House just Poofed

[ArthurHawkwing]

I'm new to the game, and yes I have a claim up and yes its still filling. Ok so last night a I built a stone timbered house and was admiring it about half an hour ago while moving some stuff in. I started working on my Palisade stonework, and I came back to my house only to have a pile of rubble. Anyone else have this problem since tonight's update? I know they shouldn't do this as long as the claim is up and active. Any ideas as what happened?

[Phaen]

I am guessing someone destroyed your house using a sledgehammer or by dragging an animal over it

[vatas]

Freshly built house has no soak (it raises up to max value over day or two), so if you were unfortunate enough to have someone's vandalism alt pass by, they could've destroyed it relatively easily.

You should check for scents but unfortunately, the perpetrator likely had INT*Stealth value much too high for you to see.

That said, this being a bug can't be dismissed with 100% certainty but unless we start getting stream of similar reports, devs can't chase "possible" bugs.

I also made a suggestion that would situations like these less inconclusive.

[MagicManICT]

I am guessing someone destroyed your house using a sledgehammer or by dragging an animal over it

This is most likely. There is a small possibility that decay got it, but the odds of this are very small. I seriously doubt there is any actual bug here. Either way implies that the claim either wasn't activated or was out of presence.

I have a claim up and yes its still filling.

What do you mean by this? That the claim is in the approximately 8 hour window before it becomes active? If so, the claim offers no protection until you activate it (after the initial 8 hour 'dry time.') Even then, it will need to have the authority meter ('Presence') filled, either manually or when you earn LP. I always suggest manually filling it the first time before expanding the claim so that there is some presence to it to protect your new home. That initial 100 or so points should be enough to last a few days until your LP comes in from curios or other sources for filling the meter after extending your claim to cover a house and fence or palisade.

Also, a building not completely covered by a claim can be vandalized without leaving scents.

[Fostik]

Probably this is it
GIF from SnuggleSnail:
https://imgur.com/OGN4vH9