Flags Compendium

FLAGS COMPENDIUM

ROOM FLAGS

dark	Need a light source
always_night	Room is always night; sun never rises, 'look sky' always shows stars.
no_mob	Mobs won't wander in here. Mobs on scripts and charmies are unaffected
indoors	Won't see weather or sunrise/set messages
private	Two people at a time
arena	Players don't leave corpses or lose XP when they die. Players also don't lose XP for fleeing combat.
safe	No fighting allowed
solitary	One person at a time
pet_shop	Can buy pets here. Pet cost is the 'wealth' of the mob, but purchased pets will be flat broke. Builders should reset the pet mobs into next room vnum.
no_recall	Can't recall from here
imp_only	MTS only
gods_only	Staff only
heroes_only	Also Staff only
newbies_only	Level 5 or less only
law	Prevents use of Charm, Tame, and Hypnotize spells (for some reason). Other stock ROM effects have been commented out.
nowhere	Can't Scan into this room
wilderness	Was supposed to involve some sort of overworld map? Doesn't do anything now.
overgrown_1	Room has +1 level of overgrowth.
overgrown_2	Room has +2 levels of overgrowth. This can stack with overgrown_1.
always_day	Room is always day; sun never sets, 'look sky' shows the sun.

SECTOR

Sector	Movement Rate	Properties	Geomance Element	Dance Element
Inside	4	Stays lit at night	Pierce	No effect
City	4	Stays lit at night	Bash	No effect
Field	4		Slash	Pierce
Forest	6	Has 1 level of overgrowth	Wood	Earth
Hills	6		Slash	Pierce
Mountain	8		Earth	Earth
Water (swim)	4		Water	Water
Water (noswim)	8	Can't enter without a boat or the Swim affect	Water	Water
Unused	1		Wind	No effect
Air	4	Can't enter without the Float affect	Wind	Wind
Desert	8		Earth	Wind
Rock	4		Earth	Earth
Road	4		Wind	No effect
Enter	4		Wind	No effect
Snow	8		Cold	Cold
Swamp	8		Water	Earth
Jungle	8	Has 1 level of overgrowth	Wood	Earth
Ruins	4		Bash	No effect
Mount2	16		Earth	No effect
Coastal	4		Earth	Wind
Developed	4		Bash	No effect
Void	4		Wind	No effect
Lava	8		Fire	Fire

EXITS

door	Exit has a door -- Required for most other exit flags
closed	Door resets to closed
locked	Door resets to locked
pickproof	Door can't be picked
nopass	Door can't be Pass Door'd
easy	Pick Lock doesn't take many tries
hard	Pick Lock takes a few tries
infuriating	Keep pickin'
noclose	Door can't be closed
nolock	Door can't be locked
hidden	Exit can't be seen by normal means
swim	Only players who can fly or swim, or are on a flying or seaworthy vehicle can pass.
fly	Only players who can fly or are on a flying vehicle can pass.

MOB FLAGS

• Mobs with the None damage type will randomly have Slash, Pound, or Pierce.

FORM FLAGS

Most of these don't do anything. The ones that have a coded effect are listed below!

edible	Mob's parts are edible, and the corpse can be butchered into meat.
poison	Mob's edible parts are poisonous, and meat butchered from the corpse will be poisoned. Bloodsucking will poison the bloodsucker.
instant_decay	Mob doesn't leave a corpse at all.
animal	Mob is affected by the Tame spell
	Mobs with any of the mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, or snake form flags can also be Tamed.
sentient	Mob is affected by the Hypnotize spell and can be haggled with if it's a shopkeeper.
cold_blood	Mob has blood that can be bloodsuck'd.
warm_blood	Mob can be seen in the dark by characters with Infrared and can be bloodsuck'd.

PART FLAGS / WEARLOCS

Mob parts determine what equipment it can wear.

