Resilience

Resilience is a gameplay mechanic introduced in Total War: Three Kingdoms. Character's resilience indicates their health status in the game. In romance mode, characters can gain extra resilience, which will enable them to survive and recover from fatal wounds.

Overview

Main article: Legendary Character

Some characters, both non-legendary and legendary ones have Resilience ability that allows them to survive being fatal wounded or even killed in battle.

Legendary characters starts out with resilience, meaning that they can't be easily killed on level 1. Non-legendary characters do not have resilience on level 1. However, they will gain resilience with enough Attributes gained. After gaining enough Attributes, non-legendary characters will become legendary status with his/her name turned gold.

When wounded in battle, characters have a recovery phase before able to fight in a battle again. Also, the character's resilience takes a hit.

v・d・e Total War THREE KINGDOMS gameplay mechanics
Characters	Ancillary・Attributes・Background・Class・Guanxi・Legendary・Resilience・Satisfaction (Title Rank)・Skill・Traits (Personality)・Unique
Campaign	Army (Retinue)・Assignment・Buildings・Court (Administrator・Council・Family Tree)・Diplomacy (Coalition・Vassal)・Event (Initial Dilemma)・Factions (Leader・Heir・Prime Minister)・Fertility・Food・Mission (Challenge)・Population・Prestige (Faction Rank)・Records・Reforms・Resources・Seasons・Specialisation・Treasury・Undercover Network
Battle	Ability (Unit Ability)・Dueling・Formation・Fortification・Morale・Terrain・Siege (Siege Escalation)・Unit (Hero Unit)・Weather
Miscellaneous	Advisor・DLCs・Locations (Commandery・County・Settlement)・Timeline・Pins・Quotes・Records mode・Romance mode・Subculture (Governor)・Wu Xing