Command List

This is a list of commands for Realms of Kaos. If you notice any typos, please email RoKWorld@RoKWorld.com. Thanks!

This page was last updated on 04/20/04

• Some commands can only be used by certain people or in certain locations, as is noted in their descriptions below.

• The targets of most actions can be spelt in full or partially. It is suggested you type at least three letters to prevent the accidental targeting of the wrong person/thing. Abbreviating target names does not work with items unless you are picking the item up off the ground.

• Almost all commands have an equivalent that is accessible with the mouse, either with one of the special cursors available in the lower right corner of the client, or by right clicking on the item or player. Some notable Mouse Commands can be found at the bottom of this list. Note, some spells and skills can only be cast/used by right clicking on the item.

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Movement Commands

up, down, north, south, east, west, northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest : Moves your character in the indicated direction, if possible.

u, d, n, s, e, w, ne, se, nw, sw : Shortcuts for the above.

Note, there are only a few places where you will still see the in-between directions (ne, se, nw, sw) as they were removed to accommodate the Automap.

CTRL + Number pad arrow keys : You can navigate through the Realms using the arrows on the number pad while holding down the CTRL key. North is up or 8, South is down or 2, West is left or 4 and East is right or 6, Up is 9 and Down is 3.

AutoMap : With the Beta version of the client DM introduced an AutoMap that remembers every room you've walked to (it stores this as dat files in the "bin" folder on your computer). You can view the AutoMap by selecting the "Map" tab in the upper left section of the client. Clicking on a square in the direction that you want to go will move you there, and you can click multiple times to stack commands and move quickly through the Realms.

/newmove : This command was used to launch the "new" movement system where you were able to move by using the arrow keys and you saw a "three dimensional" view of the city streets. Arrow-up moved you forward, arrow left and right changed your view to the applicable direction (as if you had turned left or right), and arrow down was to turn around and walk forward. The direction you faced was displayed just above the room image. It was never fully implemented and Talendar was the only city with /newmove images. This system of movement was removed in lieu of the AutoMap that was introduced with the Beta client. It was because of this, and later for the AutoMap, that most intermediary directions (ne, nw, se, sw) were removed from the game.

Communication Commands

/d NAME MESSAGE : Directs a MESSAGE to a player or NPC (NAME) who is in the same room as your character. (Adds their name in front of your message so everyone knows who you are talking to).

/ignore NAME : Ignores (blocks) any pages from the player NAME. The target then receives a message that you have chosen to ignore their pages when they attempt to send you a message.

/page NAME MESSAGE : Sends MESSAGE to person NAME, no matter where they are in the Realms. The target receives the message with your name and the name of the square you paged them from.

/p NAME MESSAGE : Shortcut for /page.

/remember NAME : Remembers someone that you put on your /ignore list so you can once again receive pages from them.

/whisper NAME MESSAGE : Sends a private message the target. They must be in same room as your character.

/w NAME MESSAGE : Shortcut for /whisper.

Class Specific Commands

cast SPELL NAME : casts spell SPELL on target NAME. This command takes up an attack.

c SPELL NAME : Shortcut for cast. This command takes up an attack.

/purge SPELLNAME : This allows Spellcasters to erase a spell from their spell scroll. This command is useful when you reach your limit of 20 spells, to free up room for a new spell. I am unsure if this limit still applies, or is planned to remain in the future.

/hide : If you are a member of the Rogue classes, this command allows you to hide in the shadows of a room. You cannot be seen on the list of people in the room unless someone actively searches (/search) and locates you. Most NPC's randomly search the area and usually find you eventually. Any action besides the /me command will reveal your presence to other players or NPC's. Attacking while hidden enables the BACKSTAB ability (up to double your maximum regular damage for Thieves, and up to quadruple damage for Assassins). This command takes up an attack.

