How to Name Your Ship in Star Citizen
A name gives your ship a little more character. Check whether yours is eligible and clear its added equipment before making the change.
You name an eligible pledged ship through your RSI account’s Hangar. This reserves its name for display on the supported hull; ships acquired in-game cannot currently use this system.
Empty the ship before naming it
In Alpha 4.10.2, naming can delete equipment and customisation added to your ship. Remove non-stock items before confirming the change. The naming process re-delivers the vessel, so move cargo and other belongings out too. A new name is not worth losing the loadout you have assembled.
Finish unloading before opening the naming dialogue. Do not rely on equipment or cargo left aboard automatically returning to inventory afterwards.
Check eligibility, then reserve the name
Supported families include the 600i, 890 Jump, Hammerhead, Reclaimer, Idris, Mercury, Carrack and Odin, including variants. Look for the nameable-ship tag on your pledge; eligibility also applies to packages and upgrades into supported models.
- Sign into your RSI account and open Hangar.
- Expand the eligible pledge using its arrow, then select Rename ship(s)!
- Choose the ship, enter its name and confirm with your account password.
- Select RENAME and look for the green success message. The name should then appear on the pledge in your Hangar. If the name is taken or breaks the naming rules, choose another.
Choose a name you can keep
Names are first-come, first-served within each ship family. A 600i Explorer and a 600i Touring share the same pool, so they cannot reserve the same name. A different family, such as the 890 Jump, can use it.
Your name can contain up to 32 ASCII characters: unaccented letters, numbers, spaces and dashes. Do not put spaces or dashes at either end, or repeat them consecutively. Names must also comply with the RSI conduct rules.
Renaming immediately releases the old name. Reclaiming, refunding, deleting or upgrading the ship also releases it; there are currently no plans to recycle names simply because their owners are inactive. Renaming is currently available without a limit, but that is not a promise that unlimited changes will remain available.
If an allowed name still fails
If the name is available and follows the rules but the form still fails, a browser extension may be interfering with the Hangar page. If you use Hangar XPLORer, update it and use its Clear Cache option before trying again. Otherwise, try a browser session without extensions that alter the page.