House system is one of community systems in Sho Online, and Houses are virtual social gatherings formed by players.
Once a character becomes a House member, it keeps its membership until the dissolution of the House, or the dismissal or withdrawal of the character occurs.
If a House is maintained and keeps growing, the level of the House will increase. Higher level Houses can accommodate more members. House members can enjoy various additional activities, such as taking quests available only to them, creating their own crests and competing with other Houses in House battles. (Some functions under development.)
To crease a House, you need to find a House Creation NPC in a castle town, such as Seo-ki or Jo-ga, and apply for the right to [Establish].
Creating a House

Requirements
A character has to meet the requirements as outlined below to create a House.
- The character and a House Creation NPC have the same nationality.
- The level of the character is equal to or higher than 15.
- Character has to have is more than 10,000 Mun kept in the warehouse and/or in the inventory.
If the character meets all the requirements, it can create a House, and level 5 is automatically assigned to a new House.
Characters are requested to join Houses by House members who have the right to recruit new members.
Basically, only House masters can recruit new members, but they can assign the right to other House members.
Asking to join a House

Matters that require attention when recruiting a House member
A character has to meet the requirements as outlined below to recruit a House member.
- The character has the right to recruit new House members.
- The character¡¯s House is not accommodating the maximum number of members and has a post for a new member.
- The character and a new recruit have the same nationality.
- A character to be recruited has not been a House member for more than a day.
- A character to be recruited is not a member of another House.
To manage your House, click the House button on the main screen or press the G key to open the House Window.
House Window

A House offers 5 kinds of posts which are House master, Vice-House master, senior, captain and House member. Basically, House masters have all the rights over their Houses, but they can assign the rights to their members in the House Management section under the House Window.
Post |
Level 5 |
Level 4 |
Level 3 |
Level 2 |
Level 1 |
House member |
5 |
11 |
15 |
19 |
23 |
captain |
2 |
5 |
8 |
11 |
14 |
senior |
1 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
Vice-House master |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
House master |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Total |
10 |
20 |
30 |
40 |
50 |
Basic rights
These are the default rights that are given to a new House and can be modified in the House Interface by its House master.
House masters can allow their members to change their rights.
Post |
House & Member Management |
Bulletin Board |
Warehouse Management |
||||||
Dissolve |
Join |
Expel |
Read |
Write |
Delete |
Notify |
Deposit |
Withdraw |
|
House member |
X |
X |
X |
O |
O |
X |
X |
O |
X |
captain |
X |
X |
X |
O |
O |
X |
X |
O |
X |
senior |
X |
X |
X |
O |
O |
X |
X |
O |
X |
Vice-House master |
X |
O |
X |
O |
O |
X |
O |
O |
X |
House master |
O |
O |
O |
O |
O |
O |
O |
O |
O |
Special rights
Special rights are unique rights that cannot be changed. (Some functions under development.)
Post |
Guard |
Sign |
Ally |
War |
House member |
X |
X |
X |
X |
captain |
X |
X |
X |
X |
senior |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Vice-House master |
O |
X |
X |
X |
House master |
O |
O |
O |
O |
Houses have levels like characters.
Higher level Houses can have additional functions that help members participate in House activities more actively.
House levels can be increased by House quests, friendly matches and participating in a war.
The level of a House can be increased by paying a level promotion fee when its House master attains a level that allows him/her to increase the level of his/her House.
Conditions for level promotion
Level |
Required House master level |
Level promotion fee |
Max number of members |
5 level |
15 |
10,000 Mun (Creation fee) |
10 |
4 level |
30 |
1,000,000 Mun |
20 |
3 level |
45 |
4,000,000 Mun |
30 |
2 level |
60 |
9,000,000 Mun |
40 |
1 level |
75 |
16,000,000 Mun |
50 |
Level |
Additional functions |
5 level |
Able to use the House Window |
4 level |
Able to fight House war |
3 level |
Able to declare war |
2 level |
Able to be allied with others |
1 level |
Able to conduct siege warfare and use secret bases |
Alliances
Alliances can build friendly relations between Houses.
A House can be allied with up to 5 Houses.
Only House masters can form an alliance with other Houses. Right click the master of a House you want and select the [Form Alliance] menu to ask the master to be your ally.
House war
A House can declare war against anther House, and this is called House war.
As allied Houses can participate in House war, the war can be a five Houses vs. five Houses fight.
Therefore, a House can fight against up to five other Houses.
Declaration of war, surrender and termination of war can be done only by House masters.
To declare war against a House, click the [Declare War] button on the House Info screen under the House Window and enter the name of the House or click the master of the House and then click the [Declare War] button in the Interaction menu.
Only House masters can dissolve their Houses. If a House is dissolved, all the data about the House will be deleted permanently.
To dissolve your House, you need to find a House Creation NPC.
Dissolving a House

Matters that require attention when dissolving a House
A character has to meet the requirements as outlined below to dissolve a House.
- The character and a House Creation NPC have the same nationality.
- The character is the master of the House.
- The House is not allied with other Houses.
- The House is not at war with other Houses.