Find

Command reference: This page documents the in-game find command.

FIND ----

The find command identifies an item or NPC by its database ID and shows where it can be found in the game.

Syntax:

  find item <id>
  find npc <id>
  find item <name>
  find npc <name>

Name searches list up to ten matching IDs. Item results include a source note to help distinguish duplicate item records:

  [source in game]   The item has a source in an integrated zone, or is sold
                     by a configured in-game merchant such as a Void vendor.
  [db source only]   The database contains source rows, but find could not
                     resolve them to a spawned source in this mudlib.
  [no known source]  No drop, merchant, ground, or quest source was found.

ITEM RESULTS ------------

Item searches display the item as though you were looking at it, including its statistics and effects. They also list known sources:

• NPCs that can drop the item
• Merchants that sell the item
• Custom-spawned merchants in the Void
• Database ground spawns
• Database item-backed ground objects
• Cataloged quest rewards, quest-created ground objects, quest-added loot,

    and quest-added merchant stock

When the database has sources in both integrated and non-integrated zones, find prefers zones that exist in this mudlib under /areas/<zone>. If no integrated source exists, it may show the best database source it can find.

Quest sources come from a static catalog of Perl and Lua quest scripts under /quests/zones. The catalog catches common item-producing calls such as summonitem, SummonItem, QuestReward, create_ground_object, addloot, merchant_set_item, and simple ChooseRandom reward lists.

Quest results are best-effort. Some scripts build item IDs dynamically or hide them behind custom helper logic, so a missing quest source does not prove an item is impossible to get from a quest.

NPC RESULTS -----------

NPC searches display basic combat information, whether the NPC is rare or a merchant, and its known spawn zones, possible coordinates, and spawn chances. Coordinates identify spawn points where the NPC may appear; shared spawn tables mean the NPC is not guaranteed to be present there.

Find reports database sources, configured merchant sources, and cataloged quest sources. It is meant as a strong hint for what is available in game, not a complete quest walkthrough.