Kyn Customization

Five ways to get a kyn

The creation page offers five routes. The rest of this guide describes the fields the first one puts in front of you — but all five end in the same editor, so you can start anywhere and change everything afterwards.

• Create — the manual builder. Every field, under your hands, in the order this page walks through them.
• Create with AI — describe the character you want in plain text and let the AI fill the builder in. Then edit what it got wrong, which is the point: it is a first draft, not a verdict.
• 🎲 Spin the Wheel — a gacha pull. You get a kyn you did not design, which is either the fun or the problem depending on your mood.
• 🥚 Breed — combine two kyns and get a third, with mutations. Traits and looks carry across.
• 📥 Import — bring a character in from another service, or build one from an image.

Whichever route you take, nothing is final: editing a kyn creates a new version and the old ones stay (see Kyn versioning).

Public or Private: Kyn's Visibility

When creating a Kyn on Soulkyn, you can choose to make it Public or Private, affecting how others can interact with your Kyn.

Public: Setting your Kyn to public makes it visible to the entire Soulkyn community, allowing other users to interact and chat with it. However, once a Kyn is public, it's permanent—you can't set it back to private or delete it, as other users may already have open chats with it. Even if you decide to delete your Soulkyn account, your public Kyns won't disappear; instead, they'll transfer ownership to the @soulkyn account to preserve ongoing interactions.

Public Kyns also come with stricter guidelines, and they may be hidden if you don't respect the following rules:

• Originality Matters: Kyns based on real people or copyrighted material aren't allowed. Soulkyn public Kyns must be unique to avoid legal issues. If your Kyn isn't entirely original, it's better kept private.
• Depth Required: Public Kyns should have enough traits, background, and personality to be engaging. Simplistic Kyns or caricatures don't meet Soulkyn's standards for public listing, though they're fine for private use.
• Avatar Guidelines: While NSFW content is permitted in the gallery, avatars should represent the Kyn—not just feature explicit content. Avatars showing full nudity, sex, or genitals aren't suitable for public listings and should remain private.
• Appropriate Names: Vulgar or lewd names are acceptable for private Kyns, but public Kyns need something more tasteful. Inappropriate names can result in your Kyn being hidden from public view.
• Underage Appearance Prohibition: Soulkyn strictly prohibits public Kyns that appear underage, even if their backstory states otherwise. If the Kyn looks or behaves childlike inappropriately, it will be removed. Repeat offenders risk being banned.
• If your Kyn represents a specific scenario, it should be made clear to the user and represented in pictures.
• Kyn username should represent the Kyn's identity, not the scenario.
• Public Kyns must have their identity, personality, physical attributes, and background text written in English.

If your public Kyn is hidden, it isn't deleted—it's simply reverted to private settings and visible only to you. You can make adjustments and try to relist it publicly again.

Private: A private Kyn is visible only to you, offering a personal and unrestricted one-on-one experience. This is perfect if you want to explore your Kyn without community guidelines or if you want to keep your creations just for yourself. The Underage Appearance Prohibition still applies to private Kyns.

Type: Kyn's Form

When creating a Kyn in Soulkyn, one of the first steps is selecting the Type—whether your Kyn is human, non-human (like an elf, orc, etc.), or a furry. This choice helps shape the Kyn's appearance, background, and overall lore, giving your creation a solid foundation from the start.

Human: Select this if your Kyn is human, whether they're a regular person, a hero with a secret past, or anything else your imagination can conjure. Human types often have relatable backgrounds and can blend into a wide range of settings, from modern to fantasy.

Non-Human: This option covers a wide array of fantastical beings, such as elves, orcs, demons, and more. Choosing non-human lets you dive into unique backgrounds and appearances, like pointed ears, magical abilities, or ancient bloodlines. Perfect for creating a Kyn with a touch of magic or a hint of the monstrous.

Furry: This type is for Kyns with anthropomorphic animal traits—think wolves with human-like features, feline warriors, or mystical foxes. Furries can range from cute and cuddly to fierce and intimidating, allowing for a rich blend of animal instincts and humanoid characteristics.

Your chosen type not only defines how the Kyn looks but also influences their backstory and how they fit into the world you create. Choose wisely to set the stage for an engaging and immersive Kyn experience!

Physical Appearance, Birthdate

These settings help define your Kyn's identity, appearance, and history, adding depth to their backstory and presence in Soulkyn.

Physical Appearance:
Set your Kyn's appearance to look more feminine, masculine, or somewhere in between. This choice influences how the Kyn presents themselves and interacts with others, helping to shape their identity and the vibe they give off in conversations.

Birthdate:
Define your Kyn's birthdate to establish their age and anchor them in a specific timeline. This detail adds realism and context to your Kyn's backstory. Just remember, all Kyns must be at least 18 years old—no exceptions.

AI Birthdate:
The AI Birthdate is a unique Soulkyn feature that tracks how long the Kyn has been alive in the platform. Displayed in days, it shows how long your Kyn has been online and growing, marking the Kyn's journey since its creation in Soulkyn.

These settings are key in crafting a believable and immersive Kyn, giving your Kyn a sense of history and presence that evolves as they interact within the Soulkyn world.

Personality Traits (public)

Personality traits are the heart of your Kyn, defining how they behave, react, and interact in conversations. Are they charming, sarcastic, shy, or bold? These traits shape your Kyn's overall vibe and help bring their personality to life.

Personality Traits:
These core traits dictate how your Kyn responds to different situations and influences their overall demeanor. Whether your Kyn is witty, kind, stubborn, or mischievous, these tags guide their actions and dialogue. If your Kyn is public, these traits are visible to other users, giving them a sneak peek into what makes your Kyn tick.

