How to Chat in Heartopia – Unlock Requirements

If you’re wondering how to chat in Heartopia with your friends, it’s a feature, but you have to unlock it first! Fancy a new look in Heartopia? Take a look at our How to Change Your Hair in Heartopia walkthrough to find out where the Salon is located.

How to Chat in Heartopia

It’s important to note that the Chat feature can only be seen between you and those on your friend list. Random players you encounter cannot see any messages you type unless you add them as a friend or they send you a request.

But yes, chatting does exist in Heartopia! There are also emotes you can use, as well as Friend Emotes and emoticon stamps – plenty of ways to communicate with friends. Each message has a character limit, so try not to make your sentences too long.

The speech bubbles remain on screen for a few seconds before disappearing. When you or another player is typing, a little speech bubble with three dots appears to let them know you’re in the process of writing out a message.

How to Unlock the Chat Feature

To unlock the Chat feature, you need to accept your first friend request, or have someone else accept a request you send! Once you have another player on your friend list, you automatically unlock the Chat feature.

Simply press the Enter key on your keyboard if you’re on PC, or select the speech bubble icon when playing on mobile. Type out the message you want to send, and the speech bubble appears above your character’s head!

Unlocking the friends list requires you to continue through the initial quests at the start of the game, as you slowly unlock more apps for your in-game mobile phone. In Heartopia, the friends list is the Friendship Journal.

Friendship Journal

By interacting with players on your friend list, you can increase your Friendship Level. Performing one of the 2-person friendship emotes rewards you with Friendship Marks, which is how you level Friendship up. The higher your level, the more emotes you unlock.

Can You Chat With Random Players?

Yes! But you have to use a specific item. As a reward for some tasks and quests, you get Free Spirited Coffee Umbrellas. By using these umbrellas, a little pop-up coffee spot appears, where a player who is not on your friends list can join you for a coffee.

This temporarily unlocks the chat feature for you and this player. So far, this is the only way to chat with random players, but still be wary of who you’re speaking to before you send a friend request!

Adele Wilson

Editor

With experience working for GameRant and in SEO copywriting, Adele loves to combine her adoration for gaming with her writing craft. She'll talk your ear off about anything fantasy, and if she's not typing away at her desk, she's probably playing an RPG somewhere, watching anime, or reading a book.