Rankings

• The total amount of accumulated Survival Points are tallied to determine Hardcore server rankings.
• Server rankings are updated when you log out or make an offering. Rankings for everyone will reset daily at midnight.
• Titles and rewards based on rank will be given at the season's end.

• Connecting to the Hardcore server will automtically turn on Privacy Mode.
• You can only reset your skills in sanctums and Mysterious Light safe zones.
• Skill add-ons are unavailable.
• You can use the World/minimap and auto-navigate the desert without need for a compass.
• Pets are unavailable, but your character will auto-loot at speeds equivalent to having one taken out.
  
  • Looting speeds equal to having one Tier 5 Alpha Pet and four Tier 4 "Agile" pets.

Restricted or Unavailable Items

• Combat/Skill EXP
• Opponent's Family/Guild Name
• Party/Platoon
• Non-server Chat
• Non-server Rankings
• Food/Elixir Buffs
• Pearl Outfits
• Family Inventory
• Storage/Central Market Warehouse/Maids & Butlers
• Artifact Inventory
• Agris' Fever
• Fairy Skills
• Crystal Presets
• Non-server Challenges
• Wroker Stamina Recovery
• Gathering Interactions
• Black Spirit Quests/Chat
• Black Spirit's Safe/Mailbox
• Adventurer's Log Stat Gains
• Item Drop Rate Increase Buffs
  
  • This includes buffs from node investments, Knowledge, Family Fame, and items.
• Old Moon Treaty Token
• Timed Pearl items (Value Pack, Blessing of Kamasylve, Secret Book of Old Moon, etc.)        
  • However, Value Pack's Max Weight Limit Increase and Inventory +16 Slots effects are applied.