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== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
  
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Wurm has three types of servers, entry, home and wild. Entry servers are where new accounts are created. Home servers are the home of a specific kingdom, while wild servers are battlegrounds existing between home servers. Currently there is a [[Golden Valley]] entry server, Jenn-Kellon home server ([[Jenn002]]), a Mol-Rehan home server ([[Molr001]]) and a wild server ([[Wild001]]). There is also a login server, [[Jenn001]].
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'''Note:''' This is a preemptive article, Freedom is not yet up and home server still exist. Freedom should be up on the 16th June.
  
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All servers share the same decay rate except for Golden Valley that currently decays 3 times faster than the other servers. It is impossible to chat across servers boundaries, even with fellow villagers or friends.
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Wurm currently has three types of server, entry, freedom and wild. A fourth type called epic (scenario lands) is planned. Currently not much information is know about this server type as its still in the planning and implementation phase. There is also a login server and a test server.
  
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== Major differences ==
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== Server Type Summary ==
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The following table summaries the features of the four server types.
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A table summarising the features of the four servers.
 
  
 
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! Feature
 
! Feature
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! [[Jenn002|JK Home]] !! [[Molr001|MR Home]] !! [[Wild001|Wild]] !! [[Jenn001|Golden Valley]]
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! Entry Servers !! Freedom Servers !! Wild Servers !! Epic Servers
 
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! [[Kingdom]]
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! [[Kingdom]]s
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| Native<sup>[[#Note_1|[1]]]</sup> only || Native<sup>[[#Note_1|[1]]]</sup> only || All || [[MR]] and [[JK]]
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| [[JK]] and [[MR]] || Freedom Isles || [[JK]],[[MR]] and [[HOTS]] || Unknown
 
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! Length
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! [[PvP]]
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| 16,384m || 16,384m || 16,384m || 4,096m
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| Limited<sup>[[#Note_1|[1]]]</sup> || Limited<sup>[[#Note_1|[1]]]</sup> || Yes || Yes
 
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! Resource caps
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! Theft
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| Ore QL limited to 50 || Ore QL limited to 50 || None || Limited by skill cap
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| No|| No || Yes || Yes
 
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! [[Thievery|Theft]]
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! [[Guard tower]]s
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| Limited (bannable) || Limited (bannable) || Yes<sup>[[#Note_2|[2]]]</sup> || Limited (bannable)
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| No|| Optional || Needed to claim kingdom land. || Unknown
 
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! [[PVP]]
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! [[Deeds]]
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| Yes<sup>[[#Note_6|[6]]]</sup> || Yes<sup>[[#Note_6|[6]]]</sup> || Yes<sup>[[#Note_2|[2]]]</sup> || Limited (bannable)
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| No<sup>[[#Note_2|[2]]]</sup> || Yes, can be planted anywhere as server is all one kingdom.  || Yes, can only be planted in land claimed by kingdom. || Unknown
 
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! [[Guard tower]]s
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! Uniques
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| Optional || Optional || Needed to claim land for kingdom || No
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| No|| Yes || Yes || Unknown<sup>[[#Note_3|[3]]]</sup>
 
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! [[Deed]] placement
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! [[Artifact]]s
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| Anywhere (entire server is kingdom) || Anywhere (entire server is kingdom) || Only land claimed by kingdom || No<sup>[[#Note_7|[7]]]</sup>
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| No|| No || Yes || Unknown<sup>[[#Note_3|[3]]]</sup>  
 
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! [[GM]] activity
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! [[Gods]]
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| High || Medium || Minimal || High
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| No|| Yes || Yes || Unknown
 
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! [[Jenn-Kellon|JK]]
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! [[Priest]]s
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| Yes || No || Yes || Yes
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| No|| [[White Light]] gods only. || [[White Light]] and [[Black light]] gods. || Unknown
 
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! [[Horde of the Summoned|HoTS]]
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! [[Champion]]s
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| No || No || Yes || Yes<sup>[[#Note_3|[3]]]</sup>
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| No|| No || Yes || Unknown
 
