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Realm Domination/Complete Guide

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	\| '''Controlled''' \|\| The bar shows the owner's control.		\| '''Controlled''' \|\| The bar shows the owner's control.
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			\| '''Under siege''' \|\| Players are weakening the owner without a planted flag.
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			\| '''Under attack''' \|\| A flag is planted against the owner; the bar still shows the owner's control.
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	\| '''Contested''' \|\| The bar shows the planted flag team's claim. '''Held by''' names any existing owner until the claim reaches 100%.		\| '''Contested''' \|\| The bar shows the planted flag team's claim. '''Held by''' names any existing owner until the claim reaches 100%.
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	Follow the display during play. Chat notices such as '''Siege begun''', '''Flag planted''', and '''Region captured''' describe events that have already happened. See [[#Help and FAQ\|Help and FAQ]] if progress stalls.		Follow the display during play. Chat notices such as '''Siege begun''', '''Flag planted''', and '''Region captured''' describe events that have already happened. See [[#Help and FAQ\|Help and FAQ]] if progress stalls.

			When an enemy plants in your team's territory, opted-in teammates with connected HUDs receive an alert naming the planter and linking to the region's map, even from another sim. A siege without a flag does not send this alert.

	== Flags ==		== Flags ==

Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag

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	\| '''Contested''' \|\| The bar shows the planted flag team's claim. '''Held by''' names any existing owner until the claim reaches 100%.		\| '''Contested''' \|\| The bar shows the planted flag team's claim. '''Held by''' names any existing owner until the claim reaches 100%.
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	Follow the display during play. Chat notices such as '''Siege begun''', '''Flag planted''', and '''Region captured''' describe events that have already happened. See [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ\|Help and FAQ]] if progress stalls.		Follow the display during play. Chat notices such as '''Siege begun''', '''Flag planted''', and '''Region captured''' describe events that have already happened. See [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ\|Help and FAQ]] if progress stalls.

			When an enemy plants in your team's territory, opted-in teammates with connected HUDs receive an alert naming the planter and linking to the region's map, even from another sim. A siege without a flag does not send this alert.

Realm Domination

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Realm Domination/Guides

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	! Guide !! What it covers		! Guide !! What it covers
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	\| [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]] \|\| ~~What the mode is, joining, teams,~~ and ~~a quick start~~.		\| [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]] \|\| Start here: join and make your first capture.
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	\| [[Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]] \|\| ~~Opening, moving,~~ and ~~using~~ the ~~bar, Bag,~~ shortcuts~~, and capture display~~.		\| [[Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]] \|\| Open and move the controls; use flags and shortcuts.
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	\| [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]] \|\| ~~Earning~~, ~~carrying, spending~~, and ~~keeping~~ flags.		\| [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]] \|\| Earn flags, check the limits, and keep unused flags.
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	\| [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]] \|\| ~~Sieges~~, ~~claims~~, ~~defense, protection, planter rules~~, and ~~contribution credit~~.		\| [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]] \|\| Attack, plant, capture, and defend.
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	\| [[Realm Domination/Website Guide\|Website Guide]] \|\| ~~Participation~~, ~~attacks~~, territory~~, rankings, My campaign~~, and ~~history~~.		\| [[Realm Domination/Website Guide\|Website Guide]] \|\| Join, find battles, check territory, and view results.
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	\| [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ\|Help and FAQ]] \|\| ~~Common messages~~, ~~problems, and questions~~.		\| [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ\|Help and FAQ]] \|\| Troubleshooting first, followed by detailed rules.
	\|}		\|}

	~~Realm Domination follows DoD's~~ gridwide ~~play~~ across Second Life, outside System Land and safe zones. Use the ~~HUD's~~ Action Bar and Bag to play, and [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/realm-domination Gameplay → Realm Domination] on the website to ~~save your participation choice~~ and follow ~~territory and~~ results.		Play gridwide across Second Life, outside System Land and safe zones. Use the Action Bar and Bag to play and [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/realm-domination Gameplay → Realm Domination] on the website to join and follow results.

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	** Realm_Domination\|Overview & Quick Start		** Realm_Domination\|Overview & Quick Start
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Realm Domination

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	Realm Domination is DoD's gridwide team territory mode in Second Life. Earn flags, claim regions, lay siege to rival teams, and defend the territory your team holds. You play using ~~your HUD's~~ Action Bar and Bag. The website lets you join, follow attacks, find your team's regions, compare standings, and review your results.		Realm Domination is DoD's gridwide team territory mode in Second Life. Earn flags, claim regions, lay siege to rival teams, and defend the territory your team holds. You play using the Action Bar and Bag. The website lets you join, follow attacks, find your team's regions, compare standings, and review your results.

	This guide is for existing DoD players.		This guide is for existing DoD players.
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	Browse [[Realm Domination/Guides\|All Guides]] for the full guide index, or choose a topic below.		Browse [[Realm Domination/Guides\|All Guides]] for the full guide index, or choose a topic below.

	* [[Realm Domination/~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag\|~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag]]: every control and the capture display.		* [[Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]]: every control and the capture display.
	* [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]]: earning, carrying, and using flags.		* [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]]: earning, carrying, and using flags.
	* [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]: battle rules, protection, and contribution credit.		* [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]: battle rules, protection, and contribution credit.

Realm Domination/Guides

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	Player guides for Realm Domination, the ~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag, and its website.		Player guides for Realm Domination, the Action Bar and Bag, and its website.

	Start with [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]], or read the [[Realm Domination/Complete Guide\|Complete Guide]] for every topic in one place.		Start with [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]], or read the [[Realm Domination/Complete Guide\|Complete Guide]] for every topic in one place.
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	\| [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]] \|\| What the mode is, joining, teams, and a quick start.		\| [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]] \|\| What the mode is, joining, teams, and a quick start.
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	\| [[Realm Domination/~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag\|~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag]] \|\| Opening, moving, and using the bar, Bag, shortcuts, and capture display.		\| [[Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]] \|\| Opening, moving, and using the bar, Bag, shortcuts, and capture display.
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	\| [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]] \|\| Earning, carrying, spending, and keeping flags.		\| [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]] \|\| Earning, carrying, spending, and keeping flags.

Realm Domination/Complete Guide

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	A complete guide to Realm Domination, the ~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag, and the website. For existing DoD players.		A complete guide to Realm Domination, the Action Bar and Bag, and the website. For existing DoD players.

	== Contents ==		== Contents ==

	* [[#Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]]		* [[#Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]]
	* [[#~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag\|~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag]]		* [[#Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]]
	* [[#Flags\|Flags]]		* [[#Flags\|Flags]]
	* [[#Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]		* [[#Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]
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	== Realm Domination ==		== Realm Domination ==

	Realm Domination is DoD's gridwide team territory mode in Second Life. Earn flags, claim regions, lay siege to rival teams, and defend the territory your team holds. You play using ~~your HUD's~~ Action Bar and Bag. The website lets you join, follow attacks, find your team's regions, compare standings, and review your results.		Realm Domination is DoD's gridwide team territory mode in Second Life. Earn flags, claim regions, lay siege to rival teams, and defend the territory your team holds. You play using the Action Bar and Bag. The website lets you join, follow attacks, find your team's regions, compare standings, and review your results.

	This guide is for existing DoD players.		This guide is for existing DoD players.
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	Browse [[Realm Domination/Guides\|All Guides]] for the full guide index, or choose a topic below.		Browse [[Realm Domination/Guides\|All Guides]] for the full guide index, or choose a topic below.

	* [[#~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag\|~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag]]: every control and the capture display.		* [[#Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]]: every control and the capture display.
	* [[#Flags\|Flags]]: earning, carrying, and using flags.		* [[#Flags\|Flags]]: earning, carrying, and using flags.
	* [[#Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]: battle rules, protection, and contribution credit.		* [[#Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]: battle rules, protection, and contribution credit.
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	* [[#top\|Complete Guide]]: all six topics in one document.		* [[#top\|Complete Guide]]: all six topics in one document.

	== ~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag ==		== Action Bar and Bag ==

	The ~~HUD's~~ Action Bar and Bag let you see your flags and choose siege and planting actions. The Realm display shows the region's capture bar while you play.		The Action Bar and Bag let you see your flags and choose siege and planting actions. The Realm display shows the region's capture bar while you play.

	=== Action Bar and Bag layout ===		=== Action Bar and Bag layout ===
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	Keep earning time and capture time separate. Earn flags alongside Essence on System Land. Fighting elsewhere in Second Life does not replace the time needed on System Land to earn flags.		Keep earning time and capture time separate. Earn flags alongside Essence on System Land. Fighting elsewhere in Second Life does not replace the time needed on System Land to earn flags.

	Continue with [[#~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag\|~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag]] or [[#Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]].		Continue with [[#Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]] or [[#Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]].

	== Capturing and Defending ==		== Capturing and Defending ==
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	* [[#Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]]: joining, teams, and the quick start.		* [[#Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]]: joining, teams, and the quick start.
	* [[#~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag\|~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag]]: ~~HUD~~ controls and messages.		* [[#Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]]: Action Bar controls and messages.
	* [[#Flags\|Flags]]: earning and managing flags.		* [[#Flags\|Flags]]: earning and managing flags.
	* [[#Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]: complete battle and credit rules.		* [[#Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]: complete battle and credit rules.
	* [[#Website Guide\|Website Guide]]: every Realm website view.		* [[#Website Guide\|Website Guide]]: every Realm website view.
	* [[#top\|Complete Guide]]: all topics in one document.		* [[#top\|Complete Guide]]: all topics in one document.

Realm Domination/Help and FAQ

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	* [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]]: joining, teams, and the quick start.		* [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]]: joining, teams, and the quick start.
	* [[Realm Domination/~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag\|~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag]]: ~~HUD~~ controls and messages.		* [[Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]]: Action Bar controls and messages.
	* [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]]: earning and managing flags.		* [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]]: earning and managing flags.
	* [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]: complete battle and credit rules.		* [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]]: complete battle and credit rules.
	* [[Realm Domination/Website Guide\|Website Guide]]: every Realm website view.		* [[Realm Domination/Website Guide\|Website Guide]]: every Realm website view.
	* [[Realm Domination/Complete Guide\|Complete Guide]]: all topics in one document.		* [[Realm Domination/Complete Guide\|Complete Guide]]: all topics in one document.

Realm Domination/Flags

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	Keep earning time and capture time separate. Earn flags alongside Essence on System Land. Fighting elsewhere in Second Life does not replace the time needed on System Land to earn flags.		Keep earning time and capture time separate. Earn flags alongside Essence on System Land. Fighting elsewhere in Second Life does not replace the time needed on System Land to earn flags.

	Continue with [[Realm Domination/~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag\|~~HUD~~ Action Bar and Bag]] or [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]].		Continue with [[Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag\|Action Bar and Bag]] or [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]].

Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag

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	== Action Bar and Bag layout ==		== Action Bar and Bag layout ==

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The HUD's Action Bar and Bag let you see your flags and choose siege and planting actions. The Realm display shows the region's capture bar while you play.

== Action Bar and Bag layout ==

The HUD's settings button opens a menu with '''Settings''' and '''Action bar'''. Choose '''Settings''' for your HUD options. Choose '''Action bar''' to show or hide the Action Bar, Bag, and Realm display.

The Action Bar has '''twelve shortcut slots''', arranged in two rows of six. The Bag button sits at the left end, the movement handle at the right end, and the Realm display above the bar. The Bag opens above its button with twelve cells, arranged three across and four down, plus page arrows.

The number of cells or shortcuts is not your flag allowance. All your flags share one stack, with a carrying limit of six.

== Open and close the Action Bar ==

# Click the HUD's settings button.
# Choose '''Action bar'''.
# Choose '''Action bar''' again when you want to hide it.

Closing the bar also hides the Bag and Realm display. The bar remembers its open or closed choice, its position, and its assigned shortcuts. The Bag starts closed when you return.

