ClamberMUD

ClamberMUD is a hardcore, roguelike fantasy MUD with permadeath, open PvP, and a reality-TV twist: you are a contestant on a show nobody agreed to be on.

Your climber starts at level 1 at the bottom of a deadly tower, with a collapse timer in the prompt and nothing that will ever add to it. Climb ten floors, find the exit on floor 10 before the clock hits zero, and retire as a winner. Fail, and that climber is gone for good. Press Enter and make the next one.

Your host is Vivi Lux, the show's bubbly, relentless AI. She calls kills and deaths on air to the whole tier, whispers dares in your earpiece, counts your live viewers, and remembers everything you did.

The first tier, The Shattered Crown, is ten floors of medieval fantasy: more than 3,200 rooms, 40 dungeons and buildings, 230+ monsters and 40 bosses, 650 items in six rarities, 80+ quests, traps, locked and trapped chests, and hidden exits to find. Each floor has a safe town at its center and wilds that turn deadlier toward the edges.

What makes it different:

- A clock, not a grind. Every run is a race, and leaderboards rank retirements by time left.

- Lose limbs, not lives. A killing blow takes an arm, a leg, a wing, or a tail, and whatever you wore on it. Whoever took it keeps it. Run out of parts and you're done.

- About 100 races and 100 classes, from Human and Fighter to Treant, Lichborn, Chronomancer, and Mech Pilot. You start with Human and Fighter and unlock the rest through deaths, retirements, and achievements.

- Sponsors bid on you. Every week, in-world brands bid on players by rank and back their picks with gear, boosts, and cash, as long as you play to their tastes.

- Open PvP outside safe areas. Parties and friendships help, but nothing stops a betrayal, and a player kill hands the killer your best item.

- Your account remembers. Unlocks, fanbase, sponsor loyalty, and lifetime achievements carry over every death.

Play in your browser at with gauges, an auto-mapper, and phone controls, or connect any MUD client to clambermud.com port 4445 (TLS) or 4444. GMCP, MSSP, 256 colors, and full screen reader support.

ClamberMUD is in open playtest and live development, with no planned wipes.

How far will you climb before the clock, the monsters, or the other players stop you?