Buddy List
| Open it | Press R (Friends tab of the User List) |
|---|---|
| Starting size | 20 friends, shared by your whole account |
| Raise the limit | 240,000 Vesos per +5, up to 50 |
| Who sells slots | Mr. Goldstein (Lith Harbor) and Robert Holly (Ludibrium) |
| Friend name | The character name, 3 to 12 letters or digits |
| Group name | Up to 16 characters |
| Block list | Up to 50 players |
The Buddy List (also called the Friends list) keeps track of the players you like to play with. Friends see when you are online, can be reached with the Buddy chat line, receive a "logged in" line in chat when you arrive, and can be invited to a party or a Messenger chat with one click. Press R to open it.
Adding a friend
- Open the Friends tab (R) and press ADD FRIEND.
- Type the character's name. Names are 3 to 12 letters or digits.
- Optionally type a group name (up to 16 characters). With no group the friend goes into Default Group.
- Confirm. The other player is added to your list at once but shown as pending until they agree.
- The other player sees a Yes/No prompt saying that you want to add them as a buddy. When they accept, you are friends in both directions and the entry stops being pending.
A friend request can be sent to a player on a different map or channel. If you ask again while a request is still pending, the request is simply sent again. If the other player's list is full, they automatically decline and you are told that their buddy list is full. If your own list is full you see Your buddylist is already full.
Using the list
The Friends tab lists friends under their group headings. The buttons along the bottom are:
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| SHOW ONLINE / SHOW ALL | Hides or shows the offline friends. |
| GROUP CHAT | Invites the selected online friend to a Messenger chat. |
| ADD FRIEND | Sends a friend request (see above). |
| EDIT | Opens the group editor to move friends between groups; a selected group heading ticks all of its members. |
| PARTY | Invites the selected online friend to your Party (needs a free party seat and you to be the leader, or to have no party). |
| BLOCK / UNBLOCK | Adds the selected player to your block list, or removes them from it. |
| DELETE | Removes the selected friend or cancels a pending request. The friend is removed from their list too. |
| NOTE | Sends the selected friend a written note. This needs a Note item; see Notes. |
- A friend is shown as online even when they are on a different map from you.
- When a friend logs in you see the line
<Buddy> Name is logged in.in your chat. - The To a Friend chat target sends a line to all of your confirmed friends at once, wherever they are; see Chat Commands.
- Chat shortcuts:
/buddysends a friend request to the nearest player,/buddiesopens the Friends tab, and/unbuddy Nameremoves a friend.
More friend slots
A new account has room for 20 friends. Two shopkeepers sell more room, five slots at a time:
Each purchase costs 240,000 Vesos and adds 5 slots, up to a maximum of 50 (six purchases, 1,440,000 Vesos in all). The fee comes out of the Vesos in your bag, and the extra room applies to every character on your account. Both shopkeepers tell you when you have already reached 50.
The block list
Right-click a player and choose BLOCK (or select a friend and press BLOCK), and that player's party, trade, guild and friend invitations to you are silently dropped. The block list holds up to 50 players; if it is full you are told so. A blocked friend shows as blocked on the Friends tab, where the same button becomes UNBLOCK.