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=== Command Descriptions === The following command descriptions are listed as the command name plus the "underlying command" key. This is followed by the command name and "roguelike" keyset key, if different from the underlying command key. Then comes a brief description of the command, including information about alternative methods of specifying the command in each keyset, when needed. Several commands (tunnel, disarm, bash, open) are repeated 99 times if the "always_repeat" option is set and no repeat count is given. Some commands use the "repeat count" to automatically repeat the command several times, while others use the "repeat count" as an "argument", for example, commands which need a "quantity" will use the "repeat count" instead of asking for a quantity, allowing the use of "0d" for "drop all". Commands which ask for a quantity will convert any "letters" into the maximal legal value. ***** <Inventory> --- Inventory Commands --- Inventory list (i) Displays a list of objects being carried but not equipped. You can carry up to 23 different items, not counting those in your equipment. Often, many identical objects can be "stacked" into a "pile" which will count as a single item. This is always true of things like potions, scrolls, and food, but you may have to set options to allow wands, staves, and other such objects to stack. Each object has a weight, and if you carry more objects than your strength permits, you will begin to slow down. Equipment list (e) Use this command to display a list of the objects currently being used by your character. Your character has 12 slots for equipment, each corresponding to a different location on the body, and each of which may contain only a single object at a time, and each of which may only contain objects of the proper "type", and which include WIELD (weapon), BOW (missile launcher), LEFT (ring), RIGHT (ring), NECK (amulet), LITE (light source), BODY (armor), OUTER (cloak), ARM (shield), HEAD (helmet), HANDS (gloves), FEET (boots). You must be using an object to receive any of its special powers. Drop an item (d) This drops an item from your inventory or equipment onto the dungeon floor. If the floor spot you are standing on already has an object in it, Zangband will attempt to drop the item onto an adjacent space. Be warned that if the floor is full and you attempt to drop something, it may disappear and be destroyed. Doors and traps are considered objects for the purpose of determining if the space is occupied. If the selected pile contains multiple items, you may specify a quantity. Destroy an item (k) or Destroy an item (^D) This destroys an item in your inventory or on the dungeon floor. If the selected pile contains multiple objects, you may specify a quantity. You must always (currently) verify this command. Wear/Wield equipment (w) To wear or wield an object in your inventory, use this command. Since only one object can be in each slot at a time, if you wear or wield an item into a slot which is already occupied, the old item will be first be taken off, and may in fact be dropped if there is no room for it in your inventory. Take off equipment (t) or Take off equipment (T) Use this command to take off a piece of equipment and return it to your inventory. Occasionally, you will run into a cursed item which cannot be removed. These items normally penalize you in some way and cannot be taken off until the curse is removed. If there is no room in your inventory for the item, your pack will overflow and you will drop the item after taking it off. ***** <Movement> --- Movement Commands --- Walk (with pickup) (;) Moves one step in the given direction. The square you are moving into must not be blocked by walls or doors. You will pick up any items in the destination grid if the "always_pickup" option is set, or if the "query_pickup" option is set and you respond correctly. This command can take a count and requires a direction. You may also use the "original" direction keys (both keysets) or the "roguelike" direction keys (roguelike keyset) to walk in a direction. Walk (flip pickup) (-) This is just like normal move, except that the "Pick things up" option is inverted. In other words, if you normally pick up anything you encounter (the default), you will not pick things up when using this command. If you normally do not pick things up, you will when using this command. This command can take a count and requires a direction. Run (.) or Run (,) This command will move in the given direction, following any bends in the corridor, until you either have to make a "choice" between two directions or you are disturbed. You can configure what will disturb you by setting the disturbance options. Run requires a direction. You may also use shift plus the "roguelike" direction keys (roguelike keyset), or shift plus the "original" direction keys on the keypad (both keysets, some machines) to run in a direction. Go up staircase (<) Climbs up an up staircase you are standing on. There is always at least one staircase going up on every level except for the town level (this doesn't mean it's easy to find). Going up a staircase will take you to a new dungeon level unless you are at 50 feet (dungeon level 1), in which case you will return to the town level. Note that whenever you leave a level (not the town), you will never find it again. This means that for all intents and purposes, any objects on that level are destroyed. This includes artifacts unless the "Create characters in preserve mode" option was set when your character was created, in which case the artifacts may show up again later. Go down staircase (>) Descends a down staircase you are standing on. There are always at least two staircases going down on each level, except for the town which has only