Join or Leave a Guild

You can only join a guild that has less than 16 players.

## Joining a Guild

You can join a guild in one of two ways.

1. On your friendsmap, you can view other players and their guilds. If you have found a guild you would like to join, click the village of a player in that guild. You will find a button that says "join guild" that you can click. If the guild has room and has no player requirements in the settings, then you will auto-join the guild. If the guild has player requirements (usually level settings, but some may be invite only- see below), then clicking "join guild" will send a message to the chief of that guild letting him/her know that you would like to join them. If the chief accepts your request, he/she will send an invite to your mail that you must click "accept" to join the guild. If they do not accept your request, then you will need to search elsewhere.
2. Some guilds require that new members join by *invite only*. So if you find that guild that you want to join, you will need to message someone in the guild, preferably the chief, but any member could do. You can also click "join guild" and it will send a message directly to the chief letting him/her know of your interest. The chief is the only member of the guild that can send you an invite to join. It will arrive in your mailbox and you can either click "accept" or decline it by ignoring/deleting the message.

Some guilds have level requirements set up. If you have not reached their specific level requirement, the option to "join guild" will not appear.

Some guild chiefs, especially new ones that are hoping to fill their roster quickly, will send out random invites without provocation. This shouldn't be bothersome. Delete the message if you don't want to join their guild. However, this invite feature can be abused. If someone is sending you multiple invites, kindly let them know in a mail that you are not interested in joining their guild and ask them to stop sending you invites. If they continue sending invites after that, report them for spamming.

## Leaving a Guild

Players can leave a guild in one of two ways.

1. Chiefs and elders have the option to remove players from the guild or "kick" them out. These players may be in violation of the guild's Rules of Conduct, might be inactive players, or they are not active enough to suit the needs of the guild. A player cannot prevent themselves from being kicked from a guild if the chief/elders decide to kick them. At that point, move on to a new guild.
2. Players can actively leave a guild if it isn't suiting their needs, it is inactive, they have found a different guild they'd like to join, etc. Go to the friendsmap and click your village. One of the buttons that comes up says "leave guild" and clicking that will give you a confirmation dialog. Clicking yes will delete your village from the guild. If you do this by mistake, you will have to rejoin the guild.

A player that leaves a guild in either way presented above will lose the guild XP they have collected to date. That guild XP stays with the guild, not the player. If you accidentally leave the guild and must rejoin it, you will start over at 0 guild XP just as if you've joined a new guild.