'''Closing the bar does not leave Realm Domination.''' You can still count in a battle with the display hidden. Use '''Take part''' on the website to opt out.

== Move the Action Bar ==

# Press and hold the movement handle at the right end of the bar.
# Drag the bar to a comfortable position.
# Release the mouse button.

The Bag and Realm display move with it. The position is saved. If the handle is outside the visible screen area, move the main HUD into view using its usual movement control so you can reach the bar, then place the bar where you want it.

== Open and browse the Bag ==

# Open the Action Bar.
# Click the Bag button at its left end.
# Click a flag stack to open its actions.
# Click the Bag button again to close the Bag.

The flag stack shows how many flags you carry. Page arrows report the selected page in chat, such as '''Next page: 1/1'''. If there is only one page, an arrow does not create another page or another flag stack.

== Use the flag dialog ==

Click a flag in the Bag to open a dialog headed '''Flag ×N''', where N is your number of flags.

{| class="wikitable"
! Button !! What it does
|-
| '''Lay Siege''' || Begins a siege against an enemy-controlled region. You must carry a flag, but starting the siege spends none.
|-
| '''Use''' || Plants a flag when the region and your character allow it. A successful plant spends one flag.
|-
| '''Assign''' || Lets you put a flag shortcut on an Action Bar slot.
|-
| '''Close''' || Closes the flag dialog and the Bag.
|}

'''Lay Siege''' and '''Use''' appear only when available at your current location. If you are sitting, flying, or off the ground, the dialog can say '''Stand on the ground first'''. After landing, allow the HUD to update and reopen the dialog if necessary. A dialog closes automatically after 30 seconds.

Browsing the Bag, assigning a shortcut, and moving the bar do not spend flags.

== Assign and clear a shortcut ==

# Open the Bag and click your flag.
# Choose '''Assign'''.
# Click the Action Bar slot where you want the shortcut.
# Later, click that slot to open the flag dialog directly.

From an assigned slot, the dialog can offer '''Lay Siege''', '''Use''', '''Clear''', and '''Close'''. Choose '''Clear''' to remove that shortcut. Your flags remain in the Bag. '''Close''' from a shortcut closes only the dialog.

A shortcut points to your existing flag stack. Assigning several shortcuts does not create more flags. Shortcuts are saved and can remain assigned when your flag balance reaches zero, ready for when you earn more.

If you click a shortcut just after arriving in a region, the dialog may wait until the region information has loaded.

== Read the Realm display ==

The top line names your current region. The next line describes its state, team, and bar. Some team names are shortened to fit; click the display to read fuller information in chat.

{| class="wikitable"
! Display label !! Meaning
|-
| '''Unclaimed''' || No team owns the region. An eligible player can plant a flag to begin a claim.
|-
| '''Controlled''' || A team owns the region. The percentage shows that owner's control, even if the bar is damaged or at zero.
|-
| '''Under siege''' || The owner's bar is being fought over without a planted flag. The owner cannot lose the region from this alone.
|-
| '''Under attack''' || A flag has been planted against the owner. The display names the owner and the flag's team.
|-
| '''Contested''' || The percentage now shows the flag team's claim. If the region already has an owner, '''Held by''' names that owner until the claim reaches 100%.
|-
| '''Protected''' || The owner has temporary Realm capture protection. Ordinary combat rules still apply.
|}

For example, '''Under attack · Defending team · 40% · Flag: Attacking team''' shows the defender's remaining control. Later, '''Contested · Attacking team · 12% · Held by Defending team''' shows the attacker's growing claim. The defending team still owns the region at that point.

Click the Realm display to print fuller status in chat, including protection time when applicable, whether a flag is ready to plant, and how many flags you carry.

== Influence and availability messages ==

An orange line can explain why you are not influencing the bar.

{| class="wikitable"
! Message !! What to do
|-
| '''Your influence fades · touch the ground''' || Return to a supporting surface and stay on foot.
|-
| '''Your influence returns…''' || Give the HUD a few seconds to confirm that you are ready again.
|-
| '''Too swift · your influence scatters''' || Return to ordinary walking or running speed.
|-
| '''Sanctuary · your influence sleeps''' || You are on System Land or in a safe zone. Move outside the sanctuary or safe zone to participate.
|}

Other messages can include '''Join Realm to play''', '''Cannot capture right now''', '''Capture unavailable here''', '''Realm paused''', '''Realm unavailable''', or '''Realm access suspended'''. Read these alongside the region state: a Controlled or Unclaimed label does not override a restriction on taking part.

An unclaimed safe location may show '''Claimed by The Darkness'''. This is a sanctuary message, not an opposing team you can defeat.

'''Loading region…''' is normal briefly after arrival. '''Reconnecting to Realm…''' means you should wait for an updated display before trying to plant. '''Realm display unavailable''' means the HUD cannot currently show usable Realm information; check again after it reconnects.

== Chat notices and attack alerts ==

Local Realm notices tell you about events such as '''Siege begun''', '''Flag planted''', '''Flag ready to plant''', '''Flag broken''', '''Region captured''', and '''Protection ended'''. Read the current display as well as the chat history; an earlier notice may describe a state that has since changed.

When an enemy plants a flag in territory your team owns, opted-in teammates with reachable working HUDs receive an attack alert, including teammates elsewhere. It names the planter and includes a clickable region map link. Laying siege without planting does not send this team alert.

The alert can also play a sound that only you hear. Change your own '''Attack alert sound''' setting under '''My campaign → Settings''' on the website. Turning it off keeps the chat alert. Your HUD's usual alert-sounds option does not control this Realm sound, and your choice does not change anyone else's sound.

Continue with [[Realm Domination/Flags|Flags]], [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]], or the [[Realm Domination/Website Guide|Website Guide]].

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Realm Domination/Guides

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	Realm Domination follows DoD's gridwide play across Second Life, outside ~~Systemland~~ and safe zones. Use the HUD's Action Bar and Bag to play, and [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/realm-domination Gameplay → Realm Domination] on the website to save your participation choice and follow territory and results.		Realm Domination follows DoD's gridwide play across Second Life, outside System Land and safe zones. Use the HUD's Action Bar and Bag to play, and [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/realm-domination Gameplay → Realm Domination] on the website to save your participation choice and follow territory and results.

Realm Domination/Complete Guide

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Realm Domination/Help and FAQ

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Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending

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Realm Domination/Flags

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	\| '''Too swift · your influence scatters''' \|\| Return to ordinary walking or running speed.		\| '''Too swift · your influence scatters''' \|\| Return to ordinary walking or running speed.
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	\| '''Sanctuary · your influence sleeps''' \|\| You are on ~~Systemland~~ or in a safe zone. Move outside the sanctuary or safe zone to participate.		\| '''Sanctuary · your influence sleeps''' \|\| You are on System Land or in a safe zone. Move outside the sanctuary or safe zone to participate.
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Realm Domination

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	Realm Domination is DoD's team territory mode in Second Life. Earn flags, claim regions, lay siege to rival teams, and defend the territory your team holds. You play ~~through~~ your ~~updated game~~ HUD. The website lets you join, follow attacks, find your team's regions, compare standings, and review your results.		Realm Domination is DoD's gridwide team territory mode in Second Life. Earn flags, claim regions, lay siege to rival teams, and defend the territory your team holds. You play using your HUD's Action Bar and Bag. The website lets you join, follow attacks, find your team's regions, compare standings, and review your results.

	This guide is for existing DoD players~~. Rules and website features checked on '''8 October 2026'''~~.		This guide is for existing DoD players.

	== The objective ==		== The objective ==
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	Capture a region by planting a flag and helping its team fill a claim to '''100%'''. Defend a region by pushing back an enemy flag while your team keeps ownership.		Capture a region by planting a flag and helping its team fill a claim to '''100%'''. Defend a region by pushing back an enemy flag while your team keeps ownership.

	Eligible players influence the capture bar by being present in ~~permitted parts of~~ the same region. More eligible players on your side give you an advantage. Equal numbers hold the bar still. Combat helps you remove opponents from the count and protect your flag planter.		Eligible players influence the capture bar by being present outside safe areas in the same region. More eligible players on your side give you an advantage. Equal numbers hold the bar still. Combat helps you remove opponents from the count and protect your flag planter.

	An owned region remains with its team until an opposing flag's claim reaches 100%. Draining the owner's control to zero does not, by itself, take the region.		An owned region remains with its team until an opposing flag's claim reaches 100%. Draining the owner's control to zero does not, by itself, take the region.

			== Where you can play ==

			Realm Domination follows DoD's gridwide play. You can play on any sim (region) in Second Life, except '''Systemland''' and '''safe zones'''.

			Systemland is a sanctuary. You earn flags there alongside Essence, but cannot lay siege, plant flags, or influence a Realm battle there. Safe zones also block Realm play; a safe zone may cover a whole region or only part of it.

	== Join Realm Domination ==		== Join Realm Domination ==

	# Wear ~~the updated~~ DoD HUD ~~that includes the Action Bar and Bag~~.		# Wear your DoD HUD.
	# Sign in to the [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/ DoD website]. Use your HUD password or '''Enter with In-World Link'''. Your HUD password is separate from your Second Life account password.		# Sign in to the [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/ DoD website]. Use your HUD password or '''Enter with In-World Link'''. Your HUD password is separate from your Second Life account password.
	# Open '''Gameplay → Realm Domination'''.		# Open '''Gameplay → Realm Domination'''.
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	== Your first capture ==		== Your first capture ==

	# Earn a flag on ~~qualifying system land~~. ~~The current earning location is '''Uphill'''; see~~ [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]] for the requirements.		=== Get ready ===
	# Go to ~~a region where Realm~~ capture and ~~combat are allowed~~.
			# Earn a flag on Systemland alongside Essence. See [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]] for the requirements.
			# Go to the Second Life sim you want to capture, outside Systemland and safe zones.
	# Stay alive and stand, walk, or run normally on a supporting surface.		# Stay alive and stand, walk, or run normally on a supporting surface.
	# Open the Bag and click your flag, or click an assigned flag shortcut.		# Open the Bag and click your flag, or click an assigned flag shortcut.
	# If the region is '''~~Unclaimed~~'''~~, choose~~ '''~~Use~~''' to ~~plant~~. ~~In an enemy~~ '''~~Controlled~~''' region, ~~choose~~ '''~~Lay Siege~~''', ~~reduce the owner~~'~~s bar to~~ 50% or below, ~~then choose~~ '''Use'''.
	# Keep the original planter alive and in the region. Help ~~the~~ flag's team fill its claim to 100%.		=== Lay Siege: weaken an enemy-held region ===

			# If an enemy owns the region, choose '''Lay Siege''' from the flag dialog.
			# Bring eligible attackers into the region to outnumber the defenders and lower the owner's control.
			# Reduce the owner's bar to '''50% or below''' so a flag can be planted.

			You must carry a flag to begin '''Lay Siege''', but starting the siege does not spend it. An '''Unclaimed''' region does not need a siege; go straight to planting. If enemy control is already at zero, plant directly instead.

			=== Use: plant your flag and complete the capture ===

			# In an '''Unclaimed''' region, or an enemy-held region at '''50% or below''', open your flag dialog.
			# Choose '''Use''' to plant. A successful plant spends one flag.
			# Keep the original planter alive and in the region. If an owner remains, lower its control to zero to begin your flag team's claim.
			# Help your flag's team fill its claim to '''100%''' to capture the region.
	# Check your team's territory and your completed results on the website.		# Check your team's territory and your completed results on the website.

