WoW:List of slash commands (old)

Note: This alternate reference is not necessarily up to date. See Slash commands for current list.

This page is a list of slash commands. Some require a parameter, and some commands have optional parameters. For example, /join takes two parameters, one option and one required. So it is listed as /join <channelname> [password]. In this case, <channelname> must be given, but [password] can be left off. See also the other alternate reference Slash commands (old). See also Making a macro.

Basic Commands

/?, /h, /help

Displays some help about using various commands.

/a, /assist [player]

Assists [player] or your current target by targeting what they are targeting.

/camp, /logout

Starts the logout progress, after which you will be returned to the Character Select screen.

/cast, /spell <spell>

Casts the spell or uses the ability <spell>.

/combatlog

Toggles writing of the combat log to your hard disk.

/dismount

Dismounts you.

/mountspecial

Your mount will do a special emotion (not all mounts are capable of doing this).

/equip <item>

Equips any equip able item in your inventory.

/exit, /quit

Starts the logout process, after which World of Warcraft will completely exit.

/f, /fol, /follow [player]

Starts automatically following [player] or your current target.

/ins, /inspect [player]

Inspects [player] or your current target. Can be used across factions since patch 2.4.

/gm

Opens Knowledge Base

/played

Displays the total amount of time played.

/rand, /random, /rnd, /roll [minimum] [maximum]

Rolls a random number between [minimum] and [maximum], inclusive. If only one number is given, then the range is defined as 1 to that number. If no numbers are given, then 1 to 100 is used. This number is then displayed to everyone in your party or raid group and to everybody within /say range. The range you chose is also displayed.

/tar, /target <target>

Attempts to target the player named by <target>. (See TargetByName for details of how this works.)

/time

Displays the current in game time. (This is the time displayed on the clock tooltip.)

/tr, /trade [player]

Brings up the trade dialog with [player] or your current target.

/use [item]

uses the specified item (food, trinkets ect)

/who [search]

Searches based on the given parameter, or runs a default search if no search is specified. The results of the search will be listed in the chat window. If no search is specified, the search dialog will be displayed.

/reload

Reload the user interface. May be usefull when an addon fails and must be restarted, as you can do this with this command without having to logout.

Chat Commands

These commands are used to say things to other players. Unless otherwise noted, these channels are displayed in your current language. So, for example, if a Night Elf is currently speaking in Darnassian, Human players would not be able to understand them.

/e, /em, /emote, /me <message>

Emotes <message> to all players in the general area, similar to /say, except displayed as "Player <message>". So, for example, "/emote loves the WOW Wiki." would be displayed as "Player loves the WOW Wiki." Unlike other chat commands, this one does not use your current language. Across faction boundaries it simply displays "Player makes some strange gestures."

/bg <message>

Displays <message> to all other raid members while in a PvP battleground.

/c, /csay <channel> <message>

Sends <message> to all players in <channel>. This does not use your current language. You can also use /# (where # is the channel number) to send a message to <channel>.

/g, /gc, /gu, /guild <message>

Displays <message> to all members in your guild.

/o, /osay <message>

Displays <message> to all officers in your guild. (You must have the 'Officer Chat Speak' privilege to use this)

/p, /party <message>

Displays <message> to all other party members. This does not include other people in your raid group, use /raid for that.

/r, /reply <message>

Replies to the last player to send you a /whisper

/ra, /raid, /rsay <message>

Displays <message> to all other raid members. While in a PvP battleground, use /bg instead.

/s, /say <message>

Displays <message> to other players in the general area.

/send, /t, /tell, /w, /whisper <player> <message>

Sends the private message <message> to <player>. No other players will see the message.

/sh, /shout, /y, /yell <message>

Displays <message> to other players in the area. The area of players that will see the message is larger than the area when /say is used.

/v <macro>

Plays the sound associated with the given voice macro <macro>.

Online Status

/afk [message]

Toggles Away From Keyboard status. <AFK> status appears next to your name. This command also forces an immediate exit from any PvP battleground. If you enter a message, players sending you a /whisper will be sent this message in addition to the standard <AFK> message.

