Settings

Use help <command> for full syntax. You can change these settings as you learn; you do not need to configure everything before playing.

Make the display comfortable

• colour on enables colours. Use lite to change individual colours.
• term shows or changes your terminal settings. Read help term before overriding automatic detection.
• brief switches between short and full room descriptions. Full descriptions are useful while learning an area.
• help prompt explains the codes used by set prompt <format>.
• help screenreader explains the in-game screen-reader mode.

The browser client also has its own display settings. See accessibility help for available options.

Check your combat setup

• battle shows combat points and other battle settings.
• battle help assign explains the attack, defence and casting split.
• wimpy shows your automatic retreat limit. New characters start with this on; wimpy high tries to break off sooner and wimpy off disables it.
• mon on enables health updates. mon party controls reports to your party.

Read Combat before changing the point split. A spellcaster needs casting points during a fight.

Use shortcuts and protect items

alias -global lists built-in shortcuts. Use help alias to make your own and help nickname to shorten names. Use keep to protect equipment against accidental disposal.

The command set delim ;; lets you separate commands with two semicolons. For example, north;;look moves north and looks around. A single ; works too, but it also splits any say or tell that has one in it. Read help set for other settings.

Talk and ask for help

channel list shows available channels. Type newbie <your question> for help, or tell <player> <message> to speak to one person. The general chat channel is ice.

Use friends to keep track of players and ignore to block unwanted messages. Report harassment to the wizards.

See also: Newbie hints · Save and leave · Commands