ATTACK Attack with your weapon while in battle
ADMIN Identify yourself as a gameserv administrator
BANK Withdraw and deposit gold from your bank account
CHECK Check how long you have until the next refresh
DRAGON Attempt to fight the almighty DRAGON!
FIGHT Fight another player in the realm
HEAL Heal yourself. Replenishes Hit points
HELP Brings up this help menu
IDENTIFY Identify yourself with a previously registered login
INVENTORY View your inventory
LIST List who is currently in the realm
LOGOUT Lets you stop playing %S without quitting
MASTER Question and fight your master to gain a level
NEWS View the daily happenings
REGISTER Register a login and join the realm
RUN Flee from battle to save yourself
SEARCH Search the forest for a monster to kill
STATS Get a stats listing of you or another player in the realm
STORE Buy and Sell weapons and armor
TAVERN Buy and Sell Potions
USE Use Items in your Inventory 

Further help on individual commands can be accessed by typing:

/msg Volsung HELP command

If you are in battle, you can use the attack command to attack with your current weapon. Damage is based on your strength rating, and your weapon. When you attack, if you win, the fight is over. If your opponent still has hit points, it is their turn and you must wait for them to attack or run.

Syntax: ATTACK

Example: /msg %S ATTACK

You have an account at a bank with a maximum limit of 2,000,000,000 gold pieces. You may withdraw and deposit funds at any point in the game except for in the middle of a fight.

Syntax: BANK {WITHDRAW | DEPOSIT} {# | ALL}

Example: /msg %S BANK withdraw all Example: /msg %S BANK deposit 400

Shows how long until the next refresh

Syntax: CHECK

Example: /msg %S CHECK

This command lets you fight the DRAGON, therefore completing your quest! If you can beat the dragon, you will be awarded VERY generously!

Syntax: DRAGON

Example: /msg %S DRAGON

Much like searching the forest, this is how you challenge another player in the realm to go head to head in a fight to the death! You can only fight players that are online. The person who attacks the other player gets the advantage of striking first. When you lose to another player, the player takes all the gold you have on hand. It is wise to keep your money in the bank for this reason.

Syntax: FIGHT player

Example: /msg %S FIGHT ircnick

Heal yourself of as many hit points as you want for a price per hit point. As you gain levels, the price for healing goes up. You can either heal all possible points, or chose an arbitrary number of hit points for healing.

Syntax: HEAL {# | ALL}

Example: /msg %S HEAL all Example: /msg %S HEAL 34

This command enables you to restart playing on %S after having logged off of IRC. You must be the owner of an already registered %S player name. This is where remembering your password from the register command is needed.

Syntax: REGISTER playername password

Example: /msg %S REGISTER Killer killerpassword

The inventory command allows a player to check their inventory to see how many potions they have on hand. You may check your inventory during a fight.

Syntax: INVENTORY

Example: /msg %S INVENTORY

Lists the current players in the realm and their IRC Nicknames. Just /msg %S LIST lists all players currently logged in. /msg %S LIST ALL lists all existing players.

Syntax: LIST [ALL]

Examples:

• /msg %S LIST
• /msg %S LIST ALL

This command allows players to stop playing without needing to quit the IRC Server. Only %S admins may logout other players.

Syntax: LOGOUT [name]

Example: /msg %S LOGOUT

This command deals with questioning and challenging your master to a fight. You may question your masters as many times as you like, and they will tell you if you have enough experience points to fight them. Once you have enough experience points, you may fight them. If you win, you gain a level, extra hit points, strength, and defense points. The monsters in the forest are now harder to defeat than the previous level, but they also yield more experience and gold. You may only fight your master once a day. Once you either win or lose, you must wait until the next day to fight your master again. If you lose, you are not dead, and your hit points to not diminish, but your master has won, and you must wait until the next day to fight them again.

Syntax: MASTER {QUESTION | FIGHT}

Examples:

• /msg %S MASTER question
• /msg %S MASTER fight

Shows today's daily happenings

Syntax: NEWS

Example: /msg %S NEWS

This is the command you must use to register your nickname with %S as a player. You provide a password, and %S responds by telling you that you are registered. Write down your password! Passwords are encrypted and stored in the player data file. This encryption can not be reversed. In other words: If you lose your password, there is no way to get it back.

Syntax: REGISTER name password

Example: /msg %S REGISTER Killer fakepass

If you find yourself about to lose a battle, or if you know your enemy is too strong, run is the command that lets you flee from the fight. You still lose one forest fight or one player fight for the day, however, and any hit points lost do not replenish automatically.

Syntax: RUN

Example: /msg %S RUN

Searches the forest for a monster to fight. Once you're in a fight, you may then use the attack or run commands. When you defeat a monster, you gain experience and gold. Gold can be used to buy things from the store, and experience is needed to gain levels.

Syntax: SEARCH FOREST

Example: /msg %S SEARCH FOREST

Get a list of %S related stats on you or another player in the realm.

Syntax: STATS [playername]

Examples:

• /msg %S STATS
• /msg %S STATS Bob

This is perhaps the most complex command in %S from a user's perspective. There are three modes for this command: LIST, BUY, and SELL. You will want to list weapons or armors before attempting to purchase a new piece of equipment so that you have an idea of the prices involved. You have to sell your weapons/armor before you buy new equipment.

Syntax: STORE LIST {WEAPONS | ARMOR}

Syntax: STORE BUY {WEAPON | ARMOR} #

Syntax: STORE SELL {WEAPON | ARMOR}

Examples:

• /msg %S STORE list weapons
• /msg %S STORE buy weapon 15
• /msg %S STORE sell armor

This command allows you to buy potions from Boot Liquors Mystical Apothecary. The potions can be used throughout the game for things such as strength boosts and healing.

To get a more detailed instruction and a funny intro, type /msg %S TAVERN alone. 

Syntax: TAVERN [LIST | BUY {NUMBER}]

Examples:

• /msg %S TAVERN
• /msg %S TAVERN list
• /msg %S TAVERN buy 1

This command lets you use items and potions that you may be carrying. Healing potions add to your HP, as if you used the HEAL command. HP Potions, however, add to your maximum HP possible. Strength and defense potions add to their respective values.

Syntax: /msg %S USE {HEALING | STRENGTH | DEFENSE | HP}

Examples:

• /msg %S USE HEALING
• /msg %S USE STRENGTH
• /msg %S USE DEFENSE
• /msg %S USE HP