Table of Orders
From Eressea
The "S/L" column indicates whether an order is (S)hort or (L)ong.
| Order | Description | S/L |
|---|---|---|
| // | sticky comment | S |
| ATTACK unit-id | attacks the unit | (L)* |
| BANNER "text" | Sets text for the address list | S |
| BUY amount luxury-item | buy luxury item | L** |
| CARRY unit-id | transport another unit | S |
| CAST "spell" | cast spell | L*** |
| CLAIM [amount] item | claims items from the faction pool | S |
| COMBAT [AGGRESSIVE|REAR|DEFENSIVE|NOT|FLEE] | set the combat behaviour | S |
| COMBAT HELP [NOT] | this unit should not be helped in combat | S |
| COMBATSPELL [LEVEL n] "spell" [NOT] | set spell for combat | S |
| CONTACT unit-id | contact foreign unit | S |
| DEFAULT order | sets the default order for the next turn | S |
| DESCRIBE BUILDING "text" | S | |
| DESCRIBE PRIVATE "text" | S | |
| DESCRIBE REGION "text" | S | |
| DESCRIBE SHIP "text" | S | |
| DESCRIBE UNIT "text" | describes object | S |
| DESTROY | "building, ship, or road" | S |
| EMAIL email@adresse | sets the e-mail address the report is sent to | S |
| END | ends a MAKE TEMP block | S |
| ENTER CASTLE building-id | Enter building. CASTLE must be used regardless of building type | S |
| ENTER SHIP ship-id | S | |
| ENTERTAIN [amount] | earn 20 or more silver | L |
| ERESSEA faction-id "password" | marks the beginning of a faction's orders | S |
| FOLLOW SHIP ship-id [speed] | follows a ship | L |
| FOLLOW UNIT unit-id | follows a unit | (L)**** |
| FORGET skill | forget the skill | S |
| GIVE 0 amount MEN | give persons to peasants | S |
| GIVE 0 amount item | throw away items | S |
| GIVE unit-id CONTROL | transfer command of building or ship | S |
| GIVE unit-id HERBS | transfer all herbs | S |
| GIVE unit-id UNIT | transfer a unit to another faction | S |
| GIVE unit-id amount MEN | transfer person | S |
| GIVE unit-id amount item | transfer items | S |
| GROUP ["name"] | forms groups of units | S |
| GROW | grow herbs or horses (needs a stable) | L |
| GUARD [NOT] | guard the region | S |
| HELP faction-id ALL [NOT] | S | |
| HELP faction-id COMBAT [NOT] | S | |
| HELP faction-id GIVE [NOT] | S | |
| HELP faction-id GUARD [NOT] | S | |
| HELP faction-id SILVER [NOT] | set up/revoke a unilateral alliance | S |
| HIDE FACTION [NOT] | hide faction membership | S |
| HIDE FACTION NUMBER id | pretend to be from another faction | S |
| HIDE [level] | set hide level | S |
| HIDE race | Demon: disguise as another race | S |
| LEARN skill | learn a skill | L |
| LEAVE | leave ship or building | S |
| MAKE | extend a building or ship | L |
| MAKE TEMP unit-alias-id ["name"] | creates a new unit | S |
| MAKE [amount] HERBS | pick herbs | L |
| MAKE [amount] item | make an item | L |
| MAKE [amount] potion | make a potion | L |
| MAKE [level] ROAD direction | build road | L |
| MAKE [level] SHIP [ship-id] | extend a ship | L |
| MAKE [level] building-type [building-id] | erect or or extend a building | L |
| MAKE [level] ship-type | build a new ship | L |
| MESSAGE CASTLE building-id "text" | S | |
| MESSAGE FACTION faction-id "text" | S | |
| MESSAGE REGION "text" | S | |
| MESSAGE SHIP ship-id "text" | S | |
| MESSAGE UNIT unit-id "text" | Send a message | S |
| MOVE direction [direction etc.] | move unit | L |
| NAME [FOREIGN] BUILDING "name" | S | |
| NAME [FOREIGN] FACTION "name" | S | |
| NAME REGION "name" | S | |
| NAME [FOREIGN] SHIP "name" | S | |
| NAME [FOREIGN] UNIT "name" | names the specified object | S |
| NEXT | ends the orders of a faction | S |
| NUMBER CASTLE [new_id] | S | |
| NUMBER FACTION [new_id] | S | |
| NUMBER SHIP [new_id] | S | |
| NUMBER UNIT [new_id] | changes the ID | S |
| OPTION ADDRESSES [NOT] | S | |
| OPTION BZIP2 [NOT] | S | |
| OPTION COMPUTER [NOT] | S | |
| OPTION ITEMPOOL [NOT] | Turns the item pool on or off. | S |
| OPTION REPORT [NOT] | various options | S |
| OPTION SILVERPOOL [NOT] | Turns the silver pool on or off. | S |
| OPTION STATISTICS [NOT] | S | |
| OPTION SCORE [NOT] | S | |
| OPTION TEMPLATE [NOT] | S | |
| OPTION ZIPPED [NOT] | S | |
| ORIGIN [x y] | Sets the origin of the coordinate system to x,y | S |
| PASSWORD "new password" | set new password | S |
| PIRACY [faction_1 [faction_2 [...] ] ] | commit acts of piracy | L |
| PLANT | plant seed, mallorn seed, or herb | L |
| PREFIX [prefix] | prepend the race name with a prefix | S |
| PROMOTION | promote a unit to heroes | S |
| QUIT "password" | quit the game | S |
| RECRUIT amount | recruit more men | S |
| REGION x,y | no function (only for tools) | S |
| RESEARCH HERBS | search for herbs | L |
| RESERVE amount item | reserve item | S |
| RESTART race "password" | restarts a faction with a new race | S |
| RIDE unit-id | be transported by unit-id | L |
| ROUTE direction [direction etc.] | travel | L |
| SABOTAGE SHIP | L | |
| SELL amount luxury-product | sell specified luxury goods | L** |
| SHOW "spell" | retrieve spell description | S |
| SIEGE building-id | siege the building | L |
| SORT AFTER unit-id | S | |
| SORT BEFORE unit-id | sort unit in report | S |
| SPY unit-id | spy on unit | L |
| STEAL unit-id | steal 50 Silver or more | L |
| TAX [amount] | tax peasants (max. 20 silver/skill level) | L |
| TEACH unit-id [unit-id etc.] | teach units | L |
| UNIT unit-id | marks the beginning of a unit's orders | S |
| USE potion | uses potion | S |
| WORK | earns 10 silver or more | L |
*see combat; **can be combined with other SELL or BUY orders; ***can be combined with other CAST orders; ****if the unit doesn't move, a different long order may be executed.
