Guild Merit
Guild Merits are a type of currency that a guild can earn and spend in combination with influence to purchase high-level guild upgrades and boons. The guild earns merits by completing any guild mission, except for Guild Bounty Training.
Acquisition[edit]
Guild merits are earned by successfully completing guild missions, with amount varying depending on mission type and tier. The maximum amount of merits that can be earned each week per type of mission is capped at the highest completed tier for that type of mission. For example, completing any combination of T2 and T1 bounties will earn a total of 20 merits from bounties for that week. The cap resets at Sunday 00:00 UTC, and guilds can earn up to 110 Guild Merits per week.
Mission → Reward ↓ |
Bounty |
Trek |
Rush |
Challenge |
Puzzle |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tier 1 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 30 |
Tier 2 | 20 | 7 | |||
Tier 3 | 25 | 10 |
Usage[edit]
Guild merits can be spent in the guild panel in four categories: Architecture, The Art of War, Economy, and Politics. Your guild must have enough guild merits and influence 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. Guild merits are not required for any guild upgrade at level 4 and below.
Architecture[edit]
Architectural upgrades requiring guild merits give access to temporary crafting stations, several banners, and the Guild Puzzle guild mission type.
Summary | Description | Cost | Requires | Time |
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+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[edit]
Art of War upgrades requiring guild merits give access to a guild boost and the Guild Challenges guild mission type.
Summary | Description | Cost | Requires | Time |
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Disciplined Maneuvers | Increases WvW Experience earned by 5%. Lasts 24 Hours. | 20 2000 |
3 days | |
Guild Challenges Unlock | Allows the guild to build Guild Challenge missions. | 150 50000 |
1 week |
Economy[edit]
Economy upgrades requiring guild merits give access to several banners and guild boosts along with the Guild Treks guild mission type.
Summary | Description | Cost | Requires | Time |
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Vault transport | Summons the Guild Vault to your location for easy access. Must have vault permissions. | 1 50 |
6 hours | |
+10% Crafting Critical Success | For 24 hours, guild members have a 10% greater chance of critical successes during crafting. | 3 200 |
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[edit]
Political upgrades requiring guild merits give access to several banners and the Guild Rushes guild mission type.
Summary | Description | Cost | Requires | Time |
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+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[edit]
- As of the September 2014 Feature Pack, guilds are global and shared regardless of the world you are on. All merits, influence, and vaults were merged and are now shared across worlds.
- With the release of Heart of Thorns this currency has become obsolete.
Trivia[edit]
- Guild missions, merits and commendations were added in the Flame and Frost: The Gathering Storm release.