Decide to create your own or join an existing alliance? Here you can find all you need to know about being part of an alliance!
Guide author: kitah
Introduction
Players can choose to join an Alliance (Swords of Legends Online’s Guild system) they are interested in and while contributing to the alliance they can also enjoy special benefits. The Alliance interface can be opened via the social interface by pressing H.
Important Notes
- Alliances are per character, not per account.
- It costs 10 Gold to make an alliance, and you must be Beginner Level 15.
- Your Alliance can only have 50 members when you create it, you can expand the amount later on (more details below).
- Some content is unavailable at launch, this is listed separately.
- You can disband your Alliance by pressing the End button in the bottom left hand corner. You must of reached 10 members before you can do this.
Alliance Management
Creating
Reach Beginner Level 10 then head to Cloudrise and talk to Zeng An (Alliance Steward) and spend 10 gold coins to create an alliance.
Joining
You can join a guild after you reach beginner level 10. You can do this by filtering the alliances to join by playing preference, or you can search for the alliance you want to join by name. You can change the filter to search for alliances that suit you in the top left corner of the Recommended Alliance interface.
Disbanding
When the number of members in the alliance is less than 10, the alliance will enter a 15-day cooldown to disband. If there are not 10 or more members during this period, the alliance will be disbanded, if your alliance manages to get 10 members or above during this period the disbandment will be suspended and your alliance can continue operating as normal.
Things to note:
- Once the alliance is disbanded, all items in the alliance’s stash will be lost.
- After a rank is created, the rank cannot be deleted, and can only be deleted after the Leader of the alliance is transferred.
Alliance Features
Factions
Alliances of different factions can recruit players from different factions. At launch, Alliances will be automatically in the Qin League faction.
After a future update, the alliance leader can talk to Zeng An (Alliance Steward) to switch the alliance factions. Make sure you choose the same personal faction as your Alliance to make the transition into this update easier for you.
- Alliance of Qin League: You can recruit players from Qin League, Heaven’s Children and the Mysticism factions.
- Alliance of Heaven’s Children: You can recruit players from Qin League and Heaven’s Children factions.
- Alliance of the Mysticism: You can recruit players from Qin League and the Mysticism factions.
After a future update, some Alliance Events require the alliance to join a faction to participate.
Levelling up
An alliance’s maximum level is 10 and it requires alliance experience to level up. Alliance members can obtain alliance experience by completing alliance quests (the progress for these quests are refreshed every Thursday at 6 AM server time), you can also gain alliance experience by completing alliance events.
Upgrade time reference:
- It takes up to two years for a lone wolf player to upgrade an alliance to maximum level from scratch.
Resources
Alliance and Personal resources can be earned through various activities:
| Resource Type | Resource Acquirement | Source | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Resource | Alliance Cohesion | Complete Achievement Count alliance quests. Earned at the alliance activity levels 250/500/750/1000. Refreshes every Thursday at 6 AM. | Members can consume these common alliance resources to activate talents that grant buffs to the alliance and its members. |
| Alliance Resource | Achievement Points | Earned after completing alliance achievements. | Alliance achievements are those which can be unlocked by the combined effort of its members. They are displayed in the Notes tab and provide no additional bonuses for an Alliance. |
| Alliance Resource | Alliance Funds | Leader Permission Assignment. | It can be assigned to members of each rank by the Leader, and 50% of the repair cost is automatically deducted when repairing equipment. 1 Alliance Fund is deducted per 1 silver. Can also be used to initiate forced hostilities. |
| Personal Resource | Alliance Contribution | Earned by completing alliance quests. | A currency that players can exchange for bonus items at alliance chops in the capitals. Maximum of 2,000 per week. |
| Personal Resource | Alliance Prestige | Earned by completing alliance quests. | Increase prestige to unlock more items from alliance shops in the capitals. If you leave an alliance for a week or join another, you lose 10%. |
| Personal Resource | Personal Funds | Granted weekly by the leader. | Player currency. Automatically reduces costs of repairing gear by 50%. 1 Alliance Fund is equivalent to 1 Silver. Cannot be used if your personal quota is 0 or if the alliance funds drop to 0. |
Talents
Alliance members accumulate Alliance Cohesion by completing alliance quests and alliance events. This gives players within the Alliance access to Active Talents which high-ranking (those with management permissions) alliance members can select by using the Active Talents interface.
