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Aardwolf

Created November 30, 2024 · Updated April 17, 2026 · 30 min read · 6707 words

Section titled “Link”

https://www.aardwolf.com/

  • A text-based game that has been running since 1996-12-07.
  • Free to play; irregular fundraising runs provide optional perks.
  • Good support for visually impaired players.
  • Impressive tutorial (“Aylorian Academy”) welcomes new players.

Rules

Section titled “Rules”
  • Role-playing not enforced, and rarely encountered.
  • PK (PvP) opt-in.

Resources

Section titled “Resources”

Documentation

Section titled “Documentation”

Maps

Section titled “Maps”

Videos

Section titled “Videos”

Scripting

Section titled “Scripting”

Clients

Section titled “Clients”

Official

Section titled “Official”

Third party

Section titled “Third party”

Commands

Section titled “Commands”

Commands are not case-sensitive. If some of their first characters are capitalized below, those are the minimum number of characters that must be typed for the command to be recognized unambigously. For example, it suffices to type the letter “i” to view ones inventory.

Command Function
*SOCIAL_NAME Use SOCIAL_NAME in current room
*SOCIAL_NAME TARGET Use SOCIAL_NAME towards TARGET in current room
Account / WOrth Show carried & bank-deposited gold amounts, as well as trivia points and quest points
affects Shows currently active spells and skills affecting your character
AFK Go away-from-keyboard
AFK MESSAGE Go away-from-keyboard, with a custom message send to others who Tell you
aflags Shows all current game affects on your character, whether granted by race, worn equipment, or spells
align See your current alignment
allspells See all spells and skills in all of your current classes
allspells all See all spells/skills in the game
allspells CLASS Show available spells/skills for CLASS
allspells FROM_LEVEL TO_LEVEL Filter your available spells/skills by level
APPraise OBJ Show stats for OBJ sold by shop
APPraise SHOP_NUM Show stats for item indicated by SHOP_NUM in the first column from LIst at a shop, as well as the amount of time it will be available
areadeaths List areas in order of number of monsters killed there
areakills Show the deadliest areas (where most players have been killed)
areas List all areas on Aardwolf
areas explored List areas with number of explored rooms; if combined with level range, explored should come last
areas FROM_LEVEL TO_LEVEL List all areas within the level range
areas unexplored List areas with number of unexplored rooms; if combined with level range, unexplored should come last
ask santa for present During Christmas supposedly…
attr Show condensed information about the 6 main stats
AUCtion Toggle auction channel
AUCtion ITEM Put ITEM up for auction with a starting bid of 100 coins
AUCtion ITEM MINBID Put ITEM up for auction with a starting bid of MINBID coins
AUCtion set NUMBER See objects up to NUMBER levels below your current level on the auction channel; this adjusts automatically when leveling
AUCtion sethigh NUMBER See objects up to NUMBER levels above your current level on the auction channel; this adjusts automatically when leveling
autogold Toggle automatic gold looting
AUTOKeep Toggles a config option that will cause any items bought from stores or questmasters to be automatically kept
autoloot Toggle automatic looting of all gold and items of killed monsters
autorecall Toggle automatic attempts to recall if you lose your connection to Aardwolf while in battle
autosac Toggle automatically sacrificing corpses when
you kill a monster
autosavemsg Toggle displaying the message when the server autosaves the character (every 15 minutes)
BId See items up for auction
BId NUMBER Show stats and current bid for auction with NUMBER
BId NUMBER AMOUNT Bid AMOUNT coins on auction with NUMBER
BLACKJack COMMAND Play Blackjack; see help blackjack
bprompt Set battle prompt
BRAndish Release the effect of a (held) magical staff on every appropriate target in the room, using one of its charges
Buy OBJ Buy OBJect from shop
Buy QTY OBJ Buy QTY numbers of OBJect from shop
Buy QTY SHOP_NUM Buy QTY numbers of the object indicated by SHOP_NUM in the first column of LIst from shop
Buy SHOP_NUM Buy object indicated by SHOP_NUM in the first column of LIst from shop
Buy ticket all Buy up to the limit (100 tickets) with random numbers at the lottery store; each ticket costs 10000 gold
Buy ticket NUM1 NUM2 NUM3 Buy 1 ticket with specific numbers at the lottery store; each ticket costs 10000 gold
Buy ticket random Buy 1 ticket with random numbers at the lottery store; each ticket costs 10000 gold
Cast 'SPELL_NAME' TARGET Cast the spell named SPELL_NAME on the TARGET (TARGET may be omitted if already fighting TARGET)
