Playerbot Commands

Playerbots are programmed to respond to chat commands. The Multibot and Unbot addons are designed to handle most of the common chat commands for the player, but you may still have need for manual chat commands as you play. It is important to distinguish between "Altbots" and "Rndbots": Altbots are manually player-created bots on a normal account, whereas "Rndbots" and their accounts are automatically generated based on .conf settings. Rndbots will automatically gear themselves, apply talents, and roam the world whereas Altbots will not.

Altbot Setup Commands

Altbots are characters that you create on your account (or others) first, and then get assigned bot control via the commands below.

command	action
.playerbots bot add [name1,name2,name3]	login altbots. Note that you are also able to login altbots from other accounts depending on your configurations.
.playerbots bot addaccount [accountname]	login an entire account of altbots. Depending on your configurations you can login other accounts.
.playerbots bot remove name1,name2,name3	logout altbots
.playerbots bot add *	login all altbots
.playerbots bot remove *	logout all altbots
maintenance	enable altbot to learn all available spells and skills, supplement consumables, enchant gear, and repair. Can also be used on rndbots, but they automatically do this. Whisper for an individual bot or use /p or /r to simultaneously target multiple bots.
autogear	automatically gear your altbot, with quality based on your .conf settings AutoGearQualityLimit and AutoGearScoreLimit. Can also be used on rndbots, but they automatically do their own gear initilization upon level up.
talents	check current spec of bot
talents spec list	check specs available for the class
talents spec [spec name]	force bot to change their talents to the chosen spec, see the .conf for list of spec names or whisper your bot "talents spec list"
talents apply <link>	apply talents link to bot
glyphs	lists the bot’s currently equipped glyphs in the client locale, using item links for proper translations
glyph equip [GlyphID1 GlyphID2 GlyphID3 GlyphID4 GlyphID5 GlyphID6]	bot applies given glyphs
reset botAI	reset bot settings
reset	reset current bot actions like casting spell, moving etc.

AddClass Setup Command

AddClass bots utilize unused Rndbots in your system. They are currently recommended only to be used for testing purposes i.e. quickly forming a raid group to test certain bots in a given raid, whereas Altbots are strongly recommended for long-term progression playthroughs.

command	action
.playerbots bot addclass [className]	summon a new Rndbot of the desired class (note: death knight syntax is dk, otherwise the rest are standard)

Party/Raid General Commands

command	action
summon	summon bot to you (see .conf for different options to configure this command)
release	release spirit when dead
revive	revive when near a spirit healer
leave	leave party
attack	attack selected target
follow	run toward player (/w for individual or /p or /r for party/raid)
flee	run toward player ignoring everything else (/w for individual or /p or /r for party/raid)
stay	stay in place
runaway	kite mob // note: currently non-functional
grind	attack anything
disperse set x	force bots to maintain a distance of x yards from each other
disperse disable	resets disperse distance to default value
give leader	if bot is party/raid leader it will pass it to their master

Furthermore, you can specify by group or type for some commands like "attack" and "follow", such as:

• "@group1 follow"
• "@group2 attack"

This following are other groups that can be targeted:

• @tank, @dps, @heal, @ranged, @rangeddps, @meleedps, @[className]

You can also command multiple groups at a time like below:

• "@Group1,4"
• "@group2-5,8"

Playerbot Spell Commands

command	action
spells	show bot's spells
cast [spell_name]	/w a bot to cast a spell
cast [spell_name] on [PlayerName]	/w a bot to cast a spell on a specified Player
ss +[spell id]	add spell to exclude spells list
ss -[spell id]	remove spell from exclude spells list
ss reset	removes all spells from exclude spells list
trainer	show what bot can learn from the selected trainer
trainer learn	learn from the selected trainer

Party/Raid Target Selection

RTSC is a system that enables players to save locations for specified bots to go to using the "aedm" spell that is given when the "rtsc" command is used. Aedm is a spell you use to point and click a particular location that can be saved and used via some of the commands below.

