Uru Glossary
Fan created Ages
Fan created Ages
Since 2007-2008 more and more fan created Ages have become available. Some of them are simple and experimental only, some of them are beautiful small gems to explore and see, some of them are interactive ones with simple or complex puzzles. These Ages can be downloaded and embedded into the offline TPOTS. The simplest way is to install and use the user-friendly Drizzle toolkit. It will install the mandatory offline KI, too. Manual download of the ages in zipped form is possible from the Deep Island UAM database (install manually only if you know what you are doing!).
The Gallery of Fan Created Ages with screenshots is available here (Probably more fresh than this list – only those are included here that I personally visited.) Janaba's older version of the gallery (2012) with brief descriptions, hints and links to walkthroughs (if any) is downloadable in pdf format from here or directly from here. It also contains links to UAM Wiki, this compliation contains everything about Ages published up to 2011. Short info, spoilers and tips on many fan Ages can be gathered from the Fan Age Expeditions of Korovev. Many links to those pages are included in this compilation.
From 2010 the online Uru is available at independent public shards as well. For the time being, the Gehn Shard, the Open Cave Shard, the Deep Island shard and the Minkata Test Shard are available. The most important is that besides Cyan's "official" Ages the majority of the fan created ages are also available for online playing. To get more about the available shards and how to install them check at Guilds of Messengers.
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Simple graphics/texture. Just explore with no or minimal interactivity (open door, use elevator)
Journal(s) to read (IC history of the Age, explorers' journal, addenda to the D'ni history or people, etc.)
One or more puzzles to solve.
Have fun alone or with your friends! (Usually not classical D'ni Ages.)
This Age has been created with educational purposes in mind, usually not Uru-related.
The place is somewhere in the D'ni cavern.
Two or icons () mean more long or serious journals to read or complex puzzles to solve.
More than one icon means that the Age has a good graphics quality (,) (using vertex shading, etc.)
(The use of these multiple icons is a bit subjective, I admit. See here)
ver. Nov 8, 2024
An abandoned wreck. 
The Age of a mysteriously perished civilization. Try to reveal the fate of a disappeared explorer. 
Available through the 
DRA office. (One of the best fan Ages so far.) Walkthrough A beautiful gallery of classical paintings in a house surrounded by nice flowers. A melancholy place on a little island. 
A previously unknown place in the D'ni cavern. A few halls with large maps at the shore of the Great lake. 
Info A vast city with 150 shells (districts), which are available to Age Builders. Several shells already contain interesting buildings or open up the way to interesting fan fiction places. Ahra Pahts at the GoW site. 
A stormy mesa in an unstable Age. 
Start the energy collector and stabilize the Age. A mountain lake with an island. 
Secret doors, rotating benches and shelves... find your way through the passages. 
Info and walkthrough A vast Age to explore. But at first you have to overcome the grated doors to get out from the caves. You may want to visit several edifices in the mountains. Continues in Alabaster 2 and 3. 
Walkthrough An alternative starting point for all MOUL and Myst V Ages. 
An early experimental Age. A memorial Age of late Uru explorers. 
Have you find all of the colourful banners and cloths? 
Their patterns conceal the secret of Eye of Shaldor. Tour Go and play backgammon with your buddies. 
A lonely residence in a lonely island with shell related puzzles (second Age of the Elonin → Beach House → Cafe → Tsameti journey). 
A small but gorgeous garden Age, worth visiting. 
A rather simple but funny Age. Be a living bowling ball! 
A small Age with weird indigenous plants and a sauna cabin. Info 
An early created but nice place in the moonlight. 
Resting place in the middle of nowhere. Find the lost linking book to Tsameti as well as a new Relto page (third Age of the Elonin → Beach House → Cafe → Tsameti journey). 
A huge and gorgeous mechanical complex or factory, a floating city, whatever, in a canyon. Unfortunately, it is an unfinished project, textures still missing, however, it is well worth of roaming in it. A lot of place to discover in flymode. 
Info A tiny but nice anteroom of a probably bigger place. Backstory and info 
A sumptuous cathedral with many naves, aisles, halls, galleries and gorgeous stained glasses as well as with evil doors, machines and instruments. A lot of things to do! 
