Builds inside claim getting damaged

[Scarikas]

Don't mind that this is my first post in 10 years. Literally 11 when I first made this account and I'm 21 now. Weird.

I'm new to the "new" haven, and I just noticed my buildings in my claim have taken significant damage. I've had them claimed for a couple days and it wasn't this bad before. My house was likely a hit away from being destroyed when I realized it's not supposed to be red and started repairing it lmao

I have tracking on but no one has been on my claim. I also haven't had any animals here as I'm on a little island. Anyone know why this is happening or how I can prevent it?

[SnuggleSnail]

Decay hits aren't supposed to happen to buildings on a claim. It's technically possible that somebody partially bashed it, and you just can't see the scent. I think the more likely explanation is that your claim is out of authority, and thus not preventing decay ticks

http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/A_Bond_of_Blood_%26_Soil
after an in game day your claim becomes active, and its authority is filled by having this in your study when curios pop

[shubla]

I have tracking on but no one has been on my claim.

You cannot see people with high stealth*int if you have low perc*exp.

Have you confirmed that the claim is active etc?

[vatas]

Shameless plug.

[Phaen]

Maybe your claim was never activated after you built it?

Old haven: claims immediately work
New haven: build claim, wait 24 hrs, click totem to activate

[MagicManICT]

Just to note: 1 game day is about 7.5 hours (a little bit longer).

Also, when you activate the claim the first time, the claim's presence is empty. You have to fill it either by waiting on curios to finish or manually filling at the time of activation. I suggest using the latter as it's something like 100 LP to fill a fresh 5x5 claim.

[meus]

click totem to activate

This seems the most probable reason - quite possibly OP didn't activate it.

[vatas]

Also, after the one in-game day has passed (about 8 hours realtime) you need to also "see" the claim with the same character to activate it.

This step was added to discourage "fire-and-forget" -type of claims.

"Seeing" presumably means just having the claim pole within your rendering distance, but I'd open the claim interface to confirm it anyway, so I'd day that you need to that.