Influence

The guild influence panel (historical).

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

Currently Influence can be exchanged for Favor by speaking with Ronald Lefleur in Guild Initiative Headquarters in Lion's Arch (only if your guild has 10,000 influence or more) or exchanged for a boosted aetherium production by speaking with Akeetha Stonesunder. A maximum of 100,000 influence may be converted to favor per week.

The following table shows the remaining usecases. The rest of the page accounts for the discontinued/historical content.

Item	Level	Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost
Aetherium Production Boost (1,000 Influence)		Akeetha Stonesunder	- - - -	Gilded Hollow Isle of Reflection Lost Precipice Windswept Haven	1000
Aetherium Production Boost (10,000 Influence)		Akeetha Stonesunder	- - - -	Gilded Hollow Isle of Reflection Lost Precipice Windswept Haven	10000
Aetherium Production Boost (100 Influence)		Akeetha Stonesunder	- - - -	Gilded Hollow Isle of Reflection Lost Precipice Windswept Haven	100
Aetherium Production Boost (100,000 Influence)		Akeetha Stonesunder	- - - -	Gilded Hollow Isle of Reflection Lost Precipice Windswept Haven	100000
Note of Favor (10,000 Influence)		Ronald Lefleur	- - - Postern Ward -	Gilded Hollow Isle of Reflection Lost Precipice Lion's Arch Windswept Haven	10000
Note of Favor (100,000 Influence)		Ronald Lefleur	- - - Postern Ward -	Gilded Hollow Isle of Reflection Lost Precipice Lion's Arch Windswept Haven	100000

Historical acquisition

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

Attendance

Influence was awarded to the guild represented by each character as it logs in. This influence was awarded immediately, but the guild's attendance log was only updated once per day.

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

There were limits to how much influence each account could add to the guilds represented by various characters:

• Under most circumstances, an account could generate up to 50 influence via attendance, i.e. 10 influence for each of the first five characters to logon.
  • This limit was sometimes lowered if the first few characters login to the same zone, one of the characters changes zones, or various other reasons that are not well understood.
  • The limit was sometimes raised as high as 80, most often if the previous day's influence was less than 50.
  • It was also possible that the account will not generate any attendance influence on a given day.
• The 50 influence could be applied to one guild or spread across two or more.

Participation

Events

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

PvP victories

• 5 /person or
• 50 for a tournament win for a team that includes two or more guild members.

Dungeon completion

• 10 per party that includes one or two guild members.
• 100 per party with three or more guild members.

Guild Bounty Training

• 3000 per bounty

Guild Trek

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

Consumables

Guild Promoters

Each letter bought from this NPC costs 20  per point.

• Letter of Thanks — 10 
• Eloquent Letter of Thanks — 100 
• Lengthy Letter of Thanks — 1,000 
• Sincere Letter of Thanks — 10,000 

Guild commendation trader, Laurel merchant.

• Letter of Commendation — 400 
• Letter of Commendation — 1,000 

Personal story

• Letter of Commendation — 400 , after completing Retribution.
• Letter of Commendation — 1,000 , in the Hero's Chest awarded after completing Victory or Death.

Black Lion Chests

• Small Guild Discovery — 50 
• Medium Guild Discovery — 100 
• Large Guild Discovery — 300 

One-time benefit acquired from the Digital Deluxe and Collector's Edition versions of the game

• Tome of Influence — 1,000 

One-time benefit acquired from purchasing a second account. This started a few weeks prior to Heart of Thorns announcement

• Tome of Influence — 4,000 

One-time benefit acquired from the Heroic Edition or for buying Guild Wars 2 during a promotion from the November 27th until the December 3rd, 2013.

