I screwed up big time, but I don't know how

[harleyvitality]

Hey everyone, I'm here posting to try and learn from whatever I did wrong. I had a claim on an island that was entirely walled off, and a guy had been harassing me for a while around there. He had never managed to get in my walls, and he never got a hold of any master keys or whatnot. I logged in earlier to find all my stuff and my hearths still exactly where I left them, but my claim was now entirely his claim. Nothing changed, except that the claim is now his. The only thing that comes to mind is maybe he picked all my locks, destroyed my claim, and then placed his own over it in less than 12 hours.

Any ideas? Pretty amusing to be honest, he got me good - just don't want to have it happen again.

[waga]

By walled off you mean a pali right ? not a shit fence or stone wall? :p
Also you're saying he haass you for a while, did he Ko'd you once ? he might have stole your bond.
speaking of which, it takes 4 irl days to study the bond for the bond to change ownership.
My money on you got Ko'd 4 days ago and he stole your bond.

[harleyvitality]

That must've been it, yeah. So next time, if I get KO'd and my bond is stolen, how do I stop this from happening? And yes, Pali wall. To clarify: yes, I'd say probably 4 days ago he KO'd me. I'm such a noob haha

[waga]

Renew bond is an option when you click your idol.
Sorry for your loss, I'm afraid it's time to move away to a less hostile area.

[harleyvitality]

I accidentally set myself up (before scouting) between 7 localized resources within a 3minute trip...it definitely attracted way more attention than I was intending. Onwards to greener pastures!...or more doom

P.S. Thank you for the help. Could sit and whine, or can live and learn. This game isn't for the weak-minded

[vatas]

Getting KO'd and having your bond stolen is legitimate newbie trap, you get no notification whatsoever, you have to specifically notice that you don't have a bond in your inventory anymore and probably do a forum/wiki search to figure out what to do.

I remember post a world or two back where OP described how a camp where maybe 5 people lived was suddenly the property of whoever ganked their claim owner 4 days prior. (How is new player supposed to know you're supposed to make claim alt that rarely logs into the game and never leaves safety?)

[harleyvitality]

Didn't even think of having a claim alt! Yet another lesson

[linkfanpc]

I just want to chime in and say your persistence is inspiring. Good luck on your move and don't let yourself be disheartened!

[Nexit]

How is new player supposed to know you're supposed to make claim alt that rarely logs into the game and never leaves safety?

honestly the bond item should just be removed and ownership managed through some other mechanic. there is no reason to hold onto your bond, and new players are the only ones keeping their bond on them, having it stolen, and being unaware that you have to renew it. the item's sole functionality is to vastly punish new players when getting robbed.

[harleyvitality]

All your words are very kind and helpful. As we know, that tends to be a bit of a rarity in H&H xD It's amazing how many things there are to learn, but that's what makes it such a unique game. At least I had a short period of time where I owned an entire island 120k LP worth haha

Haven's big draw is that it is so open to whatever humanity you'd like to apply to the situation. I had tried communicating with the guy before he ended up with my claim, and it seems his main concern was if I was harvesting the localized resources (I wasn't, but no way to prove that without letting someone in).

Is there any OBVIOUS things a noob like me might want to watch out for in the world? I've read through most the guides and am somewhat knowledgeable in the basics of the game, but more like weird things such as the bond being stealable.