Classes and races

Aging

In the game: help age

Characters do age. Age is your starting age plus the number of game years that have passed since your character was created, regardless of how much of that time you spent rented, and how much playing. To see the current game year use 'time'. The haste spell adds to your age (permanently) as does some equipment (temporarily.)

Age has several game effects. From character creation to middle age (40 for humans) your move (vitality) regeneration and hit point regeneration rate increases. From middle age to old age (60 for humans), and even more so from old age on, your maximum hit points, move regen, and HP regen decrease. From character creation to ancient age (90 for humans) your mana regen rate increases, and after that it decreases.

Race	Starts at	Young	Mature	Middle-Aged	Old	Ancient	Venerable
Human	17	up to 20	21–40	41–60	61–90	91–120	121+
Moon Elf, Gold Elf, Dark Elf	120	up to 250	251–500	501–750	751–1125	1126–1500	1501+
Sea Elf, Wild Elf	120	up to 150	151–300	301–450	451–675	676–900	901+
Gnome, Deep Gnome	45	up to 90	91–180	181–270	271–405	406–540	541+
Dwarf, Dark Dwarf	45	up to 60	61–120	121–180	181–270	271–360	361+
Half-Elf	25	up to 50	51–100	101–150	151–225	226–300	301+
Halfling, Half-Giant, Troll	25	up to 30	31–60	61–90	91–135	136–180	181+
Half-Orc, Half-Ogre, Orc, Goblin	12	up to 14	15–28	29–42	43–63	64–84	85+

Every race starts young. A game year is about ten and a half days of real time.

The haste spell ages whoever it is cast on by a year, which can carry a young character into their best years sooner; the long-lived races can be hasted again and again without growing old. The quest shop's youth takes you back to the age your race starts at.