/autosneak : A Rogue ability that allows you to automatically attempt to sneak (see below) with every move. When autosneaking, the number of spaces you can move before becoming exhausted is equal to your level (i.e. a level 15 thief can sneak 15 spaces before exhausting). If you attempt to autosneak in a direction where there is no exit, it still counts as an attempt and can exhaust you. Autosneak does not currently reset with time, so you can autosneak into the room, use up your attacks and become ready, then sneak one more space and become exhausted again.

sneak DIRECTION : A Rogue command that attempts to move you in the DIRECTION indicated without showing you entering the new location or leaving the current one. While they may not see you enter or leave, anyone who looks around will see a player who is sneaking. If you sneak onto a square with NPC's, they will eventually look around and notice you. Like Autosneak, the number of spaces you can move before becoming exhausted is equal to your level. If you attempt to sneak in a direction where there is no exit, it still counts as an attempt and can exhaust you.

/rob NAME : A Thief ability in which you attempt to steal gold from person or NPC based on your Agility, and some believe also based on the target's Intelligence. You gain experience based on the amount you rob from a Non-Player Character (i.e. monster). This command takes up an attack.

steal NAME : Same command as /rob.

/stalk NAME : (note that the full name must be typed) This is an Assassin, Ranger and Druid ability. If the person you are stalking has recently traveled through your location, /stalk will automatically track that person and move you in the direction they went. This automatically continues until you come upon the person's location or lose their trail. Stalking only works for a short amount of time after the person has passed your trail. You cannot track someone who is levitating (through the mage spell airwalk) and you cannot track someone who has used /autosneak or sneak to move around. Type /hstalk to stop stalking.

/hstalk : Halts stalking. See /stalk above.

/backtrack : This is, in effect, a backwards /stalk on yourself. Allows you to automatically follow your own trail back to your starting location. Note that you may get lost if you "looped" your path. Available to classes that can /stalk.

/hbacktrack : Halts /backtracking. See /backtrack above.

/tame CREATURE : This is a Ranger ability that attempts to bring the target under your control. Your success depends on your level compared to the level of creature and your Charisma. Currently you can attempt to tame even when you are exhausted, but eventually it will be limited to your number of attacks per round. You are limited and cannot tame more creatures if you have 5 or more already in your party. If you try to tame more, it will appear to you that you are attempting to tame, but nothing will happen and no one else will see the attempt. This is believed to be a bug and it should eventually give you an error when attempt to tame and have reached your party limit. Note, not all NPC's are tamable.

/track NAME : A Ranger ability that is supposed to tell you if person/creature NAME was in the area recently, and which way they went.

/hunt : A Ranger ability that enables you to find food in the wild. (not implemented yet.)

/forage : A Druid, Ranger and Monk ability that allows the player to collect an herb that they notice growing nearby. Only these classes will be able to see the plant in the room's description. The herbs collected are used in brewing potions. This command takes up an attack.

Herbs that can be collected from foraging are: Coffee Beans, Moon Plant, Rosemary, Star Fruit, Ginger Root, Mint Leaves, Troll Ear, Soybeans, and Garlic.

/tw : I believe this stands for "Toggle Wield" or "Toggle Weapon" (Thanks Stella Blue). For classes that can equip two weapons, i.e. Rangers, Monks, and Assassins, this allows you to switch from one weapon to another without having to unequip and reequip your weapons.

/protect : This is a Paladin-only command that allows the holy warrior to "protect" another character, taking all blows directed at their charge onto themselves. Paladins may only protect one character at a time.

/skill SKILLNAME : This command allows you to use skills listed on your skill/spell scroll by typing instead of right clicking. This includes Bard songs and brewing potions.

Action Commands

attack NAME : Launches an attack at the target using either your hands or whatever weapon you have equipped. You cannot attack in towns or areas designated as "safe zones," i.e. Guard Outpost. This command takes up an attack.

a NAME : Shortcut for attack This command takes up an attack.

get ITEM : Pick up an item that is laying on the ground. You do not need to type the full item name, and you must have room in your inventory.

give PERSON ITEM/# : Gives the target an item from your inventory or an amount of gold. Item name must be spelled in full and if you have more than one in your inventory it will default to giving an item from the bottom row of your inventory, going from right to left (the reverse of the order that your inventory fills up when you pick up items).

look THING : Displays the description of person, item or creature. If just look, l or a space is typed, your character will "look around," displaying a more detailed description of the area. Pressing enter (no typing) also does this. There are often clues hidden in the descriptions of items that you can look at like signs, statues, etc. There are also some places where you can look in a direction and it will give you information about the path in that direction i.e. "look east".

