Factions

Factions is a feature exclusive to the Crimson Isle. There are currently two factions: Mages and Barbarians, whom are enemies with each other. By allying themselves with one of the factions, the player can access the faction's Community Center to do tasks for them, interact with the Faction's shops, and gain reputation with them. Players can swap factions at any time, but in doing so they will lose all their reputation with their current faction and might start with a negative reputation in the other faction (might be a bug?, more info needed)

One can see a player's faction by looking at their icon besides their name in the Tab menu.

If one kills Fire Mages or Barbarians, their reputation for the respective faction is reduced by.

The player requires mage reputation to craft mycelium minions, and barbarian reputation to craft red sand minions. There are currently no other items that are unobtainable by allying with either faction. (need confirmation)

How to join a Faction
In order to join a faction, the player must partially complete the main questline by talking to Elle.