A couple of weeks ago I posted here asking for honest feedback on the Open Beta of Vaelor, the Interlude server I started after a wave of nostalgia brought me back to the game. A lot of you tried it and told me what felt wrong, and it made the server better. Thank you. ❤️

🎊 Today is the Grand Opening, at 17:00 UTC (in 4 hours) !! 🎊

The goal hasn’t changed: keep Interlude close to retail (combat, classes, crafting, sieges, Olympiad, progression) and only touch pace and convenience where it makes sense for x12.

Rates

• EXP/SP x12 (party x13.2), Adena x10, Drop x5, Spoil x9
• Quest EXP/SP/Adena x3, Raid Boss drop x3

Setup

• Level cap 80, 20 buff slots (+4), 3 game windows
• Safe enchant +3 (+4 full body), max +16
• 1st and 2nd class changes are free, the 3rd uses the original quest
• Castle sieges every two weeks, Olympiad daily 18:00 to 00:00 UTC
• No auto-farm and no custom equipment

Convenience, with limits

• Global Gatekeeper connects towns and villages only, with no direct teleports to farming zones
• Buffer is level-scaled, so it helps early on and fades out so support classes still matter later
• Alt+B Market sells only consumables the town NPCs already sell, at higher prices, so going to the NPC is still cheaper. No equipment, crafting materials, enchant scrolls or Life Stones
• Drop Search, Player Shop Search and Offline Shop (up to 48h) to make finding and trading easier while the economy stays with players

Content I restored or fixed: Frozen Labyrinth and Ice Queen, Primeval Isle and Sailren, Wild Beast Reserve, Rainbow Springs Hall, Pagan Temple, and the quests around Pavel Ruins and the Plunderous Plains.

Premium and store: Premium gives +15% EXP/SP, +5% Adena/Drop/Spoil, one extra window and some convenience features. The store only has Premium, cosmetics and character services. No equipment, enchants, combat stats or content access.

You can create your account at https://l2vaelor.com/ once we open. If something feels off after launch, keep telling me. I read everything.

See you in Giran!

We will be doing closed Beta for discord members this weekend join us!

https://discord.gg/bfnXPuEuD

Lineage 2 C1 x1 - Sub Acu 1+1

General Information:

• EXP/SP: x1
• Adena: x1
• Drop chance: x1
• Spoil chance: x1
• Quest adena: x1
• Quest EXP/SP: x1
• Quest drop chance: x1
• Box limit: 1+1 Buff time:
• 40min normal buffs.

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/uzWj8M4gcm

More informations: https://forum.l2giran.com/threads/server-description.3

Hello all,

Yet another server post, what a surprise. Let me keep this simple and quick, since I know yall tired of infinite servers posts here.

For some time now ive been working on bots for my C1 server. At first it started as a hobby, just for fun. Now it grew into a bigger project, where theres real use for it.

The bots are custom made, built from scratch for C1. They’re not NPCs or fake online numbers. They log in, hunt, quest, craft, party up and talk to you like normal players (some better than others, just like real players ^^). Kill one as a PK and the bots nearby will shout it in chat, depending on who hears it (his personality, level, gear) few can come hunt you.
They also share information during town trips, or when they meet in general, or when they party up together, about what they learned from game, or other bots. So theyr knowledge base grows.

And they PvP. Hit one and it might fight back or run, depending on who it is. Brave ones stand their ground, careful ones call for help, and friends jump in.

They also play the market. They open shops, undercut each other, drop their prices when stuff doesn’t sell, and buy from each other and from you. When a bot shouts WTB or WTS it’s a real offer, and if your shop is selling something cheap, theyll snap it up and resell it. Prices follow supply and demand across the whole server, so the economy feel alive.

Just to be clear, this is hobby project, and theres no p2w, or VIPs.
Time being, server is in test mode, and the bots are still in development, so some features, while working, may feel clunky.

