Influence

The guild interface showing current influence and possibilities for spending influence.

Influence is the currency that guilds spend to purchase boons and other guild-wide upgrades. Influence is earned by participating in events, pvp, or solo content while representing a guild. Coin may also be exchanged for influence at the Guild Promoter.

However, Influence is accrued and spent separately by the guild members on each world. For example, a guild with players in Maguuma, Blacktide, and Riverside will have three different pools of Influence and three different build queues, one for each world.

Acquisition

The primary source of influence is through participation in PvE or PvP:

Attendance

Awarded to the guild being represented by a character when that character logs in. Each character can only give influence in this way once per 24 hours (on a per-character-slot reset timer)^{[verification requested]}, and each account can only do so for up to five characters per day, but there are some restrictions which have not been clearly identified yet.

• 10 per character for the first 20 characters.
• 5 per character for the next 30 characters.
• 1 per each additional character.

The influence is awarded immediately upon login. A summary is added to the History tab once per day.

Participation

Events

• 2 /event if only one guild member is present.
• 20 /event if two or more guild members are present, regardless of whether they are in the same party.

PvP victories

• 5 /person or
• 50 for a tournament win for a group of two or more guild members.

Dungeon completion

• 10 for completion with one or two guild members.
• 100 for completion with three or more guild members.

Anomaly.Unlike other dungeons, completing instances in Fractals of the Mists does not award influence.

Guild Bounty Training

• 3000 for completing one.

Guild Trek

• 400 for completing Tier 1
• 500 for completing Tier 2
• 700 for completing Tier 3

Consumables

• 400 or 1000 from each Letter of Commendation (obtained from Guild Commendation Trader, Laurel merchant, or by completing parts of the personal story)
• 1000 can be obtained by using a Tome of Influence (a one-time benefit acquired from the Digital Deluxe and Collector's Edition versions of the game).
• 50, 100, or 300 respectively from Small, Medium, or Large Guild Discovery which randomly drop from Black Lion Chests

Coin

You can buy influence with coin at a Guild Promoter at a rate of 20  per point in the following increments:

• 10 for 2 
• 100 for 20 
• 1,000 for 2 
• 10,000 for 20 

Usage

Influence can be spent in the guild panel in four categories: Architecture, The Art of War, Economy, and Politics. Your guild must have enough influence (and guild merits for high-level upgrades) to pay for an upgrade before it can be added to the queue; this amount is refunded if the queued upgrade is removed from the queue. However, you can never recover any influence spent to speed completion of upgrades.

Speeding up an upgrade costs 250% of the original cost of the upgrade, and progresses the build by 25% of the total build time each time. If the build has less than 25% remaining, the speed-up cost will be adjusted to compensate at a rate of 10% influence per 1% of build time. It is possible to speed an upgrade from start to finish if enough influence is available. For example, speeding up a Guild Bounty Hunt consumable by 3 hours (25% of the 12 hour build time) will cost you 500 influence (250% of the 200 influence original cost to build), and speeding it up from start to finish will cost 2,000 influence in total.

Architecture

Architectural upgrades primarily involve adding and upgrading shared storage (e.g. the Guild Vault) and are among the more expensive and time-consuming features. This category also includes the Guild Workshop, allowing your guild to work on two upgrades at a time.

Summary	Description	Cost	Requires	Time
Research Architecture Level 1	Increase your guild's skill in the field of Architecture to Level 1.	500	-	16 hours
Guild Workshop	The workshop allows an additional upgrade to be building simultaneously.	500		2 days
Research Architecture Level 2	Increase your guild's skill in Architecture to Level 2	1000		32 hours
Guild Stash	Grants access to a 50 slot Guild Vault and gold storage.	1000		2 days
Research Architecture Level 3	Increase your guild's skill in Architecture to Level 3	5000		3 days
Research Architecture Level 4	Increase your guild's skill in Architecture to Level 4	10000		4 days
Guild Treasure Trove	Grants access to a 100 slot Guild Vault	5000		1 week
Research Architecture Level 5	Increase your guild's skill in Architecture to Level 5	20000		1 week
Deep Cave	The Deep Cave will expand your treasure trove by another 100 slots.	10000		1 week
Research Architecture Level 6	Increase your guild's skill in Architecture to Level 6	30000		10 days
Guild Puzzle	Unlock access to an open world puzzle requiring 6 or more players to complete. The guild puzzle will be open to all players within a set amount of time.	200		1 day
+15% Gathering and 10% Swiftness Banner	Spawns a guild banner that will give +15% gathering chance and 10% movement speed boost to any ally that touches it for 30 minutes. Does not stack with other gathering or speed banners.	3  500		1 day
Spawn Combat Crafting Stations	Spawns field crafting stations for Weaponsmith, Huntsman, Artificer, and Cook. Lasts for 1 hour.	5  1000		1 day
Spawn Armor Crafting Stations	Spawns field crafting stations for Armorsmith, Leatherworker, Tailor, and Jeweler. Lasts for 1 hour.	5  1000		1 day
15% Reduced Waypoint Costs for 24 Hours	For 24 hours, guild members will pay 15% less to use waypoints.	20  2000		3 days
Guild Puzzle Unlock	Allows the guild to build Guild Puzzle missions.	250  50000		1 week

Art of War

Art of War upgrades include buffs for WvW.

