Three hundred eighty. That sounds like a pretty meager number when it comes to most MMO and multiplayer game concurrency records, but for the people running the persistent world Arelith from within Neverwinter Nights, that’s a huge milestone that was met over the past weekend.
The announcement from the server’s Bluesky account contextualizes the achievement further, pointing out that there is a single shard (sans instancing) for all those 380 players and that the number represents a new record in its 22 years of operation. “I am told the dwarves were having a coronation tonight,” the post reads.
Readers will recall that this PW has been cranking out the updates for all these years, and that continued through 2024 with a new class, new areas, additional quests, and events like a celebration of the RPG’s 20th anniversary. All told, it looks like this one is going strong well into this year.
Well, that's a record; in all of our 22 years – 380 concurrent players online.We don't use shards or instancing, so these characters were all sharing one single setting. It goes a long way to creating an immersive #DnD #RPG environment.I am told the dwarves were having a coronation tonight.
— Arelith – A Persistent World (@arelith.bsky.social) 2025-01-26T22:41:33.683Z