L : Shortcut for look (Just typing a space, then the target will do the same thing.)

/search : Searches the area for any hidden player characters or for any objects out of the ordinary, i.e. hidden doors and items. This command takes up an attack.

smell : Gives a description of the smells of the location you are in. This command can give clues to hidden or nearby places.

use ITEM : Uses the ITEM from your inventory. The full item name must be typed. i.e.. "use topaz potion"

kick, push, pull, spin : Verb actions that, when proceeded by an item name, may trigger an event, such as opening a secret staircase or triggering a pit. i.e. push statue, pull candlestick. Clues as to what items can be pulled or pushed are contained in the room's description.

EMOTES: blush, bow, compliment, disagree, duel, eye, frown, gasp, giggle, greet, grin, grumble, headbutt, hug, kiss, kick, laugh, lick, lol, nod, pat, pet, poke, psd, raspberry, rofl, salute, seduce, sigh, slap, smack, smile, smirk, smooch, spank, taunt, tackle, tease, and wave. : fun actions that simply add depth and interaction to the game. Try typing them on their own or preceding someone's name to do the action. More information about Emotes can be found by clicking here.

/me TEXT : this flexible command allows you to create any action sentence starting with your name. Simply start the sentence with /me. i.e.. /me nibbles on her toes... will display "Shanti nibbles on her toes..."

Clan Commands

/c : Lists online members of your clan that are on the same continent as you, their current state of health, and current location.

/cc MESSAGE : Clan chat displays a MESSAGE to all online clan members on the same continent as you. Note that /cc can be replaced by a single apostrophe ( ' ).

/ccreate CLANNAME : For a cost of 10,000 gold, creates a clan of name CLANNAME, with you as clan leader.

/cdisband : Removes yourself from your current clan.

/cg MESSAGE : Displays a MESSAGE to all online clan members and also displays the continent you are sending the message from. Note that /cg can be replaced by a semicolon ( ; ).

/cinvite NAME : Invites person NAME to join your clan. (clan leader only)

/cjoin NAME : Confirms that you want to join the clan of the player who invited you. Automatically disbands you from your current clan, if any.

/cappoint NAME : Appoints the target as a leader of the clan. (clan leader only)

/cremove NAME : Removes (kicks) the target from your clan. (clan leader only)

Party Commands

/invite NAME : Invites the target to join your party. If you are a member of a party but not the party leader (first person to /invite) you cannot /invite others.

/join : If you have been invited into a party, type "/join [inviter's name]" to accept and join the party.

/appoint NAME : If you are the party leader, this command appoints the target as the new party leader.

/disband : Allows you to leave a party. If you are the party leader, this command dissolves the entire party.

/party : Displays a list of all players and NPC's in your current party, their current and maximum health, and if they are "halted" or not, which is the status of whether or not they are commanded to attack anything not in the party or if they are commanded to follow the party leader.

/pattack : A party command that is used to signal all NPC's in the party (i.e. tamed, charmed and summoned monsters) to attack anything that is not in the party. You can command one specific NPC in the party to follow/attack or halt following/attacking by right clicking on it's image on the right and selecting "Order" then the command that you want to give.

/pfollow : A party command that is used to make everyone in the party automatically follow the party leader when the leader moves to a new location. Note that in this mode, only the party leader needs equipment or keys to move through obstacles (i.e. rope for pits)

/phaltattack : A party command that is used to signal all NPC's (i.e. tamed, charmed and summoned monsters) to halt attacks against anything that is not in the party. Note that the NPC's will still attack anything that attacks them.

/phaltfollow : A party command that halts all party members from following the party leader. You can command one specific NPC in the party to follow/attack or halt following/attacking by right clicking on it's image on the right and selecting "Order" then the command that you want to give.

