The Cyrodiil open zone — Dying

A player kill no longer drops your bag. The killer's reward is selected from the following cases in order, using the fallen character's eligible worn equipment and policies in force.

Player-kill reward order

In the last case, carried coin pays first; letters of credit cover only the remaining amount. A gear or policy reward does not also take an extra purse-and-letters tenth. A red villain's policies do not protect their gear.

The killer alone collects the rolled reward through its claim. Coin that would exceed the killer's gold limit is paid as a letter of credit. See Carrying and banking gold for the limit. An uncollected gear claim expires and the held piece returns to its owner. The death notice and map identify the remains; the relevant claim window is 12 minutes.

What stays with you

A ship's wreck prize uses a different cargo rule; see Naval PvP. Protected wagon or companion storage does not make a ship's hold immune to a naval boarding claim.

Rise and body timers

After a player kill in Cyrodiil Map, the rise route takes you to the nearest suitable town or temple outside the zone. At sea, the zone uses the nearest freeport town instead. A new rise does not give another entry-protection minute.

Before entering, inspect equipment insurance, choose what to wear and keep a route to the streets described in Safe settlements in PvP zones. After a fall, read the stated loss and claim status before assuming another player can take everything you carried.