Originally posted by Faceplant8:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

This is typical if you stored items just before a server reset.

Talk to server admin and ask when server gets reset. Reset normally should be done daily to keep server running smooth. Admin can set times and how often, the server I played on did it twice a day.

Basically the game makes a save independent of the server save.
Anything you do between the game save and server reset gets lost.

So if you put items in a chest you lose them.
If you take items out of a chest you duplicate them.
If you harvest a garden they are back.
If you plant a garden they are lost.

So knowing when your online server gets reset and just avoiding playing too close to those times will resolve the issue.
I would typically log out a half hour before reset to avoid issues.

That sounds like a bug to me. Is that actually implemented in the server? Why would it make an independent save that it didn't reload after reset, and why wouldn't the server check to see if anyone is online before doing the reset?

My server restarts every night if/when no one is on to check for updates, but I've never heard of server resets.

By reset I meant restart.

The server I played on would just drop you and do the restart.

You even hear of people in an iron crypt for example... logged out at the wrong time and suddenly they get trapped inside because all the blockages got refilled.

I'm just telling you what happens and why. Some people might like the idea of being able to duplicate stuff so it's hard to say if it is a bug considering all the other things you can do with console.

Problem is world progress is saved on server and personal progress is saved on client. Not sure there is any way to prevent this kind of thing unless you lock characters to worlds.