Morgue Policy
If you fail to retrieve your corpse in time, it will be magically transported to the morgue for safe keeping. After the waiting period is up, you can pay a fee (HELP MORGUE COSTS) to retrieve your lost items. Note that draconian corpses cannot be preserved in the morgue. Instead, they rot and spill onto the ground.
Corpses are only stored in the morgue if they are "non-empty". Certain low-value items (gold, balls of light) will not cause a corpse to be considered "non-empty".
Besides corpses, the ONLY items that are preserved in the morgue are INSURED containers and items. Please see HELP INSURE for more information about insurance.
Insured items are stored in the morgue following such events:
- Gear imp (timer runs out)
- Stomp
- Detonate
- Magic damage (failure to smith)
- Breath attack
- Shatter strike
The waiting period for insured gear is TRIPLE that of lost corpses. This type of protection is provided to all players, including draconians. Thus, if a draconian's corpse rots and their insured gear imps, they will still be able to retrieve it from the morgue.
When an insured container is destroyed, all of its contents are preserved in the morgue, regardless of whether or not they were also insured. When an insured container (or PC corpse) is lost, ALL of the contents will be associated with the OWNER of the container in the morgue. This potentially includes insured objects owned by another character!
Otherwise, insured items are associated with their OWNER in the morgue. If you have ALTOF set up, this may be different than the character who was using the gear when it was destroyed!
Insurance is cancelled when an object is destroyed. This prevents you from bypassing the morgue to get your objects back. When you redeem your objects they will automatically be reinsured. The exception to this rule is when an ALTOF is retrieving insured items that belong to the main character. In this scenario, it is YOUR responsibility to re-insure the retrieved items using your main alt.
Items destroyed through the use of gear modification spells & skills (enchant, sharpen, transmute, etc.) are expressly NOT preserved in the morgue.