one, and "quest" levels, which have none until the quest monster is killed. Going down a staircase will take you to a new dungeon level. See "Go Up Staircase" for more info. ***** <Resting> --- Resting Commands --- Stay still (with pickup) (,) or Stay still (with pickup) (.) Stays in the same square for one move. If you normally pick up objects you encounter, you will pick up whatever you are standing on. This command can take a count. You may also use the "5" key (both keysets). Stay still (flip pickup) (g) Stays in the same square for one move. If you normally pick up objects you encounter, you will not pick up whatever you are standing on. If you normally do not pick up objects, you will pick up what you are standing on. This command is normally only used when the "always_pickup" option is false. This command can take a count. Rest (R) Resting is better for you than repeatedly staying still, and can be told to automatically stop after a certain amount of time, or when various conditions are met. In any case, you always wake up when anything disturbing happens, or when you press any key. To rest, enter the Rest command, followed by the number of turns you want to rest, or "*" to rest until your hitpoints and mana are restored, or "&" to rest until you are fully "healed". This command can take a count, which is used for the number of turns to rest. ***** <Searching> --- Searching Commands --- Search (s) This command can be used to locate hidden traps and secret doors in the spaces adjacent to the player. More than a single turn of searching will be required in most cases. You should always search a chest before trying to open it, since they are generally trapped. This command can take a count, which is useful if you are fairly sure of finding something eventually, since the command stops as soon as anything is found. This command can take a count. Toggle search mode (S) or Toggle search mode (#) This command will take you into and out of search mode. When first pressed, the message "Searching" will appear at the bottom of the screen. You are now taking two turns for each command, one for the command and one turn to search. This means that you are taking twice the time to move around the dungeon, and therefore twice the food. Search mode will automatically turn off if you are disturbed. You may also turn off search mode by entering the Search Mode command again. ***** <Alter> --- Alter Commands --- Tunnel (T) or Tunnel (^T) Tunneling or mining is a very useful art. There are many kinds of rock, with varying hardness, including permanent rock (permanent), granite (very hard), quartz veins (hard), magma veins (soft), and rubble (very soft). Quartz and Magma veins may be displayed in a special way, and may sometimes contain treasure, in which case they will be displayed in a different way. Rubble sometimes covers an object. It is hard to tunnel unless you are wielding a heavy weapon or a shovel or a pick. Tunneling ability increases with strength and weapon weight. This command can take a count, requires a direction, and is affected by the "always_repeat" option. Open a door or chest (o) To open an object such as a door or chest, you must use this command. If the object is locked, you will attempt to pick the lock based on your disarming ability. If you open a trapped chest without disarming the traps first, the trap will be set off. Some doors will be jammed shut and may have to be forced open. You may need several tries to open a door or chest. Open can take a count, requires a direction, and is affected by the "always_repeat" option. Close a door (c) Non-intelligent and some other creatures cannot open doors, so shutting doors can be quite valuable. Broken doors cannot be closed. Bashing a door open may break it. Close can take a count, requires a direction, and is affected by the "always_repeat" option. Jam a door (j) or Spike a door (S) Many monsters can simply open closed doors, and can eventually get through a locked door. You may therefore occasionally want to jam a door shut with iron spikes. Each spike used on the door will make it harder to bash down the door, up to a certain limit. Smaller monsters are less able to bash down doors. In order to use this command, you must be carrying iron spikes. Jam or Spike requires a direction. Bash a door (B) or Force a door (f) This command allows you to bash down jammed doors. Your bashing ability increases with strength. Bashing open a door can (briefly) throw you off balance. Doors that are stuck, or which have been jammed closed with spikes can only be opened by bashing, and all closed doors can be bashed open if desired. Bashing a door open may permanently break it so that it can never be closed. Bash or Force can take a count, requires a direction, and is affected by the "always_repeat" option. Disarm a trap or chest (D) You can attempt to disarm traps on the floor or on chests. If you fail, there is a chance that you will blunder and set it off. You can only disarm a trap after you have found it (usually with the Search command). Disarm can take a count, requires a direction, and is affected by the "always_repeat" option. Alter (+) This special command allows the use of a single keypress to select any of the "obvious" commands above (attack, tunnel, bash, open, disarm, close), and, by using macros or keymaps, to combine this keypress with directions. In general, this allows the use of the "control" key plus the appropriate "direction" key (including the roguelike direction keys in roguelike mode) as a kind of generic "alter the terrain feature of an adjacent grid" command. Alter can take a count, requires a direction, and is affected by the "always_repeat" option. ***** <SpellPrayer> --- Spell and Prayer Commands --- Browse a book (b) or Peruse a book (P) Only mages, rogues, and rangers