Chat and channels
Talk nearby, to your group, guild or nation, to one person, or to the whole realm.
Press Enter to start typing and Enter to send. Press Slash to start with a slash command. Start a line with a channel's command to speak there:
| Command | Who hears it |
|---|---|
| /say or /s | Everyone nearby |
| /yell or /y | Everyone further around you (costs stamina) |
| /tell or /t, then a name | One player, anywhere. /r replies to the last one. |
| /group or /p | Your group |
| /guild or /g | Your guild |
| /nation or /n | Every guild sworn with yours |
| /council or /ic | Your guild's Inner Council |
| /global or /gl | The whole realm |
| /emote or /em | An action, not speech |
| /elementalist, /wizard… | Everyone of your Class |
- A line without a command goes to the channel shown beside the chat box, which the open tab sets: a new character's All tab speaks to the whole realm (/global), the Local tab to everyone nearby (/say).
- Type /chathelp for the full list, each channel's command in your language with its English name beside it: either one works.
- The tabs above the chat filter what you see. The gear icon chooses which channels each tab shows, and you can add tabs of your own.
- City, combat, power and system messages arrive in their own channels; you cannot speak in them.
- Drag an item onto the chat box to link it.
- Tab completes the name you are typing from the people you know of: around you, your group, friends, guild and whoever spoke lately. Press it again for the next match. Click a speaker's name for the player menu.
- Right-click a chat line and choose Copy Line to copy it, with the speaker's name, to the clipboard.