/dnd [message]

Toggles Do Not Disturb status. When DND is set, you cannot receive /whisper messages. A player attempting to send a /whisper will be notified that you have Do Not Disturb set. If you specify a message, they will also be sent that message.

Friends List

/friend, /friends [player]

Adds [player] or your current target to your friends list. If nothing is targeted, your friend list will be displayed. See /remfriend.

/ignore [player]

Ignore chat messages from [player] or your current target. Use /unignore to undo this.

/remfriend, /removefriend [player]

Removes [player] or your current target from your friends list. See /friends.

/unignore [player]

Remove [player] or your current target from your ignore list. See /ignore.

More Party / Raid Commands

/df

Dungeon Finder (the new lfg tool introduced in 3.3)

/lfr

Looking For Raid (tool)

/i, /inv, /invite [player]

Invites [player] or your current target.

/leaveparty

Leaves the party or raid.

/kick, /u, /un, /uninvite [player]

Removes [player] or your current target from the party.

/pr, /promote [player]

Makes [player] or your current target the party leader if you are currently the party leader.

/split <money>

Divides <money> among your group. (Presumably this is an integer in copper?) Removed in patch 1.9.1 because of several incidents where people accidentally gave their money to others.

/raidinfo

See Raid timer for more information; shows remaining time on saved raid instances.

Also shows an instance ID to compare with other players (if you have the same saved ID as them, you will go into the same instance).

/rw

Send raid warning text. This is only available to raid leaders and assistants. The message appears in large letters in the middle of the screen of raid members, usually with a warning tone.

/readycheck

A ready check sends an "Are you ready?" Yes/No dialog window to all players in the raid. The raid leader will get feedback in 30 seconds on all the players who were not ready or who did not respond. Only raid leaders can do this.

Looting

/ffa

Changes the looting method to Free For All if you are the party leader.

/group

Changes the looting method to Group Loot if you are the party leader.

/master [player]

Changes the looting method to Master Looter with [player] or your current target if you are the party leader.

/needbeforegreed

Changes the looting method to Need Before Greed if you are the party leader.

/roundrobin

Changes the looting method to Round Robin if you are currently the party leader.

Guild Commands

Guild commands are used to handle various guild functions such as inviting people to the guild, leaving the guild, promoting and demoting members, and other various functions.

/gdisband, /guilddisband

Disbands the entire guild. You must be the guild leader to use this.

/ghelp, /guildhelp

This command appears to have been removed, but it would display the following:

For now, to create a guild type 'guildcreate <guild name>' in the console.

'/ginfo' gives some basic information about your guild

'/g <message>' sends a chat message to all members of your guild

'/o <message>' sends a chat message to all officers in your guild

'/ginvite <player>' invites another player to join your guild

'/gremove <player>' removes a player from your guild

'/gpromote <player>' promotes a player one rank within your guild

'/gdemote <player>' demotes a player one rank within your guild

'/gmotd <message>' sets the guild's message of the day

'/gquit' removes you from your guild

'/groster' gives an entire guild roster

'/gleader <player>' sets another player as the guild leader

'/gdisband' disbands your guild

/ginfo, /guildinfo

Gives basic information about your guild.

/ginvite, /guildinvite [player]

Invites [player] or your current target into your guild. You must be an officer to use this command.

/gleader, /guildleader [player]

Changes the guild leader to [player] or your current target. The player must already be a guild member. Only the guild leader can use this.

• Note: The new guildleader does not need to be online at the moment you want to give it, anymore (patch 4.0.6).

/gquit, /guildquit

Leaves your current guild.

/gmotd, /guildmotd <message>

Changes the guild Message of the Day to <message>. You must be an officer to use this command.

/gpromote, /guildpromote [player]

Promotes [player] or your current target.

/gdemote, /guilddemote [player]

Demotes [player] or your current target.

/groster, /guildroster

Displays the guild roster

/gremove, /guildremove

Removes [player] or your current target from your guild. You must be an officer to use this command.

