1. Depends on type of crime. Murder lasts very long (infinite?) while the others shorter. 2. Yes you will be summoned to your leanto or claimstake if the can reach it.
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I don't think anyone has really tested...Though I'm pretty sure murder lasts 9 days and 8 hours, Larceny 2 days 16 hours and vandalism 4 days. (Anyone correct me if I am wrong)
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Yes, usually hire someone else to track down the scents and get revenge.
Also, don't kill or steal or anything on your main. Most people have two characters, a farmer and a killer. The farmer does all the 'housework' and has all the skills. The killer has high humors and all the crime skills and lives in the most secure section of your base, or somewhere else that's secure and murder alts die all the time anyway. Kiss the character goodbye before you commit so much as a trespass with it.
OP, when you track the scents you wil pick up evidence...the evidence last for a VERY long time. Just make sure you find out where the criminal lives before the scent goes away by following the tracking arrow to the claim and you will have all the time you need to get revenge.
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Rumor is that murder evidence will last a good 3 months. I can neither confirm nor deny that and I believe I read it on a dev post, but it's been a while and the devs here can be vague or even troll us from time to time.
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