Cast SPELL_NUMBER TARGET Cast the spell with the number SPELL_NUMBER on the TARGET (TARGET may be omitted if already fighting TARGET)
catchtells Toggle storing all tells sent to you; this command cannot be abbreviated
CHANNEL_NAME Toggle CHANNEL_NAME on/off
CHANNEL_NAME -h LINES Show last LINES lines of history from the CHANNEL_NAME channel
CHANNEL_NAME -h TEXT Search history of channel CHANNEL_NAME for TEXT
CHANNEL_NAME :ACTION Emotes an ACTION to CHANNEL_NAME
CHANNEL_NAME *off MINUTES Turn CHANNEL_NAME off temporarily for MINUTES minutes
CHANNEL_NAME *SOCIAL_NAME Use SOCIAL_NAME on CHANNEL_NAME
CHANNEL_NAME *SOCIAL_NAME TARGET Use SOCIAL_NAME towards TARGET on CHANNEL_NAME
CHannels List chat channels and their status
CHannels curse List chat channels where cursing is allowed
CLANAdmin Clan administration; see help CM-Clanadmin
CLANALlies CLAN Show alliances of clan CLAN (short name)
CLANInfo Show information about your clan
CLANInfo CLAN Show information about clan CLAN
CLANMotd Show the clan message of the day
CLantalk MESSAGE Send MESSAGE to the clantalk channel
CLantalk MSG Speak on the clantalk channel
classchange PASSWORD SUBCLASS RACE Change your primary class, rebuild instinct,
rebuild masteries and rebuild stats; can be used free of charge every 7 days
CLIents List of MUD clients used by online users
CLISt Show information on each of the clans in
Aardwolf
CLISt logos Show clan logos
CLISt nopk Show information on all NO-PK clans
CLISt pk Show information on all PK clans
CLOse DIRECTION Close door in DIRECTION
CLOse OBJ Close OBJect
colorset status Displays current color scheme
COMmands Show a list of commands available for use in the game
COMPare ... containers Include items inside containers when comparing
COMPare ... wearable Limit compare results to wearable gear only (i.e. not unusable items)
COMPare ITEM Compare the item with what is in its wear location (but not carried equipment with the same wear location)
COMPare ITEM1 all Compare the item with what is in its wear location, also includes carried equipment with the same wear location
COMPare ITEM1 ITEM2 Compares two items
COMPare LOCATION Compare worn item to all other items (see wearable for possible LOCATIONs)
config / autolist See commonly used configurable settings
config all / autolist all See all configurable settings, including more obscure ones
CONSEnt List players currently allowed to loot your corpse
CONSEnt NAME Add/remove NAME from consent list
COnsider / COnsider all See chances of defeating all monsters in the room
COnsider MONSTER See chances of defeating MONSTER
contents List categories of help files
contents CATEGORY List help files in CATEGORY
contents newhelp List help files for new players
COORdinates Display your current location on the current continent in x,y format
daily Shows blessing rewards and timers
daily blessing Request your daily blessing
DEAf Toggle tells on/off
deposit all Deposit all held gold into bank (while there)
deposit AMOUNT Deposit AMOUNT of gold into bank (while there)
destroy all Destroy all self owned items on the ground
destroy ITEM inv Destroy an ITEM in your inventory
destroy OBJECT Destroy an owned item on the ground
disband Disband group
DOMains List of countries online users are connected from
down Move down
drink Drink something
drop AMOUNT coins / drop AMOUNT gold Drop AMOUNT of gold to the ground
drop OBJECT Drop OBJECT to the ground
East Move toward East
eat Eat something
ECHOCommand Toggle displaying commands sent by the client (e.g. useful for debugging aliases)
EMote ACTION Emotes an ACTION, e.g. emote smirks would be seen as “Player smirks” by others in the room
ENter Enter a (held) portal
ENter PORTAL Enter (in-room) PORTAL
EQData Print worn equipment in CSV format (for use by client plugins)
EQSearch all List better equipment for all wear slots (body parts). See here where to get area equipment; use CLANInfo CLAN for directions to no-pk clans.
EQuipment Lists all of the visible equipment that you are currently wearing, wielding, or holding
EXAmine OBJ Displays both look OBJ and look in OBJ concurrently
EXits See more detail on exits from the current room
exp / x Show experience needed to level
exptable See a table of exp per level at each remort and tier combination
Fill CONTAINER Refill drink CONTAINER (from a source in the room)
FINd list / FINd all / LOCate list / LOCate all List points of interest in the area; currently, this command only works in the City of Aylor and the Aylorian Academy
finger CHARACTER A shorter version of whois that can be used even on players not currently connected to the game; shows level, race, class, sex, email, web address, ‘from’, remorts, whether or not the person is in a clan, whether or not they are married, their custom AFK message if applicable, and the last time that
