Server types

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Disclaimer: This article is not an official document. It attempts to accurately describe current policy and statements made by the developers, but should not be taken as binding or otherwise limiting. If an authoritative statement is required, it should be requested directly from from staff or the development team.


Introduction

Wurm currently has the following types of servers that players can access:

  • Login (Also known as Golden Valley)-Golden Valley was the former tutorial server
  • Freedom cluster PvE (Independence, Deliverance, Exodus, Celebration, Pristine, Release and Xanadu)
  • Freedom cluster PvP (Chaos, which used to be called Wild)
  • Epic PvP (Elevation, Desertion, Affliction, and Serenity)
  • Jackal PvE (Six month, resetting server with special goals for explorers)

Other servers

There is a test server which allows testing of new game content.

Valrei, a moon of Wurm, has a special server on which battles between the gods take place. We mere-mortals can not visit the moon with our avatars, but we can follow these events remotely via a twitter feed and maps. Avatars on the Epic servers can assist their god by completing missions, and can potentially be rewarded for their efforts. See Scenarios for more information.

Finally there is a logon server which is part of the Wurm infrastructure used to manage accounts. If this server is down, no accounts can logon to any of the other servers.

Server travel map

You can sail across some server borders, depending on which cluster it belongs to. This will leave your skills and items intact. Animals cannot cross server borders unless by the means of creature cages.

NOTE: If you are traveling across server borders, make sure all passengers are logged into the ship prior to crossing the border. Players logged off when a ship crosses the border may be left at their last log-in position on the previous server.

The ingame world map shows the standard connections between servers on the Freedom cluster:

Freedom.jpg


In addition, there is a new option allowing you to directly determine which server you will be travelling to when crossing a server border. To select your destination choose "Plot course" from the boat's context menu. You will see a window like this:

PlotCourse.jpg

You will arrive on the opposite side of the destination server, for example: if you leave the east coast of server A and sail eastward you will appear at the west coast of server B.


In order to travel between the Freedom cluster and the Epic cluster, you can use an Epic portal. Please read here what happens to your skills and items!

Server type summary

The following table summaries the features of the player servers.

Cluster Freedom Epic Jackal
Server name Independence Deliverance Exodus Celebration Pristine Release Xanadu Chaos Elevation Desertion Affliction Serenity Jackal
Genesis June 17th
2009
September 7th
2011
September 15th
2011
May 31st
2012
Dec 12th
2012
Dec 18th
2012
June 3rd
2014
May 5th
2007
July 11th
2019
November 1st
2011
October 10th
2014
November 1st
2011
August 30th
2019
Server size in tiles 4096x4096 2048x2048 2048 x2048 2048x2048 2048x2048 2048x2048 8192x8192 4096x4096 2048x2048 2048x2048 2048x2048 2048x2048 Unknown
Starter town The Howl Green Dog Esert Tap Dance Blossom Sloping Sands

Glasshollow
Vrock Landing
Summerholt
Greymead
Whitefay
Linton
Lormere
Newspring
Esteron

Hunters Lodge
The Landing
Gold Coast
The Shroud
New Hope (JK)
Ignis (MR)
Doomspine (HOTS)
Glittershore Blackbone Strongbox Camp Freedom
Kingdoms Freedom Freedom,
Horde of the Summoned,
and Player Made Kingdoms
JK,MR, HOTS,
and Player Made Kingdoms
MR [1] HOTS [1] JK [1] Freedom
PvP Limited. Dueling and Sparring with other players if both parties consent. Yes [2] Yes Yes. Enemy kingdoms receive
a combat rating penalty.
Limited. Dueling and Sparring with other players if both parties consent.
Theft No Yes No
Guard towers Optional Needed to claim kingdom land. Optional
Deeds Yes. Can be planted anywhere
as server is all one kingdom.
Yes. Can only be planted in
land claimed by kingdom.
Yes. Can be planted anywhere
as server is all one kingdom.
Yes. Can be planted anywhere under Freedom influence.
Artifacts No Yes No No
Priests All gods
Champions No Yes No No
Account Types Premium and Basic Premium
GM activity High Minimal High
Scenarios No Yes No
The Curve No Yes No
Double skillgain No Yes 3x faster than Freedom
Spy protection No Yes No
[1] Enemy kingdoms can still be on this server, but they cannot create towers or deeds.
[2] Possible to attack other players, but you will become an outlaw. In PvP zones however you can attack all players.

