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#REDIRECT [[Guide:Factions and Vaults]]
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'''Factions''' are Bconomy's player groups. You join or found one to share a Vault, boosts and a [[Boss]] damage bonus with other players. A Faction holds up to {{GameValue|factions.factionMaxMembers}} members.
 
It unlocks at the {{GameValue|factions.unlockRequirement}} rank. Factions are split by profile type: [[Profile Modes|Main and Ironman]] profiles can join, but only a Faction of their own type. Hardcore profiles cannot join one and use a [[#Hardcore: the solo Vault|solo Vault]] instead.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Unlocks
| {{GameValue|factions.unlockRequirement}}
|-
! Takes in
| BC deposited into the Vault, Grand Hall items, optional [[Mint]] output
|-
! Produces
| Faction Boosts on [[Actions|Loot Actions]] for every member, Boss damage support
|-
! Affected by
| Member [[#Ranks and permissions|ranks]], Vault capacity, how much FP the Vault holds
|}
 
== Joining and recruitment ==
 
* Recruitment is off by default. A member of Sergeant rank or higher can switch it on, which lists the Faction in the Faction browser.
* While Recruitment is on, any eligible player can send a join request. A Sergeant or higher accepts or declines it, as long as the Faction would stay under its member limit.
* '''Open Recruitment''' lets eligible players join immediately with no request.
* A player can have at most {{GameValue|factions.recruitment.maxJoinReqPerUser}} pending requests at once. A Faction can hold at most {{GameValue|factions.recruitment.maxJoinReqPerFaction}}. Requests expire after 10 days if nobody answers them.
* Founding a Faction costs 1,000,000 BC.
 
== Ranks and permissions ==
 
Faction ranks are separate from your [[Ranks|progression rank]]. Each rank can do everything the ranks below it can.
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! What it adds
|-
| Private || Deposit BC into the Vault and add Grand Halls
|-
| Corporal || Change the active Faction Boosts
|-
| Sergeant || Manage Recruitment and join requests, and move Mint buffer BC into the Vault
|-
| Lieutenant || Promote members up to Sergeant, demote or kick members below Lieutenant, edit the About text and Message of the Day
|-
| Leader || Manage every member, promote up to Lieutenant, change the Faction name and tag, disband the Faction
|}
 
Every action in a Faction is recorded in its audit log. See [[Player Logs]].
 
== The Vault ==
 
The '''Vault''' is the Faction's shared storage. It holds '''Faction Points''' (FP), which pay for Faction Boosts.
 
* Any member can deposit BC. It becomes FP at a 1 to 1 rate.
* '''Deposits are one way.''' You cannot take BC back out of the Vault.
* The Vault starts with room for {{GameValue|factions.vault.vaultBaseSize}} FP. Each Grand Hall item you apply adds {{GameValue|factions.vault.vaultSizePerHall}} more. Grand Halls are crafted; see [[Crafting]].
* The Faction also has a small Mint buffer. With the Vault Routing [[Relay Research|Research]] node, some of a member's [[Mint]] output is sent into this buffer, and a Sergeant or higher can then move it into the Vault. See [[Mint#Routing BC to a Vault|Vault Routing]]. Grand Halls also enlarge the buffer.
 
== Faction Boosts ==
 
A '''Faction Boost''' is a multiplier on one [[Loot Action]] that applies to every member of the Faction. You can run a Boost on every Loot Action at once.
 
* Each Boost ranges from {{GameValue|factions.boosts.factionBoostMin}}x to {{GameValue|factions.boosts.factionBoostMax}}x, set in equal steps.
* Active Boosts constantly drain FP from the Vault. The drain grows steeply for larger multipliers, up to {{GameValue|factions.boosts.factionMaxBoostCostPerHr}} FP per hour for a single Boost at its maximum.
* A Boost works only while the Vault still has FP. When the Vault runs empty the Boosts stop.
* After you change a Boost it cannot be changed again for 20 minutes.
* A moderate Boost that stays funded is usually worth more than a high one that empties the Vault quickly.
 
