We have a specific newbie channel for helping you learn the ropes, and a custom Academy area with dozens of small quests to help teach you the game. 2000+ help files and a staff that knows exactly which one to point you to when you\’re having trouble. A website with tons of frequently updated information and a forum specifically for helping new players get over the initial hurdles.

We Are 100% Free

No 30-day trials. No varying levels of service. We value every rule-abiding player. No gear for dollars. No hidden fees. We won\’t bribe or force you to vote for us on Top Mud Sites. Everyone plays on a level field. If that guy just beat you down, or got picked to be Captain of the BattleRagers over you, it\’s because he\’s better, and not because he had an extra $50 to spend or because he\’s an \”Iridium\” member.

Do You Want To PK?

Come challenge yourself against our veterans. We feature a huge array of abilities and customization for every type of character. We adjust and re-adjust things so that the game balance stays tightly focused, and every dog can and does have their day. New players always ask what is the \”best\” character to play. Veteran players know there is no right answer.

Do You Want To Roleplay?

We boast a genuine experience based on player driven, immortal enforced, roleplaying-focused interactions. Everything is designed to be immersive and In Character without the distracting chatter about politics or celebrities, and no suffering through \”d00dspeek\”. Our staff of 20+ Immortals maintains the environment and keeps everyone roleplaying with frequent interaction and various challenges and quests.

Do You Want To Explore?

It will take you a while to adventure through the 20,000+ rooms, and find the 150+ automated quests. When you finally reach hero there will still be many challenges for you to face from fighting the Ancient Dragons to challenging the Arch-Devils as you progress through the nine planes of Hell.

So come on in and find out how you can influence the history of the Carrion Fields!

Host: 208.43.220.232

Port: 4449

Website URL: http://www.carrionfields.com/

Admin email: imps@carrionfields.com

Dark Castle is an exciting and long-standing MUD open to players of all ages.
DC boasts an active and free thinking Immortal staff who rarely censor language, violence, or actions.

With several expansive continents and over 100 original areas, Dark Castle MUD is a challenge to both new and experienced mudders alike.

A few of Dark Castle’s original features include:
• A detailed and highly developed player-run CLAN SYSTEM.
• A ‘META-PHYSICIAN’ where attributes and upgrades can be purchased.
• A vast array of items, mobs, areas, and storylines.
• A variety of well developed races and classes. (Some classes include: Monk, Bard, Druid, & Paladin)
• Professions for character and class specialization.
• An all-original CASINO utilizing actual rules and odds.
• An exciting fully automated QUEST system.
• A LEADERBOARD to compare your character to the competition.
• A flexible, unique combat system full of gore and mayhem.
• Free player VAULTS for storing, saving, and sharing your loot!
• A player-run AUCTION HOUSE for buying and selling goods.
• Comprehensive helpfiles for both new and veteran players.
• Many more ORIGINAL FEATURES only found on Dark Castle!

Players new to mudding: feel free to seek an Immortal for advice as not all of the Dark Castle denizens work for the ‘good-guys’.

With stable, consistent coding and balance and an exciting new quest and character development system, Dark Castle is still the most sh*t-kicking MUD around! Join the adventure that got zMUD’s Zugg himself started!

Dark Castle Online – because chicks dig swords.

Host: dcastle.org

Port: 6666

Website URL: http://www.dcastle.org

Admin email: apocalypse@dcastle.org

Liosliath is a nation of clans ruled by a Thane. The country is just emerging from war and will need to rebuilt. The nobles need to find and put into position people they can trust. The various guilds and groups which were disbanded during the war to be revived. Characters will be part of a Clan and a profession. They will all be a part of Liosliath’s rebuilding. What holds for the future? Only time and your role play can answer that.

Politics, intrigue, mystery, conflict, and even the clever shopkeeper’s wiles are all a part of this world. The printing press has yet to be invented and the majority of population is illiterate. Travel is by foot, horse and wagon. Weapons are early medieval: swords, daggers, hard leather armor, and chain mail. A modified feudal system of nobles and commoners organized into clans forms the basic political and social structure.

Liosliath Mush Features
* A chargen to include FUDGE RPG System – FUDGE is a sheet / skills system that has been designed specifically to support RP. We have a number of skills to enable you to uniquely personalize your character. Liosliath Mush is foremost a Role Play Mush, the FUDGE system is here to enhance your Role Playing experiences as you wish to use it.
* XP (Experience points) can be gained through RP (+vote), training, practice and even just by being part of Liosliath. These XP points are used to increase or add skills.
* Interactive NPC’s
* Code-Lite – Code supporting Role Play while not limiting your storytelling creativity.
* Players may select characters from +Roster, +Wanted or create their own.

