Archive-16 // Command Guide

Command category

📘 System & Help

Bot status, communication, and Archive-16 documentation.

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📘 System & Help

/ping

Public

Check Archive‑16's operational status.

/ping

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

📘 System & Help

/hello

Public

Greet Archive‑16.

/hello

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

📘 System & Help

/help

Public

Browse Archive‑16 command documentation, syntax, and examples.

/help [topic]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`topic`	Optional	Optional command or category; begin typing for suggestions.

Examples

/help
/help topic:glyph_reverse
/help topic:Identity Records

Usage notes

Leave `topic` empty to open the interactive directory.
A topic may be a command name or a category name.
The response is private to avoid cluttering the channel.

📘 System & Help

/commands

Public

Open Archive‑16's interactive command directory.

/commands

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Compatibility shortcut that opens the same help directory.

📘 System & Help

/help_commands

Public

Open Archive‑16's interactive command directory.

/help_commands

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Compatibility shortcut that opens the same help directory.

📘 System & Help

/help_category

Public

View documentation for one Archive‑16 command category.

/help_category category:<category>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`category`	Required	Command category; begin typing for suggestions.

Examples

/help_category category:NMS & Glyphs

Usage notes

The category field provides autocomplete suggestions.

📘 System & Help

/say

Public; anonymous mode: Staff or Root

Archive‑16 repeats your message.

/say text:<message> [anonymous:<true|false>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`text`	Required	What Archive‑16 should say.
`anonymous`	Optional	Post as a standalone bot message without showing the command user (staff only).

Examples

/say text:Welcome to the Archive
/say text:Transmission begins anonymous:true

Usage notes

Normal mode replies through the visible slash-command interaction.
Anonymous mode posts a standalone bot message and privately confirms it.
Mentions are disabled in anonymous messages.

📘 System & Help

/timestamp

Public

Generate a copy-ready Discord timestamp for a date and timezone.

/timestamp date:<YYYY-MM-DD> time:<HH:MM> timezone:<zone> [style:<style>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`date`	Required	Calendar date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
`time`	Required	24-hour local time in HH:MM or HH:MM:SS format.
`timezone`	Required	IANA timezone, UTC, or offset such as UTC-04:00.
`style`	Optional	Discord display style; defaults to long date and time. Choices`Short timeLong timeShort dateLong dateShort date and timeLong date and timeRelative time`

Examples

/timestamp date:2026-07-26 time:19:30 timezone:America/New_York
/timestamp date:2026-07-26 time:23:30 timezone:UTC style:Relative time

Usage notes

Accepts IANA zones such as `America/New_York`, `UTC`, or an offset such as `UTC-04:00`.
The result includes copy-ready code and previews of all seven Discord timestamp styles.
Discord renders the timestamp in each viewer's own local timezone.

Command category

🌀 NMS & Glyphs

No Man's Sky versions, portal addresses, glyphs, and star data.

8

🌀 NMS & Glyphs

/initiate_star

Public

Assign an Initiate their first star: PG1 followed by fixed index 07A.

/initiate_star

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

The generated 12-glyph address always begins with PG1.
The fixed system index is 07A.

🌀 NMS & Glyphs

/set_nms_update_chan

Server Administrator

Set the channel where NMS update announcements will be posted.

/set_nms_update_chan channel:<channel>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`channel`	Required	Text channel that should receive NMS update announcements.

Examples

/set_nms_update_chan channel:#nms-updates

Usage notes

Sets the announcement channel used by the automatic NMS watcher.

🌀 NMS & Glyphs

/nms_version

Public

Show the current stored No Man's Sky version data.

/nms_version

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Displays the most recently stored version for each platform.

🌀 NMS & Glyphs

/nms_version_update

Root only

Scrape the official release log and update NMS version data. (Root Only)

/nms_version_update

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Immediately refreshes version data from the official release log.

