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Arctic is a free text-based multi-user dungeon (MUD) which features both player-vs-enemy (PvE) and player-vs-player (PvP) gameplay.
To get started, all you need is a basic telnet client.For Windows users, you can from the Start | Run menu execute the following command:
However, it is highly recommend that instead of telnet, you install and use a dedicated MUD client. Many such MUD clients are free such as:
TinTin (aka tt) is a free Mud client for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. TinTin features an advanced automapper, scripting language and VT100 interface. It has one of the best automatic mapping systems of any MUD client. The full version of CMUD presently costs $29.95 with a free thirty day trial. If you don't need or use many special MUD client features then I would recommend trying a free client, but if you want to compete on a MUD that allows scripting CMUD is likely the choice for you.
At the first menu type start to get started creating your character and playing.
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Once you go through the menus, when it prompts Are you new to Arctic? (Y/N): enter Y.
Doing so will allow Arctic to select stats for you which are best suited for the character class you want to play and as well signal to the staff that you�re new to the game and may likely be in need of help. Most importantly, you will also start off with a guide that follows you around and supports you.
The city you first start off in is Solace. A complete map of Solace can be found at the following link for reference.
The first thing to get accustomed to is knowing how to read and understand the information a text based game is presenting you.
To begin to learn more about your character. Type score.
This will show you your basic character stats.
You can also type eq, which is short for equipment to see what gear you are using.
As you acquire new equipment, you can use the commands remove and wear to swap out equipment.
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Additionally it's important to see what skills your character class has available. You can use the skills command to help determine this.
You'll notice your skills are currently not learned. So first we need to find our respective guild.In this case, we need to find the warrior guild. Following the map, We can navigate Down, Down, South, Up, West to the warrior guild.To learn skills, type learn all. As you kill more creatures in Arctic, your skills will advance and you will need to come back to your respective guildmaster periodically to advance your skills.Additionally, everytime you gain a new level, you should return to your guildmaster to learn again before you set off on your next adventure.
Now that you have a basic feel for navigating Arctic, let's go and get some experience so we can reach level 2. To do so, we need to find some creatures to kill. A good starting place is the Solace sewers. From the warrior guild, navigate: East, Down, North, Down, South, South, South, West.Also you can have your guide help navigate you to the sewers by using the command: command guide to sewers.You should end up at the Solace Dump. You can use the rummage command and there will sometimes be extra equipment dropped off at the dump that you can equip and use.
You can use the get command to pick up any items you might have scavenged in the dump.
Alternatively, you can ask the solace guide to help direct you using the command: command guide to sewers.Now we can go into the sewers to find some creatures to kill. It may be dark down there, so you can hold a lantern to light up.To initiate a basic attack, type kill -target-.
When the spider is dead you can examine its corpse using the examine corpse command, and then loot anything it may contain using the get all corpse command.
Now you're well on your way to reaching level 2 and exploring the city of Solace and the world of Krynn.
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Written in C++ for speed and compact size! Play your favourite MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) game with ease.Installed, it only requires around 11 Mb of disk space, plus any extra needed for storing MUD game configurations,and any plugins you download.
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See MUD - from Wikipedia. Basically MUDs are text-based multi-player role-playing games.Most are free to play. MUSHclient itself is free and asks for no personal details before downloading it. A list of MUDs you canplay is at The MUD Connector (there are over 1,000 of them!).
MUSHclient is easy to use
MUSHclient uses the 'standard' Windows look-and-feel. Connecting to a MUD is really simple. Just select 'Quick Connect' on the Connection menu, fill in the MUD's IP address and port number, and click OK!
MUSHclient is extensible
Add plugins to your world to extend MUSHclient's functionality! Over a dozen plugins are supplied with MUSHclient, plus you can download more from the plugins web page, and from other plugin authors.
Plugins are related groups of triggers, timers, aliases, scripts and variables. They are easily installed and removed.
Enhance your MUD experience with:
- Aliases (command shorthands)
- Triggers (auto-reponse to keywords)
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There is a built-in editor to allow you to write scripts from within the program, which offers quick access to the help file entries for all script functions.
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Runs under Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7.
Also runs under Wine on Linux! For getting started with Wine, seeMUSHclient forum - Wine.Read about Wine at Wine HQ.
For hints about installing under Windows 7, see How to install MUSHclient on Windows 7.
Click on example screens for examples of MUSHclient in operation, and examples of configuration screens.
The features described pertain to the latest version of MUSHclient, which is currently 4.94.
Recent versions support 'miniwindows' which are scriptable GUI elements. These can be used to show things like status bars,maps, experience bars, inventory, and so on, in floating windows which appear above, below, or to the side of the MUD text. Some examples are:
Health bar [1]:
Experience bar [2]:
Map [3]:
Action buttons with cooldowns [4]:
Inventory item information [5]:
Quest information [6]:
Miniwindows are created through scripting, however most of the above examples are available already as plugins from thePlugins part of theMUSHclient forum. The plugins described there willprobably need a bit of tweaking to make them match the output from your particular MUD (eg. the health bar plugin has a triggerthat matches how your current health is displayed).
You can use miniwindows to draw graphical elements (like rectangles and ellipses), text in any installed font and any colour,PNG and BMP pictures, lines, curves etc. They can also respond to mouse-over, mouse-down and mouse-up events. For more details seeMiniwindows Introduction.
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