Wearloc	Required Part flag
take	none
finger	fingers
neck	head
body	guts
head	head
legs	legs
feet	feet
hands	hands
arms	hands
shield	hands
about	guts
waist	legs
wrist	hands
shoulders	head
wield	hands
hold	hands
nosac	not actually a wearloc
wearfloat	none
face	head

• The Brawling warrior style has special attacks that only execute if the opponent has certain parts; eye, tail, feet, or arms.
• The guts, head, heart, arms, legs, and brains parts can cause dismembered mob organs to be created when the mob dies.
• A mob requires the brains part in order to take any damage from the Brainbuster spell.
• A mob without hands cannot hold items, use weapons, or equip shields.
• Items which do not have the Take flag can't be sacrificed, so it is redundant to put nosac on these items also.
• Items without a Take flag can't be held by players or mobs at all. Avoid resetting these onto mobs or trying to have mobs oload them.

ACT FLAGS

sentinel	Mob won't wander between rooms (although it can still move if instructed to by an mprog).
scavenger	Mob will pick up takeable objects in the room, starting with the most valuable.
inert	Mob can't be seen in the room (but can still be interacted with).
omnisight	Mob can see everyone despite invisibility etc but can't necessarily see in the dark.
aggressive	Doesn't do anything; the code for this function has been commented out.
stay_area	Mob won't wander outside the area it was reset into.
wimpy	Mob will try to flee from combat at 20% hp or less.
pet	Mob is a pet? Probably reserved for pet code. Don't use this.
train	Players can Train at this mob -- defunct
practice	Players can Practice at this mob -- defunct
passive	Mob doesn't fight back with autoattacks, its current health isn't visible when you 'look' at it, nor will Peek work on it.
hyper	Mob wanders around real fast.
visdeath	Mob can only be seen by immortals and can't be interacted with by players.
mage	Mob gets -5 to Saves
thief	Mob has the Smokescreen skill
warrior	Mob has the Shield Block skill
noalign	Mob won't affect player alignment at all when killed.
nopurge	Mob can't be purged by immortals (the Mob Purge command from a mob can still affect these).
outdoors	Mob won't wander into Indoor flagged rooms.
indoors	Mob won't wander outdoors.
healer	Mob offers hardcoded heal-for-cash services (EG Selan).
gain	Doesn't do anything -- in stock ROM allows for gaining new skills.
update_always	Mob does things even when no player in the area.
changer	Mob is a bank.
hyper_res	Mob takes 1/4 damage from sources it resists (instead of 2/3) and double damage from sources it's vulnerable to (instead of 3/2).

Notes on wandering mobs:

• When mobs try to move, they make three attempts. Each attempt, they pick a random exit in the room and then look at it more closely. If they can't move, they try again. If they can move, they do.
• Mobs will not wander through closed doors (even if affected by pass_door) or into no_mob rooms.
• Mobs with the stay_area flag will not wander between areas (which area its' vnum is in doesn't matter).
• Mobs with the Outdoors flag won't wander into Indoors rooms. Mobs with the Indoors flag won't wander into rooms that aren't flagged Indoors.
• Only Flying mobs will move into Air sector rooms. Only mobs with the Swim affect will move into any sort of water room.
  • A mob without the Swim affect will attempt to move into a noswim sector room (and fail to move, unless it has a boat object), but will not even try to get into a swim sector room unless it has the affect (even though it would be allowed to move there if it tried). This doesn't make a lot of sense but that's how it is.

ACT2 FLAGS

doublexp	Mob gives double XP.
halfxp	Mob gives half XP.
noxp	Mob gives no XP.
noparts	Mob leaves no parts when killed.
sociable	Mob talks to or slaps people that use socials on it.
aquatic	Mob won't wander outside water rooms.
xpandahalf	Mob gives 1.5x XP.
adept	Mob uses skills at 100% (instead of 75%).
inept	Mob uses skills at 50% (instead of 75%).
carryall	Mob has no weight or item# limits.
priority	Mob will be targetted first by opponents with the AI_1 flag.
antihyper	Mob wanders especially slowly.
parsename	Mob will have a unique name as its first name when it resets.
noattack	Mob can't be attacked by anyone.
necromancer	Mob offers corpse retrieval for cash services, as Xzar, Caroline, etc.
raidmob	Mob can be attacked by anyone with no regard to 'kill stealing'.
carrynone	Mob can't pick up or be given items
passivelite	Mob won't auto-attack but still has visible health and such
ally	Is treated as a PC for some attack-safety purposes -- EG Ally mobs won't hit other Ally mobs with area attacks
shopkeepitems	Shop will not slowly discard items sold to it.

