Guilds

## What are Guilds?

Sometimes it’s more fun to play with many others instead of just going it alone! Here is an introduction to guilds, a place to meet other Traha. Through guilds, you can interact with other Traha and enjoy the game together. You can make your own guild or join one that already exists.

You can access the [Guild] window through the main menu. The window will look different depending on if you are currently in a guild or not.

### Creating a Guild

A guild name and emblem are created when forming a new guild. Creating a guild costs gold.

1. Enter Guild Name: You must enter 2-16 letters. Special characters, spaces, etc. are not supported.
2. Guild Emblem Settings Window: You can choose the background color, image, and image color of your guild emblem.
3. Preview Guild Emblem: Preview the current guild emblem settings.

### Joining a Guild

You can join a guild by choosing one from the recommended list or by searching for a name. Guilds with public membership can be joined immediately, but guilds with private membership require approval by a guild elder or guild master before allowing entry.

1. Refresh: Refresh the list of recommended guilds. (You must wait for a period of time after refreshing.) You can press the button to reset search history after searching for a guild by name.
2. Guild Search: Search for a guild by name. (Names must match exactly.)
3. Guild List Window: View a list of recommended or searched guilds. You can view the guild name, level, guild master, total member combat power, guild weekly activity, recruitment mode, and number of guild members.

You can send requests to join multiple guilds at a time. Details can be found in the Requests tab. Guild activities (donations, contribution) are not immediately available after joining a guild.

### Leaving or Disbanding a Guild

You can leave or disband a guild by pressing the [Leave Guild] or [Disband Guild] buttons at [Guild] -> [Manage Guild]..

If you leave, disband, or are kicked from a guild, **you cannot join or create a guild for 24 hours**. Guilds can be disbanded even if there are no members except for the guild master.

### Guild Screen Layouts

The guild menu consists of six tabs: [Guild Chat], [Info], [Members], [Manage Guild], [Guild Offering], and [Guild History].

#### Guild Chat

The guild chat screen allows you to view basic guild information and chat between guild members.

1. Guild Menu Tab: Select and move to the tab that you want
2. Guild Information: View basic guild information (guild name, emblem, level, experience, master).
3. Guild Notice: Displays notices posted by the guild master or guild elders (between 2-200 characters)
4. Guild Ranking: Moves you to the guild ranking screen, where you can check your guild’s ranking
5. Guild Roles: View the permissions granted to various guild membership ranks
6. Chat Window: Shows the chat history of guild members. Up to 200 messages are stored. If there are over 200 messages, they will disappear in chronological order.
7. Functions (+): Post announcements or add members (for guild masters and elders only)
8. Chat Input: Enter the contents of your message.
9. Emoticons: Select emoticons to enter into the text box.
10. Send: Send the contents of the input box to the chat window.

#### Guild Information

The guild information screen provides detailed information about the guild and shows the guild introduction.

1. Guild Information: View information about the guild.
2. Guild Level Information: View information on benefits according to the guild’s level
3. Guild Introduction: Guild masters and elders can write an introduction about the guild (up to 200 characters).

 **Guild Fame** | Shows the guild’s accumulated fame

#### Members

The guild member tab allows you to see a list of current guild members and their current activity scores. You can earn rewards based on accumulated guild activity scores.

1. Number of Guild Members: Displays the number of guild members online/in total.
2. Guild Activity Score: Displays the total accumulated amount of guild activity points. Rewards are based on the total score.
3. Guild Member List: Displays a list of all guild members.

 **Last Connected** | Shows the time since the character’s last login

#### Manage Guild

You can change guild settings or view membership requests (only for guilds with restricted membership) from the guild management screen.

1. Edit Notice: Allows the guild master or elders to create, modify, or delete notices.
2. Private/Public Membership: Allows the guild master or elders to change the guild recruitment method
3. Leave Guild/Disband Guild: Allows guild masters to disband guilds, allows elders and members to leave a guild
4. Edit Memo: Allows you to modify memos in the guild member list (up to 10 characters)
5. Request List: Displays pending requests to join the guild in guilds with private membership.

#### Guild Offering

The guild offerings tab shows available guild offering missions. Guild offerings are a way to get experience and fame for your guild by turning in items collected or crafted through professions.

1. Required Profession Level: Shows the profession skill required to complete the offering. Even if you have the required item, you must have the displayed profession level or higher in order to hand in the offering.
2. Required Item: Shows the required item and amount to complete the offering. You can click on the item to see details, such as where to acquire it.
3. Rewards: Shows the amount of guild experience and fame that your guild will receive upon completion. Higher quality items typically give higher rewards.
4. Completed Offerings: Shows the amount of guild offerings that have been fulfilled this week, out of a maximum of 20. The counter and list of offerings resets each week.

