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{{Infobox/Affliction|image=Cheated Death Penalty icon.png|category=[[Afflictions]]|caused by=[[Cheat Death]]|+/- effect=Negative|type (Benefit/Injury/Disease)=Injury|affliction duration=Until Recovery Time passes or Permanent Affliction|recoverytime=See Charts|release=24 June 2024|description=You have Cheated Death. Your maximum Condition is reduced each time you respawn.|update=2.28}}'''Cheated Death Penalty''' is an [[Afflictions|Affliction]] acquired after choosing to [[Cheat Death]] in [[Survival Mode]].
==Overview==
{{Quote2|You have Cheated Death. Your maximum Condition is reduced each time you respawn.}}[[File:Cheat Death Penalty.jpg|500x500px]]
The punishment for cheating death and continuing your save file always involves choosing between a great penalty that is temporary, or a smaller penalty that is permanent. The player can choose a mix of the two choices and their consequences as they die. Both penalties impact the [[Condition]] bar, and will always be paired with the [[Weakened State]] Affliction upon awakening after cheating death.

== Short Term Penalty ==
Choosing "Short Term Penalty" will result in a massive reduction in max Condition and a lengthy Recovery Time, but it will eventually heal.

The Recovery Time is always the same for each death:
{| class="fandom-table"
!Experience
!1st Death
!2nd Death
!3rd Death
!Recovery Time
|-
|[[Pilgrim]]
| -50% Condition
| -60% Condition
| -75% Condition
|240 hours (10 days)
|-
|[[Voyageur]]
| -50% Condition
| -60% Condition
| -75% Condition
|480 hours (20 days)
|-
|[[Stalker]]
| -50% Condition
| -60% Condition
| -75% Condition
|480 hours (20 days)
|-
|[[Interloper]]
| -50% Condition
| -60% Condition
| -75% Condition
|720 hours (30 days)
|-
|[[Misery]]<ref name=":0">Cheat Death is disabled on Misery</ref>
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|}<references />Dying multiple times and choosing the "Short Term Penalty" Cheat Death option does not cause the Recovery Times to stack if the previous penalty time had not yet elapsed.

== Permanent Penalty ==
Choosing "Permanent Penalty" removes the lengthy Recovery Time, but will add a permanent reduction to max Condition for the rest of the game. The Condition loss is the same across all Experiences.
{| class="fandom-table"
|+Permanent Condition Loss
!1st Death
!2nd Death
!3rd Death
|-
| -25%
| -35%
| -50%
|}
==Update history==
{{Update history|
* {{Update list|type=update|update=The Long Dark/Changelog#2.28|date=24 June 2024}}
** Added to game.}}

{{Afflictions}}
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imported>ReusAg at 04:05, 23 December 2025