* 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 the exception of food items.
* Houses that are abandoned get greatly increased decay. Exactly what triggers the 'A house is considered abandoned' state is unknown, but it requires that when the writ owner never logs on (does not log in to the same server as the housefor more than 1.5 months (real life) for an extended period of time.
==Myths==