Survival Mode

Survival Mode is a solo- or group-friendly wave-based combat trial, capped at Wave 40. Set your dungeon difficulty to Mythic BEFORE you teleport there — this has to happen first, switching to Mythic after you arrive will not make Opeth, the Survival Master, appear. Once that is set, reach it via your Magic Stone (“Survival Mode” destination).

How a run works

1. “Start Survival Mode” begins at Wave 1. Enemies get tougher each wave, and higher waves add extra combat mechanics (affixes), similar to Mythic+ dungeons.
2. After clearing a wave you choose: “Continue to Wave N+1” for a bigger reward, or “Claim Rewards and Exit” to bank what you have right now.
3. Dying before you claim loses the ENTIRE run’s rewards — unless your group has a Rebirth Coin active (see below).

Death Coin reward per wave completed

• Waves 1-5: 10 to 50
• Waves 6-10: 100 to 500
• Waves 11-15: 1,000 to 5,000
• Waves 16-20: 10,000 to 50,000
• Wave 21+: a flat 50,000, plus Death Essence starting small and scaling up to 200 at Wave 40.

Starting from a checkpoint (“Choose Starting Wave” — costs currency every time you use it):

• Wave 5: 50 Death Coins
• Wave 10: 500 Death Coins
• Wave 15: 30,000 Death Coins
• Wave 20: 300,000 Death Coins
• Wave 30: 150 Death Essence

Free account-wide checkpoints (“Select Checkpoint”): the first time you CLAIM rewards (not just reach) Wave 20 or Wave 30, that permanently unlocks a free checkpoint at that wave for every character on your account, not just the one that earned it.

Rebirth Coin: only the group leader (or a solo player) can activate one before a wave. If your group wipes on the very next wave, you get a second chance — “Retry the Wave” or “Exit and Claim Rewards” — instead of losing the run, but the coin is consumed either way once activated. Necrid does not sell Rebirth Coins for Death Coins — they only trade for Vote Coins or Donor Coins, so treat them as a limited resource, not something you can farm directly.

Necrid, the Survival Mode Vendor, stands right beside Opeth and spends your Death Coins/Death Essence:

• Demonic Tabard — 250 Death Coins. +6,000 Strength/Agility/Intellect at ilvl 400, one of the best value items in the game for the price. Upgradeable once, for 50,000 Death Coins.

• Rebirth Coin — Vote Coins or Donor Coins only, not Death Coins.
• Legendary Dust, and a 200 Anima bundle — 50 Death Coins each.
• Empowerment II — 10,000 Death Coins. Empowerment III — 500 Death Essence.
• Infusion Scrolls and the Energized Stroll Scroll — 25,000-35,000 Death Coins.
• Death Cache Tier 1 — 5 Death Essence.

“View Leaderboards” shows the top 30 solo and top 30 group runs by highest wave reached — a good target to chase once your gear can handle it.