person was online (or whether they are now)
flee Try to flee from combat; costs 10 experience points if successful
FOllow NAME Follow a player or monster named NAME
FOllow self Stop following someone
FORage Hunt for food and water in woodland and similar areas; rangers only
forget Reduce one stat by a few sessions to
allow to you to train a different stat
FORUm / BOard List subscribed forums with unread notes
FORUm all / FORUms all / BOard all List all subscribed forums
forum NAME / BOard NAME Switch to forum NAME
forum NUMBER / BOard NUMBER Switch to forum number NUMBER (see forum all for list with numbers)
freeze self PASSWORD HOURS Lock yourself out of the game for HOURS hours
FRiend List friends
FRiend ago Shows how long ago friends last logged in
FRiend CHARACTER Add CHARACTER to friend list
FRiend clear Clear whole friend list
FRiend compare FRIEND_NAME Show friends in common with friend FRIEND_NAME
FRiend laston Shows when friends last logged in
FRiend online Shows online friends
FRiend reject Reject a friend request
FRiend remove CHARACTER Remove CHARACTER from friend list
FRiend wannabe List players who have added you as a friend, but you haven’t
FTalk Toggle friend talk channel on/off
FTalk MESSAGE Send MESSAGE to all friends
Get all corpse Get all items from ones corpse (after death and returning to the corpse)
Get OBJECT / take OBJECT Pick up OBJECT from ones inventory, the ground, a container or a corpse
Get OBJECT CONTAINER / take OBJECT CONTAINER Retrieves OBJECT from CONTAINER
give AMOUNT gold PLAYER Give AMOUNT gold coins to PLAYER
give OBJECT TARGET Give OBJECT to TARGET
GLance A shortened version of Look which emits the room description and map
goals List all non-hidden goals
goals GOAL Lists information for given GOAL
goals here Lists current area goal info
gold See how much gold you currently have available on hand
group Shows group stats (if in a group)
group accept LEADER Accept a group invite from LEADER
group CHARACTER Add CHARACTER to a group
gulp Drink until drunk, full, no longer thirsty or out of liquid
HEAl List heal options, keywords, and costs; requires a healer in the room
HEAl OPTION Buy the given OPTION from the healer
help aarditems Show costs and stats of equipment that can be bought from questors using quest points
Help NewGuide-Aylor Newbie guide to City of Aylor
Help NewGuide-Classes Newbie guide to classes & races
Help NewGuide-Communications Newbie guide to forums & channels
Help NewGuide-Definitions Newbie guide to definitions
Help NewGuide-Explore Newbie guide to exploring
Help NewGuide-FAQ Newbie FAQ
Help NewGuide-Goals Newbie guide to goals
Help NewGuide-Help Newbie guide to getting help
Help NewGuide-Level Newbie guide to leveling
Help NewGuide-Links Newbie links
Help NewGuide-Quests Newbie guide to quest points
Help NewGuide-Rules Newbie guide to rules
Help NewGuide-Stats Newbie guide to stats & armor
Help search TEXT Search help files for TEXT
Help TOPIC Show help about TOPIC
HOld OBJ Hold OBJect (such as a light, wand, staff, teleporter, etc.)
hunger Show hunger/fullness, thirst and sobriety
IDentify CONTAINER Check how much your CONTAINER is holding
IDentify OBJECT Show detailed information about the OBJECT
IGnore Show ignore list
IGnore PLAYER Add/remove PLAYER to/from ignore list (max. 20)
INDex CHARS List help files whose names begin with CHARS
INDex newguide List newbie guides
INFo List info channels and their status
INFo -h CHANNEL See history for CHANNEL
INFo CHANNEL Toggle info CHANNEL on/off
INFo CHANNEL clanonly Toggle to only receive info messages about clan members on CHANNEL
INFo CHANNEL friends Toggle to only receive info messages about friends on CHANNEL
INVData Print carried inventory in CSV format (for use by client plugins)
INVDetails OBJ_ID Returns details about OBJ_ID, for use by client-side scripts/plugins
Inventory See the equipment you are carrying
Inventory CHARACTERS See carried equipment with CHARACTERS in the name
INVMon Toggles the display of invitem and invmon tags, useful for client-side scripting/plugins
KEep OBJ Add a flag to OBJ to make it unable to be accidentally dropped, sold, auctioned, eaten, or given to a monster
keyloot Toggle automatic looting of keys from killed monsters
keyring list Shows keys in keyring
keyring put all Places all eligible items on the keyring
Kill TARGET Initiate combat with TARGET
learned Displays all known abilities
level Show current level
LIst List items for sale at a store
LIst inv / LIst inventory List items for sale at a store, which are in the shopkeepers regular inventory, i.e. not items sold to the store by players
