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Simply put, a [[Bots|bot]] is anything that automates the actions of a player. In addition to automating tasks like adventuring, there are bots that provide a wide variety of services, such as automatically selling buffs, cooking, chatting, rolling dice, and regulating games.

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==Types of Bots==
===Auto-Adventure Bot===
This type of bot automates a player's adventuring. This can be done via a repeater script, or an application such as [http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=186011 KoLmafia].

For more information, see [[Tools]].

===Buffbot===
A '''buffbot''' is a bot that sells [[buff]]s to other player. Each buff is usually associated with a certain amount of meat. Some buffbots offer free buffs, while others offer buffs for trivial amounts of meat.

===Working Public  Buffbots===
*'''[http://kol.obeliks.de/buffbot/ Buffy] (#1889009)''' is a free '''The Clan of Meat and Loathing''' buffbot with a web interface; it will also accept requests via KMail and private messaging.
*'''Djinni_CGC (#609579)''' is a '''Cool Guy Crew''' buffbot.
*'''[http://www.noblesse-oblige.org/buffbot.php Noblesse Oblige] (#594822)''' is a '''[[Noblesse Oblige]]''' buffbot that features buff packages and philanthropic buffs.
*'''Testudinata (#537858)''' is an '''[[Otori]]''' buffbot that features buff packages and philanthropic buffs.
** '''Binary (#322696)''' is Testudinata's backup, for a handful of buffs that didn't exist when Testudinata was created.
*'''[http://www.sevenlances.net/forum/index.php?topic=1131.0 SevenLances_com] (#950139)''' is a '''[http://www.sevenlances.net/ SevenLances.com]''' buffbot that features buff packages and philanthropic buffs.

*'''[http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?p=4776409 HeartBot] (#2194425)''' is a free '''Ferengi Commerce Authority''' buffbot it accepts requests via private messaging that features a customizable buff package. '''Currently defunct.'''
*'''[http://www.iocainepowder.org/iocainebot/iocainebot.xml IocaineBot] (#792443)''' is an '''[[Iocaine Powder]]''' buffbot that features buff packages and philanthropic buffs. '''Currently defunct.'''

For more information, see [[Buffbot]]s.

===Chatbot===
A '''chatbot''' is, generically, a bot that responds in chat to commands given in chat.
*'''[[chatbot]] (#142302)''' is easily the most famous bot in the [[Kingdom of Loathing|kingdom]]. Among many other things, she rolls dice, announces radio songs in [[Chat Guide: Channels#radio|/radio]], and responds to certain lines in open chat.
*'''[http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=147091 smashbot] (#1533476)''' can also roll dice.
*'''Cookiebot (#2504960)''' can roll dice and do other things.
*'''Gogobot (#2802337)''' can roll dice and do other things.

===Clanbot===
A '''clanbot''' attempts to automate [[Clans|clan]] features.

Occasional uses for clanbots include announcing arrivals, exits, and ascensions, automatically attacking other clans in clan warfare, logging chat, relaying forum posts, and recording leaderboards.

An "anti-looter bot" takes out and stores all items in a clan's [[Clan Stash|stash]]; an outside-KoL web interface is used by a clan member to withdraw items from the bot. This gives a clan customized control over the clan's stash and how its contents are distributed.

===Cook/Mixing Bot===
A '''chefbot''' cooks for other players, sometimes for meat and sometimes for free.

*'''[[FREE BEER]] (#2609377)''' is an [[Avatar of Sneaky Pete]]-based cocktailcrafting bot equipped with a [[warbear high-efficiency still]], perfect for mixing any batch of fancy or unfancy ingredients at no cost. Only online sporadically.

===Faxbot===
A '''faxbot''' is a bot which will deliver any of a wide variety of monsters to your clan's [[A Fax Machine|Fax Machine]], provided that it's [[Clan Whitelist|whitelisted]] first.

*'''[http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=185403 FaxBot] (#2194132)''' focuses on ascension relevant monsters, but has an extensive range of monsters from limited time content as well. It has by far the biggest collection of monsters right now. Inactive as of July 5th, 2015, however, both Easyfax and faustbot gained access to all of the clans in its fax network. '''Inactive as of April 27, 2016.'''
*'''[http://sourceforge.net/p/easyfax/code/HEAD/tree/list Easyfax] (#2504737)''' has no repository of Fax Machines; instead, it simply uses the Fax Machines of all clans that whitelist it as its repository. As such, its selection shifts over time, but it generally offers a mix of monsters from limited time content and [[Mr. Store|IOTM]] content, as well as a few ascension relevant monsters from regular content. 
*'''[http://faust.kolbots.com/ faustbot] (#2504770)''' focuses on monsters from limited time content and [[Mr. Store|IOTM]] content. '''Inactive as of April 25, 2016.'''
*'''[http://cheesellc.com/kol/faxlist.xml Cheesefax] (#3038166)''' is a relatively new faxbot.

