OTS List - OT Server List

What is an OTS?

Open Tibia (abbreviated as OT) is an open-source role-playing game that allows people to create their own servers for the public to play. They may have unique content, brand-new maps, special features or even custom skill/level rates different from those in the original Tibia. Along with Open Tibia comes an Open Tibia community formed by players just like you who want to create something of their own. People within this community help each other, provide tutorials, and contribute to the development of new and improved servers, among other things. Open Tibia (Servers), often abbreviated as OT or OTS, are Tibia game servers not hosted by CipSoft GmbH and are using open source technology created from scratch. They are illegal by the rules of Tibia, and connecting to them using Cipsoft's Tibia client is illegal by law. However, the Open Tibia servers can be legally used.

How does it work?

To connect with the Open Tibia server, you can often use the official Tibia Client. Although you need to change the IP Address to which you connect, some Open Tibia servers have custom clients to connect with. This is because your client must connect to the OT server and not to the official game server. There is software available to do this. Open Tibia servers have often a changed game mechanism with different loot rates (items are dropped more or less frequently), different experience rates (you gain your next level faster or slower), different skill rates (you gain higher skills faster or slower), custom NPC's, monsters, quests and so on. Some OTSs are even completely changing the gameplay. Mostly the map is also different from the usual tibia map, mostly smaller (but some maps are bigger than Cipsoft's one). Often the OTS owner offers premium accounts, items and other advantages for sale for real-life money.

What was the origin of Open Tibia Servers?

It started out as a fun project out of tibia.de, with Tliff being in the lead of it. OTs slowly evolved from there, small square PVP maps with no exhaust system etc. It slowly grew more and more with better systems, some basic quests on the PVP servers etc. At some point, people started making bigger, better maps and actual accounts to progress on. Some 7.4 servers were quite serious, such as the world of the last war with really decent maps and lore. Real maps also started growing back then, with people mapping their own copies. Slightly later, there were trackers where you walked around in-game to track the map and copy it for your OT server. Even later than that came the leaked files from 7.72. After the team on tibia.de, there came a bunch of other teams making large-scale distributions of their versions. The most famous ones are YurOTS and The Forgotten server (TFS). YurOTS was as early as 7.1 and started waning off around version 8. TFS then took over as the main distro for widespread use. This is just a very short explanation and surely lacks a lot of reservations for inaccuracies as this was written purely from memory in a couple of minutes.

How to add your server to our OTS list?

To add your Open Tibia Server to our OT Server List, you must create a free account first. Then you will see the "Add Server" button in the "Account" section. Adding your server is simple. Prepare a good description for our visitors so they will become your players! Remember that good server advertising is not easy and crucial for your server's success.

Is adding a server to the list free?

Adding the server to our ot serv list is completely free. It does not matter how many players you have. We display all servers for the best players' experience.

How do I find the best ot serv?

Our website has advanced filters that allow you to filter the list according to your needs so that finding the perfect server is easier. You can filter our list by open tibia protocol, server difficulty, map type, or hosting region.

How can I contact you?

The easiest way to contact us is to use our Tibia Discord. We have special channels to talk with our users there. We love to hear your feedback and ideas and solve problems you might face with your OT.

How to start an open tibia server?

To start your open tibia server you need an engine, database and client. Read more on how to start the open tibia server.

Does tibia have an open source?

Tibia was not built as an open-source project. However, it was hacked back in 2006 by Toor, aka Dennis. It gave OT servers a great chance to build their servers on top of the stolen files. Nowadays, you can use an open source server (TFS) and open source client (Open Tibia Client or OTCv8) to build your own 2D MMO RPG game and server.