Commands_&_Permissions

Commands & Permissions

War 'N Taxes offers a robust set of commands for both end-users (Colony managers and officers) and Server Administrators (Operation Level 2+). Below is the comprehensive list of commands provided by the mod.

All commands share the root /wnt.

Player Commands (Colony Owners / Officers)

These commands can be executed by players who hold sufficient rank in their respective colonies.

Command Syntax	Description
/wnt help [command]	Shows detailed help for a specific command, including syntax and requirements.
War Commands
/wnt wagewar <colony> [extortion%]	Declares war on a specified colony. Requires certain building levels or guards. Optionally demand extortion.
/wnt raid <colony>	Starts a quick raid on a target colony.
/wnt joinwar	Join an active war.
/wnt leavewar	Leave your current war engagement.
/wnt payextortion <colonyId> <extortion%>	Pay requested extortion to avoid an incoming war. The percent must match the attacker's demand.
/wnt war accept <colonyId>	Accept a pending war declaration.
/wnt war decline <colonyId>	Decline a pending war declaration.
/wnt peace whitepeace	Propose a white peace (status quo) with no reparations.
/wnt peace reparations <amount>	Propose peace but demand reparations from your enemies.
/wnt peace surrender	Unconditionally surrender the war, accepting full defeat penalties immediately.
/wnt peace accept	Accept an incoming peace proposal.
/wnt peace decline	Decline an incoming peace proposal.
/wnt warinfo	Show detailed information about your current active war.
Tax Commands
/wnt claimtax [colony] [amount]	Claim accumulated tax revenue from your colony's treasury.
/wnt checktax	Check your current tax generation statistics and total revenue.
/wnt taxdebt pay <amount> <colony>	Pay off your colony's debt.
Info Commands
/wnt warhistory [colony]	View your colony's war history.
/wnt raidhistory [colony]	View your colony's raid history.
/wnt warstats	View your personal PvP and war statistics.
Vassal Commands
/wnt vasalize <percent> <colony>	Offer a vassalization treaty to a colony, taking a percentage of their taxes.
/wnt vassalaccept <colonyId>	Accept a vassalization proposal.
/wnt vassaldecline <colonyId>	Decline a vassalization proposal.
/wnt revoke <player>	Revoke a vassalization relationship.
/wnt vasals	List your current vassals.
Besiege Commands
/wnt besiege <colony>	Besiege a target colony (solo, or join other besiegers on the same colony). On victory, siphons a portion of their taxes and takes a one-time cut of their treasury. Former owner can use this same command to reclaim their besieged colony.
Colony Claiming Commands
/wnt claimcolony [colony]	Claim an abandoned colony by starting a claiming raid against it.
/wnt claimstatus	Check your eligibility and cooldown for claiming abandoned colonies.
/wnt listabandoned	List all abandoned colonies (Enabled by default only for Admins unless configured otherwise).
Espionage
(no chat command)	Espionage has no /wnt commands. Deploy, track, and recall spies from the Espionage tab of the colony management GUI (see Espionage System). Requires the EnableSpySystem config option.
Treasury Commands
/wnt treasury status [colonyId]	View treasury balance, drain rate, war sustainability, and available deposit sources.
/wnt treasury deposit <amount> [tax|wallet|inventory] [colonyId]	Deposit into the treasury. Source: tax (colony tax balance, default), wallet (SDMShop/SDMEconomy balance), inventory (currency items from your inventory).
/wnt treasury withdraw <amount> [tax|wallet|inventory] [colonyId]	Withdraw from the treasury. Destination: tax (colony tax balance, default), wallet (SDMShop/SDMEconomy balance), inventory (gives currency items to your inventory).
Investment Commands
/wnt invest list	List all available upgrade types and their current costs for your colony.
/wnt invest status	View your colony's current upgrade levels for each type.
/wnt invest buy <type>	Purchase the next level of the specified upgrade (e.g., MILITIA, SPY_CAPACITY, DEFENSE). Funded from treasury.
Events Commands
/wnt events <colonyId>	View all active random events for a colony, including their remaining duration and effects.

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Server Administrator Commands

These commands require OP Permission Level 2 or higher and are meant for server moderation, economy balancing, and debugging.

Command Syntax	Description
/wnt checktax <player>	Check the tax revenue and stats of an arbitrary player's colony.
/wnt warstop <colony>	Force-stop a specific war involving the given colony.
/wnt warstopall	Force-stop all currently active wars on the server.
/wnt raidstop	Force-stop any active raids currently executing.
/wnt forceabandon <colony>	Forcefully abandon a player's colony.
/wnt protectcolony <colony>	Protect an abandoned colony from being claimed by other players.
/wnt unprotectcolony <colony>	Remove claiming protection from an abandoned colony.
/wnt listprotected	List all abandoned colonies that are protected from claiming.
/wnt taxgen disable <colonyId>	Completely halt tax generation for a specific colony.
/wnt taxgen enable <colonyId>	Resume tax generation for a specific colony.
Debug Commands (Admin)
/wnt debug sdm status	Show SDMShop/SDM-Economy integration state and your wallet balance (diagnose "tax coins not appearing").
/wnt debug claimraidstatus <colony>	Check the status of a claiming raid on a colony.
/wnt debug cleanupabandonedentries	Remove stale/synthetic abandonment tracking entries from colony permissions.
/wnt debug bossbar <colony>	Debug the boss bar state for the war involving a colony.
/wnt debug forcecleanupcolony <colony>	Force a full cleanup of a colony's war/raid state.
/wnt debug emergencyfix	Emergency repair pass for null-owner colonies (abandonment system must be enabled).
/wnt debug fixnullowners	Scan and repair colonies with null owner records (abandonment system must be enabled).
/wnt debug war	Show deeply technical debug information for all active wars.
/wnt debug guards [colony]	Debug the guard and guard tower counting mechanisms for a given colony.
/wnt debug tax [colony]	Show a per-building tax and maintenance breakdown for a colony.
/wnt debug officertracking [colonyId]	Show officer visit tracking state for a colony (used for inactivity detection).
/wnt debug besiege	Show active besiege and occupation status across all colonies.
/wnt debug entityraid status	Show the status of active entity (PvE) raids.
/wnt debug entityraid config	Show the current configuration limits and rules for entity raids.
/wnt debug entityraid end <colonyId>	End an active entity raid for a colony.
/wnt debug entityraid test <colony>	Force-trigger an entity raid to test mechanics.
/wnt debug entityraid reload	Reload the entity raid configuration dynamically.
Permissions Commands (Admin)
/wnt permissions status	Show the status of customized general permissions.
/wnt permissions config	Show the customized permission configuration values.
/wnt permissions apply [colonyId]	Apply overridden general permissions to all colonies or a specific one.
/wnt permissions remove [colonyId]	Remove overridden general permissions from all colonies or a specific one.
/wnt permissions reload	Reload the general permission modifiers.