Basic Commands

Information about your Character:

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SCORE,SC        : Gives you the most basic information about your character.
STATUS,STAT     : Shows you some information about your current status.
I,INVENTORY,EQ  : Lists the equipment you possess.
INFO INV,II     : Lists the unique, identifying numbers of your equipment.
DEF,DEFENCES    : This will list various defences that you may have.
SKILLS,AB       : List what skills you have.
AB <skillname>  : See what abilities you have in a skill.
WIELDED         : See what you are wielding.
GODFEELINGS     : See how the Gods feel about you currently.
CREDITS         : See how many credits you have.

Communication commands:

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SAY or ' or "   : Say something to everyone in your location. Note that there are some other verbs that work similarly to say. For instance: sing, whine, mutter, snarl, and scream.
YELL <text>     : Yell something to everyone in your immediate area.
SHOUT <text>    : Shout something out for everyone in the land to hear.
TELL <name>     : Remote communication with another player. This can
                  also be done just by typing a player's name followed
                  by the text you wish to send.
TELLSOFF        : Stop listening to tells.
TELLSON         : Start listening to tells.
NEWBIE <text>   : Speak on the newbie channel.
NEWBIEOFF       : Turn the newbie channel off.
NEWBIEON        : Turn the newbie channel on.
YELLSOFF        : Stop listening to yells.
YELLSON         : Resume listening to yells.
SHOUTSOFF       : Stop listening to shouts.
SHOUTSON        : Resume listening to shouts.
EMOTE <text>    : Send text to everyone in the room. HELP EMOTES.
MSG <name>      : Send a message to someone's message file.
MESSAGES        : See a summary of your messages.
SHOWMSG,RMSG <#>: See a message in full detail.
DELMSG <#>      : Delete a message.
DELMSG ALL      : Delete all your messages.
CMSG            : Clear your message file.
NEWS            : Type HELP NEWS to get information about the news.

Item-related commands:

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GET,TAKE <item> : Gets an item from the ground or from a container. GET
                  50 RAT would get 50 rats, while GET RAT would just
                  get one rat.
DROP            : Drops an item. DROP 50 RAT would drop 50 rats, while
                  DROP RAT would just drop one.
GIVE            : Give an item to another being. The syntax to give
                  gold to someone is: GIVE <amount> GOLD to <whomever>.
                  You may give multiple items at once by doing GIVE 50
                  RAT TO ARION, for example.
PUT             : Puts an item in another item. For instance, PUT 33 RAT
                  IN BACKPACK. If you just wish to put one rat, you may
                  omit specifying how many you wish to put.
EX,EXAMINE      : Examine an item to see what it looks like, or to see
                  how hard to kill a creature might be.
P,PROBE         : Gain extended information about an item. Use PROBE or
                  LOOK IN <item> to see what, if anything, is inside it.
WEAR            : Wear an item that you hold.
REMOVE          : Remove an item that you are wearing.
WIELD           : Wield an item. WIELD LEFT <item> or WIELD RIGHT
                  <item> to wield something in a specific hand.
UNWIELD         : Cease wielding an item.
OPEN            : To open a door, do OPEN DOOR <direction>. It must be
                  unlocked, of course. Otherwise, you can simply OPEN
                  CHEST, for example.
CLOSE           : To close a door, do CLOSE DOOR <direction>.
LOCK            : In order to lock a door, you must have a key for that
                  door. LOCK DOOR <direction> will lock it, as long as
                  it is closed.
UNLOCK          : To unlock a door, you also must have a key for it.
                  UNLOCK DOOR <direction> will unlock it.
THROW           : see HELP THROWING.
POINT           : POINT <whatever> AT <whomever/whatever>. You must
                  have the item that you are going to point in your
                  inventory. You may also simply POINT <name/item> to
                  point at someone/something.

Commands to gain information about the world:

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LOOK,L          : See a full description of the location you are in.
QL              : Stands for: QuickLook. See an abbreviated description
                  of your location.
INFO HERE,IH    : See the unique item numbers of the things in your
                  location.
WHO             : See a listing of who is in the game, providing they
                  are visible to you.
BW,QW           : BriefWho, QuickWho. See a shorter listing of who is
                  visible to you.
WARES           : See what is for sale in a shop.

