Before giving up my "young" status besides not being able to be pk'd are there any other benefits?

[Xaxtax]

Other than the wisp I don't see anything special about being young. At one time I thought as a young player monsters didn't attack you unless you attacked them, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.

 

[GoD PaRtiCal]

Young Status:
You can't be PK'd easily
You will not lose loot upon dying
You will be labeled a noob
You can enter the new player dungeon

 

[StegcO]

Make the quest to receive the ring/candle before leave it

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[Null]

keeping all your loot when you die is one of the better perks

 

[Xaxtax]

Thanks.
What's the ring and candle do?

 

[Easy Cheese]

I seek forgiveness sends you to the brit healer, or bucs (if red) once every 24hrs.

Wearing the ring that is. Very nice perk.

 

[Rikket_The_Rogue]

Thanks.
What's the ring and candle do?

The ring is blessed and stays with you as long as it's in your back-pack (never put a blassed item in a bag inside your backpack, you'll loose the bag and thus all items within). You can wear it to if you like, but there's no benefit/penalty for doing do. As long as you have the ring you can, while dead, say the phrase, 'I seek forgiveness' once per 24 hours to be taken a (the nearest?) town healer; useful if you're killed and your ghost is trapped on an isle or something like that.

The candle does nothing; maybe it makes a cool blue-glow if you have 'dark nights' and 'colored lighting' activated in your options? Most of the community turns off lighting, but I find it adds atmosphere (and gives a spell and a potion a reason for existing).

There is one major benefit to young status characters not directly addressed even though it's common knowledge a lot of players do it:

While you are young and can't be looted, so if you have the right build, you can farm end-game content without the worry of being looted. The death itself isn't even a worry since the wisp can rez you on demand.

Let people call you noob; you'll be to busy hearing the clinking of gold coins to care.