Loyalty

Loyalty increases player's performance. This special characteristic can't be trained, it increases with time spent at the club and is reset after a transfer. Promoted youth player started with an extra bonus.

Loyalty was introduced on Fall 2011.

Bonus

There are two types of loyalty:

• Player loyalty (basic bonus),
• Mother club loyalty (extra bonus).

Gaining both bonuses is perfectly possible for a player when you promote a youth player (it naturally doesn't matter which youth system you use) to your senior squad.

He will get a 1.5 skill level bonus on all skills (excluding stamina) until you sell him.

Player loyalty

For each consecutive day you keep a player in your team, he will get a little bit more attached and loyal to your team. And the more attached and loyal he gets, the better he will play.

Loyalty is gained faster in the beginning, then slower and slower over time. Maximum loyalty is reached after three seasons, but the halfway point is reached after 12 weeks.

Maximum bonus: +1 skill level on all skills (stamina excluded) -> after 3 seasons (336 days).

The following contents are based on experience and/or research conducted by Hattrick users — which means that their veracity and accuracy have not been confirmed by any official statement, and consequently they do not necessarily reflect the game reality. Please take this into consideration!

Loyalty effect on abilities Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Effect +0.05 +0.10 +0.15 +0.20 +0.25 +0.30 +0.35 +0.40 +0.45 +0.50 +0.55 +0.60 +0.65 +0.70 +0.75 +0.80 +0.85 +0.90 +0.95 +1

Example: Tommy Wright is a solid playmaker with passable defending, and he has max (divine) loyalty. He will then perform as if he was an excellent playmaker with solid defending (and this will also be reflected in his star rating).

A player's loyalty level will be shown on the player page (visible for everyone), using the same denomination scale as player skills. When a player reaches divine loyalty he gets the full bonus.

Please note that

- Your youth players start with divine loyalty.

- A player loses his loyalty to your club if you sell him to another club. So if you later buy him back, you have to build up his loyalty from scratch again.

- Youth players start with divine loyalty, but a player loses his loyalty to your club if you sell him to another club. So if you later buy him back, you have to build up his loyalty from scratch again.

Mother club

Players that play for their mother club, such as your youth players, and have done so through their whole career always give a little bit extra on the pitch, as they hold a special place for the club in their hearts.

Bonus: +0.5 skill level on all skills (stamina excluded).

Players that have been playing for their mother club their whole career will be indicated with an icon on their player page.

Please note that any youth players sold and then re-bought will not get this bonus.