The guild hierarchy is shown below along with a list of permissions.

King Penguin

• Guild Leader/Full Access

Commander

• Officer Access
• Claim/Unclaim WvW forts
• Edit Message of the Day
• Mission Control
• Modify Upgrade in Progress
• Active Built Upgrades
• Deep Cave Withdraw

Officer

• Member access
• Queue Upgrades
• Treasure Trove Withdraw

Member

• Deposit items into all banks.
• Guild Stash Withdraw

Newbie

• Display guild emblem
• New members start here

All members start at Newbie until approved by an Officer or higher. Anyone may invite new members, but an Officer must rank them up from Newbie to Member. Promotions are based on activity, skill, and charisma.