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MUME Help
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DELAYED COMMAND

Certain commands need time to perform, such as spellcasting. This pause is represented by a "twiddling" prompt: /, -, \, |, …

Many actions are now cancelable while the delay is running by typing a carriage return. Other input will not cancel and will be handled after the delay.

Some common cancelable delayed commands are: track, backstab, kick, bash, reveal, search, pick, escape, steal, and cast.

Generated on Tue Oct 14 20:48:22 2025

What is MUME?

MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer text-based online game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth during the epic wars of the late Third Age between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the Free peoples. MUME is completely at no cost and has been continuously running, expanded, and remastered by a community of volunteers since 1991.

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