How does dying in NiOh work?

In this section, you will learn what are the consequences from dying in NiOh. The game allows you to return to the world of the living and retrace your path to the grave located where your character previously died.

You will see this message quite often

Death is an essential element of NiOh. You will often see "This life has ended" on the screen. Each time your hero dies, you will be taken to the previously visited shrine. Unfortunately, you will lose all amrita points that you gathered so far and accumulated charge bar of the "Living Weapons".

The grave will resemble our guardian spirit.

A grave, resembling our guardian spirit (one you select at the beginning of the game), will appear in the place of our fallen body. After "collecting it", amrita and the Living Weapons bar will return to their previous status. If you die again, before you actually reach your guardian spirit, all the collected points will be lost for good.