Normally, your corpse can only be looted by yourself, your friends, fellow citizens, or allies, or (on Epic) people of an enemy kingdom. You can use the [[chat command]] '''/release corpse''' (with a space) to allow anyone from your kingdom to loot your corpse. If the corpse does not seem lootable after using the command, typing it a second time seems to actually release it.
Generally, your corpse will last around 24 a real-life hoursweek. After that, it will decay and the items that were on it will be a pile of items on the ground where you died, and no longer protected. If your corpse is on a deed tile that does not allow picking up of items, it is possible that others may not be able to loot your corpse, even if you do release it. However, you always have the right to loot your own corpse.
==Death penalty==