Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-69.58.110.138-20160115161412/@comment-26180710-20160122165120

From what it sounds like you are asking mostly about the Dark Zone. When you die in the Dark Zone, you will only drop the contaminated items you were carrying. You then respawn in a nearby Safe House or Dark Zone entrance. You will lose some Dark Zone credits and Dark Zone XP. You lose more credits and XP if you die as a rogue agent.

If you die in the PvE area, you don't lose anything. You just respawn back at your Base of Operations. You don't lose any credits or XP when dying here.