Co-op guide
Multiplayer supports up to 6 people.
NerveLabs states that multiplayer supports up to six people. Update 16 lets guests bring an existing character into a friend's world and saves that character every 30 seconds; quests and quest items remain with the host.
NerveLabs says multiplayer supports up to 6 people.
The exact local-only player cap is not stated.
Character progress saves independently every 30 seconds.
How Update 16 guest characters work
A guest can bring an existing single-player character into a friend's game, and guest progress saves to that chosen slot every 30 seconds.
- Create and save a single-player character before joining.
- Choose that save when joining a friend.
- Your appearance, equipment, regular items, gold, skills and perks travel with the character.
- Guest character progress writes back every 30 seconds, separate from the host's world saves.
Quests and quest items do not move to the guest slot; they remain part of the host's world.
How many players can play together?
NerveLabs says multiplayer supports up to 6 people. That is the clearest developer-published maximum for multiplayer and is the number to use when planning an online group.
Hotfix 5 explicitly includes split-screen in its hit-marker update, confirming that split-screen play is supported. The official post does not divide the six-person maximum into separate online, local or mixed caps, so this page does not claim a different split-screen limit.
What you can rely on now
- Campaign scopeThe official store says the entire game is fully playable in co-op.
- Group sizeNerveLabs says multiplayer supports up to 6 people.
- Loading and progressClient inventories and quest state now restore when loading, and cases of multiplayer progress wipes were fixed.
- StabilityHotfix 4 improved multiplayer stability, while explicitly saying more work was coming.
- Quest trackingClient quest tracking now follows the host.
- RegroupingClick a teammate map marker to teleport to them.
- CompassCo-op companions now appear on the compass.
- Companion persistenceDismissed companions remain marked on the map and compass, and Zan should remember where he was sent.
- Changing a non-host character's raceA non-host can change race in their own single-player game to update their multiplayer character.See the complete race-change steps.
- Revive healthCo-op revives now restore 20% health instead of 40%. Reposition or heal before taking another hit.
- Split-screenHotfix 5 explicitly includes split-screen in its hit-marker update, confirming that split-screen play is supported.
What Update 16 does not transfer
The store says players make consequential choices together, but it does not define host authority, client quest credit, save ownership, loot rules or what happens when partners choose different dialogue options. Do not assume that host tracking also answers those separate rules.
For a new co-op session, update both players to the same current build before diagnosing save or quest behavior.