OFF FLAGS

A lot of these are affected by the adept/inept Act flags

area_attack	Mob hits everything that's fighting it with its normal attacks.
backstab	Mob is capable of using the Backstab skill, and would if it aggroed, but mobs don't aggro, so it does nothing.
bash	Mob has a 12.5% chance of using the bash skill, if it's not lagged.
berserk	Mob has a 12.5% chance of using the berserk skill, if it's not lagged and isn't already berserk.
disarm	Mob has a 12.5% chance of using the disarm skill, if it's not lagged. The mob needs a weapon.
dodge	Mob can dodge melee attacks as a player with the dodge skill at 75%.
fade	Doesn't do anything.
fast	Mob attacks twice always, doesn't stack with Haste. Mob will ignore Slow if affected. Mob gets +2 DEX when spawned.
kick	Mob has a 12.5% chance of using the kick skill, if it's not lagged.
dirt_kick	Mob has a 12.5% chance of using the dirt kick skill, if it's not lagged.
parry	Mob can parry attacks; works half as often with no weapon.
rescue	Mob will try to rescue the target of its target, if that target is at 50% hp or less.
tail	Mob has a 12.5% chance of.. not doing anything (the code for this attack is commented out).
trip	Mob has a 12.5% chance of using the trip skill, if it's not lagged.
crush	Mob has a 12.5% chance of using the smash skill, if it's not lagged.
assist_all	Mob will assist all other mobs that it sees fighting.
assist_align	Mob will assist other mobs with a similar alignment, chunked out to good/neutral/evil.
assist_race	Mob will assist other mobs of the same race.
assist_players	Mob will assist players as long as the player isn't more than 5 levels above them. This has precedence over the other assist flags.
assist_leader	If following someone, mob will assist its leader.
assist_vnum	Mob will assist mobs of the same vnum.
second_attack	Mob has the 2x-Cut skill.
third_attack	Mob has the 3x-Cut skill.
ai_retargeting	Mob will aggro onto players that have recently fled from it, and selectively hit targets with the Priority act flag. If the mob's attacks are ineffective, it will re-target randomly to another member of the same group.
ai_flees	Mob will flee from sandstorms, flurries, miasmas, wildfires, etc unless it's immune to the appropriate damage type.
ai_rests	Mob will rest when injured (hp<50%), stand up when it's recovered (hp>75%).

• Only one of the various 12.5% flags can trigger in any given round. A mob will all eight will try to use one (and only one) every single round.

BEHAV FLAGS

random_innate	Mob randomly has one of the 6 elemental innates. This creates one resistance and one vulnerability.
rand_phys_resist	Mob randomly resists one of bashing, slashing, or piercing.
rand_misc_resist	Mob randomly resists one or two non-physical elements.

