How to restore your body in NieR: Automata

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Death Penalty in NieR: Automata Explained

Restoring your body in NieR: Automata

NieR: Automata it might not seem like it, but it has a very strict rouge-like mechanic that can really freak you out if you die in the wrong situation. Dying can result in a permanent loss of items that you can spend a lot of time finding and upgrading, which can slow down gameplay in the late games.

When you die, all is not lost because you have a chance to recover lost things before it is gone forever. Here's exactly what happens when you die and how to restore your body to make sure the damage isn't permanent.

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Death Penalty in NieR: Automata Explained

Dying in NieR: Automata will have you lose any XP earned since last savebut you will too you will lose all currently equipped plug-in chips. You will always be able to find more plug-in chips and you can get the same load back if you die, although some chips are rarer and you can spend a lot of money investing in powerful ones. Respawning will have the set of plugins you have now equipped empty, so you will have to equip a new loadout or choose one of your other presets.

Plug-In chips lost after death are not gone forever you will have one life to return to the place of your death and recover these tokens and maybe even XP. If you die again before recovering from your body, any tokens from that preset you originally had will be gone forever.

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Restoring your body in NieR: Automata

When you respawn after death, your first and only goal should be to restore your body. AND a small blue body icon will appear on the map marking your body position and can be selected to place a tracker in its place. When you approach your body, just interacting with it will be enough to get all of your plug-in chips back, but you'll also have two options for what to do with your body:

Repair	You won't get XP back, but your old body will become an AI companion that will haunt you until you die.
Load	You will regain lost XP gained before your death from a previous save.

Whichever option you choose, you'll also be able to equip your old plug-in chips exactly as they were, overwriting your current chip settings. You can also choose not to do this and any tokens you get will simply be placed back into your inventory.