/saveguildroster

Saves a GuildRoster.txt (tsv dos file) in \World of Warcraft\Logs\

Name Level Class Location Rank Note Timestamp (0=online) in tab separated format.

Channel Commands

These are commands use to manipulate channels. Channels are very similar to IRC rooms. General, Trade, and LocalDefense are all examples of channels, but the /join command can be used to create arbitrary server-wide channels.

<channel> below is a numeric channel number that is defined when you enter the channel. You can list current channel numbers using /chatlist. (You can also use the channel name?) <channelname> on the other hand is a named channel. Channels are unique to a given faction. Channel names cannot contain spaces.

/ann, /announce <channel>

Toggles announcing when players enter or leave <channel>.

/ban

Removes and prevents <player> from joining <channel>. See /unban for the reverse. Only <channel&gt moderator and owner can do this.

/c, /csay <channel> <message>

Sends <message> to all players in <channel>. This does not use your current language. You can also use /# (where # is the channel number) to send a message to <channel>.

/chatinvite, /cinvite <channel> <player>

Invites <player> to <channel>?

/chan, /channel, /join <channelname> [password]

Joins <channel>, with an optional password if the channel is password protected.

/chat, /chathelp

Displays the following information about the commands within this section:

Chat commands:

/#, /c, /csay - Send text to channel # (E.G. /1 Hi!)

/chat, /chathelp - This help

/join, /channel, /chan - Join a channel

/leave, /chatleave, /chatexit [channel] - Leave a channel (or all channels)

/chatlist, /chatwho, /chatinfo [channel] - List channels, or channel members

/password, /pass <channel> <password> - Change password

/owner <channel> [player] - Display or change channel owner

/mod, /moderator, /unmod, /unmoderator <channel> <player> - change a player's moderator status

/mute, /squelch, /unvoice, /unmute, /unsquelch, /voice <channel> <player> - change a player's permission

/cinvite, /chatinvite <channel> <player> - invite a player to a channel

/ckick <channel> <player> - kick a player off a channel

/ban, /unban <channel> <player> - ban/unban a player from a channel

/announcements, /ann <channel> - toggle join/leave announcements on a channel

/moderate <channel> - toggle moderation on a channel

/afk, /dnd - Set your Away From Keyboard or Do Not Disturb flags

/chatexit, /chatleave, /leave [channel]

Leaves all channels or only [channel] if specified.

/chatinfo, /chatlist, /chatwho [channel]

Lists available channels, or players in [channel] if specified.

/ckick <channel> <player>

Kicks <player> from <channel>. (You need to be a moderator to do this?)

/mod, /moderator <channel> <player>

Grants <player> moderator status on <channel>. See /unmoderator for the reverse. (You need to be channel owner to do this?)

/mute, /squelch, /unvoice <channel> <player>

Prevent <player> from speaking in <channel>. See /unmute for the reverse.

/owner <channel> [player]

Displays the owner of <channel> if [player] isn't given. If [player] is given, then grants [player] ownership of <channel>? (You need to be channel owner to do this?)

/pass, /password <channel> <password>

Sets the password for <channel> to <password>

/unban <channel> <player>

Allows <player> to join <channel>. See /ban for the reverse. (You need to be a moderator to do this?)

/unmod, /unmoderator <channel> <player>

Revokes <player>'s moderator status on <channel>. See /moderator for the reverse. (You need to be channel owner to do this?)

/unmute, /unsquelch, /voice <channel> <player>

Allow <player> to speak in <channel>. See /mute for the reverse. (You need to be a moderator to do this?)

PVP

/pvp

Activates the PvP Flag.

/duel [player]

Attempts to start a duel with [player] or your current target. The player will have to accept the duel before it is started.

/concede, /forfeit, /yield

Cancels a duel that's currently in progress.

