Gilding question and a different one.

[neoblackheart]

First question I have is about hunting gildings. Specifically what's the best mid grade ones for hunting and what s the best equipment to put them on. I haven't started big game hunting so no mammoth or troll but boat hunting bear, moose and cave angler are possible. I normally try and do hide layer, leather patch and metal buckle if I can get a 3rd gold but is that the best or are there better gildings? Asking this cause I finally finished my tailoring credo.

Second question is based on something a friend told me years ago when I first played. That was never build a charter stone cause you will get raided in a week. I stuck by that last world but only cause I lived in a quiet are. This world though going to a thingwall I always see scents of theft assault and murder. I got lucky early and found a rock crystal on my house hunt so I can build one but does charter stones make you targets that much?

[Fostik]

make you targets that much?

No it's not, there are neither mechanics nor player meta that forces someone to raid you because of charter stone, you can also disable it whenever you want.
This might be a case in the past due to numerous bugs allowing to avoid visitor debuff caused raids, but if built in separate palisade with gates(visitor gates in W16), you're safe even from bugs abuse.

And regarding gilds, you're already using best ones for early-mid game, in late game you stuck anything that can go into items for same stats (agi,ua,melee,surv,str), I don't think there's meta for PvE really.

[neoblackheart]

make you targets that much?

No it's not, there are neither mechanics nor player meta that forces someone to raid you because of charter stone, you can also disable it whenever you want.
This might be a case in the past due to numerous bugs allowing to avoid visitor debuff caused raids, but if built in separate palisade with gates(visitor gates in W16), you're safe even from bugs abuse.

I think he was talking more about people see charter stones and think oh that person must be rich... Even though I am still stuck on level 3 of the mine.

Edit: also I think I miss understood charter stones. I was wanting one so I could use it instead of the thingwall but the wiki says it can't be used to teleport away.

[Fostik]

Edit: also I think I miss understood charter stones. I was wanting one so I could use it instead of the thingwall but the wiki says it can't be used to teleport away.

Exactly, it's a gateway to your base not a starting point. It worked differently in past, and you were able to travel.
Yeah I mean there's a lot of things that could make village look richer, but IMHO only active PvP behavior like scents and fights with other PvP players will attract them to your village.