Originally posted by Eren:

Originally posted by Mharr:

You can also just sail back to the location. Graves float.

♥♥♥♥♥♥ serpent waits there just next to my corpse lol i ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up rly bad

There is a body retrieval group. They come with you, kick the crap out of whatever killed you and you get your stuff back. Check the groups section i believe. Or someone here can come aid you in your quest to retrieve body and gear.