A realm of magic and mystery, abroad since the 1990s.
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TeraMUD, also known as Arcane Ages, is a
multi-user dungeon
— a world you explore and shape through text. It offers many
races and classes, a vast map of zones, a living questing system, runic magic,
warring clans, and a staff of immortals who tend the realm. All of it is
100% free — no subscriptions, no purchases, no ads. Press
Play to enter from your browser with
Arcana, the realm's own client, or point any
MUD client at
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What awaits you
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Runic magic
Spells are not bought from a list — they are composed, rune by rune, and shaped by the caster's hand.
"A rune is a component of a magical spell, a magical ‘word,’ where the effects of a spell would be the ‘sentence.’ " — from the realm's own lore
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Races and classes
More than a dozen classes — paladins and oppressors, enchanters and necromancers, barbarians who trust no magic at all — across the many races of Tera, with combinations for the ambitious. Characters »
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A living questing system
Quests earn quest points and feed a pool you spend on items and abilities, beside the grander quests the immortals run for the whole realm. Quests »
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Warring clans
Clans outlive any single night's adventure — war clans and pacifist clans alike, allied players with halls, ranks, and long memories. Clans »
The known world, surveyed — explore the atlas of Tera.
Chronicle
- The known world, surveyed: an antique atlas of Tera, drawn from the realm's own rooms — now with Mozartia's streets and the Underdark.
- Enter from your browser: Arcana, the realm's own client, now runs right on the Play page — nothing to install.
- A new face for an old realm: the website rebuilt in the realm's illuminated-grimoire style, under a new mark — the Arcana tower.