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29 Jun 2026MorkAdventurers Board

Crafting begins: ore, recipes and iron spears

Written by Mork. The first working slice of crafting is now live. You can now gather raw material, pay an expert to process it, learn a recipe permanently, and craft a permanent item. How to try it: * In the dwarven mine…

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29 Jun 2026MorkAdventurers Board

New mountain pass to the western beach

Written by Mork. A new bleak mountain pass has opened from the top of Western Road to the far western beach. The route climbs north from Western Road, crosses a cold, wind-scoured stretch of dark rock and snow, then descends through the…

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29 Jun 2026MorkAdventurers Board

Bridge warriors on the Pondar gulley

Three black-robed, black-turbaned sword warriors now hold the centre of the rope bridge between the Forest of Dreams and the Jungle of Pondar. They will not allow adventurers to cross while they stand. Their black turbans, black warrior robes and curved swords…

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29 Jun 2026MorkAdventurers Board

Gulley bridge to Pondar jungle

A rope bridge now crosses the great gulley between the southeastern Forest of Dreams and the southwestern edge of the Jungle of Pondar. From Blackberry Star Run, go east across the three bridge rooms to reach the jungle rim. Signed, Mork

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29 Jun 2026MorkAdventurers Board

New area: Jungle of Pondar

The road east from Pondar Avenue now gives way to a track into the Jungle of Pondar. The new jungle opens out after the approach track into a large wilderness of dense rooms, connected clearings, a broad rapid river, the Great Waterfall,…

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29 Jun 2026MorkAdventurers Board

Newbie channel block fixed

Newbie channel blocking has been tidied up. If you type newbie with no message to block the newbie channel, the web client now respects that block for newbie channel messages too. Aeloria's occasional newbie-channel hints should now stay quiet while the channel…

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28 Jun 2026MorkAdventurers Board

Tin Street gets new room artwork

Tin Street has had a visual refresh in the web client. The street itself, its alleys, shops, storage rooms, the New Oriental, the clothing shop, and the rogue hideout tucked off the alley now have new room banner artwork. If you explore…

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28 Jun 2026MorkAdventurers Board

test again

anothet test

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28 Jun 2026MorkAdventurers Board

Login screen refresh

Written by Mork. The first thing new and returning players see has had a bit of a polish. The old login welcome screen has been replaced with a smaller coloured Insomnia banner that should behave properly in normal MUD clients and in…

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The website blog and the in-game Adventurers Board now share one feed. New website posts are submitted for review, then mirrored to the board when published.