How can I die from falling?

When falling in Final Fantasy 14, I get damage based on the height.

I fall a lot (mostly on purpose, love to see the Chocobo fly! ;)) and so far died from falling only once, and can't reproduce it.

Even falling from very high places (with or without Chocobo) leaves me alive, with 1 HP.

I don't remember where I fell and died (just that it was not on purpose, I actually fell), it was when I was around level 10. Maybe with low HP falling can kill you?

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You can only die from fall damage if you're in combat with something, otherwise you'll be left with 1 HP no matter how far you fall.

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You either were in an instance (dungeon, etc.) when you died or something killed you right after you landed and you didn't notice.

As it stands there is no way to die from falling from any height outside of instanced battles (at least not from the fall itself) in FFXIV, at most you can land in the middle of a pack of aggressive mobs and they kill you faster than your health can regenerate after your fall.

It's on the list with not drowning when under water with ways in which the world of FFXIV is not like our own.

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