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DARK CITY [unclaimed]
telnet 178.79.173.99 3000
telnet godwars.net 3000
First seen on 5 Sep 2026, listed on the I3 mudlist.

Players now: 3  (measured, 16m)
Reachable: 98.6% of the last 90 days
Longest outage: 18h

Where to find this game
  CONTACT    [email protected]  (declared, 58m)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday 00:00–23:59.

  Mon — peak 5 at 04:00
  Tue — peak 5 at 00:00
  Wed — peak 5 at 05:00
  Thu — peak 4 at 00:00
  Fri — peak 5 at 09:00
  Sat — peak 5 at 00:00
  Sun — peak 5 at 00:00

  counted = we got in and read a number, including a measured zero
  uncounted = we got in and no number could be read
  not measured = we have no measurement for that hour

How many, over time (1 Aug 2026 – 29 Oct 2026, UTC)
Typically 4 on, peaking at 8, over 55 of 90 days. Steady across the range.

  1 Aug–7 Aug: not measured
  8 Aug–14 Aug: not measured
  15 Aug–21 Aug: not measured
  22 Aug–28 Aug: not measured
  29 Aug–4 Sep: not measured
  5 Sep–11 Sep: typically 4, peak 7, 7 days counted
  12 Sep–18 Sep: typically 3, peak 8, 7 days counted
  19 Sep–25 Sep: typically 5, peak 7, 7 days counted
  26 Sep–2 Oct: typically 3, peak 7, 7 days counted
  3 Oct–9 Oct: typically 5, peak 7, 7 days counted
  10 Oct–16 Oct: typically 4, peak 8, 7 days counted
  17 Oct–23 Oct: typically 4, peak 8, 7 days counted
  24 Oct–29 Oct: typically 3, peak 6, 6 days counted

  earlier: ?from=2026-05-03&to=2026-07-31&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 98.6% of the 55 days we have measured. 2 days unreachable. Longest
outage 18h (connection refused). 35 days predate anything we measured.

  1 Aug – 4 Sep: 35 days not measured
  9 Sep – 10 Sep: 2 days unreachable (connection refused)

Capabilities (0 of 12 disagree)
  MCCP       measured: yes     declared: yes
  MSDP       measured: yes     declared: yes
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  MXP        measured: yes     declared: yes
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  GMCP       measured: -       declared: NO
  MCP        measured: -       declared: NO
  MSP        measured: -       declared: yes
  PUEBLO     measured: -       declared: NO
  UTF-8      measured: -       declared: yes
  VT100      measured: -       declared: NO
  XTERM 256 COLORS measured: -       declared: yes

Declared by the game
  helpfiles  783  (declared, 58m)
  name       Dark City  (declared, 58m)
  gameplay   Player versus Player  (declared, 58m)
  rooms      4788  (declared, 58m)
  language   English  (declared, 58m)
  status     Live  (declared, 58m)
  codebase   Dark City (GodWars)  (declared, 58m)
  family     DikuMUD  (declared, 58m)
  mudlib     Dark City  (declared, 3m)
  areas      83  (declared, 58m)
  crawl delay -1  (declared, 58m)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 58m)
  location   United Kingdom  (declared, 58m)
  hostname   godwars.net  (declared, 58m)
  created    2000  (declared, 58m)
  intermud   Intermud 3  (declared, 58m)
  mobiles    1526  (declared, 58m)
  port       3000  (declared, 58m)
  ip         178.79.173.99  (declared, 58m)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 58m)
  subgenre   World of Darkness  (declared, 58m)
  objects    1884  (declared, 58m)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 39 lines, text only]

  
                              Welcome to the Dark City.
                Please wait while we attempt to detect your client...
  <VERSION>
      [Client] MUINDEX-CRAWLER | [Colors] 256 | [MXP] Yes | [MSDP] Yes | [NAWS] 0x0
  
  
      .______  .______  .______  .____/\      ._______ .___ _____._ ____   ____
      :_ _   \ :      \ : __   \ :   /  \     :_.  ___\: __|\__ _:| \   \_/   /
      |   |   ||   .   ||  \____||.  ___/     |  : |/\ | : |  |  :|  \___ ___/
      | . |   ||   :   ||   :  \ |     \      |    /  \|   |  |   |    |   |
      |. ____/ |___|   ||   |___\|      \     |. _____/|   |  |   |    |___|
      :/           |___||___|    |___\  /      :/      |___|  |___|
      :                               \/       :
      +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | Dark City was created by KaVir, and was revised by Tijer and Tiopon, |
      |              Dark City was based upon God Wars by KaVir.             |
      |                                                                      |
      |     Merc 2.1 was creted by Furey, Hatchet and Kahn, and was based    |
      |   upon DikuMUD by Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen,   |
      |                 Michael Seifert and Sebastian Hammer.                |
      |                                                                      |
      |   System, Rules and Game Concept based upon the World of Darkness.   |
      |    Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of    |
      |    Paradox Interactive AB, and are used with permission under the    |
      |    Dark Pack agreement. All rights reserved. For more information    |
      |                   please visit worldofdarkness.com.                  |
      | The mention of or reference to any company or product in this MUD is |
      |       not a challenge to the trademark or copyright concerned.       |
      |                                                                      |
      |             This version of Dark City: 21st October 2026.            |
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                godwars.net port 3000
                       Administrative Email: [email protected]
  
  Last Startup: Thu 10th Sep 2026 8:03am  (1 month, 2 weeks, 5 days, 1 hour, 30 minutes, 13 seconds ago).
  Last Reboot:  Wed 21st Oct 2026 7:29am  (1 week, 1 day, 2 hours, 4 minutes, 23 seconds ago).
  
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What changed
  2026-10-20  ROOMS changed from 4790 to 4788 (mssp)
  2026-10-19  ROOMS changed from 4789 to 4790 (mssp)
  2026-10-19  ROOMS changed from 4790 to 4789 (mssp)
  2026-10-19  HELPFILES changed from 777 to 783 (mssp)
  2026-10-16  HELPFILES changed from 775 to 777 (mssp)
  2026-10-15  HELPFILES changed from 767 to 775 (mssp)
  2026-09-09  endpoint recorded as godwars.net 3000 (handshake)
  2026-09-05  endpoint recorded as 178.79.173.99 3000 (handshake)