Founding a clan

The ceremony#

Get three linked players to one flagpole that is flying the white flag and belongs to no clan. Within ten minutes, each of the three lowers and raises the white flag. That is the whole ritual. The system spots it a minute or two after the log arrives and DMs each of you.

You can also use a solo base that one of the three has already declared — see Bases. A pole already declared by a clan is never eligible.

The claim#

Any one of the three goes to the site and claims the ceremony within 24 hours:

• Name — 3 to 32 characters, unique on the server.
• Tag — 2 to 5 letters or numbers, unique. This becomes your [TAG] in Discord and on the map.
• Flag — one of the 33 not currently held. The matching armband comes with it.
• Roster — the three participants, pre-filled. Whoever files the claim becomes Leader, and can remove anyone who wandered into the ceremony by accident.

The claim is refused if the pole is within 200 m of another declared base. The map cannot show you private bases, so a refusal is your first warning — see Bases for why the rule exists.

Your clan is now reserved: name, tag, flag and pole are yours and nobody else can take them — for 24 hours.

Activation#

Within those 24 hours, any member raises your new flag at that pole. Your flag arrives in your starter kit at the next server restart (see Supplies, below) — so found early enough that a restart falls inside the window. The system only counts a flag being raised, so if a flag is already up, lower it and then raise yours. The moment the log shows it:

• the clan is active, and the flag and tag are locked to you;
• your Discord channel and role are created;
• the clan feed announces you;
• the pole becomes your declared base;
• the founders are full members immediately. Joining a clan normally requires visiting its base, and they were already there.

Miss the 24 hours and the reservation lapses: name, tag and flag go straight back to the pool — nothing was ever flown under them — the feed says so, and you start over with a new ceremony.

Supplies#

From the moment your clan is reserved, it gets a starter kit spawned at its pole at the next server restart: two of your clan's flag, building materials, tools, barrels, a fence kit and a watchtower kit. The kit refreshes at every restart while you are reserved or active. It pauses while your flag is down, stops if you go dormant, and comes back when you revive (Defending). Let the reservation lapse and the kit stops with it.

Where you found is where you live#

The ceremony pole is your base. Choose the spot like you mean it: it is where your supplies land, where your flag flies, and where a raid happens. Moving later is possible, but it costs a week — see Moving your base in Running a clan.