For personal multipliers, see [[Boosts]].
 
== Customization ==
 
* An '''About''' message is shown publicly to players browsing Factions.
* A '''Message of the Day''' is shown only to members.
* A '''Faction tag''' is 1 to 4 letters or digits, in capitals, and unique to your Faction. It shows next to the Faction name and in front of every member's name, for example [EPIC].
 
== Hardcore: the solo Vault ==
 
[[Profile Modes#Hardcore|Hardcore]] profiles cannot join a Faction. They have a personal '''solo Vault''' instead, with its own FP balance, capacity and boost controls.
 
* It starts with no capacity. You must add Grand Halls before you can deposit any FP.
* [[Boosts]] drain far less FP than in a Faction, and can be changed again after 2 minutes.
* [[Mint]] output can be routed into it with Vault Routing.
* Other players cannot pool value into it. Main and Ironman profiles use real Factions and never see it.
 
== Connections ==
 
* [[Bosses]]: Faction members online during the same Boss fight add to your damage.
* [[Mint]]: Vault Routing sends BC from the Mint into the Faction Vault.
* [[Profile Modes]]: decide which Factions you can join.
* [[Data API/Factions|Factions data feed]]: public Faction information.
 
== Changelog ==
{{Update history/factions}}
 
{{Guide link|Factions and Vaults|Factions and Vaults}}
 
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[[Category:Community and activities]]

Latest revision as of 00:08, 4 November 2026

Factions are Bconomy's player groups. You join or found one to share a Vault, boosts and a Boss damage bonus with other players. A Faction holds up to 50 members.

It unlocks at the Recruit Rank rank. Factions are split by profile type: Main and Ironman profiles can join, but only a Faction of their own type. Hardcore profiles cannot join one and use a solo Vault instead.

Unlocks Recruit Rank
Takes in BC deposited into the Vault, Grand Hall items, optional Mint output
Produces Faction Boosts on Loot Actions for every member, Boss damage support
Affected by Member ranks, Vault capacity, how much FP the Vault holds

Joining and recruitment

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  • Recruitment is off by default. A member of Sergeant rank or higher can switch it on, which lists the Faction in the Faction browser.
  • While Recruitment is on, any eligible player can send a join request. A Sergeant or higher accepts or declines it, as long as the Faction would stay under its member limit.
  • Open Recruitment lets eligible players join immediately with no request.
  • A player can have at most 5 pending requests at once. A Faction can hold at most 15. Requests expire after 10 days if nobody answers them.
  • Founding a Faction costs 1,000,000 BC.

Ranks and permissions

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Faction ranks are separate from your progression rank. Each rank can do everything the ranks below it can.

Rank What it adds
Private Deposit BC into the Vault and add Grand Halls
Corporal Change the active Faction Boosts
Sergeant Manage Recruitment and join requests, and move Mint buffer BC into the Vault
Lieutenant Promote members up to Sergeant, demote or kick members below Lieutenant, edit the About text and Message of the Day
Leader Manage every member, promote up to Lieutenant, change the Faction name and tag, disband the Faction

Every action in a Faction is recorded in its audit log. See Player Logs.

The Vault

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The Vault is the Faction's shared storage. It holds Faction Points (FP), which pay for Faction Boosts.

  • Any member can deposit BC. It becomes FP at a 1 to 1 rate.
  • Deposits are one way. You cannot take BC back out of the Vault.
  • The Vault starts with room for 50,000,000 FP. Each Grand Hall item you apply adds 1,000,000 more. Grand Halls are crafted; see Crafting.
  • The Faction also has a small Mint buffer. With the Vault Routing Research node, some of a member's Mint output is sent into this buffer, and a Sergeant or higher can then move it into the Vault. See Vault Routing. Grand Halls also enlarge the buffer.

Faction Boosts

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A Faction Boost is a multiplier on one Loot Action that applies to every member of the Faction. You can run a Boost on every Loot Action at once.