Walkthrough Just explore in and around the city. 
Go and play checker with your buddies. 
A cosy little study. Read about the explorers' field work in Eder Licinius. 
Great! If you like chemistry roam about in the periodic table... erm... periodic maze of the chemical elements. 
You may want to explore the crater, to swim in the underground lake and to find the secret room. 
Some info and spoiler Take a trip to the Cretaceous geological period of the Earth Age and have a look on tricerotops, tyrannosaurus and other dinosaurs. 
Info Not fan Ages but Cyan created worlds. These two worlds are found in the CD supplement of the book of Cecilia Dart-Thornton: Crowthistle Chronicles – The Well of Tears and can be imported into Uru.
Take a tour and explore the mazelike village in the marsh. 
A breathtaking mountain village between two waterfalls in the sunset. A masterpiece. 
A tiny Age with a tropical beach to study the behaviour of water and waves. 
Unfortunately, it is broken. Several Ages are interlaced in the subtle story of Devokan (a fan fiction). You should pay a visit to Ahra Pahts shell 415, Neolbah, Skysong, Serene, read the explorers' journals there and probe into the Devokan topics of the forums. What is the Celestial Clock? Speculations about an ancient Tardis... and much more. More info Don't miss to visit this notable tiny temple. 
Info The D'ni Research Association is a new organization dedicated to the exploration of the one-time D'ni realm. 
It's office is the starting point for other Ages. Take a lesson in geology: geological time scale of the Earth Age and Wegener's continental drift theory (perhaps the ancient Ronay people wrote it into the Book of Earth...) 
Info A simple age, but... uh, whimsical and weird! 
Jump or step into the gravitational well! For more fun, take your friends with you! 
A small garden Age, just go and explore. 
A lot of mechanical puzzles, coded switch boards and mazes until you find your way to the secret gardens under the rainbow. (Last part The Secret of the Rainbow series: Shorah Pahts, Lonirvan, Tentsahveet, Somahoglan and Edereden.) 
A garden Age with a plaza on the hillside and a cave. Linking Book to Chloe's Hood Office. 
A walkway above the valley with a few strange plants. 
or The Garden of Love, was used for special ceremonies – weddings especially. The first Garden Age on a not Earth-type planet. 
Info A nice remake of the Eder Tomahn (D'ni way station) and the Great Shaft (Crescent) with a pub and guest room added. 
A tiny but very atmospheric Age, a barren valley with excellent textures. 
An immersive Age so vast that it had to be split to four parts. To advance and explore you have to find many journey cloths (7 in each part) and solve several puzzles. It is a first class exploration area, but it would have deserved better quality of textures.
Having been struggled out from the caves you have to comb the area for the journey clothes. 
A vast labirynthine underground city. Look for the hospital! 
Tunnels, passages, gates, lava canals. 
After a nearly endless climbing in a shaft you get down into the caves with treasure rooms somewhere. 
Underground apartmants and garden domes. Find the linking book to the Beach House (first Age of the Elonin → Beach House → Cafe → Tsameti journey). 
A little help. A modified version is available in MOUL. After struggling with closed doors and green buttons in a cave system, you end up at a huge gloomy sea with several gloomy islands and reefs to explore. Part of a trilogy with Somewhere and Iceworld. 
Walkthrough, tips If you are a fan of 3D mazes, explore it. 
Info) Visit an active vulcano and lava caves in the Eocen geological period of the Earth. 
A small lake with a bridge, mounds and waterfalls between the mountains under the spooky green sky. 
A beautiful small garden Age with odd plants. Backstory and Info 
A D'ni house with a corpse and two journals in the cavern. Info 
A huge and very atmospheric swamp with odd flora and fauna. 
An edifice with spiralling walkways. 
An early Age. Explore the hollow pinnacle. 
A gloomy and macabre age with a touch of surrealistic feeling. Explore the cave and find the hidden treasures of the pirates. 
Info A bucolic, verdant farm with an idillic lake. And a bubble forcefield waiting for deactivating. 
At its name suggests, a simple hallway and corridors with rooms to peep in, with simple tasks for kids. 
It is a fun Age with cartoonlike floating islands. 
infoSlide in the sky! Huiiii! A rollercoaster play Age. 