/teamquit [2v2, 3v3, 5v5]

Leave Arena Team

/teamdisband [2v2, 3v3, 5v5]

Disband Arena Team

/teaminvite [2v2, 3v3, 5v5] [player]

Invite [player] to your Arena Team

/teamremove [2v2, 3v3, 5v5] [player]

Kick [player] from your Arena Team

/teamcaptain [2v2, 3v3, 5v5] [player]

Sets new team leader

Console / Scripting / Macros

/console <command>

Attempts to run <command> within the console. See Console variables.

/run, /script <script>

Runs <script> as Lua script. See the World of Warcraft API.

/m, /macro [macro]

Displays the macro frame. At one point it would run [macro] if specified, but that ability is currently disabled.

/macrohelp

Displays some information on how to create macros.

/timetest [flag]

/timetest is a command that can be run to provide information on game performance. If [flag] is specified as 0, the command will be turned off. When the command is issued, the next time a player uses a flight master to travel, certain statistics will be measured and displayed at the end of that flight. All weather effects and spawns are shutdown during the test.

Other Fun and Useful Slash Commands

/ach

Brings up the Achievement window.

See Emotes for a more complete list.

/angry

/attacktarget [target]

/bark

/beckon [target]

/beg [target]

/bite [target]

/blink

/blood

/blow

/blush

/boggle

/bonk

/bored

/bow [target]

/brb

Say you will "Be Right Back".

/bye

/cat

/chicken [target]

Make a chicken bawking sound at someone.

/charge

/cheer [target]

/chew

/chuckle [target]

/clap

/cold

/congratulate

/comfort [target]

/cough [target]

/cower

/cry [target]

/curtsey [target]

/dance [target]

/drink

/drool [target]

/doh

/doom [target]

/eat

/eye [target]

/excited

/facepalm

/farewell

/fart [target]

/fear

/flee

/flirt [target]

/flap [target]

Same concept to /chicken command.

/flex

/followme

/gasp [target]

/giggle

/gloat [target]

/golfclap [target]

/goodbye

/greet [target]

/grin [target]

/groan [target]

/growl

/guffaw [target]

/happy [target]

/healme

/hello

/helpme

/hi

/highfive [target]

/hug [target]

/jealous

/kiss [target]

/kneel [target]

/laugh [target]

/lay [target]

You lie down.

/lick lips

You lick your lips.

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/lie [target]

you lie down

/lol

/lost

/love [target]

/map

/massage [target]

/moan [target]

/mock [target]

/moo [target]

you moo

/moon [target]

/mourn [target]

/no

/nod

/oom

out of mana (spoken and emoted)

/pat

/pet

/pick [target]

/played

tells you how long you have played in total and at your current level

/plead

/point [target]

point at something

/poke [target]

/ponder [target]

/praise

/pray

/question

/rasp

changes on what race and gender you are

/rawr

/roar [target]

/rofl [target]

/ruffle [target]

/scratch [target]

/search [target]

/sexy

/shake

/shindig [target]

/shoo [target]

/shrug

/shy

/sigh [target]

/silly [target]

tell a joke

/sing

/sit

sit down

/slap [target]

/sleep

/smile [target]

/smirk [target]

/sniff [target]

/sorry [target]

/spit [target]

/stand

get up from '/kneel'

/stink [target]

/tap [target]

/taunt [target]

/tease

/thank [target]

/threaten [target]

/tickle [target]

/train

choo choo sounds

/usetalents [spec number]

patch 3.1 dual spec. /usetalents 1 or /usetalents 2

/victory [target]

/violin [target]

/wave [target]

/wait [target]

/wink [target]

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/welcome

/woot

makes you cheer

/wrath [target]

/yawn [target]

/yay

/yes

There are many other commands you can use -- please edit this page as you discover them!

External links

Replay.Waybackmachine.org Archive of Chat Interface: Command Glossary (US)

Replay.Waybackmachine.org Archive of Slash Commands (US)

Replay.Waybackmachine.org Archive of Emotes (US)

Replay.Waybackmachine.org Archive of Slash Commands (EU)

Replay.Waybackmachine.org Archive of Emotes (EU)

WorldofWar.net Emotes guide