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title: "Abandoning Your Avatar and Respawning"
description: "Abandoning Your Avatar and Respawning"
url: https://support.travian.com/en/articles/13-abandoning-your-avatar-and-respawning
collection: "Getting started"
updated: 2026-10-27
language: en
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# Abandoning Your Avatar and Respawning

Abandoning Your Avatar and Respawning

Sometimes your starting position in Travian: Legends isn’t ideal. Maybe your spawn location is poor, or you chose the wrong tribe or map quarter. Don’t worry — you can **abandon your avatar** and **respawn** with a fresh start.

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## When Can You Respawn?

You can only respawn if **all** of the following are true:

-   The gameworld is still open for registration
    
-   Your avatar is not scheduled for deletion
    
-   Your avatar is not banned
    
-   You are still under **Beginner’s Protection**
    
-   The Auction House is not fully unlocked (your hero hasn’t completed enough adventures yet)
    
-   You only have **one village**
    
-   You are the account **owner** (sitters and duals cannot use respawn)
    

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## How to Respawn

1.  Click the **cogwheel icon** (top corner).
    
2.  Open the **Avatar tab**.
    
3.  Find the **“Respawn Avatar”** option.
    
4.  Type **respawn** in the confirmation field.
    
5.  Choose your **map quarter**, **tribe**, and **avatar name**.
    
    -   You can reuse the same avatar name if you like.
        

After confirming, your old avatar is abandoned and you receive a brand-new village in a fresh spot. Progress is not transferred — you restart from scratch.

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## **Deleting or changing your avatar**

-   **Delete your avatar yourself** via Options > Avatar > Delete avatar.
    
-   Want to start fresh? Use the **abandon avatar** option.
    
-   Do not create a new Lobby account — stick to your existing one.
    

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## What Happens to Gold?

-   **Gold Starter Promo** \- Gold from this special one-time offer package is not transferable (see [Game Rule 1.8](https://www.travian.com/gamerules))
    
-   **Purchased Gold:** Unspent Gold is automatically transferred to your new avatar, including converted time from Travian Plus and resource bonuses (if bought with transferable Gold).
    
-   **Gold Club:** If purchased with transferable Gold, it also transfers to your new avatar.
    
    -   [Gold Transfer details](https://support.travian.com/articles/117) 
        

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## What Happens to the Old Avatar?

-   If your avatar was created **less than 1 hour ago**, it is deleted immediately.
    
-   If older, it is removed from your **lobby account** (you can’t access it anymore) but remains in the game world until it’s deleted automatically later.
    
-   If you use the same avatar name, the old one’s name is automatically changed to avoid duplicates.
    

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**Tip:** Respawning is a great way to restart quickly if you feel stuck — especially in your first game. Use it early while you’re still under protection!