LIst KEYWORD List items for sale at a store matching KEYWORD
LOCK DIRECTION Lock the door in DIRECTION; requires its key
LOCK OBJ Lock OBJect; requires its key
Look / REAd Describe current room
Look DIRECTION / REAd DIRECTION Try to see something in a specific DIRECTION; the DIRECTION must not be abbreviated (e.g. l south, not l s)
look in OBJ/CORPSE Displays inventory of container/corpse
Look OBJ / REAd OBJ Describe OBJect, NPC, etc.
LORe OBJ Show details about OBJ; only works in cities and costs some movement points to perform
LOTtery collect Collect lottery winnings (within 30 days of the drawing)
LOTtery prizes Displays jackpot and time for next lottery drawing
LOTtery tickets Displays tickets held for current lottery
MARKet bid AUCTION_NO / LBid AUCTION_NO See stats of market listing with number AUCTION_NO
MARKet bid AUCTION_NO AMOUNT Bid AMOUNT on market listing with number AUCTION_NO
MARKet list / LBid List items for sale on the market
MARKet notes Toggle outbid notes when you are online
MARKet ON/OFF Turn market channel ON/OFF
MARKet search OPTIONS Search the list of items for sale on the market; see help ifilter regarding OPTIONS
MARKet sell ITEM TYPE buyout AMOUNT Put ITEM up for sale on the market; TYPE is “QP” or “gold” (also “TP” for Imms); AMOUNT is the buyout amount
MARKet sell ITEM TYPE DAYS Put ITEM up for sale on the market; TYPE is “QP” or “gold” (also “TP” for Imms); DAYS is an optional number between 1-7
mobdeaths FROM_LEVEL TO_LEVEL MOB_ALIGNMENT Show what mobs it would be helpful for you
to kill, by indicating what other people of your level have been killing, e.g. mobdeaths 7 9 good
mobkills Show monsters that killed most players
NEcrotic touch Attack with the ‘Necrotic Touch’ skill; available only to the Venomist Thief subclass
newbie MESSAGE / nb MESSAGE Send MESSAGE to the newbie channel
noexp Toggle gaining experience
nofollow Stop anyone from following you (including pets)
nofollow NAME Stop NAME from following you
nofollow players Stop players from following you (but not a pet)
nograce Toggle grace period after being PKed
NOInfo Toggle info channels on/off completely
noloot Toggle allowing anybody to loot ones corpse
noobjlevel Toggle showing object level when using equipment or inventory (the green numbers in parentheses after the item)
NOPAge Toggle allowing others to PAge you
north Move toward North
NOTe / NOTe read Read next unread note on current forum
note catchup Skip over all notes on the current forum; e.g. as an overwhelmed new player
note catchup all Skip over all notes on all forums except “announce”, “mudinfo” and “personal”; e.g. as a very overwhelmed new player ;-)
NOTe from PERSON List notes from PERSON
note list NUMBER Show headers of last NUMBER notes in the current forum
NOTe read last/again Re-read last note
NOTe read NUMBER Read note with number NUMBER
NOTe subject TEXT Shows notes with TEXT in subject
NOTe threads List all threads
NOTe to PERSON List notes to PERSON
NOTe unread Shows all unread notes in current forum
NOTe write Start a note (to a forum)
OLdgroup Show the previous group display.
Open DIRECTION Open door in DIRECTION; will automatically try to unlock it first
Open OBJ Open OBJect; will automatically try to unlock it first
OPK Check “open PK” status (i.e. whether other players may attack and kill you)
OPK on Enable open PK; cannot be disabled until 12 hours later
OPK remove Disable open PK; cannot be enabled again until 3 days later
OWNEDCarry List any equipment which you are carrying, which is owned by other players
OWnedwhere List all equipment with ownership flag set to your character, with location
PAge PLAYER MESSAGE Send MESSAGE to PLAYER, ignoring their afk and DEAf status
PAGESize Display after how many lines the pager activates
PAGESize Set after how many lines the pager activates
pagesize LINES Configures the server to send LINES lines at a time, to support basic clients that do not have built-in scrolling.
PIck CONTAINER Pick lock of CONTAINER; thieves only
PIck DIRECTION Pick lock of the door in DIRECTION; thieves only
pkstats Display information about your current PK status
POker COMMAND Play Poker; see help poker
POUR CONTAINER / EMPty CONTAINER Empty drink CONTAINER
practice Displays your current skill percentages
practice SKILL/SPELL Spend a practice session on improving SPELL/SKILL
pray for corpse Can be used 3 times per character at the Aylorian Chapel to retrieve ones corpse.
prompt Set prompt
protocols List enabled Telnet suboptions
protocols gmcp List what will be sent via GMCP
put OBJECT CONTAINER Put OBJECT into CONTAINER; it will try to target CONTAINER in ones inventory before a similar CONTAINER in the room
QUAff POTION Drink a magical POTION
Quest appraise ITEM See stats for ITEM before purchasing it for quest points
