Freehold building permits
Freehold building permits allow placement of a specific number of different types of buildings on a freehold plot.[1][2][3]
- All Freehold buildings, except for housing, require a permit from a node of a certain level, and that may add an additional upkeep cost to keep the building running.[1]
- These permits must be acquired from the node where the freehold deed was obtained.[2][3]
- Artisan and business buildings require permits and may incur upkeep costs.[1]
- Homestead buildings do not require permits.[1]
- The number and type of buildings that can be placed on the freehold and the way these buildings get placed are subject to change based on testing and iteration during Alpha-2.[5][6]
- Freehold taxes are calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.[1][7][8][9]
- Mayors can adjust tax rates on freehold building permits on a per-type basis.[4]
Freehold buildings
Freehold buildings that can be placed on a freehold plot serve three main purposes.[1][11][6][12][13]
Freehold buildings require blueprints and materials to construct.[1][15]
- Sheds are present on empty freehold plots to provide storage for materials needed to construct freehold buildings.[16]
- Some freehold buildings have multiple tiers, with different footprint sizes.[11][17]
- Upgrading a tier will not change the size of the building in terms of footprint, but may increase in height.[17]
- Basements in freehold buildings are to be decided.[18]
Freehold taxes are calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.[1][2][7][8][9]
- Buildings that require permits will have additional upkeep costs.[1]
Freehold building architecture is based on the blueprint for the building.[11][19]
- Freehold skins are applied to blueprints matching the type of building: housing, artisanship, and business.[1][11][20][21][19][22]
- The freehold building blueprints must be obtained in-game first before the cosmetic can be applied.[19][22][21]
- Players are not locked to the racial appearance of a freehold building blueprint.[23]
- The way we look at it is the freehold is your space so we want you to be able to make it look the way you want it to.[19] – Jeffrey Bard
Freehold building placement
Freehold buildings and other items/props can be placed on freehold plots (by the land owner).[6][25][26][12][13]
- Freehold building permits to allow for a specific number and type of buildings to be placed on the freehold plot must be acquired from the node where the freehold deed was obtained.[1][2][7][8][3][9]
- Freehold taxes are calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.[1][7][8][9]
- Currently freeholds have a combined maximum total of six artisan and business buildings that can be placed in addition to a homestead.[1][5]
- On a Freehold you can have your house, and up to six additional buildings. The additional buildings can be artisan and/or business buildings. Larger buildings may take up more room, reducing the total number of buildings that can be built on a single Freehold.[1]
- Space that is not used for freehold buildings can be utilized for other purposes, such as livestock and crop placements.[3]
- Players can manipulate the orientation of freehold buildings and items being placed on their freehold plot.[27]
- There may be a grid-based system that freehold owners can use to place items/props and buildings on their freehold plot.[25]
- Targeting dummies are planned as placeable props with functional mechanics.[28]
- Players are not able to adjust the terrain of their freeholds. Sloped terrain will result in stilts beneath placeable structures (to keep them level).[29]
Housing taxes
When a node reaches stage 3 (Village) and a player run government has formed, all player housing will pay taxes.[30]
- A player's tax charge will be determined by the number of structures built on their plot.[8][9]
- Freehold taxes are calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.[1][2][7][8][9]
- Buildings that require permits will have additional upkeep costs.[1]
- Maintaining businesses requires licensing and payments to the node your Freehold is associated with. This permitting system allows for a certain number of buildings to be constructed on a Freehold. Permits can be obtained from the same node the Freehold was certified from, and buildings that require permits will have an additional upkeep cost.[1]
- Housing foreclosures result from failing to pay property taxes or other fees.[1]
Housing foreclosures
Housing foreclosures result from failing to pay property taxes or other fees.[31][1]
- Non-payment of taxes will put the housing into a default status. The player will have a period of time to settle the debt before the housing is foreclosed.[31]
- The developers are considering allowing pre-payment of housing taxes and/or allowing auto deduction of tax from a designated location, such as their personal inventory or warehouse.[32]
- Materials and resources (such as livestock) that were stored on foreclosed freeholds will be included in the auction for the deed to that freehold. Stored and placed props, such as furniture will be returned to the previous owner.[1]
- If you don’t pay taxes and other fines, your Freehold property will be foreclosed. When a Freehold is foreclosed on, stored and placed props like furniture are returned to the previous owner. Materials that were stored on a Freehold will be included in the auction for the Deed to that Freehold.[1]
- Non-payment of the game subscription will also result in loss of player housing.[33]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 Blog: Exploring the Boundless Opportunities of Freeholds.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Livestream, June 30, 2023 (1:21:48).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Interview, July 9, 2023 (33:55).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Livestream, April 7, 2023 (31:49).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Interview, July 9, 2023 (54:46).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Livestream, June 30, 2023 (1:45:22).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5
- ↑ Livestream, June 30, 2023 (12:11).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Development Update with Freehold Preview.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Node series part II – the Metropolis.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Livestream, May 24, 2017 (9:58).
- ↑ Video, June 30, 2023 (15:34).
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, June 30, 2023 (18:45).
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Interview, July 8, 2020 (45:23).
- ↑ Livestream, June 28, 2019 (1:09:22).
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Livestream, August 28, 2020 (2:14:06).
- ↑ Livestream, June 30, 2023 (22:05).
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Livestream, November 30, 2020 (57:50).
- ↑ 22.0 22.1
- ↑ Livestream, May 26, 2017 (44:11).
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Livestream, June 30, 2023 (7:36).
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Livestream, May 29, 2020 (41:27).
- ↑ Livestream, October 16, 2017 (56:42).
- ↑ Livestream, June 30, 2023 (1:36:52).
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, January 31, 2024 (1:24:57).
- ↑
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Livestream, August 31, 2023 (24:13).
- ↑ Livestream, July 28, 2023 (1:29:07).
- ↑ Livestream, May 24, 2017 (42:22).