$4.99BatMUD A living world since 1990
BatMUD is a text-based medieval fantasy online game running since 1990, with hundreds of zones, dozens of guilds and a long list of races, spells and skills.
Is BatMUD worth it?
BatMUD is worth it if…
- you like slow, careful planning typed out together in text
- you want co-op friends to quest, trade and explore with for years
- you enjoy building characters, items, ships and cities over time
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Hunting and questing as a party
Everything here happens in text. You type commands to move room by room, search, fight in timed rounds, solve quests and split experience with the people beside you. Combat is detailed, with familiars and mounts in the mix, and hundreds of custom zones built over decades give a group somewhere new to wander when grinding gets stale. The community is friendly and willing to help new players, which matters because the learning curve is steep and the in-game help only goes so far. Bring patience and co-op friends who like figuring systems out together.
A shared economy of makers and traders
Fighting is only half the life. There is a large player-to-player commerce system, and experienced players can forge their own artifacts, build seafaring vessels and even found cities in their own name. Guilds rise and fall, races come and go, secret societies form, and reincarnation lets you be born anew while keeping much of what you earned. It suits co-op games groups who like long projects, shared wealth and equipment, and inside jokes that are thirty years old.
Good to know before you type your first command?
Can you play it solo?
Yes. You can roam, quest, craft and trade on your own, and the newbie channel answers questions. It is easier and more fun with company, though, since grouping helps with tougher monsters, trading and learning the many commands and syntaxes.
What do you actually type?
Short commands for moving, looking, fighting, casting and talking. Combat runs in rounds, so you enter an action such as a kick or spell and it plays out when the round resolves. A rich client can shorten commands, color text and add buttons, maps and status bars.
How does reincarnation work?
When your character has grown stale or died too often, you can start over as a new build while keeping most of your experience, gear and wealth. It is how players try almost 40 character classes, locked races and new guild combinations without throwing years of progress away.
Is there sailing and world exploration?
Yes. Beyond the main continents and more than 15,000 rooms, you can sail to faraway lands, explore for experience and find secrets. Exploration itself earns experience, so wandering with friends pays even before you find the next hunting ground.
