When logged in, you can see other players on the same map. Their characters appear with name labels and animate in real time.
Open chat by pressing ENTER or clicking the Chat button in the top-right HUD. Type a message and press ENTER or click Send. Switch between Map chat (current zone only) and Global chat (all players) using the tabs. Each message shows a timestamp.
Move the panel by dragging its header bar (or the grip handle at the top-left corner), and resize it by dragging the grip in the bottom-right corner — your position and size are saved.
Visibility (top-right of the panel): the eye/pin button toggles between 'always shown' and 'fade when idle', and the ✕ hides the panel completely (reopen it any time from the Chat button).
Loot in chat (gear icon in the chat header): switch off whole categories — Gold, Materials, Equipment, Lumina, Pet, Gems — and set a Minimum item rarity so that farming only prints Rare and above (or Epic, or Legend). The rarity floor applies to items only: Gold, Lumina and EXP lines are never hidden by it. The Mounts switch hides new mount-result messages and Legend/Genesis summon announcements in chat; on-screen toasts still appear. Rare drops still pop their own on-screen toast whatever the filters say.
The same popup has a Warnings section with Low potions and Bag almost full switches — turn either off if you don't want that reminder while auto-hunting or idle.
It also has a Life Skills section with a Gathering switch — turn it off and the "Gathered — …" line stops printing for every ore vein, tree, herb patch and fishing spot you work. Like the loot categories it only affects chat: the on-screen toast still tells you what the node gave you, and level-ups show either way.
Send a private message to any player by name:
Each conversation opens as its own tab in the chat box, right beside Map/Global/Guild — no floating windows to cover your screen. Use the ◀ ▶ arrows to scroll between tabs when you have several open. Close a conversation with the ✕ on its tab; if that person messages you again, the tab reappears with a • unread marker. Use /r <message> to quickly reply to the last person who messaged you.
On login only Map, Global and Guild are shown — your direct-message tabs stay closed unless a conversation has a new unread message waiting (then it reopens automatically). Reopen any past conversation any time and its history is still there.
While a DM tab is active, a 🗑 Clear button appears in the chat header — it wipes that one conversation's history for you and keeps it cleared across logins (only messages sent after you clear will come back; it doesn't affect the other person's copy).
Messages are private (only the two of you see them) and are saved on the server: your conversation history comes back when you log in again, and a message sent to someone who is offline is delivered the next time they log in — it is never lost. A red dot on the chat bubble shows when you have unread messages waiting while the chat box is closed.
You can't message yourself.
Click on another player to send a duel request. If accepted, a 3-second countdown begins, then you fight! The loser's HP is set to 1 (no death penalty). Stay within 500px of the start point or you forfeit. Auto-combat is disabled during duels.
You can play as a Guest with cloud saves and multiplayer. To keep your progress permanently, upgrade your guest account to a full account via email from the title screen.
Written for game version 0.2.17. Found something out of date? Tell us on Discord.
Echoes of Creation is a free-to-play online 3D action RPG for Windows.