can read magic books, and only priests and paladins can read prayer books. Warriors cannot read any books. When this command is used, all of the spells or prayers contained in the selected book are displayed, along with such information as their level, the amount of mana required to cast them, and whether or not you know the spell or prayer. Gain new spells or prayers (G) Use this command to actually learn new spells or prayers. When you are able to learn new spells or prayers, the word "Study" will appear on the status line at the bottom of the screen. If you have a book in your possession, containing spells or prayers which you may learn, then you may choose to study that book. If you are a mage, rogue, or ranger, you may actually choose which spell to study. If you are a priest or paladin, your gods will choose a prayer for you. There are nine books of each type, some normally found only in the dungeon. Cast a spell / Pray a prayer (m) To cast a spell, you must have previously learned the spell and must have in your inventory a book from which the spell can be read. Each spell has a chance of failure which starts out fairly large but decreases as you gain levels. If you don't have enough mana to cast a spell, you will be prompted for confirmation. If you decide to go ahead, the chance of failure is greatly increased, and you may lose a point of constitution. Since you must read the spell from a book, you cannot be blind or confused while casting, and there must be some light present. To pray effectively, you must have previously learned the prayer and must have in your inventory a book from which the prayer can be read. Each prayer has a chance of being ignored which starts out fairly large but decreases as you gain levels. If you don't have enough mana to cast a spell, you will be prompted for confirmation. If you decide to go ahead, the chance of failure is greatly increased, and you may lose a point of constitution. Since you must read the prayer from a book, you cannot be blind or confused while praying, and there must be some light present. ***** <ObjectManip> --- Object Manipulation Commands --- Eat some food (E) You must eat regularly to prevent starvation. As you grow hungry, a message will appear at the bottom of the screen saying "Hungry". If you go hungry long enough, you will become weak, then start fainting, and eventually, you may will die of starvation. You may use this command to eat food in your inventory. Note that you can sometimes find food in the dungeon, but it is not always wise to eat strange food. Fuel your lantern/torch (F) If you are using a torch and have more torches in your pack, or you are using a lantern and have flasks of oil in your pack, then your can "refuel" them with this command. Torches and Lanterns are limited in their maximal fuel. In general, two flasks will fully fuel a lantern and two torches will fully fuel a torch. Quaff a potion (q) Use this command to drink a potion. Potions affect the player in various ways, but the effects are not always immediately obvious. Read a scroll (r) Use this command to read a scroll. Scroll spells usually have an area effect, except for a few cases where they act on other objects. Reading a scroll causes the parchment to disintegrate as the scroll takes effect. Most scrolls which prompt for more information can be aborted (by pressing escape), which will stop reading the scroll before it disintegrates. Inscribe an object ({) This command inscribes a string on an object. The inscription is displayed inside curly braces after the object description. The inscription is limited to the particular object (or pile) and is not automatically transferred to all similar objects. Note that certain inscriptions have a meaning to the game, (see objects.txt#Inscriptions [1]). Uninscribe an object (}) This command removes the inscription on an object. This command will have no effect on "fake" inscriptions added by the game itself. ***** <MagicalObject> --- Magical Object Commands --- Activate an artifact (A) You have heard rumors of special weapons and armor deep in the Pits, items that can let you breath fire like a dragon or light rooms with just a thought. Should you ever be lucky enough to find such an item, this command will let you activate its special ability. Special abilities can only be used if you are wearing or wielding the item. Aim a wand (a) or Zap a wand (z) Wands must be aimed in a direction to be used. Wands are magical devices, and therefore there is a chance you will not be able to figure out how to use them if you aren't good with magical devices. They will fire a shot that affects the first object or creature encountered or fire a beam that affects anything in a given direction, depending on the wand. An obstruction such as a door or wall will generally stop the effects from traveling any farther. This command requires a direction and can use a target. Use a staff (u) or Zap a staff (Z) This command will use a staff. A staff is normally very similar to a scroll, in that they normally either have an area effect or affect a specific object. Staves are magical devices, and there is a chance you will not be able to figure out how to use them. Zap a rod (z) or Activate a rod (a) Rods are extremely powerful magical items, which cannot be burnt or shattered, and which can have either staff-like or wand-like effects, but unlike staves and wands, they don't have charges. Instead, they draw on the ambient magical energy to recharge themselves, and therefore can only be activated once every few turns. The recharging time varies depending on the type of rod. This command may require a direction (depending on the type of rod, and whether you are aware of its type) and can use a target. ***** <ThrowFire> --- Throwing and Missile Weapons --- Fire an item (f) or Fire an