diff --git a/src/engine/parsers/map/GuildSeedParser.java b/src/engine/parsers/map/GuildSeedParser.java
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+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.map;
+
+import engine.gameManager.ConfigManager;
+import engine.mbEnums;
+import engine.parsers.cache.CacheParserUtil;
+import engine.parsers.objects.GuildSeed;
+import engine.parsers.objects.GuildSeedEntry;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+// Loads the NPC guild seed for a map (maps/<map>.guild), in file order. Guild keys are unsigned in the file.
+
+public class GuildSeedParser {
+
+    private static final String mapPath = ConfigManager.DEFAULT_DATA_DIR + "maps/";
+
+    public static GuildSeed parseGuildSeed(int mapID) {
+
+        GuildSeed guildSeed = new GuildSeed();
+        File seedFile = new File(mapPath + mapID + ".guild");
+        JSONObject seedJson;
+        JSONArray guildsJson;
+        JSONArray noGuildJson;
+
+        if (!seedFile.exists()) {
+            Logger.error("Guild seed not found: " + seedFile.getAbsolutePath());
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            seedJson = CacheParserUtil.readJsonFile(seedFile);
+
+            if (seedJson.getInt("map") != mapID) {
+                Logger.error(seedFile.getName() + ": map " + seedJson.getInt("map") + " does not match MB_WORLD_MAPID " + mapID);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            guildsJson = seedJson.getJSONArray("guilds");
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < guildsJson.length(); i++)
+                guildSeed.guilds.add(parseGuildEntry(guildsJson.getJSONObject(i)));
+
+            noGuildJson = seedJson.getJSONArray("noGuildKeys");
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < noGuildJson.length(); i++)
+                guildSeed.noGuildKeys.add((int) noGuildJson.getLong(i));
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Logger.error(seedFile.getName() + ": " + e);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        Logger.info("Loaded " + guildSeed.guilds.size() + " guilds from " + seedFile.getName());
+
+        return guildSeed;
+    }
+
+    private static GuildSeedEntry parseGuildEntry(JSONObject guildJson) {
+
+        GuildSeedEntry guild = new GuildSeedEntry();
+        JSONArray keysJson = guildJson.getJSONArray("guildKeys");
+        JSONArray crestJson = guildJson.getJSONArray("crest");
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < keysJson.length(); i++)
+            guild.guildKeys.add((int) keysJson.getLong(i));
+
+        guild.nationKey = (int) guildJson.getLong("nationKey");
+        guild.name = guildJson.getString("name");
+        guild.charter = mbEnums.GuildCharterType.valueOf(guildJson.getString("charter"));
+        guild.leadershipType = guildJson.getString("leadershipType");
+        guild.motto = guildJson.getString("motto");
+        guild.repledgeMin = guildJson.getInt("repledgeMin");
+        guild.repledgeMax = guildJson.getInt("repledgeMax");
+        guild.repledgeKick = guildJson.getInt("repledgeKick");
+        guild.teleportMin = guildJson.getInt("teleportMin");
+        guild.teleportMax = guildJson.getInt("teleportMax");
+
+        if (guild.guildKeys.isEmpty())
+            throw new IllegalStateException("guild " + guild.name + " has no guild keys");
+
+        if (crestJson.length() != 5)
+            throw new IllegalStateException("guild " + guild.name + " crest has " + crestJson.length() + " values");
+
+        guild.crest = new int[5];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+            guild.crest[i] = crestJson.getInt(i);
+
+        return guild;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/parsers/objects/GuildSeed.java b/src/engine/parsers/objects/GuildSeed.java
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+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.objects;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+// A map's server-owned NPC guild seed (maps/<map>.guild). Guilds are in static ID order.
+// noGuildKeys are CITY-prop guild keys known to have no guild: placeholders and Ruins.
+
+public class GuildSeed {
+
+    public final ArrayList<GuildSeedEntry> guilds = new ArrayList<>();
+    public final HashSet<Integer> noGuildKeys = new HashSet<>();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/parsers/objects/GuildSeedEntry.java b/src/engine/parsers/objects/GuildSeedEntry.java
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index 00000000..cdf1a6b9
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+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.objects;
+
+import engine.mbEnums;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+// One NPC guild of a <map>.guild seed file. guildKeys and nationKey are CZONE city_prop_gm_guild / _nation values.
+// Crest is in obj_guild column order: backgroundColor01, backgroundColor02, symbolColor, backgroundDesign, symbol.
+
+public class GuildSeedEntry {
+
+    public final ArrayList<Integer> guildKeys = new ArrayList<>();
+    public int nationKey;
+    public String name;
+    public int[] crest;
+    public mbEnums.GuildCharterType charter;
+    public String leadershipType;
+    public String motto;
+    public int repledgeMin;
+    public int repledgeMax;
+    public int repledgeKick;
+    public int teleportMin;
+    public int teleportMax;
+
+}