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DARK MISTS [unclaimed]
telnet darkmists.org 2222

Players now: 1  (declared, now)
Reachable: 99.3% of the last 90 days

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

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Tuesday small hours, 00:00–02:59. 2 hours on Friday have no measurement
yet.

  Mon — peak 4 at 20:00
  Tue — peak 6 at 01:00, nobody on 03:00–03:59
  Wed — peak 5 at 20:00
  Thu — peak 5 at 16:00
  Fri — peak 5 at 02:00, nobody on 07:00–07:59, 2 hours not measured
  Sat — peak 4 at 00:00, nobody on 09:00–09:59
  Sun — peak 5 at 01:00, nobody on 15:00–15:59

  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 (26 Jul 2026 – 23 Oct 2026, UTC)
Typically 2 on, peaking at 10, over 69 of 90 days. Down about 18% from the start
of the range to the end.

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

  earlier: ?from=2026-04-27&to=2026-07-25&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 99.3% of the 71 days we have measured. No day we measured was
unreachable. 3 days degraded — we got in and could not finish. 5 days predate
anything we measured. 14 days went unmeasured — we were not watching.

  26 Jul – 30 Jul: 5 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, now)
  mobiles    5313  (declared, now)
  skills     1118  (declared, now)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, now)
  name       Dark Mists  (declared, now)
  codebase   ROM 2.4  (declared, now)
  charset    ASCII  (declared, now)
  crawl delay -1  (declared, now)
  hostname   darkmists.org  (declared, now)
  location   US  (declared, now)
  areas      359  (declared, now)
  hiring coders 0  (declared, now)
  status     Live  (declared, now)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, now)
  minimum age 10  (declared, now)
  ip         99.53.192.32  (declared, now)
  family     Custom  (declared, now)
  created    1996  (declared, now)
  races      31  (declared, now)
  pay for perks 0  (declared, now)
  website    https://www.darkmists.org  (declared, now)
  subgenre   High Fantasy  (declared, now)
  xterm true colors 0  (declared, now)
  objects    9374  (declared, now)
  language   English  (declared, now)
  gameplay   Social  (declared, now)
  levels     51  (declared, now)
  port       2222  (declared, now)
  helpfiles  1029  (declared, now)
  hiring builders 0  (declared, now)
  rooms      21837  (declared, now)
  discord    https://discord.gg/xBH3tVv  (declared, now)
  pay to play 0  (declared, now)

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

  
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           ,'        \    ,/,'        '`)   (_   )  Michael Seifert, and
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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
  2026-10-21  OBJECTS changed from 9373 to 9374 (mssp)
  2026-09-29  SKILLS changed from 1116 to 1118 (mssp)
  2026-09-25  ROOMS changed from 21832 to 21837 (mssp)
  2026-09-25  OBJECTS changed from 9372 to 9373 (mssp)
  2026-09-25  MOBILES changed from 5312 to 5313 (mssp)
  2026-09-21  ROOMS changed from 21829 to 21832 (mssp)
  2026-09-21  OBJECTS changed from 9365 to 9372 (mssp)
  2026-09-21  MOBILES changed from 5304 to 5312 (mssp)
  2026-08-16  ROOMS changed from 21737 to 21829 (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)