MUME Help

Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

KEYWORDS, SPECIFYING OBJECTS

In order to specify which particular object or character you want to act on, you use its keyword together with an (optional) list of prefixes.

`get sword`	picks up the first sword in the room
`get 2.sword`	picks up the second sword in the room

"First" and "second" here refers to the order you see them in when you type examine.

Some commands will allow you to use an object that is either worn (in your equipment), in your inventory, or in your room. In that case, all three locations are searched, in that order.

Note that the look and examine command may show objects in different order, as look may rearrange them show several of the same objects on a single line: There are two swords here.

Keywords

Objects and characters can have several keywords. For most they should be self-explanatory. Both nouns and adjectives are used, so a red shirt will have keywords red and shirt.

Matching multiple keywords

By specifying several words separated by hyphens (-), an object or character will match if all words match.

For example, shining-shirt will match any object that has keywords shining and shirt.

Similarly, guard-uruk will match any character (NPC) with keywords guard and uruk.

Ordered selection

The following command will put the second sword that you have in your inventory into the third sack that you either have in your equipment, in your inventory, or which is in your room:

  put 2.sword 3.sack

Note that the first argument, sword, can only be in your inventory, while the second one, sack, can be in either place.

You can also count "from the back" using negative numbers:

  kill -1.orc

This will attack the last orc in "look order". -2 would target the second to last, and so on. last can be used as an alias for -1:

  drop last.sack

Location restrictions

For objects, you can also use one of the equipment., inventory., and room. prefixes (they can be abbreviated!) to narrow the search:

`put 2.sword inv.sack`	put 2nd sword into 1st sack in inventory
`put 2.sword room.2.sack`	put 2nd sword into 2nd sack in room

Matching many things

Some commands let you operate on several objects at once. Use all or all.<keyword> to do so:

`get all`	pick up everything from the room
`put all.bread sack`	put all bread you have into the sack

Special keywords and labels

The words me, self, and myself are permanent labels for the character you're playing: look me.

The word mount is a permanent label for any mount you are riding or leading: saddle mount.

See help label on how you can create temporary labels (replacement keywords) for other characters.

Generated on Fri Apr 25 07:40:43 2025