Chat command

When entered into the chat, commands will perform a specific action. Some are just shortcuts to send a message to other chat channels and some will display information about your character. They are sometimes also referred to as "slash commands".

Emotes
An emote is a special type of command, that will make your character perform an animation that can be seen by all nearby players. Please visit the emotes page for a list of emotes.

Informational commands
These commands will display information about your character. This information is only visible for you.
 * /age Shows the time you played Guild Wars in hours, minutes and days on the current character and on your account
 * /deaths Displays how many times your current character has died
 * /health Displays your life and energy
 * /hp Same as /health

Miscellaneous
All commands that do not fit into any other category are listed here.


 * /bug Send a bug report to ArenaNet. This command doesn't function anymore. It was originally introduced for the beta testing phase of the game.
 * /cokeplay This command is connected to a promotion with the Coca Cola company. Only for Korean players. See also: Coke Items
 * /giveup When used in PvP by all team members, the other team is victorious. It also works in PvE explorable areas and missions, killing the team members and popping up the 'Return to outpost' button for the party leader. Doing this will not increase the death count displayed by "/deaths".
 * /invite  Invite someone to your group (Works in an outpost only)
 * /kick  Kick someone out of your group (Works in an outpost only)
 * /leave Leave your group (Works in an outpost only)
 * /preorder Restores your preorder items (Only if you have any bonus items added to your account)
 * /bonusitems Prints a list of your preorder items to your chat
 * /bonus Same as /preorder
 * /namepet  Name your pet (See pets for more info.)
 * /petname  Same as /namepet
 * /resign Same as /giveup
 * /roll  (rolls an n-sided die [2-100 sides], only works in Guild Halls and outside of towns and outposts, due to scamming when it could be used in outposts.)
 * /stuck Use it to free your character if he/she becomes stuck for any reason

Chat commands
These commands are shortcuts to send a message to a specific channel without having to select the channel itself. This is useful if you only want to send a message to, for example, your guild while having selected the  channel. All of the following commands will send a whisper message to someone. First of all, you need to type the command, then the name of the receiver of the message and finally the message, seperated by a comma. The comma is needed so the game knows where the name ends and where the message starts. Example:
 * /a Send a message to everyone
 * /g Send a message to your guild
 * /p Send a message to your party (group)
 * /trade	Send a message to the trade channel

If I want to send "Hey do you want to start a group?" to Mr Jack, I will have to type:
 * /t Mr Jack, Hey do you want to start a group?


 * /t Send a whisper message to someone
 * /tell Same as /t
 * /w Same as /t
 * /whisper Same as /t