The Codex

A guide to the arts, commands, and lore of SwiftRPG

Gathering Skills

Woodcutting

Fell trees for logs. Tiered: oak, willow, maple, yew, magic.

Mining

Extract ore from the earth. Tiered: copper, iron, steel, mithril, adamant.

Fishing

Cast your line in waters. Tiered: shrimp, trout, salmon, lobster, swordfish.

Foraging

Gather herbs and pick fruits from the wilds. Herbs: thistle, sage, lavender, bloodweed, moonpetal.

Production Skills

Cooking

Cook raw fish into food that heals HP.

Firemaking

Burn logs for XP. Smelt sand into glass. Not available on water tiles.

Smithing

Smelt ore into bars (requires an active campfire on the tile — start one with !burn). Smith swords, daggers, helmets, chainmail, shields, nails, and bolts. Reinforce metal gear with bars.

Carpentry

Saw logs into planks. Create buckets (Carpentry 3+).

Construction

Build shelters: lean-to, tent, cabin, lodge, homestead. Shelters grant XP bonuses and enable combat training.

Herblore

Brew potions from herbs and glass vials. Healing potions restore HP; buff potions boost combat stats.

Crafting

Create glass vials from glass. Collect sand on sand tiles with a bucket.

Fletching

Craft ranged weapons from logs. Shortbows and longbows (logs + rope), arrows (logs + nails), crossbows and bolts (logs + bars). Reinforce wood gear with logs.

Farming

Plant seeds to grow crops. Requires shelter + fertile biome (grassland, plains, savanna, forest). 13 tiers from potato to starbloom. Seeds found while foraging or bought from Farmer NPCs.

Combat Skills

Attack

Increases hit chance. Train by sparring (requires shelter).

Strength

Increases melee damage. Train by pummelling (requires shelter).

Defence

Reduces incoming damage. Train by blocking (requires shelter).

Dexterity

Boosts ranged combat. Gained from fighting with bows/crossbows equipped. Train by aiming (requires shelter).

Combat Magic

Offensive spellcasting. 39 spells from lv 1 (spark) to lv 99 (primordial). Elements: fire, ice, air, lightning. Capstones: El Thor (lv 95, lightning AoE+chain), Primordial (lv 99, all-status AoE). Cast with !cast. Casting a combat spell and using !fight share a 60-second cooldown.

Healing Magic

Restorative spellcasting. 37 spells: direct heals, HoTs, cleanses, party heals. Cast with !cast. Healing uses an independent 60s GCD.

Other Skills

Agility

Gained by exploring. Some tiles require a minimum agility level to traverse.

Thieving

Steal coins from NPCs. Pickpocket (1), steal (10), pilfer (20), plunder (30). Higher levels = less failure.

Hunter

Hunt prey on your tile or set traps. 16 prey types from rabbits to dragons. Craft traps from logs and rope (5 tiers: snare, net, pitfall, cage, elite). Trapped creatures yield bonus XP and drops.

Taming

Tame creatures as pets. 21 pet types including mythical creatures. Pets follow you and fight alongside you in combat. Mounts reduce travel time; flying mounts supersede boats on all biomes.

Combat

Fight monsters on your tile to earn Attack, Strength, and Defence XP. Equipping bows or crossbows also grants Dexterity XP. Eat food to heal. Drink buff potions before fights for combat boosts (consumed after one fight). Equipment degrades in combat and can be reinforced: metal gear with bars (Smithing), wood gear with logs (Fletching). Death respawns you at (0, 0) with full HP.

Bosses & Rallies

Demi-bosses (1% spawn, level 15-30) and Bosses (0.1% spawn, level 30-50) appear randomly on tiles, weighted by biome. They have procedurally generated names and massive HP pools.

Fighting a boss starts a rally — other players on the tile have 60 seconds to join with !rally. Combat is automated: each player attacks per round, the boss attacks one random player (with a 20% chance of AoE hitting everyone). If at least one player survives, ALL participants are revived and share XP, coins, and rare drop rolls.

