Clowders

## Summary

* A "clowder" is the name for a clan/group in Meow Playground. A clowder is a group of people that have different ranks like Leader and Member.
* The definition of a 'clowder' is a group of animals, specifically, cats.
* Joining a clowder means that you get to team up with other users and collect Gaming Score together.
* When you join any of the top ten ranked clowders, you get prizes (Chests or Coins) every week!
* Joining a clowder also unlocks a new "Clowder Room", only available to you and your fellow clowder members.
	+ During the Christmas Update of 2021, the clowder room had a new look with new decorations. (It had a Christmas tree and other Decorations!!)
	+ Each clowder have 15 "places" for members by default. This is the maximum amount of members and can be increased by Donating, up to 40.
	+ You can donate to the clowder and help the clowder level up up to Level 6! Leveling up means that there are more space for new members. When your clowder levels up, 5 more members can join.
	+ When your clowder is level 3, you will get a special Level 3 Clowder Hat, which looks like a white top hat. The same goes for Level 4, when there is a Level 4 clowder hat which looks like a detective hat. The hats disappear when you leave the clowder, but they stay on your avatar until you change them.
	+ The maximum level your clowder can get to is level 6.

## How do I join a clowder?

There are a few ways to join a clowder.

* A leader, co-leader, or senior can invite you.
* You can access a tab in the Clowder menu where you can request to join clowders.
* You can create your own clowder. It costs 7 diamonds.

You can't join a clowder if it's full.

## How to invite other players to my clowder?

To invite other players, your rank has to be Leader, Co-Leader or Senior.

If you want to invite someone, make sure they are not in a clowder. A player's clowder will be shown below their username and level. Right click on the player you wish to invite and they shall receive a system message saying that they have been invited to a clowder. Below the message, there will be two options: Accept or Decline. If they accept the invitation they will automatically join the clowder and their name as well as some of their status shall be shown in the clowder button. Also, their gaming score will be recorded in the clowder's final gaming score which determines the clowder's rank on the leaderboard. You can't invite guests, they can make their own clowder and you can join.

## Clowder Tips

* Joining any clowder or creating your own can be a great way to make new friends, have fun, do teamwork and earn rewards!
* If you are planning to join a clowder that is in the top 10, many clowder leaders look for low gaming rank (you can game to make your gaming rank lower).
* The more you game then, when your co-leaders or leaders decide so, you may advance rank in the clowder (ex. Member < Senior)
	+ Another option is to try to get into a clowder that was once top 10, and help get it back up to top 10.
	+ Play Games like Dodgeball, Tag, or Fruit Hunter when you have a clowder in the top 10 because, the higher the rank of your clowder, the better the prizes you and your clowder will receive!

## Clowder Chat (/c + message)

Type in: /c, then type in the text you want to say. Note that only the people in your clowder and people in the room you are in can see this message. Also, for you and your clowder members, this message with /c will appear in a blue box rather than the usual white one.

## Leading Clowders

There is a clowder leaderboard and it resets every Monday at 00:00 UTC. Leading clowders ranks 1-10 get awards.

 **Rank 10** | 200 Coins

There are also a weekly Clowders War which pairs two clowders against each other in a "war", which also grant rewards for completing certain milestones.

## Trivia

* Back when Meow Playground was still an early release, there used to be an option for emojis in the clowder name. Nowadays, clowder names cannot contain a space, emojis, or fancy Unicode characters, only alphanumeric characters and the underscore are allowed.
* Before April 2023, clowders started with 10 member places and each Level will increase maximum member count by 10, capping at 60.

## Clowders that have pages on them

Frosty, Skyclan, Legends, Fruits Unu, Seisho Ryu.