RTI is a system that enables players to focus bots on specified targets using standard WoW icons.

command	action
rtsc	toggles on rtsc and gives players the "aedm" spell which will appear in the general category of their spellbook
rtsc cancel	toggles off rtsc and removes the "aedm" spell from the spellbook
rtsc save [#]	while rtsc is enabled, this command will save a location as the specified number when the player uses the aedm spell and clicks on a location
rtsc unsave [#]	clears the saved location
rtsc go [#]	command bots to go to the saved location, this command can be whispered to individual bots or filtered in party/raid chat with the same chat filters listed in Party/Raid General Commands (e.g., "@Tank rtsc go 5" will send all tanks to saved location 5)
[name/group] rtsc toggle	toggles the ability to point and click with mouse button to save a location for specified bots to move to, can specify by group or class (ie "@druid rtsc toggle" or "@group1 rtsc toggle")
rtsc go save	command bots to move back into saved rtsc position
rti <icon>	sets the target icon for the bot to prioritize (icons: skull, cross, circle, star, square, triangle, diamond, and moon)
attack rti target	commands bots to attack their rti target
rti cc <icon>	sets a specific icon as the cc target (the default is moon)

Video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwt7schIC08

Strategies

The bots are programmed to respond to triggers by listing possible actions and choosing one based on a strategy. Bots use two categories of strategies: combat and non-combat. You can add, subtract, or toggle strategies using the combat (co) and non-combat (nc) prefixes in your commands:

co +strategy1,-strategy2,~strategy3
nc +strategy1,-strategy2,~strategy3

You can query the bot to report what strategies are currently being used:

co ?
nc ?

Combat Strategies

General

strategy	description
tank	use threat-generating abilities (warrior, paladin, druid will use bear)
tank assist	make tank pull mobs off of others
dps	use dps abilities (rogue, hunter, shaman, priest, druid will use cat)
cc	use cc abilities (requires cc rti target, default is moon icon; it is useful to know that bots will not attack rti target and will not try to use cc if target is not stunnable)
assist	target one mob at a time
aoe	target many mobs at a time
boost	bots will use big cds (useful to use -boost and +boost on macros to control when to burst on bosses)
threat	dps will actively avoid grabbing threat (useful for bosses that wipe aggro or if tanks are struggling to hold aggro)
grind	attack any visible target, then switch to another one and so on.
heal	focus on party healing (shaman, priest, druid, paladin)
focus	stop casting aoe spell or debuff spells on multiple attackers (focus on the single target)
avoid aoe	automatically avoid the majority of harmful aoe spells
save mana	healers save mana by prioritizing high-efficiency spells when mana falls below a threshold
healer dps	healers cast damage spells if they have enough mana
tank face	ensure the current target does not face ranged players in the group (to counter breath and cleave-like spells)
behind	move to the target's back (rear flank) when they are not positioned behind the target

Druid

strategy	description
bear, cat, caster	dictates overall strategy for druids, note that these are already handled by their talent selection

Hunter

strategy	description
trap weave	enables the trap weave strat for hunters, dropping an explosive trap as part of their rotation (hunter only)

Mage

strategy	description
frost, fire	mage only, note that these are already handled by their talent selection
firestarter	enables the firestarter strat for fire mages, resulting in the mage going into melee to utilize the instant cast flamestrike from the firestarter talent (fire mage only)

Shaman

strategy	description
[totem name]	shaman will add totem into their call of the elements cast (ie "co +tremor" will add that totem for the shaman)

Warlock

strategy	description
meta melee	default strategy for demonology warlocks, makes warlock go melee while using metamorphosis and immolation aura (demonology warlock only)

Non-Combat Strategies

General

strategy	description
food	initiate or stop eating/drinking
pvp	turn on or off pvp mode
loot	enable looting everything by bots. Note: adding or removing that strategy for randombots requires GM level

Priest

strategy	description
rshadow	priest will cast shadow protection

Paladin

strategy	description
bdps, bmana, bstats, bhealth	paladin blessing strategies (might, wisdom, kings, and kings/sanctuary depending on context, respectively)
rfire, rfrost, rshadow, baoe, barmor, bcast, bspeed	paladin aura strategies (fire, frost, shadow, retribution, devotion, concentration, and crusader aura respectively)

Hunter

strategy	description
bdps, bspeed, bmana, rnature	hunter aspect strategies (dragonhawk/hawk, pack/cheetah, viper, and wild respectively)

