Star Citizen Guide System: Find a Guide or Become One

Star Citizen’s Guide System pairs you with a player who can teach the activity you want to learn. Open Guides in the RSI Launcher or use the Guide System in Spectrum, choose a subject and send a request to a suitable guide. It is useful for a first evening in the ’verse, a return after a long break, or an experienced pilot trying a new career.

The same system lets experienced players volunteer to teach. You choose your subjects and mark yourself as available when you have time, so you can help with the parts of Star Citizen you know well.

Find someone to help with your next outing

In the RSI Launcher, look for the Guides option in the upper-right area near your account icon. You can also reach guide selection through Spectrum. The Welcome Hub’s Play section offers another route to finding a veteran player; its Watch and Read sections are alternatives if you would prefer tutorials or written instructions.

Choose what you want to learn before selecting a guide. Beginner Basics suits a first introduction, while Refresher Basics is aimed at returning players. More focused categories cover vehicle combat, FPS combat, missions and reputation, racing, mining, salvaging, trading, refuelling, medical gameplay and touring. Miscellaneous covers questions outside those areas.

A specific request gives the session a useful starting point. You might want help making your first landing, understanding a mining tool or finding your way through the Contract Manager. Pick the subject that fits that question rather than expecting one session to cover the whole game.

What happens after you send a request?

The selected guide receives a notification and can accept or decline. Acceptance opens a private message in Spectrum and sends a friend request. Use that conversation to explain what you need help with and agree how to get started together. Sending the initial request alone does not mean a guide has accepted it.

When the lesson and questions are finished, end the session using the control in the top-right corner. For the separate business of joining a party and sharing supported contracts, our guide to playing Star Citizen with friends covers the in-game arrangements.

Volunteer as a guide

To become a guide, you need an active RSI account and a Game Package. Open the Guide Hub and choose its registration option. Once registered, the hub holds your guide profile and incoming requests.

Write a short bio that tells prospective learners what you enjoy teaching. Choose subjects you are comfortable explaining: being an experienced combat pilot does not require you to offer mining lessons as well. A focused profile helps a new player find the right person for their question.

Set your languages and teaching subjects

You can set up to three preferred languages in your RSI account settings. Sign in, open the account icon, select Account Dashboard and then Settings. Use the languages you can comfortably teach in.

If you cannot mark yourself as available, reduce your teaching categories to nine or fewer. The current support guidance identifies an availability problem when more than ten topics are selected and recommends nine or fewer to avoid it. Follow that recommended limit rather than selecting every category.

Below the categories is the Availability switch. Turn it on when you are at your PC and ready to help; incoming requests appear beneath it. The learner can already be dealing with unfamiliar controls, terminology and locations, so give them time to ask questions and try things for themselves.