There are three jobs derived from the caravan in Silkroad. Every job has its own attractions and advantages, and users can freely choose to be a merchant, a hunter or a thief.

Job Union (Guild)

To become a merchant, hunter or thief you must join the guild of that profession. The guilds administer and control the activities of the profession, and all activities related to it can be checked there.

1. How to join a guild

• One can join a Merchant or Hunter guild through the merchant or hunter guilder NPCs in each village.
• One can join a Thief guild through the thief guilder NPC in the bandit villages, which are reached through Yumi the Gisaeng in Jangan and Cartino the soldier in Constantinople.

2. Guild admission requirements

• Character level 20 or higher
• Not a member of another guild
• Paying an expense depending on your level when joining
• If you engaged in other guild activities, all previous records will be initialized.

3. Quitting a guild

• Withdraw from membership through the union NPC without wearing a uniform.
• Your nickname in that guild is deleted.
• You are not allowed to join a guild within 7 days of withdrawal.
• All information regarding the withdrawn guild is initialized.

Job Alias

The alias is the name shown while engaging in job activities — anything done while wearing the uniform. Using an alias prevents conflicts arising from job activity from affecting general activity. You must have an alias to do job activities.

1. How to obtain an alias

• Contact the guilder NPC and select the [Create Nickname] menu.
• You may not use your full character name or a nickname already in use.
• The same rules as character names apply: up to 12 alphabetical letters.

2. Modify / delete an alias

• Contact a guilder NPC without wearing a job suit to change your nickname.
• Changing it requires a fee depending on the character's level.
• After withdrawing from a guild the nickname is deleted. Once changed or deleted, it can never be used again.

3. Nickname rules

• An asterisk (*) marks the alias and distinguishes it from a character name.
• Under the nickname you cannot use Whisper, Message or Add Friends.
• Your nickname is shown in the Party Window, Party Chat, Public Chat, Party Match and Target Window.
• Your character name is shown in Global Chat, Guild Chat, Alliance Chat and the Guild Window.
• While using the nickname, the name of the guild your character belongs to is not shown.

Job Items

Merchants, hunters and bandits purchase their respective job items from their guilder NPC. You must wear your job item to engage in job activities. Each job item is given a special magical attribute according to the profession.

1. Wearing job items

• Job items are installed in the job slot of the character items window.
• Create a nickname before installing them; the items can only be installed in villages.
• They cannot be installed during a party.
• When installing a job item you are relocated in front of the village portal.
• Which items you can install depends on your job rank.

2. Removing job items

• The items can only be removed in villages.
• They cannot be removed during a party.
• When removing a trade item you are relocated in front of the village portal.

3. Types of job items

• Job items are categorized into Intelligence/Stamina according to each job, and each category is given different magical attributes.

Merchant

The merchants of the Silkroad play a key role in the trade of goods. They can make a fortune by trade but are also targets of pirates who aim at the specialties, and contract with hunters to protect themselves and secure the trade.

Requirements to be a merchant: When the character's level is higher than 20, go to the merchant guild, purchase the job item and equip it.

Merchant activities

1. Join the guild, create a nickname and wear the job items.
2. Purchase a transport from the stabler NPC in the village.
3. Form a party with other merchants or hunters.
4. Recall the transport and purchase specialties at the specialties shop.
5. Start the business while protecting the merchant group together with other merchants or hunters.
6. Transport the specialties to another village or trade center and make the profit.

Merchant ranks and experience points — The more business you do, the more experience you gain. The job rank follows the experience points; the job is classified into 7 ranks and the 7th, the highest, still accumulates experience. A higher rank allows equipping higher-grade job items.

The merchant gains experience under the following conditions:

1. Gains a certain amount each time specialties are sold.
2. Gains a certain amount when a hunter kills a player-thief or thief class monster.
3. Loses a certain amount of job experience when killed by a thief or thief class monster.

The merchant contributes part of the profit earned in trade as a job activity fund, and the hunter is given from that fund according to their amount of activity. The merchant ranking is decided by job rank and contributed fund, updated weekly.

Hunter

The hunter protects merchants and justice from robbers on the Silk Road, and is responsible for transporting merchant groups safely and fighting against robbers.

Hunter activities

1. Join the guild, create a nickname and wear the job items.
2. Form a party with merchants.
3. Protect merchants from player-thieves and thief monsters during the trade.
4. When the merchant sells the specialties, the hunter shares the profit.

The hunter gains experience under the following conditions:

1. Gains a certain amount each time a merchant in the same party sells specialties.
2. Gains a certain amount when killing a player-thief or thief class monster.
3. Loses a certain amount of job experience when killed by a thief or thief class monster.

The hunter is given as much as the merchant contributes to the job activity fund. The contribution level indicates a week's activity; after the weekly maintenance the hunter receives incentives according to it, and the evaluation resets each week.

Thief

One who doesn't care about other people and takes delight in plunder. The thief robs merchants of specialties to make money, but is always threatened by hunters after the reward — an offender and a victim at the same time.

Thief activities

1. Join the guild, create a nickname and wear the job items.
2. Form a party with other thieves.
3. Attack the hunter, the merchant and the transport.
4. The specialties fall to the ground.
5. Recall your prepared transport and collect the fallen specialties to load them.
6. Move using the Scroll of Return to Bandit Village.
7. Gain profit by selling the plundered specialties to the thief guilder NPC.

The thief gains experience under the following conditions:

1. Gains a certain amount each time plundered specialties are sold.
2. Gains a certain amount when killing a player-merchant, player-hunter or hunter class monster.
3. Loses a certain amount of job experience when killed by a merchant, hunter or hunter class monster.

When a thief sells plundered specialties, part of the extra profit is contributed to the thief guild. The contribution level indicates a week's activity; after the weekly maintenance the thief receives incentives according to it, and the evaluation resets each week.