Including details on how to edit your character once the game is underway
On this page we’ll give you an overview of every aspect of your Saints Row character which can be customised, and when and how you can edit or change your character after the initial character creation screen.
Saints Row character creation
You’ll first encounter the Saints Row character creation screen a few minutes into the opening cutscene. Here, you’ll be able to completely customise your Boss’s physical appearance under the following categories:
However, it’s worth knowing that you’ll be taken to the character creation screen for a second time once you finish the tutorial mission. This is nominally the point where you get to choose a starting outfit for your Boss, but you can in fact edit any aspect of their appearance at this point too. So, if something about your character wasn’t working for you once you saw them in-game, you at least have an early opportunity to change them. But now you also have the opportunity to customise their clothing under the newly-unlocked Outfit category, which includes:
You can also customise the colours and material of each item of clothing, and many clothing items are layerable with items from different sub-categories (i.e. shoes and socks, jackets and shirts).
Saints Row is pretty happy to let you change up your character’s looks at any time. By going into the phone menu (press TAB on keyboard / back button on gamepad) and selecting the Style app icon, you can re-enter character creation and change every aspect of their physical appearance or clothing under the categories outlined above.
However, some customisation options are quite limited by default: you only have a few items of clothing in each category to select from, and (at least in the preview build I played) you can’t give your character any tattoos to begin with.
In order to expand your character’s wardrobe, you need to purchase them from outdoor markets, clothing shops, and tattoo parlours around the city. Luckily, these will pop up on your map the first time you get near to them, with distinctive icons illustrating each shop’s purpose. You’ll have the option to equip your purchases right away, and they will also be added to the relevant area of the character customisation screen for future use.
Rummaging through golden dumpsters (also indicated on the map) is another source of clothing items, as well as medium-sized money boosts and other little bonuses. The game assures you that these are definitely awesome fashion statements, and absolutely not something so laughably bad that they couldn’t even bring themselves to charge you fake money for it in a video game. But since the point of Saints Row is arguably to make the most ludicrous-looking Boss possible, you definitely shouldn’t neglect this source of, erm, recycled clothing chic.
Now that you’ve created your Boss, be sure to check out our guide to thebest perks in Saints Row, as well as thebest skills in Saints Rowandhow to level up fast to acquire them. If you’re hoping to show off your glorious creation to your mates, we’ve also got a guide toSaints Row multiplayeryou might like.
