− Guilds were introduced to Wynncraft in version 1.13 — the 'Wynnter Update' — released on 22 December 2014{{cite:https://wynncraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Guilds|Official Wynncraft Wiki, 'Guilds'}}{{cite:https://wynncraft.fandom.com/wiki/Version_1.13|Wynncraft Wiki (Fandom), 'Version 1.13'}}, and guild wars have existed since the same update{{cite:https://wynncraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Guild_War|Official Wynncraft Wiki, 'Guild War'}}. Per the official wiki, guilds 'were originally going to just be permanent parties'{{cite:https://wynncraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Guilds|Official Wynncraft Wiki, 'Guilds'}}; instead they became territorial powers, and the war system introduced here is the one under which the entire [[early-guild-era|early guild era]] and [[federation-era|Federation era]] were fought.

+ Guilds were introduced to Wynncraft in version 1.13 — the 'Wynnter Update' — released on 22 December 2014{{cite:wynncraft-wiki-gg-wiki-guilds|Official Wynncraft Wiki, 'Guilds'}}{{cite:https://wynncraft.fandom.com/wiki/Version_1.13|Wynncraft Wiki (Fandom), 'Version 1.13'}}, and guild wars have existed since the same update{{cite:wynncraft-wiki-gg-wiki-guild-war|Official Wynncraft Wiki, 'Guild War'}}. Per the official wiki, guilds 'were originally going to just be permanent parties'{{cite:wynncraft-wiki-gg-wiki-guilds|Official Wynncraft Wiki, 'Guilds'}}; instead they became territorial powers, and the war system introduced here is the one under which the entire [[early-guild-era|early guild era]] and [[federation-era|Federation era]] were fought.

− In the original system, players accessed the Guild Master through a teleporter in Troms (moved to the Guild Hall in the 1.14 Gavel expansion of 2015){{cite:https://wynncraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Guilds|Official Wynncraft Wiki, 'Guilds'}}. The 1.13-era war mechanics — including mob-wave wars fought on dedicated war servers, with territories generating XP — survived with incremental changes for six years, until the ground-up rework in version 1.20 'Gavel Reborn' (20 January 2021{{cite:thread-281822|post #1, 20 Jan 2021}}{{cite:thread-277744|post #1, 'Guilds & Wars' sections, 23 Nov 2020}}; see [[territory-warfare|Territory warfare]] and [[guild-seasons|Guild seasons]]).

+ In the original system, players accessed the Guild Master through a teleporter in Troms (moved to the Guild Hall in the 1.14 Gavel expansion of 2015){{cite:wynncraft-wiki-gg-wiki-guilds|Official Wynncraft Wiki, 'Guilds'}}. The 1.13-era war mechanics — including mob-wave wars fought on dedicated war servers, with territories generating XP — survived with incremental changes for six years, until the ground-up rework in version 1.20 'Gavel Reborn' (20 January 2021{{cite:thread-281822|post #1, 20 Jan 2021}}{{cite:thread-277744|post #1, 'Guilds & Wars' sections, 23 Nov 2020}}; see [[territory-warfare|Territory warfare]] and [[guild-seasons|Guild seasons]]).

Every era article on this wiki descends from this update: the first territorial powers of 2015–2016, the [[HackForums]] dominance, and everything after (see [[history-of-wynncraft-guild-warfare|History of Wynncraft guild warfare]]).