Basic Commands

DarkWind is played by typing commands. Most commands are short verb phrases: look, get sword, say hello, kill rat, wear armor, wield sword

Looking Around

Command	Use
`look` or `l`	Look at the room
`look <thing>`	Look at something in the room or your inventory
`examine <thing>` or `exa <thing>`	Examine something more closely
`gl`	Glance at the room
`inventory` or `i`	Show what you are carrying
`who`	Show who is online
`finger <player>`	Show public information about a player

Room descriptions often contain nouns you can inspect. If a room mentions a statue, sign, trail, table, corpse, altar, or doorway, try looking at it.

Moving

Most movement uses compass directions.

Long	Short
`north`	`n`
`south`	`s`
`east`	`e`
`west`	`w`
`northeast`	`ne`
`northwest`	`nw`
`southeast`	`se`
`southwest`	`sw`
`up`	`u`
`down`	`d`

Some rooms have special exits such as enter, climb, portal, knock door, or exit. Room text usually hints at these.

Items

Command	Use
`get <item>`	Pick up an item
`get all`	Pick up everything you can carry
`get all from corpse`	Loot a corpse
`put <item> in <container>`	Put an item into something
`give <item> to <player>`	Give an item to another character
`drop <item>`	Drop an item
`keep <item>`	Mark an item as kept
`unkeep <item>`	Remove kept status
`wear <armor>`	Wear armor or clothing
`wield <weapon>`	Wield a weapon
`equip`	Wear and wield available equipment
`weight`	Check carried weight

If there are several similar objects, add a number: look corpse 2, get sword 3, sell knife 2

Combat

Command	Use
`kill <target>`	Start fighting
`assist <player>`	Help another player fight their target
`.`	Show a quick HP/SP report
`monitor` or `mon`	Toggle HP/SP monitoring
`wimpy <percent>`	Run when your HP drops below that percent
`wimpycmd <direction>`	Set the direction used by wimpy
`consider <target>`	Judge a target where available

New adventurers also have nheal, ncot, npunch, and nkick.

Help

The in-game help system is large and useful.

Command	Use
`help`	Show help overview
`help <topic>`	Read a topic
`help <section> <topic>`	Read a topic inside a help section
`help list`	Show help sections
`help list <section>`	Show topics in a section
`help all`	Show all help topics
`commands`	Show general commands

Aliases

Aliases shorten commands you use often.

Command	Use
`alias list`	Show saved aliases
`alias <name> <command>`	Create an alias
`alias <name>`	Show an alias
`alias remove <name>`	Remove an alias
`talias <short> <player>`	Create a tell alias for a player
`talias list`	Show tell aliases

Examples:

alias ga get all
alias la look at
talias bob bobert

Some commands cannot be aliased, including get, drop, equip, wear, wield, take, and unwield.