What
A small animated ASCII character that sits beside the user's input box and occasionally comments in a speech bubble. Each user gets a unique procedurally-generated companion based on their account.
Details
- Companions are generated from a seeded random number generator keyed to the user's account UUID
- Each companion has a species (from a pool of 18 creatures), rarity tier (common through legendary), eye style, optional hat, stats, and a chance to be shiny
- Activated by server-side configuration (requires the
companionconfig to be set) - Can be muted via
companionMutedstate
Evidence
Companion system (search for "companion_intro", "friend-2026-401", "companionMuted")
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.