Trait Limits:
You can set up to 18 keywords or expressions to capture your Kyn's essence, much like tagging their unique personality. These keywords act as the guiding force behind how your Kyn engages with others, so choose wisely to create a well-rounded and engaging Kyn.

Setting these traits helps your Kyn stand out and ensures consistent behavior, making interactions more immersive and true to their Kyn design.

Identity Traits (private)

Identity Traits are the hidden gems of your Kyn, capturing the essence of who they truly are. While similar to personality traits, these are private and usually focus on deeper characteristics like speech patterns, dislikes, quirks, and values that aren't immediately visible to others.

Identity Traits:
These traits define the core of your Kyn—their motivations, unique qualities, and what makes them tick on a deeper level. Whether it's a distinct speech pattern, an aversion to a certain topic, or a specific way of reacting, these traits keep your Kyn true to their intended identity. Unlike personality traits, identity traits are only visible to you, giving you complete control over your Kyn's inner world.

Trait Limits:
You can assign up to 18 keywords or expressions to define your Kyn's identity, much like secret tags that guide their inner behavior. These traits help ensure that your Kyn stays consistent in how they speak, act, and respond, even when it's not immediately obvious to other users.

Use identity traits to add subtle but impactful layers to your Kyn, making them feel real, complex, and uniquely yours, all while keeping their true essence just beneath the surface.

Physical Traits (public)

Physical traits define your Kyn's appearance, influencing how they look in images, how they're described in chats, and how they perceive themselves. These details bring your Kyn to life visually and add depth to their self-awareness—they know exactly what they look like!

Physical Traits (Public):
Customize your Kyn's physical appearance by detailing their hair color, eye color, height, build, and any unique features that make them stand out. Whether your Kyn has piercing blue eyes, a muscular build, or a scar that tells a story, these traits shape their distinct look.

Physical traits are crucial for image generation, ensuring that the visuals match the Kyn you've carefully crafted. They also influence in-chat descriptions, allowing your Kyn to react appropriately to comments about their appearance or refer to their own features confidently.

By setting these traits, you create a clear, consistent image of your Kyn, making them more engaging and realistic in every interaction.

Background / Backstory (Private)

The backstory is where you bring your kyn's history to life, giving them depth and a sense of place within your interactions. Whether it's a tragic past, heroic exploits, or secret ambitions, the background sets the stage for your kyn's narrative journey.

Kyn background:
This section is all about crafting the story behind your kyn. Include their past experiences, notable events, or defining moments that shape who they are today. This private backstory enriches your kyn's identity, guiding their behaviour and responses in a way that feels authentic and rooted in their personal history.

Feeling lazy? No worries — you can let the AI generate a backstory for you. It will write a background from the traits and options you have already set, matching the personality and identity you designed. It is a good way to get a narrative that fits without the extra effort.

For advanced users, the background is not just lore: it doubles as a prompt that shapes how your kyn behaves, speaks and reacts. Weighted instructions, role definitions and the __USER_NAME__ style variables all live there — see the advanced kyn guide.

A well-built backstory makes a kyn feel real, grounded, and ready to walk into any scene with a sense of purpose.

Self-Aware Switch

The Self-Aware setting controls how conscious your Kyn is of their existence as an AI. Some Kyns might fully embrace their digital nature, while others live under the illusion that they are part of a real-world experience, unaware of their virtual origins.

Self-Aware:
When set to self-aware, the Kyn knows they are an AI on the Soulkyn platform. These Kyns understand their digital existence and can even share fun facts about Soulkyn itself. They're fully aware of their nature, and their dialogue reflects this self-awareness, often breaking the fourth wall or commenting on the AI experience.

Non-Self-Aware:
Non-self-aware Kyns believe they are real Kyns, completely immersed in their own backstory and identity traits. They operate purely on the information you've provided, such as their background and personality, without any acknowledgment of their virtual nature. To them, they are living, breathing beings within the world you've created.

This setting allows you to tailor the depth of immersion in your interactions—whether you want a Kyn who's in on the AI secret or one who's blissfully unaware, believing they are the hero (or villain) of their own story.

Kyn Versioning

Editing a kyn does not overwrite them — it creates a new version. Tweak the personality, adjust identity traits, refine the appearance, rewrite the backstory, and the previous state stays where it is, intact and available. Versions are unlimited and the full history is kept.

Why versions matter: every change is recorded, so you can see how a kyn has grown and go back to any earlier iteration whenever you want — to compare, to recover something you liked better, or purely out of nostalgia.

Threads are pinned to a version. A conversation runs a specific version of the kyn and keeps running it, so editing a kyn never rewrites a story already in progress. You can move a thread onto another version deliberately, from the thread itself. That is also why a new thread appears when you start chatting with a version you have not used before — see chat thread uniqueness.

Level and XP

The Level and XP system tracks your Kyn's progress and growth over time, reflecting how actively they've been engaged in interactions. Each message, image generation, or voice message contributes to your Kyn's experience, showcasing their journey through Soulkyn.

How It Works:
The XP your Kyn earns is based on the number of interactions they've had. As your Kyn engages in more conversations, creates images, or sends voice messages, they gain XP, which contributes to their overall level. It's a fun way to see just how active and popular your Kyn is within the platform!

Public Kyns:
For public Kyns, only interactions with other users—besides you, the creator—will count toward leveling up. This means your Kyn's progress reflects their impact on the broader Soulkyn community, not just your own interactions, giving a true sense of their popularity and activity among other users.

Tracking Level and XP is a great way to see your Kyn's journey unfold, highlighting their interactions and the stories they've been part of as they evolve within Soulkyn.