Private Security
When you are in need of additional protection from murderers and criminals, a private team of security professionals is available to help you.
To hire private security, first purchase a contract from an NPC provisioner for a nominal fee. Bring the contract to the location where you want a security guard to be stationed, then double-click the contract. You will receive a window prompting you to confirm the hire of a guard. After a guard is hired, it takes a few minutes for him to arrive on site.
It costs 150,000 gold to hire a security guard. Private security cannot be hired within city limits or inside a house. The guard will stay on duty for 6 hours in normal areas, and 2 hours in dungeons and the lost lands. Security guards will attack murderers and criminals on site - even the person who hired the guard if he or she is criminal or a murderer. Guards do not attack monsters.
Security guards are fairly strong in combat but can be killed. If this happens, the guard's station remains in place and a new guard will replace the old one in a few minutes.
The security guard has a stool to sit on when resting. The person who hired the guard can double-click the stool for options concerning the guard:
Toggle Hiding - guards can be visible when idle (so you know one's there) or hide (to surprise people).
Toggle detection - guards can use the detect hidden skill (to detect intruders) or not (so they don't detect you).
Dismiss guard - use this option if you or a friend is being attacked by the guard, or if you don't like the particular guard you've been assigned - for example if you don't like the weapon he's using. The security company will send a replacement in a few moments.
Destroy station - this will completely end the contract.
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