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Terminal Memory – Chapter One
The first Hack Dungeon extended quest in Starmourn is now live! Learn how to get started in the first chapter of Terminal Memory.
Read more...It’s Story Time: A Glance Forward To 2023
Here’s a look ahead from the Storytelling team, covering our major projects and dreams for 2023.
Read more...Space Trucking Preview
Hi all! Neritus here. I’ve been hard at work coding Space Trucking and its surrounding systems, supported by the rest of the team for ideas, lore input, and mechanics. The project has been quite satisfying to my geekdom, so I wanted to take a moment to reflect and provide a preview of the upcoming feature release, coming mostly likely sometime in March. There will be quite a few new activities to do in Space, so it’s also a good opportunity to prepare players for what’s coming and garner input before it lands.
Read more...Starmourn 2021 Year in Review: Celebrating our Best Year Ever!
Hello Spacers! The time has come for our end of year roundup, and I hope you’ll all agree that it has been an AMAZING year for Starmourn. We saw the introduction of player housing, real world player shops, Hardcore mode (permadeath), daily streaks, battlebots, a ship arena, several major new areas, a new tradeskill, a…
Read more...Grab a free gift on us! – Happy 3rd Birthday Starmourn!
Starmourn’s third birthday!
Read more...Hab yourself a merry little Winterflame! (Christmas, in space!)
December in Starmourn is all about Winterflame and our brand new HABITATIONS system, where you can buy your very own space home. I hope you’ve all got your winter bobble hats ready and your elasticated space jeans on, because this December is a complete treat glutton, you lucky things, you. Winterflame is here again… For…
Read more...How long will you streak in Starmourn!?
Hey Starmourners, if you like to play Starmourn every day, we have good news for you! If you WANT to play Starmourn every day, but needed more incentive to do so- we still have good news for you. (And if you don’t care, the good news is things aren’t going to change.) By now, you…
Read more...New Ships, New Storytellers, and New Selubir – Oh My!
Been a minute since we updated the website, so here’s what we’ve been up to lately, Starmourners! Selubir Expands! The incredibly hard work and artistry of Damiel and Soren is revealed in their biggest, most lovingly detailed project yet. The planet Selubir, a dusty, orange-colored human colony known most famously as the homeworld of Cassandra…
Read more...Wanted: New Storytellers!
The Starmourn team currently has an opening for a new Storyteller – possibly two if we get some really good applicants – and we are looking for someone or someones with enthusiasm and passion to shape the future of everyone’s favorite space mud! Storytellers are meant, first and foremost, to drive player stories in an…
Read more...Looking Forward – 2021
In our last post, we reviewed the major changes and highlights that happened over the course of 2020. (A lot of things!) In this post, we’ll offer a teaser of what we hope to get to in the coming year! In 2021, balancing and enhancing combat (especially pvp combat) will remain a huge and ongoing…
Read more...Hindsight is 2020 – Starmourn’s Year in Review!
Enough has been said about how hard 2020 was for everyone – so instead, as is an Iron Realms tradition, let’s take some time to look back at the highlights of 2020! The things that made this year more bearable and fun for our growing Starmourn community. January – Classleads In January of 2020, we…
Read more...Happy Birthday, Starmourn!
Hi, Starmourners! Tomorrow, December 15th, Starmourn turns 2 years old. The best Sci Fi mud in the world has gone through a lot of changes in the past year. We created new areas like the Sabiak Teahouse, the Tosmar Wildlife Reserve, and the Gnomon Institute. We revamped Dynasties, launched Talents for a post-75 endgame experience,…
Read more...Maximize Your Skills With The Cyber Monday Lesson Sale!
OBVIOUSLY with a name like “Cyber Monday” Starmourn is going to have to participate. So this is just a friendly reminder that for a full 24 hours on Monday, November 30th, you may purchase the CyberMonday Lesson package. The package is 1000 lessons for $10 dollars and may be purchased only once per character. You can pick up that…
Read more...BIG NEWS! Introducing Challenge 75 – tell your friends!
Attention Starmourn!!! As we all know, new players are the lifeblood of any mud, and Starmourn is no exception to that rule. That’s why we are introducing CHALLENGE 75, a brand new initiative to encourage character creation, participation, and retention. For a limited time only, characters created after November 1st, 2020 will have the opportunity…
Read more...Work For Iron Realms!
Have you ever wanted to work on a professional MUD? Iron Realms Entertainment is looking to hire a new part-time coder for Starmourn. In this position, you would be working with Eukelade (Laura Lindborg), the lead Producer for Starmourn. Even though your primary job revolves around code, you would be part of the visible face…
Read more...Starmourn Discord Goes Official
For several years, our enthusiastic playerbase has been discussing Starmourn in an unofficial, fan-made Discord channel. In fact, the community has grown to such a great size, and has such a great moderating team, we’ve decided to take steps to improve the Discord experience and integrate it more fully with our game. Starting today, the…
Read more...Black Lives Matter
Over the last week, millions of people have protested the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others. Citizens of the United States and other countries are demanding justice and equity. We’re seeing a movement for change that hasn’t been seen in our lifetimes, and it’s long overdue. First, we stand with the Black…
Read more...All In The Family: The Dynasty Update
Dynasties have been a unique feature of Starmourn since launch, and they’ve been well overdue for an update. That update has arrived – along with some bonus changes to how player factions are run! Let’s go over what’s new when it comes to dynasties and factions in Starmourn. Dynasty Changes Complete Customization. Rather than relying…
Read more...A Message from Aurelius
Hey Starmourners. Eukelade here, to introduce a very special message from our CEO, Matt Mihály. I’ll have more Starmourn-specific things to tell you after the letter, but for now, let’s read what Matt has to say! I think it’s pretty important! Greetings, citizens of the Iron Realms, I hope everyone’s doing as well as they…
Read more...Introducing Daily Credits!
Starmourners (and anyone else reading this), we’ve got some awesome news today and we hope you’re as excited about it as we are! Starmourn is now introducing a way for all players to gain up to 20 BOUND Credits each RL day. Performing various tasks in game will reward you with 1-2 bound credits, up…
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