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A [[settlement]], or deed, is an area of land owned by a player or group of players: a [[mayor]] and optional [[citizen]]s(if any). A settlement is marked by a [[settlement token]] in the exact centeron an outdoor tile somewhere within its borders. See this website for details about the new You receive a settlement deed system introduced form in February of 2010: http://sites.google.com/a/wurmonline.com/newyour inventory (that is no-drop) when you deed-system/ Placing or Trading an already Placed Settlement requires [[Premium]] Time. If premium time expires for the mayor, the mayor DOES NOT lose the deed or their role as mayora settlement.

A character may only be a citizen or mayor of one settlement at a time per server. The same character can be a citizen or mayor of another settlement on a different server. A player with multiple characters (alts) can have each character in a different settlement on the same server and may own multiple settlements on the same server if each character is the mayor of one settlement.

== Advantages to Deeding Land ==* Control of who is allowed which actions within the settlement area.* [[Deed guards]] protecting the settlement.* Setting reputations to keep out unwanted people (see [[Kill on Sight]]).* A settlement token to have access your [[bank]] account at.* On settlements with over 30 days upkeep in their coffers:* Reduced [[* No decay]] on structuresbuildings, fences, or decorative items.** No monthly partial loss of bulk items in crates or other bulk storage.* Maintenance of signs, lamps, banners and flags by [[spirit guards]].* Village chat.* Instant logout when leaving Wurm inside the settlement (some exceptions apply).* Respawn at your own settlement from anywhere on the map when you die.* Respawn at [[Ally#Allies_and_wars|allied]] settlements that are within 50 [[tile]]s when you die.

* [[Branding]] animals to show the village they belong to and to allow them to be lead by villagersmanaging their permissions.* A [[productivity bonus ]] to item crafting for the citizens the older the deed is; see ''acquired knowledge'' in the village info at the token.* An enchanting Note: It seems that the productivity bonus similar begins to decrease when upkeep is lower than one month (you will receive a message in the productivity village chat tab when you log in when upkeep falls below one month). Keeping more than one month's worth of upkeep in the village coffers will reverse this trend.* Enchanting bonus, healing bonus, and increased [[Rarity system|rare window]] from settlement members sacrificing items at altars.

To found Founding a settlement, you must first obtain a [[settlement form]]. Unlike [[Writ (deed) requires the use of Ownership|writs]], which are created by building a [[House (general)|house]], settlement forms must be purchased from an [[NPC]] [[traderdeed stake]]. The price of a form is 10 silver.

When you use Right-clicking a deed stake in your settlement form to found inventory brings up a deed, "Settlement Application Form" dialog in which you will have a credit of 10 silver. 3 silver will always be reserved all the options for upkeepyour settlement. The other 7 silver is used to cover your tile founding costs, and any left over will also go to are taken from your upkeepbank account. If your inital The cost for the minimum sized deed would cost more than 7 is 4 silver, you must have 21 copper. This includes the cost of the extra amount in your bank accounttiles plus 3 silver coins towards upkeep.

Stand on the tile that you want your village centre token to be on, right-click the Settlement deed paper stake in your inventory, and choose Village > Found Village. A series of forms follows where you can set:*Settlement size(east, east-west , north, and north-south)*Perimeter size, beyond the five free tiles*Village name and motto and whether it is a democracy or autocracydictatorship.** You can rename a village in the resize optionfor 5 silver coins. This resets the productivity bonus of the villageand locks the name for 6 months.

Deed One tile on deed costs 1 copper to purchase and has a 20 iron upkeep. 1 perimeter tile costs 50 iron to purchase and has a 5 iron upkeep. You can found a deed while you are still a villager of another deed. Once you found the new deed you'll become the mayor of the new deed and automatically leave the old deed. A deed has a rectangular form. One edge of the deed can not be longer than four times the other edge. Minimum size is 5. Example: Settlement size east-5 west 5 and north-6 south 6 will create a deed 11 tiles by 13 tiles. You could not make a deed of 11 tiles by 45 tiles as that would make one side be more than 4 times larger than the other. To visualize the area better, make use of the Survey Area button in the forms that places temporary survey markers at the planned borders.

*'''Free player cannot players can plant a deed, even though but won't be able to invite other players until they may own one (via [[Account_Types#Premium|turn premium]] expiration).'''Free players cannot take over ownership of a pre-existing deed.*You need the writs for to have management [[permissions]] of all buildings that fall within your new settlement area held in your inventoryto be able to place a deed. **''The initial You can place a new deed when founding cannot have non-writ houses in the 's '''perimeter.''**'over existing buildings for which you don'Howevert own, that does not apply when expanding but you need at least two full tiles of perimeter between the edge of your perimeter. You can expand a perimeter over houses deed and the edge of any building you do not own.*Settlements can only be founded within your [[kingdom]]. On Chaos , Defiance or the Epic servers, this might require building [[guard tower]]s.*On Chaos, Defiance or the Epic servers you cannot found a deed within 100 tiles of any non-allied same kingdom deed.

