How to change your name in Mobile Legends, where to get a Rename Card and which symbols work

To change your name in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, tap your avatar in the top-left corner, tap your name, type the new one and confirm. Community guides agree that an account's first name change is free. From the second one on, the game asks for a Rename Card, which gets used up when you confirm.

Where to get a Rename Card

There are three ways, from priciest to cheapest:

• In the shop. It's in the Special section, under items, and you pay for it with Diamonds, the currency the game sells for real money. Guides from 2025 and 2026 list it at between 239 and 299 Diamonds, with occasional discounts, and one says your first card costs less. Go by the price your own shop shows.
• Through the season's first top-up. A top-up is a Diamond purchase. Tap the + next to your Diamonds and open the first top-up tab. After you buy, one of its rewards lets you get a Rename Card for 50 Diamonds, once per season. Guides disagree on whether a single top-up is enough or you need several on different days, so read the conditions in the tab.
• Free in some events. New Year events, anniversaries and esports broadcasts have included it as a reward, but no event gives it on a fixed schedule. Check the shops of live events before you pay.

How to change your name, step by step

If it's your first change, or you already have a card in your inventory, it takes about a minute:

• Open the game and tap your avatar in the top-left corner to open your profile.
• Tap your current name. If it isn't your first change and you have no card, the game tells you that you need one.
• Type the new name and confirm.
• Go back to your profile and check that the new name shows up.

What stays the same

Your numeric ID and Zone ID, the two details that top-ups and redeem codes ask for, stay the same. So do your heroes, skins and rank. All of that is tied to your account, not your phone. If you're switching devices, link your account to MOONTON or Google first so you don't lose it.

Limits: taken names, banned names and repeat changes

Your name has to be unique. If another player already uses it, the game won't accept it, and the usual fix is to add a number or a symbol.

MOONTON, the game's developer, doesn't publish a character limit or a list of banned words on its website. Guides mention 4 to 16 characters, a figure we couldn't confirm. They do agree that slurs and names copying brands aren't allowed. One adds that the game replaces an offending name with a generic one without refunding the card, and that repeat offenses can get the account banned for one to seven days.

There's no documented cooldown between changes, so you can rename as often as you have cards. Going back to an old name costs another card and only works if nobody has claimed it in the meantime.

Symbols and fancy fonts: what works

According to guides, the game accepts letters, numbers, spaces and many symbols such as ★ or ♛, but not emoji. The fancy letters from font generator sites aren't a different typeface. They're separate characters that look like letters, such as 𝓐 or 𝔸, and if another player's phone doesn't support them, that player sees empty boxes instead.

Before you confirm, paste the name into the text field and make sure no boxes show up. Copying symbols from a website is harmless, but if the site asks for your password, it's a scam, like the ones in our free Diamonds guide.