How To Text Chat In Darktide

Learn how to use text chat in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Discover the keybinds, chat limitations, and how to enable voice chat options for better team communication.

Alright, so you're diving into the grim darkness of the 41st millennium in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, and you want to let your squad know what's up without using your mic? It's not exactly front and center in the game's menus, but it's pretty simple once you know how. Let's get you talking to your team!

How to Open the Text Chat

To get a text box to pop up so you can type a message, all you need to do is hit the Enter key. Yep, that's it! A little text box will appear, ready for your brilliant battlefield insights or urgent requests for ammo.

Once you've typed out your message, just hit Enter again, and it'll be sent off to your teammates (or anyone else in your instance of The Mourningstar). It's a straightforward way to communicate if you're not using voice chat.

A Few Things to Keep in Mind

• Be Heard (or Not): We've tried sending messages out on The Mourningstar ourselves, and sometimes, well, people just don't respond. Don't take it personally; some players might have chat turned off or are just really focused on the heretics.
• Censorship is Key: Before you start thinking about dropping any kind of profanity, know that the chat is heavily censored. So, keep those expletives to yourself – even in the grim darkness of Warhammer 40K, there are some lines you just don't cross in chat.

Enabling Voice Chat

If typing isn't your style and you'd rather use your mic, you'll need to make a quick adjustment. By default, voice chat is often set to 'MUTED'. To fix this, head over to your Audio Options. From there, you can switch the setting to either Voice Activated or Push To Talk. This ensures you can actually talk to your team when you need to call out a special enemy or a juicy ammo drop.

While you're in the Audio Options, you can also tweak the volume of your teammates' voices. If someone's mic is a bit too loud or they're prone to screaming, you can lower their chat volume here to save your ears.