*Token A token must be placed at least two tiles second tile away from tiles submersed in water(center tile of 3x3 island is enough). *Token A token cannot be inside a cave, or a house.*Aggressive animals , on what will become the deed , prevent planting of the deed, ; kill or lead them away first. Creatures in the future perimeter do not count.*The mayor can destroy any building on deed , even if he/she has does not have permissions to that building.*You may not got plant a deed on [[Holy Ground]].*When founding a deed, it will add 3 silver to the writcost of founding, and apply that to upkeep.

After founding, you can edit your settings from token the Token > Settlement menu, or from the Settlement deed paper > Village menu.

The perimeter around a deed disallows non-citizens building structures , and the founding of other deeds. Your deed perimeter cannot overlap with the perimeter of another deed, though although they can share a perimeter border. On the Epic servers, the kingdom guards will hunt down any player that have less than -30 reputation in the deed within the perimeter.  The first 5 tiles around a settlement deed are free perimeter. You can extend beyond the free perimeter, but this will come at a cost. Initial fee per tile is 50 iron, with an added monthly upkeep of 5 iron. Perimeter can be resized at any time, but the minimum perimeter allowed is 5 tiles.

The first 5 tiles around a settlement deed are free perimeter. You can extend beyond Perimeter is treated the free perimetersame with wilderness, but this will come at a costthus do not reduce decay. Initial fee per tile is 50 iron, with an added monthly upkeep Nor does it increase decay unless the owner of 5 ironthe structure has been away from the server for more than three months. Perimeter can be resized at any At which timethe building will begin to accumulate increased perimeter decay. This occurs in addition to the “abandoned” status decay increase.

Deeds can be resized by the mayor at the token or with the settlement deed.You cannot resize if the settlement is under siege, or if your Templar is fighting an aggressive animal.There are '''no refunds ''' for downsizing. Premium time is not required to re-size a settlement. The mayor can expand his perimeter over a house which he does not have permissions for. This serves as a warning for a deed expansion and gives the owner of the house time to move. Only the perimeter can be expanded over a house - the mayor has to have permissions to the house to expand the deed over it.

''There's some confusion the cost of resizing will be taken from the deeds coffers first and then the player bank account if the coffers dont have enough. This will be reflected on this "Extend over a house" rule / abilitythe last screen of the resize dialog. It does happen, but may 3 silver will always be left as a bug. Once the situation is clarifiedminimum, we'll update this section.''<br />You may move your perimeter over a house so if you don't have less than that, the writ to. Although once you do normal rules apply and you'll need the writ to do any further adjustmentscoffers will not be used.

The money needed to resizing must be either on '''Warning:''' At the question concerning hiring of a spirit templar (or guards), if you leave it as 0 the person resizeing resized deed will have no templar even if you originally had one (or more). <u>Always fill this in their bankwith the number of templars you want on your resized deed.</u>

'''Warning :''' Do not sail to another server in your cluster between issuing the Disband* A deed may be disbanded. If manually disbanded, and the actual Disbanding owner receives all of settlement coffer money back. The owner will receive nothing back if the deedis disbanded due to lack of upkeep. Doing so may cause you to not receive The money is placed in the refund former owner's bank account. It is believed this money comes direct from the King; reasonable since deed money goes direct to the King.* Only the mayor may disband the settlement via the option at the token.* Disbanding a settlement takes 24 real hours. If set to disband immediately, it will take 1 hour.* If you remove all villagers and resize the upkeepdeed to smallest size before disbanding, disbanding will take 1 real hour. Crossing to anther cluster (Epic / Freedom) is okay* When disbanding, as all branded animals lose their branding.* The area occupied by a deed when it disbands becomes the area in which archaeology can be performed on that deed, no matter how large or small the deed was previously. == Mayor ==All settlements have a mayor. The initial mayor is a separate avatarthe founder of the settlement. At any given time, and the original mayor is still the one who holds the deed. Mayor and villagers get a bonus to bashing structures on the deed's server. Mayors can pass through locked gates.

