Your own party, whenever you want one
Bots are computer-controlled characters that join your group, fight beside you, heal you, loot, quest and level. This guide covers everything from summoning a party to running a dungeon with it.
1Two ways to give orders
The MultiBot bar
Type /mb. Buttons for summoning and dismissing, follow / stay / attack, formations, roles, bot bags and gear, talents, quests and loot rules, with no chat spam.
Chat
Commands starting with .playerbots go to the server. Plain words go in party chat (/p follow) for every bot, or a whisper (/w Botname follow) for one.
Both work at the same time; use whichever feels easier. The rest of this guide shows the chat version, since that's what the buttons send anyway.
2Summon a party
.playerbots bot addclass paladin .playerbots bot addclass priest .playerbots bot addclass mage
Classes: warrior, paladin, hunter, rogue, priest, shaman, mage, warlock, druid, dk. Add male or female after the class if you like. If a bot doesn't join your group by itself, invite it by name: it accepts at once and is teleported to you.
A dungeon group is you plus four: a tank, a healer and two damage dealers. A mage is always a good pick, because it conjures water and food for everyone.
3Level, gear and spec
.playerbots bot init=auto Botname
Brings the bot to your level with gear to match. init=green, init=blue or init=epic gear it better. Do this once per bot, right after summoning.
Then give it a spec by name, and it retrains on the spot. talents spec list shows the choices for its class. Set the spec after the gear step, since re-gearing can reset it.
/w Priestname talents spec disc pve priest healer /w Warriorname talents spec prot pve warrior tank /w Warlockname talents spec affli pve warlock damage /w Botname talents spec list all builds for that class
4Tank, healer, damage
| Job | Good classes | Tell it |
|---|---|---|
| Tank | Warrior (prot), paladin (prot), druid (bear), death knight | /w Name co +tank |
| Healer | Priest (disc or holy), paladin (holy), shaman (resto), druid (resto) | A healing spec heals on its own |
| Damage | Mage, hunter, rogue, warlock, and any class in a damage spec | /w Name co +dps |
/ca tank). It taunts anything that hits a bot. More about CombatAssist5Everyday orders
| Say | What happens |
|---|---|
follow | Stay with you, into dungeons and across zones. Leave this on most of the time. |
stay | Hold this spot. |
flee | Break off and run from the fight. |
attack | Attack whatever you have targeted. |
summon | (party chat) Every bot appears where you stand. |
stats | Each bot reports its gold, free bag space, gear condition (and repair cost) and experience. |
quests | What quests it has. |
leave | The bot leaves your group. |
.playerbots bot remove Name | Logs a bot out for good. |
6Running a dungeon
- Group up,
init=autoand spec every bot, andco +tankyour tank. - Say
follow, then walk in. They follow you through the portal. The quests for that dungeon are shared with the party as you enter. - Target a group of enemies and whisper your tank
pull my target. Let it take the hits for a moment before you start attacking. - Things going badly?
fleegets everyone out of the fight. - Between fights, casters drink on their own. If someone runs dry, see water and food.
7Loot, selling and supplies
Bots loot what they're allowed to, and gear up from it by themselves. ll shows what they'll pick up. They roll on group loot like anyone else.
Standing at a vendor, tell them to sell:
s * sell grey junk s vendor sell everything they have no use for s [item link] sell that item (shift-click it into chat)
They keep their class supplies. Poisons, paladin Symbols, priest candles, mage runes and powders, druid seeds, shaman Ankhs and soul shards are never sold by s vendor, so a rogue bot keeps its poisons. Once gear is sorted, the recommender and the bots both prefer each class's best armour type, so no tanks in cloth.
8Water and food
Say one word in party chat, or whisper it to one bot:
water or: drink food supply both
Your mage (or whoever can conjure) makes it fresh and hands it to whoever asked. Only conjured food and drink ever changes hands; nobody's bought supplies are touched. .gamingroo water does the same.
Walking into a dungeon, the mage tops up everyone who uses mana, and conjurers keep their own stock topped up wherever they go.
9Questing together
Kill credit works like any party. When you hand in a quest, bots holding the same quest complete it at that moment, so they never fight you for quest items. Accept and turn in quests with them standing next to you and they do the same.
The GamingRoo Quest arrow's party mode keeps everyone pointed at the leader's goal (/gq party).
10Gathering
A bot with Herbalism, Mining or Skinning gathers as you travel, and like you it can take nodes and corpses above its skill (it just takes longer). It needs a mining pick for ore and a skinning knife for leather, the same as you.
11Your own characters as bots
.playerbots bot add Charname .playerbots bot addaccount ACCOUNTNAME
Any logged-out character on your own account can play as a bot, and so can a guildmate's characters. To control someone else's characters without a guild, link the accounts once: they type .playerbots setKey somesecret, you type .playerbots link THEIRACCOUNT somesecret.
These are real characters: they earn experience, roll on loot, equip upgrades and level up while you play together.
12When something goes wrong
- A bot is stuck or confused: whisper it
reset botAI. - A bot is far away:
summonin party chat. - A bot won't heal or tank: check its spec (
talents spec list) and role (co +tank/co +dps). - A bot won't join: invite it by name.
- Everything lags: too many bots. Remove a few with
.playerbots bot remove Name.