#### Guild History

You can see a log of guild activity in this tab. You can view information about members joining and leaving.

## Guild Functions

### Guild Level and Experience

The guild’s level corresponds to the maximum amount of members and elders in a guild. Experience for leveling up can be obtained through participating in Daily Activity and guild offerings.

### Guild Activity

When you join a guild, you can earn additional rewards for your guild (guild experience, guild fame, guild activity points) when you complete objectives as part of Daily Activity content. Guild activity scores are reset every Monday at 6AM and can be viewed in the Members tab. When you reach certain scores, all guild members can claim Marks of Valor as a reward.

If a member leaves the guild, the activity points they earned for the guild that week will disappear.

### Guild Ranking

Guild rankings are calculated based on the guild’s accumulated fame. When guild rankings are finalized at the end of a season, fame scores are reset. Titles and other rewards can be claimed for the highest-ranked guilds.

### Guild Ranks

Membership ranks within the guild are divided into guild masters, guild elders, and guild members. Each rank has different levels of authority. Only guild masters may change guild ranks and delegate other guild masters. For more information about permissions based on guild ranks, you can check the Guild Role button in the Guild Chat interface.

### Rally Request

Rally requests can be made through the Function (+) button in the chat tab, Guild masters and elders can send a request to summon guild members to their location out in the field. Reasons for the rally request can be selected between rally, field boss, or faction PvP. The request persists for 15 minutes and has a 20-minute cooldown time before it can be used again.

### Guild Gold

Gold can be donated to the guild by players of level 30 of above. This gold can be used by the guild master and guild elders to purchase and upgrade guild buffs in the guild shop as well as a guild hall.

### Guild Shop

The guild shop is where players can use their guild rewards to purchase helpful items and guild buffs. Marks of Valor can be exchanged for various items by all players, regardless of rank or guild membership status. Guild buffs can be purchased and upgraded only by guild masters and guild elders using guild gold. Purchasing a buff applies it to all guild members for one hour. Purchasing a buff multiple times can stack its duration, but not all buffs can be extended this way. Using gold to upgrade a buff permanently increases the boost given by the buff when purchased.

## Guild Hall

A guild hall is a special area that guildmembers can access extra content through. They also serve as convenient hubs for crafting and vendors that can be accessed from anywhere in the open world. Guild halls must be purchased by the guildmaster using guild gold.

Once a guild hall has been purchased, all members can enter it by going to the [Guild Hall] tab in the Guild interface. To leave the guild hall, you must click "Leave" underneath the minimap UI on the sidebar.

### Flame of Unity

The Flame of Unity is a fire that can be ignited by the guildmaster or guild elders when enough materials have been added. Guildmembers must gather firewood that can be collected at gathering nodes inside the guild hall and deposit it into the flame in order for it to gain experience. Once a certain amount of experience has been reached, the guildmaster or guild elders can ignite the flame and rewards will be given to all players who contributed resources to the fire. Reaching a higher tier of points will grant better rewards.

The flame can only be ignited once per week and resets each week on Monday at 05:00 (based on server time). In order to claim the rewards, each player must go to the flame themselves.

1. Ignition Menu: Used to select which tier of flame to ignite. Costs 2,500,000 guild gold.
	* Only visible to guildmasters and guild elders
2. Flame of Unity Experience Gauge: Each section marks the amount required to ignite one tier.
3. Accumulated Experience (yellow)
4. Materials: Shows types of firewood that can be used for the fire and shows how much you own. Pressing the [x] button will remove all ingredients that you have selected.
5. Select Materials: Clicking this button selects all of the material to add to the fire. This will show a preview of the experience that will be gained by adding the selected amount of materials.
6. Add Materials: Finalizes selected materials and adds them to the fire. The items will be consumed and cannot be returned.
7. Rewards: View or claim rewards for igniting the flame.

### Guild Bosses

Powerful monsters can be summoned inside the guild hall for guildmembers to take down for rewards.

Monsters are summoned by using a Mysterious Amulet. This item can be crafted using 5 Mysterious Branches, which can be gathered at a low rate from the gathering nodes inside the guild hall. Only 5 amulets can be crafted per week.

One of three bosses will be summoned and will remain until defeated or unless all members leave the guild hall. Any player that contributed to the fight will receive a reward. The monsters are as powerful as regular field bosses and will require many guildmembers to take down.