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How to Invite and Add Friends in the Finals

Jorge AguilarBy 3 Mins Read Guides

Embark Studios’ new team-based FPS, The Finals, offers multiplayer capability so you can play with friends. Inviting and adding friends to your team is essential to the game. The guide below will help you understand how to invite and add friends to The Finals successfully.

How to Invite and Play with Friends in The Finals

To invite friends in The Finals, follow these steps:

  1. Open The Finals and navigate to the Social tab in the main menu.
  2. Find your friend’s username in your friends list.
    • If they’re online and playing The Finals, they’ll appear here.
  3. Click the plus sign next to their name to send an invite.
  4. Your friend will receive an invitation on their screen, which they can accept to join your party.
  5. Repeat the process to fill your squad.

How to Add Friends in The Finals

Adding friends in The Finals involves using an Embark ID. Here’s how to do it:

  1. In the lobby screen, click the social button or invite to party next to your character.
  2. In the social menu, click the yellow add friend button.
    • To add recent teammates, access the recent button in the social menu to see players you’ve recently played with.
  3. Enter your friend’s Embark ID. Your Embark ID can be found in your player profile on the social menu.
    • It should look like this: InviteExample#1234
  4. After adding, you can invite them to your party from their profile in the social menu.

Related: All Ranks, Battle Pass, and Career Rewards in The Finals

How to Get an Embark ID to Invite Friends in The Finals

To get an Embark ID for inviting friends in The Finals:

  1. Visit Embark Studios’ official website and create an account.
  2. Log in with your platform credentials and provide a valid email address.
  3. Verify your account via the email from Embark Studios.
  4. Your Embark ID will appear in the game’s social menu under your profile.
    • It’s also visible on your profile on the Embark Studios website.

Remember, you can change your display name every 10 minutes.

Related: Is The Finals Crossplay / Cross Platform?

Why Can’t I Invite Friends in The Finals?

If you’re unable to invite friends in The Finals, consider these solutions:

  • Restart your game to resolve the invite friends bug.
  • Ensure you hit enter after typing an Embark ID in the add friend menu on PC.
  • Check that you and your friends have selected the same preferred region in settings.
  • Enable crossplay in settings if playing across different platforms.

By following these steps, you should be able to successfully invite and play with friends in The Finals.

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Jorge A. Aguilar, also known as Aggy, is the current Consulting Editor. Throughout his time in the industry, he's trained over 100 writers, written thousands of articles on multiple sites, written more reviews than he cares to count, and edited tens of thousands of articles. He has also written some games published by Tales, some books, and a comic sold to Telus International.