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EMPIREMUD.NET [unclaimed]
telnet empiremud.net 4000

Players now: 11  (declared, 76m)
Reachable: 100.0% of the last 90 days
Longest outage: 10m

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    http://empiremud.net/  (declared, 76m)
  CONTACT    [email protected]  (declared, 76m)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 00:00–23:59.

  Mon — peak 11 at 14:00
  Tue — peak 12 at 14:00
  Wed — peak 12 at 14:00
  Thu — peak 13 at 18:00
  Fri — peak 12 at 08:00
  Sat — peak 12 at 10:00
  Sun — peak 11 at 17:00

  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 (29 Jul 2026 – 26 Oct 2026, UTC)
Typically 9 on, peaking at 15, over 71 of 90 days. Up about 13% from the start
of the range to the end.

  29 Jul–4 Aug: not measured
  5 Aug–11 Aug: not measured
  12 Aug–18 Aug: typically 8, peak 11, 3 days counted, 4 days not measured
  19 Aug–25 Aug: typically 10, peak 13, 7 days counted
  26 Aug–1 Sep: typically 9, peak 14, 7 days counted
  2 Sep–8 Sep: typically 8, peak 14, 7 days counted
  9 Sep–15 Sep: typically 8, peak 11, 7 days counted
  16 Sep–22 Sep: typically 9, peak 13, 7 days counted
  23 Sep–29 Sep: typically 8, peak 12, 7 days counted
  30 Sep–6 Oct: typically 11, peak 15, 7 days counted
  7 Oct–13 Oct: typically 9, peak 15, 7 days counted
  14 Oct–20 Oct: typically 9, peak 13, 7 days counted
  21 Oct–26 Oct: typically 10, peak 15, 5 days counted, 1 day not measured

  earlier: ?from=2026-04-30&to=2026-07-28&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 74 days we have measured. 1 day unreachable. Longest
outage 10m (connection refused). 2 days predate anything we measured. 14 days
went unmeasured — we were not watching.

  29 Jul – 30 Jul: 2 days not measured
  1 Aug – 14 Aug: 14 days not measured
  27 Sep: 1 day unreachable (connection refused)

Capabilities (0 of 15 disagree)
  MSDP       measured: yes     declared: yes
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  MXP        measured: yes     declared: yes
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  ATCP       measured: -       declared: yes
  GMCP       measured: -       declared: NO
  MCCP       measured: -       declared: NO
  MCP        measured: -       declared: NO
  MSP        measured: -       declared: yes
  PUEBLO     measured: -       declared: NO
  TLS        measured: -       declared: NO
  UTF-8      measured: -       declared: yes
  VT100      measured: -       declared: NO
  XTERM 256 COLORS measured: -       declared: yes
  ZMP        measured: -       declared: NO

Declared by the game
  hiring builders 1  (declared, 76m)
  name       EmpireMUD  (declared, 76m)
  port       4000  (declared, 76m)
  created    2000  (declared, 76m)
  location   United States  (declared, 76m)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 76m)
  helpfiles  1990  (declared, 76m)
  gamesystem Custom  (declared, 76m)
  hostname   empiremud.net  (declared, 76m)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 76m)
  language   English  (declared, 76m)
  pay for perks 0  (declared, 76m)
  ip         63.142.253.253  (declared, 76m)
  website    http://empiremud.net/  (declared, 76m)
  codebase   EmpireMUD 2.0 beta 5.219  (declared, 76m)
  hiring coders 0  (declared, 76m)
  player crafting 1  (declared, 76m)
  multiplaying No  (declared, 76m)
  mobiles    1466  (declared, 76m)
  skills     318  (declared, 76m)
  objects    3302  (declared, 76m)
  classes    1  (declared, 76m)
  levels     400  (declared, 76m)
  areas      118  (declared, 76m)
  family     DikuMUD  (declared, 76m)
  world originality All Original  (declared, 76m)
  extra descriptions 6579  (declared, 76m)
  newbie friendly 1  (declared, 76m)
  resets     0  (declared, 76m)
  crawl delay -1  (declared, 76m)
  subgenre   Medieval Fantasy  (declared, 76m)
  player cities 1  (declared, 76m)
  playerkilling Restricted  (declared, 76m)
  player guilds 1  (declared, 76m)
  roleplaying Encouraged  (declared, 76m)
  mudtrigs   1778  (declared, 76m)
  multiclassing 1  (declared, 76m)
  player clans 1  (declared, 76m)
  dbsize     14136  (declared, 76m)
  training system Skill  (declared, 76m)
  rooms      140620  (declared, 76m)
  races      0  (declared, 76m)
  gameplay   Adventure, Hack and Slash, Player versus Player, Player versus Environment, Roleplaying, Simulation  (declared, 76m)
  quest system Integrated  (declared, 76m)
  equipment system Level and Skill  (declared, 76m)
  mudprogs   0  (declared, 76m)
  status     Open Beta  (declared, 76m)
  pay to play 0  (declared, 76m)
  adult material 0  (declared, 76m)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 32 lines, text only]

  
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What changed
  2026-10-26  ROOMS changed from 139682 to 140620 (mssp)
  2026-10-25  ROOMS changed from 140201 to 139682 (mssp)
  2026-10-25  DBSIZE changed from 14135 to 14136 (mssp)
  2026-10-25  ROOMS changed from 140377 to 140201 (mssp)
  2026-10-23  DBSIZE changed from 14134 to 14135 (mssp)
  2026-10-22  DBSIZE changed from 14133 to 14134 (mssp)
  2026-10-20  MUDTRIGS changed from 1777 to 1778 (mssp)
  2026-10-20  EXTRA DESCRIPTIONS changed from 6576 to 6579 (mssp)
  2026-10-20  OBJECTS changed from 3299 to 3302 (mssp)
  2026-10-20  HELPFILES changed from 1983 to 1990 (mssp)
  2026-10-20  CODEBASE changed from EmpireMUD 2.0 beta 5.218 to EmpireMUD 2.0 beta 5.219 (mssp)
  2026-10-15  HELPFILES changed from 1981 to 1983 (mssp)
  2026-10-15  CODEBASE changed from EmpireMUD 2.0 beta 5.217 to EmpireMUD 2.0 beta 5.218 (mssp)
  2026-10-10  EXTRA DESCRIPTIONS changed from 6565 to 6576 (mssp)
  2026-10-10  OBJECTS changed from 3288 to 3299 (mssp)
  2026-10-10  MOBILES changed from 1455 to 1466 (mssp)
  2026-10-10  HELPFILES changed from 1980 to 1981 (mssp)
  2026-10-10  CODEBASE changed from EmpireMUD 2.0 beta 5.216a to EmpireMUD 2.0 beta 5.217 (mssp)
  2026-09-20  MUDTRIGS changed from 1703 to 1777 (mssp)
  2026-09-20  EXTRA DESCRIPTIONS changed from 5953 to 6565 (mssp)