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[laphalene]

Do basic claims ever decay?

Foraging aground I see lots of obviously abandoned little homesteads, locked tight under the standard skull-on-a-pole claim. Having little interest in developing my thief skills I'm wondering if things like the interesting caves will ever become more than odd landscape visuals I can't come within five log lengths of?

[TeckXKnight]

Do basic claims ever decay?

Foraging aground I see lots of obviously abandoned little homesteads, locked tight under the standard skull-on-a-pole claim. Having little interest in developing my thief skills I'm wondering if things like the interesting caves will ever become more than odd landscape visuals I can't come within five log lengths of?

No, never.

[ImAwesome]

I'm wondering if things like the interesting caves will ever become more than odd landscape visuals I can't come within five log lengths of?

only takes trespassing to get into a cave, trespassing scents can't get you summoned and killed, and go away after 8 hours...

[jesi]

I feel dumb asking this question but could not find the answer by searching posts or reading the wiki . . .

How is the ability to use a crossroads restricted? If I put a crossroads on village land but outside the walls, can anyone use it to teleport inside the village? Do I have to have two crossroads - one inside the walls and one outside - to be able to use the system to enter and exit the walls? I often see crossroads outside walls of other villages, and if I click on it nothing happens. Is that normal?

Any help in understanding how they work would be appreciated.

[borka]

1. you (LS or chief) only can build crossroads on your Village claim
2. you have one inside your walls - a second outside the walls
you connect* the one outside to the one inside: now you can TP from inside to outside
you can't TP from outside to inside that way so nobody else can...

*you (LS or chief) right click the outer one, choose connect and find a sign inside your inventary - this sign you connect to the one inside (it will show a sign then) - the outer one still shows the "naked" pole - those "naked" poles only can be used by the LS or chief for connecting (that's why nothing happens when you click a foreign xroad)

3. TP outside by Xroads ( everyone )
TP inside to idol or HF

Afaik you can connect 5 different xroads signs max. to a pole (i don't remember well - not using xroads atm as i'm a Hermit and use Alts)

Security hint: never store signs!

hth

[Amanda44]

If you declaim a villade idol do you get the lp back that it cost to build it?
I looked on the wiki but couldn't find a reference to the question.

Secondly - does it take much strength do destroy the idol? For example: if i have over 150 str and more in ua (don't know if ua comes into it, but just incase) on an alt will that be enough?

[Phaen]

Jess, everything borka said is correct. Everyone who can touch a crossroad post can use it. That's why people put a post inside the village for "departures" and a post outside the village for "arrivals" and not the other way around. It's a good thing crossroad connections only go in one direction. Like borka said, you use your HF or idol to get back inside the wall and crossroad to get out. Don't worry about experimenting with the connections - the posts are inert when you first build them and you can add & remove connections for free without rebuilding the posts.

One thing to remember is never use the post inside your village as a destination even for friends because if those friends get raided the enemies will teleport into your place and raid it too.

Amanda, nope the 30,000 village idol LP is gone forever. Destroying the idol is easy you can do it with low strength. UA never matters for destroying constructions.

[Amanda44]

Amanda, nope the 30,000 village idol LP is gone forever. Destroying the idol is easy you can do it with low strength. UA never matters for destroying constructions.

Thanks Phaen, shame about the lp, lol, but good news with regard to the distruction.

One other thing, if a crossroad is on unclaimed land, not v or p claim, will it decay if underground?
In other words should i place a p.claim to protect the cr'rd's?

[borka]

Things don't decay in underground - so you're safe without a claim aslong it's an "arrival" xroad (ty Phaen for the good term!)

[Amanda44]

Thanks borka

And, yes, one-way only, arrival. It's all sorted now, idol destroyed, miner oathed back to village (that was fun in the lag and with dodgy pc!) and everything back to normal.