  • Each Boost ranges from 1.25x to 5.00x, set in equal steps.
  • Active Boosts constantly drain FP from the Vault. The drain grows steeply for larger multipliers, up to 900,000,000,000 FP per hour for a single Boost at its maximum.
  • A Boost works only while the Vault still has FP. When the Vault runs empty the Boosts stop.
  • After you change a Boost it cannot be changed again for 20 minutes.
  • A moderate Boost that stays funded is usually worth more than a high one that empties the Vault quickly.

For personal multipliers, see Boosts.

Customization

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  • An About message is shown publicly to players browsing Factions.
  • A Message of the Day is shown only to members.
  • A Faction tag is 1 to 4 letters or digits, in capitals, and unique to your Faction. It shows next to the Faction name and in front of every member's name, for example [EPIC].

Hardcore: the solo Vault

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Hardcore profiles cannot join a Faction. They have a personal solo Vault instead, with its own FP balance, capacity and boost controls.

  • It starts with no capacity. You must add Grand Halls before you can deposit any FP.
  • Boosts drain far less FP than in a Faction, and can be changed again after 2 minutes.
  • Mint output can be routed into it with Vault Routing.
  • Other players cannot pool value into it. Main and Ironman profiles use real Factions and never see it.

Connections

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  • Bosses: Faction members online during the same Boss fight add to your damage.
  • Mint: Vault Routing sends BC from the Mint into the Faction Vault.
  • Profile Modes: decide which Factions you can join.
  • Factions data feed: public Faction information.

Changelog

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Release date Update Changes
October 22, 2026 v2026.10.22
  • Factions can now enable “Open Recruitment” – players who request to join will be added to the faction immediately without requiring prior approval.
  • Faction browser now sorts Factions differently, prioritizing those that are more engaged with the game, as well as listing those with Open Recruitment first.
September 16, 2026 v2026.09.16
  • The “Faction Routing” research is now called “Vault Routing“.
  • Hardcore profiles can use it: the Mint bay’s routing slider can send a share of each Mint payout straight into your own Vault as FP.
September 8, 2026 v2026.09.08
  • Hardcore and Seasonal profiles can open faction links to view faction information, but you’ll see a mode-specific warning that you cannot interact with Factions.
  • Profiles that are already in a faction or cannot join factions can still open the Faction Leaderboard from the faction details.
August 26, 2026 v2026.08.26
  • Type durations like 30min, 2h, or 1h30min into the Vault deposit box to deposit enough FP to keep your current boosts running that long.
  • Boost actions are now compact rows instead of four expandable sections; each row shows the multiplier, FP/hour cost, and how strong it is compared to your biggest boost.
  • Checkboxes let you pick which specific actions a bulk change applies to (instead of changing all four at once).
  • Vault sidebar badge now turns yellow when you have under 30 minutes of boost time left, and red under 10 minutes.
August 16, 2026 v2026.08.16
  • A new “Vault” badge appears on the Faction / Vault nav tab and counts down while your FP boost is draining. As any other badge, requires Bay Telemetry research in Relay Network.
  • The badge hides when nothing is draining.
August 14, 2026 v2026.08.14
  • Faction Vault, Faction Boosts, and your personal Vault modals now show how long your current FP balance will last.
August 13, 2026 v2026.08.13
  • Faction Boosts and Solo Vault modals now have an “All actions” section to raise or lower every action’s multiplier at once, instead of one at a time.
August 7, 2026 v2026.08.07.2
  • The Faction page loads again (it was erroring for factions with relay activity).
August 3, 2026 v2026.08.03.2

New Features

  • Hardcore profiles get their own personal Vault they can deposit BC into to power boosts.
  • Use deposits to add per-action boost steps for fishing, hunting, exploring, and mining (up to 16 steps each). Each step adds +0.25× to loot and boss damage.
  • The Vault balance drains over time depending on how many boost steps you run; when it empties your boosts reset.
  • You can increase Vault capacity by upgrading with Grand Halls.
  • The “FP Contributed” stat and its leaderboard are renamed to “FP Deposited to Vault” and now include personal Vault deposits.

