In order to specify which particular object or character you want to act on in MUME, you use its keyword together with an (optional) list of prefixes.

get sword

Picks up the first sword in the room.

get 2.sword

Picks up the second sword in the room.

"First" and "second" here refer strictly to the order you see items in when you type examine.

Some commands allow you to interact with an object that is either worn (in your equipment), in your inventory, or in your room. In that case, all three locations are searched in that exact order (equipment, then inventory, then room).

Note that the look command may group identical items on a single line (e.g., There are two swords here.) or display them in a different arrangement. For reliable ordinal selection (1.sword, 2.sword), always use the item sequence listed by examine.

Keywords

Objects and characters can have several keywords. For most they should be self-explanatory. Both nouns and adjectives are used, so a red shirt will have keywords red and shirt.

Matching multiple keywords

By specifying several words separated by hyphens (-), an object or character will match if all words match.

For example, shining-shirt will match any object that has keywords shining and shirt. Similarly, guard-uruk will match any character (NPC) with keywords guard and uruk.

Ordered selection

The following command will put the second sword that you have in your inventory into the third sack that you either have in your equipment, in your inventory, or in your room:

put 2.sword 3.sack

Note that the first argument, sword, can only be in your inventory, while the second one, sack, can be in any of the three locations.

You can also count "from the back" using negative numbers:

kill -1.orc

This will attack the last orc in "look order". -2 would target the second to last, and so on. last can be used as an alias for -1:

drop last.sack

Location restrictions

For objects, you can also use one of the equipment. (eq.), inventory. (inv.), and room. prefixes (they can be abbreviated!) to narrow the search:

put 2.sword inv.sack

Puts the 2nd sword into the 1st sack in your inventory.

put 2.sword room.2.sack

Puts the 2nd sword into the 2nd sack in the room.

Matching many things

Some commands let you operate on several objects at once. Use all or all.<keyword> to do so:

get all

Picks up everything from the room.

put all.bread sack

Puts all bread you have into the sack.

Special age restriction (oldest. or o.)

For objects that decay due to age, you can use the oldest. prefix (or abbreviations like o.) to target the object that will decay the soonest:

eat oldest.bread
eat o.bread

This will only ever match objects that actually decay due to age. It will never match an object that does not decay, nor will it work for special items such as artefacts.

Special keywords and labels

• me, self, and myself are permanent labels for the character you are playing (e.g. look me).
• mount is a permanent label for any mount you are riding or leading (e.g. saddle mount).

See Label for details on how to create temporary labels for other characters.

See also

• Item
• Inventory
• Alias
• Label