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	== When you count in a battle ==		== When you count in a battle ==

	You must be opted in, able to participate, alive with health remaining, and wearing a working ~~updated~~ HUD. Stay ~~in a permitted part of the region~~, on foot and supported by the ground, a floor, or a platform.		You must be opted in, able to participate, alive with health remaining, and wearing a working HUD. Stay outside Systemland and safe zones, on foot and supported by the ground, a floor, or a platform.

	Standing, walking, and ordinary running count. The ~~current~~ ground-speed limit is '''5.5 metres per second''', which allows normal Second Life running. Flying, sitting, crouching, falling, being knocked into the air, or moving too fast stops your influence and contribution time. After landing or teleporting, allow a fresh HUD update before expecting to count again.		Standing, walking, and ordinary running count. The ground-speed limit is '''5.5 metres per second''', which allows normal Second Life running. Flying, sitting, crouching, falling, being knocked into the air, or moving too fast stops your influence and contribution time. After landing or teleporting, allow a fresh HUD update before expecting to count again.

	A battle covers the whole region. Teammates can spread across its ~~permitted~~ parcels; there is no circle you must stand inside around a flag. You do not need to rez a flag object, so no-build ~~land can still allow~~ Realm play.		A battle covers the whole region. Teammates can spread across its parcels outside safe areas; there is no circle you must stand inside around a flag. You do not need to rez a flag object, so a parcel's no-build setting does not prevent Realm play.

	~~Safe areas~~ block planting and influence. A safe parcel does not ~~necessarily~~ make the rest of a region safe. A whole-region safe zone blocks Realm play throughout it. Follow the HUD's location message.		Systemland and safe zones block planting and influence. A safe parcel does not make the rest of a region safe. A whole-region safe zone blocks Realm play throughout it. Follow the HUD's location message.

	Normal DoD combat, death, hunger, and revival rules continue to apply. Players who have not joined Realm can still fight wherever ordinary combat allows, but they do not move the Realm bar or earn Realm contribution credit.		Normal DoD combat, death, hunger, and revival rules continue to apply. Players who have not joined Realm can still fight wherever ordinary combat allows, but they do not move the Realm bar or earn Realm contribution credit.

Realm Domination/Guides

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	Player guides for Realm Domination, the ~~updated DoD~~ HUD, and its website~~. Checked on '''8 October 2026'''~~.		Player guides for Realm Domination, the HUD Action Bar and Bag, and its website.

	Start with [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]], or read the [[Realm Domination/Complete Guide\|Complete Guide]] for every topic in one place.		Start with [[Realm Domination\|Realm Domination]], or read the [[Realm Domination/Complete Guide\|Complete Guide]] for every topic in one place.
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	~~Play through the updated game HUD in~~ Second Life. Use [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/realm-domination Gameplay → Realm Domination] on the website to save your participation choice and follow territory and results.		Realm Domination follows DoD's gridwide play across Second Life, outside Systemland and safe zones. Use the HUD's Action Bar and Bag to play, and [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/realm-domination Gameplay → Realm Domination] on the website to save your participation choice and follow territory and results.

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Realm Domination/Help and FAQ

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	Use the HUD's current Realm message first, then the website's '''Your participation''' panel. These tell you different things: the HUD describes your current location and battle, while the website shows your saved choice and recorded results.		Use the HUD's current Realm message first, then the website's '''Your participation''' panel. These tell you different things: the HUD describes your current location and battle, while the website shows your saved choice and recorded results.

	== I cannot find the ~~new HUD controls~~ ==		== I cannot find the Action Bar or Bag ==

	# ~~Make sure you are wearing the updated~~ DoD HUD ~~with Realm controls~~.		# Wear your DoD HUD.
	# Click the settings button and choose '''Action bar'''. ~~Your usual options are now reached by choosing~~ '''Settings''' from ~~that first~~ menu.		# Click the settings button and choose '''Action bar'''. Choose '''Settings''' from the same menu for your HUD options.
	# Open the Bag using the button at the Action Bar's left end.		# Open the Bag using the button at the Action Bar's left end.
	# If part of the bar is off screen, bring the main HUD into view using its usual movement control, then drag the bar's right-hand movement handle to a reachable position.		# If part of the bar is off screen, bring the main HUD into view using its usual movement control, then drag the bar's right-hand movement handle to a reachable position.

	If the controls remain missing or unresponsive after the HUD reconnects, ask game support for help. Include the visible message and what you were trying to do.		If the controls remain missing or unresponsive after the HUD reconnects, ask game support for help. Include the visible message and what you were trying to do.

			== Can I play on any sim? ==

			Yes. Realm Domination follows DoD's gridwide play and can be played on any sim in Second Life, except '''Systemland''' and '''safe zones'''. Systemland is a sanctuary where you earn flags alongside Essence. It is not a place to siege, plant flags, or influence a Realm battle.

	== Why is Use or Lay Siege missing? ==		== Why is Use or Lay Siege missing? ==
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	# Check '''Take part''' and your in-game availability on the website.		# Check '''Take part''' and your in-game availability on the website.
	# Check that you carry a flag.		# Check that you carry a flag.
	# Stand on a supporting surface ~~in a permitted area~~ and allow the HUD to update.		# Stand on a supporting surface outside Systemland and safe zones, and allow the HUD to update.
	# Read the region's state and bar.		# Read the region's state and bar.
	# Check whether another flag is already planted.		# Check whether another flag is already planted.

	'''Use''' ~~is available for~~ Unclaimed territory or an enemy-controlled region at '''50% or below'''. It is blocked in your own territory, safe ~~areas, protected regions~~, and ~~locations where~~ capture ~~is unavailable. '''Lay Siege''' needs an enemy-controlled region and a carried flag, but spends none. At zero control, plant directly instead of laying siege~~.		'''Lay Siege''' needs an enemy-controlled region and a carried flag, but spends none. At zero control, plant directly instead of laying siege.

			'''Use''' plants a flag in Unclaimed territory or an enemy-controlled region at '''50% or below'''. It is blocked in your own territory, on Systemland, in safe zones, and during capture protection.

	The dialog can also need fresh information after you arrive, land, or reconnect. Close and reopen it after the HUD updates.		The dialog can also need fresh information after you arrive, land, or reconnect. Close and reopen it after the HUD updates.
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	== Why have I not earned another flag? ==		== Why have I not earned another flag? ==

	# Confirm you are opted in and able to earn, alive, wearing a working ~~updated~~ HUD, and ~~in '''Uphill'''~~, ~~the current qualifying system-land location~~.		# Confirm you are opted in and able to earn, alive, wearing a working HUD, and on Systemland, where flags are earned alongside Essence.
	# Check your Discord verification for ~~system-land~~ rewards.		# Check your Discord verification for Systemland rewards.
	# Allow the roughly five-minute checks to confirm your time.		# Allow the roughly five-minute checks to confirm your time.
	# Check whether you have earned two flags today or already carry six.		# Check whether you have earned two flags today or already carry six.

Realm Domination/Website Guide

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	# Read the result, its time, and the opposing team.		# Read the result, its time, and the opposing team.

	~~Current-rule losses show~~ '''Region lost''' and '''Captured by'''~~. They~~ record an opposing flag's completed 100% claim.		Losses marked '''Region lost''' and '''Captured by''' record an opposing flag's completed 100% claim.

	Some older entries show '''Control reached zero''', '''Flag team''', and '''Zero control under the earlier rule; capture not confirmed.''' These are earlier zero-control records, not proof of a completed enemy capture. The historical zero bar shown on those cards is not the region's live bar.		Some older entries show '''Control reached zero''', '''Flag team''', and '''Zero control under the earlier rule; capture not confirmed.''' These are earlier zero-control records, not proof of a completed enemy capture. The historical zero bar shown on those cards is not the region's live bar.

Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending

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	== Prepare for a battle ==		== Prepare for a battle ==

	# Opt in on the website and wear ~~an updated,~~ working HUD.		# Opt in on the website and wear your working HUD.
	# Choose who will plant and make sure that player has a flag.		# Choose who will plant and make sure that player has a flag.
	# Travel to the same ~~region and use areas where combat~~ and Realm ~~participation are allowed~~.		# Travel to the same Second Life sim, outside Systemland and safe zones. Realm Domination follows DoD's gridwide play.
	# Remain alive and grounded on foot. A floor or raised platform counts as a supporting surface.		# Remain alive and grounded on foot. A floor or raised platform counts as a supporting surface.
	# Check the HUD's influence message before relying on your headcount.		# Check the HUD's influence message before relying on your headcount.

	You can spread across ~~permitted~~ parcels in the region; no fixed flag radius is required. Flying, sitting, crouching, falling, knockback, and moving too fast remove a player's own influence until they are ready again. A player counts once, even with more than one HUD.		You can spread across parcels in the region outside safe areas; no fixed flag radius is required. Flying, sitting, crouching, falling, knockback, and moving too fast remove a player's own influence until they are ready again. A player counts once, even with more than one HUD.

	== Capture Unclaimed territory ==		== Capture Unclaimed territory ==

	# Find a ~~permitted~~ region showing '''Unclaimed'''.		# Find a region showing '''Unclaimed''', outside Systemland and safe zones.
	# Open a flag from your Bag or shortcut.		# Open a flag from your Bag or shortcut.
	# Choose '''Use'''. One flag is spent when planting succeeds.		# Choose '''Use'''. One flag is spent when planting succeeds.
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	== Take enemy territory ==		== Take enemy territory ==

	~~# '''~~Lay Siege~~.''~~' In an enemy '''Controlled''' region, open a flag ~~and choose~~ '''Lay Siege'''. You ~~need~~ a flag but ~~spend~~ none~~. Simply passing through a quiet owned region does not begin a siege~~.		=== Lay Siege: lower the owner's control ===
	# '''~~Drain control.~~''' Eligible owner-team players defend. Eligible players from all other teams apply pressure together. An attacking majority lowers the owner's bar.
	# '''~~Plant at~~ 50% or below.''' ~~When the~~ flag ~~is ready, choose~~ '''Use'''. A successful plant spends one flag and starts the flagged attack. Only one flag can be planted in a region.		# In an enemy '''Controlled''' region, open a flag from your Bag or shortcut.
	# ~~'''Reach zero control~~.~~'''~~ Keep weakening the owner~~. When~~ its ~~bar~~ reaches zero~~, the~~ display changes to '''Contested''' and begins showing your flag team's claim.		# Choose '''Lay Siege'''. You must carry a flag, but starting the siege spends none.
	# '~~''Win the claim.''' Your flag~~ team ~~must outnumber everyone else~~ and fill that claim to '''100%'''. Ownership changes ~~only at this final step~~.		# Bring eligible attackers into the region to lower the owner's bar to '''50% or below'''.

			Eligible owner-team players defend. Eligible players from all other teams apply pressure together. An attacking majority lowers the owner's bar. Simply passing through a quiet owned region does not begin a siege.

			=== Use: plant your flag ===

			# When the owner's control is '''50% or below''', open your flag dialog.
			# Choose '''Use'''. A successful plant spends one flag and starts the flagged attack. Only one flag can be planted in a region.
			# Keep the original planter alive and in the region while your team continues the attack.

			=== Complete the capture ===

			# Keep weakening the owner until its control reaches zero. The display changes to '''Contested''' and begins showing your flag team's claim.
			# Outnumber everyone outside your flag's team and fill that claim to '''100%'''.
			# Ownership changes when the claim reaches 100%.

