# Getting started with Entropia Central Tracker

> Install Entropia Central Tracker, switch on chat logging in Entropia Universe, and start recording live loot, return and session data.

Source: https://www.entropiacentral.com/documentation/tracker/getting-started
Last updated: 2026-07-28

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Entropia Central Tracker is the desktop companion for Entropia Universe. It reads the chat log the game already writes to your disk and turns it into live loot, return percentage, mining and session statistics, with overlays you can arrange around your screen.

It is free, and it runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

## How it works, and why it is safe

Entropia Central Tracker never injects into the game, reads its memory, or automates anything. All of those break the Entropia Universe end user licence agreement.

Instead it watches one file. When you enable system and loot messages in the game options, Entropia Universe writes every event to a chat log on your PC. Entropia Central Tracker follows that file as it grows and turns each new line into data.

It is distributed through the Microsoft Store, where it is sandboxed and verified by Microsoft, so there are no third party download sites involved and updates arrive automatically.

## Setting it up

**1. Install from the Microsoft Store.** One click, no archives.

**2. Turn on chat logging in Entropia Universe.** In the game options, enable system and loot messages. Without this the game writes nothing for the tracker to read, and your sessions will stay empty.

**3. Point Entropia Central Tracker at your log folder.** On first run you pick the Entropia Universe log folder once. The tracker remembers it and detects the rest on its own.

**4. Start a session and play.** Drop the overlays where you want them and the numbers update as you go.

Both the Steam and standalone clients write the same chat log, so either one works. You only choose the folder once.

## What it tracks

| Area | What you get |
| --- | --- |
| Hunting | Live return percentage, loot against ammo, decay and heals, multipliers, per-creature and per-item breakdown |
| Mining | Claims with resource, amount and depth, find and dud rate, running mining return |
| Fishing | Catch log with species and value, session totals |
| PvP | Kills and lootable-PvP loot, read from the combat log |
| Daily missions | Progress kept in view so nothing is left before reset |
| Trade radar | The in-game trade channels surfaced live, so listings do not scroll past |

Sessions are saved locally, so you can review past runs and export the raw data.

## Overlays

Any stat can be popped out into its own overlay window: draggable, resizable and always on top. Arrange them around the game, or pull them into OBS as browser sources for stream-ready graphics. Layouts can be saved.

## Automatic screenshots

When a global, HOF or ATH lands, Entropia Central Tracker captures the screenshot for you and files it in a folder you choose, so your best moments are saved without taking your hands off the keyboard.

## Syncing with Entropia Central

Globals, HOFs and event scores recorded by the tracker flow to entropiacentral.com, where they feed the public leaderboards, your avatar profile, and any events or challenges you have joined.

## Privacy Mode

Privacy Mode is a single toggle that keeps everything local. With it on, nothing is sent to our servers and the tracker simply works for you on your own machine. Automatic screenshots still save to your chosen folder, and nothing at all is collected while the app is not running.

You can switch it on or off at any time.