Account And Session

This page covers the commands that keep your character, login, tutorial, and play session in order.

Tutorial

The tutorial teaches the first layer of play: looking, examining, moving, inventory, channels, Erga's equipment, wearing and wielding gear, newbie combat, score, and a first newbie quest.

Command	Use
`tutorial`	Start or resume the tutorial
`tutorial status`	Show your current tutorial progress
`tutorial hint`	Get a hint for the current tutorial step
`tutorial skip`	Skip the current tutorial step
`tutorial restart`	Restart the tutorial from the beginning

The tutorial is useful even for players familiar with other MUDs, because it teaches DarkWind-specific city locations and commands.

Saving And Quitting

Command	Use
`save`	Save your character
`quit`	Save and leave the game
`uptime`	Check current uptime and reboot estimates

Your character saves automatically when you quit. Many carried, worn, and wielded items save with your character, but some items never save: donated gear, broken gear, food, drinks, unique items, items inside containers, and items directly marked as temporary.

Guild storage, shop storage, boats, helpers, ponies, and temporary followers do not preserve everything across reboot. Keep important coin in the bank and check Equipment for item saving rules.

Password

Command	Use
`password <old password>`	Change your password
`password <none>`	Set a password when the character currently has a blank password

After entering the command, the game prompts for the new password twice.

Use a password that is not your character name, not a common word, and not reused from another site. Shared or guessed passwords can compromise every registered character on the account.

Switching Characters

Registered multichars can be reached without fully disconnecting.

Command	Use
`switch`	List registered characters available to switch to
`switch <character>`	Switch to that registered character

Only one registered character can be active at a time. When you switch, the current body is parked linkdead, and inventory and equipment stay with that body. Client-side aliases, triggers, highlights, and chat scrollback remain with your client.

You cannot switch while in combat or during the attack-quit cooldown. Parked characters idle out after a while, so return to them before relying on anything time-sensitive.

See Multichars for the rules, unlocks, shared banking, and social visibility settings tied to registered characters.

Reboots

DarkWind reboots periodically for memory cleanup, code updates, and once-per-boot world resets. Unscheduled reboots happen during crashes or emergency maintenance.

Before a reboot:

Save with save
Bank extra coin
Finish active purchases, auctions, quests, and risky fights
Retrieve anything important from temporary storage
Expect helpers, ponies, summons, temporary guild storage, and some placed items to vanish

Money on your character, bank balances, registered character data, and many carried or equipped items survive normal quitting and reboot.