New Feature: Persistent Memories & Personality Traits

[Hokken]

New Feature: Persistent Memories & Personality Traits

Your bots now remember you.

Every dungeon you clear together, every boss you defeat, every achievement you earn — it all gets written into your bot's personal journal. The next time you group up, they might fondly recall that time you took down Odo the Blindwatcher in Shadowfang Keep, or mention discovering a hidden corner of Teldrassil together.

What's new

• Permanent personalities — Each bot carries unique traits that persist across sessions. Your tank has a different vibe from your healer, and they stay that way every time you play.
• Shared memories — Bots build a history with you. Boss kills, quest milestones, discoveries, achievements, even wipes — all remembered and referenced naturally in conversation.

Memory types

Bots can form memories from:

Event	Example
Boss & rare kills	"Remember Rethilgore in Shadowfang Keep?"
Quest completions	"That escort quest in Redridge nearly did us in."
Achievements	"Earning Ragefire Chasm together felt like a real milestone."
Area discoveries	"Forlorn Woods still haunts me sometimes."
Level-up milestones	"Hitting 20 out in Darkshore, that was a good day."
Battleground wins & losses	"We held Arathi Basin by a thread."
PvP kills	"That rogue in Warsong never saw you coming."
Party wipes	"We don't talk about what happened in Deadmines."
Dungeon entries	"First steps into Shadowfang Keep, the air felt heavy."
Player conversations	"You told me something in Stormwind I still think about."

Each memory type has a configurable generation chance — tune how often bots form new memories to match your playstyle.

How it works

Memories accumulate naturally as you play. The longer you adventure with a bot, the richer your shared history becomes. During idle moments, bots may bring up past experiences — referencing specific places, creatures, and moments you shared together. Reunion greetings feel personal because the bot genuinely remembers your last session.

All memory generation is handled by the LLM bridge — zero server performance impact.

Setup

If upgrading from a previous version, run the migration:

data/sql/db-characters/updates/20260320_bot_memory_system.sql

Fresh installs using the base SQL already include everything.

See the Changelog in the README for the full technical details.