Quest buy ITEM Buy ITEM for quest points
Quest complete Complete a personal quest at a questmaster, receiving the rewards; the next quest can be requested after 30 minutes of real time
Quest fail Abandon a personal quest at a questmaster, forfeiting the rewards; the next quest can be requested after 15 minutes of real time
Quest info Show your current quest or time until next quest
Quest list See the list of items available for quest points at a questor
Quest request Request a personal quest at a questmaster
Quest sell ITEM Sell ITEM to questor for quest points (at a loss); remember that quest items also can be auctioned upon remort
Quest time Show your time remaining until next quest
or time remaining on current quest
QUIEt Toggle quiet mode (no messages from any channels) on/off
quit Save character and log out
quit check Show any items (worn, carried, or in containers) that will disappear when quitting
quit quit Confirm quiting when on a quest (quest will be failed)
race change RACE Change your race only, without affecting other options; can be used free of charge every 3 days
raceinfo Show modifiers to stat training costs, any resistances or vulnerabilities and other
race modifiers
rbid See items currently up for remort auction
rbid ITEM_NO QP Bid QP quest points on ITEM_NO
realtime Display server time and time until next scheduled reboot
rebuild For a charge of 5% of the total trains and practices gained this remort, you may have your characters stats reset to starting stats for your chosen race and have all of your trains/practices (minus the charge) returned to you so that you can practice your stats over.
recall Instant recall to Aylor; costs half of your current movement points (up to a maximum of 5000 moves)
RECite SCROLL TARGET Cast effects of SCROLL at TARGET; unlike staves and wands, scrolls should be in inventory, not held, when recited
recreate PASSWORD Deletes a character and recreates it
Remove all Remove all worn objects and put them back into your inventory
Remove LOCATION Remove object from wearable LOCATION (e.g. “head”) and put it back into your inventory
Remove OBJ Remove OBJect from your equipment and put it back into your inventory
REPLAy Replay caught/saved tells
REPLy MESSAGE Send MESSAGE to the last player who sent you a tell
REPort Report your HP, mana, moves and experience to the room
REPort stats Report your stats (Str, Dex, etc.) to the room
RESIsts See your resistance values
RESIsts bars See your resistance values as a bar chart
RESt Rest to regenerate hit points, mana points and movement points faster
rget OBJECT Pick up OBJECT from the ground, ones inventory, a container or a corpse; unlike get, this command defaults to items in the room before items in ones inventory
RLOok OBJ Like look, but defaults to OBJ in the room before a similar OBJ in ones inventory
ROOm Show current room name and exits
ROster CLAN SORT Show members of CLAN sorted by SORT (number):
1) Name, 2) Rank, 3) Level, 4) Date last on, 5) Primary class, 6) Race, 10) All classes.
ROster SORT Show members of one’s clan sorted by SORT (number):
1) Name, 2) Rank, 3) Level, 4) Date last on, 5) Primary class, 6) Race, 7) Donated gold, 8) Donated QP, 9) Tax paid, 10) All classes.
RUn DIRECTIONS Makes multiple moves in succession; for example, run 3n2e2s is equal to run nnneess. This is less spammy than using the “speedwalk” feature of one’s client, since the server skips sending room descriptions.
RUNTo LOC / RT LOC Execute speedwalk from Aylor recall
SACrifice all / junk all Offer all objects on the ground to your god
SACrifice OBJECT / junk OBJECT Offer OBJECT on the ground to your god
saffects Shows a shortened list of currently active spells and skills affecting your character
save Manually save the character without logging out; takes about 10 seconds to complete
SAVETells Toggle storing all tells sent to you while speedwalking or fighting
SAy MESSAGE / ' MESSAGE Send MESSAGE to players in current room
scan Scans all directions for players and monsters
scan . / scan here Scans current room for lifesigns of players/monsters
scan DIRECTION Scans a particular direction for lifesigns
scan FILTER Scan for a player or monster with FILTER in its name
SCore See attributes, quest points, goals, HP, mana, move points, gold, level, online hours, weight, items, hunger, thirst, resistance (armor effect), etc.
SEll all Sell all items that are not kept to shop
SEll all.KEYWORD Sell all items matching KEYWORD (and which are not kept) to shop
SEll OBJ Sell OBJect to shop
shelp SOCIAL_NAME Show how SOCIAL_NAME looks from different perspectives:
1. What you see when you give no argument.
2. What other people see when you give no argument.
