There are now bonuses for referring players to this game. On the first character on a BYOND key at the end of the tutorial you are asked if you have been referred to this game by a current player. The player must be logged on for this to take effect. The referred player can not be of the same IP address.
Referral Effects
The new player will be of the same village as you unless you are a missing-nin.
There will be 2 new items. When you reach first rebirth on your first character you will get either Gift of Virtue or Gift of Honor. You will get Gift of Virtue if you got referred, the Gift of Honor if you did not. The person who referred you will also receive the Gift of Honor.
Gift of Virtue
Undroppable
Receive 1 experience for every second both you and the person that referred you are online at the same time up until you hit level 60, up to a cap of 50000 experience.
Gift of Honor
Droppable
Receive 25000 experience
If you didn't get referred, your gift of honor will grant you more experience than gift of virtue until gift of virtue charges for more than 7 hours.
Achievements
Silver Tier - Referral - Complete a referral
Gold Tier - Mass Referral - Complete 5 referrals