Guilds

A **guild** is one of the core features of Shop Titans. It is collection of shops that are effectively working together to receive bonuses. The ability to join a guild opens at Merchant Level 6.

A major benefit is that each player shares his/her investments in the city and is the most effective way to reach higher building levels. Other benefits include working together to gain Renown through bounties for Guild Perks and Guild Boosts and working on events like the Lost City of Gold.

## City

One of the main benefits of a guild is that each guild has a shared **city** where each member's investments help improve the buildings.

### Town Hall

One of the most important buildings for the guild is the Town Hall. This building sets the maximum number of members the guild can have.

## Guild Coins

Guild coins are a type of currency that is used to open grab bags or can be used for refilling resources. These coins are obtained by helping guild members, cleaning shops, and doing bounties.

## Guild Events

Another major way that guilds work together is through events that allow the guild to gain rewards.

### Bounty Board

The bounty board is a guild event that runs every week, starting at server reset on Monday. During this ongoing event guild members must complete bounties from the bounty board to earn trophies. Trophies earned by the guild's members are pooled together, and as more trophies are earned, more renown is gained, to a maximum of 500. Renown can be used to purchase guild perks and guild boosts.

### Lost City of Gold

The Lost City of Gold is a guild event where each member sends teams of heroes to defeat the Stone Sentinels on increasing levels of difficulty in exchange for pure gold from King Reinhold.

## Perks and Boosts

As the guild gains renown, they can spend it on Guild Perks and Guild Boosts that increase the production capability of its members.

## Guild Support

### Guild Friendships

Building friendships with guild members will increase the amount of energy received when a member cleans your shop. A friendship level can increase by helping guild members, sending them gifts, and cleaning their shops.

### Upgrade Help

Once you are a member of a guild, you can ask for help in upgrading your shops furniture by clicking the Ask for Help icon above the item being upgraded. A maximum of 5 guild members can give you a 10% reduced upgrade time, for a maximum of a 50% upgrade time reduction.

Conversely, you can click the Offer Help icon in the middle of your city (or click the Help icon in the Guild menu) to provide help to your guild members who are upgrading their own shops. Each time you help to your guildmates, you receive 1 guild coin, which you can use to purchase grab bags or crafting material.

### Gifts

Once per day, Maya visits the Shopkeeper to allow him/her to choose between 3 fellow guildmates to which will be sent a guildmate gift. When sending a gift, both the sender and receiver increase in their mutual friendship level.

### Shop Cleaning

Several times a day, a blue heart will appear on top of a fellow guild member's shop in the city. clicking it will take you inside of that guild member's shop. By clicking on the progress bar three times of three different pieces of furniture, you will provide energy to that shopkeeper while receiving 10 guild coins in return. You can also just click on the three furniture items that have the heart over them three times to clean them.

### Guild Requests

Once per day, a shopkeeper can request an item from their fellow guildmates in the market.