BBCode Formatting Guide · Starforge Pets

Text Formatting

Tag	Example	Result
`[b]…[/b]`	`[b]Bold text[/b]`	Bold text
`[i]…[/i]`	`[i]Italic text[/i]`	Italic text
`[u]…[/u]`	`[u]Underline[/u]`	Underline
`[s]…[/s]`	`[s]Strikethrough[/s]`	~~Strikethrough~~
`[color=#hex]…[/color]`	`[color=#c0392b]Red text[/color]`	Red text
`[highlight]…[/highlight]`	`[highlight]Highlighted[/highlight]`	Highlighted
`[center]…[/center]`	`[center]Centered text[/center]`	Centered text

Size & Font

Tag	Example	Result
`[size=N]…[/size]`	`[size=22]Bigger text[/size]` 8–40px range	Bigger text
`[font=Name]…[/font]`	`[font=Cinzel]Starforged[/font]`	Starforged

Available fonts:

Cinzel Cormorant Garamond Exo 2 Germania One Lora New Rocker Oswald Playfair Display Quantico Quintessential Rouge Script Arial Georgia Verdana Courier New Times New Roman Trebuchet MS

Headings & Structure

Tag	Example	Result
`[h1]…[/h1]`	`[h1]Section Title[/h1]`	Section Title
`[h2]…[/h2]`	`[h2]Subsection[/h2]`	Subsection
`[h3]…[/h3]`	`[h3]Minor heading[/h3]`	Minor heading
`[divider][/divider]`	`[divider][/divider]`
`[indent]…[/indent]`	`[indent]Indented text[/indent]`	Indented text
`[indent=N]…[/indent]`	`[indent=3]Deep indent[/indent]` Level 1–4	Deep indent
`[align=left\|center\|right\|justify]…[/align]`	`[align=right]Right-aligned[/align]`	Right-aligned

Layout

Use [columns] with two or more [col] blocks inside to create side-by-side columns.

[columns]
[col]Left column content here.[/col]
[col]Right column content here.[/col]
[/columns]

Left column content here.

Right column content here.

Links & Media

Tag	Example
`[url]…[/url]`	`[url]https://example.com[/url]`
`[url=link]label[/url]`	`[url=https://example.com]Click here[/url]`
`[img]…[/img]`	`[img]https://example.com/image.png[/img]`
`[img=description]…[/img]`	`[img=Moon over the Forge]https://example.com/image[/img]` Optional alt text, limited to 160 characters
`[yt]…[/yt]`	`[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID[/yt]` Also accepts `youtu.be`, `/shorts/`, and `/embed/` links

[url] allows http:// and https://. [img] requires https://. Private and local addresses are blocked on both.

Why an image might not show

[img] accepts any external HTTPS host. File extensions and MIME types are not checked by Starforge, so the remote server must return an image format the reader's browser supports; a page or a redirect in place of an image renders as nothing.

[yt] only accepts a real YouTube link. It shows a plain thumbnail card, not the video's title, and loads nothing from YouTube until you click it: the actual player only appears after that click.

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw[/yt]

Lists

[list]
[*] First item
[*] Second item
[*] Third item
[/list]

First item
Second item
Third item

Use [list=1], [list=a], [list=A], [list=i], or [list=I] for numbered lists.

Pet Shortcodes

Find the companion's public Companion Number on its own page (it is also the number in the page's address, e.g. /barracks/42/).
Write [[42]] for a small image or [[[42]]] for a large one. Both link to the companion's page.
Only your own companions embed. A number you don't own, or one that doesn't exist, is left as plain text; a companion with no image yet shows a text link instead.

Tag	Size	Usage
`[[id]]`	Small (80px)	`[[42]]`
`[[[id]]]`	Large (200px)	`[[[42]]]`

These are Starforge-specific shortcodes, not standard BBCode.

Interactive

Tag	Example	Result
`[quote]…[/quote]`	`[quote]Quoted text[/quote]`	💬 Quote Quoted text
`[quote=Name]…[/quote]`	`[quote=Starforge]Quoted text[/quote]`	💬 Starforge wrote: Quoted text
`[spoiler]…[/spoiler]`	`[spoiler]Hidden content[/spoiler]`	Spoiler Hidden content
`[spoiler=Title]…[/spoiler]`	`[spoiler=Reveal me]Hidden[/spoiler]`	Reveal me Hidden
`[code]…[/code]` `[code=python]…[/code]` Optional language label	`[code=python]def greet(): return "hello"[/code]`	python `def greet(): return 'hello'`