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DARK MISTS [unclaimed]
telnet darkmists.org 2222

Players now: no count (nothing here says why)
Reachable: 96.8% of the last 90 days

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    https://www.darkmists.org  (declared, 2h)
  DISCORD    https://discord.gg/xBH3tVv  (declared, 2h)
  CONTACT    [email protected]  (declared, 2h)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Monday small hours, 00:00–01:59. 43 hours across the week have no
measurement yet.

  Mon — peak 10 at 01:00, 5 hours not measured
  Tue — peak 5 at 00:00, nobody on 06:00–06:59, 2 hours not measured
  Wed — peak 6 at 02:00, nobody on 06:00–07:59, 4 hours not measured
  Thu — peak 6 at 18:00, nobody on 05:00–05:59, 4 hours not measured
  Fri — peak 7 at 00:00, nobody on 05:00–05:59, 4 hours not measured
  Sat — peak 5 at 21:00, nobody on 05:00–05:59, 12 hours not measured
  Sun — peak 6 at 19:00, nobody on 05:00–05:59, 12 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 (3 Jun 2026 – 31 Aug 2026, UTC)
Typically 3 on, peaking at 10, over 16 of 90 days. Down about 31% from the start
of the range to the end.

  3 Jun–9 Jun: not measured
  10 Jun–16 Jun: not measured
  17 Jun–23 Jun: not measured
  24 Jun–30 Jun: not measured
  1 Jul–7 Jul: not measured
  8 Jul–14 Jul: not measured
  15 Jul–21 Jul: not measured
  22 Jul–28 Jul: not measured
  29 Jul–4 Aug: not measured
  5 Aug–11 Aug: not measured
  12 Aug–18 Aug: typically 2, peak 6, 3 days counted, 4 days not measured
  19 Aug–25 Aug: typically 3, peak 10, 7 days counted
  26 Aug–31 Aug: typically 2, peak 6, 6 days counted

  earlier: ?from=2026-03-05&to=2026-06-02&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 96.8% of the 18 days we have measured. No day we measured was
unreachable. 3 days degraded — we got in and could not finish. 58 days predate
anything we measured. 14 days went unmeasured — we were not watching.

  3 Jun – 30 Jul: 58 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)

Capabilities (0 of 6 disagree)
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  CHARSET    measured: -       declared: yes
  UTF-8      measured: -       declared: NO
  VT100      measured: -       declared: NO
  XTERM 256 COLORS measured: -       declared: NO

Declared by the game
  classes    61  (declared, 2h)
  skills     1116  (declared, 2h)
  pay to play 0  (declared, 2h)
  mobiles    5304  (declared, 2h)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 2h)
  discord    https://discord.gg/xBH3tVv  (declared, 2h)
  name       Dark Mists  (declared, 2h)
  codebase   ROM 2.4  (declared, 2h)
  charset    ASCII  (declared, 2h)
  crawl delay -1  (declared, 2h)
  hostname   darkmists.org  (declared, 2h)
  location   US  (declared, 2h)
  areas      359  (declared, 2h)
  hiring coders 0  (declared, 2h)
  status     Live  (declared, 2h)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 2h)
  minimum age 10  (declared, 2h)
  ip         99.53.192.32  (declared, 2h)
  family     Custom  (declared, 2h)
  created    1996  (declared, 2h)
  rooms      21829  (declared, 2h)
  races      31  (declared, 2h)
  pay for perks 0  (declared, 2h)
  hiring builders 0  (declared, 2h)
  website    https://www.darkmists.org  (declared, 2h)
  subgenre   High Fantasy  (declared, 2h)
  xterm true colors 0  (declared, 2h)
  objects    9366  (declared, 2h)
  language   English  (declared, 2h)
  gameplay   Social  (declared, 2h)
  levels     51  (declared, 2h)
  port       2222  (declared, 2h)
  helpfiles  1029  (declared, 2h)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 46 lines, text only]

  
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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?

What changed
  2026-08-18  OBJECTS changed from 9365 to 9366 (mssp)
  2026-08-16  ROOMS changed from 21737 to 21829 (mssp)
  2026-08-16  OBJECTS changed from 9241 to 9365 (mssp)
  2026-08-16  MOBILES changed from 5273 to 5304 (mssp)
  2026-08-16  AREAS changed from 357 to 359 (mssp)
  2026-07-31  endpoint recorded as darkmists.org 2222 (handshake)