• Letter of Influence — 4,000 

Historical 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	1,000		32 hours
Guild Stash	Grants access to a 50 slot Guild Vault and gold storage.	1,000		2 days
Research Architecture Level 3	Increase your guild's skill in Architecture to Level 3	5,000		3 days
Research Architecture Level 4	Increase your guild's skill in Architecture to Level 4	10,000		4 days
Guild Treasure Trove	Grants access to a 100 slot Guild Vault	5,000		1 week
Research Architecture Level 5	Increase your guild's skill in Architecture to Level 5	20,000		1 week
Deep Cave	The Deep Cave will expand your treasure trove by another 100 slots.	10,000		1 week
Research Architecture Level 6	Increase your guild's skill in Architecture to Level 6	30,000		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  1,000		1 day
Spawn Armor Crafting Stations	Spawns field crafting stations for Armorsmith, Leatherworker, Tailor, and Jeweler. Lasts for 1 hour.	5  1,000		1 day
15% Reduced Waypoint Costs for 24 Hours	For 24 hours, guild members will pay 15% less to use waypoints.	20  2,000		3 days
Guild Puzzle Unlock	Allows the guild to build Guild Puzzle missions.	250  50,000		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	1,000		32 hours
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	5,000		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	10,000		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	20,000		1 week
Guild World Event	Activate a world event for your guild. Use near Guild World Event markers.	20  10,000		1 day
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.	30,000		3 days
Research Art of War Level 6	Increase your guild's skill in Art of War to Level 6	30,000		10 days
Guild Challenge (historical)	Gain access to a large-scale mission that can be triggered by the guild.	200		1 day
Disciplined Maneuvers	Increases WvW Experience earned by 5%. Lasts 24 hours.	20  2,000		3 days
Guild Challenges Unlock	Allows the guild to build Guild Challenge missions.	150  50,000		1 week
Guild World Event Unlock	Allows your guild to build consumables that can be used to activate various world events.	100  50,000		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
Research Economy Level 2	Increase your guild's skill in Economy to Level 2	1,000		32 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 3	Increase your guild's skill in Economy to Level 3	5,000		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	10,000		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	20,000		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	30,000		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  50,000		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	1,000		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	5,000		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. Usage: Your guild can own and use only one CAO at a time (incuding the development period). You can upgrade the next CAO after starting the one you owned. The CAO works only if all of 1 or 2 (depending on the presence of Guild Workshop Upgrade) of your guild's work slots are reserved. After activation the CAO starts to upgrade the topmost item in the list that isn't already developed. If a work slot gets empty, you can start another upgrade in line with CAO upgrade.	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)	1,000		40 hours
Research Politics Level 4	Increase your guild's skill in Politics to Level 4	10,000		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.	1,000		3¼ days
Research Politics Level 5	Increase your guild's skill in Politics to Level 5	20,000		1 week
Research Politics Level 6	Increase your guild's skill in Politics to Level 6	30,000		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  1,000		2 days
Guild Rushes Unlock	Allows the guild to build Guild Race missions	80  50,000		1 week

Notes

Anomalies:

• Winning A Dragon Ball Arena Match counts as a PvP victory and will award the subsequent influence.
• Completing instances in Fractals of the Mists awards influence as if completing a dungeon, however it is not shown in the influence breakdown.

Trivia

• 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.
• Upon the release of Heart of Thorns, it became impossible to earn influence. However, consumables that granted influence will still grant influence.

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Currencies
General	Gem	Coin	Karma	Laurel
	Spirit Shard	Guild Commendation	Transmutation Charge	Astral Acclaim
Character	Hero point	Supply
Competitive	PvP League Ticket	Ascended Shard of Glory	PvP Tournament Voucher	Badge of Honor
	WvW Skirmish Claim Ticket	Proof of Heroics	Testimony of Desert Heroics	Testimony of Jade Heroics
Guild	Favor	Aetherium
Instanced	Tale of Dungeon Delving	Fractal Relic	Pristine Fractal Relic	Unstable Fractal Essence
	Magnetite Shard	Gaeting Crystal	Legendary Insight	Blue Prophet Shard (Crystal)
	Green Prophet Shard
Keys	Zephyrite Lockpick	Bandit Skeleton Key	Pact Crowbar	Exalted Key
	Vial of Chak Acid	Machete	Trader's Key	Mistborn Key
	Cache Key	Jade Miner's Keycard
Miscellaneous	Geode	Bandit Crest	Airship Part	Lump of Aurillium
	Ley Line Crystal	Provisioner Token	Unbound Magic	Trade Contract
	Elegy Mosaic	Volatile Magic	Racing Medallion	Festival Token
	War Supplies	Tyrian Defense Seal	Research Note	Imperial Favor
	Ancient Coin	Unusual Coin	Jade Sliver	Canach Coin
	Static Charge	Pinch of Stardust	Calcified Gasp	Ursus Oblige
See also: Tokens