Warlock Pet Strategies (Note that defaults are as follows: Affliction uses felhunter, Demonology uses felguard, and Destruction uses imp)

strategy	description
imp	force warlock to use imp
voidwalker	force warlock to use voidwalker
succubus	force warlock to use succubus
felhunter	force warlock to use felhunter
felguard	force warlock to use felguard

Warlock Soulstone Strategies

strategy	description
ss master	force warlock to use soulstone on master
ss self	force warlock to use soulstone on self
ss tank	force warlock to use soulstone on tank
ss healer	force warlock to use soulstone on healer

Raid-Specific Strategies

Note: These raid strategies are now automatically applied upon entering the instance. You should receive a whisper from your bots confirming activation.

strategy	description
mc	enable Molten Core strats (Note: Baron Geddon only, rest are beatable without strats)
bwl	enable Blackwing Lair strats (Note: grants Onyxia Scale Cloak buff to all bots, bots automatic disabling of suppression devices, and bots automatically clear Brood Affliction: Bronze on Chromaggus)
aq20	enable Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj strats (Note: Ossirian only, rest are beatable without strats)
voa	enable Vault of Archavon strats (Note: up to Emalon)
naxx	enable Naxxramas strats (Note: only certain bosses, rest are beatable without strats)
wotlk-os	enable Obsidian Sanctum strats (Note: strat is only functional up to OS+2, need to kill Vesperon first)
wotlk-eoe	enable Eye of Eternity strats
uld	enable Ulduar strats (Note: Strats implemented up to Hodir and Freya, WIP on future bosses)
onyxia	enable Onyxia's Lair strats
icc	enable Icecrown Citadel strats (Note: all normal mode currently doable, HC is WIP)

Loot

You can control which items to loot (ll stands for loot list):

command	action
nc +loot	activate looting (note grind strategy activates looting as well)
ll all	loot everything
ll normal	loot anything except BOP (bind-on-pickup) items
ll gray	loot only gray items
ll quest	loot only quest items
ll skill	loot only items based on their skills (herbalism, mining, or skinning)
ll [item]	add specific item to loot list
ll -[item]	remove specific item from loot list

Items

command	action
[item]	bot will tell you how many it has, and quest status
e [item]	equip item
ue [item]	unequip item
u [item]	use item
u [item] [target]	use item on target (use gem on item)
open items	open items in inventory that have loot, ie Satchel of Spoils
destroy [item]	destroy item roll [item]
roll [item]	bots in party/raid will roll for the linked item if it is an upgrade for them
roll	bots in party/raid will all roll
s [item]	sell item
s *	sell all grey items
s vendor	sell all items that can be sold
b [item]	buy item
2g 3s 5c	give you gold
bank [item]	deposit item in bank
bank -[item]	withdraw item from back
gb [item]	deposit item in guild bank
gb -[item]	withdraw item from guild bank

Quests

command	action
quests	show quest summary
quests all	shows a list with links of all quests in quest log
accept [quest]	accept quest at the selected quest giver
accept *	accept all quests at the selected quest giver
drop [quest]	abandon quest
r [item]	choose quest reward
[quest]	show quest and objectives status
talk	talk to the selected npc (to complete a quest)
u [game object]	use game object (use "los" command to obtain the game object link)

General Pet Commands

command	action
pet aggressive	changing pet stance on aggresive
pet passive	changing pet stance on passive
pet defensive	changing pet stance on defensive
pet stance	display current pet stance
pet attack	pet attack selected target
pet follow	pet follow his master
pet stay	pet stay in place

Hunter Tame Commands

command	action
tame	tame help
tame name "name"	summon a tameable pet by name
tame id "id"	summon a tameable pet by database creature ID
tame family	tame family help
tame family "family"	randomly summon a tameable pet of the given family
tame rename "new name"	rename the current pet and refresh its name in the client UI

Account linking for Altbot control

As an alternative to controlling the characters from your own account or guild member accounts, this allows to link up different accounts together to allow control of the characters as Altbots. This is based on the AiPlayerbot.AllowTrustedAccountBots = 1 option in the playerbots config file.