After an Active Talent is activated, the effect will last for a week and it can be clicked to continue it again for another week. Members of the alliance can click the thumb icon to vote and let the high-ranking members know that they really want this talent for the week.
| Name | Requirement | Activation | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Level 2 | x50 Alliance Cohesion | The harvest amount for Alliance members increases by 10%. |
| Lots of Fish Caught | Level 2 | x50 Alliance Cohesion | Additional catches from Gold of the Four Seas increase by 10% for Alliance members. |
| Homesickness | Level 4 | x100 Alliance Cohesion | The Transfer Rune cooldown is reduced by 3 minutes for Alliance members. The Cirrus Drive cooldown is reduced by 30 minutes. |
| United for a single purpose | Level 4 | x100 Alliance Cohesion | If the number of Alliance members in the group instance is greater than 5, the Fortune value of the Alliance members increases by 3%. |
| Fortune Falls From Heaven | Level 5 | x150 Alliance Cohesion | Alliance members unlock the following skill: Fortune Falls From Heaven. It can be used to summon the Alliance Stash to the current position. |
| No one gets left behind | Level 7 | x100 Alliance Cohesion | If Alliance members are fatally injured, the amount of time they have to wait to resurrect in the Dragonstar is reduced by 50%. (Not effective in the Battle of the Continents or in the Garden of Blades). |
| Tirelessly Fighting On | Level 8 | x100 Alliance Cohesion | During Instances, there is a 200% increase to the duration of the acceleration effect after Alliance members in the Dragonstar are resurrected. (Not effective in the Battle of the Continents or in the Garden of Blades). |
| Beautiful Clothing | Level 9 | x350 Alliance Cohesion | Alliance members unlock the exclusive Mystical Waters outfit. It can be shown in the Outfit Interface. |
| Mutual Aid | Level 10 | x200 Alliance Cohesion | Alliance members unlock the following skill: Mutual Aid It can be used to summon an Alliance member from the team to the current position. |
| Thrifty | Level 5 | x250 Alliance Cohesion | Alliance members receive a discount of 10% on equipment repair costs. |
| A Large Number of People Gathered | Level 9 | x300 Alliance Cohesion | If the team leader has this talent, then the equipment of the worst-equipped player on the battlefield in each team of 5 full members is upgraded to the effect of the next worst-equipped player in the team. |
Upgrades
After an Alliance Upgrade is activated, the effect is permanently possessed and some bonuses have prerequisites. Alliance upgrades cost Alliance Cohesion.
List of Alliance Upgrades:
| Name | Requirement | Activation | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Call like a Peal of Thunder | Level 1 | x100 Alliance Cohesion | The prestige gained by Alliance Members is increased by 5%. |
| Gourmet Festival | Level 2 | ??? | Activate the option ‘Bestow resources’ with the Alliance Administrator. As a result, alliance events such as the ‘Gourmet Festival’ will be completed. |
| Delicacies To Go | Level 2 | ??? | For 100 Alliance Contribution, you can take the dishes from the Gourmet Festival with you. The food is good for 24 hours. |
| Fast Like the Wind | Level 3 | ??? | The movement speed of an Alliance Member’s mount is increased by 10%. |
| Good Relationship | Level 3 | x100 Alliance Cohesion | The Sworn Friendship Bonus received by Alliance Members is increased by 100%. (Does not include methods that use items). |
| The Slash Gets Bigger I | Level 1 | ??? | Increases the number of pages in the Alliance stash to 2 pages. |
| The Slash Gets Bigger II | Level 3 | ??? | Increases the number of pages in the Alliance stash to 3 pages. |
| The Slash Gets Bigger III | Level 5 | ??? | Increases the number of pages in the Alliance stash to 4 pages. |
| The Slash Gets Bigger IV | Level 7 | ??? | Increases the number of pages in the Alliance stash to 5 pages. |
| The Slash Gets Bigger V | Level 9 | ??? | Increases the number of pages in the Alliance stash to 6 pages. |
| Battle-hardened I | Level 2 | ??? | The experience points received by an Alliance Member for destroying a monster are increased by 5%. |
| Battle-hardened II | Level 4 | ??? | The experience points received by an Alliance Member for destroying a monster are increased by 10%. |
| Mutual Loyalty | Level 4 | ??? | Reduces the consumption of money tokens for the Flag of Loyalty by 50%. |
| Delivered Quickly and Efficiently | Level 6 | ??? | There are no fees for mail between members of the Alliance. |
| Recruit Warrior I | Level 2 | ??? | Increases the maximum number of Alliance Members to 80. |
| Recruit Warrior II | Level 4 | ??? | Increases the maximum number of Alliance Members to 110. |
| Recruit Warrior III | Level 6 | ??? | Increases the maximum number of Alliance Members to 140. |
| Recruit Warrior IV | Level 8 | ??? | Increases the maximum number of Alliance Members to 170. |
| Recruit Warrior V | Level 10 | ??? | Increases the maximum number of Alliance Members to 200. |
Stash
All alliances are provided with a stash that can be used by all of the members within the alliance. Each member can store game items, martial art items, scrolls, collected materials, food ingredients, etc.
The Leader of the alliance can set stash permissions for each rank. After a member deposits game items to the alliance, if their rank has no withdrawal permissions they will need to contact the Leader of the alliance or other members who do have a rank to claim items from the warehouse.
Notes
You can view important activities for the alliance in the interface of the alliance > manage > notes and you can switch categories at the bottom of the notes page.
This includes the following information:
- Membership Changes: Records of members movement.
- Alliance Achievements:
- Alliance level upgrade records
- Active Talent unlock/activation records.
- Alliance Quests/Events completion records, etc.
- Information changes:
- Modification to the alliance information.
- Modification to the alliance recruitment messaging.
- Published recruitments
- Rank adjustment and authority records
- Stash access: Records of the Stash.
