What is waste?

[Propulsion]

I have no idea what it is/means

[Frakked]

I have no idea what it is/means

On your UI... bottom left corner there is a toggle for waste claim. When a town is under waste claim... everything will appear 'reddish' or burgundy; it affects all other items under Latikai or Ender... spiders show up differently, etc.

Basically- a Waste claim has 24 hours to mature, but can only be destroyed the last 4 hours of maturity. So it you happen to be online when it appears at 3am... it can't be destroyed until 11pm of the same day. If it reaches full 24 hour maturity... it gives the aggressors full right to destroy everything in it's area of influence without leaving scents.

Your base defenses will still work.

It's up to you be available and online to repair as they attack and/or repulse them. I recommend you stock up on repair items... flints repair stone walls... and plank... planed boards... and you'll need a shed worth of both...and coal to replenish braziers... lots of all to repulse serious attempt. (All repair mats need to be inside walls... going out to get is death if under attack).

However, as this is 24/7/365 game... most choose the worst time for you personally to defend.

Waste claim can give you up to 24 hours to alt bank all your goods...and leave attackers nothing but infrastructure to destroy.

It's your option... but if you don't have watse claim toggled on UI... you won't know when it's coming.

Waste claims do affect Town Mayors to some extent... not sure exactly as I never bothered with one; but I suspect every hour one is up... equates to a loss of authority on your Bell... expect to spend silver x12 your normal rate while Waste claim is up.

Only town Mayors can place Waste claims on other towns.

[Mereni]

I have no idea what it is/means

Okay, first, disregard everything that idiot Frakked just said. It's almost entirely wrong.

Waste is a skill you can learn that allows you to destroy things that are on someone else's claim, a claim you don't have permission to access. It's a crime to commit waste and you will leave scents that can be used to kill you if your character is not well protected in a strong base. It's a skill pretty much only used by raiders and is needed to break someone's walls and braziers so the good stuff can be stolen.

Frakked was talking about Waste Claims, but most of what he said was wrong. A Waste Claim is something you use to attack a town. See this page for more information if you want to know about it. You WILL still leave scents when a waste claim is in use. And the silver drain is on the attacker's bell, not the one being attacked. The drain is pretty severe and is the price raiders pay for the potential of loot.

There is a button near the Pclaim and Tclaim buttons on the lower left that will put an overlay on the land if a Waste Claim is in effect in your area. It's something you should check every day if you live in a town. If you only have a pclaim, a waste claim isn't needed to attack you so don't bother checking.

[Frakked]

I appreciate the clarification- readily admit I was going on hear-say from the old world mechanics.

thanks