Host: 216.93.247.2

Port: 3499

Website URL: http://members.cox.net/liosliath/

Admin email: liosliath@cox.net

Host: dragonswordsmud.com

Port: 1234

Website URL: http://www.dragonswordsmud.com

Admin email: mintdawn@yahoo.com

Here you will find no levels or classes, but instead tools to help tell the story, provide focus and background for your character and the setting. Your character can set up shop and sell clothes that you make with leather that someone else has cured from a hide that another character has hunted. You can build a hut, dig up shell-fish or scavenge the high-tide for useful items that may have washed up at the beach. Your character can gather herbs and experiment with alchemy using a mortar and pestle. The possibilities are endless.

ICly the game is set on two main islands, Heas (the Human homeland) and Tarkas (the Skrel’eth homeland). The world is populated with original races that have some basis on races found in a more traditional fantasy theme as well as the option of playing one of four special characters:

Wolfkin – People with the ability to transform into wolves.
Dryth – People with the ability to read minds.
Vek – People who follow the cursed one and require the blood of others to survive.
Channeler – People with the ability to channel kha (the magical energy of Dark Isles).

Although still in development stage, Dark Isles is now officially open and accepting Beta-testers: roleplayers who want to have an influence on the muds development, take on roles of responsibility and rank within the IC world, create history, become the heroes and villains that people will talk about for years to come. And if you have an idea on ways we can improve the mud, we would love to hear it and discuss whether it would be suitable to incorporate into our plan for Dark Isles.

Note: Dark Isles is completely free to play. Roleplay/ICness is strictly enforced and a way of life.

Host: dark-isles.com

Port: 7000

Website URL: http://www.dark-isles.net

Admin email: carmine@dark-isles.com

LegendMUD has also continued with the same theme for these last 14 years: it is an environment built to give life to the legends and myths of mankind’s history.

“Begun in 1994 and implemented by a host of developers, including virtual world guru Raph Koster, LegendMUD the project has a long history. LegendMUD the game world continues to flourish, offering extraordinary opportunities unparalleled elsewhere.” – Featured Game on WGFriends

Host: mud.legendmud.org

Port: 9999

Website URL: http://www.legendmud.org

Admin email: imp@legendmud.org

Ansalon is a Dragonlance MUD (Multi User Dungeon, Text Based Game) where a player can become an imaginary character in the DragonLance world, and interact with other players who are also playing at the same time. Your character can be a Silvanesti Elf, a Neidar Dwarf, a Human, a Minotaur, a fun-loving Kender, or any of a multitude of races.

Ansalon is one of the longest-running MUDs left in existance (est. 1996). It is a stable, well-developed world, with custom code and custom areas to explore. Even over a decade later, we’re making upgrades and changes on a weekly basis!

Ansalon is always looking for new players with new stories to tell and new conflicts to insight. Speaking of stories, check out our stories page!! Thousands of stories from 1999 through now! Read them by author, updated as they post!

Newbies are encouraged and with them in mind, Ansalon offers detailed maps and has many people willing to help out and give advice so that folks unused to Ansalon _don’t_ have to struggle through the often painful process of learning a new MUD. There is a great ‘USE’ command for almost any object you find, give it a shot! Ask questions on the Newbie channel (or OOC), get all of the free maps from the school. And READ that email we sent you, it does have some great information on how to get started!

We fully encourage clans and other organizations. Perhaps you’d like to join the Solamnic Knights? Or join the Conclave of Mages? Or maybe you want to take over the world with Takhisis’ Dragonarmies? No matter what your character wants to do, there’s a clan that should suit his/her taste.

Ansalon is the Dragonlance MUD that people talk about, where we share our love of the DragonLance world without an iron fist… We welcome all of you home.

Recent additions: Feathers (quill pen crafting), 5 coin system, full on insane fishing code!, drinking anywhere that makes sense, corks & labels for potions, fountains that gurgle and refill, nuances that make the game feel real, much much more! See our changes page on the web by year at:
http://www.ansalonmud.com/new/changes.php

Host: ansalonmud.com

Port: 8679

Website URL: http://www.AnsalonMUD.com

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