Abandoned Codex

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  • Type:  MUD, Text-based
  • Genre:  Role-playing
  • Developer:  Abandoned Codex Project Team
  • Status:  Free
  • Platform:  Telnet clients, third-party MUD clients, Web client
  • Language:  English
  • Rating:  5/10

Welcome to Abandoned Codex — a world where every step you take can alter the fate of an entire kingdom. Here, in the ancient lands of Arathnos, wars rage, intrigues intertwine, and forces long lost to myth awaken once more. You are not merely a wanderer — you are part of a living chronicle whose pages are yet unwritten.

Choose who you will become in this world: warrior, paladin, warwizard, assassin, cleric, or druid. Each profession unveils its own path and unique laws of power. Will you keep your faith, sacrificing the blood of your enemies at your deity’s altar, or will you walk the path of shadows, where a single strike from the dark decides everything?

The world of Arathnos is home to races born of both light and darkness — from noble elves and ancient ents to bloodthirsty vampires and the dragon-born. Some of these are reserved for the chosen few whose deeds have earned them the right to transcend mortality — Sh’kura, Pureblood Vampires, Dragon-Halves, and other rare bloodlines.

You will encounter the remort system, allowing you to be reborn stronger while preserving the wisdom of your past lives, and unique roleplay mechanics where your decisions reshape the political and magical balance of the entire world. There is no predetermined script — only you, your will, and the story you will carve into the scrolls of Arathnos.

Abandoned Codex is more than just a MUD. It is a true test of imagination — a text-based adventure where every word becomes an action, and every action, a legend.

Alternative client connection

Host Name: abandonedcodex.net

Port Number: 4000

Release date: 1998

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