A WHEEL OF TIME MUD

Your thread in the Pattern begins here.

Enter a living, text-based world inspired by Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. Choose your path, explore the Westlands, and make your story.

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THE WHEEL TURNS

A world worth getting lost in.

As the Wheel Weaves brings the world of the books to a multiplayer text adventure. Explore, fight, quest, build your character, and meet other players across the Pattern.

1997World first opened

2Paths: the blade or the One Power

250Levels to your first rebirth

25Rebirth tiers to master

Choose your path

Build a character from Wheel of Time inspired races and make your own place in the world.

Explore & battle

Travel through sprawling areas, face dangerous enemies, and grow stronger as you go.

Find your people

Quest, roleplay, and share the journey with a community of fellow players.

THE WORLD YOU'LL JOIN

Two dozen peoples. A guild for every path.

Your character's race shapes where your story starts — and once you've found your feet, a guild gives it direction.

Races of the Pattern

AndorAmadorIllianShienarDomaniAielOgierTairenCairhienTuathanSeanchanSharanAltaraTrollocArafelTarabonKandorMayeneTwo RiversMalkierNymGraymanGhealdanMurandySaldaea

Guilds & orders

The White TowerAes Sedai, Warders, and the Tower Guard — led by the Amyrlin Seat.
AndorThe Queen's Guard and the Band of the Red Hand.
The Black TowerAsha'man - led by the M'hael.
The AielChieftains, Wise Ones, and the People of the Dragon.
The OgierTreeBrothers and TreeSisters of the Stump.
The SeanchanThe Blood, the Deathwatch Guard, and the Seekers.
The ShadowDarkfriends and Dreadlords.
And moreGleemen, the Children of the Light, DragonSworn, Companions, and other active and inactive guilds you'll discover in play.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

How the world actually plays.

Blade or the One PowerNew characters choose a weapon-fighter or a channeler during character creation — each learns a completely different set of skills.
Level, quest, and rebirthProgress through the early levels toward 250, then rebirth to carry lasting strength into 25 escalating tiers.
Grouping & guildsTeam up with group and gtell, join a guild, or ask on the help channel — the community teaches as much as the game does.
100% text, keyboard-drivenNo graphics to download — every room, fight, and choice is written prose you read and respond to with typed commands.
PvE, with occasional PvP tournamentsThe world is player-vs-environment by default; staff-run PvP tournaments happen from time to time for those who want to test themselves against other players.
RP or non-RP, your callPlay it in-character or just play — roleplay is welcomed but no longer required. Pick whichever fits how you like to game.
A respectful tableHarassment of any kind isn't tolerated, and the Staff enforces the rules under a zero-tolerance policy — type help policy in game for the full list.

SEE IT IN ACTION

A world built on words.

The game is text, start to finish — every room, fight, and choice is written prose you read and respond to. Here's an actual excerpt from inside the Oval Plaza in Caemlyn.

> look
Caemlyn New City - The Oval Plaza

  All roads lead to Caemlyn, it is oftimes said, and that old adage is proven true here where the Road of Lions, Caemlyn Road, and the multitude of byways and side streets that crisscross the city converge together to form possibly the largest marketplace in the known world.  The Oval Plaza is a madhouse of activity, with folk from all walks of life straining against each other to make headway through the throng of bodies that crowd the streets.  At every corner there is a merchant pawning off whatever can be sold to whoever is willing to buy.  Queen's Guard in their deep red cloaks and brightly polished breastplates make a vain attempt to control the mob, but to no avail.  Towards the south the gleaming spires of the Inner City rise up like fingers reaching for the sky, the colorful banners of all the noble houses flying from their peaks.  To the north, east, and west roads lead out of the plaza into the city.

[Obvious Exits: north east south west up down southeast southwest northwest]
    A ring of marble benches encloses the fountain.
    A great, oval shaped fountain sits in the center of the plaza.
Rogwyn

A genuine in-game excerpt from the Oval Plaza in Caemlyn.

A PLACE TO BEGIN

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