An icy world, but you'll get warm till you get out from the house. Part of a trilogy with Somewhere and Elsewhere. 
Info and walkthroughA lot of to explore there, read the explorers' journals. 
One of the oldest interactive Ages. info, tips Explore the cave city, disable the laser barriers and find the ship. 
One of the oldest interactive fan Ages with quite good textures. A recently restored establishment in Ae'gura with repaired imagers. 
An early experimental Age. 
It is a geographical model of a quarry at Kinnekulle mountain, Sweden. You can learn a bit about Cambrian fossils, limestone and sediments. (Some notes are in Swedish, so read the remark from Korovev's post) 
A beautiful cove and a cabin in the sunset, an ideal place for a quiet week-end. 
There is a cave nearby, not open to visitors for the time being. Advance to the antechamber of cube. Grr... 
Lonirvan is a real challenge with its 9 levels of puzzles and a beast to overcome. (Part of The Secret of the Rainbow series: Shorah Pahts, Lonirvan, Tentsahveet, Somahoglan and Edereden.) 
Stonehenge on the reefs of space. Have a nice hopping between the celestial isles! Your reward is a Relto page. 
On the face of it, a nice small island with a castle with links to other fan ages inside... but much more adventures are waiting on you at the "other side of the mirror" 
A simple Age written for kids to practice how to create geometric shapes from blocks. 
If you liked island hopping at Relto, you'll like Maw, too. 
Explore the 4 caves by jumping from pillar to pillar. Hear the message and explore the land and its flora and find the tresure. Info 
You may have a rest in this well-known place, Myst by night. By the way, don't forget to open the safe. (Third part of the Path of the Lost Ages series, along with Palamary Bay, Peridia and The Ruins of Azmar.) 
Some help You can found here several journals and letters to read and an imager and laptop with images to see. In one journal there is ample material about Devokan. 
Info, spoiler A mazelike gallery of pictures from the fan Ages. 
One of the first Ages with good quality and realistic textures. Unfortunately, Eddie is broken in the newer version, so install the older one if you want to play with him in the valleys. 
This is for you, if you like the endless mazes. 
A cute mushroom house surrounded by swaying tall grass in the forest. 
Cross the lava river, enter the maze and explore the tomb and the secret doors. 
A few tips and spoilers Visit an Ordovocian ocean park 458 millions years ago and dive in the prehistoric ocean. 
A floating island with a nice hidden room inside. 
Some info Ice and snow... A frozen wasteland to go and see and read the story of its exploration. 
A big and subtle Age with towers, caves, beach houses, ships, closed doors, etc., much to see and explore. Loosely connected with the original Myst storyline. If you like to solve (over)complicated puzzles, this is for you. (First part of the Path of the Lost Ages series, along with Peridia, Myst Refuge and The Ruins of Azmar.) 
Some help Interesting idea. Swim and visit the three tower islands in the blue see. 
Floating islands in the dark space. (Second part of the Path of the Lost Ages series, along with Palamary Bay, Myst Refugee and the Ruins of Azmar.) 
(Some help) If you have nerves of steel, you may try and get the ring! 
Acrobatics and exploration in a slippery celestial edifice. Info 
There is a farm in the maze-like canyon. Read the journal and find the hidden way to the underground. 
A simple Age written for kids to practice numbers while crossing the river. 
Gorgeous! Go and explore this fantastic house of Escher!. 
An interesting Age with huge spiralling pinnacles under the lilac sky. 
Climb and discover, with a few puzzles. Info and spoilerFountain 
(Found in the Cafe Age.)Cones 
Jack O'Lantern 
Keg of D'ni Lake Water 
Megalith 
(Reward in The Lost Stonehenge Age.)Mushrooms 
Riven (Moiety) Dagger 
(Reward in the R'Oshanhnin Korvahkhn Age.)Ruin 
Tardis 
Ye Old Privy 
Different simple worlds in four spheres. 
Hint Find the lost Linking Book: overcome coded doors, find journeys, beware the Cave of Darkness, avoid snakes – a thrilling adventure. Your reward is a Relto page. 
