Originally posted by GeoForce:

Two questions.

Since I obviously LEFT the are while the raid was ongoing will it keep on forever?
Will all the materials disappear as they probably destroyed the workbench also?

Question One. Raids are timed events. They last only a specific time. As you know, the timer stops when you leave the area of the raid. It will not start again until you return to the area of the base where the raid occurred. If you never go back, the timer will never restart.

Look at your map. There should be a red-tinted circle around the base where the raid occurred. You must enter that circle to restart the timer.

Question Two. If your workbench was destroyed, the resources remaining from smashed structures will despawn in a few game days. Resources contained in damaged or intact chests will not, nor will damaged or intact structures.

You can't tell from the map. You must return to the base to find out. Consider this though, whatever draughrs and skeletons had not destroyed before you last died still exists. When you reenter the red circle, the raid will restart. Enemies that cannot see you will go back to attacking your structures.

I would go back into the base, attract my enemy's attention, and run back out of the base. Let them chase me instead of smashing stuff. I would ensure I stayed within the red circle to keep the timer going. Once the raid timer expires, I could choose to fight the remaining enemies or lose them in the forest. Once a raid ends, the raiding enemies will wander off to their home biome once they can no longer see you.

An afterthought. Workbenches are not resource-intensive. Perhaps hiding one or two under the floor or behind false walls would preserve resources in the future.