	The old owner remains the holder throughout the growing enemy claim. '''Held by''' on the HUD identifies that owner.		The old owner remains the holder throughout the growing enemy claim. '''Held by''' on the HUD identifies that owner.
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	# Respond to the team alert or check the website's '''Attack feed''' and '''Your team's regions'''.		# Respond to the team alert or check the website's '''Attack feed''' and '''Your team's regions'''.
	# Travel to the region and bring eligible members of the owning team.		# Travel to the region and bring eligible members of the owning team.
	# Stay grounded ~~in permitted~~ areas and outnumber the attackers.		# Stay grounded outside safe areas and outnumber the attackers.
	# Refill your control to '''100%''' while the enemy flag is planted, or break the flag through combat and opposition.		# Refill your control to '''100%''' while the enemy flag is planted, or break the flag through combat and opposition.
	# After a flag breaks, refill any remaining damage to 100% to gain protection from that flagged attack.		# After a flag breaks, refill any remaining damage to 100% to gain protection from that flagged attack.
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	== Protection, quiet territory, and safe areas ==		== Protection, quiet territory, and safe areas ==

			Realm Domination can be played on any sim in Second Life except Systemland and safe zones. Systemland is a sanctuary where you earn flags alongside Essence.

	Protection lasts '''15 minutes''' after a completed capture or a full recovery from a flagged attack. It blocks a new siege or flag plant while active. It does not grant immunity from ordinary combat where combat is normally allowed.		Protection lasts '''15 minutes''' after a completed capture or a full recovery from a flagged attack. It blocks a new siege or flag plant while active. It does not grant immunity from ordinary combat where combat is normally allowed.

Realm Domination/Flags

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	# Turn on '''Take part''' on the Realm Domination website page.		# Turn on '''Take part''' on the Realm Domination website page.
	# Wear your working ~~updated~~ DoD HUD and remain alive.		# Wear your working DoD HUD and remain alive.
	# Visit ~~qualifying system land. The current flag-earning location is~~ '''~~Uphill~~''', ~~available through the [https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uphill/52/64/36 DoD Second Life location]~~.		# Visit '''Systemland''', where flags are earned alongside Essence.
	# Make sure your DoD character meets the ~~system-land~~ reward requirements, including a verified Discord link. If your HUD requests Discord verification, follow its instructions; the [https://discord.descendantsofdarkness.com/ DoD Discord link] is also available.		# Make sure your DoD character meets the Systemland reward requirements, including a verified Discord link. If your HUD requests Discord verification, follow its instructions; the [https://discord.descendantsofdarkness.com/ DoD Discord link] is also available.
	# Spend enough verified time there to reach the daily milestones.		# Spend enough verified time there to reach the daily milestones.
	# Check the flag stack in your Bag or '''Flags carried''' on the website.		# Check the flag stack in your Bag or '''Flags carried''' on the website.
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	The earning checks happen roughly every five minutes. Your first successful check establishes that you are there; counted time follows subsequent successful checks. A flag therefore may not arrive at the exact stopwatch minute you expect.		The earning checks happen roughly every five minutes. Your first successful check establishes that you are there; counted time follows subsequent successful checks. A flag therefore may not arrive at the exact stopwatch minute you expect.

	Offline time and gaps in confirmed presence do not count. A Discord requirement for ~~system-land~~ rewards does not create a separate Discord requirement for every Realm battle.		Offline time and gaps in confirmed presence do not count. A Discord requirement for Systemland rewards does not create a separate Discord requirement for every Realm battle. Systemland is a sanctuary for earning rewards; Realm battles take place elsewhere across Second Life, outside safe zones.

	== Daily earning and carrying limits ==		== Daily earning and carrying limits ==

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	! Rule !! ~~Current value~~		! Rule !! Limit or milestone
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	\| First daily flag \|\| 30 verified minutes on ~~qualifying system land~~		\| First daily flag \|\| 30 verified minutes on Systemland
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	\| Second daily flag \|\| 60 verified minutes total that day		\| Second daily flag \|\| 60 verified minutes total that day
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	# Use a flag successfully so your balance drops below six.		# Use a flag successfully so your balance drops below six.
	# Return to ~~qualifying system land~~.		# Return to Systemland.
	# Complete another successful presence check on the same SLT day.		# Complete another successful presence check on the same SLT day.

	You can then collect any remaining flag entitlement you earned that day, within the two-flag daily allowance. Earned but uncollected entitlement expires at the next SLT day. Flags already in your Bag remain.		You can then collect any remaining flag entitlement you earned that day, within the two-flag daily allowance. Earned but uncollected entitlement expires at the next SLT day. Flags already in your Bag remain.

	== ~~Use a flag~~ ==		== Lay Siege ==

	# Go to the region you want to fight for.		# Go to an enemy-held region outside Systemland and safe zones.
	# Stay alive, grounded~~, and in a permitted area~~.		# Stay alive and grounded, and open your flag in the Bag or from an assigned shortcut.
			# Choose '''Lay Siege''' to begin lowering the owner's control.
			# Help the attackers outnumber the defenders until the owner's bar reaches '''50% or below'''.

			You must carry at least one flag, but '''Lay Siege''' spends none. Unclaimed territory does not need a siege. If enemy control is already at zero, plant directly instead.

			== Use: plant a flag ==

			# Go to the region you want to fight for, outside Systemland and safe zones.
			# Stay alive and grounded.
	# Click your flag in the Bag or an assigned shortcut.		# Click your flag in the Bag or an assigned shortcut.
	# Choose the ~~available action~~.		# Choose '''Use''' to plant in an '''Unclaimed''' region or an enemy-held region at '''50% or below'''.
			# Keep the original planter alive and in the region, and help the flag's team complete its claim.

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	# Check that '''Take part''' is on and your participation is available.		# Check that '''Take part''' is on and your participation is available.
	# Confirm you are alive, wearing a working ~~updated~~ HUD, and on ~~qualifying system land~~.		# Confirm you are alive, wearing a working HUD, and on Systemland.
	# Complete any Discord verification requested for ~~system-land~~ rewards.		# Complete any Discord verification requested for Systemland rewards.
	# Allow the next presence check to happen.		# Allow the next presence check to happen.
	# Check whether you have already earned two flags that SLT day or are carrying six.		# Check whether you have already earned two flags that SLT day or are carrying six.
	# If the website is delayed, check the Bag too and wait for its current count.		# If the website is delayed, check the Bag too and wait for its current count.

	Keep earning time and capture time separate. Fighting in ~~a random combat region~~ does not replace the ~~required~~ time on ~~qualifying system land~~.		Keep earning time and capture time separate. Earn flags alongside Essence on Systemland. Fighting elsewhere in Second Life does not replace the time needed on Systemland to earn flags.

	Continue with [[Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag\|HUD Action Bar and Bag]] or [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]].		Continue with [[Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag\|HUD Action Bar and Bag]] or [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending\|Capturing and Defending]].

Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag

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	The ~~updated DoD~~ HUD ~~adds an~~ Action Bar~~, a~~ Bag~~, and a Realm display. These~~ let you see your flags, choose siege and planting actions~~, and follow~~ the region's capture bar while ~~playing~~.		The HUD's Action Bar and Bag let you see your flags and choose siege and planting actions. The Realm display shows the region's capture bar while you play.

	== ~~What changed~~ ==		== Action Bar and Bag layout ==

	The HUD's settings button ~~now~~ opens a menu with '''Settings''' and '''Action bar'''. Choose '''Settings''' ~~to reach~~ your ~~usual~~ HUD options. Choose '''Action bar''' to show or hide the ~~new controls~~.		The HUD's settings button opens a menu with '''Settings''' and '''Action bar'''. Choose '''Settings''' for your HUD options. Choose '''Action bar''' to show or hide the Action Bar, Bag, and Realm display.

	The Action Bar has '''twelve shortcut slots''', arranged in two rows of six. The Bag button sits at the left end, the movement handle at the right end, and the Realm display above the bar. The Bag opens above its button with twelve cells, arranged three across and four down, plus page arrows.		The Action Bar has '''twelve shortcut slots''', arranged in two rows of six. The Bag button sits at the left end, the movement handle at the right end, and the Realm display above the bar. The Bag opens above its button with twelve cells, arranged three across and four down, plus page arrows.

	The number of cells or shortcuts is not your flag allowance. All your flags share one stack, ~~and the current~~ carrying limit is six.		The number of cells or shortcuts is not your flag allowance. All your flags share one stack, with a carrying limit of six.

	== Open and close the Action Bar ==		== Open and close the Action Bar ==
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	\| '''Too swift · your influence scatters''' \|\| Return to ordinary walking or running speed.		\| '''Too swift · your influence scatters''' \|\| Return to ordinary walking or running speed.
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	\| '''Sanctuary · your influence sleeps''' \|\| You are in a safe ~~area~~. Move ~~to a permitted area if you want~~ to participate.		\| '''Sanctuary · your influence sleeps''' \|\| You are on Systemland or in a safe zone. Move outside the sanctuary or safe zone to participate.
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Realm Domination

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Link the full Realm Domination guide index from the overview

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	== Choose a guide ==		== Choose a guide ==

			Browse [[Realm Domination/Guides\|All Guides]] for the full guide index, or choose a topic below.

	* [[Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag\|HUD Action Bar and Bag]]: every control and the capture display.		* [[Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag\|HUD Action Bar and Bag]]: every control and the capture display.

Realm Domination/Complete Guide

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Link the full Realm Domination guide index from the overview

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	=== Choose a guide ===		=== Choose a guide ===

			Browse [[Realm Domination/Guides\|All Guides]] for the full guide index, or choose a topic below.

	* [[#HUD Action Bar and Bag\|HUD Action Bar and Bag]]: every control and the capture display.		* [[#HUD Action Bar and Bag\|HUD Action Bar and Bag]]: every control and the capture display.

MediaWiki:Sidebar

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	** Legacy\|Legacy System		** Legacy\|Legacy System
	** Bounties\|Bounties		** Bounties\|Bounties

			* Realm Domination
			** Realm_Domination\|Overview & Quick Start
			** Realm_Domination/HUD_Action_Bar_and_Bag\|HUD & Bag
			** Realm_Domination/Flags\|Flags
			** Realm_Domination/Capturing_and_Defending\|Capturing & Defending
			** Realm_Domination/Website_Guide\|Website Guide
			** Realm_Domination/Help_and_FAQ\|Help & FAQ

	* Species Guides		* Species Guides

Realm Domination

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Realm Domination is DoD's team territory mode in Second Life. Earn flags, claim regions, lay siege to rival teams, and defend the territory your team holds. You play through your updated game HUD. The website lets you join, follow attacks, find your team's regions, compare standings, and review your results.

This guide is for existing DoD players. Rules and website features checked on '''8 October 2026'''.

== The objective ==

Capture a region by planting a flag and helping its team fill a claim to '''100%'''. Defend a region by pushing back an enemy flag while your team keeps ownership.

Eligible players influence the capture bar by being present in permitted parts of the same region. More eligible players on your side give you an advantage. Equal numbers hold the bar still. Combat helps you remove opponents from the count and protect your flag planter.

An owned region remains with its team until an opposing flag's claim reaches 100%. Draining the owner's control to zero does not, by itself, take the region.

== Join Realm Domination ==

# Wear the updated DoD HUD that includes the Action Bar and Bag.
# Sign in to the [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/ DoD website]. Use your HUD password or '''Enter with In-World Link'''. Your HUD password is separate from your Second Life account password.
# Open '''Gameplay → Realm Domination'''.
# In '''Your participation''', turn on '''Take part'''.
# Wait for the saved confirmation, then check '''In-game status'''.
# Open the HUD's settings button and choose '''Action bar'''.

You can read the website page while opted out. Turning '''Take part''' on saves your choice; you still need to meet the in-world requirements below to influence a battle. The website's participation message does not mean you are currently online or being counted in a particular region.

Your choice remains saved between visits. To leave the mode, turn '''Take part''' off on the website. Closing the Action Bar, closing the website, or turning off the alert sound does not opt you out.