Info and spoilers A dark and gloomy place. Look for gold! (Fourth part of the Path of the Lost Ages series, along with Palamary Bay, Peridia and Myst Refugee.) 
Some help Take a walk in the peaceful snowfall. 
A barren island. A simple experimental Age. 
A simple experimental Age. 
A simple experimental Age. 
A simple experimental Age. 
A simple experimental Age. Solve the puzzle of the paintings to get clues for Zefora. 
You have to pay a visit to Zefora. Info and spoiler Enter the impressive cave-temple and read the journal to learn a taste of D'ni history. 
Info Start the solar energy panels and discover this labyrinthine Age. (First part The Secret of the Rainbow series: Shorah Pahts, Lonirvan, Tentsahveet, Somahoglan and Edereden.) 
A room floating in the space somewhere, sometime. 
You cannot access it directly, you have to get involved in the Devokan story. Up, up the tower! But you have to deal with flowers, animals, mazes... (Part of The Secret of the Rainbow series: Shorah Pahts, Lonirvan, Tentsahveet, Somahoglan and Edereden.) 
A huge Age to explore, with many hidden places, caves, mountain paths, cable car. It would be a great place with better quality textures. Part of a trilogy with Iceworld and Elsewhere. 
Info and walkthrough A well-made Age with outdoor and indoor activities. 
Discover the analysis room and the mine, solve the puzzles. Some help and spoiler Testing area of different footstep sounds. 
A simple spiral rock formation. 
Geometry lesson in the middle of nowhere. 
A newer version contains a dance floor with strobe lights. Info A small green valley between high rock walls. 
A desert Age with pyramids, temples, ruins and secret tunnels and of course, several puzzles. 
One of the oldest fan Ages. Info. Walkthrough in Janaba's collection. A nice and peaceful Asian village at a lake in the sunset 
A pleasant place to have a walk. Explore this age only if you like to map the maze of chasms in order to find codes and linking totems. (Part of The Secret of the Rainbow series: Shorah Pahts, Lonirvan, Tentsahveet, Somahoglan and Edereden.) 
Info An underground family Age with several rooms and spiralling corridors and combination locks. 
Available in MOUL as well. a.k.a. Testing In the Null Ages. An experimental Age for Writers. 
Explore the building and the tunnels. Beware, the elevators are missing!. 
Some info Cass Explore the branched tunnels and a small valley Info and spoiler 
(book in French) This tiny place was probably the office of the writer of Bimevi, Fens and Maw. 
A very nice Age, resembles to the Neighbourhoods. While enjoying the luxory self-catering apartments don't forget to solve the riddle of the way to home. 
Some info and spoilers here and here An odd artificial island made of sandstone cubes under the hot sun in the middle of the sea. 
A place belonging to the Guild of Artists with water problems owing to a pump. (fourth Age of the Elonin → Beach House → Cafe → Tsameti journey). 
Info This Age strongly resembles to the D'ni Cavern and was probably a fire marble production site. 
The Age is available only through Zefora. Info Explore the maze to get to the huge green crystal. 
Info and spoiler Explore the hydroelectric power plant. Beware in the turbine pit! 
Explore the huge area, find the 7 turtle journey cloths and reach the concert hall. You might spend several hours here. 
Info and solution A simple experimental Age. 
Explore three rocky islands and find the hidden tarn. 
Explore the underground and the surface. 
A barren island. An early experimental Age. 
Find and explore the secret rooms under the world. 
Some info An abandoned stormy D'ni Age obscured by greenish fog. 
Some info Don't miss to explore this wonderful place. Located on one of the private islands of the Great D'ni Lake, it was probably the property of the Guild of Writers. 
Info Find your way through this gloomy 3D maze, where only sound signals and arrows help you to get to a well known book. 
Info and solution A barren desert Age with an edifice and some puzzles. 
Some info and spoiler Wyoming in the Cretaceous period. 
It was probably an ancient culture complex and educational centre, now restored for public use. 
Info A small Age, obviously it is of religious and ritual significance. 
Info A strange building in the middle of the sea. Find the way to night Zefora. To solve the Age you have to pay a visit to Shinelight Manor. 
Info and spoiler A pleasant beach with foaming sea. 
Find and explore the cave of crystals. Guide
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