Rare drops include unique legendary weapons, rings, and amulets with special effects: +max HP, dodge chance, HP per kill, double coins, and XP boosts. Equip rings and amulets in the new equipment slots.

Shelters

Build shelters to gain XP bonuses on your tile (lean-to +1, tent +2, cabin +3, lodge +4, homestead +5). Shelters can be upgraded to the next tier for the difference in materials. Combat training (spar, pummel, block, aim, meditate) requires a shelter on the tile. Shelters can be renamed with !rename <name> (50 character max).

Arena (Colosseum)

The Arena offers two modes: Death Match (DM) against AI gladiators and PvP against other players. Combat is turn-based with 9 weapons to choose from, each with unique stats and status effects.

Weapons: Fists, Shortsword, Dagger (poison), Mace (weaken), Spear (bleed), Axe (blind), Staff (burn), Warhammer (freeze, 2H slow), Morningstar (rare drop, 1/1000 chance).

Consumables: Bring food (bread, dried fish) and potions (health, swift, iron skin, remedy, strength) into the arena. Eat to heal, drink to buff.

Status effects: Poison (stacking DoT), Burn (flat DoT), Bleed (escalating DoT), Freeze (skip turn, 20% chance), Weaken (-25% damage), Blind (-50% hit chance). Use remedy potions to clear negative effects.

Gladiator tiers: Novice, Warrior, Veteran, Champion, Legend — each with increasing combat level and gold rewards. 5% chance of critical hits dealing 2.5x damage. PvP matches can be staked with gold.

IRC Commands

Prefix with ! or - for a private NOTICE, or @ or + for a public channel message.

Getting Started

!register Get a registration link

!login Get a login link

!help List all commands

Gathering

!chop Chop trees for logs

!mine Mine ore deposits

!fish Catch fish

!gather Gather herbs

!pick Pick fruits

Production

!cook Cook raw food

!burn Burn logs for Firemaking XP

!smelt [tier] Smelt ore into bars (requires an active campfire — start one with !burn)

!smith [item] Smith bars into equipment

!reinforce [tier] Reinforce damaged equipment

!saw Saw logs into planks

!build <shelter> Build a shelter (lean-to, tent, cabin, lodge, homestead)

!brew [potion] Brew a potion from herbs + glass vial

!create [item] Craft items (glass vials, rope, cloth)

!fletch [item] Fletch ranged weapons (shortbow, longbow, arrows, crossbow, bolts)

!farm [seed] Plant a crop (requires shelter + fertile biome)

!buildboat <type> Build a boat (raft, sloop, caravel, galleon) to speed ocean travel

!rename <name> Rename your shelter (50 char max)

!removeshelter Tear down your shelter on this tile (10 min cooldown)

Trading

!shop View NPC shop inventory (inside building)

!buy <item> [qty] Buy from NPC shop

!sell <item> [qty] Sell to NPC shop

Combat

!fight [monster] Fight a monster (starts rally for bosses)

!rally Join an active boss rally on your tile

!eat [food] Eat food to restore HP

!drink [potion] Drink a buff potion before combat

!spar Train Attack (requires shelter)

!pummel Train Strength (requires shelter)

!block Train Defence (requires shelter)

!aim Train Dexterity (requires shelter)

Equipment

!equip <item> Equip an item from inventory

!unequip <slot> Unequip the item in the given slot

!gear List currently equipped items and bonuses

!drop <item> Discard one copy of an item from inventory

Magic (Combat + Healing)

Cast spells via !cast <spell> [target]. Each spell has its own cooldown plus a 60-second Global Cooldown per school. Healing's GCD is independent, but Combat Magic's GCD is shared with !fight — casting a combat spell and using !fight share a 60-second cooldown (casting locks !fight, and fighting locks combat casting).

Cooldown tiers (aligned with the 60s game tick): Novice (lv 1-17) 60s · Apprentice (lv 18-37) 120s · Adept (lv 38-57) 180s · Master (lv 58-75) 300s · Grandmaster (lv 76-93) 420s · Capstone (lv 94-99) 600s.

