Decay

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Description

Decay is the erosion of items and manmade structures in Wurm. There are several ways to reduce decay.

Decay rates

  • Deeds decrease decay on walls of any kind by 10x, if the upkeep is higher then 7 days.
  • Deeds stop the decay on walls of any kind if the upkeep is higher than 30 days.
  • Kingdoms reduce wall decay by 2x.
  • Non-kingdom zones have no reduced decay.
  • Normal decay will rot (wood only?) a 20 quality house wall in 1 month.
  • Houses reduce item decay by ?.
  • Containers will reduce decay by 2x.
  • Items made out of cedar wood decay slower.
  • Raw materials (clay, dirt, logs, rocks,meat etc) decay faster then finished materials (weapons, tools, etc.)
  • There is a 2-day period of no decay after a wall is finished.
  • Items do not decay in inventories or on merchants (note that using merchants to prevent decay may be considered an exploit on wild), with this exception of food items

Myths

  • Containers made out of cedar do not reduce the decay of its contents any more than a non-cedar container would.
  • Item decay rates inside caves are not faster or slower than outdoor locations.
  • Stacking a container inside another container does NOT improve the bonus
  • Containers in the inventory do not modify the decay rate of their contents at all.
  • Deeds only affect wall decay, they have no affect on items.
  • Bless has no affect on decay. Its only use is to activate metal altars.

Notes

  • Long standing deeds reduce decay of skills, this has no affect on items. This bonus increases over time.
  • An item in a container, in a house, in kingdom territory probably multiplies the bonus, but this needs verifying.