3. What you see when you DO give an argument.
4. What others see when you DO give an argument.
5. What your target sees.
6. What you see when you use ‘self’.
7. What others see when you use ‘self’.
showspell SPELL_NAME Find the number for the spell named SPELL_NAME
SIt Sit to regenerate hit points, mana points and movement points faster
SKILL Use SKILL
skills Display your character’s list of
available skills
skills all Show all skills that will become available as you increase in level
skills TYPE Show only skills of TYPE, e.g skills dodge
SLeep Sleep (to regenerate faster)
SLeep FURNITURE Sleep in piece of FURNITURE
SMote ACTION Emotes an ACTION to the room, but allows placing the character name anywhere in the phrase
SOCials List all socials
SOCials STRING List socials with given STRING
South Move toward south
speedwalks List areas with speedwalks
speedwalks MIN MAX List areas within within level range MIN through MAX
spells Display your character’s list of
available spells and their mana costs
spells all Show all spells that will become available as you increase in level
spells TYPE Show only skills of TYPE, e.g spells combat
spellup Automated spell casting
STand Stand up (from sitting, resting or sleeping)
stats Shows natural stats, stats from equipment and spells as well as class bonuses, along with a total
STRICTSocials Toggle requiring an asterisk before socials to prevent accidental socials
study List all the people in the room and their current state of health
SUBscribe See list of forums with subscription status
SUBscribe FORUM Toggle subscription to FORUM
tasklist Quick summary of all open tasks
tasklist GOAL List summary of tasks in GOAL
tasks List task reminders for all open goals
tasks GOAL List task reminders for GOAL
tasks here List task reminders for current area
Tell -h Show history of own tells
Tell NPC MESSAGE Tell MESSAGE to NPC
Tell PLAYER MESSAGE Send private MESSAGE to PLAYER
think MESSAGE Send MESSAGE to players in current room, in thought bubbles
tierstats Shows set tier training bonus(es)
time / date Display world time
tpspend corpse Spend 1 trivia point at Ravi Enterprises to retrieve all corpses you have (except in clan areas)
tpspend OPTION Spend trivia point(s) on OPTION at Ravi Enterprises (runto ravi)
train View training costs (to increase stats)
train convert Convert practice sessions to train sessions
train practices Convert train sessions into practice sessions
train STAT Train STAT (spending sessions)
UNKeep OBJ Remove the flag set by keep OBJ
UNlock DIRECTION Unlock the door in DIRECTION; requires its key
UNlock OBJ Unlock OBJect; requires its key
UNOutcast Remove outcast status to be able to join a new clan; costs 25000 gold per current level
Up Move up
Value OBJ Ask shopkeeper what they would pay for OBJ
vault buy Buy a vault for 20 trivia points; it can store 20 items
vault get ITEM(S) Place ITEM(S) in vault
vault list List items in vault
vault put ITEM(S) Place ITEM(S) in vault
vault status Shows summary about your vault (without items list)
vault upgrade SLOTS Upgrade vault with SLOTS item slots (at a certain cost of trivia points)
WAke Wake (or stand) up (from sitting, sleeping or resting)
warinfo PLAYER Shows warfare statistics for PLAYER
WEAr all Wear all items in inventory
WEAr ITEM Wear an ITEM on the body to gain its benefits
WEARAble See the different wear locations available to you
WEATher Check the weather
West Move toward west
WHEre List details about the current area and the locations of all visible players within it
WHEre TARGET Tells you the room location of one character with that name within your area, including monsters
WHIsper PLAYER MESSAGE Send MESSAGE to PLAYER only (who is in the same room)
WHo List online players
WHo consent List players who have allowed you to loot their corpse
WHo from cr Find players who have marked themselves as willing to help retrieve corpses
WHo helper List online helpers (volunteers)
WHo ignored Show list of players ignoring you
WHOIs Show own stats (points, achievements, hours online, creation date, etc.)
WHOIs CHARACTER Shows details such as class(ses), level, sex, marriage and clan status, etc. about CHARACTER
WIeld WEAPON Equip WEAPON for use in combat
WIMpy Configure automatic flight attempts when below 20% of (current) max HP
WIMpy NUMBER Enable automatic flight attempts when character is below NUMBER HP
WISh See list of active wishes
WISh costs List available wishes
WISh for KEYWORD Buys the wish KEYWORD; at Vira
WISh list List all wishes
WIThdraw all Withdraw all gold from bank (while there)
WIThdraw AMOUNT Withdraw AMOUNT of gold from bank (while there)
WIZlist Show list of imms
XTerm Toggle 256 colors (instead of 15)
Zap TARGET Zap TARGET with (held) wand, using one of its charges