Server type details

Golden Valley server

Golden Valley is the log in server and was formerly the tutorial server. While a few player still maintain GV characters and deeds, players can no longer go to this server to play.

Freedom servers cluster 1

The entire area of each server is automatically claimed as Freedom kingdom territory, so guard towers are not required to plant deeds.

Griefing is frowned upon, and is a potentially bannable offense. GMs will police these servers as needed, but ideally the game rules should take care of things automatically. Moderators police the kingdom chat channels to ensure the chat rules are followed.

The original Freedom server was Independence. The second one was Deliverance, which is situated to the south of Independence. This was followed by Exodus, to the south of Deliverance.

The old Wild server became the fourth server to join Freedom. It is now known as the Chaos server and can be accessed by sailing across the west border of any of the three servers above. However, sailing back east across the border from Chaos will only take you to Deliverance.

Later, Celebration release note was added to the south of Exodus.

All of the freedom clusters were connected when Xanadu was opened to the east of this cluster.

Freedom servers cluster 2

Follows Freedom servers rule set (see above). This is a new cluster starting with Pristine at the official release of Wurm Online 1.0 which wasn't connected to freedom cluster 1 for one and a half years in order to provide that total newbie feeling. The second server in this cluster was Release, which is situated to the southern border of Pristine. Sailing west from either of these servers leads you to Xanadu.

Freedom servers cluster 3

The new Freedom server of Xanadu was isolated from the other servers for a few weeks. After that, it was connected to freedom cluster 1 to the west and freedom cluster 2 to the east. Sailing west from Xanadu leads you to Deliverance and sailing east from Xanadu leads you to Release.

Chaos server

The Chaos server is a PvP enabled Freedom cluster server. It can be access by sailing west from Independence, Deliverance, or Exodus. Upon arriving here you are automatically in the Freedom Isles kingdom and can join other Player Made Kingdoms. Sailing back east to Deliverance will put you back in the Freedom Isles kingdom, while returning to Chaos will put you back to whatever kingdom you were in when you left. Full PvP is enabled here between the Freedom Isles and Player Made Kingdoms. You can fully raid deeds, pick locks, and bash things on deed.

GMs generally avoid intervening in PvP server affairs. However, excessive griefing and other violations of the game rules will be punished as appropriate.

Epic servers

Please refer to Epic Cluster for more information on these servers.

Jackal server

Please refer to Jackal for more information on this server.

Test server

The test server exists to test large game updates before they are added to the main servers.

Server list

Name Land Name Type Twitter Status Battles[7]
Jenn001[6] Login Login n/a n/a n/a
Jenn001[6] Golden Valley Former tutorial Golden Valley GV GV
Freedom001 Independence Freedom Independence Indi Indi
Freedom002 Deliverance Freedom Deliverance Deli Deli
Freedom003 Exodus Freedom Exodus Exo Exo
Freedom004 Celebration Freedom Celebration Cele Cele
Freedom005 Pristine Freedom Pristine Pris Pris
Freedom006 Release Freedom Release Rel Rel
Freedom007 Xanadu Freedom Xanadu Xan Xan
Wild001 Chaos Freedom Chaos Chaos Chaos
Epic001 Elevation Epic Wild Elevation Ele Ele
Epic002 Affliction Epic HOTS home server Affliction Aff Aff
Epic003 Desertion Epic Mol-Rehan home server Desertion Des Des
Epic004 Serenity Epic Jenn-Kellon home server Serenity Ser Ser
Jackal Jackal Jackal Jackal Jackal
Valrei Valrei Home of the gods Valrei n/a n/a
  • [6] The Golden Valley entry server and the Login server are hosted on the same physical server.
  • [7] Ranks and Max Ranks (if applicable) can be found at the bottom of the lists.