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! [[Mol-Rehan|MR]]
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! Skill cap
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| No || Yes || Yes || Yes
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| Yes (20) || No || No|| No
 
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! [[Account Types]]
 
! [[Account Types]]
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| Premium only<sup>[[#Note_4|[4]]]</sup>, with exceptions || Premium only || Premium Only || Basic only<sup>[[#Note_5|[5]]]</sup>
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| Basic only<sup>[[#Note_4|[4]]]</sup> || Premium only|| Premium only|| Premium only
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! [[GM]] activity
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| High<sup>[[#Note_5|[5]]]</sup> || Medium || Minimal || Minimal
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! Length
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| 4,096m|| 16,384m || 16,384m || Unknown
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* <sup>[1]</sup> E.g. on the Jenn-Kellon server, only Jenn-Kellon citizens are allowed. On the Mol-Rehan server, only Mol-Rehan citizens are allowed.
 
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* <sup>[2]</sup> This allows people to dispense their own justice instead.
 
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* <sup>[3]</sup> PAs, present to explain how HotS works to new players.
 
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* <sup>[4]</sup> At the moment, basic accounts can play on Jenn-Kellon Home but cannot be created there.
 
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* <sup>[5]</sup> Premium can be purchased but does not take effect until the player enters a different server.
 
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* <sup>[6]</sup> Enemy kingdoms on home servers have their [[Combat_rating|CR]] lowered.
 
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* <sup>[7]</sup> As of 5th of June 2009 you can no longer buy deeds on GV.
 
  
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* <sup>[1]</sup> Possible to duel and spar with other players.
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* <sup>[2]</sup> As of 5th of June 2009 you can no longer buy deeds on GV but existing deeds are allowed to remain.
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* <sup>[3]</sup> It is expected that on the epic server there will be unique events and other things that do not occur on other servers types.
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* <sup>[4]</sup> Premium can be purchased but does not take effect until the player leaves the entry servers to another server type.
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* <sup>[5]</sup> Player assistants are also present on entry servers to help new players.
  
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<blockquote>"I see no reason to apply the cap to anything other than [[ore]]. However, we might add some resources that are only available on wild servers, and some that are only available on home server in the future. Actually, some might even be unique to a single server, to encourage trading." -- [[User:Notch|Notch]]</blockquote>
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'''Note:''' Home servers are still up but are being removed, therefor the information on them has been also.  
  
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'''Note:''' Both JK Home and MR Home will be shut down shortly to be replaced by a new non PVP server called freedom. See this [http://wurmonline.com/forum/index.php?topic=19183.0 thread] for more details. FAQ on freedom now available [http://www.wurmonline.com/component/content/article/39-gameinfocat/191-freedom-launch-faq here].
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== Server Type Details  ==
  
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== Server specifics  ==
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=== Entry Servers ===
  
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=== Home server details ===
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Entry servers are where all new accounts are created. The server contains JK,MR and HOTS, but HOTS is limited to PAs and GMs. The aim of the entry servers are to let new players try the game for free in almost all its glory. Players may then move on from the entry servers to other server types using portals. Premium must be purchased to be able to do this and has no effect till the player leaves the server.
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Entry servers only allow basic accounts so skills are limited to a maximum of 20. This means resource quality is also limited to 20. There is also no gods or altars present on the entry servers.
  
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Fully owned by the native kingdom. The entire server is automatically claimed as kingdom territory, so guard towers are not required to plant deeds.  
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PVP,theft,deeds and Towers are not allowed on the entry server. On entry servers decay is also 3 times faster and the server may be periodically reset (has not occurred yet).
  
