Soul's Remnant Ironman Mode

When you create a character in Soul's Remnant, you can choose to play as an Ironman — a challenge mode built around full self-sufficiency. Ironman characters cannot trade with regular players, cannot join outside parties or guilds, and must earn every item themselves.

• No trading with other players.
• No parties or guilds with other players.
• No shared EXP — you gain no experience from monsters that other players contributed damage to.
• No shared loot — you cannot pick up items dropped by monsters you received help killing.

You start as a Hardcore Ironman. If you die, you keep playing as an Ironman with all the same restrictions, but your Hardcore status — and its badge — is gone for good.

Group Ironman (2–5 members) applies the same restrictions with one exception: your group is a closed circle. You can trade, party up, and form a guild together — but only with each other.

• The group shares a pool of lives — one per member. A 5-player group has 5 lives.
• Every death — by anyone — consumes one life from the shared pool.
• When the pool runs out, everyone keeps playing as Group Ironman but loses Hardcore status. One teammate dying 6 times costs the whole group its badge.
• Track remaining lives in the Misc tab of the Guild Window N.
• You can leave your group at any time, but you cannot rejoin — leaving turns you into a solo Ironman.

Becoming an Ironman happens in the very first tutorial map — and it is deliberately hidden behind a small platforming check. You must make some tricky jumps to reach the floating Deferri Crystal, then interact with it and confirm your choice.

A side benefit: forming a Hardcore Group Ironman immediately creates your guild together — skipping the usual 1,000 Soul Crystal cost.

Your Ironman status is public. A badge sits to the right of your name and on the character select screen:

Normally, leveling a guild requires a minimum number of current members. For both Ironman types, that member requirement is removed — so level your guild and take the guild perks. Leaving the group guild turns you into a solo Ironman.

After the tutorial, the Deferri Crystal rests below the bridge in Spawn. Interacting with it explains how to remove your Ironman status: the icon next to your name disappears and you become a standard character who can trade and party freely. Any items in your storage are mailed to you.

De-Ironman is permanent in one direction — once normal, you can never be an Ironman on that character again. Still gearing up? Check the Beginner Guide and the Dungeons guide before committing a Hardcore run.