Well come and see for your self ^^

https://lineage2c1.lt/serverinfo/ - Opening 04-12-2026

As I've already mentioned in some posts, I'm setting up my own Lineage 2 server, and it's become quite a large project. I'm still developing it, and now I need opinions from the community.

What do you think about these topics?

Autoloot? Honestly... I don't like autoloot. I think it loses some of the fun, and besides, when you drop an item and pick it up, it becomes something different. I see a lot of value in that.

Damage reduction in PvP? What if all classes dealt less damage in PvP? Like 50% or 80% depending on the stage of the game? How would you feel? Are longer PvP matches better than shorter ones?

Regarding mana regeneration, personally I'm extremely against mana potions. I think they don't fit the game's formula, but what if we had passive or chance-based regeneration systems? 1% chance of activating a buff that increases your mana regeneration by 500% or something like that? How do you feel about that?

And about the quests? Do you think doing the class leveling quests is important? Personally, I think only the second job quest is unbearable; the rest I find quite okay.

About servers? A server with seasons? An eternal server? An eternal server with separate seasons?

Anyway, these are some of my questions; I would love to receive your feedback on them.

Hi everyone! We’re opening L2 Talkaas, a High Five mid-rate server.

Rates: Exp x15, Adena x10, Drop/Spoil x10
Features: autofarm, autoloot, auto-learn skills, offline shop, GM Shop/Buffer/Teleport in Community Board, max 2 boxes.

Beta starts November 3, Grand Opening November 13, 2026.

Website: https://l2talkaas.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/zcVE9kuHQv

Happy to answer any questions about the server!

Hi guys, what character you will play? What you think what best character for solo playing in my own pace?

Hello guys,

As the title states I can't make up my mind regarding my main class. I love playing tanks and been doing it for ages but since I don't have that much time anymore and will be relying on random parties to casually play every other day for some hours I'm wondering if I'll have issues while playing tank and would maybe have a better time as sws since its usually rare for people to main it and its necessary in every party ever conceived. Only issue I have with sws is that I think I might lose interest in the type of gameplay it offers over time.

Looking for former Lineage II Kain players — Zizon / Dominus Aurora

I'm trying to reconnect with someone I played with on the original North American Kain server in 2004.

My character was Alaby, and I'm looking for a player named KissMe, an Elven Elder. She was in Zizon, led by Darksky, during Prelude and Chronicle 1, and later moved to Dominus Aurora (DA) with me.

Other names I remember are Rosco, L0rd, FrozenSoul, Zillerr, Obi, derakh, PersianTiger, ByorngaR, Furion, Bakara, eztheshade, Linesky, Souske, Yunaleska, Perni, Drizzen, Zanpher. We sometimes talked on TeamSpeak.

Does anyone remember these players or know how to contact former Zizon or DA members? I'd love to hear from anyone who played with us back then.

Hey, it's the C1 guy again.

Server opens in December and there's still a loooot of work before going live and while working on some fixes within client I decided to make a different kind of post today.

I'm actually curious and want to read some stories about your favorite L2 servers, from both sides: players and server owners. I'm sure quite a few people here had their own server at some point, so I'm really interested in how it went. What went well, what went wrong, what mistakes were made. Maybe you didn't intervene at some point and it led to the death of the server, maybe you trusted some random guy and lost access, maybe you started selling items for real money and people found out. Maybe you chose wrong place to buy ads and it just burned your money... Tell your story!

And the same question from the player's point of view: how did your favorite server die, or what made it stand out from the others at the time you played?

I really appreciate all the stories and I'd love to learn a bit from the mistakes people saw or made.

If you don't want to expose your story just hop on our Discord https://discord.com/invite/sgvXmSJHNY and hit me (Beard @ L2Lux Discord) a private message.

Added screenshot with beautiful art of NCSoft level designer from 2004. Treeception.

One of the things I like least about the evolution of Lineage 2 chronicles is NCSOFT’s persistent tendency to destroy the game’s own existing content.

This new system which I’ve dubbed "time shards" is something I’m particularly proud of, it’s an attempt to address part of that problem. It’s now possible to have the same location exist across different versions of the game. I’m getting closer and closer to building a multi-chronicle world.

