Commerce Guild



"You'll only be able to take Commerce Guild commissions after you've registered your workshop with Mayor Gale."

- Loading screen tip

The Commerce Guild is located in Peach Plaza, near the town's entrance beside the player's Workshop. If a player wants to take Commissions, it is necessary to register a workshop at the Commerce Guild. Presley is the Commissioner of the Commerce Guild, and Antoine works at the front desk, providing payment to the player for many commissions. Isaac, Higgins, and Polly can occasionally be found here as well. The building is open from 8:00 AM to 20:00 PM.

On Saturday and Sunday each week, the Commerce Guild is used for the inspection of items for defects. The player can help out with inspections for a reward.

Commissions
The player and other workshop owners can accept commissions daily from the Commissions Board.



Workshop Rank
Workshop Rank measures a workshop's standing compared to other workshops in Portia. Ranks are assigned by the Commerce Guild, which handles the assigning of commissions in Portia. When the player character arrives and starts his or her own workshop, Higgins is at the highest rank, but with hard work the player character can surpass even him.

Rank Level
Every commission completed for the Commerce Guild comes with a reward of reputation points, or Workshop Rank points. A workshop moves up the ranks by completing these commissions, and most missions personally requested by NPCs earn you points as well. The overall rank of your workshop is represented by a letter grade, with "S" being the highest and "D" being the lowest.

The Competition
There are several competing workshops in the running for first place, and some are more competitive than others.

Quarterly Rewards
If your workshop makes the top three by the end of a quarter (in other words, by the end of Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter), the Commerce Guild will send a letter with a reward for you. The following items are possible rewards for making the top three:

TBD

Annual Ceremony
On the first of the year (beginning in your second year in Portia), the annual awards ceremony for the top workshops in Portia is held at the Commerce Guild. Workshops that make the top three are given rewards at the end of the year. When the time of the awarding of workshop rank awards comes, the Commerce Guild will send a letter in the mail saying:

"We would like to invite you to our annual Commerce Guild Awards tomorrow at the Commerce Guild building. We'll be presenting awards to the best ranked Builders over the last year. Come one come all!"

- Letter from Commerce Guild

The following items are possible rewards for making the top three at the end of the year:

Higgins, as your major rival, will speak to you after the ceremony has concluded, either taunting you if he placed higher or mildly threatening you if you placed highest.