Commands Guide
"Slash" Commands are useful for many things in World of Warcraft, from conveying emotions to doing actions you would otherwise need to open many menus for, these shortcuts help the player out and help speed up the process, allowing players to do more in less time.
We will go over several basic commands, ranging from game modifications and help to emotes used to show others how your character feels.
Basic Commands
Command
Effect
/?, /h, /help
Lists some in-game help on commands
/a,/assist
Assists the current target, targetting what they are targetting
/camp, /logout
Logs you out after 20 seconds, returning you to character select
/cast, /spell (spell)
Casts the spell or ability
/combatlog
Toggles writing of the combat log
/dismount
Dismounts you from your mount
/equip (item)
Equips the item you specify
/f, /fol, /follow (player)
Automatically follows the target you have
/ins, /inspect (player)
Inspects your current target
/played
Shows your total playtime
/rand, /random, /roll, /rnd (range)
Rolls a random number between the range specified, ie; 1-100, if no range is given, it is done 1-100
/tar, /target (target)
Targets what you have chosen to, if it's within range
/time
Shows current ingame time
/tr, /trade
Brings up the trade dialog between players
/use (item)
Uses the specified item (including trinkets, etc)
/who (search)
Looks up players via name,zone, or guild, ie; /who DarkFact, /who Stranglethorn Vale, /who Tentonhammer Guild
Chat Commands
Command
Effect
/e, /em, /emote, /me (text)
Emotes an action for your character to do, ie; /em waves hello!
/bg (text)
Sends your text to the whole battleground
/c, /csay (channel)(text)
Sends text to the specified channel
/g, /gc, /guild (text)
Sends text to your guild
/o, /osay (text)
Sends text to your officers (must have priviledge)
/p, /party (text)
Sends text to your party
/r, /reply (text)
Replies to the last player who whispered you
/ra, /raid, /rsay (text)
Sends text to your raid
/s, /say (text)
Sends text to anyone near you
/send, /t, /tell, /w, /whisper (player)(text)
Sends a private message to the player you choose
/sh, /shout, /y, /yell (text)
Yells a message, reaches larger areas than /say
/v (macro)
Plays the sound that your voice macro (macro) has
Status
Command
Effect
/afk
Flags you Away from Keyboard, this will let you exit a battleground.
/dnd
Flags you as "DND" (Do not disturb), you will not receive whispers when in DND mode.
Friends List
Command
Effect
/friend, /friends (player)
Adds the player to your friends list
/ignore (player)
Ignores all chat/whispers from that player
/remfriend, /removefriend (player)
Removes the player from your friends list
/unignore (player)
Removes the player from your ignore list.
Party and Raid Commands
Command
Effect
/i, /inv, /invite (player)
Invites the player to your current group
/kick, /u, /uninvite (player)
Removes the player from your group
/pr, /promote (player)
Makes that player leader
/raidinfo
Displays your raid timers and instance timers by showing instance IDs
/rw
Displays a raid warning text, only raid leaders may use it.
/ffa
Makes it so everyone may loot all corpses (Free For All)
/master (player)
Makes that player the Master Looter for the group.
/readycheck
Sends a ready check to everyone, asking if they're ready and requiring them to click a Yes/No dialog; the leader receives this information. Timeout for it is 30 seconds.
Guild Commands
/gdisband, /guilddisband
Disbands the guild. You must be the leader to do so
/ginfo, /guildinfo
Gives basic information about the guild
/ginvite, /guildinvite (player)
Invites the player into your guild. You must have invite priviledges.
/gleader, /guildleader (player)
Makes the player the guild leader
/gquit, /guildquit
Leaves your guild
/gmotd, /guildmotd (text)
Changes the guild's message of the day to whatever text is.
/gpromote, /guildpromote (player)
Promotes player one rank in your guild. Must be officer to use
/gdemote, /guilddemote (player)
Demotes player one rank in your guild, must be officer to use
/gremove, /guildremove (player)
Removes the player from your guild. Must have officer to use
Stay tuned for part 2 of this section where we cover PvP and Arena Team commands, as well as many of the emotes available to you!
Got different tactics, tips, strategies, questions or comments? Email me at DarkFact@TenTonHammer.Com!