AFFECT FLAGS

blind	Character can't see anything! Mobs ignore this flag so their mobprogs work
invisible	Character can only be seen and targetted by things with detect_invis.
detect_evil	Character sees evil objects and characters with a red aura.
detect_invis	Character can see invisible objects and characters, and knows they're invisible.
detect_magic	Character sees a blue aura around magical objects.
detect_hidden	Character can see hidden objects and characters, and knows they're hidden.
detect_good	Character sees good objects and characters with a gold aura.
sanctuary	Character is permanently under the effects of Nayru's Love (half damage from everything).
faerie_fire	Character has a pink aura. Negates invisibility.
infrared	Character can see warm_blood mobs in the dark.
curse	Character is flagged as cursed. All skill effectiveness is reduced by 15% while this flag is applied, but the character is immune to the Curse spell.
solidified	Character is completely frozen!
poison	Character is flagged as poisoned. This flag has no affect on stats but the character can't be poisoned again. Regeneration is decreased while this flag is applied, however.
protect_evil	Character takes 2/3 damage from evil foes.
protect_good	Character takes 2/3 damage from good foes.
sneak	Character doesn't generate echoes when moving from room to room. Triggers GRALL but not GREET progs.
hide	Character is hiding. Using any command removes this effect.
sleep	Character is under the effects of permanent magical sleep!!
charm	Character is under the effects of a Charm spell. Don't use.
flying	Character is flying: reduced MV costs everywhere (by 1 per room), can travel into air sector rooms, and doesn't need a boat to travel into noswim sector rooms. Also immune to Trip and Earthquake.
pass_door	Character can walk through some closed doors.
haste	Character is under the effects of Haste: always gets exactly 1 extra attack in combat, but regenerates at half speed.
calm	Character is under the effects of the Calm spell. Character can't use berserk.
plague	Character is flagged as plagued. Regeneration is decreased but the player can't be hit with the Bio 2 spell.
locusts	Character is a swarm of locusts per the Plague Swarm spell. *Cannot be set on a mob's template or applied by an item.
dark_vision	Character can see anything in any kind of darkness without a light source.
berserk	Character is under the effects of Berserk! Character can't cast spells, everything the character sees is red, and they get a 50% penalty to all saving throws.
swim	Character doesn't need a boat to enter noswim sector rooms.
regeneration	Character regenerates HP twice as fast!
slow	Character has a chance to simply not attack during combat. 2x-cut and 3x-cut chances are reduced dramatically. Ignored if the mob is flagged off_fast. Character also regenerates at half speed AND spends more MV when traveling.
scarecrow	Character is affected by the Scarecrow spell -- can't eat, drink, or move, and melee attacks do reduced damage.

AFFECT2 FLAGS

focus	double mana regeneration
motivation	slight movement regeneration
theatrical	takes damage when receiving an affect
frenzy	grants extra attack
vampirism	??
paralysis	??

SHIELD FLAGS

charge	Character does 1.5x damage with all applicable spells. DOES NOT DISSIPATE UNLESS IT IS APPLIED BY THE CHARGE SPELL.
sabotaged	Character takes damage when using skills or spells.
hallucinating	Character is under the effects of the Mushroomize spell; all MUD output turns wacky.
terrified	Character may cower helplessly in combat, with a greater chance is the foe's level is higher than the character's. Also makes the character try to flee.
haunted	Character is tormented by minighosts.
confused	Character hits itself sometimes in combat.
stat enhancement	Character is under the effects of one of Sage Aura, Brilliance, Limber, Valor, or Vigor/Warcry and can't be affected by another one.
ice shield	Returns 20 to 30% of melee damage as bash-type damage
thorn shield	Returns 20 to 30% of melee damage as pierce-type damage
crystal shield	Returns 20 to 30% of melee damage as slash-type damage
osmosis	Character loses MP steadily. Also decreases MP regeneration.
volta	Character does not auto-attack but has double normal dodge chances.
manashield	Character has Mana Shield permanently up. It will give the 'your shield broke' message with every attack if they're at 0MP but they'll still take full damage.
kamikaze	Character is going to Detonate. *Cannot be set on a mob's template or applied by an item.
zeal	Character fails all saving throws but receives a bonus to damage for each bad affect
bleeding	Character loses HP steadily. Some types of bleeding make you bleed worse than others!
undead	Character is a zombie with a relentless hunger for delicious brains. All text is dark gray, healing spells do damage instead of healing, and the poor bastard doesn't necessarily die when they drop below 0hp! This is distinct from the undead form flag.
oozaru form	Character is an oozaru and can't cast spells.
double image	Character has a double image. It will take one attack and then vanish.
ink	Character has been inked. Display is all goofed up with large black splotches.
seraph form	Character has seraph form and can't cast spells.
reflect	Spells targetted at the character bounce back the wrong way
surefire casting	Character has surecasting on.
jinx	Character has a 33% chance of dropping any weapon they're wielding in any combat round.
leechseed	Character is under the effects of the Leech Seed spell. *Cannot be set on a mob's template or applied by an item.
bees	Character is covered in bees which deal periodic damage.
choke	Character is affected by Choke and casts spells at 3/4 the normal strength.
endure	Character cannot be reduced below 1hp.
sheltered	Character is being sheltered by a friendly Templar. *Cannot be set on a mob's template or applied by an item.
bide	Character is using the skill Bide. *Cannot be set on a mob's template or applied by an item.

