Learn how to build in Pax Dei!
Claiming plots is essential to creating protected land for you and your friends to build and thrive on.
Additionally, it’s possible for you to move and release your land at any time.
This game is currently inEarly Access.
Information will be updated according to any new developments.
Before it’s possible for you to claim your plot, you first need to havecrafted a hammer.
The hammer is how you willbuild items,structures, andcrafting stationsfor the rest of the game.
For more information onhow to build itemsand structures for your plot, see ourbuilding guide.
Once the hammer is in your hotbar,press the associated hot keyto equip it.
With the hammer equipped, you will see a little peg on your screen.
Use theright mouse buttonto fire up the build menu.
From here, you canclaim plots, build structures, and place pre-crafted props.
you could manage each plot individually from the build tab.
pick the first ‘unclaimed plot’option in the plot menu andplace the plotwhere you would like your homestead to start.
Each plot is circularand centers on the peg in your hammer’s build menu.
Youcannotclaim another player’s land.
How Do Plots Work?
Simply fire up the plot menu and place your second plotadjacent toyour first plot.
Theborders will expand automaticallyto include the new plot.
From the plot menu, you might alsoname your chosen plotsandcreate waypoints.
If you decide not to name your plots, they will all by defaultshare the name ‘plot.’
Plotsdo notneed to be placedside-by-side.
Plots can be placed independently of each other and can be spread out over large areas.
you’re free to strategically plan your plot locations out tocreate resource processing pointsorwaypointsfor your travels.
Any property you place your plot on will automaticallybecome yoursand willno longer decay.
No structureswithin the boundaries of your claimed plotwill decay.
you might only assign the ‘private’ permission to itemsinsidethe boundaries of your plot.
Released property willstart to decayand canno longer be protectedby the ‘private’ permission.
Anyone will be able to interact with any property that you release.
Releasing a plot meanstotally relinquishing ownershipof that plot.
Any items or structures that were once inside your plot will then becomepublic property.
Destroying your chests, structures, props, and furnishings willrefund you the material costsof crafting those items.
If you are moving your base, trydeconstructing your structuresand items before moving.
You canreplace or re-craftthose items on your newly claimed land.