For clan leaders

Section titled “For clan leaders”
Command Description
MList Lists area mobs by mob-key.
OLIst Lists area objects by obj-key.
RList Lists area rooms by room-key.

Community

Section titled “Community”

Clans

Section titled “Clans”
Clan Short name Run Description
Boot Camp boot us Newbie (and largest) clan
Clan Imperium imperium
Crusaders of the Nameless One crusader sw
Dark Templars of Rhabdo Rana rhabdo
House of Touchstone touchstone 2nwd
Knights of Perdition perdition 6sd
Loqui loqui 2e
Masaki Clan masaki nu
Order of the Bard bard w
Retribution retribution
The Children of Ba’alzamon baal
The Creation of Tao tao 2s8eswnu
The Crimson Horde crimson 13s2w2s
The Emerald Knights emerald nd
The Fellowship of the Twin Lobes twinlobe 2neu
The Great Circle of Druids druid 13s4e5s2u
The Hook Clan hook
The Lone Adventurers loner Players who actively decided not to be part of any clan
The Midgaardian Publishing Group gaardian 4sw
The Order of Light light 2s8eswnd
The Outcast Clan of Shame outcast Players who left their clan and did not use UNOutcast
The Seekers seekers 8su
The Soul Pyre pyre 2s4e3s2ed
The Tribes of the Amazon amazon 16s2ws2e
The Watchmen of Aardwolf watchmen 6su
The Wolf Administration wolf - Imms
The Xunti Cult xunti

