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[[File:P14-hardcore-creation1.jpg|thumb|350px|Hardcore character creation tooltip warning.]]'''Hardcore''' characters are exactly the same as regular characters, except that they are mortal. When they [[die]], they stay dead. Forever. No restarting in [[town]]; no restarting anywhere. The infamous "[[deeds]]" message displays upon death, so players are never in doubt as to their fate. Diablo III added a [[Hall of Heroes]] where players can archive their dead HC characters, though only to look at them as they were at death; not to access any of their gear or inventory.

Dead hardcore Hardcore and Normal (or "Softcore") characters in [[Diablo 2]] are able to log back onto the [[kept completely separate on Battle.net]] chat channels, but they and can not join interact, trade items or create gold, share stash space, enter the same games, etc. It's not known how this aspect of things Even on the same account, HC and SC are totally separate and a player just starting out in Hardcore will be handled in Diablo IIIhave zero gold, have to train up all their Artisans and buy stash space, etc.

==Trading in Hardcorevs. Softcore Differences==

Trade There are no differences between Hardcore and Softcore characters in Diablo III or Reaper of Souls. There were in the [[Diablo 3 Vanilla]] but only in terms of the Auction House]] is separated between game modes, which did not include Currency trading for Hardcore. The differences that exist are created by players, since Hardcore characters cannot use the softcore auction housegenerally need much higher hit points, and vice versa. In addition to thisresistance, hardcore characters may only use the gold-based auction house. Any and all itemsetc, including characters to boost their [[Toughness]] for sale, may only be purchased with goldsurvival.

Some of the difficulty differences in [[D3v2]] and Reaper of Souls put pressure on Hardcore players will still be able to trade item for itemplay, should an item-based currency develop, amongst themselves as they do many desirable things in Diablo 2game such as [[Legendary Materials]], [[Death's Breath]]s, etc, drop more often on higher difficulty levels. Legendary items drop more often on higher difficulty levels, and there are some special items, including [[Keys]] and [[Demonic Organs]] required to create [[Hellfire Rings]] that '''''only''''' drop on [[Torment]] difficulty, this is more of a hurdle for Hardcore players to clear.

Details of your dead [[File:P14-hardcore-warning.jpg|thumb|300px|Hardcore character's statistics, gear and achievements will be stored in your increation warning.]]After much debate pre-game profile in a list called ,<ref>[[Halls of the Dead]http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-press-conference-from-blizzcon Press Conference, Blizzcon 2011]- Blizzard, 26/10/11</ref> the characters can not be taken into Diablo 3 developers ended up requiring a softcore character raised to level 10 as a game prerequisite to view howevercreating a Hardcore character.

==D3 Once the level 10 softcore character requirement has been achieved, players can delete that character and play only Hardcore Confirmed==, if desired.

===D3 Hardcore Characters Will Look Special===and Softcore are kept entirely separate, but their trading limits (from [[Bind on Account]] items) are identical in [[D3v2]] and [[Reaper of Souls]]. In [[Diablo 3 vanilla]] when the [[Auction House]] was active the HC and SC Auction Houses were kept entirely separate, with one key difference. [[Real Money Trading]] was incorporated into Softcore, but not Hardcore.

How HC chars will differ isn't yet knownSoftcore characters could buy and sell items for real currency via the Auction House, but not just gold. Hardcore could not, though this just caused players who wanted to involve real money in the equation to use [[D3 TeamThird Party Sites]] has repeatedly said they'll be set apart from regular characters in some obvious fashion, including gold selling sites. Which was just the sort of thing Blizzard created the [[http://diablo.incgamersRMAH]] to prevent.com/blog/comments/diablo-on-hardcore-and-end-game/]

::''Will hardcore characters be more powerful than normal? --Spectrusv''::No intentWith the shutdown of the Auction House in D3v2 and RoS, and the fact that all top quality items, materials, and gold are now [[Account Bound]], third party site sales are no. But they’ll definitely have more prestige and flashy things to show off longer an issue for being so awesomeHardcore or Softcore. --Diablo

===June 2008===  From the [[WWI_2008:_D3_Design_Fundamentals_Panel|Diablo 3 Design Fundamentals panel]], at the 2008 WWI event: ::'''Q: Will there be Hardcore mode?'''<br>::'''A:''' We haven't decided yet, but I don't see why we wouldn't. It’s not a decision we need to make yet. We probably will, though.  ===April 2009===  Bashiok Death in a forum post.[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/bashiok-on...-everything/] ::'''Question''': Has anymore thought been put into Hardcore? Are any features decided-upon?<br>::'''[[Bashiok]]:''' I think the last thing I heard from Jay on it in public was something along the lines of “Ok fine we’ll just commit to a hardcore mode here and now” outside of that no details have been released. ===August 2010===

