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# Faction Altar Room

In the faction altar room, players can switch their in-game character factions for a cost.

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### Why change factions?

There can be many reasons to change factions such as

* Alignment with your friends.&#x20;
* Specific recipe set; as they change based on in-game faction. Learn more: [Consumables](https://glhfers.gitbook.io/gigaverse/crafting-and-stations/alchemy-bench/consumables)
* Joining a less competitive [Leaderboard](https://glhfers.gitbook.io/gigaverse/in-game-trading/traveling-merchants) to make it easier to climb for medals

### Cost of switching factions

To switch factions, you need various items depending on how active/populated a faction is, you may need: Transfusers, Dung & Butterflies of certain factions, Dust or Shards of certain factions, and potentially different items in the future.

The resource cost shifts up or down based on active faction members

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