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

Wurm currently has four types of server: Tutorial, Freedom (consisting of Independence, Deliverance, and Exodus), Wild, and Epic. Currently not much information is known about the Epic server type as it's still being explored and figured out. There is also a login server and a test server (which can be accessed via the wiki - see the link bar at the top left).

Server type summary

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

Server type	Freedom			Wild	Epic
Server name	Independence	Deliverance	Exodus	Wild	Elevation	Desertion	Affliction	Serenity
Server size in tiles	4096x4096	2048 x 2048	2048 x 2048	4096x4096	2048x2048	2048x2048	1024x1024	2048x2048
Kingdoms	Freedom Isles			JK,MR and HOTS	JK,MR, HOTS and Player Made Kingdoms	MR [1]	HOTS [1]	JK [1]
PvP	Limited[2]			Yes	Yes	Yes[3]
Theft	Limited			Yes	Yes
Guard towers	Optional			Needed to claim kingdom land.	Needed to claim kingdom land.	Optional
Deeds	Yes, can be planted anywhere as server is all one kingdom.			Yes, can only be planted in land claimed by kingdom.	Yes, can only be planted in land claimed by kingdom.	Yes, can be planted anywhere as server is all one kingdom.
Artifacts	No			Yes	Yes	No
Priests	White light gods only, can be inaugurated at 30 faith by priests with more than 40 faith.			White light and Black light gods.	Yes
Champions	No			Yes	Yes	No
Account Types	Premium and Basic			Premium only	Premium only	Premium and Basic	Premium only	Premium and Basic
GM activity	High[4]			Minimal	Minimal
Scenarios	No			No	Yes
The Curve	No			No	Yes
Double skillgain	No			No	Yes
Spy protection	No			No	Yes
50ql ore cap	No			No	No	Yes [5]

^[1] Enemy kingdoms can still be on this server, but they cannot create towers or deeds.

^[2] Possible to duel and spar with other players.

^[3] Enemy kingdoms receive a combat rating penalty.

^[4] CA Help is enabled on this server

^[5] Iron ore is not capped

Server type details

Tutorial server

The Tutorial server (Golden Valley) is where all new accounts are created. The aim of the Tutorial server is to introduce the player to the game mechanics. Players may then move on from the Tutorial server to other server types using portals. Premium must be purchased to be able to move to the Wild server. Premium time has no effect till the player leaves the server - the Tutorial server only allows basic accounts, so skills are limited to a maximum of 20. This means resource quality is also limited to 20. There are also no gods or altars present on the Tutorial server.

The tutorial was built on the Golden Valley server. New players are spawned in the tutorial area and cannot leave other than through the portals to the Wild and Freedom servers. However accounts that were active before the tutorial was created are currently able to stay outside the tutorial area. These accounts are able to transfer to the other servers, but some have chosen to remain. PvP, theft, deeds, and guard towers are not allowed on the Tutorial server.

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 grieving are frowned upon, and are bannable offenses 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.

A second Freedom server named Deliverance has been released, the server can be accessed through a portal at the end of the Tutorial or by sailing across the South border of Independence.

A third Freedom server named Exodus has been released, the server can be accessed through a portal at the end of the Tutorial or by sailing across the South border of Deliverance.

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 monsters are tougher and the terrain is harsher. ^{[citation needed]}

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. More details have been given on the blog about epic[1].

Epic servers are up! Please refer to Epic Cluster for more information.

Inter-server travel

It is possible to travel between the Wild and Freedom servers via portals at all of the capital deeds: Samling and Freedom Market on Freedom; the Landing, the Shroud and the Gold Coast on Wild. The only items you can take with you when changing servers are coins, nodrop items (e.g. spyglasses, bags of keeping) and the starter tool kit. Additionally, fighting and archery skills are subject to a 1% penalty when crossing if either is above 50, meaning a 70 skill fighter will end up with 69.3 fighting upon arriving.

Travel from the Tutorial server is one-way only. Only premium characters can transfer to Wild. All characters can transfer to Freedom. Once you are on another server you may not go back to the Tutorial server, unless you start a new character.

You can travel between the two Freedom servers via boat. Sailing through the South border of Independence will place you in the North of Deliverance, and similarly sailing through the North border of Deliverance will place you in the South of Independence.

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.

Server list

Name	Land Name	Type	Twitter
Jenn001[8]	Login	Login	n/a
Jenn001[8]	Golden Valley	Tutorial	n/a
Freedom001	Independence	Freedom	freeserv1
Freedom002	Deliverance	Freedom	freedom0002
Freedom003	Exodus	Freedom	freedom003
Wild001	Wild	Wild	wildserv1
Epic001	Elevation	Epic Wild	epicserv1
Epic002	Affliction	Epic HOTS home server	epicserv2
Epic003	Desertion	Epic Mol-Rehan home server	epicserv3
Epic004	Serenity	Epic Jenn-Kellon home server	epicserv4
Valrei	Valrei	Home of the gods	valreimoon

• ^[8] The Golden Valley entry server and the Login server are hosted on the same physical server.