Cast chains into fight: targeting a monster with a combat spell applies the spell damage then chains into the full !fight flow — loot, kill XP, and retaliation all apply. The spell counts as your turn-1 action (no duplicate melee swing).

!cast spark Combat Magic lv 1: 3-8 damage to a monster on your tile

!cast mend Healing Magic lv 1: self-heal 10-15 HP

!spells List your learned spells

!cooldowns List active spell cooldowns and per-school GCD timers

Spells are learned automatically as you level up Combat Magic or Healing Magic. Both schools cover levels 1-99 with a new spell every 2-3 levels. See the Magic sidebar sections in the web client for your full list.

Utility Magic

Non-combat spells for exploration, mobility, and utility. Shares its own Global Cooldown independent from Combat and Healing magic.

!cast scry <n|s|e|w> Peek an adjacent tile

!cast clairvoyance Scan all 8 surrounding tiles; flags boss / demi-boss / grand-boss for rally scouting

!cast locate1 Find the nearest building

!cast locate2 Find the nearest monster

!cast locate3 "<name>" Find the nearest building by name

!cast locate4 "<name>" Find the nearest monster by name

!cast locate5 "<biome>" Find the nearest tile of a biome

!cast reveal1 / reveal2 / reveal3 Reveal a widening square on your map

!cast blink1 <dir> / blink2 / blink3 Teleport a short distance

!cast light See on dark tiles for 5 minutes

!cast recall Return to your bound home

!cast transmute_logs <tier> Turn 10 logs into 5 of the next tier

!cast repair <slot> Restore durability to one equipped item

!cast ward Place a 5-minute 20% damage-reduction ward on your tile

!sethome <shelter_name> Bind a shelter as your Recall home

!home Show your bound home

Autocast

Bind up to 5 spells to an autocast rotation. During fights, one bound spell fires per turn after your melee swing, cycling round-robin through slots. Per-spell cooldowns carry over: a spell with 180s cooldown autocasts every 3 turns.

Slots unlock with Combat Magic level: 1 at lv 20, 2 at 40, 3 at 60, 4 at 80, 5 at 95.

!autocast List current bindings

!autocast bind <slot> <spell> Bind spell to slot 1-5

!autocast clear <slot> Clear a slot

Hunter & Taming

!hunt [prey] Hunt prey on your tile

!crafttrap <name> Craft a trap (snare, net, pitfall, cage, elite)

!settrap <name> Place a trap on your tile

!checktrap Check your placed trap for catches

!tame <creature> Attempt to tame a creature as a pet

!pets View your pets

!follow <pet> Set a pet to follow you

!hatch <egg> Hatch an egg near a campfire

Arena

!dm [tier] Start a Death Match vs a gladiator (novice/warrior/veteran/champion/legend)

!pvp <player> [stake] Challenge a player to PvP (optional gold stake)

!challenges View open PvP challenges

!accept <id> Accept a PvP challenge

!cancel Cancel your open challenge

!attack [weapon] Attack (optionally switch weapon first)

!eat <food> Eat food during arena combat

!drink <potion> Drink a potion during arena combat

!pass Skip your turn

!match View your current arena match status

!recent View recent arena match results

Thieving

!pickpocket Pickpocket an NPC (level 1+)

!steal Steal from an NPC (level 10+)

!pilfer Pilfer from an NPC (level 20+)

!plunder Plunder from an NPC (level 30+)

Navigation & Info

!explore <n/s/e/w> Move in a direction (grants Agility XP)

!look View surroundings, resources, and monsters

!stats [player] View your stats or another player's

!quests View active quests

!talk <npc> Talk to an NPC (inside a building)

!accept <quest> Accept a quest from an NPC

!engage Join an active event

Channel Admin

Channel operators (@ or higher) can silence game broadcasts in their channel. Useful for channels that don't want rally / arena / world-event spam. Targeted messages (login prompts, private replies) are unaffected.

@broadcasts off Mute game broadcasts in this channel (ops only)

@broadcasts on Re-enable game broadcasts (ops only)

@broadcasts Show the current setting for this channel