Topic

Dropping Stills (Distilling)

Hi everyone! 

I've recently joined the Glitch community and let me say it has been absolutely incredible! 
I have a question about stills though. When I drop them to distill... Can someone simply come by and pick them up aka steal them? 

Thank you! 

Posted 12 months ago by Tile Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • In public, yes. Not in your house.
    Posted 12 months ago by Rev. Desdemona Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Quite literally after I posted this... I realized I had two stills running overnight. They weren't there when I logged back in :(. But thank you so much for your quick response! 
    Posted 12 months ago by Tile Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Someone set up a still in Nandak Intention in the bag/key spawn nook and left it with a rather curt "Don't steal this Community Still or you will be hunted down and punished severely" note. While the goal may have been noble (though the tone of the note makes that somewhat harder to fathom), the still donator probably didn't know that no one can collect from a still that they do not personally own.

    Notably, the still had vanished when I popped by about twenty minutes later to check if a key had spawned. Someone just got a 2000c freebie, and I am sure the still owner was livid.

    Please do not drop your stills in public areas expecting them to be there when you return. Like piggie feeders, they do not work in public areas or only work for you. Like piggie feeders, the temptation to swipe a somewhat valuable object may be too difficult to resist for some players, and as the game is set up now, if you drop it and walk away, they are free to pick it up.

    I hope this prevents unnecessary losses and hard feelings in the future.
    Posted 12 months ago by ✰ Lorelei ✰ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Really? I can't seem to pickup/collect a Distiller that someone else is using. Although maybe its because it's in their house.
    Posted 12 months ago by Joe The Person Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you Lorelei! And I am purchasing a house currently. In there if I drop a still, log out for an extended period of time, and then log back in, will my stills be gone (aka does the server erase drops after a certain amount of time)? 
    Posted 12 months ago by Tile Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Joe stills are safe & locked down in your house. Not so in public places.

    @Tile see above. Nothing disappears from within your house :)
    Posted 12 months ago by Rev. Desdemona Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Though if any staff is reading: In houses why can't stills work like meat collectors, feeders, or  milkers? If someone is in my house as a guest or a key holder then can use any of these items...so why can't someone use my still?
    Posted 12 months ago by M<3tra, obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Though if any staff is reading: In houses why can't stills work like meat collectors, feeders, or  milkers? If someone is in my house as a guest or a key holder then can use any of these items...so why can't someone use my still?
    I've wondered this as well.

    Also, I think that there is a 30 second (?) period after you drop an item on the ground that no one can pick it up.
    Posted 12 months ago by Riddel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd like my key holders to be able to use my still as well.
    Posted 12 months ago by Captain Daisy Subscriber! | Permalink