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Prison gangs: shared money, perks and territory

A gang is prison's version of a guild. A group of players with a shared name, a shared bank, levelled perks bought with pooled money, and a position on a public leaderboard. Names vary: gang, crew, faction, team, clan.

What a gang usually gives you

• A shared bank. Members deposit, the gang spends on upgrades. The single biggest reason to join one early.
• Levelled perks. Sell multipliers, extra backpack space, mine access, token gain, sometimes a private mine. These apply to every member, which is why a mid-sized active gang beats a large inactive one.
• A leaderboard. Usually by total value mined or gang level. This is what gives gangs a competitive point beyond convenience.
• Gang-only areas. A base, a private mine, or a warp. Less common but the best version of the feature.

Joining well

The instinct is to join the biggest gang on the leaderboard. Usually wrong. Check three things instead: how many members were online in the last day, whether perks are actually levelled or just unlocked, and whether the gang bank has a withdrawal policy. A gang whose leader can empty the bank is a gang you should not deposit into.

Running one

The economics are simple: perks that raise every member's income pay back faster than anything cosmetic, and they compound, because higher member income means faster deposits. Sell multiplier first, storage second, everything else after. Recruit for activity rather than rank; a P2 player who logs in daily contributes more to a gang bank than a P40 who logs in monthly.

Gang wars

Some servers add direct conflict: gang-versus-gang PvP events, contested mines, or a raidable gang base. Where this exists it is usually the best content on the server, because it is the only part with genuinely unpredictable opposition.

Next in the prison wiki

• Prison crates and keys: what is worth opening Crates are prison's reward loop. The useful question is not what is inside but whether the key is earnable.
• Prison currencies: money, tokens, gems and beacons Most prison servers run three or four currencies at once. Which one buys what, and which one is the real bottleneck.
• Prison plot worlds and player shops The plot world is where a prison server has a community. How claiming works, what to build, and how player shops price things.
• AFK mining and automation rules on prison servers Where the line sits between an allowed AFK pool and a bannable macro, and why servers care.