Some combat-related commands:

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COMPOSE         : Purge fear from yourself.
CONCENTRATE     : Regain internal equilibrium if you have lost it.
WRITHE          : Escape from hindering entanglements. HELP WRITHE.
PUNCH           : Punch something. A weak attack.
KICK            : Kick something. Also a weak attack.
DRINK           : Drink a liquid, such as a healing elixir.
STICK           : Stick a serum, such as analeptic, if you are undead.
APPLY           : Used to apply salves to your body. For instance, APPLY
                  MENDING TO ARMS. See HELP HEALINGYOURSELF for
                  extended information on healing.
PRESS           : Press a poultice, for example, PRESS JECIS ON ARMS.
MEDITATE/MED    : Regain mana.
SLEEP           : Regain health.
SET WARCRY      : Set your warcry.
WARCRY          : Scream out your warcry.
STAND           : Stand up if you have fallen down.

Some guild-related commands (You may see the others with GUILD PRIVS):

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GWHO            : See who from your guild is online.
GNT             : Tell something to all the online members of your
                  guild, including novices.
GUILDTELL,GT    : Tell something to everyone who is online and in your
                  guild, except novices.
GMEMBERS,GMEM   : See the active members in your guild.
GMEMBERS DORMANT: See the inactive members in your guild.
GUILDFAVOUR     : Formally honour a fellow guildmember.
GUILDDISFAVOUR  : Place a black mark against a fellow guildmember.
QUIT <guildname>: Quits the guild that you belong to.

Some city-related commands:

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CWHO            : See who is online from your city.
CITYTELL,CT     : Tell something to all the online citizens of your
                  city.
CITIZENS        : See every active member of your city.
CITIZENS DORMANT: See the dormant members of your city.

Some CONFIG-related commands (You'll need to use the CONFIG command):

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PROMPT          : Make your prompt show you your health and mana and
                  other information, or nothing at all.
PAGELENGTH      : Set the max number of lines to be displayed at once
                  when reading long files.
WRAPWIDTH       : Set the maximum characters displayed on a line.
                  Setting this to zero will disable wrapping.

Some miscellaneous commands:

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VERBOSE         : Get long descriptions of rooms when moving around.
BRIEF           : Get only the short descriptions of a room when
                  moving around.
QUIT,QQ         : I'm sure you'll have no use for this command!
DATE            : See the Aetolian date.
TIME            : See the real time.
REGISTER        : Register your personal details with the system.
                  This allows you to retrieve your password easily,
                  and helps preserve your character a little longer.
DESCRIBE SELF   : Add a personal touch to your description.
ENEMY           : Declare someone your enemy.
UNENEMY         : Remove someone from your enemies list.
ALLY            : Declare someone your ally.
UNALLY          : Remove someone from your allies list.

!               : Repeat your last command.

EAT             : Eat a piece of food.
PORTALS         : If you are a newbie and have any Godly rescues left,
                  this will teleport you to a room full of portals.
                  (STATUS will tell you if you have any left.)
FLIPCOIN        : Flip a coin. Heads or tails, no one knows.
TIMEOUT         : Set the number of minutes of idle time before the game
                  kicks you off.
BIRTHDAYS       : Shows you who has a birthday today.
HONOURS         : Gives you some information about another player.
PASSWORD        : Change your password.
CONVERT         : Convert credits to lessons (HELP LESSONGAIN)
RANKINGS        : See a list of the top-ranked players.
LEARN           : Commence a lesson in a skill from a mobile or player.
                  (see HELP LEARNING)
DEPOSIT         : Deposit some money in a bank. (see HELP BANKING)
WITHDRAW        : Withdraw some money from your account.
SCRUB           : When you are particularly smelly, scrubbing yourself
                  in a river or lake is quite effective.
STAREDOWN       : Stare down another player, if he or she is of a lower
                  level than you.
RATS,VERMIN     : Toggle whether you see or don't see rats or other
                  vermin.
PLANTS ON/OFF   : Toggle whether you see or don't see growing plants in
                  room descriptions.
WEATHER ON/OFF  : Toggle whether you see or don't see general weather
                  conditions in room descriptions.
VIEW MOON       : View the current shape of the moon, if it is visible.
SUICIDE         : Permanently destroy your character, if you're not a
                  customer.
REINCARNATE     : You may reincarnate your character once for free
                  during its lifetime. Doing so allows you to choose a
                  new race. You must be dead to reincarnate. The syntax
                  is REINCARNATE INTO <statpack> <race>.
NAMECHANGE      : Allows you to change your name, provided you have
                  played under 30 hours, and have not changed it before.