🌀 NMS & Glyphs

/glyph

Public

Convert a hex string into glyph emojis (:PG0: through :PGF:).

/glyph hexcode:<hex>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`hexcode`	Required	Hex value to convert, e.g. A3F09C

Examples

/glyph hexcode:107A3F09C2DE

Usage notes

Accepts hexadecimal digits 0-9 and A-F.

🌀 NMS & Glyphs

/glyph_reverse

Public

Convert :PG0:–:PGF: emoji from any server back into hex.

/glyph_reverse glyphs:<PG emoji or names>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`glyphs`	Required	Glyph emoji or names, e.g. :PG3: :PGA: :PG1:.

Examples

/glyph_reverse glyphs::PG1: :PG0: :PG7: :PGA:

Usage notes

Accepts custom emoji named PG0 through PGF from any server.
Literal names such as :PG1: and :PGA: also work.
Emoji IDs do not need to match Archive-16's home server.

🌀 NMS & Glyphs

/portal_random

Public

Generate a random standard or purple-star portal address.

/portal_random [star_type:<standard|purple>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`star_type`	Optional	Choose the system-index range to generate. Choices`Standard range (000–257)Purple stars (3E9–429)`

Examples

/portal_random
/portal_random star_type:Purple stars (3E9-429)

Usage notes

Standard is used when `star_type` is omitted.
Purple-star indexes are generated inclusively from 3E9 through 429.

🌀 NMS & Glyphs

/system_info

Public

Decode a system index from glyphs or hex.

/system_info code:<portal glyphs or hex>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`code`	Required	Portal glyphs or hex address

Examples

/system_info code:107A3F09C2DE
/system_info code::PG1: :PG0: :PG7: :PGA:

Usage notes

The input must contain at least the first four address glyphs.

Command category

⚗️ Materials & Processing

Searchable crafting, refining, acquisition, and quantity records.

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⚗️ Materials & Processing

/material

Public

Show how to obtain, craft, or refine a No Man's Sky material.

/material item:<material> [quantity:<desired output>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`item`	Required	Material or product name; begin typing for suggestions.
`quantity`	Optional	Desired output quantity used to scale every listed recipe.

Examples

/material item:Chromatic Metal
/material item:Warp Cell quantity:10

Usage notes

Autocomplete accepts names, aliases, and catalog keys.
Shows acquisition methods, every stored direct production route, equipment, ratios, and scaled ingredient totals.
The supplied catalog covers crafting and refining; cooking is intentionally separate.

⚗️ Materials & Processing

/material_search

Public

Search Archive‑16's No Man's Sky material catalog.

/material_search query:<name, category, source, or use>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`query`	Required	Material name, alias, category, source, or use to search for.

Examples

/material_search query:warp
/material_search query:Agricultural Product

Usage notes

Returns up to 20 matching catalog entries.

⚗️ Materials & Processing

/process

Public

Calculate direct crafting or refining output from an input amount.

/process input_item:<material> output_item:<material> [quantity:<input available>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`input_item`	Required	Material you currently have; begin typing for suggestions.
`output_item`	Required	Material you want to produce; begin typing for suggestions.
`quantity`	Optional	Amount of the selected input material currently available.

Examples

/process input_item:Indium output_item:Chromatic Metal quantity:250
/process input_item:Condensed Carbon output_item:Condensed Carbon quantity:100

Usage notes

Calculates direct crafting or refining routes from the selected input.
Lists required supporting ingredients, output, and unused selected input.
Supporting ingredients are not recursively expanded.

⚗️ Materials & Processing

/material_reload

Staff or Root

Reload and validate materials.json without restarting. (Staff Only)

/material_reload

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Reloads and validates `materials.json` without restarting Archive-16.
If validation fails, the previous valid in-memory catalog remains active.

Command category

🪪 Identity Records

Friend codes, in-game identity fields, and CAXVI identity cards.