== Your first capture ==

# Earn a flag on qualifying system land. The current earning location is '''Uphill'''; see [[Realm Domination/Flags|Flags]] for the requirements.
# Go to a region where Realm capture and combat are allowed.
# Stay alive and stand, walk, or run normally on a supporting surface.
# Open the Bag and click your flag, or click an assigned flag shortcut.
# If the region is '''Unclaimed''', choose '''Use''' to plant. In an enemy '''Controlled''' region, choose '''Lay Siege''', reduce the owner's bar to 50% or below, then choose '''Use'''.
# Keep the original planter alive and in the region. Help the flag's team fill its claim to 100%.
# Check your team's territory and your completed results on the website.

You do not need your own flag to help an existing attack or defense. A player carrying a flag must start a siege or plant the flag.

== Who is on your team? ==

Your Realm team follows your current political allegiance automatically.

{| class="wikitable"
! Your current allegiance !! Your Realm team
|-
| Outlaw without a Dynasty || You alone
|-
| Dynasty without a Clan || Everyone in that Dynasty
|-
| Dynasty in a Clan that follows no Bloodline leader || Everyone in that Clan
|-
| Clan following a Bloodline leader || Everyone in the Clans following that same leader
|}

'''Dynasty''' is the general name for a House, Pack, Coven, or Order. Your biological ancestry does not choose your Realm team.

Changing allegiance changes the team you help. Earlier results remain with the team you helped at the time. A flag already planted stays with its original team. If its planter changes teams, forward progress stops until that original planter is back in the region on the flag's original team.

== When you count in a battle ==

You must be opted in, able to participate, alive with health remaining, and wearing a working updated HUD. Stay in a permitted part of the region, on foot and supported by the ground, a floor, or a platform.

Standing, walking, and ordinary running count. The current ground-speed limit is '''5.5 metres per second''', which allows normal Second Life running. Flying, sitting, crouching, falling, being knocked into the air, or moving too fast stops your influence and contribution time. After landing or teleporting, allow a fresh HUD update before expecting to count again.

A battle covers the whole region. Teammates can spread across its permitted parcels; there is no circle you must stand inside around a flag. You do not need to rez a flag object, so no-build land can still allow Realm play.

Safe areas block planting and influence. A safe parcel does not necessarily make the rest of a region safe. A whole-region safe zone blocks Realm play throughout it. Follow the HUD's location message.

Normal DoD combat, death, hunger, and revival rules continue to apply. Players who have not joined Realm can still fight wherever ordinary combat allows, but they do not move the Realm bar or earn Realm contribution credit.

== Choose a guide ==

* [[Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag|HUD Action Bar and Bag]]: every control and the capture display.
* [[Realm Domination/Flags|Flags]]: earning, carrying, and using flags.
* [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]]: battle rules, protection, and contribution credit.
* [[Realm Domination/Website Guide|Website Guide]]: participation, territory, rankings, settings, and history.
* [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ|Help and FAQ]]: common messages and problems.
* [[Realm Domination/Complete Guide|Complete Guide]]: all six topics in one document.

Realm Domination/Guides

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Player guides for Realm Domination, the updated DoD HUD, and its website. Checked on '''8 October 2026'''.

Start with [[Realm Domination|Realm Domination]], or read the [[Realm Domination/Complete Guide|Complete Guide]] for every topic in one place.

{| class="wikitable"
! Guide !! What it covers
|-
| [[Realm Domination|Realm Domination]] || What the mode is, joining, teams, and a quick start.
|-
| [[Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag|HUD Action Bar and Bag]] || Opening, moving, and using the bar, Bag, shortcuts, and capture display.
|-
| [[Realm Domination/Flags|Flags]] || Earning, carrying, spending, and keeping flags.
|-
| [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]] || Sieges, claims, defense, protection, planter rules, and contribution credit.
|-
| [[Realm Domination/Website Guide|Website Guide]] || Participation, attacks, territory, rankings, My campaign, and history.
|-
| [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ|Help and FAQ]] || Common messages, problems, and questions.
|}

Play through the updated game HUD in Second Life. Use [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/realm-domination Gameplay → Realm Domination] on the website to save your participation choice and follow territory and results.

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Use the HUD's current Realm message first, then the website's '''Your participation''' panel. These tell you different things: the HUD describes your current location and battle, while the website shows your saved choice and recorded results.

== I cannot find the new HUD controls ==

# Make sure you are wearing the updated DoD HUD with Realm controls.
# Click the settings button and choose '''Action bar'''. Your usual options are now reached by choosing '''Settings''' from that first menu.
# Open the Bag using the button at the Action Bar's left end.
# If part of the bar is off screen, bring the main HUD into view using its usual movement control, then drag the bar's right-hand movement handle to a reachable position.

If the controls remain missing or unresponsive after the HUD reconnects, ask game support for help. Include the visible message and what you were trying to do.

== Why is Use or Lay Siege missing? ==

# Check '''Take part''' and your in-game availability on the website.
# Check that you carry a flag.
# Stand on a supporting surface in a permitted area and allow the HUD to update.
# Read the region's state and bar.
# Check whether another flag is already planted.

'''Use''' is available for Unclaimed territory or an enemy-controlled region at '''50% or below'''. It is blocked in your own territory, safe areas, protected regions, and locations where capture is unavailable. '''Lay Siege''' needs an enemy-controlled region and a carried flag, but spends none. At zero control, plant directly instead of laying siege.

The dialog can also need fresh information after you arrive, land, or reconnect. Close and reopen it after the HUD updates.

== Why am I not moving the bar? ==

# Check for '''Sanctuary''', '''Your influence fades''', '''Too swift''', or an availability message.
# Remain alive, on foot, grounded, and at ordinary movement speed.
# Make sure you are in the same region as the battle, outside its safe areas.
# Allow a fresh update after landing or teleporting.
# Check the eligible numbers on both sides and the original planter's situation.

Equal eligible numbers hold the bar still. People who are flying, sitting, crouching, falling, too fast, opted out, or otherwise unable to participate do not add influence just by being nearby.

After a flag is planted, its original planter must remain alive and in the region for forward progress. Grounded teammates can continue while that planter is only airborne or seated in the region, but cannot replace a planter who has left or lost valid presence.

== Can we win while our planter flies? ==

Yes, if the original planter remains alive and confirmed in the region and eligible grounded teammates are moving the claim. The planter's own influence stops while airborne, seated, crouching, or too fast. That alone does not break the flag.

If the planter leaves, enters a safe area, detaches, opts out, changes away from the flag's team, or loses a working connection, forward progress stops. If the planter dies, the flag breaks at the next capture update even when teammates remain.

== We reached zero. Why do the defenders still own the region? ==

Zero is the end of the owner's control bar, not a completed capture. With a flag planted, the display switches to that flag team's claim. Fill this new claim to '''100%''' to take ownership.

Without a flag, the owners keep the region at zero and can refill it. Plant a flag to begin your claim. If an enemy claim breaks before reaching 100%, the old owner keeps the region.

== How do we break a flag? ==

Fight its planter where ordinary combat allows, refill the owner's control to 100%, or push a claim to zero and keep its team outnumbered for the required time. Complete flag-team absence can also break it.

There is no separate flag object you must rez, click, or attack. See [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]] for the 20-second outnumbered and 30-second absence rules.

== Does Protected make me immune to combat? ==

No. The '''15-minute''' protection prevents a new Realm siege or plant. Ordinary combat still follows the area's normal rules.

Breaking an enemy flag while your control is damaged does not instantly protect the region. Refill to 100% after that flagged attack. Refilling a siege that never planted a flag does not grant this protection.

== What does Claimed by The Darkness mean? ==

It is the display for an unclaimed safe location. It does not mean there is a rival team called The Darkness that you can defeat to capture it. '''Sanctuary · your influence sleeps''' means your current location blocks Realm influence.

== Why did my flag break? ==

Check the attempt's recorded events under '''My campaign → History → View attempt''', when the result is available.

Common causes are the original planter dying, the flag team being absent, the claim remaining at zero while outnumbered, or defenders recovering to 100%. A successful plant spends its flag even when the attempt fails. Unused flags in your Bag are kept through death.

== Why have I not earned another flag? ==

# Confirm you are opted in and able to earn, alive, wearing a working updated HUD, and in '''Uphill''', the current qualifying system-land location.
# Check your Discord verification for system-land rewards.
# Allow the roughly five-minute checks to confirm your time.
# Check whether you have earned two flags today or already carry six.

The milestones are '''30''' and '''60 verified minutes total''' that SLT day. Offline time and unconfirmed gaps do not count. If your Bag was full, spend a flag and complete another successful check the same day to collect any remaining earned entitlement.

See [[Realm Domination/Flags|Flags]] for the daily boundary and what happens when you opt out and rejoin.

== Why did I not receive capture or defense help credit? ==

Capture help normally needs '''30 seconds''' of counted help during the successful planted attempt. Time spent sieging before the plant does not count toward that flag's capture assist.

Defense help normally needs '''30 seconds''' during a flagged attempt the owner survives. A defender still counted when a flag breaks because of planter death or team absence can qualify with '''20 seconds'''. Arriving at the last moment does not guarantee credit.

Quiet ownership, protection, empty Unclaimed territory, and time when you cannot count do not earn fighting time. Also allow completed results time to appear on the website.

== Why is our battle missing from Attack feed? ==

The feed shows planted flag attacks against existing owners. It excludes pre-flag sieges and flags claiming Unclaimed land. Check '''Your team's regions''' for your team's Unclaimed capture in progress.

An attack leaves the feed when its flag finishes or breaks. A delayed or unavailable feed has its own message, so do not treat that as proof no attack exists.

== Why does Lost regions still list a region we recovered? ==

It is a history of losses, not a list of territory your team currently lacks. Separate losses can give the same region several entries.

'''Region lost''' records a completed enemy capture. '''Control reached zero''' is an older record whose card explicitly says capture is not confirmed. Do not treat that old zero-control entry as the current rule for losing territory.

== The HUD and website disagree ==

Use the HUD's current state during play. Region cards normally update about every 15 seconds while that tab is active. Rankings, team historical totals, and completed history can take roughly 15 minutes to catch up. Team changes can also take a short time to appear.

# Read any delayed-information notice.
# Give the next update time to arrive.
# Use '''Try again''' if offered after a failed load.
# For an uncertain switch save, use '''Retry''' or '''Check current setting''' rather than repeatedly changing it.

'''Unavailable''' is not zero, and an error is not an empty result list.

== How do I turn off the attack sound? ==

# Open the website's '''My campaign''' tab.
# Under '''Settings''', turn '''Attack alert sound''' off.
# Wait for the saved confirmation.

This changes your Realm attack sound only. The chat alert remains, teammates keep their own choices, and your '''Take part''' setting stays as it was.

== Do I need Patreon to join? ==

No. Realm Domination is available to signed-in DoD players. Join using '''Take part''' on its website page and meet the in-world participation requirements.

== Does holding territory earn extra Essence? ==

Realm captures do not automatically pay territorial Essence or an additional activity award. Realm standings track their named measures separately; there is no combined Realm score. Normal DoD rewards continue under their usual rules.

== Can I fight alone or without my own flag? ==

An Outlaw without a Dynasty is their own Realm team and can play alone. Any eligible player can help an existing attack or defense without carrying a flag. You need a carried flag to begin '''Lay Siege''', and a successful '''Use''' spends one.

== Does hiding the bar or closing the website stop participation? ==

No. Use '''Take part''' on the website to opt out. Logging off or detaching your HUD removes your in-world influence, but does not erase that saved choice or your unused flags.

== Where can I find the other guides? ==

* [[Realm Domination|Realm Domination]]: joining, teams, and the quick start.
* [[Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag|HUD Action Bar and Bag]]: HUD controls and messages.
* [[Realm Domination/Flags|Flags]]: earning and managing flags.
* [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]]: complete battle and credit rules.
* [[Realm Domination/Website Guide|Website Guide]]: every Realm website view.
* [[Realm Domination/Complete Guide|Complete Guide]]: all topics in one document.