* A Trading the deed may be disbanded. If manually disbanded, makes the new owner receives half of the cost of the settlement form (5s), and all upkeep in excess of 5 silver. The owner will receive nothing back if the deed is disbanded due to lack of upkeep. The money is placed in the former owner's bank accountmayor. It is believed this money comes direct from the King; reasonable since deed money goes A player must have premium time to direct to the King.* Only people with the '''manage roles''' permission, or the mayor, may disband take over the settlement; citizens can stop a disband.* Disbanding a settlement takes 24 real hours. NOTE: In some cases, it only takes 1 hour to disband a settlement. Reason for this is unknown, but may be related to size, age or number ownership of citizens. (This is likely due to the deed being classified as a 'homestead,' which under the old deed system would only take one hour to disband.)* When a village disbands, all its [[gate]]s are unlocked. NOTE: This no longer appears to be true, disbanded a deed in May of 2011 and gates remained locked.

== Mayor ==All settlements have *If trading to a mayor. The initial mayor player who is the founder of the settlement. At any given timenot in a village, the mayor transfer is the one who holds the deedimmediate. Trading the deed makes the new owner of the deed the mayor. A *If trading to a player must be a member of a settlement who is in order to be appointed as mayorthat village, and they must have been a member for at least 24 hoursbefore the transfer can take place.

 If your deed is a Dictatorship, the mayor cannot be voted out. (This was changed, as a an 81% vote used to be enough to evict the mayor)

Citizens may vote at any time, once per election. The election ends immediately whenever one candidate has received a majority of the votes, or when all votes have been cast. Elections can continue, even though the incumbent mayor is already clearly going to win, until a majority have has voted. Each citizen is allowed only one vote per election, and can only vote for another citizen, not for themselves. A vote cannot be changed after it is cast. If a new mayor is elected, the deed transfers into their possession. Once an election is completed, a new vote will initiate a new election.

If the village is a dictatorship, the mayor can remove citizens. Citizens can also leave on their own volition using the [[chat command]] ''/revoke <village name>''. Citizens of a democracy cannot be removed; they must revoke their citizenship. If you have become a citizen of a settlement in the past 24 hours, you will not be able to join a new village until 24 hours have passed. You can however found a deed and become a villager of the newly founded deed without having to wait for the 24 hours to pass.

Each citizen is assigned a role determining which actions are allowed inside the settlement. Customizing, adding , and removing roles , requires the '''manage roles''' permission. The non-founding mayor of a deed can change from democracy to dictatorship by opening the resize deed box and unchecking the box for democracy.

Settlements can be protected by [[Spirit Templarstemplar]]s. Hiring or releasing Templars templars requires the ''Hire guards'' permission.

Spirit Templars templars will attack any aggressive [[creaturecreatures]]s that enter the settlement area, but not the perimeter. Unlike [[tower guard]]s, they do not respond to calls for help.

They will also attack anyone who is marked as Kill on Sight for that deed. ''(See [[KoS]] and [[Reputation]] for details)''. Citizens with the '''manage roles''' permission can also set reputations manually. To remove someone added manually, set their reputation to 0 and tick permanent, then save the form.

The maximum number of Templars templars you can have is 1 per 49 tiles. Example: Number of Templars templars in a 31x31 deed is 19. On the Epic servers, the maximum number is limited to 20.

Spirit Templars templars demand payment. Hiring each new Templar templar will cost 2 silver summoning cost, or 3 silver if the settlement is on an Epic server. This is deducted immediately from the settlement upkeep, before they spawn. Each Templar also adds 1 silver to the monthly settlement upkeep. On epic, the cost of templars will increase by .5s by each guard hired (I.E 1s for the first guard, 1.5s for the second, or 3 silver if 2s for the settlement is on an Epic serverthird).

== Upkeep / Coffers ==Upkeep money is taken from the village funds every month8 real-life minutes. 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. Upkeep can be paid at the token under Settlement > Info or Settlement > Manage guardsAdd to upkeep, or from the Settlement deed paper under Village Settlement > Manage guardsAdd to upkeep. Anyone can donate money to the upkeep fund at the token, even non-citizens.

'''only 10% There is a minimum 1 silver cost per month for upkeep. For purposes of the upkeep money , a month is 30 days. "12x12x9x10" and "32x5x5x7" are examples that would fit this limit, if you are not sure how much a deed size will cost you can be used to pay for use [https://warlander.github.io/Wurm-Toolbox/#deed-calc Warlander´s deed expansion.Calculator]'''the calculator does not include the 3 silver for the upkeep coffers.

On the Wild Chaos, Defiance and Epic servers, 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. Enemies can drain from an adjacent tile and do not need to be on the same tile as the token, even if there is a wall or palisade in the way.

