Useful Commands

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This page lists various commands you may have never heard about but may find incredibly useful. See the original forum topic on the Everquest forums for more tips or the complete command list for other commands.

Contents

General

Command Description
/toggleinspect off Prevents you from automatically inspecting anyone you click on.
/note Opens up the note window where you enter text (automatically saved for the character).
/report [Name] Records the last 20? lines in your chat window which the given name. This name can be referenced in a petition to allow the GM to view that report. Note that reporting by itself does nothing.
/safelock [password] Locks or unlocks your session to prevent someone else (like you kid or cat) from playing it.
/bug Opens up a window where you can submit bug information.
/camp desktop

/camp server

Camps you directly to the Windows desktop or server selection screen.
/charinfo Tells you where you are bound.
/played Gives your character creation date and total time played.
/key Lists the keys currently on your key ring.
/log Turns on/off logging to a text file. Note that the displayed filename is incorrect.
/gems Displays the in-game Gems mini-game.
/time Displays the current local and in-game time.
/help normal

/help emote
/help guild
/help voice
/help chat

Lists various commands (not exhaustive but can help).
/alt activate [number] Directly activate an AA (see AA Codes).
/alt list List all current alt-activate AA codes that your current character can use.
/tgb [on/off] Enable/disable casting of group buffs on another group.
/outputfile inventory

/outputfile spellbook
/outputfile guild
/outputfile raid

Outputs a text file to your EQ folder containing the relevant information.
/alt on [1-100] Sets the precise amount of alternate experience to earn from 1 to 100%. This allows you to set it to any value (like 65%) unlike with the alt-advance slider which only allows multiples of ten.

Guild

Command Description
/guildstatus [Name] Gives the guild status of the given player or your target (member, officer, or guild leader).

Corpse/Loot

Command Description
/consent group

/consent guild
/consent raid

Consent your group/guild/raid to drag your corpse. If you have multiple corpses you will need to issue the command multiple times. Note that these options can be

permanently set in your options.

/corpsedrag

/corpsedrop

Allows you to start and stop dragging the currently targetted corpse. Unlike /corpse you will drag a corpse continuously until you drop it. You can drag up to 2 corpses at a time.
/hidecorpse all Hide all corpses but your own.
/hidecorpse allbutgroup Hide all but group corpses.
/hidecorpse looted Hide corpses after you loot them.
/hidecorpse none Display all corpses previously hidden.

Graphics

Command Description
/dopropertinting on Apparently fixes some color issues with the Luclin models.
/shownames Turns the PC/NPC name display on and off.
/showname [1-4] Specifies which parts of player names to display (last name, title, guild, etc...).
/Dynamiclights [on/off] Turns dynamic lighting (for moving lights like spells or players) or on or off.

Chat

Command Description
/autojoin Channel1, Channel2, ... Sets which channels you join automatically when logging in.
/filter off Turns off the bad word filter, or similarily /filter on to replace such words with symbols.
/tt

/ttell

Sends a tell to your current target.
;tell server.name message Sends a tell to a character on another server.
[tell game.server.name message Sends a tell to a character playing another game.
/join [channel][:password] Attempts to join the given channel. A password is required if the channel is password protected.
/leave [channel] Leave the specified channel.
/leaveall Leave all currently joined channels.
/list List all currently joined channels.
/list [channel] List all players currently in the specified channel.
/announce [on/off] Turns on/off the announcements when a player leaves/joins a channel.
/[1-10] [message] Sends a message to the given chat number.
/chat help List chat commands.
/chat invite [name] [channel] Invites the given player to join the specified channel (or channel 1 if omitted).
/chat grant [name] [channel] Gives the given player moderator status in the specified channel (or channel 1 if omitted).
/chat password [password] [channel] Sets the password of the specified channel (or channel 1 if omitted). A passworded channel will disappear if empty for more than 24 hours (a regular channel disappears as soon as its empty).
/chat kick [name] [channel] Removes the given player from the specified channel (or channel 1 if omitted).
/chat moderate [channel] Sets or removes the specified channel (or channel 1 if omitted) to moderator mode. In this mode only players explicitly given permission can chat.
/chat voice [name] [channel] Sets or removes permission to speak in the specified moderated channel (or channel 1 if omitted).
/rs [message] Raid say.

