Underkeep: What to Do When a Hero Dies

The current player guide describes reviving fallen heroes at Revival Statues for gold, with resurrection items as another possible route. Check the options available in your own save before assuming the campaign must restart.

Stabilize the surviving party

First inspect the active fight and the heroes who can still act. Decide whether the immediate priority is recovery, ending the round or reaching a safer position when movement becomes available.

Do not spend every remaining resource on attacks without checking whether the survivors can withstand the next response. This is tactical advice, not a guarantee that every death can be recovered from during the same encounter.

Check the recovery route

1. Preserve the current save without overwriting the only useful earlier save.
2. Review any activated travel route to a known Revival Statue.
3. Inspect the available gold and the cost shown by the game.
4. If you have a resurrection item, read its target and use conditions.
5. After revival, check the hero’s health, equipment and remaining party supplies before returning to danger.

This page does not supply statue coordinates, a fixed price or an unverified early-game resurrection recipe.

Keep a reserve

Gold spent on an optional equipment upgrade cannot also cover a later revival. Consider keeping a recovery reserve while learning an unfamiliar area. The suitable amount depends on the actual price and party situation; there is no sourced universal minimum here.

Review what caused the death

Check whether the hero lacked reach, carried an unhelpful mutation, ran out of a key resource or suffered a condition you could cure. Fixing that cause is more useful than reviving and repeating the same action sequence.