Text commands

Ship Commands

You Say	Response
"forward" or "unfurl sail"	Travel forward
"forward Left"	Travel in a forward left direction.
"forward right"	Travel in a forward right direction.
"back" or "backward"	Travel backwards.
"right" or "drift right"	Travel to the right without turning the ship.
"left" or "drift left"	Travel to the left without turning the ship.
"turn left" or "port"	Turn the ship to the left.
"turn right" or "starboard"	Turn the ship to the right.
"one (direction)" or "(direction) one"	Moves ship one tile in desired direction and stops.
"slow (direction)"	Moves ship slowly in desired direction.
"stop" or "furl sail"	Stop current ship movement.
"raise anchor"	Raise the anchor, allowing the ship to begin movement.
"drop anchor"	Lower the anchor, to prevent movement commands from activating.
"turn around" or "come about"	Flips the nose of the ship around to face the other direction.
"embark"	Speaking embark near a vessel you are a captain, officer, or deckhand of will cause you to be transported to a random location on the deck. This only works if you are not currently on a ship. The closest vessel to you is always chosen first. This command can also be accessed through the new vessel gump. Followers will be moved to the ship along with you.
"disembark"	Speaking disembark while on a vessel will allow you to leave your current vessel. After speaking disembark, an aiming reticule will appear on your screen. You can then target land near you. This will move you off the boat and to your specified location. This transports followers off of ships as well.
"fire left" or "fire port"	Fires a cannon volley from the port-side cannons. This is a criminal action if innocent creatures or humans are hit with the resulting cannon fire.
"fire right" or "fire starboard"	Fires a cannon volley from the starboard-side cannons. This is a criminal action if innocent creatures or humans are hit with the resulting cannon fire.
"deploy the cannons"	This will deploy all retracted cannons. Retracted cannons are immune to enemy cannon fire but cannot fire until deployed.
"retract the cannons"	This will retract all deployed cannons.
"take the helm"	Allows you to steer your vessel with your mouse. This is only usable by unmounted characters.
"leave the helm"	Relinquish control of the helm and revert back to normal boat command steering.
"scan the horizons"	Opens a map that reveals enemy ships as a red dot.