As the characters grow in power, the town of Gloomhaven grows in prosperity. Gloomhaven prosperity can be gained either through certain events or by completing certain scenarios.

The prosperity points are tracked along the bottom of the map board and the town will attain new levels when reaching the designated thresholds.

When the city reaches a new level of prosperity, players gain three benefits:

1 - New items become available for purchase.

Depending on what the new prosperity level is (based on the chart shown to the right), add those item numbers to the supply of available items.

2 - New characters may begin at any level equal to or less than the prosperity level of the town.

3 - Any character with a level lower than the prosperity level may immediately advance their level to match.