Totem of Protection is placed in the center of the home settlement, on borderswith other players' territories.

Magic of the Totem does not allow enemies to enter the territory of your settlement. But the Totem has to restore its power from time to time - during that period you are vulnerable to attacks from other players.

After each participation in a raid against other settlements the Totem activates for 48 hours. If you take part in another raid until within that time, the Totem will extend its work for another 48 hours, having restarted the timer.

For example:
- you took part in a raid. This means that next 48 hours the Totem will be active.
- after a while, you came back to the game. At that moment, the remaining time before cooldown of theTotem amounted to 20 hours. You took part in a new raid once again.
- after the raid, the remaining time of before cooldown of the Totem will be 48 hours.

If the Totem of Protection doesn't work, your settlement can be spotted and attacked by other players.

If you want to be sure your settlement is safe from attacks while you're raiding, an Orb of Protection will immediately restore energy of the Totem. Each Orb used adds 24 hours to the working time of the Totem. The extra time added by an Orb will not be reset with the next participation in a raid.

Also, you can you Diplocamy before going on a raid to offer peace to your neighbors (and give them access to your territory!) or declare war on someone.