Does crime expire if you escape?

[controll alt defeat]

Hello, I got accused of a crime (I think it's a bug), and I fled. Now when I come by the city the guards aggro me right away. Does this expire eventually it will always be a criminal to these guards?

[NeverSleeper]

No, you will eventually have to pay a fine or accept a stay in jail to appease the citizens who think you did something.

(Whether you did the crime or not, word spreads lol)

If you come across someone looting a corpse on the road and accuse them, they might get scared and pin it on you (or try to) did anything like that happen?

[CreutzFeldJak0b]

yes it does. although it takes a long time.
but if you are certain you didnt do anything, it might be something simple like walking around an area you are not supposed to be in (the fine is usually around 15 g).
or maybe you killed an animal in front of witnesses?

edit:
@krustnonika
iam pretty sure it does expire (at least most stuff. not sure about multiple homicide)
i did that in ledetschko and after quite a while the bounty disappeared

[NeverSleeper]

Originally posted by CreutzFeldJak0b:

yes it does. although it takes a long time.
but if you are certain you didnt do anything, it might be something simple like walking around an area you are not supposed to be in (the fine is usually around 15 g).
or maybe you killed an animal in front of witnesses?

I don't think the NPCs forget. They may be willing to forgive though.

[CreutzFeldJak0b]

no i dont think the npcs forget.
the huntmaster in rattay wont teach me anything because i knocked him out years ago (even though he shouldnt have realized that it was me).
but the bounty system is a seperate issue i think.

[controll alt defeat]

How long will it take for the bounty to disappear?

I accidentally held down E instead of just pressing E and pickpocketed the bath lady in front of everyone.

[CreutzFeldJak0b]

if you are in rattay i would recommend to just pay the fine because it takes quite a while.
just stash or sell your stolen stuff before.

[[MFG] Rick]

After a while, it is possible for the crimes to go away. This all depends on the other choices you make, how quickly word spreads, etc, but it is possible. It could take, let's say a couple of weeks (in-game time) for that to happen, which is still quite a while in real time.

[Drudge Jedd]

i like it when you're beating the crap out of them then they're like JESUS CHRIST. Like they are just so suprised at how good you are lol.

[CreutzFeldJak0b]

even more funny is how bernard always takes 200 g from for crippling "someone".

[Claus]

Originally posted by rick5292:

After a while, it is possible for the crimes to go away. This all depends on the other choices you make, how quickly word spreads, etc, but it is possible. It could take, let's say a couple of weeks (in-game time) for that to happen, which is still quite a while in real time.

This makes sense if you're caught, but honestly it makes no sense if you manage to get away and still have to wait, what's the point of being a thief then ?

I agree one should have to wait weeks in-game time if you're caught, but it makes no sense at all to have it when you manage to escape, then it's simply not worth doing it.

Now being a thief is not easy as it is, i think if you manage to get away you should avoid having paying for it imo.

[NeverSleeper]

Originally posted by Claus:

Originally posted by rick5292:

After a while, it is possible for the crimes to go away. This all depends on the other choices you make, how quickly word spreads, etc, but it is possible. It could take, let's say a couple of weeks (in-game time) for that to happen, which is still quite a while in real time.

This makes sense if you're caught, but honestly it makes no sense if you manage to get away and still have to wait, what's the point of being a thief then ?

I agree one should have to wait weeks in-game time if you're caught, but it makes no sense at all to have it when you manage to escape, then it's simply not worth doing it.

Now being a thief is not easy as it is, i think if you manage to get away you should avoid having paying for it imo.

Because the entire marketing pitch for this game is that its a realistic living world and your actions have consiquences. This is what you sign up for if you choose to be a thief in KCD. If you stole stuff in real life, at no point would it stop being stolen.

[Nixxen]

I've spent over a day in Uzhitz fighting the Fisherman and one of the other guys, back to back so I don't have to wait for them to wake up. I used various foods to keep me awake through the night and parts of the next day.
Everything was going fine.
I return to town to get some rest at the inn eventually...
Turns out when one of them saw me fighting the other it was pinned as a crime...
I went from 100 citizen rating down to 26, and I have the "wanted" debuff whenever I get close to the city.

I've been mostly lawful my entire game, only killing animals in the forest, but not looting them (for bow skill).
Generally well liked all across the board.

Can I fix this somehow, without paying all my money in fees or tainting my good name?

Edit:
For anyone coming to this post later.
I've managed to get rid of the wanted level by dressing in my finest attire, taking a bath and clothes wash in another town. Finally top it off by drinking Amor Potion to boost my charisma as high as I can. Walk up to a guard in the town in question and try to use the "heart" talk option to push the guard into his place (in short, "scaring him" with nobility).
I no longer have the wanted marker, but the citizens still hate me.
I'll just have to work my way up from that over time.

Still a bit annoyed that people in the fight club take other people in the fight club fighting together as a crime...

[Odyssey]

The bounty goes away with time, your bad reputation doesn´t.

[BDK]

You have a reputation bar.

[aw]

I can also confirm bounty expires (and it doesn't take that long - unless time needed is based on amount of bounty and mine wasn't high). For me I had bounty in both monastery and sasau (not rly sure what for tbh, nobody spotted me stealing etc.) and it expired after about 1-2 in game days.