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The Realm Domination website page supports your in-world play. It saves your participation choice and attack-alert sound preference, shows current attacks and your team's territory, and records standings and completed attempts. Sieging, planting, and defending are played through your game HUD in Second Life.

== Open the page ==

# Sign in to the [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/ DoD website] with your HUD password or '''Enter with In-World Link'''.
# Open '''Gameplay → Realm Domination''', or use the [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/realm-domination Realm Domination page].
# Choose one of its five tabs.

{| class="wikitable"
! Tab !! What you use it for
|-
| '''Attack feed''' || Follow planted flag attacks against existing owners.
|-
| '''Your team's regions''' || Find your team's current territory and captures, and review its losses.
|-
| '''Team rankings''' || Compare team results and current holdings.
|-
| '''Player rankings''' || Compare individual contributions and flag successes.
|-
| '''My campaign''' || Set your attack-alert sound and review your own history.
|}

'''Your participation''' stays beside the selected tab on desktop. On a phone or narrow screen, it appears below the main content. Scroll down to reach it.

== Your participation ==

# Find '''Your participation'''.
# Turn '''Take part''' on to join, or off to stop taking part.
# Wait for the saved confirmation and check '''Opted in''' or '''Opted out'''.
# Read '''In-game status''' to see whether your character can currently take part.

Your saved choice and your current availability are different. You can be opted in while the mode is unavailable or your character cannot currently participate. A suspension keeps your saved choice but blocks participation while it applies.

{| class="wikitable"
! Message !! Meaning
|-
| '''You are taking part in Realm Domination.''' || Your choice is on and your character can take part. This is not a check that you are online, wearing the HUD, or influencing a particular battle.
|-
| '''You have not opted in. Turn the switch on to save your choice.''' || Your saved choice is off.
|-
| '''Your choice is saved. Realm Domination is unavailable right now.''' || Your choice is on, but the mode is not currently available.
|-
| '''Your choice is saved, but your character can't take part right now.''' || Your choice is on, but your character is currently unable to participate.
|-
| A participation-suspension message || Participation is blocked; your saved choice is retained.
|}

'''Flags carried''' shows your recorded unused flag balance. '''Unavailable''' means the number could not be shown; it does not mean zero.

'''View my results''' opens '''My campaign'''. Expand '''How to play''' for the page's short reminder to use the Realm controls in your HUD.

Only you can see your participation panel. Closing the website or hiding the Action Bar does not change its saved switch.

== Attack feed ==

The shared feed shows a region when a flag has been planted against an existing holder. It names the region, defending team, attacking team, and current bar out of 100. '''Teleport''' opens its Second Life map page in another browser tab.

An attack remains listed until that flag captures, is repelled, or breaks. At zero control the same teams stay visible. During the next phase, '''Capture progress''' shows the flag team's growing claim. The defending team still owns the region until the claim reaches 100%.

# Open '''Attack feed'''.
# Search for a region name if needed.
# Choose '''All statuses''', '''Control phase''', or '''Capture phase'''.
# Read both team names and the bar's phase before deciding where to help.
# Choose '''Teleport''' to open the region's map, then use Second Life to travel there.

A siege before a flag is planted does not appear in this feed. A flag claiming previously Unclaimed territory does not appear either. An empty feed therefore does not mean nobody is playing Realm.

If a whole-region safe zone freezes an attack, its card can remain visible as '''Safe zone — attack paused''', with both teams and the frozen bar.

== Your team's regions ==

This tab uses your current Realm team. Its quiet holdings are visible to its own members, rather than listed in a directory for rival teams.

=== Read the team summary ===

The summary shows your team name and two sets of totals.

{| class="wikitable"
! Group !! Figures
|-
| '''Current territory''' || '''Held''', '''Under attack''', '''Capturing'''
|-
| Selected historical period || '''Captures''', '''Defences''', '''Regions lost'''
|}

Choose '''Today''', '''This week''', or '''All time''' for the historical totals. Current territory describes the position now regardless of that period. The summary covers the whole team; searching the list does not reduce it to only the cards you found.

A region remains held by its owner even while its control is zero or an enemy claim is growing. A team's Unclaimed capture in progress can also appear in this tab, but does not count as held until won.

'''Recorded results updated''' tells you when the historical totals were last confirmed. A dash means a figure is unavailable, not an assumed zero.

=== Current regions ===

# Select '''Current regions'''.
# Search by region name, or choose a '''Status''' filter.
# Use '''All statuses''', '''Held''', '''Capture phase''', '''Protected''', or '''Under attack'''.
# Read the card's state, controlling or defending team, flag team where present, and bar.
# Choose '''Teleport''' to open its Second Life map page.

The list includes your team's holdings, its holdings under attack, and regions carrying your team's capture flag. This includes claims on Unclaimed land that are absent from the shared Attack feed. A failed claim leaves the list once its flag is gone unless your team owns the region.

{| class="wikitable"
! Card label !! Meaning
|-
| '''Controlled''' || The region has an owner and is not shown as a flagged attack or protected state.
|-
| '''Under attack''' || An enemy flag is attacking the holder, including during the growing enemy claim.
|-
| '''Capturing''' || A flag is claiming territory that has no existing owner.
|-
| '''Protected''' || The region has timed Realm capture protection.
|-
| '''Safe zone''' || The whole region is safe; there is no protection countdown.
|-
| '''Safe zone — attack paused''' || A whole-region safe zone is keeping an existing attack paused.
|}

For timed protection, '''Protection ends in''' shows the time remaining. '''Protection ending…''' can appear briefly while the card awaits the next confirmed state. '''Protection time unavailable''' means the countdown could not be shown.

A whole-region safe zone uses '''Safe zone''' instead of a timed countdown. An owned safe region remains in its team's holdings and held count.

=== Lost regions ===

# Select '''Lost regions'''.
# Choose '''Today''', '''This week''', or '''All time'''.
# Search by region name if needed.
# Read the result, its time, and the opposing team.

Current-rule losses show '''Region lost''' and '''Captured by'''. They record an opposing flag's completed 100% claim.

Some older entries show '''Control reached zero''', '''Flag team''', and '''Zero control under the earlier rule; capture not confirmed.''' These are earlier zero-control records, not proof of a completed enemy capture. The historical zero bar shown on those cards is not the region's live bar.

Losses remain in history if your team later recovers the region. The same region can appear more than once after separate losses. '''Teleport''' opens the region's current map, not a replay of the historical battle.

== Team rankings ==

# Open '''Team rankings'''.
# Choose the measure you want to compare.
# For a historical measure, choose '''Today''', '''This week''', '''This month''', or '''All time'''.
# Search for a team, or choose '''Find my team''' to locate your own standing.

{| class="wikitable"
! Measure !! What it compares
|-
| '''Captures''' || Successful team captures.
|-
| '''Defenses''' || Successful defenses against planted flags.
|-
| '''Regions held''' || How many regions each team owns now.
|-
| '''Time attacking''' || Recorded eligible attacking time.
|-
| '''Time defending''' || Recorded eligible defending time.
|}

'''Regions held''' is a current count, so it has no historical period. These aggregate counts do not reveal rival teams' quiet territory locations.

Each measure is its own ranking; there is no combined Realm score. Supporting figures beside a result give context but are not added together to create the rank.

== Player rankings ==

# Open '''Player rankings'''.
# Choose the measure and time period.
# Search for a player, or choose '''Find me''' for your own standing.
# Open a player name to visit their profile where a link is available.

{| class="wikitable"
! Measure !! What it compares
|-
| '''Captures helped''' || Successful captures for which the player earned help credit.
|-
| '''Successful flags''' || Completed captures from flags planted by the player.
|-
| '''Defenses helped''' || Successful defenses for which the player earned help credit.
|-
| '''Time attacking''' || The player's counted attacking time.
|-
| '''Time defending''' || The player's counted defending time.
|}

All player measures offer '''Today''', '''This week''', '''This month''', and '''All time'''. A successful planter can appear in both '''Captures helped''' and '''Successful flags''' when they qualify for both.

=== Understand both ranking boards ===

The leading entries appear on a podium on the first unfiltered page. Further entries appear below it. Equal results share a rank and medal tier. Player names can show the display name with the Second Life username beneath it; team and player names link to their corresponding profiles where available.

'''Find me''' and '''Find my team''' clear an active search, open the page containing your entry, and highlight it briefly. If you or your team have no ranked result for the selected measure and period, the page explains that instead.

Both boards start with '''This week'''. If that first weekly view has no results, it may switch to '''All time'''. You can still deliberately choose an empty period yourself.

== My campaign: attack-alert sound ==

# Open '''My campaign'''.
# Under '''Settings''', find '''Attack alert sound'''.
# Turn it on or off and wait for the saved confirmation.

This controls only the sound your HUD plays when an enemy plants a flag in territory your team owns. The chat alert is still sent. The choice is yours alone and does not change teammates' sounds, your participation choice, or your HUD's usual sound options.

The sound choice starts on unless you change it. You can save it while opted out; doing so does not opt you in. '''Unknown''' means the page cannot confirm how it is set. Use '''Check again''' when offered instead of treating that state as off.

== My campaign: History ==

The '''History''' section below Settings shows your own completed participation and flag results. It includes attempts where you planted the flag or contributed.

# Choose '''Today''', '''This week''', '''This month''', or '''All time'''.
# Choose '''All''', '''Captures''', '''Defenses''', or '''Broken flags''' under '''Results'''.
# Search by region name if needed.
# Read a card's region, completion time, team, role, result, and recorded time.
# Choose '''View attempt''' for the detail window.

Roles include '''Flag planter''', '''Attacker''', '''Defender''', and '''Participant'''. Results can include '''Capture helped''', '''Defense helped''', '''Your flag captured''', '''Your flag broke''', and '''Your flag was repelled'''. One card may carry several results, such as both capture-help credit and a successful planted flag.

The attempt window shows '''Recorded events''' with their times and '''Contributors''' with their help result and attacking or defending time. Contributor names can link to player profiles. Longer contributor lists offer '''Previous''' and '''Next'''.

A recorded planter-death break can appear as '''Flag broken — planter died'''. Close the window with '''Close attempt''', its close button, or Escape. Your history is not a global list of every battle, and losing or breaking a flag does not necessarily earn success credit.

== Search, pages, and phone controls ==

# Enter a name in the relevant search field.
# Choose '''Search''' or press Enter to apply it.
# To remove the search, empty the field and submit again.
# Use '''Per page''' to choose '''5''', '''10''', or '''25''' entries; the usual starting choice is 10.
# Use '''Previous''' and '''Next''' to move between pages.

Changing filters or page size returns you to page one. Page navigation returns you to the list heading; contributor-page navigation returns the attempt window to its top.

On a phone, scroll the tab strip sideways or use '''Scroll page tabs''' to reach all five tabs. The participation panel is below the selected tab's content. '''View my results''' there provides another way to reach '''My campaign'''.

The selected main tab is remembered when you refresh in the same browser tab. Ranking filters and page numbers can return to their starting choices.

== Times, updates, and unavailable information ==

Dates and times use '''Second Life Time (SLT)'''. Today begins at SLT midnight, weeks begin Monday, and month views use the SLT calendar month.

While you are looking at an active region tab, it normally refreshes about every '''15 seconds'''. Rankings, historical totals, and completed attempts can take longer to appear; allow roughly '''15 minutes''' for recorded results to catch up. A team change can also take a short time to appear. During a fight, follow your current HUD state.

If information is delayed, the website says so. A failed refresh may keep the last confirmed information and offer '''Try again'''. An empty list, unavailable information, and a failed load are different states.

If a saved choice cannot be confirmed, use '''Retry''' or '''Check current setting''' when offered. Wait for the result before changing it again. A saved opt-in choice does not need to be repeatedly switched off and on because a list is delayed.

