From the patch notes of Sept 29, 1999
Corpses that are older than 2 hours cannot be resurrected.
Corpses that are produced from a duel cannot be resurrected after 10 minutes.
From the patch notes of June 22, 2000
Previously, players had to be resurrected within two hours after death in order to receive any experience back as part of the resurrection. Due to the increased size and difficulty associated with Kunark zones, we've raised this limit from two hours to three. This should assist players and make it easier for them to obtain an experience-returning resurrection within the time limit.
From the patch notes of July 19, 2000
Resurrection:
The resurrection confirmation box will now report the name of the person casting the spell as well as what spell they are casting. Furthermore, experience will not be "removed" from your corpse until you accept the resurrection by choosing YES. Previously, any resurrection spell, if declined, would cause the experience to be unrecoverable.
So...
Resurrections:
Res timer was 2 hours, became 3 hours during Kunark. Corpses resulting from duels had a 10 min res timer. These time limits only counted down while the account was on character select or logged in with any character. The first xp res you took removed the xp on the corpse. Future resses were possible (with any res effect or spell) up through 2 hours (or 3 hours or 10 min as appropriate), but no more xp return. Basically, the amount of xp lost on death would be stored on the corpse. The first xp res that was accepted authorized a return to the character of a certain % of this xp (based on the spell or effect). At the same time, the corpse lost all the xp stored on it. Future res spells still within the res timer would work, there would just be no xp to return a % of.
Corpses:
Level 1-6, 30 min, online or offline
Level 7+, 24 hours online (char select or any character on the account logged in) or 7 days offline, whichever came first as long as there was an item on it. If there was no coin or item on a corpse, 30 min.
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