# SkyFactions ### Will SkyFactions have seasons? No. It will be one long running season, with no plans to reset. ### How do I earn gems? Conduct raids. You wager 1 gem to start the raid, with a chance to net 2 more gems if you win the raid. You can also trade gems with other players or factions. You can also mine runes in the Gem Mine. ### How do I earn runes? Sell items to the Obelisk using the rune converter. You can also trade runes, and mine them from the Gem Mine. ### My Lord betrayed me/deleted the faction! Tough luck. The risk you take when joining a faction is having a tyrannical Lord. You can overthrow the Lord by having a civil war. ### Can islands be griefed? Yes, blocks can be broken and containers can be raided and defenses destroyed. The only way to keep your island completely safe is to upgrade it as much as possible. ### Can a friend help me build on my island? No, only factions can collaborate on a single island. Your friend can visit you with `/island visit `, but they cannot break or place blocks, nor raid containers. To collaborate with other players, start or join a faction. ### How do I buy/upgrade defenses? Purchase defenses with Runes. You can earn Runes by donating blocks to the Obelisk in the Rune Converter. Upgrading them costs increasingly more Runes, and has diminishing returns using logarithmic expressions. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.torrentsmp.com/frequently-asked-questions/skyfactions.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.