In Town Commands

balance : If you are in a bank, displays how much money you have in that bank account.

ba : Shortcut for balance.

deposit # : If you are in a bank, deposits # amount of gold from your inventory to your account.

de : Shortcut for deposit.

withdraw # : If you are in a bank, withdraws # amount of gold from your account (if you have that much gold in the account).

wi : Shortcut for withdraw.

buy ITEM : If you are in a shop, attempts to purchase ITEM. ITEM must be spelt in full.

buy healing : Enables you to purchase healing only in a temple of your divinity.

buy training : Enables you to purchase training (gain a level) if you are in the right guild and have enough experience and gold.

b ITEM/healing/training : Shortcut for buy.

donate # : if you are in a temple, this command donates # amount of gold to the temple. Currently, donating does not do anything.

list : if you are in a place that sells something, this command displays a list of the things for sale.

sell ITEM : sells ITEM from your inventory if you are in a store that will buy the item.

/post MESSAGE : if you are in a location with a message board (i.e.. a tavern), this will post your MESSAGE on the board.

/read : if you are in a location with a message board (i.e.. a tavern), this command will bring up a window with the message board.

/telegram : checks your telegrams, if you have any waiting. This command can only be used in a tavern.

/dele NUMBER : This command will delete the corresponding number telegram from your inbox. If you are having problems viewing your telegrams and suspect one of them has become bugged, you can use this command to delete it. This command can only be used in a tavern.

/obits : Displays the last 8 people who died anywhere in the Realms and who or what killed them. Does not display the deaths of those who are killed by poison or traps. This command can only be used in a tavern. (A known bug in the game will display the message "You must be in a tavern to view the obituaries!" after showing the list.)

research SUBJECT : If you are in an Academia, this command allows you to research a SUBJECT in the books of the Academia. Try typing the names of gods or spells to gain interesting info on them.

r SUBJECT : Shortcut for research.

Note: This form of the Academia has been forgone for a new html version that is only accessible from the client by clicking on the "Research" button in an Academia.

Trading Commands

/trade USERNAME ITEM : Initiate a trade with one other player for the exchange of one item for another. The trade can be performed through the Trade Window, or via keyboard commands.

/accepttrade : If someone has made you an offer you can accept the trade with this command, or you can click on the "Accept this trade" button on the Trade Window

/denytrade : If someone has made you an offer you can deny the trade with this command, or you can click on the "Do NOT accept this trade" button on the Trade Window

Miscellaneous Commands

/afk : Toggles AFK (away from keyboard) mode on and off; people who /page you while you are AFK will receive a message that you are away.

/claim # : Once you have registered your character, you will be e-mailed a unique claim number. Type this command followed by the claim number to complete the registration process, and hold on to the number if you ever need to unregister the character.

/cls or /clear : Clears the text buffer. This is a good way to help reduce lag on your computer's end.

help : Brings up limited in-game help information. ? does the same.

Help topics are: Spells, Actions, Guilds, Items, Banks, Parties, Clans, and Classes. For more information, type: help [topic]. For example: help actions

/i NAME : Lists the information in the bio of NAME and the last time the logged on, or if they are currently online, how long they have been connected.

/news : Lists the current system news as posted by an Administrator. This is the same news that is displayed automatically when you connect to the server.

/broadcast : Toggles system broadcasts on or off. (Note: This command was implemented before Beta2. With the introduction of the terminal tabs that sort different incoming messages, this command is less useful than it once was.)

/register EMAIL : Registers your EMAIL address with the server, sending a confirmation email to the address given with a claim number. You must register all your characters. Unregistered characters are automatically deleted by the server after 14 days.

/s : This command tells you how many players are currently online, and how many have connected during the day.

/save : This command saves your player information. The server usually saves information on a regular basis, and when you exit the game, deposit gold, enter a temple, etc. Doing a /save in a tavern ensures that you will respawn in that tavern when you get killed.

/setidle # : This will set the number of minutes you are allowed to be idle before you are automatically logged off the server by the system.

/staff : Displays a list of Wardens or Administrators that are online and uncloaked.