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Theft, PVP, and other kinds of griefing are frowned upon, and are bannable offences in many instances. In addition, stealing and PVP typically result in loss of [[reputation]]. As reputation drops, the player becomes an [[outlaw]] and eventually a [[blacklighter]]. At this point, the player is kicked off the server into the wild.
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=== Freedom servers ===
  
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As an notable exception to the above, inter-settlement [[settlements#Wars|war]] is possible. However, both sides of the conflict are required to accept the declaration. It is not possible to wage war on a target who refuses to participate.
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Fully owned by the native kingdom. The entire server is automatically claimed as kingdom territory, so guard towers are not required to plant deeds.
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Theft, PVP, and other kinds of griefing are frowned upon, and are bannable offences in many instances. GMs will police these servers as needed, but ideally the game rules should take care of things automatically. Moderators police the kingdom chat channels to ensure the chat rules are followed. Travel between Freedom servers and other types of server will be by portal and involves restrictions.  
  
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[[GM]]s will police these servers as needed, but ideally the game rules should take care of things automatically. [[Moderator]]s police the kingdom chat channels to ensure the chat rules are followed.
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See the freedom FAQ for more details.
  
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To encourage people to visit the wild server home servers have a cap on ore [[QL]], currently 50.
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=== Wild servers ===
  
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=== Wild server details ===
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Wild servers are battlegrounds where different kingdoms clash together. There is no pre-owned land, it must be claimed by constructing guard towers. Deeds can only be placed within the territories claimed by the towers.
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Full PVP is enabled between kingdoms, as well as internally within your own kingdom. The White Light and Black Light are found on the wild server. Each kingdom on wild has a leader and offices granted to players by the leader.
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GMs generally avoid intervening in wild server affairs. However, excessive griefing and other violations of the game rules will be punished as appropriate. On wild servers monster are tougher and the terrain is more harsh.
  
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Wild servers are battlegrounds where different kingdoms clash together. There is no pre-owned land, it must be claimed by constructing guard towers. Deeds can only be placed within the territories claimed by the towers. Horde of the Summoned are only found on wild servers, having forsaken their original kingdom's home.
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=== Epic servers ===
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Currently not much information is know about this server type as its still in the planning and implementation phase. Epic servers will run scenarios that form the story. A scenario will have permanent impact on the world and the success is dependent on the players.
  
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Full PVP is enabled between kingdoms, as well as internally within your own kingdom. The [[White Light]] and [[Black Light]] are found on the wild server.
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[[Category:Misc]]
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[[Category:Servers]]
  
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GMs generally avoid intervening in wild server affairs. However, excessive griefing and other violations of the game rules will be punished as appropriate.
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=== Test servers ===
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The test servers exists to test large game updates before they are added to the main servers. There is currently only one test server see [[Test server |here]] for details.
  
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There are no resource limits on wild servers. Some monsters (notably [[huge spider]]s) are stronger, and the terrain is rougher.
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== Server List  ==
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=== Golden Valley server details ===
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! Name !! Land Name !! Type
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The Golden Valley server is where all new accounts are created. Both [[Jenn-Kellon]] and [[Mol-Rehan]] can exist on the server but there is no PvP. There is no limit to the number of times an account can be converted on this server.
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| [[Jenn001]]<sup>[[#Note_6|[6]]]</sup> || Login || Login
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Premium can be purchased on GV. It does not have any effect until the player is on a different server. There is a portal to both home servers which can only be entered with a premium account. They are one-way portals.
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| [[Jenn001]]<sup>[[#Note_6|[6]]]</sup> || Golden valley || Entry
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| (to be added) || Independence || Freedom
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| [[Wild001]] || Wild || Wild
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Because premium has no effect on this server most items are effectively capped at around 20 [[QL]].
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* <sup>[6]</sup> The Golden valley entry server and the Login server are hosted on the same physical server.
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'''Note:''' You can no longer buy deeds on GV but existing deeds will be allowed to remain. News post [http://www.wurmonline.com/newsmenu/game-updates/184-happy-3-years-wurm here].
 
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[[Category:Misc]]
 
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[[Category:Servers]]
 

Revision as of 02:35, 16 June 2009

Main Page :: Server Types

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 Disclaimer: This article is not an official document. It attempts to accurately describe current policy and statements made by the developers, but should not be taken as binding or otherwise limiting. If an authoritative statement is required, it should be requested directly from from staff or the development team.


