Coffer - Feeding the beast

The Stronghold Coffer is the guild’s central repository for all the materials needed to build and upgrade structures. There are three main categories of resources the stronghold needs, each of which can accept different contributions from players. A huge quantity of the items a player might collect while playing Neverwinter can be contributed to the Stronghold Coffer, such as enchantments, gear, campaign currencies and Astral Diamonds.

 

The first category, Resources, includes the base materials created by the guild’s production buildings, as well as a group of new items, called Shards of Power. These are earned as rewards from heroic encounters and for completing quests offered by stronghold npc's.

 

The second category, Treasures, includes the various currencies earned by playing through Neverwinters' campaigns as well as items earned by completing quests granted by npc's in some of the structures the guild can build.

 

The third category, Stockpile, includes gear, gems, gold and Astral Diamonds: all the things players accumulate while playing. This gives guild members an alternative to discarding unwanted gear or selling it for gold.

 

The Stronghold Coffer is located in the guild’s keep in a large stone building next to the Great Hall. The guardian of the coffer is a large toothless mimic, who greedily accepts the guild members’ contributions. Interacting with the mimic opens the coffer window, which shows each of the resources the guild needs to build the structure they’re currently working towards as well as the items the player has available to donate.

 

From the Coffer window, you simply choose the resource you want to donate to, which displays all the items in your inventory that can go into that resource. As you donate items, you are rewarded with Guild Marks in proportion to the value of the item you donated. So tossing a green item into the coffer would not earn you as many guild marks as a purple item would. All the items you donate are permanently transformed into the guild’s resources, so choose carefully.

 

Anyone in the guild can donate to the Stronghold’s Coffer and help the guild reach its goals, but only the guild leaders (or those granted permissions) can set those goals. Once the goal is reached, the guild leaders can travel out to the plot to be developed and start construction. Upgrades to the Great Hall take a long time. Building and upgrading structures is considerably faster. As soon as construction is underway, the leaders can set a new target and the guild can start contributing to meet their new goal.

 

As the guild advances, the quantities of resources required to upgrade structures increases too. The coffer can hold a limited quantity of each and the guild hall needs to be upgraded to increase that capacity. The guilds' leadership will need to alternate between new structures and upgrading the guild hall to keep the stronghold progressing efficiently, while the guild members will need to direct their play towards the areas that grant the resources the guild needs next.

 

By working together and donating to the guild you will gain access to unique new gear and boons. This will allow the guilds' stronghold to grow bigger and stronger.