Creating and Managing Parties in Star Citizen (2026)

Before you can invite someone to a party, you need to be friends in the game. If you have not added them yet, see the Adding Friends guide first. Once you are friends, forming a party takes about thirty seconds.

What a party actually does

• Shows party members as friendly markers on your HUD — you can see where your friends are at a glance.
• Routes everyone to the same server shard when you enter the universe from the main menu together.
• Enables quantum linking — the pilot starts a quantum jump and nearby party members can join the jump and travel together.
• Shares mission objectives so everyone sees the same waypoints.
• Opens a dedicated party chat channel in the Commlink.

Method 1 — Invite from the Friends list (F11)

This is the fastest way if you are already in the game.

1. Press F11 to open the Commlink.
2. Click the Friends (Contacts) tab.
3. Right-click your friend's name.
4. Select Invite to Party.
5. They will see the invite in their Commlink. Once they accept, you are in a party together.

Method 2 — Invite via mobiGlasmobiGlasYour character's wrist-mounted computer. It opens missions, manages inventory, summons ships, and handles in-game messages. Press F1. Contacts

1. Press F1 to open the mobiGlas.
2. Open the Contacts Manager app.
3. Find the player and click Invite to Party.

Getting onto the same server

Star Citizen runs multiple server shards — separate copies of the universe running at the same time. Being in a party does not automatically put you on the same one unless you follow the right process.

• Already in-game and on different shards? Leave to the main menu, accept the party invite, then re-enter. You will land on the party leader's shard.
• Still on different shards after that? Both players leave to the main menu. Disband and re-form the party, then enter together again.

Party leader responsibilities

The party leader is automatically the player who created the party.

• Controls quantum linking for the group — initiates jumps for everyone.
• Can share missions so all members see the same objectives.
• Can transfer leadership to another member via the party screen.
• Can remove members if needed.

Crewing a ship together

By default, only the ship owner can operate its critical systems. To let party members take control of turrets, co-pilot seats, or engineering stations, open the vehicle management screen from your mobiGlasmobiGlasYour character's wrist-mounted computer. It opens missions, manages inventory, summons ships, and handles in-game messages. Press F1. and set access permissions to Friends or Party.

Quantum linking explained

Quantum travelQuantum TravelFaster-than-light travel between points in a star system. Your ship's quantum drive eats fuel and takes time, but it's how you cross planets and moons. is the way ships cross long distances quickly — a faster-than-light mode that takes a few seconds to spool up. Quantum linking lets your entire party make that jump at the same time, so nobody arrives at a destination alone.

When the party leader initiates a quantum jump, other members aboard the same ship or flying nearby in their own ships will see a prompt to engage quantum link. Accept it, and when the leader jumps, everyone linked jumps simultaneously to the same destination.

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