It is a common misconception that running a Faxbot would require a [[Clan VIP Lounge key|VIP key]] for every account in its network. It is instead build up with one bot owning a VIP key and several accounts to keep up one clan each, all furnished with a single Fax Machine in their VIP Lounges.

===Gamebot===
A '''gamebot''' is a bot which runs a type of game, which may or may not involve gambling. The existence of these bots had a hand in the creation of the [[Money Making Game]], as less scrupulous player-run bots would rise up if the MMG was ever removed.

===Mallbot===
A '''mallbot''' is a bot whose main function is to monitor mall prices. Mallbots may try to play the market by buying and selling items in an attempt to make meat.<br />
A mallbot that goes beyond the searching-only directive is more accurately called a "buybot".<br />
Some mallbots can be used to look up the cheapest selling price of an item in the mall by messaging them.

===Pulverizing Bot===
A '''pulverizing bot''' smashes or combines items for players who do not have the [[Pulverize]] skill or access to [[The Malus of Forethought]].<br />
*'''[http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=147091 smashbot] (#1533476)''' is a pulverizing bot with single-level Malus functionality. Also has the [[warbear jackhammer drill press]], potentially providing extra materials or even the rare [[antimatter wad]]s.

===Shorebot===
A '''[[shorebot]]''' was a type of bot that would check player profiles to determine which players were adventuring at the [[The Shore, Inc.|shore]] (their adventures would be rapidly decreasing by 3). The public [[profile]] page used to update live, rather than once a day at rollover. [[PvP]]ers could then use the information to attack other PvPers who were shoring; they would do this because most players are not [[buff]]ed when they are shoring, as buffs do not affect the shoring results.

Shorebots would "hammer" on player profiles, which increased lag; so, the profile pages were changed to update only once a day. [[Jick]]'s rant on the shorebots is considered one of the most infamous moments in [[Radio KoL|radio]] history.

===Spambot===
A '''spambot''' is used to mass message players via chat and/or messaging, usually in an attempt to recruit members for a clan, begz0r for meat, or be a jackass. This usually leads to a lot of baleeting and a possible account disabling.

A positive use of a spambot is called a "Mass-Messaging Bot" or a "Giftbot". This type of bot is used to distribute meat and/or items to other players via messaging or [[The Gift Shop|gifts]].

===Miscellaneous Bots===
*'''[http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=101114 Haiku Oracle] (#464776)''', brought to you by [http://www.the-blues.org/forums/ The Blues], is a multi-purpose bot that operates in [[Chat Guide: Channels#haiku|/haiku]]. For more information, /msg Haiku_Oracle help.
*'''[http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?p=4776409 HeartBot] (#2194425)''' brought to you by '''Ferengi Commerce Authority''' Multiple bots including [[Buffbot]], StuffyBot, HookahBot, WangBot, ArrowBot, SpiderBot and others. '''Currently defunct.'''
*'''itembot (#1262390)''' is a bot that sells many items available from NPC stores at a discount. Transactions are carried out by KMailing a designated amount of meat, in much the same way as buffbots operate. For more information, see itembot's profile or Display Case.
*'''[http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=141613 kBay] (#1430540)''' is a bot by Turias that ran auctions via [[KMail]]; there is a related website that lists current auctions in an eBay style. '''Shut down as of February 1st, 2014.'''
*'''[http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=139157 sellbot] (#1053259)''' is an automated selling bot. After opening a trading account with the bot, players can send it items via KMail, and the bot will sell those items in the [[The Mall of Loathing|Mall]], [[The Flea Market]], or in the case of gift items, sell them in its Display Case. sellbot takes a cut of the profits, including any applicable listing prices from the Flea Market. Much of the interaction with sellbot is via chat, including a free pricing service, which keeps track of current mall price ranges. For more information, see sellbot's profile or Display Case.
*'''SignBot (#2565553)''' was created in response to [[The Confiscator's Grimoire]]: it will tell people who PM it if someone has used a [["KICK ME" sign]] on them, and will use [[rubber spider]]s on people who kmail it one.
*'''TrustBot (#824385)''' is a bot run by CDMoyer; it is similar to the old repbot. See TrustBot's profile for more information and a link to the current trust rankings. Currently defunct.
*'''[http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=202399 WhositBot] (#2458560)''' crafts items out of {{plural|warbear whosit}} that require a [[warbear black box]].

==Creating a Bot==
Some bots can be implemented via small scripts, while others are complex applications.

*[http://www.brandybuck.com/kolbot/ KoLBot] is generic bot that was developed by Fnord7, the creator of [[chatbot]].
*[https://github.com/scelis/pykol/ pykol] is a general-purpose bot development kit for Python.  However, development on Pykol ceased in 2015, [http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showpost.php?p=4947092&postcount=2 apparently in favor of interacting with KoL through KoLMafia].  The interfaces to KoL have changed since then, and login and other modules no longer work.

==See Also==
*[[Community]]
*[[Tools]]

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