Animal Corpses - "Persistent" or Not

[Matthias Frost]

So the question is, how long *Should* animal corpses stay around for on a claim?

There was a update on the old forum saying they are now persistent, but over night (like 7hrs) I lost 2 deer on a claim (paved too) unskinned/butchered and the discussion on IRC got various answers from - Persistent means they won't despawn but can decay, corpses having lasted upto 3 days and others having issues of them disappearing randomly too.

So unlucky and working as intended or bug?

Edit : Dropped another one to see how long he lasted, disappeared after about 4hrs

[Sevenless]

The corpses are persistent until the map area unloads. When the map unloads currently (no players within viewing distance for 10-15 minutes), all corpses are wiped. You can store them in leantos indefinitely though. Villager of mine had the last high Purity deer in his leanto for two months *shudders*. Named her Gloria.

Pretty sure this is merely a placeholder system though.