Newbie

New here? These are the commands to learn first.

Two kinds of command

Commands that start with @ are usually things you do as a player, like settings and your character sheet. Commands without it are things your character does in the world, like look, say, or get.

help lists every topic, and help <topic> opens one, like help wear. To read the syntax lines in help, see help syntax.

The tutorial

@newbie
@newbie <lesson>
@newbie menu
@newbie next
@newbie finish

@newbie takes you into a dream: a private practice space where you try the basic commands, with Saint Wren as your guide.

The tutorial is split into short lessons that you can take in any order. @newbie menu shows the list. To start a lesson, type its name or number, like @newbie crafting or @newbie 9. @newbie next goes to the next step, and @newbie finish ends the tutorial.

Your first minutes

When the dream ends, you wake in the Ixion capsule hotel. If you are in a sleep capsule, type leave to step out. Near the capsules is a lost and found bin: rummage lost and found a few times to get basic clothes and some cash. See help lost and found.

inventory shows what you carry, and wear <clothing> puts clothes on.

Look and move

look shows the room, and look <target> shows a person or thing. To walk through an exit, type its name, like north or just n.

Talk and act

say <message>
.<what you do>

say speaks out loud. A line that starts with a dot is a pose. If your name is Sol, .wave at the bartender. shows everyone else "Sol waves at the bartender." See help roleplaying.

Names

At first, people show up as short descriptions, like "a willowy woman". When someone tells you their name, remember it with recog willowy as Mara. See help recognition.

Your character

@stats shows your character sheet. @setdesc <text> and @sdesc set how other people see you. You earn experience by roleplaying with other people, and spend it with @xp.

Money

count cash shows the money on you. Shops use list and buy. See help economy.

Making things

prospect shows what you can gather or scavenge where you stand. gather <source> and scavenge <source> collect it. See help crafting for what to make with it.

Stay alive

Fights are fast, and dying costs a lot. Only start a fight you can get out of. Do not go up to the surface until you know the game, and do not go alone. See help combat, help the surface, and help splintering.

Getting help

xgame <question> asks other players a gameplay question. @request <topic> = <details> asks staff. @bug reports a bug.

Leaving

quit disconnects you. To log out somewhere private, see help capsule hotel.

To learn the world your character lives in, start with help deshret and help life in deshret.
More guides on the Agora: https://agora.underspire.net/t/quick-guide-to-play.91/ and https://agora.underspire.net/t/making-a-character.69/