# Essential Commands

<p class="callout info">**⌨ POCKET COMMAND CARD**  
You do not need every command—only the ones that get you home alive.</p>

You do not need to memorize everything. These commands cover most of a new survivor's needs, including the popular need to flee whatever is currently making that noise behind you.

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## 🧭 Travel

<table id="bkmrk-command-purpose-%2Fspa"><thead><tr><th>Command</th><th>Purpose</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>`/spawn`</td><td>Return to the server spawn</td></tr><tr><td>`/rtp`</td><td>Find a random safe location in the world</td></tr><tr><td>`/sethome`</td><td>Set your current location as a home</td></tr><tr><td>`/home`</td><td>Return to your home</td></tr><tr><td>`/tpa <player>`</td><td>Ask to teleport to another player</td></tr><tr><td>`/tpahere <player>`</td><td>Ask another player to teleport to you</td></tr><tr><td>`/tpaccept`</td><td>Accept a pending teleport request</td></tr><tr><td>`/tpdeny`</td><td>Decline a pending teleport request</td></tr><tr><td>`/back`</td><td>Return to a previous location, when your rank permits it</td></tr></tbody></table>

Never use teleport requests to escape fair combat, bypass access controls, or enter a base without permission.

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## 💬 Communication

<table id="bkmrk-command-purpose-%2Fmsg"><thead><tr><th>Command</th><th>Purpose</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>`/msg <player> <message>`</td><td>Send a private message</td></tr><tr><td>`/r <message>`</td><td>Reply to your latest private conversation</td></tr><tr><td>`/ignore <player>`</td><td>Hide messages from a player</td></tr><tr><td>`/discord`</td><td>Open the PlagueMC Discord information</td></tr></tbody></table>

Private messages are still subject to server rules.

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## 💰 Economy &amp; play

<table id="bkmrk-command-purpose-%2Fbal"><thead><tr><th>Command</th><th>Purpose</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>`/balance`</td><td>Check your current balance</td></tr><tr><td>`/pay <player> <amount>`</td><td>Pay another player</td></tr><tr><td>`/baltop`</td><td>View leading balances</td></tr><tr><td>`/sit`</td><td>Sit where supported</td></tr><tr><td>`/lwc`</td><td>Show container-protection help</td></tr></tbody></table>

The economy is player-facing: agree on prices before trading and verify names and amounts before confirming payments.

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## 🔎 Help &amp; discovery

- Use `/help` for general command help.
- Add `?` or use a plugin's help subcommand when available.
- If a listed command is unavailable to your rank, do not spam it—check the relevant guide or ask staff.

Commands and permissions evolve with the server. This page documents the useful baseline; the server keeps several less merciful verbs to itself.