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Hardcore

The ruleset with permanent death, what is known about its start and how it relates to Legacy.

State of research: 26 Sept 2026, beta build 1.60.1.70009.

Hardcore

Hardcore is a separate ruleset with permanent death. It is not available at launch; the official roadmap places its launch in winter 2026/27 after the raid unlock on 9 December 2026. No exact date has been announced.

Start date
Not announced
Official
3 sources

Hardcore and Legacy

Hardcore is not available at launch. Challenges earned in other rulesets do not appear in Hardcore; challenges earned in Hardcore count for all other rulesets. Hardcore gets 12 own challenges because PvP challenges cannot be done there.

Official
1 source

How the client describes the ruleset

This challenging ruleset features permanent player character death. Dead characters may transfer to other rulesets to be resurrected.

Forever client