Combat

Command Description
/assist off Does not turn on auto-attack when you /assist someone. Note this is a global setting and not per character (not-confirmed).
/combatmusic off Turns off the battle music.
/serverfilter on When this is on some combat messages will not be sent from the server to your client. This can improve performance in some cases, particularily if you have a poor/slow network connection.

Tasks

Command Description
/dzhelp Displays a list of dynamic zone commands.
/dzadd [name] Adds/removes the given player to your current dynamic zone instance (if you are leader).
/tasktimers

/dzlisttimers

List your current lockout timers from previous tasks.

Pet

Command Description
/pet health

/pet report

Your pets reports its current health in % and all buffs.
/pet who leader Orders any pet to say who its master is.

Raid

Command Description
/makeraidleader [name] Makes the given player the new raid leader.
/setloottype [1-3] Sets loot type for the raid (1=leader only, 2=leader/group leaders, 3=leader/designated people).
/removeraidlooter

/addraidlooter

Adds/removes your current target from the raid looter list.

Spells

Command Description
/book [1-60] Opens your spellbook to the specific page.
/savespellset [name]

/memspellset [name]

Saves or loads a specific set of memorized spells by name.

Targetting

Command Description
/rt

/rtarget

Targets the last person who sent you a tell if they are in the same zone and within range.

Who

Command Description
/

/w
/who

Display all players in the current zone
/who afk Show all AFK players in the current zone.
/who lfg Show all players looking for a group in the current zone.
/who lfg all Show all players looking for a group in the entire server.
/who lfg all 65 70 Show all players in the entire server between levels 65 and 70 who are LFG.
/who all cle lfg 65 70 Show all clerics in the entire server between levels 65 and 70 who are LFG.
/who corpse Lists all of your corpses in the current zone.
/whot

/whotarget

Displays a who on your current target.

Macros

The following commands are multiple line commands, or macros, to be used with the /hotbutton command.

Title Command Description
Hotbutton /hotbutton [title] Use this command to create an empty hotbutton. Add the new button to your hotbar and right-click it to edit it again. You can have up to 5 commands in each hotbutton.
Pausing /pause [tenths] Use this command in hotbutton to pause for the given enths of a second (eg: 10 is 1 second). For example:
  /cast 1, /pause 20
  /pause 30, /cast 2

would cast your spell in slot #1, wait 2 seconds, then cast the spell in slot #2 and wait 3 seconds. It doesn't matter if the pause comes before or after the command...it always takes affect after the command is executed.

Loot Macro
/target a_, /pause 1
/loot
This macro will loot most NPC corpses within range. This can be useful if the corpse is inside a wall or otherwise can't be targetted with the mouse.
Corpse Drag Helper
/corpse, /pause 2
/loc
/corpse, /pause 2
/loc
While /corpsedrag makes this less useful this macro can still help to manually drag a corpse. The /loc is to help your determine where you lost a corpse if you get out of range.
Buff Macro
/rt
/pause 3, /cast 2
/tt Going to blow your mind, %T!
/8 Casting buff on %T
/pause 3, /cast 2
Use this macro to setup easy buffing on the last person to give you a tell. Great for raids to help others keep track of who is buffing what. The two /cast lines are to catch any fizzles on the first cast. Change the chat channel (8), spell slot (2) and messages depending on your own setup./cast 1 (1 being minor healin)
Spell Practice
/cast 1, /pause 25
/cast 1, /pause 25
/cast 1, /pause 25
/cast 1, /pause 25
/cast 1, /pause 25

Casts the spell in your first slot 5 times in a row. You may need to adjust the pause time (25) depending on which spell your casting. This is great for practicing low level spells and you can use a similar method to catch fizzles (use a lower pause).

Range Pulling
/pause 5,/bandolier activate pull
/pause 5,/autofire on
/pause5,/autofire off
/bandolier activate normal
/g Spring the trap! %t %o %r are our enemies!
To use this macro create a bandolier set named pull with a ranged item and a set named normal with your regular melee weapons. Target a mob to attack and use this macro to pull.
Bard Fade
/g Fading Memories
/stopsong
/attack off
/alt activate 212
A helpful macro a Bard can use to quickly fade. You can use a similar macro for many other abilities.
Double Assist
/target [main assist]
/pause 1
/assist
/pause 1
/assist
Edit the macro with the name of your main group/raid assist or simply leave it blank to use your current target. When used you do a double-assist to see who the target of your main assist is attacking.
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