== Allies and wars ==

To from form or add to one an alliance, right click on a person with diplomacy rights from another village , and ask to form alliance.Unlike village invites (which can be done remotely with a slash command), adding a village to your alliance requires you to do it face-to-face.)

* Allies can be allowed or denied the ability to loot your [[corpse]] when you're onlineusing the "corpse lootability" profile option.* Allies can pick up items on the ground, even if they're on deed and your permissions would otherwise not allow people to do so

Wars Same-kingdom wars are only possible on the wild server[[Epic]] and [[Chaos]].

=== Permission per Role Permissions ===Each role can have a different set of permissions enabled. There are no known permissions that control butchering and burying.; Build : Plan, color, and continue buildings and fences <br> Also allows [[lockpicking]]; [[Forestry]] : Chopping down young [[tree]]s, picking [[sprout]]s, planting sprouts, [[gardening]]; Cut old trees: is required for cutting down old trees. This setting will not work on its own, so Forestry must still be enabled for a player with this For permission to cut any trees at all.; Destroy buildings : Destroying buildings, [[building plan]]s, fences, and fence plans. Players with this setting will get a large bonus to damage done, and will be able to quickly destroy structures. Allies with this setting will be able to destroy structures, but will not get the damage bonus <br> Also allows lockpicking; Farm : Sowing, [[farming]] and harvesting fields <br> Also allows [[milk]]ing and leading [[animals]]; Hire guards : Changing guard level; Citizens : Making non-citizens into citizens. If your village has the maximum number of citizens, none can be added.; Manage roles : Change role permissions and role assignmentsinformation, change reputations <br> Also allows disbanding the settlement; Mine rock and ore: please see [[Mining]]; [[Terraform]] : Dig, pack, pave and flatten; Expand : Expand the settlement with a larger deed; Pass all fences : Passing through all fences, even locked ones; Lock fences : Locking fences; Attack citizen : Attacking citizens; Attack non-citizen : Attacking non-citizens, disabling this will also keep players from attacking [[:wikipedia:Mob_(video_gaming)Permissions#Settlement|mob'sSettlement Permissions]] on the deed.; Diplomat : Form alliances, declare war, make peace; Fish : Allows fishing; DELETE : This permission will delete the role if set''' Note that you cannot give specific permissions to solely a single player that is a non-citizen of the deed'''Be aware that even if you specifically put a player's name into the role field and the village that they are a part of in the village field, any permissions granted under that role name is allowed to any member of the village entered in the village field. For example if Player1 was entered into the role field on VillageFunTime's settlement permissions, was given the permission to terraform, and the village Player1 is a citizen of (say, VillageCoolBreeze) is entered into the village field then if Player2 from the same village as Player1 came to VillageFunTime then Player2 would be able to terraform even though their name was not specified in the role field. The town does not have to part of your alliance to be added in this mannertutorial.

This has been tested as of 21/01/13 and is correct.=== Settings & Settlement permissions ===

These additional permissions are not linked to roles'''Additional Settings''':; Politics: Marking this will make the settlement a permanent democracy (founding mayors can revert).:;Aggressive Creatures: Mark this if you want guards to ignore aggressive creatures. (Note: Changing this setting while one or more templars are engaged with a hostile creature will not disengage the templars from combat.):; Unlimited citizens: Allows the recruitment of citizens above the maximum amount. While you are above the maximum amount of citizens upkeep is doubled.; Merchants: Allows placing of personal merchants; Items and creatures : This allows === Alliance ===An Alliance''anyone'' to pick up items and [[tame]] animals within the settlement (but not inside buildings)s MOTD can be changed via Manage > Settlement > Manage Politics To leave an Alliance, put a checkmark at "break alliance.. Allies are always able to pick up items, to let them tame animals this permission still needs to be checked." via Manage > Settlement > Manage Politics

<tr> <td> Cost Initial cost per tile of a settlement: </td> <td> 200 100 iron coins</td> </tr>

<tr> <td> Cost Initial cost per tile for a perimeter:</td> <td> 50 iron coins</td> </tr>

<tr> <td> Cost Initial cost for hiring a guard(per 1): </td> <td> Freedom = 2 silver / Epic = 3 silver coins</td> </tr><tr> <td> Guard monthly salary(per 1): </td> <td> Freedom = 1 silver / Epic = 3 silver coins</td> </tr>

== Additional Information ==You can [[sell]] items at a [[settlement token]] for iron coins as long as there is funds in the kingdoms coffers. See the sell link for more information. See [[Faith_bonus#Deed_Faith_Bonus|Deed Faith Bonus]] for information about possible bonuses given to your settlement for sacrificing items.[[Category:MiscGuides]]