We make the island more bearable.
The Isle is a hard game. Long sessions, sudden deaths, sometimes slow progression. We can't make it easy. But we can run servers that don't crash, build tools that support you, and keep a community where the people are worth coming back to.
Asura started in February 2019 as a place to play The Isle without the usual community rot. No clan politics, no trial-mod pyramid scheme, no admin who plays favourites. 7 years later, the goal is the same: build something durable that respects the time players put into it.
What we stand for.
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Your time counts.
Asura runs at 2x growth, but the hours people sink into a juvenile still belong to them. Dino storage is free for everyone: save your dino out of the game and bring it back whenever you want.
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Fair play, no exceptions.
No cheating, no meshing, no exploits, and no admin who plays favourites. A ban applies to the person, not just the account.
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Respect, in chat and in voice.
Global chat is English-only and actively monitored. Zero tolerance on hate speech: "it was a joke" is not an excuse. The same rules apply to proximity voice.
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Tools, not paywalls.
Nexus tracks your dinos, friends, market and quests. The free tier covers the basics. Supporter perks are convenience, income and cosmetics, never combat power.
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Built to last.
Asura isn't a clan and it isn't a brand. It started because official servers offered no real support and private ones never lasted. It kept going because it worked.
How it started.
2019
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A 100-slot Thenyaw server.
Asura starts as a single server: [EU] No Rules, High AI. No grand plan. Within a week, we figured out how to inject juvenile sandbox dinos to give players access to the non-survival roster. The community grew faster than the infrastructure could keep up.
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From 100 to 150 slots, V3 map.
Five weeks in, every evening the server was full. We swapped to the V3 map with 150 slots and braced for what came next.
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Asura #2 opens.
A second Thenyaw server, 115 slots. The community had a name now.
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Nicky takes over.
The original founder steps back for personal reasons. Nicky becomes owner. The first staff team forms around the work that's already happening.
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Asura #3 + Death Match.
A third no-buy server for normal-growth players, then a dedicated PvP server. Four servers running, all full at peak.
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The first bots.
The dino maker, the economy system, the gambling system. Admin work that used to take hours per day starts running itself. Admins go back to actually playing.
2025
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Voju arrives. Nexus is born.
A new tech admin joins to help re-structure the team and build the ticket system. We open our first Evrima server, it fills up immediately. "What if we built a website for the Evrima players?" Three weeks later, Nexus ships with the live map. Skins, storage, teleport, and quests follow.
2026
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Two islands.
Asura 3 is shut down for low activity. The community concentrates on two public servers: Asura 1 for survival, Asura 2 for PvP.
Today
64,543+on Discord and counting
7 years from a 100-slot Thenyaw server to one of the oldest communities on The Isle. Built by the people who stayed.
What to expect.
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Close to vanilla
No mods that change core gameplay, 2x growth. Asura 1 is survival and new-player friendly, Asura 2 is tuned for PvP.
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A restart every morning
Every server restarts daily at 06:00 Paris time, with in-game warnings 10 minutes before. Safelog before it.
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Rules that are enforced
Moderators read every report. Cheating, hate speech and ban evasion end in a permanent ban, without warning.
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Help when something breaks
Stuck dino, lost dino, a purchase gone wrong: open a ticket on the Discord. The staff team handles it, usually within hours.
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Free where it matters
Proximity voice chat, dino storage and the island map are free for everyone. Points come from playing, 100 for every minute.
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No surprises
Major changes (new features, wipe schedules, paid tiers) are announced 7 days ahead in
#announcements, so you can plan around them.
Built by many.
Asura isn't two people with a server. It's the players who shape it, the admins who keep it fair, and a lot of ideas that weren't ours. Thank you.
The players
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Skin designers
Many skins in the shop are drawn by players. Thank you Rinjaww, ZZZ, Fudgey, P'John, Alice, Skynelii, Nam, Bw Legris, Silo and everyone else who sent one in.
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Ideas that became features
Live map improvements, seasonal skins, the gaming center for a quick game with friends, groups on Nexus to find players and organise clans. All of them started as suggestions.
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A welcome for new players
Veterans answer questions in chat and on Discord, explain the rules and take newcomers along.
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Events and reports
Players run events, report bugs and cheaters, and try new features before everyone else.
The admins
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Leads the admin team and makes sure everyone plays by the rulesMondi & Cutie Kiarcia
Show every new admin the ropesReaperGoul & Blockislander
Look after the Evrima playersEmmy
Looks after the Deathmatch serversAnd many more
Admins who answer tickets, read every report and keep the servers running day to day
Behind the scenes
Owner
Nicky
Took over Asura in May 2019 and has carried it since: the community, the server costs, moderation, and most of the bots and the in-game economy.
Tech Admin
Voju
Playing on Asura since March 2025. Built Nexus and keeps the servers and the tools running, including at 3am after an update broke the world.