Bug Fixes

  • When you deposit BC to a faction vault the new total now appears on the faction page right away.
July 28, 2026 v2026.07.28.2
  • Ironman profiles can only join, create, or receive ownership of factions run by other ironman players; main profiles stay in main-run factions.
  • The faction browser now only shows factions you’re eligible to join.
  • Players currently in a faction of a different profile type have been removed as a one-time cleanup.
  • Hardcore and Seasonal profiles no longer see the Faction tab at all.
July 8, 2026 v2026.07.08
  • Boss faction damage bonuses now increase when faction members are online while the boss is active, they no longer have to attack first.
  • Faction members who were online for a boss keep contributing to that boss’s faction bonus even if they later go offline.
  • The boss multiplier text now describes online faction members instead of calling them co-attackers.
July 7, 2026 v2026.07.07

Improvements

  • Faction Lieutenants and Leaders see “Active N ago” alongside “Joined” on their own faction member cards. Member actions are now in an Actions menu on each member card, and the faction member list has a refresh button to update activity on demand.

Bug Fixes

  • The “BC routed to faction from minting” stat now shows the actual amount routed going forward instead of a tiny number that only counted mint ticks. Existing totals aren’t changed retroactively.
June 13, 2026 Mint Update
  • A new research node (Faction Routing) allows rerouting a portion of your Mint generated income to your faction instead.
  • Fuel boosts the transfered BC by 15%.
June 13, 2026 Mint Overhaul
  • The biggest new idea is teamwork. Once you research the new routing node, you get a slider that lets you send a share of your minted BC into a shared faction Mint buffer. You decide how much to keep for yourself and how much to give.
  • There is a boost for giving away while your Mint is fueled. The portion you route during fueled time arrives in the faction buffer with a 15% bonus on top. Anything that does not fit in the buffer simply stays with you, so nothing is ever wasted.
  • The faction buffer has a limit that grows as your faction builds more halls, same mechanics as the Vault itself. To turn that buffer into spendable faction funds, a player with Sergeant rank or higher moves it into the faction vault. This keeps the shared pot under trusted control while still letting every member chip in.
May 21, 2026 Welcome to the Relay Network
  • Faction-level relay stats
  • Faction pages get a new 📡 Relay Network section. Daily, Weekly, and Total tabs show BC Minted and BC Refined across the faction’s members. The faction browser lets you sort factions by any of those metrics.
  • Salvage itself is deliberately excluded from faction stats. Joining or leaving a faction does not reset your relay stats; they follow you.
April 24, 2026 v2026.04.24
  • The Faction Vault deposit buttons (25%/50%/75%/100%) were also fixed so they no longer error when your client-side vault number is out of sync – the vault modal sends the percent to the server to be resolved against the server’s current max.
  • Accepting or declining faction join requests works again (previously those actions failed after a refactor).
April 14, 2026 v2026.04.14
  • Faction member contribution totals now use a compact formatter (e.g. 1200 → 1.2k) in the member list so large numbers are easier to scan.
June 11, 2025 Summer Stargazing
  • Active boost FP drain per second increased to 15M FP/s (from 1.5M FP/s)
    • This is a significant but necessary increase due to how powerful Faction boosts have remained since their introduction
    • This change allows maximum boosts to still be achieved, but now requires meaningful contributions from multiple Faction members to sustain
March 5, 2025 Spring Fling (Spring 2025)
  • Maximum FP drain per second increased to 1,500,000 FP/s (from 1,200,000)
February 22, 2025 Game Update (02-22-2025)

Changelog / Supporter Perks

  • Supporters can now set customizations for an owned Faction, including Tag Color, Name Color, Name Style and Emblem
    • These customizations will be disabled if the owner’s perks expire
  • Name customizations are now displayed on Profiles, Leaderboard, Faction Members, and several other UI elements

