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 A [[settlement]] is an area of land owned by a player or group of players. There are two kinds of settlements: ''villages'' and ''homesteads''. A settlement is marked by a [[settlement token]] in the exact center of the settlement.

* Village chat (not for homesteads)

To found a settlement you must first obtain a deedsettlement form. Unlike [[Writ of Ownership|writs]], which are created by building a [[house]], deeds settlement forms must be purchased from a [[NPC]] trader. Village deeds at size 10 or more include a free trader. The price of a [[village deedform]] starts at 25 [[silver coin|is 10 silver]] for a size 5, while [[homestead deed]]s start at 5 [[silver coin|silver]]. New settlements have some restrictions on placement. Villages must be placed at least 100 tiles away from the nearest village, or 50 tiles away from the nearest homestead. Villages may never be any closer than the 100 tile limit to another village, regardless of settings. Homesteads must be placed at least 20 tiles away from settlements with the '''other settlements''' permission enabled. If it is disabled, it must be at least 50 tiles away if the other settlement is a homestead, or 100 tiles away if it is a village. This distance is counted from both settlements' border, not the token.

Founding a settlement too close to water will fail. Each homestead's token must be placed a certain distance from tiles submersed in water. In the case of a size 5 Homesteaddeed, there must be no water tiles in a radius of 2 tiles from the center of the deed. This means that a 5x5 square should be at the center of where you plan to deed.

'''Tip:''' You can test whether you are able to plant a deed at your current location simply by trying to found it. If the box that allows you to set the deed's name pops up, then you are in a deedable spot and can safely cancel the box without using up the deed. If you are too close to another deed, you will get an error message in the event window.

An existing settlement may Deeds can be resized by using an unplanted deed on the settlement mayor at the token. Resizing a deed gives half or with the money back for the old settlement deed to the mayor, keeps the old upkeep, and adds a month's worth of light upkeep. Resizing can make a settlement both smaller and larger, but villages can only be resized with village deeds and homesteads with homestead deeds.

* Disbanding a village settlement takes 24 hours. Disbanding a homestead takes 1 hour.

A homestead can only have one citizen. A village can have many, with the exact number depending on the size. Making someone a citizen of a village requires the '''citizens' ''' permission. If the village is a dictatorship, the mayor can also remove citizens. Citizens can also leave on their own volition using ''/revoke <village name>''. Citizens of a democracy cannot be removed; they must revoke their citizenship. If you have become a citizen of a village of homestead settlement in the past 24 hours, you will not be able to join a new village until 24 hours have passed.

Settlements are automatically can be protected by heavy [[deed guards]]. Guards can be light, medium, or heavy. Changing the guard level settings requires the ''hire guards'' permission. If the guard level is decreased, it cannot be increased again until a [[week]] has passed.

Guards will attack aggressive [[creature]]s that enter the settlement area, as well as any character with -30 or lower [[reputation]]. Negative reputation is automatically aquired acquired when [[stealing]] and otherwise breaking the settlement rules. Citizens with the '''manage roles''' permission can also set reputations manually.

Guards demand payment. This payment The maximum number of guards you can have is calculated as a percentage of the deed price1 guard per 7x7 tiles area. One [[month]] (actually 28 days) with light guards costs 10% Example: Guard amount of the a 31x31 deed price, medium guards cost 30%, and heavy guards 50%. ''Note: size 5 homesteads are an exception to this rule. See the table below for their upkeep cost''is 19.

Two months with medium guards on a size 10 village costs 2 * (1g * 30%) = 60 Guards demand payment. Hiring each new guard will cost 1 silversummoning cost. Note: This is deducted immediately from the payment happens continuously in small incrementssettlement upkeep, not one big payment once a monthbefore they spawn. Each guard also adds 30 copper to the monthly settlement upkeep.

Every settlement has an upkeep fund, which guards take their payment from. Anyone can donate money to the upkeep fund, even non-citizens. If the upkeep fund is depleted the settlement is disbanded automatically. A large upkeep fund reduces decay on buildings and [[fence]]s in the settlement. If the fund has more than a month of upkeep there is no decay at all.

On the Wild server, citizens of the enemy kingdom can drain your token once all your deed guards are dead. An enemy draining your token will remove 15% of the monthly upkeep cost from the upkeep fund, of which the drainer receives half. Upkeep cost is treated as always being at least 5 silver, which gives a minimum drain of 75 copper (37.5 to the drainer). A drain can occur once every 24 real-time hours.Every time a deed is drained, the drained amount will increase by 50%. This is reset if the deed is not drained for 2 days

Draining cannot take more money than the upkeep fund actually contains. If a drain empties the upkeep fund completely, the deed will disband in a short while. (The reason given will be the generic lack of upkeep message.)Unlike normal dsibands, no money is refunded to the former mayor.

; [[Forestry]] : Chopping down young [[tree]]s, picking [[sprout]]s, planting sprouts; Cut old trees: is required for cutting down old trees

; Mine rock and ore: [[Mining]]

; Pass all fences : Passing through all fences, even locked ones

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