Clans & Kingdoms
Clans are Grinweld's guilds: shared chat, purchasable PvE buffs, a treasury fed by a tax on members' kills, and — at the top end — a kingdom settled in a special zone with structures you build and defend.
Joining & founding
| Action | Level | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Join a clan | 100 | 1,000,000g (you) + 1,000,000g (clan accepts) |
| Found a clan | 300 | 10,000,000g (from your bank) |
| Leave | — | free |
| Boot a member | — | free (leader) |
You manage clans at a Clan Hall POI — the Hall of Banners in the capital, Lanternreach. Each clan has a leader and a co-leader.
Clan bonuses (PvE only)
Clans buy bonuses — buffs that apply only versus monsters, never in PvP. Notes:
- Up to 3 bonuses active at once.
- Leaders get 1.25× the effect of each bonus.
- Each change costs 1,000,000g, so plan your loadout.
These make group PvE grinding meaningfully faster, but they deliberately stay out of player-vs-player fights, keeping PvP about individual skill/gear.
Clan power
Clan power is derived from members' levels via a step table. It's the gate for building kingdom structures — a bigger, higher-level roster unlocks more. Recruit and level up to grow it.
Kingdoms
A clan can settle one kingdom in a special kingdom zone — at launch, The Hollow Court (level 300, PK). A kingdom supports three structure slots:
| Slot | Examples / effect |
|---|---|
| Defence | fortifies your kingdom |
| Mine | grants members a small extra gem drop channel (requires ≥5% tax); also trickles passive treasury income |
| Misc | other utility structures |
- Each structure costs 5,000,000g, and swapping a structure repays the full price — choose deliberately.
- Because the Hollow Court is a PK zone, holding a kingdom means defending it.
Tax & the treasury
Clans levy a tax of 1–49% on every member's kill gold, routed to the clan treasury (leaders withdraw). Trade-offs:
- Higher tax fills the treasury faster but lowers members' take-home gold.
- The Mine structure needs ≥5% tax to yield its bonus gems, so even low-tax clans usually keep a little.
The treasury funds bonuses, structures, and accepting new members.
Chat
Clan chat shares a channel with race chat — use the /r prefix to speak to
your race instead of your clan. See Social & Chat.
Should you join or found?
- Join (level 100): the easy path — instant access to bonuses, chat, and (if your clan has one) a kingdom's mine, for a 1M buy-in.
- Found (level 300): for organizers — 10M and the responsibility of recruiting, setting tax, and building/defending a kingdom. Worth it once you have a roster to build clan power with.
Next: PvP → Economy → Social & Chat