Changelog / Other

  • Fixed bug preventing faction tag reset
December 6, 2024 Game Update (12-06-2024)
  • Max FP/s drain for Boost increased to 1.2M/s (from 1M/s)
December 5, 2024 The Quests Update: A Cold Start
  • Faction maximum Boost drain per second increased to 1,000,000 FP/s (from 800,000 FP/s)
November 25, 2024 Game Update (11-25-2024)
  • Faction Members view sorts deposits by ascending, not descending
November 5, 2024 A Pets Update
  • Faction Boosts are now completely reset if the Vault FP falls to 0
    • deposit small amounts of FP needed only for the duration to run commands to maximize command efficiency – unfortunately, this was not intended behavior and has been patched out
August 19, 2024 The Fearsome Factions Update

Additions

  • Deposited Bcoins are now converted to Faction Points (“FP” in-game)
  • Faction Level has been removed from the game
    • “Total FP Deposited” and “Monthly FP Deposited” are the metric for measuring a faction’s power and activity level
    • Existing factions have had BC spent on leveling added to their Total FP Deposited counter
  • Boosts: FP can be consumed to trigger faction-wide loot action boost multipliers
    • Faction Boosts increment by steps of 0.25x, up to a total of 5x
    • Increasing the Faction Boost level also increases FP consumption per second
    • Faction Boosts can be active forever, depending solely on whether there is FP available to consume
    • Changing any Faction Boost will incur a 20 minute cooldown on further changes to that action’s Faction Boost
  • Faction Customization: Factions can set tags, which are identifiers that display in front of members’ names (like “[EPIC] Wewert”)
    • Faction owners can set a “Message of the Day” (shown to members) and an “About” description (shown to the public)
  • Ability to transfer faction ownership re-enabled
  • Number of pending join requests are shown to faction members with adequate permissions directly on faction info page
  • Faction changes (Receiving a join request, promotions/demotions, changing a boost) are now logged to the Faction’s chat channel