Summary	Description	Cost	Requires	Time
Research Art of War Level 1	Increase your guild's skill in Art of War to Level 1	500	-	16 hours
+10% PvP Influence for 24 Hours	All influence earned in pvp is increased by 10% for 24 hours.	100		1 day
Research Art of War Level 2	Increase your guild's skill in Art of War to Level 2	1000		1 day
WvW Fort +10% Experience	For 12 Hrs, any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give increased exp to defending allies.	200		16 hours
WvW Fort +5 Supply	For 12 Hrs, any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give improved Supply to all allies.	200		16 hours
WvW Fort +10% Magic Find	For 12 Hrs, any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give allies a better chance to discover rare loot.	200		16 hours
Research Art of War Level 3	Increase your guild's skill in Art of War to Level 3	5000		3 days
Guild Bounty Training	Trigger a training bounty hunt for your guild. Guild members will need to find and defeat a single bounty target within a set amount of time. Completion rewards a substantial influence boost.	300		3 days
WvW Fort +40 Power	For 12 Hrs, any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give improved Power to all allies.	200		36 hours
WvW Fort +40 Toughness	For 12 Hrs, any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give improved Toughness to all allies.	200		36 hours
WvW Fort +40 Vitality	For 12 Hrs, any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give improved Vitality to all allies.	200		36 hours
WvW Fort +40 Precision	For 12 Hrs, any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give improved Precision to all allies.	200		1 day
Research Art of War Level 4	Increase your guild's skill in Art of War to Level 4	10000		4 days
WvW Fort +10% Healing	For 12 Hrs, any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give improved Healing to all allies.	200		1 day
WvW Fort +10% Player Health	For 12 Hrs, any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give improved Health to all allies.	200		1 day
Guild Catapult	Create a Catapult Siege engine that costs less supply to set up than normal.	500		1 day
Research Art of War Level 5	Increase your guild's skill in Art of War to Level 5	20000		1 week
Guild Bounty Tier 2	Trigger a bounty hunt for the guild with one additional target. Guild members will have to track down and defeat all three of the bounties within a set amount of time to complete the hunt. Each bounty is a champion, so prepare accordingly.	200		12 hours
Guild Bounty Tier 3	Trigger a bounty hunt for the guild with four additional targets. Guild members will have to track down and defeat all six of the bounties within a set amount of time to complete the hunt. Each bounty is a champion, so prepare accordingly.	200		12 hours
Guild Bounty	Trigger a bounty hunt for the guild. Guild members will have to track down and defeat each of the bounties within a set amount of time to complete the hunt. Each bounty is a champion, so prepare accordingly.	200		12 hours
WvW Fort +5% Swiftness	Any fortification held by your guild in World Vs World will give improved Swiftness to all allies. Lasts 12 hours.	500		1 day
Guild Siege Suit	Create a Siege Suit that costs less supply to set up than normal.	500		36 hours
Guild Bounties Unlock	Allows the guild to build Guild Bounty missions.	30000		3 days
Research Art of War Level 6	Increase your guild's skill in Art of War to Level 6	30000		10 days
Guild Challenge	Gain access to a large-scale mission that can be triggered by the guild.	200		1 day
15% Reduced Repair Costs for 24 Hours	For 24 hours, guild members will pay 15% less to repair their equipment.	20  2000		3 days
Guild Challenges Unlock	Allows the guild to build Guild Challenge missions.	150  50000		1 week

Economy

Economy upgrades include guild-wide buffs for increasing item drop rates, karma or experience gain, and other economic boosts.

