| From time to time in the game you will run across various Ants with purple names indicating that they are bots. But what are they? And what is their purpose? |
| There are two types of Ants. The main type were created by one of the game developers as an experiment in AI. They have names like Ant_Queen, Ant_Store, Ant_5 and Red_Ant_7. These ants can explore maps, fight creatures and yes, even grab bags they see on the ground (even your death bag!). As they develop and level their size increases. |
| The other types of Ants are those that players can rent: Pet Ants. Yes, you read correctly, you could have your own Ant to follow you around the game for a few real life $$. Before you get ideas of riches and having your own personal mule or protector, these are for entertainment value and must respect all the rules, including the illegal multi (#5) rule. |
| You may even see a Pet Ant in the form of a fox. These are uber Pet Ants for only the coolest of game players. They do cost more, but half of the money is donated to Eternal Lands to help offset the costs of hosting a free game. |
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| Useful Links: |
| Learner's Pet Ants page, listing all the current pets and their owners |
| EL Forum discussing ant abilities and rules and instructions on how to create & purchase your OWN Pet Ant |
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| Warning: Pet Ants can not be used to break any game rule and must obey all illegal multi rules (it is treated as an alt)! |
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| Command: |
Die or Bye |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will logoff the game |
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| Command: |
PM [text] |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will PM another player a message |
| Notes: |
You can not use ants to harass, spam or bypass #ignore. |
| Example: |
/ant_learner pm ghrae Your site is pr0! |
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| Command: |
Say [text] |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will repeat text in local chat |
| Notes: |
You can not use ants to harass, spam or bypass #ignore. |
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| Command: |
Suicide |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will visit the local underworld |
| Notes: |
Pet Ants have the same chance of dropping items upon #suicide just like any other player |
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| Command: |
Trade |
| Description: |
Toggle enable / disable trade with all on the Pet Ant |
| Notes: |
default is enabled |
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| Command: |
Wear |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will equip an item in inventory |
| Notes: |
Pet Ant will equip an item in inventory |
| Example: |
"/ant_learner wear helm" will not work since there is no in game item by that name
"/ant_learner wear leather helm" will work and your Pet Ant's ears will be safer and of course it will now look more pr0!
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| Command: |
Where |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will tell you it's current coordinates |
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| Command: |
Backward |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will take a step backwards |
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| Command: |
Beam |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will send the "#beam me up" command and teleport to Isla prima |
| Notes: |
Ants have the same restrictions that players do so may not be able to "beam" from all maps |
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| Command: |
Dance [motions] |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will dance based on their master's command |
| Notes: |
Dance commands
s - Sit
t - Stand
l - turn left
r - turn right
f - step forward
b - step back
p - pause |
| Example: |
/ant_learner dance s t l r f f b p s p t p l l r r |
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| Command: |
Forward |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will take a step forward |
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| Command: |
Heel or Follow or Come |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will follow you |
| Notes: |
It is recommended that you put some points into Perception when creating your Pet Ant, that way they will be able to see you at night |
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| Command: |
Left |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will turn left |
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| Command: |
Right |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will turn right |
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| Command: |
Ring or Use Ring |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will use a teleport ring |
| Notes: |
You can't control which ring, so don't overload them with different ones
Currently, the Ants don't automatically walk out of the C2 underworld, this will be getting changed |
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| Command: |
Sit |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will sit down |
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| Command: |
Stand |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will stand up |
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| Command: |
Tport |
| Description: |
Pet Ant will attempt to teleport to the next map |
| Notes: |
Pet Ants are like children and need to be trained to use map flags, boats and doors. Every time the "tport" command is used the Pet Ant will attempt to USE a nearby object. Make sure it is close to the item it needs to try.
Training Pet Ants takes patience. Pet Ants will need to be told to "tport" a new door, etc many times before it learns the right object.
As they learn of a particular map flag or door, successive attempts should be instant. |
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