Clan




 * For a list of RuneScape Clans, see our sister site, the RuneScape Clans Wiki



A clan, sometimes known as a player guild, is a united group of players who choose to participate in player killing, training skills, playing Activities, and other activities with one another. Clans often have allies and enemies. Some clans are roughly constructed, participating only in a single task, or a single activity. Other clans are much more organised, sometimes using an outside website. While many clan websites are totally harmless, players should still use caution when joining an unknown clan.

Pre-Clan Camp Update
Jagex did not support clans outside of the game, so in order to keep clans in-game and prevent players from going to third party sites, they added the clan chat feature on 6 August 2007. When in a clan chat any message you send will be visible to every player who is also in the chat. Before this, clan leaders wishing to convey a message to all their members would have to private message each one of them individually. Additionally, clan members will appear as purple dots on the mini-map, making it easier to locate members. The clan chat was renamed Friends Chat during the Clan Camp update.

Clan Camp Update
On 12 April 2011 Jagex implemented a game update that added various features to the game to support clans.

These features include:
 * Officially Recognized Clans
 * Unique Clan Names
 * A Customizable Clan Cloak
 * A Clan Vexillum (Similar to heraldic banners)
 * Clan Ranks/Titles
 * Official Ranked Clan Wars Support
 * An area in which players can visit and retrieve items.
 * A multiple user Friends Chat to replace the old Clan Chat
 * A multiple user Clan Chat that is specifically for official Clan Use

Clan Options
Main article: Clan Settings

A Clan's Options can be found from the Clan Chat menu as an Admin, Deputy Owner or Owner.

The options available include:


 * Set Minimum Talk RankClanSettings.png
 * Set Minimum Kick Rank
 * Set Minimum Join Rank
 * Set Clan to In-Game Time and/or an Optional Clan Time
 * Set Clan Time time zone
 * Set Clan Home World
 * Advertise Clan Recruitment
 * Add Official Clan RuneScape forum Thread ID
 * Change Motto (80 Characters Max)Motifeditor.png
 * Change Motif (Changes Clan Vexillum and Cloak images/colours)
 * Keywords

Clan Ranks
Recruit

Corporal

Sergeant

Lieutenant

Captain

General

Admin

Deputy Owner

Owner

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Rated Clan Wars Leader

(No In-Game Image/Icon) Recruiter

Wars
Wars between clans have become increasingly rare, ever since the Pking update of 1 February, 2011, which made the Wilderness a PvP zone, and moved all of the Wilderness-based activities south, into the area just north of Falador, called the Gamers' Grotto. After the Clan Support update of 12 April, 2011, many clans have gone to PKing as a form of "warring", and the Clan Wars game has not been used nearly as often as it used to be, though this does not mean that warring between clans does not occur any more, it just means that it has become a rarity.

PvP war
This form of Warring is often held deep in the Wilderness. The most popular version of this war is called a PKRI (player killing run in) where when you die you are allowed to return to the fight again. These wars tend to last quite a while and members lose lots of money. Matched options wars and full out wars still do exist, but are very rare to come by in the modern days of warring. Also, many players like to do this by the agility training area in the Wilderness. This was re-popularized with the 4 January update of 2011.

Skill war
These wars do not involve player killing at all, but are instead a race. Clans compete against one another to determine who can gain the most experience or resources in a set amount of time.

Metal wars
Metal wars are wars where all participants wear a single type of armour. This is typically Iron or Steel, since these metals are very cheap and can easily be replaced if lost. Sometimes these wars allow the use of better weapons than the agreed upon armour, although sometimes they also dictate that participants must use weapons manufactured from the same type of metal as the armour worn.

Clan Wars
The most popular method of war is to fight in the Clan Wars activity. This is popular because no other players are able to interfere, and it can be set to a safe mode, meaning when a player dies, they lose nothing. There is also an option of item loss upon death, although these wars are not very frequent and will typically be a type of Metal War.

Uniform
A clan may require its members to wear certain items to help identify other clan members while participating in clan functions or filling certain rolls. Specialty clans such as rune running clans and distraction diversion clans may require members filling specific roles to wear certain items to allow others not assocated with the clan identify these players. PvP clans may require all its members to wear specific items to help identify members while engaged in combat with other groups. This practice has decreased some as the minimap will display members of a clan with an orange dot. A clan uniform may range from as simple as a certain cape or hat to a more elaborate, full outfit. With the Clan Camp update of April 2011 clans can now design their own cape, giving them an option of having an official uniform that is extremely difficult to duplicate.

Clan Support
For the first years of RuneScape, Jagex did not offer official in-game support for any clan related activities. Players could group together on the forums or on fansites, but there was no official way to control clan affairs in the wilderness or any other area of the game. The first clan update was the introduction of team capes. This prevented players from accidentally attacking a clan mate and made it easier to identify them inside and outside the wilderness. In addition to this, the in-game minimap was updated to let members of a clan chat see their fellow members as purple dots on the minimap, easy to tell apart from the opposing clan's members, which still appeared as white or purple dots. Now, however, when in a Clan Chat (not Friends Chat) the dot will appear Orange for clan members in that clan. Also with the update, the clan gets their own Web Page. This is very useful for recruiting people that are interested in signing up for a clan. With the web page, a clan gets their very own Forums. These two things help organize events and establish rules for clans and may also help with contacting someone in the clan for help.

Clan Chat
If a player wants to create a channel to speak to their clan, they can create a clan chat. This is useful to talk to the people who are in a clan, without letting anybody else know what clan members are saying. Clan chat is essential to LootShare and Clan Wars.