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🪪 Identity Records

/friendcode_set

Public; server only

Store your NMS friend code, platform, and in-game name together.

/friendcode_set code:<code> [platform:<platform>] [ign:<name>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`code`	Required	Your No Man's Sky friend code.
`platform`	Optional	Optional platform, such as Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, or Switch.
`ign`	Optional	Optional No Man's Sky in-game name.

Examples

/friendcode_set code:ABCD-EFGH-IJKLM platform:PS5 ign:XadusSuilon

Usage notes

Stores the friend code, platform, and IGN in one command.
Omitted platform or IGN values do not erase existing saved values.

🪪 Identity Records

/friendcode_get

Public; server only

Get a user's friend code and identity info.

/friendcode_get user:<member>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`user`	Required	The user to look up

Examples

/friendcode_get user:@Jaina

🪪 Identity Records

/friendcode_list

Public; server only

List all friend codes in this server.

/friendcode_list

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

🪪 Identity Records

/friendcode_delete

Public; server only

Delete your friend code.

/friendcode_delete

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Deletes only the invoking member's record in the current server.

🪪 Identity Records

/platform_set

Public; server only

Set your No Man's Sky platform.

/platform_set platform:<platform>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`platform`	Required	Your platform (Steam, PSN, Xbox, Switch, etc.)

Examples

/platform_set platform:Steam

Usage notes

Updates the platform while retaining the saved code and IGN.

🪪 Identity Records

/ign_set

Public; server only

Set your No Man's Sky in‑game name.

/ign_set ign:<in-game name>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`ign`	Required	Your in‑game name

Examples

/ign_set ign:XadusSuilon

Usage notes

Updates the IGN while retaining the saved code and platform.

🪪 Identity Records

/friendcode_search

Public; server only

Search friend codes, platforms, or IGN in this server.

/friendcode_search query:<code, platform, or IGN>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`query`	Required	Search term (platform, IGN, or part of a friend code)

Examples

/friendcode_search query:PlayStation
/friendcode_search query:Xadus

🪪 Identity Records

/identity_card

Public; server only

Generate a CAXVI identity card from a member's Discord record.

/identity_card [user:<member>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`user`	Optional	Member whose identity card should be generated; defaults to you.

Examples

/identity_card
/identity_card user:@Jaina

Usage notes

Defaults to the invoking member.
Uses Discord identity, rank/division roles, join date, and saved NMS profile.
Returns a downloadable CAXVI PNG.

Command category

🧭 Mission Board

Daily research, exploration, combat, and archaeology directives.

4

🧭 Mission Board

/mission_board

Public

View the daily rotating CAXVI mission assignments.

/mission_board [category:<all|research|exploration|combat|archaeology>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`category`	Optional	Show all missions or only one assignment category. Choices`All assignments`

Examples

/mission_board
/mission_board category:Archaeology

Usage notes

Assignments rotate every day at 00:00 UTC.
The board includes live report progress and participation totals.

🧭 Mission Board

/mission_join

Public; server only

Join one of today's Archive-16 field directives.

/mission_join category:<research|exploration|combat|archaeology>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`category`	Required	Daily mission category to join.

Examples

/mission_join category:Exploration

Usage notes

Adds you to today's selected directive.
Only aggregate participation totals are sent to the public website.

🧭 Mission Board

/mission_submit

Public; server only

Record completed field reports for today's Archive-16 directive.

/mission_submit category:<research|exploration|combat|archaeology> [amount:<1-100>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`category`	Required	Daily mission category receiving the report.
`amount`	Optional	Number of completed reports to seal, from 1 to 100.

Examples

/mission_submit category:Research
/mission_submit category:Archaeology amount:3

Usage notes

Seals completed field reports and updates the public Operations Center.
Completing a directive creates a sealed record in the completed ledger.

🧭 Mission Board

/operations_sync

Archive-16 staff or root

Publish the current Archive-16 ledger to the Operations Center. (Staff Only)

/operations_sync

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Immediately publishes the sanitized operations snapshot.
Automatic synchronization also runs every five minutes when configured.

