Item Decay

[TJ Littledeer]

This is getting tiring. I had several items on server 1506 decay after only TWO days. I am getting ready to drop this server altogether if something isn't done about this. It has happened two times in the past and is very tiresome.

[Multigun]

I'm really not familiar with the decay system, but as I understand it, items decay faster when not linked with other buildings like a foundation. LIke if you put a chest out in the middle of no where by itself, it will decay faster.

[Cake for Mumm-Ra]

What's the item? And where is it in reference to your main base?

Use the hammer to see what your current decay timer is. If it isn't 6 days or whatever, you need to use more materials. So, if you want, say, a chest out in the middle of nowhere, put it on a few t3 blocks first.

[Fox]

If it's just some tiny 4x4 shack or something, yes it will decay fast.

[frillen]

Normally it shouldn't decay faster if it's within reach or connected to the main base, but there are known issues where updates sometimes delete stuff and/or items suddenly drop to decaying in a matter of hours.
I lost almost everything in an outpost that was inside the house and outside on connected foundations(Greater wheel of pain, big campfire, 3 chests, 4 crafting stations thralls and 1 door), funny thing is that all foundations, the house and a map room was ok, it was just everything in it that disappeared after the update.
I somehow feel lucky only to have lost this, one of the veterans on our server(pve official 1013) lost his entire base in just 4 days except for a yog pit, a few decorative items and a small storage building that was just outside his base up on the mountains side, these things survived his 4 days absence - This base has been his home since full release in may and now everything is gone.

I know it isn't a perfect solution, but best way is to store some of the most valuable items in rocknose, rhino, camel and other pets that can live a long time on food that doesn't spoil and put them in a place where they can't be reached by other predators until they get this buggy decay system under control, and think it already has a high priority for the devs - The official servers are bleeding players because of such things, so hopefully they will find a solution sooner than later :)

[CipherΞHawk]

Yep I just lost a ton of items after this update, it's a shame because I was enjoying the game but if the items you build are just simply gone after an update why even bother?

[Cake for Mumm-Ra]

Originally posted by ⊂ipher廾awﻸ:

Yep I just lost a ton of items after this update, it's a shame because I was enjoying the game but if the items you build are just simply gone after an update why even bother?

Its not because of the update, it's due to your inactivity that the items decayed and vanished. Use the hammer to see the decay timer.