ClearfellBasics guide
On PC, hold Ctrl and left-click the destination on the waypoint map or Ctrl-click the entrance to that area, then choose New in the Instance Manager. On PlayStation, highlight the destination and press Triangle. On Xbox, press Y. The new instance has a newly generated layout and a fresh set of monsters. Pick up anything you want from the old instance before replacing it.
On PC, hold Ctrl and left-click the area on the waypoint map. If the area has no waypoint, hold Ctrl and click the entrance that leads into it. On PlayStation, highlight the destination and press Triangle. On Xbox, highlight it and press Y. The button prompt shown by the game takes priority if controls have been rebound.
The Instance Manager lists any still-active copies of the area. Choose New instead of an existing entry, then enter the area. The game generates another instance from that area's rules.
Check where the area sits in the campaign route.
A fresh instance has a newly generated layout, living monsters, and reset encounter state. This is useful for repeating ordinary campaign monsters or a repeatable boss.
Check bosses, encounters, quests, and connections before farming an area.
Track one-time campaign rewards separately from repeatable encounters.
An empty campaign instance normally remains available for about 8 to 15 minutes. When it expires, its saved monsters, layout, and ground items are destroyed, and the next entry creates another instance. The manual Instance Manager is the immediate option. Instances opened through the Map Device can remain available much longer.
Creating a new instance from an entrance or waypoint is a manual area reset. Respawn at Checkpoint is a separate party command that can move the whole party into a new campaign instance when its conditions are met.
Review checkpoint respawn, revival, loot allocation, and party scaling.
The fresh instance has its own layout and state. Ground items, killed monsters, exploration, and other saved state remain in the old instance only while it still exists.
The familiar Ctrl-click reset is for campaign-area instances. Endgame maps are opened through the Map Device with Waystones and have separate access, death, and persistence rules.