item (t) You may throw any object carried by your character. Depending on the weight, it may travel across the room or drop down beside you. Only one object from a pile will be thrown at a time. Note that throwing an object will often cause it to break, so be careful! If you throw something at a creature, your chances of hitting it are determined by your pluses to hit, your ability at throwing, and the object's pluses to hit. Once the creature is it, the object may or may not do any damage to it. You've heard rumors that some objects found in the dungeon can do huge amounts of damage when thrown, but you're not sure which objects those are.... Note that flasks of oil will do a fairly large chunk of damage to a monster on impact, supposedly representing fire damage, but it works against fire elementals too... If you are wielding a missile launcher compatible with the object you are throwing, then you automatically use the launcher to fire the missile with much higher range, accuracy, and damage, then you would get by just throwing the missile. Fire or Throw requires a direction. Targeting mode (see the next command) can be invoked with "*" at the "Direction?" prompt. Throw an item (v) You may throw any object carried by your character. The lighter the object, the farther you can throw it. Only one object from a stack may be thrown at a time. Throwing an object may break it. If you throw something at a monster, your chances of hitting it are determined by your pluses to hit, your ability at throwing, and the object's pluses to hit. If the object hits the monster, it may or may not do damage. Some objects, such as weapons, or flasks of oil, can do a substantial amount of damage. This command requires a direction, and can take a target. Targeting Mode (*) This will allow you to aim your spells and such at a specific monster or grid, so that you can point directly towards that monster or grid (even if this is not a "compass" direction) when you are asked for a direction. You can set a target using this command, or you can set a new target at the "Direction?" prompt when appropriate. At the targeting prompt, you have many options. First of all, targeting mode starts targeting nearby monsters which can be reached by "projectable" spells and thrown objects. In this mode, you can press "t" (or "5" or ".") to select the current monster, space to advance to the next monster, "-" to back up to the previous monster, direction keys to advance to a monster more or less in that direction, "r" to "recall" the current monster, "q" to exit targeting mode, and "p" (or "o") to stop targeting monsters and enter the mode for targeting a location on the floor or in a wall. Note that if there are no nearby monsters, you will automatically enter this mode. Note that hitting "o" is just like "p", except that the location cursor starts on the last examined monster instead of on the player. In this mode, you use the "direction" keys to move around, and the "q" key to quit, and the "t" (or "5" or ".") key to target the cursor location. Note that targeting a location is slightly "dangerous", as the target is maintained even if you are far away. To cancel an old target, simply hit "*" and then ESCAPE (or "q"). Note that when you cast a spell or throw an object at the target location, the path chosen is the "optimal" path towards that location, which may or may not be the path you want. Sometimes, by clever choice of a location on the floor for your target, you may be able to convince a thrown object or cast spell to squeeze through a hole or corridor that is blocking direct access to a different grid. Launching a ball spell or breath weapon at a location in the middle of a group of monsters can often improve the effects of that attack, since ball attacks are not stopped by interposed monsters if the ball is launched at a target. This command takes no time. ***** <Looking> --- Looking Commands --- Full screen map (M) This command will show a map of the entire dungeon, reduced by a factor of nine, on the screen. Only the major dungeon features will be visible because of the scale, so even some important objects may not show up on the map. This is particularly useful in locating where the stairs are relative to your current position, or for identifying unexplored areas of the dungeon. This command takes no time. Locate player on map (L) or Where is the player (W) This command lets you scroll your map around, looking at all sectors of the current dungeon level, until you press escape, at which point the map will be re-centered on the player if necessary. To scroll the map around, simply press any of the "direction" keys. The top line will display the sector location, and the offset from your current sector. This command takes no time. Look around (l) or Examine things (x) This command is used to look around at nearby monsters (to determine their type and health) and objects (to determine their type). It is also used to find out what objects (if any) are under monsters, and if a monster is currently inside a wall. This command takes no time. When you are looking at something, you may hit space for more details, or to advance to the next interesting monster or object, or minus ("-") to go back to the previous monster or object, or a direction key to advance to the nearest interesting monster or object (if any) in that general direction, or "r" to recall information about the current monster race, or "q" or escape to stop looking around. You always start out looking at the "nearest" interesting monster or object. Observe an item (I) This command lets you observe a previously *identified* item. This will tell you things about the special powers of the object. Currently, it only makes sense for artifacts and ego-items. ***** <Message> --- Message Commands --- Repeat level feeling (^F) Repeats the feeling about the dungeon level that you got when you first entered the level. View previous messages (^P) This command shows you all the recent messages. You can scroll through them, or exit with ESCAPE. This command takes no time. Take notes (:) This command allows you to take notes, which will then appear in your message list (prefixed with "Note:"). This command takes no time. ***** <GameStatus> --- Game Status Commands --- Character Description (C) Brings up a full description of your character, including your skill levels, your current and potential stats, and various other information. From this screen, you can change your name or use the file character description command to save your character status to a file. That command saves additional information, including your background, your inventory, and the contents of your house. Check Artifacts, Uniques and Objects (~ or |) The command opens a menu from which you can select information about seen Artifacts, Unique monsters, and identified objects. Display known artifacts This selection lists all of the artifacts that you've encountered. Any artifact that appears in this list, which you cannot seem to find, has been lost forever. The "preserve" mode will prevent you from accidentally losing any artifacts, but will also prevent you from ever getting a "special" level feeling. This command can only be used on the town level, not inside the dungeon. Display known uniques Brings up a list of known unique monsters, plus their current status. Once killed, unique monsters never show up again. Display known objects This list all 'flavored' objects (such as rings, scrolls, wands, potions, etc.) which you have identified. ***** <SaveExit> --- Saving and Exiting Commands --- Save and Quit (Ctrl-X) To save your game so that you can return to it later, use this command. Save files will also be generated (hopefully) if the game crashes due to a system error. After you die, you can use your savefile to play again with the same options and such. Save (Ctrl-S) This command saves the game but doesn't exit Zangband. Use this frequently if you are paranoid about having the computer crash while you are playing. Quit (commit suicide) (Q) Kills your character and exits Zangband. You will be prompted to make sure you really want to do this, and then asked to verify that choice. Note that dead characters are dead forever. ***** <UserPref> --- User pref file commands --- See the file pref.hlp for a description of the user preference commands together with a detailed description of this function. ***** <Help> --- Help --- Help (?) Brings up the Zangband on-line help system. Note that the help files are just text files in a particular format, and that other help files may be available on the Net. In particular, there are a variety of spoiler files which do not come with the standard distribution. Check the place you got Zangband from or ask on the newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.angband about them. Identify Symbol (/) Use this command to find out what a character stands for. For instance, by pressing "/.", you can find out that the "." symbol stands for a floor spot. When used with a symbol that represents creatures, the this command will tell you only what class of creature the symbol stands for, not give you specific information about a creature you can see. To get that, use the Look command. There are three special symbols you can use with the Identify Symbol command to access specific parts of your monster memory. Typing Ctrl-A when asked for a symbol will recall details about all monsters, typing Ctrl-U will recall details about all unique monsters, and typing Ctrl-N will recall details about all non-unique monsters. If the character stands for a creature, you are asked if you want to recall details. If you answer yes, information about the creatures you have encountered with that symbol is shown in the Recall window if available, or on the screen if not. You can also answer "k" to see the list sorted by number of kills, or "p" to see the list sorted by dungeon level the monster is normally found on. Pressing ESCAPE at any point will exit this command. Game Version (V) This command will tell you what version of Zangband you are using. For more information, see the "version.txt" help file. ***** <Extra> --- Extra Commands --- Toggle Choice Window (^E) Toggles the display in the choice window (if available) between your inventory and your equipment. This command only applies if you are running Zangband under a windowing environment and the choice window is available. This also redraws the choice window. Redraw Screen (^R) This command adapts to various changes in global options, and redraws all of the windows. This command should be used after changing various global properties (options, attr/char mappings, color definitions, etc). When in doubt, use it. Load screen dump (left-paren) This command loads a "snap-shot" of the current screen from the file "dump.txt", and displays it on the screen. Save screen dump (right-paren) This command dumps a "snap-shot" of the current screen to the file "dump.txt", including encoded color information. Command your pets (p) If you have pets then this command allows you to give orders to your pets. You can call them to you, send them out to kill other monsters, dismiss them, and allow/disallow opening of door and picking up items. Your pets will drop all picked up items when you disallow them to pick up anything. -- Original : Alexander Cutler and Andy Astrand Updated : (2.7.6) by Russ Allbery (rra@cs.stanford.edu) Updated : (2.7.9) by Ben Harrison (benh@phial.com) Updated : Zangband 2.2.0 through 2.2.6c by Robert Ruehlmann Updated : Zangband DevTeam Last update: June 2, 2000 ***** Begin Hyperlinks ***** [1] objects.txt#Inscriptions