Continue with [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]] for the game rules or [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ|Help and FAQ]] for troubleshooting.

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Realm battles use one region-wide bar. During the control phase it measures the owner's control. During the claim phase it measures the planted flag team's claim. Read the named team and phase together with the percentage.

'''A region changes owner only when an opposing flag's claim reaches 100%.''' Zero control alone never removes the current owner.

== Prepare for a battle ==

# Opt in on the website and wear an updated, working HUD.
# Choose who will plant and make sure that player has a flag.
# Travel to the same region and use areas where combat and Realm participation are allowed.
# Remain alive and grounded on foot. A floor or raised platform counts as a supporting surface.
# Check the HUD's influence message before relying on your headcount.

You can spread across permitted parcels in the region; no fixed flag radius is required. Flying, sitting, crouching, falling, knockback, and moving too fast remove a player's own influence until they are ready again. A player counts once, even with more than one HUD.

== Capture Unclaimed territory ==

# Find a permitted region showing '''Unclaimed'''.
# Open a flag from your Bag or shortcut.
# Choose '''Use'''. One flag is spent when planting succeeds.
# Keep the original planter alive and in the region.
# Bring more eligible flag-team players than eligible opponents into the region.
# Fill the claim from zero to '''100%'''.

Your team then owns the region and receives '''15 minutes''' of capture protection. No existing owner loses territory when an Unclaimed region is captured.

Equal eligible numbers hold the claim still. More opponents push it down. Only the planted flag's team can win that claim.

== Take enemy territory ==

# '''Lay Siege.''' In an enemy '''Controlled''' region, open a flag and choose '''Lay Siege'''. You need a flag but spend none. Simply passing through a quiet owned region does not begin a siege.
# '''Drain control.''' Eligible owner-team players defend. Eligible players from all other teams apply pressure together. An attacking majority lowers the owner's bar.
# '''Plant at 50% or below.''' When the flag is ready, choose '''Use'''. A successful plant spends one flag and starts the flagged attack. Only one flag can be planted in a region.
# '''Reach zero control.''' Keep weakening the owner. When its bar reaches zero, the display changes to '''Contested''' and begins showing your flag team's claim.
# '''Win the claim.''' Your flag team must outnumber everyone else and fill that claim to '''100%'''. Ownership changes only at this final step.

The old owner remains the holder throughout the growing enemy claim. '''Held by''' on the HUD identifies that owner.

If an enemy region is already at zero control with no flag planted, choose '''Use''' to begin the claim directly. '''Lay Siege''' is not offered there because nothing remains to drain.

If the owner's bar reaches zero without any planted flag, the owner keeps the region. Attackers must still plant and win a claim. Owners can return and refill their control.

== Fighting alongside another attacking team ==

During the control phase, different non-owner teams help drain the owner together. Once a flag's claim begins, everyone outside that flag's team opposes its claim, including the previous owner and other attacking teams.

Agree which team will plant before the assault. Helping a different team's siege does not put you on that team's flag or award your team its capture.

== How the bar moves ==

An active battle normally updates about every '''two seconds'''. Each extra eligible player on one side gives one point of advantage, up to '''four points per update'''.

{| class="wikitable"
! Situation !! Bar movement per update
|-
| Six owners defending against five attackers || Owner gains 1 point
|-
| Three defenders against three attackers || Owner's bar stays still
|-
| No defenders against five attackers || Owner loses 4 points
|-
| Four flag teammates against one opponent during a claim || Flag claim gains 3 points
|}

With no interruptions, one unopposed player can fill a full claim in about '''200 seconds'''. A maximum advantage can fill it in about '''50 seconds'''. Taking a fully controlled enemy region requires draining one bar and filling another, so those ideal times become about '''400 seconds solo''' or '''100 seconds at maximum advantage''', plus planting and update delays.

These are examples, not a countdown promise. Deaths, changing numbers, movement, safe areas, ties, and delayed HUD updates change the pace.

== Protect the original planter ==

The flag needs its original planter alive and in the region for forward progress. Teammates can strengthen or hold the attempt, but cannot replace that player.

{| class="wikitable"
! What happens !! Effect on the planted flag
|-
| The planter dies, including from hunger || The flag breaks at the next capture update, even with teammates present.
|-
| The planter flies, sits, crouches, falls, or moves too fast while still confirmed in the region || The planter's own influence stops. Eligible grounded teammates can keep moving the bar and earn their time. This alone does not break the flag.
|-
| The planter leaves, detaches the HUD, enters a safe area, opts out, changes away from the flag's team, or loses a working connection || Forward progress stops. Eligible flag teammates can oppose enemies and hold existing progress, but cannot take over the planter's role.
|-
| No eligible flag teammate remains and the planter is no longer confirmed in the region || The flag breaks after 30 continuously observed seconds.
|-
| A Contested claim is at zero and the flag team remains outnumbered || The flag breaks after 20 continuously observed seconds.
|-
| The owner refills its control to 100% while the flag is planted || The flag is repelled and the owner receives protection.
|}

Once a flag is planted against an owner, an absent planter also stops attackers from lowering the owner's control. Defenders can still refill it. A planter who is only airborne or seated in the region does not stop grounded teammates from continuing the attack.

During a claim, opponents can push the claim down while the planter is away. A tie at zero does not trigger the outnumbered timer. Returning eligible teammates can stop the absence countdown; forward progress resumes when the original planter is back and ready, provided the flag survives.

== Defend your region ==

# Respond to the team alert or check the website's '''Attack feed''' and '''Your team's regions'''.
# Travel to the region and bring eligible members of the owning team.
# Stay grounded in permitted areas and outnumber the attackers.
# Refill your control to '''100%''' while the enemy flag is planted, or break the flag through combat and opposition.
# After a flag breaks, refill any remaining damage to 100% to gain protection from that flagged attack.

Killing the original planter breaks the flag at the next capture update. You cannot directly attack a separate flag object. Recovering only above 50% does not repel a planted flag; full recovery to 100% does.

If the enemy is already filling a claim, your team still owns the region. Break that flag and ownership stays with you, with your control at zero. Return eligible defenders to refill it.

Surviving a flagged attack records a team defense. Breaking a flag in previously Unclaimed territory does not award a defense to a team that never owned it. Refilling after a siege that never planted a flag does not count as a successful flag defense and does not grant this capture protection.

== Protection, quiet territory, and safe areas ==

Protection lasts '''15 minutes''' after a completed capture or a full recovery from a flagged attack. It blocks a new siege or flag plant while active. It does not grant immunity from ordinary combat where combat is normally allowed.

Ownership remains when protection ends or the owners leave. A quiet region's damaged bar does not automatically heal or decay. An eligible owner returning to a damaged region can begin restoring it.

A siege without a flag can settle when there are no enemies left and either control is full or no owner is present to refill it. It normally settles after 30 seconds; at zero with nobody there to refill, it can settle immediately. The remaining control value is kept.

Safe parcels and height-restricted safe areas exclude the players inside them. A whole-region safe zone blocks play everywhere in that region. If an ongoing flagged attack is paused by a whole-region safe zone, the website can keep it visible with its frozen bar and '''Safe zone — attack paused'''. A safe zone is not a timed protection countdown.

== Personal contribution and team records ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Result !! How you earn it
|-
| '''Capture helped''' || Accumulate at least 30 seconds of eligible help for the winning flag team during that planted attempt.
|-
| '''Successful flags''' || Your planted flag completes a capture. This is separate from capture-help credit.
|-
| '''Defense helped''' || Normally accumulate at least 30 seconds helping the owner during a flagged attempt that it survives.
|-
| Shorter defense qualification || If the flag breaks because its planter died or its team left, a defender still counted when it breaks can qualify with 20 seconds of help.
|-
| '''Time attacking / Time defending''' || Your counted time participating in active territory fights.
|}

Helping drain an owner before a flag is planted can record attacking time, but does not count toward that later flag's 30-second capture-help requirement. Arriving at the last moment does not automatically earn an assist.

Tied active fights can still earn contribution time. Quiet ownership, protection, and standing in an empty Unclaimed region do not earn fighting time. While the flag's planter is absent, merely holding existing progress gives the flag team no new attacking or capture-help time. Grounded teammates can still earn time when the planter is only airborne or seated in the region.

Death, departure, or opting out after valid help does not erase that earlier contribution. A player whose participation is suspended when an attempt finishes receives no personal capture or defense success credit for it.

A planter can earn both '''Capture helped''' and a successful flag result. They are separate measures. Teams record successful captures, successful defenses, regions held now, and regions lost. A region is lost when an opposing claim completes, not when its owner's control reaches zero.

Review completed attempts under '''My campaign → History'''. See the [[Realm Domination/Website Guide|Website Guide]] for filters and attempt details, or [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ|Help and FAQ]] for problems during a fight.

Realm Domination/Flags

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Create Realm Domination player guide: Flags

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A flag starts a claim for your Realm team. Carry one to begin a siege, or spend one to plant in an eligible region. You can help an existing battle without carrying a flag yourself.

== Earn your first flags ==

# Turn on '''Take part''' on the Realm Domination website page.
# Wear your working updated DoD HUD and remain alive.
# Visit qualifying system land. The current flag-earning location is '''Uphill''', available through the [https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uphill/52/64/36 DoD Second Life location].
# Make sure your DoD character meets the system-land reward requirements, including a verified Discord link. If your HUD requests Discord verification, follow its instructions; the [https://discord.descendantsofdarkness.com/ DoD Discord link] is also available.
# Spend enough verified time there to reach the daily milestones.
# Check the flag stack in your Bag or '''Flags carried''' on the website.

The earning checks happen roughly every five minutes. Your first successful check establishes that you are there; counted time follows subsequent successful checks. A flag therefore may not arrive at the exact stopwatch minute you expect.

Offline time and gaps in confirmed presence do not count. A Discord requirement for system-land rewards does not create a separate Discord requirement for every Realm battle.

== Daily earning and carrying limits ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Rule !! Current value
|-
| First daily flag || 30 verified minutes on qualifying system land
|-
| Second daily flag || 60 verified minutes total that day
|-
| Maximum earned per day || 2 flags
|-
| Maximum carried || 6 flags
|-
| New earning day || Midnight Second Life Time (SLT)
|}

The second flag is earned at 60 minutes total: 30 more counted minutes after the first milestone. It does not require another full hour.

SLT follows Second Life's Pacific time, including its daylight-saving changes. Use SLT midnight for the daily allowance rather than your own local midnight.

Essence multipliers do not speed up flag earning or increase the two-flag daily allowance. Reaching your daily Essence earning cap does not prevent collection of a flag you have earned through valid time.

== When your Bag is full ==

At six flags, your existing flags remain yours. You cannot collect more until there is space.

# Use a flag successfully so your balance drops below six.
# Return to qualifying system land.
# Complete another successful presence check on the same SLT day.

You can then collect any remaining flag entitlement you earned that day, within the two-flag daily allowance. Earned but uncollected entitlement expires at the next SLT day. Flags already in your Bag remain.

== Use a flag ==

# Go to the region you want to fight for.
# Stay alive, grounded, and in a permitted area.
# Click your flag in the Bag or an assigned shortcut.
# Choose the available action.

{| class="wikitable"
! Action !! Flag cost
|-
| '''Lay Siege''' || None; you must carry at least one flag
|-
| '''Use''' with a successful plant || One flag
|-
| A refused plant || None
|-
| Open the Bag or flag dialog || None
|-
| '''Assign''', '''Clear''', or move a shortcut/bar || None
|}

You can plant in an '''Unclaimed''' region or an enemy-controlled region whose bar is '''50% or below'''. There can be only one planted flag in a region. Your own team's holdings, safe areas, and capture protection block planting.

If players try to plant together, only one successful plant can take the available place. A refused attempt does not spend a flag.

