Mules

Mules are mounts that assist in the transport of goods, resources, and gatherables to increase a player's carrying capacity.^[1] Mules transport goods on a much smaller scale than the caravan system.^[2]

Breeding

Moonstrider Mule mount color schemes.

Many species of mules will be breedable.^[3]

There will be smaller mules.^[4]

Carrying capacity

Alpha-1 inventory user interface.^[5]

Personal inventory limits^[6]^[7] are tied to a backpack.^[8] Material and gatherable items are subject to quantity rather than weight limits. Caravans and Mules are intended to be the primary mode of transportation of goods beyond these limits.^[9]^[10]

Mules can carry roughly 10 times more than backpacks. Caravans can carry roughly 10 times more than mules.^[11]

Caravans will have carrying capacity limits and customizable stats, such as defensive points, speed and number of hired NPC guards.^[12]
- In addition to expanded inventory capacity, caravans also provide ancillary benefits relating to successfully completing trade routes and other quests.^[13]

Inventory capacity will be relatively limited for new characters.^[13]

Inventory expansion and weight management training certificates are available in the Galleria at City stage economic nodes.^[13]^[14]
A player's inventory has sections for different types of items. Quest items for example will not fill a player's regular inventory capacity.^[13]

Item stacks will in general have quantity limits based on the type of item.^[9]

The stacking limit of potions might be one hundred. The stacking limit of food items might be 999 or 1000.^[9]

Storage

Storage chest in an Alpha-1 freehold.^[15]

Storage points exist at warehouses within nodes and in chests (storage containers) that can be placed in freeholds and static in-node housing.^[16]^[17]

Items dropped on player death

Player death in an open world dungeon in Alpha-1.^[18]

We don't have deleveling, instead what we have is experience debt. Now the more experience debt you accrue, the greater the detriment to your character; not to the point where you can not get out of the debt. There will always be a way forward to remove your debt.^[19] – Steven Sharif

A non-combatant (green player) who dies suffers normal penalties, which include:^[20]
- Experience debt (negative experience).^[21]
  - Skill and stat dampening.^[20]
  - Lower health and mana.^[20]
  - Lower gear proficiency.^[20]
  - Reduction in drop rates from monsters.^[22]
- Durability loss.^[20]
- Dropping a percentage of carried raw materials.^[20]
  - This includes a percentage of items carried on the player's mule.^[23]
  - This also includes a percentage of the certificates a player is carrying.^[24]
A combatant (purple player) who dies suffers these same penalties, but at half the rate of a non-combatant.^[20]
A corrupt (red player) suffers penalties at four times^[25] the rate of a non-combatant, and has a chance to drop any carried/equipped items based on their current corruption score. This includes:^[25]^[20]
- Dropping weapons and gear.^[25]^[26]
- These dropped items may be looted by other players.^[27]
- Corrupt players respawn at random locations in the vicinity of their death, not at regular spawn points.^[28]
- Dampening (due to corruption) only affects PvP combat.^[29]
Death penalties do not differ between PvP and PvE, but this is subject to change.^[30]
Death by drowning is possible.^[31]