r/MUD • u/reisdawg • 12h ago
Promotion DURIS WIPES IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS — 30 Years of Faction war. Everyone Starts at Level 1. The War Begins Tomorrow.
LESS THAN 24 HOURS UNTIL DURIS WIPES. 30 YEARS OF FACTION WAR. EVERYONE STARTS AT LEVEL 1.
Tomorrow, the world burns. And everyone starts again.
On 28 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC, DurisMUD — one of the original hardcore PvP MUDs, born in 1995 — begins a brand-new era.
30 years of history. Two warring factions. One enormous world. And absolutely nobody gets a head start.
Every character starts at level 1. The old equipment is gone. Legendary artifacts are back up for grabs. Guilds must rebuild, alliances must reform, and old enemies will meet on the battlefield once again.
The race for power starts from zero.
⚔️ What are you fighting for?
- A brutal, open-world faction war. Good versus evil. Full PvP across a massive persistent fantasy world. Ambush your enemies, defend your allies, and fight for control.
- 300+ handcrafted zones. Explore sprawling continents, deadly dungeons, forgotten ruins and the vast Underdark. Thousands of quests, powerful bosses and legendary loot await.
- Artifacts worth killing for. Some of the most powerful equipment in the world must be sustained through enemy blood. Finding an artifact is only the beginning. Keeping it is another story.
- Epic group adventures. Build your party, tackle dangerous zones, defeat bosses and hunt equipment that will change the balance of the war.
- Ships, piracy and naval warfare. Command vessels, trade cargo, raid enemy shipping and take the fight onto the oceans.
- Meaningful character builds. Multiple races, classes and specializations, with unique abilities and distinct roles in both PvE and PvP.
🔥 This isn't just another wipe
We've spent months working on Duris, addressing longstanding bugs, improving class balance, modernizing systems and breathing new life into a game that has survived for three decades.
There's a modern C++ engine, browser-based play, Mudlet support with graphical interfaces, and ongoing open-source development.
But none of that is the real reason to play.
The reason is what happens when the gates open.
The first groups scrambling for levels. The first bosses falling. The first legendary equipment discovered. The first ambushes, betrayals, guild rivalries and full-scale battles.
The stories people will still be talking about years later start on wipe day.
🛡️ Played Duris in the 90s or 2000s?
It's time to come home.
Find your old guildmates. Dust off those ancient grudges. See whether the people who terrorized you 20 years ago are still as dangerous as you remember.
And if you've never played Duris?
There will never be a better opportunity to start.
No veteran has 50 levels on you. Nobody is sitting on years of accumulated equipment. Everyone has to earn their place in the new world.
And you don't need to be a PvP fanatic to enjoy it. Duris has an enormous PvE world, challenging group content, exploration, quests and equipment progression.
⏰ THE COUNTDOWN IS ON
WIPE: Wednesday, 28 October 2026 — 18:00 UTC
- 🇺🇸 US Eastern: 2:00 PM EDT
- 🇺🇸 US Pacific: 11:00 AM PDT
- 🇬🇧 UK: 6:00 PM GMT
- 🇪🇺 Central Europe: 7:00 PM CET
- 🇦🇺 Sydney: 5:00 AM AEDT, 29 October
PLAY DURIS:
🌐 Website / browser client: https://duris.sbs
🎮 Connect with any MUD client: mud.duris.sbs port 7777
💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/adXajEAmk
🛠️ Open-source development: https://github.com/LuminariMUD/Duris
One last question...
Veterans: Which side are you fighting for this wipe? Good or Evil?
Newcomers: Are you ready to find out what a real old-school faction war feels like?
Bring your friends. Bring your enemies. Bring that guildmate you haven't spoken to since 2003.
The world resets tomorrow.
The faction war starts at 18:00 UTC.
See you on the battlefield.