# Account setup > Every sign-in method Reverie enables, what the Welcome Tour asks you, and what a new account starts with. Source: https://reverie.im/en/docs/getting-started/account-setup Language: en You can read public character profiles and send a handful of messages as a guest: 5 messages, or 8 once you have passed the anti-bot check. The allowance starts over 24 hours after your first message, and one IP address can send at most 30 a day. Guest chats are deleted after 7 days. Characters can be searched without an account; saving, creating, credits and story search need one. ## Ways to sign in \[#ways-to-sign-in] | Method | How it works | Notes | | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **Google** | OAuth | Also appears as a one-tap prompt on the login page | | **Discord** | OAuth | Connecting Discord is also the first step of the lucky-draw community boost | | **Email + password** | Password of at least 8 characters | Reverie emails a verification link and signs you in once you follow it | | **Magic link** | Enter your email, follow the one-time link | No password involved | | **Passkey** | **Login with passkey** — Face ID, Touch ID or a security key | Add and remove passkeys under **Settings → Security** | | **QR code** | **Sign in with QR code** on the desktop login page; scan it with your phone and approve | Your phone must already be signed in | | **Telegram Mini App** | Opening Reverie inside Telegram signs you in with your Telegram account | Continue as a new Telegram-native account, or link an existing Reverie account | A Cloudflare Turnstile challenge can appear on the sign-in, sign-up and forgot-password forms, and when you resend a verification email. Disposable email addresses are rejected at sign-up. Sessions last 30 days. An email account that is never verified and never receives a credit balance is deleted after 7 days. > You can **connect** Google or Discord to an existing account from **Settings > → Security → Connected accounts**, but there is no way to disconnect one > afterwards. Passkeys can be deleted; social connections cannot. Two-factor authentication, password changes and session revocation are covered in [Security](https://reverie.im/en/docs/account/security). ## The Welcome Tour \[#the-welcome-tour] The first time you open Home with a new account, the Welcome Tour opens over it. Most new accounts open it on a welcome gift: free messages on the default model, then two more boxes, one a day. Each unlocks at midnight your time after you open the one before it, and waits for you. Then comes a single screen, **Pick a Character to Start**. Choose the type of characters (All / Female / Male) and set the SFW / 18+ switch; turning 18+ on asks you to confirm you are over 18 first. The starter characters follow your choices: tap one to open a chat with it, or **Show another set** to reshuffle them. **Skip** closes the tour permanently; it does not come back on your next visit. You can change both later: the 18+ switch is at **Settings → Preferences**, and the character type is in the user menu. ## Your name and handle \[#your-name-and-handle] Two different things. Your **display name** is what characters call you and what other users see; it needs at least 3 characters and you can change it whenever you like. Your **username** is the handle in your public profile URL, `/u/` — 3 to 30 characters, lowercase letters, numbers and underscores only, and **changeable once every 30 days**. Both live at **Settings → Profile**, along with your avatar. See [Profile](https://reverie.im/en/docs/account/profile) for the full rules. ## What a new account starts with \[#what-a-new-account-starts-with] | Grant | Amount | How you get it | | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Sign-up credits | **30,000** | Written the first time your credit balance is read — opening the app while signed in is enough. Not tied to email verification | | One-time signup trials | 3 profile generations, 3 avatar/banner images, 3 chat snapshots | Eligible accounts registered after lifetime trials launch; no expiry or reset | | Welcome gift | 20, 30 and 50 free messages | Three boxes, one a day, starting in the [Welcome Tour](https://reverie.im/en/docs/getting-started/account-setup#the-welcome-tour). Default model, character chats on the website only | | Free reply suggestions | 5 batches | Every account, subscribers included; no reset. See [Reply suggestions](https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting/smart-suggestions#what-they-cost) | | Daily check-in | **10,000** credits plus a streak bonus | You claim it; see below | | Free model | Llama 3.1 8B at 0× | 15 messages per 3 hours, shared across web, stories and the bots | Welcome-gift messages are free replies on the default model in character chats on the website, and cover nothing else: the Discord and Telegram bots, stories and **AI Rewrite** are billed as usual. A new account has 7 days to open its first box; the two after it have no deadline. The sign-up grant is **0** if the anti-fraud check on your IP address and browser fires. An account without a sign-up grant gets no signup trials and no welcome gift; the free reply suggestions still apply. If your balance is empty after signing up, [contact support](https://reverie.im/en/docs/account/getting-help). > The daily bonus is a **claim**, not a login reward. While today's reward is > unclaimed, a **Daily check-in** banner sits at the top of Home with a > **Claim** button; after you claim, it disappears until the next reset. Open > the app without tapping **Claim** and you get nothing for that day, and the > streak restarts at day 1. Everything else — group chats, stories, novels, character creation, plugins — works on a free account. A [subscription](https://reverie.im/en/docs/billing/subscriptions) adds a monthly credit allowance and unlocks the two advanced models in the picker. ## Language \[#language] The interface is available in **21 languages**: English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Русский, Italiano, العربية, हिन्दी, Bahasa Indonesia, ไทย, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, Polski, Українська, Nederlands and Filipino. Set yours at **Settings → Preferences → Your language**. Your language decides the interface and which translations of characters and moments you see. It does not filter or reorder any feed — everyone sees the same moments, localized. These documentation pages are translated into the same 21 languages, and a page that has not been translated yet is served in English. ## Related \[#related] * [Your first conversation](https://reverie.im/en/docs/getting-started/first-chat) — the controls you will use every day * [Profile](https://reverie.im/en/docs/account/profile) — display name, handle and avatar rules * [Preferences](https://reverie.im/en/docs/account/preferences) — content filter, tags, proactivity, notifications * [Daily check-in](https://reverie.im/en/docs/rewards/daily-check-in) — the streak table and why a claim can be refused * [Credits](https://reverie.im/en/docs/billing/credits) — what a turn costs and how to earn more