Summary	Description	Cost	Requires	Time
Research Economy Level 1	Increase your guild's skill in the field of Economy to Level 1	500	-	16 hours
+5% Exp Public Banner	Spawns a guild banner that will give +5% exp to any ally that touches it for 30 minutes. Stacks with other exp buffs.	50		4 hours
+10% Gathering Bonus Banner	Spawns a guild banner that will give +10% gathering chance to any ally that touches it for 30 minutes. Stacks with other exp buffs.	50		4 hours
+10% Magic Find Banner	Spawns a guild banner that will give +10% magic find to any ally that touches it for 30 minutes. Stacks with other loot buffs.	50		4 hours
Research Economy Level 2	Increase your guild's skill in Economy to Level 2	1000		32 hours
Research Economy Level 3	Increase your guild's skill in Economy to Level 3	5000		3 days
+5% Kill Exp for 24 Hours	Improves all guild experience gain from kills by 5% for 24 hours.	500		1 day
+10% Magic Find for 72 hours	For 72 hours guild members have 10% better chance to find rare loot. Traveling Antique Shows are great!	500		36 hours
Research Economy Level 4	Increase your guild's skill in Economy to Level 4	10000		4 days
+10% Gathering Bonus for 48 Hours	For 48 hours guild members have 10% better chance to find rare materials from mining, logging, and harvesting.	500		32 hours
+15% Karma for 24 hrs	For 24 hours, your guild receives an additional 15% karma from dynamic events.	500		2 days
Research Economy Level 5	Increase your guild's skill in Economy to Level 5	20000		1 week
Vault transport	Summons the Guild Vault to your location for easy access. Must have vault permissions.	1  50		6 hours
Research Economy Level 6	Increase your guild's skill in Economy to Level 6	30000		10 days
Guild Trek Tier 2	Trigger a trek for the guild with five additional locations. Guild members will have to locate ten random locations around the world within a set amount of time.	200		1 day
Guild Trek Tier 3	Trigger a trek for the guild with 15 additional locations. Guild members will have to locate 20 random locations around the world within a set amount of time.	200		1 day
+10% Crafting Critical Success	For 24 hours, guild members have a 10% greater chance of critical successes during crafting.	3  200		1 day
Guild Trek	Trigger a trek for the guild. Guild members will have to locate 5[sic] random locations around the world within a set amount of time.	200		1 day
5% Increased Gold from Kills for 24 Hours	For 24 hours, guild members will receive a 5% bonus to gold earned for monster kills.	3  300		1 day
5% Increased Gold from Kills Banner	Spawns a guild banner that will give +5% boost to gold earned from monster kills for any ally that touches it for 30 minutes. Does not stack with other gold banners.	2  400		1 day
+10% Kill Gold and 15% Magic Find Banner	Spawns a guild banner that will give +10% boost to gold from kills and +15% boost to magic find for any ally that touches it for 30 minutes. Does not stack with other gold or magic find banners.	3  500		1 day
Guild Treks Unlock	Allows the guild to build Guild Trek missions.	30  50000		1 week

Politics

Political upgrades include guild emblems, guild armor, buffs to increase influence gain, and party items.

Summary	Description	Cost	Requires	Time
Research Politics Level 1	Increase your guild's skill in Politics to Level 1	500	-	16 hours
+5% Karma Banner	Spawns a guild banner that will give +5% karma buff to any ally that touches it for 30 minutes.	50		4 hours
Guild Emblem Template	Allows guild members to create a permanent guild emblem design at the Guild Registrar for use on banners and other displays.	100		24 hours
Research Politics Level 2	Increase your guild's skill in Politics to Level 2	1000		1 day
Road Marker	Spawns a guild road marker that will give 20 seconds of swiftness to any ally that touches it.	50		4 hours
+5% Influence for 24 Hrs.	Improves guild influence gain in PvE by 5% for 24 hours. Stacks with other influence bonuses.	100		16 hours
Guild Armorer Contract	Allows guild members to purchase armor items that display the guild emblem. Vendors are available in major cities. (Requires Politics - Emblem Template)	500		32 hours
Research Politics Level 3	Increase your guild's skill in Politics to Level 3	5000		3 days
+10% Influence from Events	Hire an event herald to increase the influence your guild earns from doing events for 24 hours.	200		1 day
Contract Asuran Outsourcing	A freelance Asuran Lab will help you develop one upgrade without using up one of your work slots.	200		30 hours
Guild Weapons Contract	Allows guild members to purchase weapon items that display the guild emblem. Vendors are available in major cities. (Requires Politics - Emblem Template)	1000		40 hours
Research Politics Level 4	Increase your guild's skill in Politics to Level 4	10000		4 days
+20% Dungeon Influence for 24 Hrs.	A dungeon survey before beginning will increase dungeon influence reward by 20%. Lasts 24 hours.	200		36 hours
Guild Banquet	Spawns a banquet table, keg, and various other party items which players can eat and drink from. Lasts 1 hour. 1 use.	1000		3¼ days
Research Politics Level 5	Increase your guild's skill in Politics to Level 5	20000		1 week
Research Politics Level 6	Increase your guild's skill in Politics to Level 6	30000		10 days
Guild Rush	Gain access to a rush on a randomly selected map. Once the start location is set, participants will face a timed challenge course for individual rewards. The course needs to be completed 15 times for the guild to succeed.	200		1 day
+10% Karma and +10% Experience Banner	Spawns a guild banner that will give +10% karma and +10% experience from kills boost to any ally that touches it for 30 minutes. Does not stack with other karma or experience banners.	3  500		1 day
Guild Heroes Banner	Spawns a guild banner that will give +10% karma, +15% magic find, +10% experience from kills, +10% gold from kills, +10% increased movement speed, and +15% gathering chance to any ally that touches it for 30 minutes. Does not stack with other banner boosts.	5  1000		2 days
Guild Rushes Unlock	Allows the guild to build Guild Rush missions	80  50000		1 week

Notes

Bugs:

• Under certain circumstances, you might not be generating influence for your guild. (Other symptoms include not being able to access the guild vault or buy from guild armorer.) To fix this, represent a different guild and then re-represent the original one. You might have to do this on multiple characters.

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Currencies

Tradable	Coin
Character bound	Karma • Skill point • Supply
Account bound	Gem • Glory • Laurel
Guild bound	Guild Merit • Influence
Related	Tokens