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Northern Crossroads

Northern Crossroads is a MUD or Multi-User Dungeon. It is a multiplayer real-time virtual text based world.

Illustration generated by Wandur from this world's description.

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About Northern Crossroads

Northern Crossroads has been online and undergoing frequent improvements since 1992. It offers a rich gaming experience with hundreds of finely-detailed areas of varying themes, and countless unique features within its game dyanmics.

Northern Crossroads is a diverse world of blade wielders, assassins and magic users who use their powers together to seek out the darkest dungeons. Decide between five classes, as allowed by your choice of ten races, and prove your strength to ascend to an Advanced class. Venture to dangerous zones with other mortals, claim the rarest of items, join one of several clubs and build your character to challenge other mortals. NC has enthralled players with hundreds of detailed areas of various themes since 1993 and is one of the oldest MUDs in the world.

Come experience a game that has withstood the test of time, keeping players enthralled for years, and, for many, over a decade.

Originally a VieMUD derivative and now after ~4 years of porting is written in Swift.

Wandur ships a reviewed protocol mapping for this world, so the client draws the map as you walk.

Play style

Roleplay
Not Enforced
Player killing
Restricted
World size
10000+

Activity

Players seen per dayDaily player counts for 30 days ending 1 October 2026 UTC: peak 18, average 7 over 12 counted days; 18 days unsampled.18
The numbers
Day (UTC)AveragePeakLowSamplesAnswered
2026-07-040no sample
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2026-07-090no sample
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2026-07-130no sample
2026-07-140no sample
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2026-08-010no sample
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2026-08-040no sample
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2026-08-070no sample
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2026-08-090no sample
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2026-08-110no sample
2026-08-120no sample
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2026-08-140no sample
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2026-09-2012.214612100%
2026-09-214.812322100%
2026-09-224.49322100%
2026-09-237.612422100%
2026-09-247.118322100%
2026-09-258.717623100%
2026-09-267.812322100%
2026-09-277.311521100%
2026-09-286.916322100%
2026-09-296.91042090%
2026-09-3069321100%
2026-10-014.49313100%
Players over the last 7 daysHourly player counts for 168 hours ending 1 October 2026 13:00 UTC: peak 18, average 7.2 over 149 counted hours; 19 hours offline or unsampled.18
The numbers
Hour (UTC)PlayersStatus
2026-09-24 14:006online
2026-09-24 15:008online
2026-09-24 16:009online
2026-09-24 17:006online
2026-09-24 18:006online
2026-09-24 19:0011online
2026-09-24 20:0015online
2026-09-24 21:0015online
2026-09-24 22:0018online
2026-09-24 23:00no sample
2026-09-25 00:0017online
2026-09-25 01:0010online
2026-09-25 02:008online
2026-09-25 03:0010online
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2026-09-25 06:009online
2026-09-25 07:006online
2026-09-25 08:006online
2026-09-25 09:006online
2026-09-25 10:006online
2026-09-25 11:00no sample
2026-09-25 12:008online
2026-09-25 13:008online
2026-09-25 14:0010online
2026-09-25 15:009online
2026-09-25 16:006online
2026-09-25 17:009online
2026-09-25 18:009online
2026-09-25 19:007online
2026-09-25 20:009online
2026-09-25 21:009online
2026-09-25 22:0010online
2026-09-25 23:008online
2026-09-26 00:00no sample
2026-09-26 01:009online
2026-09-26 02:0011online
2026-09-26 03:007online
2026-09-26 04:005online
2026-09-26 05:005online
2026-09-26 06:004online
2026-09-26 07:003online
2026-09-26 08:004online
2026-09-26 09:003online
2026-09-26 10:003online
2026-09-26 11:00no sample
2026-09-26 12:005online
2026-09-26 13:007online
2026-09-26 14:0010online
2026-09-26 15:0010online
2026-09-26 16:0011online
2026-09-26 17:0011online
2026-09-26 18:0010online
2026-09-26 19:0010online
2026-09-26 20:0012online
2026-09-26 21:009online
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2026-09-26 23:0011online
2026-09-27 00:00no sample
2026-09-27 01:0011online
2026-09-27 02:008online
2026-09-27 03:007online
2026-09-27 04:005online
2026-09-27 05:005online
2026-09-27 06:005online
2026-09-27 07:005online
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2026-09-27 09:005online
2026-09-27 10:00no sample
2026-09-27 11:006online
2026-09-27 12:007online
2026-09-27 13:007online
2026-09-27 14:007online
2026-09-27 15:0011online
2026-09-27 16:0010online
2026-09-27 17:0010online
2026-09-27 18:0010online
2026-09-27 19:008online
2026-09-27 20:00no sample
2026-09-27 21:006online
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2026-09-27 23:009online
2026-09-28 00:009online
2026-09-28 01:007online
2026-09-28 02:007online
2026-09-28 03:006online
2026-09-28 04:007online
2026-09-28 05:00no sample
2026-09-28 06:005online
2026-09-28 07:006online
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2026-09-28 14:005online
2026-09-28 15:006online
2026-09-28 16:007online
2026-09-28 17:00no sample
2026-09-28 18:007online
2026-09-28 19:004online
2026-09-28 20:0012online
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2026-09-28 23:0016online
2026-09-29 00:007online
2026-09-29 01:006online
2026-09-29 02:008online
2026-09-29 03:008online
2026-09-29 04:008online
2026-09-29 05:005online
2026-09-29 06:004online
2026-09-29 07:00no sample
2026-09-29 08:004online
2026-09-29 09:00offline
2026-09-29 10:00offline
2026-09-29 11:00no sample
2026-09-29 12:00no sample
2026-09-29 13:00no sample
2026-09-29 14:008online
2026-09-29 15:008online
2026-09-29 16:0010online
2026-09-29 17:005online
2026-09-29 18:006online
2026-09-29 19:0010online
2026-09-29 20:007online
2026-09-29 21:005online
2026-09-29 22:008online
2026-09-29 23:008online
2026-09-30 00:00no sample
2026-09-30 01:009online
2026-09-30 02:007online
2026-09-30 03:009online
2026-09-30 04:007online
2026-09-30 05:008online
2026-09-30 06:006online
2026-09-30 07:007online
2026-09-30 08:005online
2026-09-30 09:005online
2026-09-30 10:005online
2026-09-30 11:00no sample
2026-09-30 12:003online
2026-09-30 13:004online
2026-09-30 14:006online
2026-09-30 15:003online
2026-09-30 16:006online
2026-09-30 17:006online
2026-09-30 18:004online
2026-09-30 19:005online
2026-09-30 20:005online
2026-09-30 21:007online
2026-09-30 22:009online
2026-09-30 23:00no sample
2026-10-01 00:009online
2026-10-01 01:004online
2026-10-01 02:005online
2026-10-01 03:004online
2026-10-01 04:005online
2026-10-01 05:005online
2026-10-01 06:004online
2026-10-01 07:004online
2026-10-01 08:004online
2026-10-01 09:004online
2026-10-01 10:003online
2026-10-01 11:00no sample
2026-10-01 12:003online
2026-10-01 13:003online
Players, from our own probesAnswered 99.2% of probed hours over 30 days
Northern Crossroads
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