In an interview with GameSpot AU, The items in your [[Jay WilsonStash]] confirmed that are not lost, and can be accessed by any other Hardcore is definitely returning to Diablo IIIcharacter on the account.Experienced HC players regularly dump all of their [[gems]], [http://diablo[crafting mats]], spare items, etc, into the stash so they will not be lost in the event of death.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-interview-gamespot-au/]

==Paying to Resurrect Hardcore Characters?=Hall of Heroes===

This concept was initially floated in a forum post by Blizzard's Diablo 3 Community Manager [[Bashiok]], in July 2009. [httpFile://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/bashiokHardcore-onhall-deathof-proof/]. Reaction from the Hardcore community was fairly outraged and almost entirely negative[http://diabloheroes1.incgamersjpg|thumb|400px|Hall of Heroes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=731921], and when ]When a Hardcore character dies the player is given the issue came up again option to enshrine them in April 2010, Bashiok said it had been pretty much ruled outthe [[Hall of Heroes]].This menu is accessed via the [[http://diabloProfile]] options in Battle.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-on-paying-to-revive-hc-net and shows the characters-as they looked at the time of their death, displays their total time played, the number of monsters killed and gold collected, and-wow-rmt-pets/]what monster killed them.

::Paying to bring back a fallen hardcore character was something I read someone here post onceThis is better than nothing, but the display does not record the [[skills]] and I simply repeated it to say I thought it was an interesting idea. I’m not a designer. Things I find interesting doesn’t mean they’re being implemented. I have though heard [[Jay Wilson|Jaypassives]] (who is lead designer) say that paying to bring back hardcore is pretty they were using when they died, and their gear can not be inspected. During much of Diablo 3 a horrible ideabug allowed players to peek at the gear of dead HC chars in the Hall of Heroes, but this was patched out in Reaper of Souls.

===Perks Third party sites such as [http://www.diablo3ladders.com Diablo3Ladders.com] that track character levels and Difficulty===gear can be used to view what a dead HC character had when they were last saved/viewed via the site, but this may not be updated to their final gear set.

In addition to this, Blizzard has no plans to go easy on hardcore players in the new [[Inferno]] difficulty mode, as explained by [[Bashiok]][http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hardcore-cant-cut-it-in-inferno]: <blue>We don’t have any plans to restrict or change the game difficulty for ==Hardcore characters. Surviving the challenges thrown at you by outplaying them is the entire point. Hardcore characters that take on Inferno and survive will be granted cosmetic rewards for their efforts.</blue>PvP==

===Hardcore characters can duel other Hardcore characters in the PvP [[Battle Arena]], just like normal characters. The big issue was not about dueling, but about the consequences thereof. After all, Hardcore characters stay dead once they die to monsters, while the Diablo III Arena is designed for very fast action and repeated deaths, with the winning team the one that dies less in 10 minutes.Debate===

<blue>Wyatt Cheng: Our current position is that you don’t die in DiabloWikiPvP PvP in DiabloWikiHardcore Hardcore mode. So what happened in Diablo II is that anyone who wanted to do Hardcore PvP would basically level a character to level 10, and then they’d find another level 10 character, and they’d fight and one would die. That’s just not really that interesting. So we’re just going to let players engage in PvP. </blue>

No more details were releasedArena PvP was not included in Diablo 3's launch, and when [[brawling]] was implemented in late 2012 it's unknown if there will be an option for permanent death from an Arena defeattreated Hardcore just like Softcore, but clearly the default/only option is with no longer permanent deaths. (Though there were numerous dangers with bugs that could result in death, as HC characters experience if they die in town just before or after leaving the [[PvM]] Campaign modeBrawling arena, and those were permanent for Hardcore players.)

==Additional HC ContentHardcore Resources== Diablo 3 / Reaper of Souls Hardcore:* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/diablo3/game-features/hardcore All Hardcore News via Diablo.IncGamers.com]* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/columns/one-life-to-live Xanth's infamous Hardcore column, One Life to Live]* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?140-Diablo-3-Hardcore-Forum Diablo 3/RoS Hardcore forum]* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?179-Hardcore-Graveyard Diablo 3/RoS HC Graveyard] Diablo 2 Hardcore:* {{wl|[http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Hardcore Diablo 2 Hardcore Mode]}}* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?30-Hardcore Hardcore Diablo 2 Forum]* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/537 D2 Hardcore Graveyard Image Gallery]