Commands

Read below for detailed command documentation. For more info on per-type commands and permissions, see its corresponding page.

[] - Mandatory
() - Optional

Command - command's syntax
Args Description - description of the command's arguments
Require Selected - whether the command requires an NPC to be selected
Require Ownership - whether the commands requires you to be the owner of the NPC
Require Mob Types - whether the command requires an NPC to be a certain mob type(s)
Permission - command's permission node
Description - short description of the command

Commands not listed here

There are quite a few commands that are not listed here, mainly for reasons of maintenance order (the wiki isn't updated all that often, but the actual commands list is updated regularly.)
To see the list of commands on your current version of Citizens, simply type /npc help in-game. You can use /npc help 2 to view page 2, and so on (switch 2 to any page number).
To see information on a specific command, you can use /npc help create in-game. Change the "create" to any other command name (the example will show help for the /npc create command).

Some commands have documentation elsewhere. Such as:

• npc skin has documentation here: Skins

There are also many commands that are added by other traits. see Characters

Adding Click Commands

If you're looking for a way to add automatically ran commands when you click an NPC, that's explained at NPC_Commands.

Admin Commands

Commands used for administration of Citizens.

Admin Commands
Command	Permission	Description
/citizens	citizens.admin	Show basic plugin information
/citizens reload	citizens.admin	Reload Citizens
/citizens save	citizens.admin	Save NPCs and configuration

Help Commands

Commands used in-game to show the help screen.

Help Commands
Command	Args Description	Permission	Description
/citizens help	(Page) - Page number to display	citizens.help	Show Citizens help menu
/npc help	(Page) - Page number to display	citizens.npc.help	Show NPC help menu
/trait help	(Page) - Page number to display	citizens.trait.help	Show trait help menu
/script help	(Page) - Page number to display	citizens.script.help	Show scripting help menu
/template help	(Page) - Page number to display	citizens.template.help	Show template help menu
/waypoints help	(Page) - Page number to display	citizens.waypoints.help	Show waypoints help menu

NPC Commands

General commands used for all NPCs.

NOTE: '/npc trait' has been replaced, there is a new set of commands for adding, removing and copying traits.

/trait {traitname] is now used to add traits and characters.

More docs coming soon.

