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Easily the best crafting mud there is is . Featuring a full 3-4 tiered crafting system (raw materials, processed materials, components, finished products) DartMUD boasts the following:

Gathering - Literally hundreds of raw materials can be gathered. Everything from branches, berries, catnip, nuts, fruits, etc.. Not only that, but the hex based wilderness system features various types of terrain, where other things can be gathered. For instance beaches will allow you to gather items such as sand and driftwood.

Digging - Got a shovel while you're on the beach? You can gather additional items such as rocks, scallops, and conches.

Lumbering - Grab and axe and starting chopping down trees. Over 20 styles of wood can be lumbered, out in the wilderness, different types of trees are more common in different regions. Go and mill your trees into boards, dowel, shavings, or just chop them up into firewood.

Herding - Herd up pack animals. Various herd animals can be tended to, such as chickens, goats, cows, sheep. Breed them, keep them watered and fed, and collect the various raw materials from them such as eggs, milk, and wool. Slaughter them for their hides, meat, tallow, and even intestines. All of these materials can be used in more advanced products.

Fishing - Pole fishing, net fishing, even lobster fishing is available. Pull in loads of shrimp, sardines, various fish types, squids, octopus. Grill them, steam them, poach them, turn them to glue, use them in more advanced recipes.

Cooking - Hardtack, pancakes, blueberry pancakes, shrimp canapes, tomato soup, peanut butter sandwiches, cakes, pies, cookies, sauces. There are many hundreds of recipes that can be created if you have the skill.

Farming - Grow all the raw fruits and vegetables you can think of. Eat them or sell them, or cook them into more advanced recipes.

This is just a partial list of many of the crafting skills that can be learned and trained. Other crafting skills of note include alchemy, milling, tanning, candelry, perfumes, glass, brewing, woodworking, metalworking, construction, sewing.. The list goes on.

These are just some of the crafting skills available in DartMUD, more of a realistic medieval simulation than a simple MUD. There is also a full range of magic, combat, and thievery skills, as well as general skills such as hiking, swimming, climbing etc..

Take a look if you haven't yet. The game also has a full feudal system, guilds, a player run economy, and is entirely custom from end to end.