diff --git a/src/backend/Components/Item/ItemManager.ts b/src/backend/Components/Item/ItemManager.ts
index 9374381..802597f 100644
--- a/src/backend/Components/Item/ItemManager.ts
+++ b/src/backend/Components/Item/ItemManager.ts
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ export class ItemManager
     }
 
     decayTokens = async (tier: Tiers, amount = 1) => {
+        getLogger('ItemManager#decayTokens').debug(tier)
+
         await this.admin
         .knex(tier + 'tokens')
         .decrement('level', Math.max(amount, 1))
@@ -379,13 +381,14 @@ export class ItemManager
         .del()
     }
 
-    decayTokensOfCharacter = async (tier: Tiers, character:Character, amount = 1) => {
+    decayTokensOfCharacter = async (tier: Tiers, character:Character) => {
+        getLogger('ItemManager#decayTokensOfCharacter').debug(character, tier)
         await this.admin
         .knex(tier + 'tokens')
         .where({
             characterid: character.id
         })
-        .decrement('level', Math.max(amount, 1))
+        .decrement('level')
 
         await this.admin
         .knex(tier + 'tokens as t')
diff --git a/src/backend/Components/Raid/RaidManager.ts b/src/backend/Components/Raid/RaidManager.ts
index 509d9c1..84b71ff 100644
--- a/src/backend/Components/Raid/RaidManager.ts
+++ b/src/backend/Components/Raid/RaidManager.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,13 @@ export class RaidManager
 
     startRaid = async (raid: Raid): Promise<RaidData> => {
         const data = await this.getRaidData(raid)
-        data.participants.absent.map(p => this.itemManager.decayTokensOfCharacter(raid.tier, p, 1))
+        await Promise.all(data.participants.absent.map(p => this.itemManager.decayTokensOfCharacter(raid.tier, {
+            charactername: p.charactername,
+            id: p.characterid,
+            race: p.race,
+            specid: p.specid,
+            userid: p.userid
+        }, 1)))
         await this.itemManager.decayTokens(data.tier)      
         const archived = await this.archiveRaid(raid)
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/app/frontcraft/pages/rules/rules.component.html b/src/frontend/src/app/frontcraft/pages/rules/rules.component.html
index c72ae6d..0bef281 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/app/frontcraft/pages/rules/rules.component.html
+++ b/src/frontend/src/app/frontcraft/pages/rules/rules.component.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
                         raid start.
                     </li>
                     <li>
-                        When you sign up to a raid you can spend your reserves on an item
+                        When you sign up to a raid you can spend your reserves on an item. 
                     </li>
                     <li>
                         Every week you can re-reserve the same item to build a streak on it
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
                 <h3>Priorities</h3>
                 <ul>
                     <li>
-                        Some classes and races may get an initial boost to specific streaks. The list is on the
-                        right
+                        Some classes and races may get an initial boost to specific streaks.
                     </li>
                     <li>
                         If an item was not reserved at all, players may roll according to their priority <br />(e.g.
@@ -37,8 +36,20 @@
                     </li>
                 </ul>
                 <br />
-                <h3>Streaks</h3>
+                <h3>Streaks & Decay</h3>
                 <ul>
+                    <li>
+                        Spending your reserves will increase your streak by 1+#reserves. This number is affected by decay
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Every time a raid starts, ALL streaks in that raid tier are reduced by 1 (this evens out the streak-gain for attendees back to 1)
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Players that are marked absent have their streaks decay by 2 instead (which leaves the total unchanged)
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        If a player does not sign up as either "Attending" or "Absent" they are still subject to the decay, thereby decreasing the streak by 1
+                    </li>
                     <li>
                         Switching the selected item destroys previous streaks. (Streaks must be continued without
                         switchup)