/users : This used to display a list of everyone online, as well as their clan affiliation and if they are a staff member, but now it just lists online and uncloaked Wardens or Administrators.

/u : Shortcut for /users

/plan STAFF MEMBER'S FULL NAME : Example: "/plan dungeonmaster" (without quotes) This command allows players to get a peek into what a Staff member is currently working on. Staff members can update the information in their Plan files with the /pset command. Only Artists, Writers, Quest Staff and Builders in the Staff Clan have Plan files. You can also access Plan files through the Realms of Kaos website, by clicking on the link under the "News" section. Unfortunately, this page can be confusing as it displays the plans of former and inactive Staff as well as active Staff. Check the RoKWorld Staff List for active members.

/vpro : View a history of all the weapons your character has equipped and how skilled they are at wielding them.

Charter Member Only Commands:
(These commands only work for charter members and only in certain places)

look peephole : Looks through the peephole on your front door and displays anything on the square right outside your front door. Only works in the first room of a charter house.

/setdescrip [room description] : Changes the description of the room you are currently in to whatever you type in after /setdescrip. Only works for the registered owner of the charter house.

/setname [room name] : Changes the name of the room you are currently in to whatever you type in after /setname. Only works for the registered owner of the charter house.

/setpicture [picture #] : Changes the picture in the room you are currently in to whatever number you type in after /setpicture. Only works for the registered owner of the charter house.

/namechange [name] : Changes the name of your character to whatever name you type in after /namechange. Only works in the Name Change Registry of the Charter Members Guild in Terra. Must have 100,000 gold on your character at the time. Doesn't work if the name of that character has already been changed or if the new name you choose is already taken. Uses up the 100,000 gold.

Some Staff Only commands:
(There are many Staff Only commands that are there to allow them to do their jobs. These are a select few that have been approved for display here.)

/alias NAME : Allows a Staff member to change the appearance of their name. You can still direct comments and emotes to them by using their original name.

/bcast MESSAGE : Sends a System Message to all online players.

/cloak : Hides the online status of a Staff member so they can conduct business.

/n : Displays the current room number.

/warp # or PlayerName : Teleports the Staff member from their current square to the specific room number or the location of the Player indicated. This is an ability used to warp players into events or to conduct business. This is not a service that staff members provide to players to get them quickly from one place to another, so it's best just not to ask for a warp unless you have some business to conduct involving the Staff member.

/rwarp PlayerName : "Reverse Warp" Teleports the Player to the Staff member's current square.

/pset "plan" : This command allows those members of Staff who contribute to the development of the Realms, i.e.: Quest Staff, Artists, Writers and Builders, to keep players updated on current projects and developments. These Plan files may be accessed by players through the /plan command. You can also access these Plans through the main Realms of Kaos website through the Plan Files link under the News section.

/nuke PlayerName : A high-level (usually only admins) Staff ability that brings down holy wrath upon the target, searing them for an obscene amount of damage. The effect depends on the divinity of the staff member.

Here are some example nukings:

A cloud of darkness descends from the sky that envelopes and swirls around Iced for a few moments, and then vanishes leaving nothing but a skeleton behind!!!
Iced falls to the floor...

You hear a rumble as the earth opens up and SWALLOWS Iced whole!!!
Iced falls to the floor...

You hear a an intense rumble of thunder as a bolt of lightning comes crashing down from the sky, FRYING Iced !!!
Iced falls to the floor...

A huge ball of FLAME falls down from the sky, turning Iced into ash!!!
Iced falls to the floor...

Huge shards of ice fall from the sky, OBLITERATING Iced !!!
Iced falls to the floor...

Mouse Commands

Spells that require right clicking are Bless and Enchant

Equip, Unequip, Drop and Examine for Items can only be accessed by right clicking on the Item.

Items can only be moved to and from knapsacks with mouse commands.

Disconnect, Reconnect, Change/User Login, Save Terminal Buffer, Exit, Edit Bio, Change Password, Macros, etc. and all commands having to do with the Client Interface (Skins, Tab Filter Control, etc) can also only be accessed by navigating through menus at the top of the client.