Northern Crossroads

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

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Ranked #32 with 1 votes this month.

Game Details

Last Updated06/29/26
Game StatusOperational
Game Size10000+
RP StatusNot Enforced
CodebaseOther
Player Count5-10
LocationUSA
ThemeD&D
Game TypeMUD
LanguageEnglish
Player KillingRestricted
Online Since 01/01/92
Website Visit Website

Connection Information

Host Namencmud.net
Port9000
TLS Port9001

Connectivity

Connection Tested11/03/26 05:03 am GMT
Last Successful Connection11/03/26 05:03 am GMT

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Player History · Last 90 Days

Player history: sample average and observed rangeAugust 5, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 3.71 average · Min 1 · Max 9 · 17 samplesAugust 6, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 3.33 average · Min 2 · Max 8 · 24 samplesAugust 7, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.67 average · Min 2 · Max 9 · 24 samplesAugust 8, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.33 average · Min 3 · Max 10 · 24 samplesAugust 9, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.33 average · Min 2 · Max 10 · 24 samplesAugust 10, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.75 average · Min 3 · Max 9 · 24 samplesAugust 11, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.42 average · Min 2 · Max 8 · 24 samplesAugust 12, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.67 average · Min 2 · Max 11 · 24 samplesAugust 13, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.04 average · Min 3 · Max 10 · 24 samplesAugust 14, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.13 average · Min 6 · Max 11 · 24 samplesAugust 15, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 9.08 average · Min 3 · Max 15 · 24 samplesAugust 16, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 12.58 average · Min 8 · Max 18 · 24 samplesAugust 17, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 8.88 average · Min 4 · Max 14 · 24 samplesAugust 18, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.29 average · Min 2 · Max 11 · 24 samplesAugust 19, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.54 average · Min 2 · Max 11 · 24 samplesAugust 20, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.58 average · Min 3 · Max 13 · 24 samplesAugust 21, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.38 average · Min 5 · Max 12 · 21 samplesAugust 22, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 8.08 average · Min 3 · Max 12 · 24 samplesAugust 23, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.96 average · Min 2 · Max 16 · 24 samplesAugust 24, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 8.13 average · Min 6 · Max 13 · 24 samplesAugust 25, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.83 average · Min 3 · Max 12 · 24 samplesAugust 26, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.71 average · Min 6 · Max 12 · 24 samplesAugust 27, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.88 average · Min 2 · Max 13 · 24 samplesAugust 28, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.63 average · Min 2 · Max 14 · 24 samplesAugust 29, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.38 average · Min 2 · Max 14 · 24 samplesAugust 30, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.79 average · Min 2 · Max 13 · 24 samplesAugust 31, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.71 average · Min 2 · Max 15 · 24 samplesSeptember 1, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.17 average · Min 2 · Max 7 · 24 samplesSeptember 2, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 3.83 average · Min 2 · Max 9 · 23 samplesSeptember 3, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.96 average · Min 2 · Max 12 · 24 samplesSeptember 4, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.63 average · Min 2 · Max 10 · 24 samplesSeptember 5, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.83 average · Min 2 · Max 13 · 24 samplesSeptember 6, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.88 average · Min 2 · Max 14 · 24 samplesSeptember 7, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.29 average · Min 3 · Max 10 · 24 samplesSeptember 8, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 3.67 average · Min 2 · Max 8 · 24 samplesSeptember 9, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.13 average · Min 2 · Max 9 · 24 samplesSeptember 10, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.67 average · Min 2 · Max 9 · 24 samplesSeptember 11, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.25 average · Min 2 · Max 11 · 24 samplesSeptember 12, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.92 average · Min 2 · Max 15 · 24 samplesSeptember 13, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 10.38 average · Min 5 · Max 15 · 24 samplesSeptember 14, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.24 average · Min 2 · Max 17 · 21 samplesSeptember 15, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.88 average · Min 3 · Max 12 · 24 samplesSeptember 16, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.29 average · Min 2 · Max 11 · 24 samplesSeptember 17, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.71 average · Min 3 · Max 13 · 24 samplesSeptember 18, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.5 average · Min 3 · Max 16 · 24 samplesSeptember 19, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.75 average · Min 3 · Max 13 · 24 samplesSeptember 20, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 9.83 average · Min 4 · Max 15 · 24 samplesSeptember 21, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.71 average · Min 3 · Max 12 · 24 samplesSeptember 22, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.38 average · Min 3 · Max 7 · 24 samplesSeptember 23, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.5 average · Min 4 · Max 13 · 24 samplesSeptember 24, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.96 average · Min 3 · Max 18 · 24 samplesSeptember 25, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 8.5 average · Min 5 · Max 17 · 24 samplesSeptember 26, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.79 average · Min 3 · Max 13 · 24 samplesSeptember 27, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.63 average · Min 5 · Max 13 · 24 samplesSeptember 28, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.67 average · Min 3 · Max 13 · 24 samplesSeptember 29, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.81 average · Min 3 · Max 10 · 21 samplesSeptember 30, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6 average · Min 3 · Max 10 · 24 samplesOctober 1, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.33 average · Min 3 · Max 10 · 24 samplesOctober 2, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.48 average · Min 2 · Max 9 · 25 samplesOctober 3, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.54 average · Min 3 · Max 11 · 24 samplesOctober 4, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.08 average · Min 4 · Max 10 · 24 samplesOctober 5, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.25 average · Min 2 · Max 12 · 24 samplesOctober 6, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.25 average · Min 4 · Max 9 · 24 samplesOctober 7, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.29 average · Min 4 · Max 9 · 24 samplesOctober 8, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.58 average · Min 3 · Max 11 · 24 samplesOctober 9, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.79 average · Min 3 · Max 9 · 24 samplesOctober 10, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.71 average · Min 2 · Max 9 · 24 samplesOctober 11, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.67 average · Min 3 · Max 8 · 24 samplesOctober 12, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.88 average · Min 2 · Max 11 · 24 samplesOctober 13, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.96 average · Min 2 · Max 11 · 24 samplesOctober 14, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7 average · Min 3 · Max 12 · 24 samplesOctober 15, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5 average · Min 2 · Max 9 · 24 samplesOctober 16, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.42 average · Min 2 · Max 10 · 24 samplesOctober 17, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.04 average · Min 2 · Max 10 · 24 samplesOctober 18, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.08 average · Min 3 · Max 13 · 24 samplesOctober 19, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6 average · Min 2 · Max 12 · 24 samplesOctober 20, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5 average · Min 2 · Max 9 · 24 samplesOctober 21, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 4.63 average · Min 2 · Max 9 · 24 samplesOctober 22, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.04 average · Min 2 · Max 13 · 24 samplesOctober 23, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 6.63 average · Min 2 · Max 10 · 24 samplesOctober 24, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 9.92 average · Min 6 · Max 19 · 24 samplesOctober 25, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 7.29 average · Min 3 · Max 13 · 24 samplesOctober 26, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.29 average · Min 2 · Max 10 · 24 samplesOctober 27, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 15 average · Min 10 · Max 19 · 24 samplesOctober 28, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 10.67 average · Min 5 · Max 20 · 24 samplesOctober 29, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 5.54 average · Min 3 · Max 14 · 24 samplesOctober 30, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 9.21 average · Min 6 · Max 15 · 24 samplesOctober 31, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 9.33 average · Min 5 · Max 14 · 24 samplesNovember 1, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 9.08 average · Min 5 · Max 15 · 24 samplesNovember 2, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 10.96 average · Min 6 · Max 17 · 24 samplesNovember 3, 2026 (UTC) · Player history: 10.5 average · Min 7 · Max 15 · 6 samples200Aug 5, 2026Nov 3, 2026

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About This Game

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.

Game Reviews

Review Title Author Name Submitted On Game Ranking
"Classic hack 'n slash" Heathen 06/28/26 5 / 5
"NCMUD" Itherian 12/28/12 5 / 5
MSSP Variable MSSP Data
ANSIyes
AREAS512
CHARSETUTF-8
CLASSES17
CODEBASENC-7.0.9125.8c3672f6
CONTACTE-mail
CREATED1992
DISCORDLink
FAMILYDikuMUD
GAMEPLAYPlayer versus Player
GENREFantasy
HOSTNAMEncmud.org
ICONIcon Link
LANGUAGEEnglish
LOCATIONUnited States
MOBILES8954
NAMENorthern Crossroads (NCMUD)
NEWBIE FRIENDLYyes
OBJECTS10054
PLAYERS8
PORT9000
RACES10
ROLEPLAYINGAccepted
ROOMS36453
SKILLS286
STATUSLive
UPTIME1 hours
UTF-8yes
VT100yes
WEBSITEWebsite

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