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DARK HOPE MUD [unclaimed]
telnet darkhopemud.com 6777
First seen on 7 Sep 2026, from this site's own configured list.

Players now: no count (nothing here says why)
Reachable: 28.4% of the last 90 days
Longest outage: 36d 22h

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    https://darkhopemud.com  (declared, 5w)
  CONTACT    [email protected]  (declared, 5w)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Monday 02:00–02:59. Reliably quiet every day, 09:00–12:59. 72 hours
across the week have no measurement yet.

  Mon — peak 5 at 18:00, nobody on 06:00–06:59, 6 hours not measured
  Tue — peak 4 at 00:00, nobody on 03:00–04:59, 10 hours not measured
  Wed — peak 3 at 01:00, nobody on 09:00–11:59, 9 hours not measured
  Thu — peak 2 at 01:00, nobody on 07:00–07:59, 13 hours not measured
  Fri — peak 3 at 19:00, nobody on 05:00–05:59, 14 hours not measured
  Sat — peak 3 at 02:00, nobody on 15:00–16:59, 11 hours not measured
  Sun — peak 3 at 19:00, nobody on 03:00–03:59, 9 hours not measured

  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 (2 Aug 2026 – 30 Oct 2026, UTC)
Typically 1 on, peaking at 5, over 16 of 90 days. Up about 26% from the start of
the range to the end.

  2 Aug–8 Aug: not measured
  9 Aug–15 Aug: not measured
  16 Aug–22 Aug: not measured
  23 Aug–29 Aug: not measured
  30 Aug–5 Sep: not measured
  6 Sep–12 Sep: typically 1, peak 3, 6 days counted, 1 day not measured
  13 Sep–19 Sep: typically 1, peak 5, 7 days counted
  20 Sep–26 Sep: typically 1, peak 5, 3 days counted, 4 days not measured
  27 Sep–3 Oct: not measured
  4 Oct–10 Oct: not measured
  11 Oct–17 Oct: not measured
  18 Oct–24 Oct: not measured
  25 Oct–30 Oct: not measured

  earlier: ?from=2026-05-04&to=2026-08-01&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 28.4% of the 54 days we have measured. 39 days unreachable. Longest
outage 36d 22h (no route from here). 36 days predate anything we measured.

  2 Aug – 6 Sep: 36 days not measured
  12 Sep: 1 day unreachable (timed out)
  23 Sep: 1 day unreachable (connection refused)
  24 Sep – 30 Oct: 37 days unreachable (no route from here)

Capabilities (0 of 11 disagree)
  MCCP       measured: yes     declared: yes
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  MCP        measured: -       declared: NO
  MSP        measured: -       declared: yes
  MXP        measured: -       declared: NO
  PUEBLO     measured: -       declared: NO
  TLS        measured: -       declared: yes
  UTF-8      measured: -       declared: yes
  VT100      measured: -       declared: yes
  XTERM 256 COLORS measured: -       declared: yes

Declared by the game
  rooms      9224  (declared, 5w)
  language   English  (declared, 5w)
  hiring coders 0  (declared, 5w)
  player guilds 1  (declared, 5w)
  world originality Mostly Original  (declared, 5w)
  objects    3097  (declared, 5w)
  name       Dark Hope MUD  (declared, 5w, stale)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 5w)
  multiplaying Full  (declared, 5w)
  skills     404  (declared, 5w)
  minimum age 0  (declared, 5w)
  classes    11  (declared, 5w)
  adult material 0  (declared, 5w)
  equipment system Both  (declared, 5w)
  port       6777  (declared, 5w, stale)
  status     Live  (declared, 5w)
  location   United States  (declared, 5w)
  codebase   DikuMUD/Merc/Envy - Dark Hope MUD  (declared, 5w, stale)
  hostname   darkhopemud.com  (declared, 5w, stale)
  gameplay   Hack and Slash  (declared, 5w)
  worlds     1  (declared, 5w)
  pay to play 0  (declared, 5w)
  website    https://darkhopemud.com  (declared, 5w)
  levels     300  (declared, 5w)
  multiclassing 1  (declared, 5w)
  family     DikuMUD  (declared, 5w, stale)
  races      10  (declared, 5w)
  newbie friendly 1  (declared, 5w)
  areas      122  (declared, 5w)
  hiring builders 0  (declared, 5w)
  quest system None  (declared, 5w)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 5w)
  player clans 1  (declared, 5w)
  roleplaying Accepted  (declared, 5w)
  helpfiles  566  (declared, 5w)
  created    1998  (declared, 5w)
  mobiles    2891  (declared, 5w)
  player crafting 0  (declared, 5w)
  training system Both  (declared, 5w)
  pay for perks 0  (declared, 5w)
  player cities 0  (declared, 5w)
  playerkilling Restricted  (declared, 5w)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 34 lines, text only]

  
  Created from Merc 2.2 / Envy 2.2 by:
  Hatchet, Kahn, Furey, Thelonius, and Kith
  Based on DIKU created by:
  Katja Nyobe, Tom Madsen, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt,
  Michael Seifert, and Sebastian Hammer
  SEE: HELP ENVY HELP MERC or HELP DIKU for more info.
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                                 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!
  
  admin email:[email protected]
  
  State thy name:

What changed
  2026-09-18  SKILLS changed from 403 to 404 (mssp)
  2026-09-18  HELPFILES changed from 563 to 566 (mssp)
  2026-09-16  SKILLS changed from 402 to 403 (mssp)
  2026-09-12  OBJECTS changed from 3096 to 3097 (mssp)
  2026-09-12  MOBILES changed from 2890 to 2891 (mssp)
  2026-09-07  endpoint recorded as darkhopemud.com 6777 (handshake)