command	action
.playerbots account setKey somePlayerDefinedSecurityKeyValue	Define a securityKey for the current account (the key will be overridden when defined multiple times)
.playerbots account link ACCOUNTNAME somePlayerDefinedSecurityKeyValue	Link an account by using its securityKey
.playerbots account linkedAccounts	Shows a list of accounts, which are currently linked with this account
.playerbots account unlink ACCOUNTNAME	Remove a linked account (this will remove the link for both sides, ensuring that access to the characters can be canceled from both sides anytime)

Miscellaneous Commands

command	action
los	list game objects, items, creatures and npcs the bot can see
stats	show stat summary (inventory, gold, xp, etc.)
home	set home at the selected innkeeper
playerbot bot initself	CAREFUL WITH THIS - re-rolls YOUR character
playerbot bot list	lists your altbots (and your other characters you can add as bots if you have that enabled, but I'd be very careful if you do that as you can then re-roll your other characters using the init command)
playerbot bot tweak	sets the tweakvalue (seems to be related to a config value that's no longer present and the variable it changes doesn't seem to actually do anything anymore)
playerbot bot self	make yourself into a bot, you have to logout to turn this off, dont run it twice without doing so (it wont toggle it back off like its supposed to, it actually seems to apply multiple AI's onto yourself all fighting to do different things, sounds fun until it crashes the server)
playerbot bot lookup	doesn't do anything but print out a useless usage message (which says you're supposed to give it a class parameter but doing so doesn't change anything because the function called is literally just the usage message there's no functionality there)
.playerbots bot init=rare name1,name2,name3	respawn bot at your level with talents & rare gear (gearing currently bugged, recommend autogear instead)
who	show bot race, spec, talents, class, level, average item level, current zone
who [profession name]	show bot profession skill level

Overrides

You can override everything and instruct the bot to do something specific:

command	description
do attack	attack target
do attack my target	attack my target
do loot	loot target // note: currently non-functional
do add all loot	check every corpse and game object for loot // note: currently non-functional

Help

The bot can tell you all available commands it will accept:

/w help

Reactions

The bots will automatically do certain things based on what the party leader is doing.

your action	bot reaction
accept a quest	bot will accept it as well
talk to a quest giver	bot will turn in his completed quests
use meeting stone	teleport using the stone
start using game object and interrupt	use the game object
open trade window	show inventory and start trading
invite to a party/raid	accept the invitation
start raid ready check	tell his ready status
mount/unmount	mount/unmount as well
go through a dungeon portal	follow into the dungeon

Rndbot Console Only Commands

command	action
playerbot pmon toggle	enables/disables the performance monitor
playerbot pmon stack	displays the performance monitor, useful to show which actions/triggers cost the most performance
playerbot rndbot reset	clears acore_playerbots.playerbots_random_bots table (seems to contain events) and requires server restart after
playerbot rndbot stats	prints rndbot stats (numbers of rndbots per level, per class, etc)
playerbot rndbot reload	reloads playerbots.conf
playerbot rndbot update	triggers a "full tick" (call to RandomPlayerbotMgr::UpdateAIInternal())
playerbot rndbot init	re-rolls the rndbots (useful when you've modified settings like min/max level, the spec probabilities, etc)
playerbot rndbot clear	reset bots back to starting level (55 for Deathknight)
playerbot rndbot level	level up all rndbots by 1
playerbot rndbot refresh	revives rndbots if dead, uses botAI->Reset(), rerolls gear, while keeping the same level
playerbot rndbot teleport	teleports all bots to appropriate area for level
playerbot rndbot revive	(BUGGED: will double number of rndbots) revive rndbot, refresh, and teleport (combo of "refresh" and "teleport")
playerbot rndbot grind	(BUGGED: crashes server) teleport rndbot only if needed (needs more testing)
playerbot rndbot change_strategy	re-roll whether bots are grinding or RPG'ing (based on AiPlayerbot.RandomBotRpgChance setting)

Special thanks to Whipowill for creating the original Playerbots Operators Manual https://github.com/whipowill/wow-addon-playerbots/blob/master/MANUAL.md, fuzz1111 for contributing many confirmed active commands, and Ky for testing many old and new commands.