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title: "Vacation Mode"
description: "Vacation Mode"
url: https://support.travian.com/en/articles/61-vacation-mode
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updated: 2026-10-28
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# Vacation Mode

Vacation Mode

### What is Vacation Mode?

If you need to take a break from the game and **cannot use sitters**, you can activate **Vacation Mode** in your **Preferences**.  
This feature protects your villages while you’re away, but it also limits most in-game actions.

You can activate Vacation Mode for a **minimum of 1 day** and a **maximum of 15 days**, depending on server speed.

> The formula is **15 ÷ speed**.  
> For example, on a **speed x2** server, you can use up to **8 days** (15 ÷ 2 = 7.5, rounded up).

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### How to Activate Vacation Mode

1.  Open your **Preferences** page.
    
2.  Go to the **Vacation** tab.
    
3.  Make sure all **conditions** are met (any unmet ones are shown in red).
    
4.  Use the **\+ / –** buttons to choose how many vacation days to activate.
    
5.  Click **Enter Vacation Mode Now**.
    

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68308d126b4d67fbe821228f/20260427082813_3506.png)

> Once vacation mode starts, you cannot change its length.  
> You may **abort vacation early** for **10 Gold**, but only after the first **12 hours**.  
> Unused days will be refunded.

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### Conditions to Activate Vacation Mode

Before you can start vacation, you must meet all of the following conditions:

-   No outgoing troops.
    
-   No incoming troops to your villages or oases.
    
-   No reinforcing troops sent to other players.
    
-   No reinforcing troops from other players in your villages or oases.
    
-   No ownership of a **Wonder of the World** village.
    
-   No ownership of an **artifact** village.
    
-   No **beginner’s protection**.
    
-   No **troops in traps**.
    
-   Your avatar is **not marked for deletion**.
    
-   You have **not annexed an oasis** in the last 48 hours.
    

> You can enter vacation mode once 48 hours have passed since annexing an oasis or after losing it.

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### What Happens During Vacation

Once activated, your villages are **protected**:

-   Other players **cannot attack or raid you**.
    
-   Players can **see** that you are in vacation mode.
    
-   Your villages **may still appear on raid lists**, but attacks will **not reach you**.
    

However, your **troops can still starve**, so plan your crop balance before enabling vacation mode.

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### Actions You Cannot Perform

While on vacation, you cannot:

-   Send or receive troops.
    
-   Go on adventures with your hero.
    
-   Start new building orders _(existing ones will continue, including with Master Builder)_.
    
-   Train troops.
    
-   Start celebrations or parties.
    
-   Use the marketplace _(except NPC trade, which still works)_.
    
-   Start research in the Academy or upgrades in the Smithy.
    
-   Use auctions.
    
-   Join or create a new alliance.
    
-   Start avatar deletion.
    
-   Set up or run trade routes _(they stop automatically)_.
    
-   Open the alliance bonus donation page.
    

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### Actions You Can Still Perform

You can still:

-   **Abort vacation mode** using **Gold** (after 12 hours).
    
-   **Use resources** from your hero’s inventory.
    
-   **Exchange silver for gold**.
    

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### Additional Information

-   You can start a new vacation only **12 hours after** the previous one ends.
    
-   **Daily Rewards** reset as usual during vacation.
    
-   Actions started **before vacation** (e.g. troop training or construction) will **continue normally**.
    
-   **Trade routes** will stop running.
    
-   The **infobox** will show a message confirming vacation mode and include a link to abort it.
    
-   **Automatic deletion due to inactivity** does not occur during vacation mode.