Definitions / Glossary

Section titled “Definitions / Glossary”
  • Alignment ranges from -2500 (evil) to 2500 (good).
  • Andolor is the name of the world in Aardwolf.
  • Aylor is the largest city in Andolor.
  • Completing campaigns for Commander Barcett in Aylor is like quests, but involve multiple victims and are much harder.
  • Banks only store gold, not items.
  • Channels are similar to chat rooms. The player can subscribe to multiple chat rooms to receive messages sent to them. To send a message to a channel, prefix it with the channel name (which may be abbreviated), e.g. nb Hi! to send “Hi!” to the newbie channel.
  • Clans are player-run communities, similar to guilds in some other games. Clans are at war with other clans, unless they have the NOPK flag set.
  • Constitution reduces damage taken overall, determines your hit point gain when you increase in level and is important for most warrior abilities.
  • Containers are used for organization and also offer the extra benefit of (usually) providing a reduced total weight for objects carried within them. Containers have a capacity and weight limit. The quest item ‘a Bag of Aardwolf’ changes capacity as you level.
  • Currencies include gold, quest points and trivia points.
  • When death occurs from being killed by a monster, you will lose some experience (at least 400), and have a small chance of losing one point in a random stat, which can be re-trained like normal. Your gold stays on your character, but your equipment is put in a corpse. The corpse rots after 3 hours of real life time. This timer stops while disconnected. If you have a clan, your corpse goes to the clan morgue room and you go to your clan’s death recall room (usually the same room). Unclanned and outcast players end up at the Aylorian hospital and must retrieve their corpses from the room where they died.
  • Dexterity helps avoid attacks, determines how often you attack during combat and affects many skills, particularly those used by thieves.
  • Use drink from drink containers when thirsty. The Insulated Canteen from Boot Clan (U;S from recall) has 50 servings of milk that each replenish thirst by 81% and hunger by 100%.
  • Experience is gained by killing monsters and results in gaining levels.
  • Forums are a bulletin board like system, where players and the system can post notes, which can be browsed and read by players.
  • Goals are puzzles of varying difficulty.
  • Gold coins are one of the in-game currencies. Campaigns, quests, and goals are a good way to start getting gold during the earlier levels.
  • Being hungry or thirsty makes one regenerate HP/MP/movement points at a much lower rate.
  • Immortals (“Imms”) provide, manage and maintain Aardwolf. In other worlds, they may be known as Gods or Admins. To see a list of current immortals, type WIZlist.
  • The info system works similar to chat channels, but for system announcements. These messages are sent through info channels that can be toggled on and off individually using info CHANNEL.
  • Intelligence increases your magical attacks, affects how quickly you learn new abilities, helps you avoid harmful effects and determines how much mana you will gain with each level increase.
  • Inventory space is limited by weight (carrying capacity) and number of items.
    • The number of items increases with the dexterity attribute. Also it’s a good idea to turn autoloot off, or keep all items one wants to keep, and sell all others in between “runs”.
    • Carrying capacity increases with the strength attribute. There are also bags that decrease the weight of items within.
  • Keys expire (usually) after 14 days of real time.
  • Loners are players who have chosen not to be in a clan. This flag can only be removed after tiering or after one year of real life time has passed.
  • Luck is the primary stat for nothing, but affects almost every ability to a lesser degree. Training luck is recommended as you increase in level but can be left until later for all classes except Psionicists.
  • The market allows players to list regular auctions or with a buyout price. Items are delisted after a week.
  • Mob is a synonym for monster.
  • Every object in Aardwolf has a unique object ID to track and distinguish it from similar items. This can be used to unambigously identify it, e.g. when using the get, give, drop, put etc. commands.
  • Practice sessions (or practices) can be spend on increasing skills and spells.
  • Personal quests can be requested from questmasters, while “global” (competitive) quests are announced in the Gquest forum. Quests reward gold and quest points (at a minimum) and possibly additional bonuses such as trains, practices, and/or a trivia point.
  • Quest points are gained through questing and can be spent on wishes.
  • Player killing (PK) (or “PVP”, Player vs player) is almost completely optional in Aardwolf.
  • When you reach SUPERHERO (level 201), you can continue to gain trains. Alternatively, you can choose remort into another class. What basically happens is that you add another class to your existing set of skills and spells and restart at level 1. Because Aardwolf has 7 classes, a player can ‘go around’ the whole game 7 times. Since there is more power to be had, there is also more experience per level to gain as a tradeoff. When you remort, you are going back to level 1 and your item and weight limits will decrease accordingly.
  • Characters are saved saved automatically every 15 minutes as well as whenever they quit, level, die, complete a quest, change their password or manually save.
  • Strength determines how hard you hit during combat, the amount of equipment you can carry and affects most physical abilities.
  • Every 30 second a tick occurs, this corresponds to approximately one hour of time elapsing in the game. Characters not in combat usually heal some at each tick.
  • A person who has reached 7x remort status on Aardwolf and would like to continue playing the game, can restart the game and add a tier to their character.
  • Train sessions (or trains) can be spend on increasing stats (strength, etc.).
  • Trivia points can be earned by winning at trivia games, donating, converting quest points, killing some mobs, finish some campaigns, winning some global quests, or won randomly. They can be spent on special items at Ravi Enterprises, north of recall. They can also be converted to tokens to be traded with other players.
  • Vaults are lockers, similar to banks in some other games. Due to their high price they would typically only be used for storing valuable items.
  • Wisdom increases the damage and healing ability of cleric and ranger spells, determines the amount of protection you receive from spells such as sanctuary, and affects the number of practice sessions you will receive with each level increase.
  • Wishes are special abilities for experienced Aardwolf players that can be bought for quest points at Vira (located up from the pulpit in the church of Aylor).

Flags

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Objects

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Keep (K)

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Cannot be accidentally dropped, sold or eaten.

Invis (I)

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The item is invisible to normal sight. Removed through the ‘solidify’ spell. If you expect invisible objects, try e.g. potsearch "detect invis" to find potions that temporarily grant the ability “detect invis”.

FAQ

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I have returned and don’t remember whether I’m in a clan

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