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Realms of Despair
Realms of Despair

Alas, you have entered the Realms of Despair…

Realms of Despair is the original SMAUG Mud. Completely free, we offer over 250 original and unique areas, a range of races and classes, including prestige classes, and a multitude of guilds, orders, sects, pvp clans, and nation-based roleplay organizations. Character appearances can be customized on creation, and we have a vast collection of equipment that is level, gender, class, race and alignment specific.

Start playing Realms of Despair now by connecting to the world with your favorite telnet or MUD client:

HOST: realmsofdespair.com 
PORT: 4000

New to the Realm?

All the information you need to get started can be found in our New Player’s Guide.

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