Below is a list of the affect flags you can use on Dawn. Note, for example, a vermicious knid might have faerie fire, flying, and protect good, making an affect flag of IOT. There is no limit to the number of affect flags that may be set on a mobile, but please do not type the same letter twice.
| A | blind | Mobile is blinded |
| B | invisible | Mobile is invisible |
| C | detect evil | Mobile can sense evil |
| D | detect invis | Mobile can see invisible ** |
| E | detect magic | Mobile can see magic |
| F | detect hide | Mobile can see hidden (sneaking/hiding) characters |
| G | detect good | Mobile can sense good |
| H | sanctuary | Mobile is protected by a sanctuary spell ** |
| I | faerie fire | Mobile is surrounded by faerie fire (a hindrance) |
| J | infravision | Mobile can see heat sources in the dark |
| K | curse | Mobile is cursed |
| L | camouflaged | Mobile is camouflaged |
| M | poisoned | Mobile is poisoned |
| N | protect evil | Mobile takes less damage from evil characters |
| O | protect good | Mobile takes less damage from good characters |
| P | sneaking | Mobile is sneaking (hard to detect while moving) |
| Q | hiding | Mobile is hiding (cannot be seen without detect hidden) |
| R | sleep | Mobile is affected by the sleep spell |
| S | charm | Mobile is charmed (rather senseless, because there is no charmer...) |
| T | flying | Mobile is flying |
| U | pass door | Mobile can walk through closed doors |
| V | haste | Mobile is affected by a haste spell |
| W | calm | Mobile is affected by calm |
| X | plaque | Mobile is plaqued (and infecting!) |
| Y | weaken | Mobile is affected by weaken |
| Z | dark vision | Mobile can see in the dark without a light source |
| a | berserk | Mobile is permanently berserking |
| b | swimming | Mobile is swimming (or capable of swimming) |
| c | regeneration | Mobile recovers hit points and mana faster than usual |
| d | slow | Mobile is affected by slow |
| e | fade | Mobile is faded - cannot be detected without holylight |
| g | claustrophobic | Mobile has problems inside small rooms |
| h | underwater bre | Mobile has gills or needs no air |
| i | lunatic | Mobile attacks friends now and then |
** Sanctuary and detect invisible are often overused, so please be careful with them. Not every mobile should be able to see invisible, or the spell is worthless, and similarly not every hard mobile should have a sanctuary spell.