Command category

📡 Broadcast Network

Cross-server announcements and subscription configuration.

5

📡 Broadcast Network

/broadcast_opt_in

Manage Server or Administrator

Set this server's channel to receive A-16 broadcasts.

/broadcast_opt_in channel:<channel>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`channel`	Required	Channel where broadcasts from A-16 should be sent.

Examples

/broadcast_opt_in channel:#announcements

Usage notes

Subscribes the current server and records the chosen destination.

📡 Broadcast Network

/broadcast_opt_out

Manage Server or Administrator

Disable A-16 broadcasts for this server.

/broadcast_opt_out

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Disables Archive-16 broadcasts for the current server.

📡 Broadcast Network

/broadcast

Root only

Broadcast to all or selected subscribed servers. (Root Only)

/broadcast message:<text> [targets:<server names or IDs>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`message`	Required	The message to broadcast.
`targets`	Optional	Optional comma-separated server IDs or exact server names.

Examples

/broadcast message:Archive transmission
/broadcast message:Selected transmission targets:123456789, Civitas Annex

Usage notes

Omit `targets` to send to every subscribed server.
Separate selected exact server names or IDs with commas.

📡 Broadcast Network

/broadcast_servers

Root only

List servers available as broadcast targets. (Root Only)

/broadcast_servers

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Lists valid subscribed server names and IDs for `/broadcast`.

📡 Broadcast Network

/broadcast_test

Manage Server or Administrator

Send a test broadcast to this server's configured channel.

/broadcast_test

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

Usage notes

Sends a test message to the current server's saved channel.

Command category

📂 Archived Systems

Read-only staff access to preserved legacy bounty records.

2

📂 Archived Systems

/bounty_lookup

Staff only

Look up one preserved legacy bounty record. (Staff Only)

/bounty_lookup bounty_id:<ID>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`bounty_id`	Required	Archived bounty record ID.

Examples

/bounty_lookup bounty_id:16

Usage notes

Returns one preserved bounty record privately.
The bounty board is retired and all legacy access is read-only.

📂 Archived Systems

/bounty_search

Staff only

Search preserved legacy bounty records. (Staff Only)

/bounty_search query:<keyword>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`query`	Required	Keyword, target, setter, location, or record ID.

Examples

/bounty_search query:Euclid

Usage notes

Searches targets, setters, locations, payment, details, and record IDs.
The response is private and limited to ten matches.

Command category

⚠️ Griefer Records

Staff-only records for known or reported griefers.

5

⚠️ Griefer Records

/griefer_add

Staff only

Add a player to the internal griefer database (staff only).

/griefer_add username:<name> notes:<notes> [discord_name:<name>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`username`	Required	The player's No Man's Sky username.
`notes`	Required	Internal staff notes explaining the report or observed behavior.
`discord_name`	Optional	The player's Discord name, if known.

Examples

/griefer_add username:ExamplePlayer notes:Repeated attacks discord_name:Example

⚠️ Griefer Records

/griefer_list

Staff only

View the internal griefer database (staff only).

/griefer_list

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

⚠️ Griefer Records

/griefer_lookup

Staff only

Look up a griefer entry by ID (staff only).

/griefer_lookup entry_id:<ID>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`entry_id`	Required	Numeric Archive-16 griefer record ID.

Examples

/griefer_lookup entry_id:16

⚠️ Griefer Records

/griefer_search

Staff only

Search the internal griefer database (staff only).

/griefer_search keyword:<keyword>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`keyword`	Required	Text to find in usernames, Discord names, or staff notes.

Examples

/griefer_search keyword:freighter

⚠️ Griefer Records

/griefer_remove

Staff only

Remove a griefer entry by ID (staff only).

/griefer_remove entry_id:<ID>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`entry_id`	Required	Numeric Archive-16 griefer record ID to remove.

