Skyholds are guild-owned floating islands — real tiles on the sky map, raised out of the void by a guild wealthy enough to claim the high air. Found and manage yours under Social → Skyhold.

Founding

Only the Guild Master may found a Skyhold, and only for a guild whose Guild Hall is Tier 1 or higher. The cost: 500,000,000 gold from the guild bank, plus 500 Cloud Silk and 250 Aether Crystal from the Master's own stores (see the Sky for gathering). Deposit into the bank from the Guild page first if it is short — the Skyhold panel shows the balance beside the cost. The island rises onto the Guild Shelf — the open band of sky beneath Skymoor — as a gold tile every player can see, and the founding is announced across the realm.

Getting there

Members can Skyfare home from any Sky Anchor — look for the highlighted "Your Skyhold" mooring. Non-members who reach the island find its wards sealed against them.

The six buildings

Each building has three tiers, paid in gold from the guild bank plus sky materials from the stores of the Master or Lieutenant who raises it — the panel shows the bank's balance and what you hold beside every cost:

• 🔥 Beacon Spire — while lit, the whole guild earns +3/5/8% EXP and gold. The Beacon burns fuel: any member may stoke it (5× Cloud Silk = +6 hours, up to a week banked). A dark Beacon pays nothing.
• 🌿 Aether Garden — every member may harvest once per day on the island: 3/6/9 units of a sky material that rotates daily.
• ⚒ Sky Forge — crafting sessions started on your island get a lower High-Quality threshold (−5/8/12).
• 🦅 The Roost — Tier 1: Aether resets on arrival and Skyfare home is free. Tier 2: all Skyfare tolls halved for members. Tier 3: all Skyfare free.
• ⚑ Banner Hall — the guild's colours flown on map and tile; at Tier 3 the hall houses +1 guild Relic slot. In a Guild War, each tier sharpens your committed supplies by +5% effectiveness.
• 🔭 Watchpost — an intel dashboard: live rare spawns, then World Boss status, then the Blight Tide reading and the Labyrinth's deepest delvers. At Tier 2+ during a Guild War, it reports the enemy stockpile as a spy's estimate.

See also: The Sky · The Shifting Labyrinth