City Loyalty
Introduced in Publish 77 during The Awakening storyline; expanded with Publish 81 City Elections.
City Loyalty and Elections enable rich roleplay and player-driven governance.
Cities
Britain · Jhelom · New Magincia · Minoc · Moonglow · Skara Brae · Trinsic · Vesper · Yew
Loyalty Rating
A city tracks Love, Neutrality, and Hate toward each character based on actions.
How Loyalty Changes
| Axis | Gaining Method | Secondary Effects | Decay Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love | Beneficial acts in that city: arrest Angry Rioters/Raiders with a Guardman’s Rope; help Angry Protestors by donating 1,000 gold or equivalent food/clothing; put out fires & clean garbage; donate items/animals to City Trade Ministers; participate in Champion Spawns; turn in BODs. | A small fraction of the city’s Hate converts to Neutrality. Other cities convert some Love for you into Neutrality. | Moderate |
| Neutrality | — | — | Rapid |
| Hate | Negative acts in that city: kill Angry Rioters; perform beneficial acts in other cities. | A small fraction of the city’s Love converts to Hate. | Slowest |
Decay prevention: Log in at least once every 40 hours to prevent Love decay. Neutrality and Hate always decay.
Loyalty Tiers
Your cumulative actions push you up or down through tiers:
| Tier | Positive (→) | Neutral | Negative (←) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Venerated † · Revered · Exalted · Lauded | — | Denigrated · Scorned · Shunned · Vilified · Abhorred |
| 3 | Adored · Admired · Honored | — | Disgraced · Loathed · Despised · Reviled |
| 2 | Respected · Esteemed | — | Distrusted · Disliked · Detested |
| 1 | Commended | Doubted | Disfavored |
| 0 | — | Unknown | — |
- Fast tracks & examples
- Venerated (instant): donate 100,000 iron ingots to a City Trade Minister. †
- Adored: donate 20,000 Bloodwood boards.
- Commended: arrest 4 rioters or help 16 protestors.
- Respected: arrest 20 rioters or help 80 protestors.
- Adored: arrest 100 rioters or help 400 protestors.
- Venerated: arrest 500 rioters or help 2,000 protestors.
General rules
- Beneficial acts for one city → strong positive rating there.
- Harmful acts for one city → strong negative rating there.
- Mixed/multi-city beneficial acts → diluted positives and/or distrustful ratings.
City Banners
See also: City Banner
At approximately Adored loyalty, purchase a City Banner from the Guard Captain for 250,000 gold**.
City Titles (Citizenship)
Declare citizenship via Titles → Rewards on your character’s context menu.
- You may hold citizenship in one city at a time (renounce anytime; 1-week wait to change).
- Titles require minimum loyalty and a donation from your bank box.
Title Requirements
| Character | Citizen | Knight/Dame | Baronet(ess) | Baron(ess) | Viscount/ess | Earl/Countess | Marquis/Marquise | Duke/Duchess |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | — | 10,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Loyalty | — | Commended | Esteemed | Respected | Admired | Adored | Revered | Venerated |
| Female Title | Citizen | Dame | Baronetess | Baroness | Viscountess | Countess | Marquise | Duchess |
| Male Title | Citizen | Knight | Baronet | Baron | Viscount | Earl | Marquis | Duke |
City Elections
Every quarter, qualified citizens elect a Governor.
- Election months: begin March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1.
- Nomination period: first 1 week of each listed month.
- Where: City Stone near each city’s bank.
Nomination Requirements
- Not a trial account; not a Young player.
- Citizen of the city; Adored or higher.
- Only one nominated character per city per account.
- Must receive 1 endorsement within 24 hours or re-nominate.
- At nomination, the stone records your Love and Hate values.
Endorsement Requirements
- Endorser has not already endorsed in that city on that account.
- Endorser’s account is not also nominated there.
- Not a trial/Young account.
- Citizen of that city.
Successful nominees appear on a 1-week ballot after nominations end.
Voting Requirements
- One vote per account per shard; not trial/Young.
- Citizen of the city; at least Respected.
Tie-breakers
1. Higher recorded Love at nomination wins.
2. If tied, lower recorded Hate wins.
3. If still tied, the King selects the winner.
Accepting Office
The Governor-Elect must accept office at the City Stone. Excessive delay may result in the King appointing another Governor.
Governor Abilities
Grant Special Titles
- May grant titles to citizens of their city.
- Citizens can remove titles at the City Stone (Remove City Title).
- Governors can remove a title by submitting a blank title.
- Titles do not persist through character transfer and are removed if citizenship is renounced.
- Titles expire at the end of the Governor’s term.
Open NPC Guild Trade Deals
- Cost: 2,000,000 gp/week, paid from the City Treasury.
- Donate to the Treasury via the City Herald (drop gold/checks).
- Since Publish 83: the city benefits from the full donation amount (no daily reduction).
- Trade deal can be changed once per real week and persists indefinitely.
- Citizens activate the buff for 24 hours via the City Stone (Utilize Trade Deal).
Available Trade Deals (City Buffs)
- Guild of Arcane Arts: +5% Spell Damage Increase
- Society of Clothiers: +1% to all resists
- Bardic Collegium: +1 Faster Casting
- Order of Engineers: +3 Dexterity
- Guild of Healers: +5% Bandage Healing
- Maritime Guild: +2 Hit Point Regeneration
- Merchant’s Association: +2 Mana Regeneration
- Mining Cooperative: +3 Strength
- League of Rangers: +3 Intelligence
- Guild of Assassins: +5% Swing Speed Increase
- Warrior’s Guild: +5% Hit Chance Increase
Buffs obey normal item/skill caps.
Council & Removal
- Governors may sit in Governor-designated seating at council meetings (see shard EM schedule).
- Renouncing citizenship, character transfer, or falling to negative loyalty automatically removes Governorship.