Some of these affects can't be applied to a mob's template, only by spells; homing attack, stat enhancement, extension, kamikaze, short term combat effect, oozaru form, double image, seraph form, Jumi empathy, surefire casting, and leechseed.

OBJ FLAGS

For more details on object types see Flags Compendium/Obj Types

light	Light sources, go in a special 'light' slot when equipped no matter what wear flags you use
scroll	Can be recited or read to cast 1-4 spells on a target. Works from base inventory, consumed when used, uses Artifice skill.
wand	Can be zapped or used to cast 1 spell a set number of times on a target. Must be equipped, any slot is OK. Uses Artifice skill. Explodes when out of charges unless NOEXPLODE extra flag is set.
staff	Can be brandished or used to cast 1 spell a set number of times on all targets in a room! Must be equipped, any slot is OK. Uses Artifice skill. Explodes when out of charges unless NOEXPLODE extra flag is set.
weapon	Changes wearer's melee autoattack damage to the type and amount specified in the object. Must be in the Wield slot to work.
treasure	No inherent properties, reserved for salable loot.
armor	Modifies wearer's armor values. Can be equipped anywhere.
potion	Can be quaffed or drunk to cast 1-4 spells on the drinker. Works from base inventory, consumed when used.
furniture	Various flags allow characters to sit, rest, stand, or sleep on, in, or at these objects. Recovery rates can be modified as well.
trash	No inherent properties, reserved for nonsalable loot.
container	Object that holds other objects. Can be closable/lockable like a door.
drinkcontainer	Holds a set quantity of a certain liquid. Liquids can be replaced with different liquids. Disappears when empty unless NOEXPLODE is set.
key	Object vanishes on logout. Has no other properties.
food	Can be eaten for food/full value and cast 1 spell on the eater.
money	Is abstracted into current wealth when picked up by a player. Dropped wealth turns into a money object. The Priest class can sacrifice money to recover mana for 1 MP per 50 silver.
boat	Can be equipped or in base inventory for players to move in water rooms. Defunct.
npccorpse	NPC Corpse. Reserved.
fountain	Like a drinkcontainer but the liquid inside can't be poisoned. Drinkcontainers can also be 'fill'ed from it.
pill	Can be eaten to cast 1-4 spells on the drinker. Works from base inventory, consumed when used.
protect	Uncoded junk. Don't use.
map	Uncoded junk. Don't use.
portal	Objects that can be 'entered' to take the character to a set room. Can be closable/lockable like a door.
warpstone	Used to be necessary for the Nexus spell.
roomkey	Uncoded junk. Don't use.
gem	Uncoded junk. Don't use.
jewelry	No inherent properties. Used for equippables that aren't armor.
event	An object with both charges and cooldown capability, which executes an mprog when 'zap'ped or 'use'd. Uses Artifice skill.
slotmachine	Type "Game slots" at a slot machine to spin the wheel. Slot machines can have their cost and jackpot size specified in the object template. Just kidding! Disabled.
gun	Uncoded junk. Don't use.
ammo	Uncoded junk. Don't use.
vehicle	Vehicles allow players to consume less movement points as they travel, move faster, and/or travel to rooms they can't enter on foot.
exit	Uncoded junk. Don't use. Not the same as a real exit.
rod	Can be zapped or used to cast 1 spell on a target with a set delay between uses. Must be equipped, any slot is OK. Uses Artifice skill.

