NWN Secret World Wiki/factions

# Factions and Reputation

## The Factions

The three joinable factions on the server are the Templars, Illuminati, and Dragon.

Each faction represents different approaches to the Secret War. Gaining ranks within a faction earns you rewards and further progression for your character.

After joining a faction, you immediately gain access to their base. You can only enter a faction base when you are a member of that faction.

Faction bases only have a couple of NPCs. This number is intended to allow players to assume roles within their faction and keep space open for RP. Please assume that the bases are busy and active with NPC activity. They are never *empty.*

***It is against the rules to join a faction mechanically but not roleplay as if a part of that faction.***

Any players caught doing so will be reprimanded.

## Joining a Faction

Each faction has a recruiter in Edinburgh. After completing your *Welcome to the Secret World* quest, you will get the quest *Who Will You Choose?*

Completing the quest will guide you to each faction recruiter.

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You can change factions by speaking to a different recruiter.

*All of your ranks and reputation will be reset upon joining a different faction.*

## Reputation

After joining a faction, you can immediately start earning *reputation* from multiple sources.

*Reputation* is the currency used for ranking up and purchasing rewards. Players have to decide whether to save their *reputation* to progress in their faction ranks or use it for other rewards.

You earn *reputation* from any of these activities:

* Saving civilians
* Destroying Filth infestations
* Recording lore entries
* Killing minibosses
* Donating gold

### Civilians

Most areas in the game have a chance of spawning a civilian. When attacked by enemies, a two-minute timer starts. While the timer is active, the civilian is invulnerable but is attacked by enemies.

After two minutes, the timer expires and the civilian becomes vulnerable to damage. If they are still being attacked, they will be killed.
Once out of combat, if all enemies around a civilian are killed, the player can talk to a civilian to rescue them and earn reputation.

The amount of reputation earned is determined by the difficulty of the area they are in.

For example, saving a civilian in Minnesota earns less reputation than saving one in Astoria.

*All players in the party and in the same area as the civilian receive reputation for the rescue.*

### Filth Infestations

Most areas in the game have a small chance of spawning a Filth infestation. These powerful bosses spawn with minions and a random hidden boss modifier. They range in difficulty and tier, determined by the area in which they spawn.

Killing the Filth minions and boss will reward a fair amount of reputation to the killing player and all their party members.

Filth bosses are only vulnerable after all their minions have been killed.

### Recording Lore Entries

After joining a faction, the player receives an item that allows them to record lore entries found in the world.
Using this item on a lore entry earns the player a set amount of reputation.

Earning reputation from a lore entry is a one-and-done thing.

*If you change factions, you cannot earn lore from the same entries again.*

### Killing Minibosses

As the feature name implies, killing any miniboss earns you reputation.

The amount earned depends on the tier of the miniboss.

### Donating Gold

Speak to the rewards and rank NPC in your faction base to donate gold for reputation.

* *Illuminati:* Nova
* *Templar:* Luther
* *Dragon:* Cerun

## Ranks and Rewards

Each faction currently has five ranks. Speak to the rewards and rank NPC in your faction base to rank up.

Reputation required for each rank are:

* *Rank One:* 100
* *Rank Two:* 150
* *Rank Three:* 225
* *Rank Four:* 325
* *Rank Five:* 450

For the sake of discovery, the rewards earned from each faction and rank are not listed here.