A flag you successfully spend is not refunded if the capture fails, the planter dies, or the flag breaks. The Bag holds unused flags; a planted flag belongs to its current attempt.

== What happens to unused flags? ==

Unused flags survive death, relogging, changes of allegiance, and opting out. They cannot be transferred to another player.

Turning '''Take part''' off stops flag earning. Turning it back on does not give you a new daily allowance: flags already earned that day still count toward the limit. Your counted earning minutes for that day restart when you rejoin.

If participation is suspended, flag earning and use are frozen. Your existing unused flags are kept.

== Flags, slots, and cells ==

All your flags appear as one stack with a number. Twelve Bag cells or twelve Action Bar slots do not let you carry twelve flags.

'''Assign''' creates a shortcut to that stack. '''Clear''' removes a shortcut without deleting flags. An assigned shortcut can remain empty after you spend the last flag and become useful again when you earn another.

== If a flag does not appear ==

# Check that '''Take part''' is on and your participation is available.
# Confirm you are alive, wearing a working updated HUD, and on qualifying system land.
# Complete any Discord verification requested for system-land rewards.
# Allow the next presence check to happen.
# Check whether you have already earned two flags that SLT day or are carrying six.
# If the website is delayed, check the Bag too and wait for its current count.

Keep earning time and capture time separate. Fighting in a random combat region does not replace the required time on qualifying system land.

Continue with [[Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag|HUD Action Bar and Bag]] or [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]].

Realm Domination/HUD Action Bar and Bag

Ninja — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:28:31 GMT

Create Realm Domination player guide: HUD Action Bar and Bag

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The updated DoD HUD adds an Action Bar, a Bag, and a Realm display. These let you see your flags, choose siege and planting actions, and follow the region's capture bar while playing.

== What changed ==

The HUD's settings button now opens a menu with '''Settings''' and '''Action bar'''. Choose '''Settings''' to reach your usual HUD options. Choose '''Action bar''' to show or hide the new controls.

The Action Bar has '''twelve shortcut slots''', arranged in two rows of six. The Bag button sits at the left end, the movement handle at the right end, and the Realm display above the bar. The Bag opens above its button with twelve cells, arranged three across and four down, plus page arrows.

The number of cells or shortcuts is not your flag allowance. All your flags share one stack, and the current carrying limit is six.

== Open and close the Action Bar ==

# Click the HUD's settings button.
# Choose '''Action bar'''.
# Choose '''Action bar''' again when you want to hide it.

Closing the bar also hides the Bag and Realm display. The bar remembers its open or closed choice, its position, and its assigned shortcuts. The Bag starts closed when you return.

'''Closing the bar does not leave Realm Domination.''' You can still count in a battle with the display hidden. Use '''Take part''' on the website to opt out.

== Move the Action Bar ==

# Press and hold the movement handle at the right end of the bar.
# Drag the bar to a comfortable position.
# Release the mouse button.

The Bag and Realm display move with it. The position is saved. If the handle is outside the visible screen area, move the main HUD into view using its usual movement control so you can reach the bar, then place the bar where you want it.

== Open and browse the Bag ==

# Open the Action Bar.
# Click the Bag button at its left end.
# Click a flag stack to open its actions.
# Click the Bag button again to close the Bag.

The flag stack shows how many flags you carry. Page arrows report the selected page in chat, such as '''Next page: 1/1'''. If there is only one page, an arrow does not create another page or another flag stack.

== Use the flag dialog ==

Click a flag in the Bag to open a dialog headed '''Flag ×N''', where N is your number of flags.

{| class="wikitable"
! Button !! What it does
|-
| '''Lay Siege''' || Begins a siege against an enemy-controlled region. You must carry a flag, but starting the siege spends none.
|-
| '''Use''' || Plants a flag when the region and your character allow it. A successful plant spends one flag.
|-
| '''Assign''' || Lets you put a flag shortcut on an Action Bar slot.
|-
| '''Close''' || Closes the flag dialog and the Bag.
|}

'''Lay Siege''' and '''Use''' appear only when available at your current location. If you are sitting, flying, or off the ground, the dialog can say '''Stand on the ground first'''. After landing, allow the HUD to update and reopen the dialog if necessary. A dialog closes automatically after 30 seconds.

Browsing the Bag, assigning a shortcut, and moving the bar do not spend flags.

== Assign and clear a shortcut ==

# Open the Bag and click your flag.
# Choose '''Assign'''.
# Click the Action Bar slot where you want the shortcut.
# Later, click that slot to open the flag dialog directly.

From an assigned slot, the dialog can offer '''Lay Siege''', '''Use''', '''Clear''', and '''Close'''. Choose '''Clear''' to remove that shortcut. Your flags remain in the Bag. '''Close''' from a shortcut closes only the dialog.

A shortcut points to your existing flag stack. Assigning several shortcuts does not create more flags. Shortcuts are saved and can remain assigned when your flag balance reaches zero, ready for when you earn more.

If you click a shortcut just after arriving in a region, the dialog may wait until the region information has loaded.

== Read the Realm display ==

The top line names your current region. The next line describes its state, team, and bar. Some team names are shortened to fit; click the display to read fuller information in chat.

{| class="wikitable"
! Display label !! Meaning
|-
| '''Unclaimed''' || No team owns the region. An eligible player can plant a flag to begin a claim.
|-
| '''Controlled''' || A team owns the region. The percentage shows that owner's control, even if the bar is damaged or at zero.
|-
| '''Under siege''' || The owner's bar is being fought over without a planted flag. The owner cannot lose the region from this alone.
|-
| '''Under attack''' || A flag has been planted against the owner. The display names the owner and the flag's team.
|-
| '''Contested''' || The percentage now shows the flag team's claim. If the region already has an owner, '''Held by''' names that owner until the claim reaches 100%.
|-
| '''Protected''' || The owner has temporary Realm capture protection. Ordinary combat rules still apply.
|}

For example, '''Under attack · Defending team · 40% · Flag: Attacking team''' shows the defender's remaining control. Later, '''Contested · Attacking team · 12% · Held by Defending team''' shows the attacker's growing claim. The defending team still owns the region at that point.

Click the Realm display to print fuller status in chat, including protection time when applicable, whether a flag is ready to plant, and how many flags you carry.

== Influence and availability messages ==

An orange line can explain why you are not influencing the bar.

{| class="wikitable"
! Message !! What to do
|-
| '''Your influence fades · touch the ground''' || Return to a supporting surface and stay on foot.
|-
| '''Your influence returns…''' || Give the HUD a few seconds to confirm that you are ready again.
|-
| '''Too swift · your influence scatters''' || Return to ordinary walking or running speed.
|-
| '''Sanctuary · your influence sleeps''' || You are in a safe area. Move to a permitted area if you want to participate.
|}

Other messages can include '''Join Realm to play''', '''Cannot capture right now''', '''Capture unavailable here''', '''Realm paused''', '''Realm unavailable''', or '''Realm access suspended'''. Read these alongside the region state: a Controlled or Unclaimed label does not override a restriction on taking part.

An unclaimed safe location may show '''Claimed by The Darkness'''. This is a sanctuary message, not an opposing team you can defeat.

'''Loading region…''' is normal briefly after arrival. '''Reconnecting to Realm…''' means you should wait for an updated display before trying to plant. '''Realm display unavailable''' means the HUD cannot currently show usable Realm information; check again after it reconnects.

== Chat notices and attack alerts ==

Local Realm notices tell you about events such as '''Siege begun''', '''Flag planted''', '''Flag ready to plant''', '''Flag broken''', '''Region captured''', and '''Protection ended'''. Read the current display as well as the chat history; an earlier notice may describe a state that has since changed.

When an enemy plants a flag in territory your team owns, opted-in teammates with reachable working HUDs receive an attack alert, including teammates elsewhere. It names the planter and includes a clickable region map link. Laying siege without planting does not send this team alert.

The alert can also play a sound that only you hear. Change your own '''Attack alert sound''' setting under '''My campaign → Settings''' on the website. Turning it off keeps the chat alert. Your HUD's usual alert-sounds option does not control this Realm sound, and your choice does not change anyone else's sound.

Continue with [[Realm Domination/Flags|Flags]], [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]], or the [[Realm Domination/Website Guide|Website Guide]].

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	== Where you can play ==		== Where you can play ==

	Realm Domination follows DoD's gridwide play. You can play on any sim (region) in Second Life, except '''~~Systemland~~''' and '''safe zones'''.		Realm Domination follows DoD's gridwide play. You can play on any sim (region) in Second Life, except '''System Land''' and '''safe zones'''.

	~~Systemland~~ is a sanctuary. You earn flags there alongside Essence, but cannot lay siege, plant flags, or influence a Realm battle there. Safe zones also block Realm play; a safe zone may cover a whole region or only part of it.		System Land is a sanctuary. You earn flags there alongside Essence, but cannot lay siege, plant flags, or influence a Realm battle there. Safe zones also block Realm play; a safe zone may cover a whole region or only part of it.

	== Join Realm Domination ==		== Join Realm Domination ==
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	=== Get ready ===		=== Get ready ===

	# Earn a flag on ~~Systemland~~ alongside Essence. See [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]] for the requirements.		# Earn a flag on System Land alongside Essence. See [[Realm Domination/Flags\|Flags]] for the requirements.
	# Go to the Second Life sim you want to capture, outside ~~Systemland~~ and safe zones.		# Go to the Second Life sim you want to capture, outside System Land and safe zones.
	# Stay alive and stand, walk, or run normally on a supporting surface.		# Stay alive and stand, walk, or run normally on a supporting surface.
	# Open the Bag and click your flag, or click an assigned flag shortcut.		# Open the Bag and click your flag, or click an assigned flag shortcut.
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	== When you count in a battle ==		== When you count in a battle ==

	You must be opted in, able to participate, alive with health remaining, and wearing a working HUD. Stay outside ~~Systemland~~ and safe zones, on foot and supported by the ground, a floor, or a platform.		You must be opted in, able to participate, alive with health remaining, and wearing a working HUD. Stay outside System Land and safe zones, on foot and supported by the ground, a floor, or a platform.

	Standing, walking, and ordinary running count. The ground-speed limit is '''5.5 metres per second''', which allows normal Second Life running. Flying, sitting, crouching, falling, being knocked into the air, or moving too fast stops your influence and contribution time. After landing or teleporting, allow a fresh HUD update before expecting to count again.		Standing, walking, and ordinary running count. The ground-speed limit is '''5.5 metres per second''', which allows normal Second Life running. Flying, sitting, crouching, falling, being knocked into the air, or moving too fast stops your influence and contribution time. After landing or teleporting, allow a fresh HUD update before expecting to count again.
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	A battle covers the whole region. Teammates can spread across its parcels outside safe areas; there is no circle you must stand inside around a flag. You do not need to rez a flag object, so a parcel's no-build setting does not prevent Realm play.		A battle covers the whole region. Teammates can spread across its parcels outside safe areas; there is no circle you must stand inside around a flag. You do not need to rez a flag object, so a parcel's no-build setting does not prevent Realm play.

	~~Systemland~~ and safe zones block planting and influence. A safe parcel does not make the rest of a region safe. A whole-region safe zone blocks Realm play throughout it. Follow the HUD's location message.		System Land and safe zones block planting and influence. A safe parcel does not make the rest of a region safe. A whole-region safe zone blocks Realm play throughout it. Follow the HUD's location message.

	Normal DoD combat, death, hunger, and revival rules continue to apply. Players who have not joined Realm can still fight wherever ordinary combat allows, but they do not move the Realm bar or earn Realm contribution credit.		Normal DoD combat, death, hunger, and revival rules continue to apply. Players who have not joined Realm can still fight wherever ordinary combat allows, but they do not move the Realm bar or earn Realm contribution credit.