The World of Palantonia
A world of fantasy where you become the legend.
Free to play · any MUD client works · Windows / macOS / Linux
The Sundering
On that fateful day, as the sun set on the world of Palantonia, things would never be the same. All the races lived together — hunting, sharing, their towns flourishing, none wanting for anything.
Then the world shook. Tidal waves hammered the mainland and washed away the shoreline cities. Hurricanes tore into the heart of the land; volcanoes grew overnight, spewing molten gas and poison. All was destroyed, and great numbers died. Peaceful Palantonia was turned to chaos.
In the aftermath the peoples scattered, each race seeking its own destiny. The hardy survived, but some were mutated and changed — whole races splitting in two. They feuded over what was once plentiful, and turned to the forces of good and evil for power. Even the gods had changed, and battle in the heavens for supreme reign.
Now the people venture forth again, into a newly broken world of monsters, mysteries, and legends waiting to be made. Will yours be one of them?
Choose your path
Be born of the Light or the Dark, master a craft of blade or spell, then remort into the hero-classes few ever reach.
Twelve races split across good and evil — humans and elves, drow and gargoyles — each with its own stats, specials, and home.
Thirty classes — gladiators and rangers, necromancers and dreamweavers. Learn skills and spells level by level, your way.
Reach the cap and be reborn into the advanced hero-classes — Wizard, Holy Avenger, Mindflayer, and more.
Begin in minutes
Point any MUD client — or the Grotto Client — at
world.hiddengrotto.org : 4000
Pick a race and class, choose Light or Dark, and name your legend.
Explore Palantonia, master your craft, join a clan, and carve your name into the world.
The realm awaits
Free to play. Old characters, gear, and clans came through intact.