# Visual builder

> A guided wizard that builds a character's look and profile step by step.

Source: https://reverie.im/en/docs/characters/visual-builder
Language: en

The **Visual Character Creator** starts from appearance rather than prose: you pick a look through six screens, and Reverie writes the profile and generates the avatar from those choices.

Open it from **Labs → Visual Character Creator** (`/app/labs/visual-character-builder`), or from **Other ways to create** in the character editor header.

## The six steps \[#the-six-steps]

| Step           | What you choose                                                                                       |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Style**      | Gender — Female, Male or Trans — and art style, Realistic or Anime                                    |
| **Foundation** | Identity and origin (real-world or fantasy), then skin tone                                           |
| **Face**       | Hairstyle, eye color, hair color                                                                      |
| **Body**       | Body type and proportions                                                                             |
| **Details**    | Character name, age, voice, personality, occupation, relationship, interests and intimacy preferences |
| **Review**     | Everything so far, plus the credit cost of what happens next                                          |

Most option lists accept your own value as well as the presets — look for **Use custom value** in the search box — and several are multi-select.

The **Details** step also has an **Advanced details (optional)** section for the things a picker cannot express: distinctive features and outfit, facial details and expression, an opening line, a story premise, speaking style, and boundaries or hard limits.

Ages are exact numbers and **adults only (18+)**.

## What happens on Review \[#what-happens-on-review]

The Review step shows the credit cost of the two generations it is about to run — the character profile and the avatar image — before you commit.

Press **Create character** and the wizard writes the profile, then generates the avatar. If the avatar step fails you can **Continue without avatar** and add one later.

When both are done you get a preview and a choice:

| Choice               | What it does                                                                                            |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Create character** | Saves the character as **Private** and opens its page                                                   |
| **Review and edit**  | Opens the full character editor with everything pre-filled; nothing is saved until you press save there |

> Either way the character is not public. Visibility lives on the editor's
> **General Settings** tab — see [publishing a
> character](https://reverie.im/en/docs/characters/publishing).

## Drafts \[#drafts]

Your selections are autosaved as you go, and the wizard offers to resume where you left off when you come back. **Reset** clears the current draft and starts from the first step.

## Which builder to use \[#which-builder-to-use]

| You have                                                           | Use                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| A clear picture of how they look, and a rough idea of who they are | The visual builder                                                                         |
| A person, a chat log, or a premise you want to talk through        | [The conversational builder](https://reverie.im/en/docs/characters/conversational-builder) |
| An existing character card                                         | [The importer](https://reverie.im/en/docs/characters/import-characters)                    |
| Specific text you already wrote                                    | [The form editor](https://reverie.im/en/docs/characters/quick-start)                       |

Every path lands in the same editor, so nothing you pick here locks you out of the others.

## Related \[#related]

* [Character quick start](https://reverie.im/en/docs/characters/quick-start)
* [Conversational builder](https://reverie.im/en/docs/characters/conversational-builder)
* [Image guidelines](https://reverie.im/en/docs/characters/image-guidelines)
* [Publishing a character](https://reverie.im/en/docs/characters/publishing)
* [Labs](https://reverie.im/en/docs/integrations/labs)