Newly placed foundation shows a decay time of 3 hours. Other placed items seconds apart will show different decay times. Fish traps i use on the regular wont reset decay time. Places I started to build have decayed and people have taken that area because of the short decay time
Are you placing sandstone foundations? They have a lower decay time than tier 2-3. Also, the more pieces connected together, the higher decay time. Placeables that are too far from foundations or other building pieces have a pretty low decay time.
You can use a repair hammer to see how much decay you have. On official, full decay is 1 week. Sometimes the decay timer doesn’t refresh immediately on being in an area, you have to spend a few minutes at a place to refresh. Hope this helps.
Yeah, but this wasnt an issue until today, suddenly things just seemed to decay faster. I posted myself within the area for more than a few minutes while i went afk and did a few things and nothing reset. Thanks for the reply though