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THE EBON TIDES

A PIRATE MUD — WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE AND FOOLS ARE DROWNED

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The year is 1692. Port Royal rules the Caribbean — city of merchants, cutthroats, privateers, and worse. The seas are alive with danger, treasure, and the whispered curse of the Phantom's Revenge. Your legend begins today.

⚔ SET SAIL 📜 READ THE LORE

Connect via telnet: thefamilypirate.com 4000

⚓ Free to Play
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🗺 Vast Open World
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⚔ 8 Unique Classes
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🏴‍☠️ Player-Driven Factions
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💀 Permadeath Optional

WHY SAIL WITH US?

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Choose Your Path

Become a feared pirate captain, a cunning privateer, a voodoo witchdoctor, or a decorated naval officer. Every choice shapes your legend.

View Classes →
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The Living Sea

Sail the Caribbean waters, discover hidden coves, hunt sea monsters, and weather hurricanes. The ocean rewards the bold and swallows the foolish.

Explore the World →
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Dark Legends

The cursed ghost ship Phantom's Revenge haunts these waters. Ancient sea gods demand tribute. The dead don't always stay dead in the Ebon Tides.

Read the Lore →
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Faction Warfare

Align with the Pirates' Brotherhood, the Royal Navy, the Merchant Guild, or the mysterious Voodoo Circle. Alliances shift. Betrayal is always an option.

Meet the Factions →
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Treasure Awaits

Decrypt ancient treasure maps, raid Spanish galleons, and solve mysteries that span the entire Caribbean. Fortune favors the cunning.

Find Treasure →
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Classic MUD Experience

Built on TBA MUD 3.68 — a beloved classic engine with modern improvements. No graphics needed. Pure imagination, pure adventure.

How to Play →

THE LEGEND OF BLACKWATER JACK

They say he was hanged twice and survived both times. That the sea itself refuses to claim him. That somewhere in the waters east of Tortuga, aboard the Phantom's Revenge, Blackwater Jack still sails — neither fully alive nor fully dead — commanding a crew of the damned.

The Admiralty has offered 5,000 gold pieces for his head. Fifteen ships have tried to collect that bounty. None returned.

Read His Story → 
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  THE PHANTOM'S REVENGE

READY TO SAIL?

Three ways to enter the Ebon Tides:

🌐 Web Client

No download needed. Play in your browser.

Play in Browser

💻 Telnet

Classic connection for the purists.

telnet thefamilypirate.com 4000

🖥 MUD Client

Best experience with MUSHclient or Mudlet.

Host: thefamilypirate.com
Port: 4000