The Lands of Dusk

A tile-based multiplayer world, alive since 2002.

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Play in your browser

Nothing to install. The Java client is below.

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How to Play

Easiest way: your browser

Nothing to install, on any computer with a modern browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari):

  1. Click Play in your browser.
  2. Type a character name and a password. If the name is new, you'll be asked to confirm it and pick a race.
  3. Walk with the arrow keys or WASD, click things to look, attack or pick up, and press Enter to chat. The Help tab in the game lists the rest.

Java client: OpenWebStart

The original client. Works the same on Windows, Mac, and Linux:

  1. Install OpenWebStart (free, one-time).
  2. Open dusk.jnlp (the Java client launcher).
  3. The first time, you'll see a security prompt since this is a small community server rather than a large commercial release. It's safe - click through to trust it.
  4. You're in!

Java client: manual install

If you'd rather not install OpenWebStart, you can run the Java client directly from a command line instead. Download the client jar first: duskclient.jar

Windows

  1. Install Java (8 or newer)
  2. Save duskclient.jar to a folder
  3. Open Command Prompt in that folder
  4. Run: java -cp duskclient.jar Dusk

Mac

  1. Install Java (brew install --cask temurin8, or from adoptium.net)
  2. Save duskclient.jar to a folder
  3. Open Terminal in that folder
  4. Run: java -cp duskclient.jar Dusk

Linux

  1. Install Java via your package manager, e.g. sudo apt install openjdk-17-jre
  2. Save duskclient.jar to a folder
  3. Open a terminal in that folder
  4. Run: java -cp duskclient.jar Dusk

Connecting (Java client)

Once the Java client window opens, use these settings in the connect window:

Server Address: duskserver.tailf3b66d.ts.net
Port: 10000
Use secure connection (TLS): checked

Click Connect, then enter a character name. If it's new, you'll be asked to set a password and you're straight into the world.