NPC Commands
Command	Args Description	Require Selected	Require Ownership	Require Mob Types	Permission	Description
/npc	None	Yes	Yes	No	None	Show basic NPC information
/npc age	[adult, baby, integer, -l] - Adult sets as adult, baby as baby, age integer specifies an exact age, -l toggles whether the age is locked	Yes	Yes	Yes - COW, SHEEP, CHICKEN, PIG, VILLAGER, OCELOT, WOLF	citizens.npc.age	Modify a NPC's age
/npc anchor	anchor (--save [name], --assume [name], --remove [name]) (-a)(-c) - saves a location as an 'anchor' which can be assumed via assume [name]	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.anchor	Changes/saves/lists NPC's location anchors
/npc behaviour	behaviour [scripts] (-r) -- scripts is a comma separated list of script file names to look for, -r flag removes them from the NPC.	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.behaviour	Adds and removes behaviours from an NPC. A behaviour is a script file that is executed and adds 'goals' to the NPC which can run every tick. These can do anything you can program/think of!
/npc controllable	None	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.controllable.[npc type name]	Toggles the NPC's controllable status. Controllable NPCs can be right clicked to be mounted and controlled with WASD. Ghasts, Blazes and Endersragons can be flown by left clicking once mounted to pause/unpause flying.
/npc copy	(--name NewName) -- new name is the name of the copied NPC.	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.copy	Create a new NPC from the currently selected NPC, copying all traits.
/npc create	[NPC Name] - Name to give NPC (--type [type]) - Mob type to use --trait [trait1] [trait2] ... - A list of traits to apply to the NPC	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.create.mobtype or citizens.npc.create.*	Create a new NPC. Example : /npc create Jimbo Stevenson --type PIG
/npc despawn	(id) the ID of the NPC to despawn	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.despawn	Despawn a NPC
/npc gamemode	[gamemode] the gamemode to use	Yes	Yes	PLAYER	citizens.npc.gamemode	Sets a Player NPC's game mode.
/npc gravity	None	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.gravity	Toggles gravity on the NPC.
/npc equip	None	Yes	Yes	Yes - PLAYER, PIG, SHEEP, ENDERMAN	citizens.npc.edit.equip	Toggle equipment editor. see Equipment Editor Used for player armor, player and endermen items, sheep color/sheared, and pig saddles.
/npc list	(-a) - List all NPCs (--owner (owner)) - Owner (--type (type)) - Mob type (--char (character)) - Character	No	No	No	citizens.npc.list	List NPCs that match at least one of the given conditions
/npc lookclose	None	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.lookclose	Toggle a NPC's look-close state
/npc moveto	--x [x] --y [y] --z [z] --world [world]	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.moveto	The NPC's current location is taken as the base location. Value arguments are used to modify this base.
/npc mount	None	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.mount	Mount the currently selected NPC, if it is controllable.
/npc owner	(name) - Name of the new owner, set as "server" if you want Citizens Admins (players with "citizens.admin" permission) to be owner	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.owner	Sets the owner of a NPC
/npc path	None	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.edit.path	Toggle path editor. Left click to add a waypoint, right click to remove, mousewheel or number keys to select individual waypoints.
/npc pathrange	[range] - New range for the NPC	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.pathfindingrange	Set the range in number of blocks in which the NPC can find a path.
/npc playerlist	None	Yes	Yes	PLAYER	citizens.npc.playerlist	Toggles an NPC as a 'real' player, so that it will be more recognised by other plugins, will keep chunks loaded and crops ticking.
/npc pose	(-a) - Sets the position of the NPC's head to the current position of the Player's head. Useful for setting where NPCs are specifically looking post-creation. ''(--save [name]|--load [name]|--remove [name)''	Yes	Yes	Yes - PLAYER	citizens.pose	Changes/Stores NPC's head position based on the Player's current position.
/npc power	None	Yes	Yes	Yes - CREEPER	citizens.npc.power	Toggle whether a creeper NPC is powered
/npc profession	BLACKSMITH, LIBRARIAN, BUTCHER, FARMER, or PRIEST	Yes	Yes	Yes - VILLAGER	citizens.npc.profession	Change a villager-type NPC's profession.
/npc remove	(all) - Will remove all NPCs	Yes (Not if "all" is used)	Yes	No	citizens.npc.remove, (citizens.admin.remove.all)	Remove a NPC
/npc rename	[name] - New name for the NPC	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.rename	Rename a NPC
/npc select	[id] - ID of the NPC to select	No	Yes	No	citizens.npc.select	Selects a NPC with the given ID
/npc size	[size] - the integer size for the slime	Yes	Yes	SLIME	citizens.npc.size	Sets a slime's size.
/npc skeletontype	[type] - 0 or NORMAL for normal, 1 or WITHER for wither skeleton	Yes	Yes	SKELETON	citizens.npc.skeletontype	Changes a Skeleton NPC's type (currently between WITHER and NORMAL)
/npc spawn	[id] - ID of the NPC you want to spawn	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.spawn	Spawn a existing NPC
/npc speed	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.speed	changes the NPC's default speed multiplier. i.e. use 2 to double the normal speed.
/npc text	None	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.edit.text	Toggle text editor. Note that players need the citizens.npc.talk permission to hear NPCs!
/npc tphere	None	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.tphere	Teleport a NPC to your location
/npc tp	None	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.tp	Teleport to a NPC
/npc type	[type] - the new entity type	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.type	Changes an NPC's mob type.
/npc vulnerable	None	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.vulnerable	Toggles whether the NPC can take damage and die, and whether monsters will target it when it is on the player list
/npc zombiemod	(-b, -v) - -b for baby, -v for villager	Yes	Yes	ZOMBIE	citizens.npc.zombiemodifier	Sets a zombie NPC's modifiers.
/trait	[trait1] [trait2] ... [traitN - A list of Traits to apply	Yes	Yes	No	citizens.npc.trait.* or citizens.npc.trait.<trait-name> for per-trait permissions	Adds the trait type to the NPC. NPCs can have multiple traits. Example: /trait sentry

Waypoint commands

Waypoint Commands
Command	Args Description	Permission	Description
/waypoints disableteleport	None	citizens.waypoints.disableteleport	Stops NPCs from automatically teleporting the end of their path if they get stuck (NOTE: might be removed at some point).
/waypoints provider	[provider name] (-a) - provider name is the provider to use (currently linear, guided and wander), use -a to get a list of all providers	citizens.waypoints.provider	Sets the waypoint provider to use when using the waypoint editor.

Template commands

Template Commands
Command	Args Description	Permission	Description
/template apply	[template name] (id1 id2...) - takes the name of the template and an optional list of IDs to apply it to	citizens.templates.apply	Applies the given templates to the NPC.
/template create	[template name] (-o) - takes the name of the generated template, -o sets it to override	citizens.templates.create	Generates a template from the selected NPC and saves it to the templates.yml file.

See Also

Characters
Text Syntax
Waypoints