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NILGIRI [unclaimed]
telnet nilgiri.net 8888

Players now: no count (nothing here says why)
Reachable: 100.0% of the last 90 days

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    https://nilgiri.net/  (declared, 2h)
  CONTACT    [email protected]  (declared, 2h)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Thursday, Friday and Saturday small hours, 00:00–01:59. 38 hours across
the week have no measurement yet. 38 hours across the week answered but produced
no count.

  Mon — peak 4 at 16:00, 4 hours not measured, 5 hours probed but uncountable
  Tue — peak 4 at 18:00, 8 hours not measured, 8 hours probed but uncountable
  Wed — peak 2 at 00:00, 8 hours not measured, 8 hours probed but uncountable
  Thu — peak 4 at 21:00, 6 hours not measured, 5 hours probed but uncountable
  Fri — peak 4 at 00:00, 4 hours not measured, 4 hours probed but uncountable
  Sat — peak 4 at 07:00, 4 hours not measured, 4 hours probed but uncountable
  Sun — peak 4 at 06:00, 4 hours not measured, 4 hours probed but uncountable

  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 (28 Jul 2026 – 25 Oct 2026, UTC)
Typically 2 on, peaking at 4, over 18 of 90 days. Up about 13% from the start of
the range to the end.

  28 Jul–3 Aug: not measured
  4 Aug–10 Aug: not measured
  11 Aug–17 Aug: probed, no count could be read
  18 Aug–24 Aug: probed, no count could be read
  25 Aug–31 Aug: probed, no count could be read
  1 Sep–7 Sep: probed, no count could be read
  8 Sep–14 Sep: probed, no count could be read
  15 Sep–21 Sep: probed, no count could be read
  22 Sep–28 Sep: probed, no count could be read
  29 Sep–5 Oct: probed, no count could be read
  6 Oct–12 Oct: typically 2, peak 4, 5 days counted, 2 days probed without a
  count
  13 Oct–19 Oct: typically 2, peak 4, 7 days counted
  20 Oct–25 Oct: typically 2, peak 4, 6 days counted

  earlier: ?from=2026-04-29&to=2026-07-27&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 72 days we have measured. No day we measured was
unreachable. 18 days predate anything we measured.

  28 Jul – 14 Aug: 18 days not measured

Capabilities (0 of 5 disagree)
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  CHARSET    measured: -       declared: yes
  VT100      measured: -       declared: yes
  XTERM 256 COLORS measured: -       declared: NO

Declared by the game
  name       Nilgiri  (declared, 2mo, stale)
  icon       https://nilgiri.net/nilgiri_net_8888_icon.jpg  (declared, 2h)
  crawl delay 3  (declared, 2h)
  status     Live  (declared, 2h)
  classes    0  (declared, 2h)
  pay for perks 0  (declared, 2h)
  charset    ASCII  (declared, 2h)
  location   United States  (declared, 2h)
  subgenre   Medieval Fantasy  (declared, 2h)
  races      13  (declared, 2h)
  hiring coders 0  (declared, 2h)
  codebase   Nilgiri Custom Engine  (declared, 2h)
  port       8888  (declared, 2h)
  areas      359  (declared, 2h)
  skills     166  (declared, 2h)
  hostname   nilgiri.net  (declared, 2h)
  rooms      40214  (declared, 2h)
  gameplay   Hack and Slash  (declared, 2h)
  pay to play 0  (declared, 2h)
  language   English  (declared, 2h)
  gamesystem Custom  (declared, 2h)
  levels     30  (declared, 2h)
  hiring builders 0  (declared, 2h)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 2h)
  helpfiles  188  (declared, 2h)
  website    https://nilgiri.net/  (declared, 2h)
  family     DikuMUD  (declared, 2h)
  mobiles    3895  (declared, 2h)
  created    1991  (declared, 2h)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 2h)
  objects    6999  (declared, 2h)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 21 lines, text only]

  
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    This Telnet port is retired.
  
    The MUD is now reached over SSH:
  
        ssh [email protected]
  
    Use the shared SSH password 'letmein' (not your character password).
    After SSH connects, log in or create a character as usual.
  
    Port 8888 only shows this message. The game listens on SSH.
  
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    Disconnecting in 12 seconds...

What changed
  2026-10-22  ROOMS changed from 40213 to 40214 (mssp)
  2026-10-21  HELPFILES changed from 185 to 188 (mssp)
  2026-10-16  HELPFILES changed from 188 to 185 (mssp)
  2026-10-14  HELPFILES changed from 164 to 188 (mssp)
  2026-10-08  capability.mssp.measured changed from false to true (handshake)
  2026-07-31  endpoint recorded as nilgiri.net 8888 (handshake)