- Alliance relations:
- Allies
- Hostile relations – Unavailable at launch
- Dissolved and Creation records.
Members Management
Recruitment
The Leader of the alliance can modify the recruitment information, alliance preferences and start targeted recruitment in the alliance-recruitment interface.
Authorised alliance members can approve or reject applications from the application list.
Things to note:
- Once Targeted recruitment is turned on, new members joining through targeted recruitment will not need to be approved into the alliance.
Member View
You can filter and sort the members within the alliance management member list to view member information.
- All members are displayed by default or PVP information if the display is switched.
- Click the column name above to sort.
- Right-click the member to click the member.
Ranks
The Leader of the alliance can add ranks and modify the name of the ranks in the alliance management > permissions interface and set the authority of the rank and the amount of repair money allotment they should receive (reset weekly). You can have up to 10 ranks per alliance.
The Leader can adjust the rank of the member by right-clicking on the alliance member within the interface. They can also add notes to each member.
Leader Transfer
The Leader of the alliance can transfer the status of leader with the highest rank other than the leader. There is a 3-day transfer period for the transfer during which the transfer can be cancelled.
Leader Impeachment
A leader who has not been online for a long time can lose his authority through the procedure of impeachment.
- If the Leader does not log in to the game for 30 consecutive days, the impeachment procedure can be initiated by the vice-leader of the alliance. If the leader fails to log in within 7 days of initiating impeachment the vice-leader who chose to impeach will automatically become the leader.
- If the vice-leader does not start the impeachment procedure within 7 days after entering the impeachment procedure, the impeachment authority will be reduced by one level and the next-level members can also proceed to initiate the impeachment.
- If no one initiates the impeachment within 7 days and the impeachment authority is already at next-level members, it will continue to be lowered by one level until the member of the lowest rank can impeach the leader.
Alliance Merchant
In Cloudrise, you can visit Zang An, the Alliance Steward to access the Alliance Merchant shop which gives you a wide range of items to purchase. You will need Alliance Prestige to unlock more items in the store, and Alliance Contribution to purchase them.
| Name | Cost | Requirement | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Horse | 180 Gold 10000 Alliance Contribution | 9 Alliance Prestige Alliance Level 10 | Unlocks Mount |
| Bamboo Soul Cat | 98 Gold 1000 Alliance Contribution | 5 Alliance Prestige | Unlocks Pet |
| Qimengyi – Thousand Cuts | 5 Gold 28 Alliance Contribution | 3 Alliance Prestige Only 10 can be purchased per Character per Week | After purchasing, the Power of a Hundred Strikes increases by 1% for 8 hours. |
| Qimengyi – Tenacity | 5 Gold 28 Alliance Contribution | 3 Alliance Prestige Only 10 can be purchased per Character per Week | After purchasing, the Power of Tenacity increases by 1% for 8 hours. |
| Qimengyi – Hundred Feasts | 1 Gold 800 Silver 96 Alliance Contribution | Alliance Level 5 | When you use it and then receive food from the Hui Food Pantry, you can slightly improve the cooking attributes. |
| Alliance Teleport Rune | 10 Alliance Contribution | Teleport to Cloudrise, the District of Chang’an or the District of Jiangdu. Only for Alliance members, not available in the Garden of Blades. | |
| Alliance prestige Talisman | 80 Alliance Contribution | Grants +20% prestige in the alliance for 2 hours. This effect also does not disappear after fatal injuries. | |
| Rejuvenation (Primary) | 80 Alliance Contribution | Increases the effects of the Elixirs Rejuvenation by 100 points. | |
| Alliance Order | 10 Gold 200 Alliance Contribution | Increases the maximum HP of alliance members by 10% in a 20-metre radius, their physical attack by 5% and their magic attack by 5%. Lasts for 2 minutes. | |
| Flag of Loyalty | 10 Gold 50 Alliance Contribution | Alliance Level 3 | Brings all team members from your alliance to your side. |
| Guan Yidan (Author) | 5 Gold 50 Alliance Contribution | Alliance Level 3 | Resets the cooldown for the Flag of Loyalty. |
| Alliance Summoning Rune | 18 Gold 85 Alliance Contribution | Alliance Level 7 | Call together all members who are online and part of the alliance. Those who accept can teleport through a portal to the summoner. |
Alliance Events
Alliance Events are activities that you need to join an alliance to experience. part of the gameplay activation requires members who have permission to activate alliance events so they can open the activity for the members to participate.
Participating in events can get a large number of alliance resources and also personal resources. It is recommended that alliances participate in events weekly to gain the most benefits for their members and their alliance.
Information on the various guild activities will be provided as separate guides.
- Alliance Hunt (PVE)
- Treasure Hunter (PVX)
- Gourmet Festival (PVX)
- Destroy the Array (PVP) – Unavailable at Launch
- Content for the Sea of Clouds (PVP) – Unavailable at Launch
Alliance Achievements
Alliance members can jointly complete Alliance achievements. Currently, there is no special purpose or benefit for this gameplay, but there are rankings involved! You can check the rankings on the Dragonstar List – Alliance Achievement Rankings.