Changes

  • Grand Hall crafting recipe difficulty increased (to ~300k base worth)
    • Each Hall now grants +1M vault capacity (from +100k)
      • This increase applies retroactively to already used Halls
  • Faction Ranks now grant different sets of permissions
    • This is visible through an in-game reference menu
  • Number of Grand Halls applied to Faction is now uncapped
  • Some faction changes by other members now immediately live update for all users logged into the Web Client (instead of requiring an app reload)
August 6, 2024 2024 Relaunch
  • Proper Faction recruitment and invite system
October 16, 2023 v8.1.0
  • Browse factions directly from the web client.
November 17, 2022 v6.3.1
  • Bug fix for faction promotion not working
August 16, 2022 v6.1.6
  • Warehouse now upgradeable to 15B
  • Items are now required for high level Warehouse upgrades!
August 4, 2022 v6.1.4
  • Faction fleets have been disabled
  • current fleets have been disabled and you can refund units for their purchase price.
June 28, 2022 v6.1.2.1
  • Work Bonus frequency slightly decreased to account for Commission
June 27, 2022 v6.1.2
  • Faction Commissions added, max faction slots reduced to 50
  • Commissions are powerful boosts to user actions that finally add tangible benefits to being a faction member, with higher level factions proportionally increasing the Commission. This will hopefully incentivize teamwork in levelling up Factions in lieu of future additions like Faction Wars.
  • Faction Level Cap raised to 250
May 25, 2022 v6.0.9.10
  • Faction leadership transfer has returned /faction transfer
August 2, 2021 v5.9.13
  • Fixed faction name changing failing as Lieutenant
July 9, 2021 v5.9.0
  • Attempting to level up a faction without enough space will notify a hall is needed
June 2, 2021 v5.5.14
  • bkick not working via Bcoins ID
  • bpromote and bdemote now work via Bcoins ID
  • Various faction fixes
June 2, 2021 v5.5.13 – Happy pride month
  • New command bvpay allows faction members to send vault BC to other users
  • lower ranked users can now withdraw from the vault without needing to be promoted. This means that factions could potentially assign "vault manager" positions to users who manage payouts after each expedition, ensure members don't "go rogue" and withdraw everything, encourages greater faction cohesion, and much more.
  • bmembers now shows each members' Bcoins ID
  • bkick and bvpay accept both Bcoins ID and user pings
May 28, 2021 v5.5.9
  • Factions now track invited users’ join dates (not retroactive)
  • Lieutenant+ members can reset vault contribution statistics now
  • Members page for faction now displays 10 members per page
  • Lieutenants can no longer promote other users to Lieutenant or demote them from Lieutenant
May 24, 2021 v5.5.2
  • Faction emblems are now displayed in emoji form on "btf" and your balance
  • Donors can now set custom faction banners
May 11, 2021 v5.3.5
  • Limit of Grand Halls per faction now scales with faction rank
  • Maximum seaplanes for 1 faction is now capped at 23
May 10, 2021 v5.3.1
  • Vault tracker enabled – typing "bmembers" will display how much a user has taken or given to the faction vault
May 3, 2021 v5.2.3
  • "bupgradevault" merged to "buse hall"
April 29, 2021 v5.1.4
  • Donors now can set custom taglines and use faction banners to display on their balance (see "bhelp all 7")
April 2, 2021 v4.9.5
  • Faction ID is now shown when viewing
April 2, 2021 v4.9.2
  • New command "bleadershiptransfer" for factions
  • Update insignia for Sergeant and Lieutenant
  • Sergeant rank can now properly kick users
April 2, 2021 v4.9.1
  • More than 10 seaplanes can now be purchased depending on faction level
  • Fix faction rank issues
April 2, 2021 v4.9.0 – Factions Update Phase 2
  • Factions have been completely overhauled
  • Users now have a faction-specific ranks with permissions – check these with "bfperms"
  • Faction specific ranks come with insignia (based off US military)
  • Tiered promotion/demotion system
  • Factions can now hold up to 50 users
March 19, 2021 v4.8.2
  • Fleets update – you can now own more of each unit (1/2 of faction lv except for Seaplanes), easier fleet buying process
  • Command "blevelup" changed to "bfaclevelup"
March 13, 2021 v4.7.2
  • Other users’ factions can now be looked up with pings (ex. bfac (Discord user))
March 12, 2021 v4.6.2
  • Fix "vault over capacity" even when grand halls are available
March 4, 2021 v4.2.5
  • Rename "Warehouse" to "Grand Hall"
  • New command "bupgradevault" – using Grand Halls will upgrade your faction's vault by 500k each
February 25, 2021 v3.9.5
  • Fix leaving factions
February 25, 2021 v3.9.4
  • Re-enable faction disbanding
February 22, 2021 v3.7.8
  • Factions can now be levelled up to Lv 100
  • *DEV NOTE: This serves no purpose right now aside from increasing your spot on top factions! By reaching level 20 you have all faction benefits in the game. I'm adding this now so players have a BC sink in case they wish to prepare for future updates.
February 20, 2021 v3.7.4
  • Disable disband factions feature until a fix is implemented
February 19, 2021 v3.7.2
  • Faction changes
February 13, 2021 v3.4.0
  • THE BANNERS UPDATE
  • Added 12 ALL NEW faction banners! Type "bbanners" for more info!
February 9, 2021 v3.1.3
  • Introducing faction leaderboard! Type "btopfactions"/"btf" to view how your faction ranks.
February 5, 2021 v3.1.2.1
  • Fixed bug with faction kicking
January 28, 2021 Game Update (01-28-2021)
  • Faction logs are enabled! Type "bfaclogs" to view faction logs.
  • Minor faction log fixes
  • Fixed glitch with faction invites
January 10, 2021 Game Update (01-10-2021)
  • Fixed glitch where "createfaction" and "changefactionname" commands would not execute
  • Nerfed naval fleets – 33% instead of 50% of unit price earned
  • Implemented seaplanes – each seaplane decreases exp time by 4 hours
  • Max faction level cap raised to level 20
  • Max user count per faction raised to 12
January 5, 2021 Game Update (01-05-2021)
  • Faction list is also per-server
January 4, 2021 Game Update (01-04-2021)
  • Removed warchest from faction view
January 3, 2021 Game Update (01-03-2021)
  • Warchest has been deprecatd


Guide: Factions and Vaults
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