There are two continents, together make up about 20,000 rooms. Characters learn from other characters, but the first skills are learned from immortals (staff). It is classless. PKing is allowed. But PKers are deleted. A few years ago there was a pwipe and a revamp of the codebase. I've reported several bugs, some haven't been fixed for years. In my experience, they lose track of bug reports. There is one coder, and two builders. The last area was built before the pwipe. Nilgiri has a facebook group. The leveling system is common - just kill mobs. This mud has an old-school feel to it, set in medieval/fantasy times, and a very heavy experience penalty for dying. Stop by, the few players on would love to play with you.

I've played on Nilgiri on and off for about 14 to 15 years. It's always been an interesting and fun place to play and I find all roads lead back to it.

Interestingly the last time I showed up and I found a lot had changed. The old class based system had been replaced with a more dynamic skill based system. Combat had been adjusted to be more in line with this new systems. While this was all new and I didn't have the foggiest as to what I was doing the IMM staff and players quickly assisted me, explaining the system. While some things still have rough edges with the changes, they are being ironed out pretty well.

The implementer has been around during the entire existance of Nilgiri, he is active in the community and regular dialogue can be had about anything in game or out of game.

While the player base is smaller, we are a friendly group and will give assistance to new players whenever needed. If you're looking for fresh mud mechanics, friendly IMM/IMP staff and players then this is the mud for you.

I’ve been playing Nilgiri for about 6 years now. I was 12 when I first discovered it and now I’m 18, so I’ve pretty much grown up here. This is the first mud I played and one of the nobles at the time, Almari, made me feel very welcome and taught me everything I needed to know (including how to talk, you type say before the message btw!). It’s a small community and the people I’ve met over the years are pretty close to family. We have our problems every once in a while but that’s what makes it interesting. It is a very real social place, as well as a place to game.

The mud community is split into two separate continents. You have Jora, which is the original area and then you have Argoceania, which is newer than Jora (not that new, I started here!). I can’t honestly say much about Jora, as I have never really played there. It has a lot of older players though and I believe it is quite a bit bigger and Argoceania is huge itself, so that must be a lot of area.

Unfortunately, not much has been added recently as Sin, the Implementor, is currently working on something really big. Hopefully, it will pick up soon though. There is a lot of history here which is also fun to uncover.

I know that I will never leave Nilgiri. Just come in and give it a try. It’s newbie friendly as well as a good place for veteran mudders. My name is Ceruvil and I’m a noble in Argoceania. I hope to see you soon! =)