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Dark Mists

Unclaimed — everything here was measured. Claim this game

darkmists.org 2222answering since 31 Jul 2026

2 connected

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       \|    /  (          ,'   '           `.    Hans Staerfeldt, Katja
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         ,'        \    ,/,'        '`)   (_   )  Michael Seifert, and
        /           \ , /'          ,      /  /   Sebastian Hammer
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                      )      ,              /     by Hatchet, Furey, and
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        ` \            ','   (                    1993-1996 Russ Taylor
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                                              (darkmists.org port 2222)

Implementor: Nyrisia Telen'Galath ([email protected])

Welcome to the Dark Mists, a medieval fantasy role-playing and PK MUD!

Please choose a good name for role-playing.  Do not string two names together
(SunStarer), use names with multiple capitalization (McNeil), use famous names
(Bilbo, Megaman), or string together common words (Dragonslayer, Goddess,
Killyouall).  DM is anti-multicharring; please do not play with more than one
session.

By what name do you wish to be known?
as sent by the server 78×46 no colour captured

Connections by hour

Busiest Monday 01:00–01:59. 10 hours across the week have no measurement yet.

times in UTC · 8-week rolling average

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Players on by day, in UTC. 8-week rolling average.
day quietest busiest at not measured no count
Mon1 10 01:00
Tue0 5 00:001
Wed0 6 11:001
Thu0 6 01:002
Fri0 6 01:002
Sat0 5 21:002
Sun0 6 18:002

How many, over time

Typically 3 on, peaking at 10, over 11 of 11 days. Down about 24% from the start of the range to the end.

days in UTC · 20 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026

20 Aug 2026 — 3 on average, 0–7 across 12 probes21 Aug 2026 — 3 on average, 1–5 across 10 probes22 Aug 2026 — 3 on average, 1–7 across 12 probes23 Aug 2026 — 3 on average, 1–10 across 12 probes24 Aug 2026 — 2 on average, 1–5 across 12 probes25 Aug 2026 — 1 on average, 0–3 across 10 probes26 Aug 2026 — 2 on average, 0–5 across 8 probes27 Aug 2026 — 3 on average, 0–6 across 10 probes28 Aug 2026 — 3 on average, 0–5 across 10 probes29 Aug 2026 — 2 on average, 0–5 across 10 probes30 Aug 2026 — 1 on average, 0–4 across 7 probes
10 at the top 11 of 11 days counted
  • mean of the counts we read that day
  • lowest to highest count that day
  • probed, no count could be read
  • not measured — a break in the line
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  • 20 Aug–26 Aug: typically 3, peak 10, 7 days counted
  • 27 Aug–30 Aug: typically 3, peak 6, 4 days counted

Reachable

reachable · last 90 days

Reachable 98.1% of the 28 days we have measured. No day we measured was unreachable. 3 days degraded — we got in and could not finish. 48 days predate anything we measured. 14 days went unmeasured — we were not watching.

90 days ago today
reachable
98.1%
longest outage
none in the window
last cause
handshake stalled
  • reachable
  • degraded — answered, could not finish
  • unreachable
  • not measured
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  • 13 Jun – 30 Jul: 48 days not measured
  • 31 Jul: 1 day degraded (handshake stalled)
  • 1 Aug – 14 Aug: 14 days not measured
  • 15 Aug – 16 Aug: 2 days degraded (handshake stalled)

What changed

  1. 18 Aug 2026 OBJECTS changed from 9365 to 9366 (mssp)
  2. 16 Aug 2026 ROOMS changed from 21737 to 21829 (mssp)
  3. 16 Aug 2026 OBJECTS changed from 9241 to 9365 (mssp)
  4. 16 Aug 2026 MOBILES changed from 5273 to 5304 (mssp)
  5. 16 Aug 2026 AREAS changed from 357 to 359 (mssp)
  6. 31 Jul 2026 endpoint recorded as darkmists.org 2222 (handshake)

Capabilities

None of the 6 disagree.
capability measured declared age
MSSP ● offered – silent
ANSI – silent ◇ claimed
CHARSET – silent ◇ claimed
UTF-8 – silent ✕ denied
VT100 – silent ✕ denied
XTERM 256 COLORS – silent ✕ denied

Declared by the game

classes
61
skills
1116
pay to play
0
mobiles
5304
contact
[email protected]
discord
https://discord.gg/xBH3tVv
name
Dark Mists
codebase
ROM 2.4
charset
ASCII
crawl delay
-1
hostname
darkmists.org
location
US
areas
359
hiring coders
0
status
Live
genre
Fantasy
minimum age
10
ip
99.53.192.32
family
Custom
created
1996
rooms
21829
races
31
pay for perks
0
hiring builders
0
website
https://www.darkmists.org
subgenre
High Fantasy
xterm true colors
0
objects
9366
language
English
gameplay
Social
levels
51
port
2222
helpfiles
1029