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title: "Inactive players"
description: "When players count as inactive and when they are deleted"
url: https://support.kingdoms.com/en/articles/175-inactive-players
collection: "Game rules"
updated: 2026-11-08
language: en
alternates: [fr, tr, de, ru]
---

# Inactive players

When players count as inactive and when they are deleted

#### Definition of inactivity

A player is considered inactive under the following conditions:

-   Population below 100: No login for 3 consecutive days.
    
-   Population 100 or higher: No login for 7 consecutive days.
    

The inactivity check runs daily at midnight (game world time).

#### Deletion

After 21 additional days of inactivity (divided by the game SPEED setting), the avatar and all its villages are permanently deleted.

#### Effects of inactivity

When a player becomes inactive, the following changes apply:

-   Their villages are shown in grey on the map.
    
-   Beginner protection is removed.
    
-   They no longer share reports with their Kingdom.
    
-   Their attacks do not trigger alerts on the map or in the Kingdom attacks list.
    
-   They lose any hostile statuses toward Kingdoms and cannot gain new ones. (Attacks from their own King have no consequences.)
    
-   Capital villages automatically switch to the Kingdom with the highest influence in that area.
    
-   Inactive villages cannot be supplied with resources, but they can still be attacked.
    

#### Return bonus

If a player logs in before deletion, they receive a return bonus:

-   5 Stolen Goods
    
-   50% of their warehouse and granary capacity. (Current resources are only increased as much as needed to reach 50% capacity.)
    

#### Demotion

Inactive players are automatically demoted within their Kingdom based on the Kingdom hierarchy. Demotion occurs one step at a time as long as the inactivity continues and the requirements are met.

-   Governors: immediately removed from the Kingdom.
    
-   Dukes: demoted to Governors.
    
-   Vice Kings: demoted directly to Governors (skipping the Duke rank).
    
-   Kings: demoted to Vice King.
    

Demotion is processed daily at midnight along with the inactivity check.

#### Note:

If a Vice King becomes inactive at the same time the King abdicates using the special abdication rule, the Kingdom Union is disbanded.

#### Sitters and inactivity

After 21 days of owner inactivity, the sitter is removed. Normal inactivity rules then apply:

-   2 days later: The avatar becomes inactive.
    
-   21 days after that: The avatar is deleted.
    

#### Duals and inactivity

-   If at least one dual logs in, the avatar remains active.
    
-   The avatar only goes inactive if neither player logs in.