New here? Start with this.
You do not need to know what a MUD is to play one. Here is everything it takes to get into Phoenix Sagas.
Create a free account
An email and a password. Register here, then follow the confirmation link sent to your inbox and sign in. If it does not arrive, check spam or use Resend it on the registration page. One account holds all your heroes, and browser play starts from it. Nothing to download or install.
Forge your hero
Click Play and the game walks you through it: pick a race and a profession, set your stats (or type random), and step into Coldhollow. It takes about a minute, and the hero you forge is claimed to your account automatically.
Read, type, adventure
You read the room, then type what you want to do. Eilwen will call your name at the fountain the moment you arrive; answer her, and the game teaches the rest as you go. Your first four commands:
Come back to the same hero
Your heroes and their progress persist between visits and releases. Phoenix Sagas is an active beta: we avoid resets wherever reasonably possible and will warn players if one becomes unavoidable. Every return visit opens on character select; type a number and you're in. Your account page keeps the trophy shelf: saga progress and permanent feats for every hero you hold. See the Terms for the beta policy.
Claim them once on your account page. The character's name and its own password (the one you already log in with) is all the proof needed. Or simpler still: sign in on the web and log into the character the classic way one last time; the claim happens by itself.
| How | Where |
|---|---|
| Browser (recommended) | Play here: free account, then straight in. This is our own client, not a telnet box in a web page: a map that draws itself and walks you to a clicked room, a creature finder, live panels, macros, highlights and themes. All are saved to your character, so your setup follows you to any computer. |
| Any MUD client | telnet phoenixsagas.servegame.com 4000: no account needed, the classic login |
| TLS | phoenixsagas.servegame.com 4443 |
The world atlas maps the whole realm: every town, every hunting ground, its story and its level range, so you always know where your next fight lives.
Type HELP in-game for the topic list, or read the player wiki; the full new player's guide lives there.