Unexpected Housing Demolitions on EU Servers – Possible Countdown Issue

**AranSamus** · 01-05-2026 06:38 AM

Hi everyone,

I’m a player on Ragnarok (Chaos), and I wanted to share something that’s been happening lately with housing on EU servers, as many players — myself included — seem to be losing their houses unexpectedly.

There are increasing reports of what appears to be a server-side housing countdown issue: even if you enter your house regularly, the autodemolition timer does not always seem to reset properly. Some players claim that after a reset, instead of returning to the usual 45 days, the timer jumps to only 9 days, sometimes skipping the email warnings entirely.

Some people suggest that, as a precaution, players should actively interact with their house (for example, changing the lighting intensity by even one point), so that in case of a claim the GM can find interaction logs, not just the autodemolition reset. However, so far no concrete evidence has been gathered, and SE has not officially acknowledged any issue.

I personally lost my house, and more importantly, I nearly lost the item and gil reimbursement window, which lasts 35 days after demolition. The GM ended up restoring my items and gil as an exceptional courtesy, clearly stating that it was not standard procedure.

By the numbers:

45 days before automatic demolition

35 days to claim item and gil reimbursement

That’s a total of 80 days, and I am absolutely certain I was never away from my house for that long.

On top of this, I’ve been monitoring plot availability in game, and I’m seeing far more demolitions happening simultaneously compared to the past. It’s not uncommon to see medium and large plots going into lottery, which feels strange given how active the game currently is. Is it really plausible that so many players suddenly became careless at the same time?

I’ve also written a small Python script to collect data from a plot availability tracking site, so I can have at least some objective reference to support what I’m observing.

At this point, I can’t help but wonder if SE might be clearing housing from less active players to make plots available for others. Even if that were the case, I would still consider it deeply unfair: I’ve been playing for over 10 years, often maintaining a subscription solely to keep my house, and now it disappears without any clear trace.

Has anyone else experienced something similar or collected data on this?

Thank you.

**NanaWiloh** · 01-05-2026 07:20 AM

Not saying this is not happening. But few things to consider, there was quite a few demo pauses last year. Pauses freeze the demo timer and entering will not reset it while frozen if I am correct. So once a pause lifts you need to enter the house to reset the timer. I say this cause players will use the pauses as a time to step away from the game.

**Aelin_Ashryver** · 01-05-2026 07:32 PM

Where exactly are you getting the timer jumping only to 9 days after a player resets it? The timer is not viewable in game unless I'm mistaken. I wouldn't take the greater number of housing going up for bid to mean much on it's own either. A lot of long term invested players have left recently and not even the house was enough to keep them around. I've seen it with quite a few friends and the wider communities I'm in. The playerbase drop off this expansion has been noticeable.

If people wanna go full paranoia about it, start taking a screenshot every time you enter your house and tinker with an item in it. Although to test the theory of there being a bug people would need to stay out the house for at least say 30 days and see if it goes poof. But even if it does and you have proof of it GM's wont be able to restore the house as the system will have put it through the lotto and likely another player will grab it. Heck you could document the comings and going of the house in your own thread here and update it each month.

**AranSamus** · 01-06-2026 02:44 AM

I can post the differences between today's and yesterday's date daily only on the RAGNAROK server

**AranSamus** · 01-06-2026 02:46 AM

**Nyastra** · 01-06-2026 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by AranSamus

Fair points but also we're on Chaos, and many people have been leaving for Light. Unfortunate, but true.
When I moved to EU which was around middle last year, there were already plenty open plots. I could easily walk up and place a bid on an empty plot with no bidders. Since then, one massive Demolition happened and a ton of homes opened up as well. They're not filling fast.

**AranSamus** · 01-07-2026 12:40 AM

**Burmecia** · 01-07-2026 10:56 AM

Ty for heads up, checked my houses because of this psa, no losses here o7

**AranSamus** · 01-08-2026 08:07 AM

**AranSamus** · 01-08-2026 08:08 AM

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