Examples

/griefer_remove entry_id:16

Command category

🔗 Invite Directory

Public server listings with staff-managed invite records.

4

🔗 Invite Directory

/invite_add

Staff only

Add a server invite to the Archive-16 directory.

/invite_add server_name:<name> invite_url:<URL> notes:<notes>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`server_name`	Required	Display name to use for the server in the invite directory.
`invite_url`	Required	Discord invite URL for the server.
`notes`	Required	Short public description or relationship note.

Examples

/invite_add server_name:Civitas Annex invite_url:https://discord.gg/example notes:Allied server

🔗 Invite Directory

/invite_remove

Staff only

Remove a server invite from the Archive-16 directory.

/invite_remove server_name:<exact name>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`server_name`	Required	Exact server name stored in the invite directory.

Examples

/invite_remove server_name:Civitas Annex

🔗 Invite Directory

/invite_list

Public

View all servers in the Archive-16 invite directory.

/invite_list

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

🔗 Invite Directory

/invite_lookup

Public

Look up a server invite.

/invite_lookup server_name:<name>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`server_name`	Required	Exact server name stored in the invite directory.

Examples

/invite_lookup server_name:Civitas Annex

Command category

🔐 Staff Registry

Root-only management of Archive-16's internal staff registry.

4

🔐 Staff Registry

/staff_add

Root only

Add a user to the Archive-16 staff list.

/staff_add user:<member> role:<role label> notes:<notes>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`user`	Required	Discord user to add to the Archive-16 staff registry.
`role`	Required	Staff title or responsibility to store for the user.
`notes`	Required	Internal notes describing the staff member's duties.

Examples

/staff_add user:@Archivist role:Archivist notes:Bounty review

🔐 Staff Registry

/staff_remove

Root only

Remove a user from the Archive-16 staff list.

/staff_remove user:<member>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`user`	Required	Discord user to remove from the Archive-16 staff registry.

Examples

/staff_remove user:@Archivist

🔐 Staff Registry

/staff_list

Root only

View the Archive-16 staff registry.

/staff_list

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

🔐 Staff Registry

/staff_lookup

Root only

Look up a staff member.

/staff_lookup user:<member>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`user`	Required	Discord user to find in the Archive-16 staff registry.

Examples

/staff_lookup user:@Archivist

Command category

✨ Developer & Extras

Developer information, number conversion, dice, and anomaly utilities.

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✨ Developer & Extras

/dev_friendcode

Public

Display the developer's gaming information.

/dev_friendcode

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

✨ Developer & Extras

/dev_id

Public

Display the developer's identity card.

/dev_id

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

✨ Developer & Extras

/dev_info

Public

Display information about Archive‑16's developer.

/dev_info

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

✨ Developer & Extras

/chaos

Public

Unleash Archive‑16's random anomaly generator.

/chaos

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

✨ Developer & Extras

/scan

Public

Initiate an Archive‑16 diagnostic scan.

/scan

Full usage and options

Options

This command has no options.

✨ Developer & Extras

/roll

Public

Roll one or more dice.

/roll [sides:<2 or more>] [count:<1 or more>]

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`sides`	Optional	Number of sides on the die (default 6)
`count`	Optional	How many dice to roll (default 1)

Examples

/roll
/roll sides:20 count:2

✨ Developer & Extras

/convert

Public

Convert numbers between bases (hex, dec, bin, oct).

/convert value:<number> from_base:<hex|dec|bin|oct> to_base:<hex|dec|bin|oct>

Full usage and options

Options

Option	Requirement	Description
`value`	Required	The number to convert.
`from_base`	Required	The base of the input (hex, dec, bin, oct).
`to_base`	Required	The base to convert to (hex, dec, bin, oct).

Examples

/convert value:FF from_base:hex to_base:dec

Usage notes

Base names must be entered in lowercase.