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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: 100.0% of the last 90 days

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

When people are on (UTC)
7 hours measured, the busiest 3 on Wednesday at 01:00 UTC. Measured on 2 of the
seven days so far; the grid appears once every day has an hour in it.

How many, over time (11 Jun 2026 – 8 Sep 2026, UTC)
Typically 1 on, peaking at 3, over 2 of 90 days.

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

  earlier: ?from=2026-03-13&to=2026-06-10&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 100.0% of the 2 days we have measured. No day we measured was
unreachable. 88 days predate anything we measured.

  11 Jun – 6 Sep: 88 days not measured

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
  language   English  (declared, 5h)
  objects    3096  (declared, 5h)
  hiring coders 0  (declared, 5h)
  player guilds 1  (declared, 5h)
  world originality Mostly Original  (declared, 5h)
  name       Dark Hope MUD  (declared, 5h)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 5h)
  skills     402  (declared, 5h)
  multiplaying Full  (declared, 5h)
  minimum age 0  (declared, 5h)
  classes    11  (declared, 5h)
  adult material 0  (declared, 5h)
  equipment system Both  (declared, 5h)
  port       6777  (declared, 5h)
  status     Live  (declared, 5h)
  pay for perks 0  (declared, 5h)
  player cities 0  (declared, 5h)
  playerkilling Restricted  (declared, 5h)
  location   United States  (declared, 5h)
  rooms      9224  (declared, 5h)
  codebase   DikuMUD/Merc/Envy - Dark Hope MUD  (declared, 5h)
  hostname   darkhopemud.com  (declared, 5h)
  gameplay   Hack and Slash  (declared, 5h)
  worlds     1  (declared, 5h)
  pay to play 0  (declared, 5h)
  website    https://darkhopemud.com  (declared, 5h)
  levels     300  (declared, 5h)
  multiclassing 1  (declared, 5h)
  family     DikuMUD  (declared, 5h)
  races      10  (declared, 5h)
  newbie friendly 1  (declared, 5h)
  areas      122  (declared, 5h)
  hiring builders 0  (declared, 5h)
  quest system None  (declared, 5h)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 5h)
  helpfiles  563  (declared, 5h)
  player clans 1  (declared, 5h)
  roleplaying Accepted  (declared, 5h)
  created    1998  (declared, 5h)
  mobiles    2890  (declared, 5h)
  player crafting 0  (declared, 5h)
  training system Both  (declared, 5h)

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
  2026-09-07  endpoint recorded as darkhopemud.com 6777 (handshake)