Introduction

Note: This is a preemptive article, Freedom is not yet up and home server still exist. Freedom should be up on the 16th June.

Wurm currently has three types of server, entry, freedom and wild. A fourth type called epic (scenario lands) is planned. Currently not much information is know about this server type as its still in the planning and implementation phase. There is also a login server and a test server.

Server Type Summary

The following table summaries the features of the four server types.

Feature Entry Servers Freedom Servers Wild Servers Epic Servers
Kingdoms JK and MR Freedom Isles JK,MR and HOTS Unknown
PvP Limited[1] Limited[1] Yes Yes
Theft No No Yes Yes
Guard towers No Optional Needed to claim kingdom land. Unknown
Deeds No[2] Yes, can be planted anywhere as server is all one kingdom. Yes, can only be planted in land claimed by kingdom. Unknown
Uniques No Yes Yes Unknown[3]
Artifacts No No Yes Unknown[3]
Gods No Yes Yes Unknown
Priests No White Light gods only. White Light and Black light gods. Unknown
Champions No No Yes Unknown
Skill cap Yes (20) No No No
Account Types Basic only[4] Premium only Premium only Premium only
GM activity High[5] Medium Minimal Minimal
Length 4,096m 16,384m 16,384m Unknown


  • [1] Possible to duel and spar with other players.
  • [2] As of 5th of June 2009 you can no longer buy deeds on GV but existing deeds are allowed to remain.
  • [3] It is expected that on the epic server there will be unique events and other things that do not occur on other servers types.
  • [4] Premium can be purchased but does not take effect until the player leaves the entry servers to another server type.
  • [5] Player assistants are also present on entry servers to help new players.

Note: Home servers are still up but are being removed, therefor the information on them has been also.

Server Type Details

Entry Servers

Entry servers are where all new accounts are created. The server contains JK,MR and HOTS, but HOTS is limited to PAs and GMs. The aim of the entry servers are to let new players try the game for free in almost all its glory. Players may then move on from the entry servers to other server types using portals. Premium must be purchased to be able to do this and has no effect till the player leaves the server. Entry servers only allow basic accounts so skills are limited to a maximum of 20. This means resource quality is also limited to 20. There is also no gods or altars present on the entry servers.

PVP,theft,deeds and Towers are not allowed on the entry server. On entry servers decay is also 3 times faster and the server may be periodically reset (has not occurred yet).

Freedom servers

Fully owned by the native kingdom. The entire server is automatically claimed as kingdom territory, so guard towers are not required to plant deeds. Theft, PVP, and other kinds of griefing are frowned upon, and are bannable offences in many instances. GMs will police these servers as needed, but ideally the game rules should take care of things automatically. Moderators police the kingdom chat channels to ensure the chat rules are followed. Travel between Freedom servers and other types of server will be by portal and involves restrictions.

See the freedom FAQ for more details.

Wild servers

Wild servers are battlegrounds where different kingdoms clash together. There is no pre-owned land, it must be claimed by constructing guard towers. Deeds can only be placed within the territories claimed by the towers. Full PVP is enabled between kingdoms, as well as internally within your own kingdom. The White Light and Black Light are found on the wild server. Each kingdom on wild has a leader and offices granted to players by the leader. GMs generally avoid intervening in wild server affairs. However, excessive griefing and other violations of the game rules will be punished as appropriate. On wild servers monster are tougher and the terrain is more harsh.

Epic servers

Currently not much information is know about this server type as its still in the planning and implementation phase. Epic servers will run scenarios that form the story. A scenario will have permanent impact on the world and the success is dependent on the players.

Test servers

The test servers exists to test large game updates before they are added to the main servers. There is currently only one test server see here for details.

Server List

Name Land Name Type
Jenn001[6] Login Login
Jenn001[6] Golden valley Entry
(to be added) Independence Freedom
Wild001 Wild Wild
  • [6] The Golden valley entry server and the Login server are hosted on the same physical server.
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