EXTRA FLAGS

glow	Item can be seen in the dark, shows (glowing) before its short desc
hum	Item shows (Humming) before its short desc
norecharge	Wand, staff, rod, or event can't be recharged with the Recharge spell.
autoconsume	Item is automatically used as soon as it's picked up off the ground. Works with potions, pills, and artifice items.
evil	Item has a red aura if you can detect evil, can be removed with Bless.
invis	Item can only be seen if you have detect invis, and shows (Invis) if you can
magic	Item shows as magic if you can detect magic
nodrop	Item can't be dropped, can be removed with Bless
bless	Item has a blue aura if you can detect good, can't be poisoned, and is a little easier to enchant. Is removed by Curse.
noremove	Item can't be removed. This flag is removed by uncursing
inventory	Item is part of a shopkeeper's inventory and will be sold with infinite quantity left. Also evaporates when the holder dies, like rotdeath.
nopurge	Item can't be purged. Use sparingly!
rotdeath	Item poofs when whoever is holding it dies. If a mob dies with one of these, it will vanish.
visdeath	Item can only be seen by immortals
uncounted	Item doesn't count against the holder's carry number or weight capacities.
nonmetal	Item is unaffected by Heat Metal
meltdrop	Item poofs when dropped or stolen. If a mob dies with one of these, it will appear in the room.
decaying	Item loses 1 condition per minute, then disintegrates.
sellextract	Item poofs when sold to shopkeeper -- doesn't show up in their inventory
nodestroy	(AKA burn_proof in the code for some reason) Item can't be poisoned, and can't be destroyed by various item-destroying affects (which I think are disabled)
nouncurse	Item can't be uncursed. (nodrop, noremove flags)
runic	Unused
adhesive	Item stays with a player, not on their corpse
nochk	Wand, Scroll, Staff, Rod, and Event items with this flag won't check a character's artifice skill when used, but just always work
noremort	Item can't be carried through a remort
inert	Item doesn't appear in rooms its in
noexplode	Wand and staff type item won't disintegrate when their charges are used up. Drinkcontainers won't poof when empty.

EXTRA2 FLAGS

antihuman	Can't be equipped by Human race
antimoogle	Can't be equipped by Moogle race
antisaiyan	Can't be equipped by Saiyan race
antiesper	Can't be equipped by Esper race
antihylian	Can't be equipped by Hylian race
antikokiri	Can't be equipped by Kokiri race
antigiganto	Can't be equipped by Giganto race
antimatango	Can't be equipped by Matango race
antireploid	Can't be equipped by Reploid race
antikoopa	Can't be equipped by Koopa race
antipmpkn	Can't be equipped by Pumpkinhead race
antiknight	Can't be equipped by Knight class
antiwarrior	Can't be equipped by Warrior class
antithief	Can't be equipped by Thief class
antiwizard	Can't be equipped by Wizard class
antipriest	Can't be equipped by Priest class
antigeomancer	Can't be equipped by Geomancer class
antisummoner	Can't be equipped by Summoner class
antifemale	Can't be equipped by female characters
antimale	Can't be equipped by male characters
antineuter	Can't be equipped by sexless characters
cursed	Item becomes noremove when equipped
unique	Characters can't pick up one of these if they already have one.
remortable	Item was carried through a remort and won't vanish on logout if it's out of the player's level range.
antinu	Can't be equipped by Nu race
antikirby	Can't be equipped by Kirby race
antilobsterman	Can't be equipped by Lobster race
antiranboob	Can't be equipped by Ranboob race
antijumi	Can't be equipped by Jumi race
antidancer	Can't be equipped by Dancer class
antimob	Can't be equipped by mobs

• NOTE: Old classes are affected by antiwizard, etc, just as new ones are.

EXTRA3 FLAGS

exalted	Can't be equipped by characters with less than two remorts
heroic	Can't be equipped by characters with less than six remorts
epic	Can't be equipped by characters with less than eleven remorts
perishable	Object will disappear on logout if the character is not in the object's source area.
owned	Object cannot be equipped unless it shares a name keyword with the character.

• NOTE 1: Objects restricted by number of remorts will also not be saved to unqualified player files when logging out, UNLESS they are somehow also flagged as remortable.
• NOTE 2: Mobiles cannot remort, so exalted, heroic, and epic objects are effectively also antimob.

AREA EXFLAGS

visdeath	Area is not visible on 'areas' display.
norecall	No recalling anywhere within this area.
nosummon	No summoning within this area.
noweather	Weather is always 0 wind, 0 sky, and the 'weather' command fails with no map displayed.