A Land Far Away: Sea of Swords is a Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition persistent world made up of two portal-linked servers, based on the D&D 3.5e rulebook and set in the Sea of Swords region of the Forgotten Realms campaign world.
Read more below – or just dive right in, by logging in to any of our servers via the in-game server list! The server names are ALFA: Sea of Swords and ALFA:SOS – Moonshae Isles, and all custom game content is downloaded automatically when you first log in.
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⚔️ Learn more about each of the three Sea of Swords servers
⚔️ Learn more about our custom mechanics and systems
An open world, on a vast scale
Our world is made up of two linked game servers: Sea of Swords (covering Waterdeep, Daggerford, Sword Mountains and Skullport/Undermountain), and the Moonshae Isles. Players travel between the servers using automated server portal, enabling your character to roam across a vast portion of the classic Forgotten Realms setting.
Story comes first
A Land Far Away (‘ALFA’) is a roleplay-first setting, where players create characters that live in a persistent, plausible fantasy world. Our servers strive to create a fun game that emulates the spirit of classic tabletop D&D in a persistent, online game.
A powerful heritage
The ALFA project is over 20 years old. Read more about our philosophy, gameplay and rules approach – as well as our history and the development of the current ‘unofficial’ NWN: Enhanced Edition ALFA projects.
ALFA: Sea of Swords, launched in 2022, aims to continue the strong tradition of story-based D&D gaming that ALFA embodies, using the Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition game platform.
The ALFA: Sea of Swords servers
ALFA: Sea of Swords is a world of interesting characters and meaningful consequences unlike anything you will find in a traditional MMO. Forget grinding and instead blaze your own path to glory or infamy in whatever interesting way you can think of… or die trying.
As we say: Welcome to ALFA, and good luck with your second character!
Where to start
You can access our servers via the in-game server browser; simply sort the list by Name and look for the servers beginning with the word ‘ALFA’.
There are currently two live servers in the Sea of Swords persistent world. The first choice you will need to make is… where to begin? You can choose any of the three servers as your starting point, but remember – you can easily travel between the servers, once you’ve gained enough coin and courage for the journey. ALFA is one world; there are no boundaries to your exploration, so long as you’re willing to accept the risk.
⚔️Sea of Swords (Waterdeep & Daggerford) Server
The City of Splendors itself is known far and wide. Great wealth and power is concentrated here, and there is no end to intrigue, as the city itself is ruled by the secretive masked lords. Behind every merchant and storefront lies myriad scoundrels and thieves, providing countless opportunities for the resourceful adventurer.
The area between the two great cities of the Sword Coast—Waterdeep and Baldur’s Gate—is dominated by the Duchy of Daggerford, a modest walled city that grew from roots as a farming settlement, but which has grand ambitions and grave dangers.
⚔️The Moonshaes Isles Server
A rugged archipelago of innumerable islands, large and small, far out at sea away from the mainland. The Isles provide a unique, rural setting for campaigns and exploration.
Gameplay in ALFA: Sea of Swords
Like all NWN live server projects, our world is constantly being developed and updated with new content, custom features, and custom mechanics. Our builders and scripters work hard to make awesome and fun stuff for players to do – whilst our DMs work hard to create enthralling character and server plots and campaign stories.
Features, Gameplay, and Custom Mechanics
ALFA SoS servers have unique challenges and systems to learn and master, however there are basic similarities that you can expect on any server.
- Dungeons and Loot
- A huge number of static dungeons and scripted quests exist in our world, providing challenging opportunities for exploration, enemy encounters and rewards. Each player character may defeat a dungeon boss once and cash in a loot note for that boss with a DM for unique loot! The number of exciting dungeons and hostile exploration zones is constantly expanding as we continue to build out more of the world.
- Henchmen, Pets, and Familiars
- Not every character needs to be a stoic loner. Nature-loving classes can befriend animals that will serve as faithful companions. All characters can purchase a variety of pets, and some spellcaster classes have access to familiars.
- Resource gathering
- Using the Hunting Knife and Syringe items, as well as skills such as Lore and Search, players can seek out valuable crafting resources such as minerals, herbs, gems and mushrooms.
- Mining
- Delve into the depths to discover valuable ore that can be used by skilled craftsmen to create fabulous weapons and armor.
- Brewing & Alchemy
- Brew magical and non-magical concoctions using custom components, recipes, and spells for use in your adventures or to sell to build fabulous wealth. A vast array of possibilities exists in this complex crafting system, and players can use the Experimentation Mode on alchemy tables to attempt to discover valuable new recipes for potions and concoctions.
- Enchanting / Craft Wondrous Item
- Spellcasters who can master the arcane are able to create truly fabulous magical aids as your party faces greater challenges.
- Crafting Weapons/Armor
- Smiths can fashion impressive weapons and armor so that you no longer have to rely on fickle and stingy store clerks.
For a detailed list at each server’s customs systems and mechanics, look no further than here: Sea of Swords Custom Mechanics
