Game commands

There are a variety of commands you may type while in Battle.net chat or in the game. All commands are typed at the very start of the prompt, preceded by a slash.

Battle.net Chat Commands

These work while in the B.net chat channels. Some function when used in-game as well.

• /away (reason): Displays your away status and the explanation to players who might query you.
• /ban (player): Ban specified player. (For Channel Operator)
• /channel (channel): Join selected channel.
• /clan (your name): Create a private clan channel.
• /designate (player): Assigns a Channel Operator, if none is in place.

• /dnd (reason) This command blocks all incoming messages.
• /ignore (player): Squelches messages from this player.
• /f: Sends a message to everyone on your friends list. (Use sparingly to avoid spamming everyone with CC mails.)
• /friends: This displays help instructions on how to use the various friends commands.
• /kick (player): Kick specified player. (Channel Ops only.)
• /msg (player): Sends a private message.
• /msg (character name): Sends a private message.
• /msg *(accountname): Sends a message to any character logged on from that account.
• /msg (D2 CharacterName@RealmName): Allows messages to be sent between the realms: USWest, USEast, Asia, or Europe
• /rejoin: Rejoin current channel.
• /resign: Rejoin current channel.
• /squelch (player): Ignore messages from this player.
• /stats (username) Shows the stats of a iw:Starcraft Starcraft player. It will always show 0-0-0 for Diablo players.
• /time: Displays your local time and Battle.net server time.
• /unban (player): Unban specified player. (Channel Ops only)
• /unsquelch (player): Turns off squelch for this player. (SHORT FORM: /unignore)
• /users: Displays all number of users, games and channels on the server.
• /w (player): Sends a private message.
• /who (channel): Lists all the characters in a given channel.
• /whois (player): Get player's personal info.
• /whisper (player): Sends a private message.

In-game Commands

These only work when typed into the chat box while playing the game. Many of the Chat Channel commands work in-game too, including all of the various messaging and ignoring controls.

• /fps: Shows ingame framerate. 25 is the maximum display rate for Diablo II.
• /nopickup: Stops your character from picking up any items in that game. Useful for speed runs.
• /players 1-8: Only in v1.09 and later. Only single player. Simulates more players in the game to increase drops and game difficulty. Can not be set to a lower number than the players in the game. See players x page for details.
• /soundchaosdebug: Plays a jumble of every sound in the game. Disabled after v1.09.

Command Line Commands

These are commands that are added to the shortcut that starts Diablo II. Go to the shortcut on your desktop or quick start panel, right click, and select properties. By default, Diablo II will show this as the target.

"C:\Program Files\Diablo\diablo.exe"

Add any commands after that, with a space between them. For instance:

"C:\Program Files\Diablo\diablo.exe" -w -act5

• -w: Runs Diablo II in windowed mode, at its natural 480x640 or 600x800 resolution.
• -ns: Starts the game without sound.
• -act 5: Any newly-created characters will begin the game at level 33, and in act 5. (With no waypoints, no quests, and no skill or stat points assigned.)
• -seed: Shows the game seed, based on the time of the game creation. Used in some mods and utilities to recreate that exact same game for replay.