Characters & chat
Design a companion for the conversations you imagine
Think about the role you want your companion to play as well as the way it should look. Our creator takes you through the choices available to your account. Review the combination and any charge before confirming that you want to create the character.
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Choose an adult look in the available style
The creation flow begins with Realistic and Anime style choices. Work from the options displayed in your own account after that step. Catalogue categories help you browse existing companions, but they do not establish which kinds of custom character the creator can produce.
Select from the offered hair, eye and age-range settings to describe the appearance. Whatever combination you choose, the character must be an adult. That requirement applies equally to realistic designs, anime illustrations and fictional fantasy roles, not only to particular visual categories.
Give the personality a consistent direction
Choose interests and personality traits with your intended conversations in mind. A fictional job or background can give the characters a natural reason to encounter each other. You do not need a full biography when a few relevant details already establish the companion's role.
Check whether the traits support each other. For example, a patient listener given an instruction to interrupt at every opportunity has competing directions. Decide which manner matters most, then adjust the remaining choices to support it rather than asking for opposite behaviours at once.
Review the creation allowance and any token charge
Our listed free-access allowance covers one custom character, not repeated free creation without a limit. Further companions and other tools may require membership access and tokens. Check the allowance in your account and the charge displayed for the creation you are considering before you agree to it.
Before saving, revisit the appearance, chosen voice and personality as a whole. Confirm that the selected details express the companion you intended. If the final step shows a token cost, include that amount in your decision rather than assuming creation has no charge.
Distinguish your companion's definition from your own role
Try a brief exchange about a selected interest or introduce an uncomplicated scene. Compare the replies with the tone you had in mind. Supported controls and conversational requests can guide later turns, but a request for different wording is not a saved edit to the companion's personality.
Use a user persona to describe the character you are playing: your role and background, not the personality of the companion answering you. Character creation defines that other side. Changing your persona therefore does not replace or redesign the companion's own definition.
Your questions
Which settings should I expect when designing a companion?
Follow your account's displayed choices for looks, voice, interests and personality. The creator's actual options determine what you can select; finding a category in the catalogue does not mean an equivalent custom-creation setting is offered.
Does the free allowance let me keep making characters?
It lists one custom character, rather than unlimited free creations. Check the membership conditions and tokens shown in your account for any further companion you want to create before accepting another creation request.
Does editing my persona change the companion's personality?
Your persona supplies your own fictional identity and background. The custom companion has a separate character definition, so a change to the role you play is not an edit to the personality of the character responding.
What if an appearance or personality choice has no edit option?
Creating another companion is a separate replacement when the selected attribute has no supported edit. Review the new character's appearance, voice and personality choices, along with any creation charge, before confirming. A user-persona change describes your own role, and asking for another reply tone does not redesign the existing companion.
What do the V1 and V2 creation labels mean?
V1 and V2 identify versions of the character builder, not the model answering a chat. Our October 2025 update stopped new V1 creations while retaining existing V1 characters; upgrading to V2 became irreversible. For any creation or upgrade, follow your account's available options and review the associated allowance and charge.