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* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has the Adventurer's Guild located by the mines, where the player can buy and sell supplies. On the wall is a Monster Eradication Goals list, asking adventurers to go into the mines to [[MassMonsterSlaughterSidequest kill a specific number of enemy types]]. Reaching each goal allows the player to collect a reward from the guild.

* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has an adventurer's guild with two members, the RetiredBadass Marlon and Gil, who reopen the guild to admit the player character once they kill five slimes with the Rusty Sword. You go to the Guild after becoming a member to sell monster loot, buy improved weapons and protective items, and claim rewards for killing monsters.

Jobs generally are posted on a bulletin board (which may be an encrypted dataserver or a cork slab, depending on the setting), where certified adventurers sign up for them. "Certified Adventurers" is basically a euphemism for "[[HiredGuns freelance mercenaries]]" or, in more cynical terms, "murder hobos". TheProtagonist will commonly be one because it is a convenient frame narrative for introducing side quests and plotlines. It can be used for everything from the KnightErrant to the PsychoForHire to [[KingIncognito hidden]] [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal royalty]].

Jobs generally are posted on a bulletin board (which may be an encrypted dataserver or a cork slab, depending on the setting), where certified adventurers sign up for them. "Certified Adventurers" is basically a euphemism for "[[freelance mercenaries]]" or, in more cynical terms, "murder hobos". TheProtagonist will commonly be one because it is a convenient frame narrative for introducing side quests and plotlines. It can be used for everything from the KnightErrant to the PsychoForHire to [[KingIncognito hidden]] [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal royalty]].

Jobs generally are posted on a bulletin board (which may be an encrypted dataserver or a cork slab, depending on the setting), where certified adventurers sign up for them. "Certified Adventurers" is basically a euphemism for [[HiredGuns"freelance mercenaries"]] or, in more cynical terms, "murder hobos". TheProtagonist will commonly be one because it is a convenient frame narrative for introducing side quests and plotlines. It can be used for everything from the KnightErrant to the PsychoForHire to [[KingIncognito hidden]] [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal royalty]].

Jobs generally are posted on a bulletin board (which may be an encrypted dataserver or a cork slab, depending on the setting), where certified adventurers sign up for them. "Certified Adventurers" is basically a euphemism for "freelance mercenaries" or, in more cynical terms, "murder hobos". TheProtagonist will commonly be one because it is a convenient frame narrative for introducing side quests and plotlines. It can be used for everything from the KnightErrant to the PsychoForHire to [[KingIncognito hidden]] [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal royalty]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', the adventurers are called Hunters, but there are many guilds, the largest of which are the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Kuvasz]].

* ''VideoGame/Starfield'' includes the spirit of the trope with Mission Boards, located in just about every settlement. Missions can range from "blow up a pirate ship" and "kill a particularly troublesome anarchist" to "deliver cargo to another planet" and "supply a bunch of a resource to a starport". Pilots are generally considered adventurers as every ship available for purchase has weaponry and a shield generator, but there's little interest in ''exploration'': for that, you need to find the Constellation bounty board, which expressly offers planet scanning and exploration missions. There's also the Tracker's Alliance, which is a guild of bounty hunters, and specialty missions available for the United Colonies System Defense forces (pirate hunter-killer), the Freestar Republic Rangers (pirate hunter-killer and rescue operations), The Crimson Fleet pirates (piracy, smuggling and theft), and Ryujin Industries operatives (espionage and theft).

* The Adventurer's guild in the ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series, although they typically only granted you the low level stuff, big things had to be done by convincing people you were the one to do them.

It is mainly a video game trope, but also shows up in anime, especially when the setting is a RolePlayingGameVerse. Mainly shows up in Japanese works, perhaps because the Japanese seem to feel that even killing people and taking their stuff should be done in a structured, social context.

One more thing: Although the main characters are commonly described as a guild, they usually don't have a common skill set. [[FighterMageThief Fighters, mages, and thieves]] (and others) can all work for the same guild, but won't learn skills from each other. After all, that would make them similar, and WhatMeasureIsANonUnique (There are occasionally organizations that cater to these types, but then we get into politics.)

* The Pathfinder Society is this trope for TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}. The society is dedicated to explore Golarion, investigating ruins, recovering tomes and artifacts as well charting the world. Not confuse with TabletopGame/PathfinderSociety, the official organized play campaign where the [=PCs=] are members of the eponymous organization.

* ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'': The MagicalLand into which Azusa is reincarnated has an Adventurer's Guild branch in the nearby town, among other RPGMechanicsVerse elements. Azusa sells the crystals she collects from killing slimes there, and its StatOVision artifact kicks off the main plot by revealing just how powerful she's become.