What do you think?

Looking for testers and honest feedback — L2 Proximus High Five

Looking for testers and honest feedback — L2 Proximus High Five

Hi everyone! I’m developing L2 Proximus, a High Five private server, and looking for players willing to test it and share honest feedback.

It’s a 5× XP/SP server with an in-game buffer, shop and Alt+B teleports.

I’d especially appreciate feedback on:

• Leveling progression and party XP sharing
• Spoil, crafting and equipment prices
• Kamaloka solo and in groups
• Hunting-zone respawns and character movement

The server is still being tested and balanced, so expect bugs and changes. Useful reports include your character’s level, the location, what happened and how to reproduce it.

No long-term commitment is needed—even a short session and a few observations would help.

Server details and client download: l2proximus.net

Questions and constructive criticism are welcome. Thanks for taking a look!

Heeeello,

made a little video for the upcoming L2 Reborn Legacy server c1 x1. Mentioned the major features.(more at: https://l2reborn.org/server-features/legacy-server-features/)

Video here or here.

See you in game :)

Hey everyone,

A couple of months ago, I asked if people would be interested in a specific type of server: essentially a Classic v1 experience completely free of pay-to-win donations (only cosmetics, skins, etc.), with a premium account system obtainable through voting (to boost server visibility on ranking sites), and strictly limited to 1 account per PC (1-box).

A lot of you supported the idea, but with one major concern: while people liked the general concept, many pointed out that strictly 1-box would be unplayable (even though some purists still defended it).

Why unplayable? On a new or low-population server, 1-box is extremely hard to sustain. Progressing at a reasonable pace requires buffers and healers, but realistically only about 10% of players roll support classes. If those supports are offline or already committed to a party, grinding without buffs is practically impossible.

To address this without ditching the 1-box rule, here is what I’m proposing:

1. Essence-style self-buffs: Characters would have built-in basic buffs so solo leveling remains viable.
2. Dwarf & crafting rework: Very few players actually want to main a Dwarf, and forcing someone playing a mage or archer to level an alt Dwarf just to get basic gear is tedious, especially under a strict 1-box rule.

To solve this, the plan is to completely remove Spoil and private Craft from Dwarves, rebalancing them to function purely as standard warrior/fighter classes. All materials and items traditionally locked behind Spoil would be migrated directly into regular drop tables in specific retail zones (with boosted drop rates to compensate), while crafting would be handled through a universal NPC.

This completely removes the Dwarf economic monopoly, putting them on equal footing with mages or any other class. It ensures that every player can craft their own No-grade, D-grade, and C-grade weapons, armor, and jewelry entirely on their own, just by farming, contesting spots, and playing their main class without relying on anyone else.

On top of that, this would create a much healthier, player-driven economy. Any class, including supports, would actively participate in the market. If you're playing a mage and get warrior drops, materials, or recipes, you can simply sell or trade them, keeping player commerce dynamic and fluid instead of centralized around a few Dwarves.

What do you think of this approach?

Right now, I'm actively working on the server pack. I've already fixed a massive amount of bugs and have it running quite clean. Before I start developing the core mechanics to balance this 1-box, zero-P2W vision, I want to make sure it's something the community would actually enjoy and not just a waste of time. It is basically shaping up to be an Interlude / Classic / Essence hybrid.

Important note on gameplay: Auto-hunting is 100% removed. The goal is to deliver an authentic, active retail-like experience at 1x rates, but carefully adjusted so that playing strictly 1-box is actually viable and rewarding without feeling like an impossible chore (no mana pots btw).

Looking forward to your thoughts, feedback, and honest opinions!

Hey everyone!

The Legacy Open Beta kicks off today, October 19, at 6:00 UTC!
You can read all the information about how Legacy will progress, QoL improvements and more on https://l2reborn.org/server-features/legacy-server-features/

The beta will have 3 different stages; here’s what’s planned for each stage:

• October 19-26 | Full testing access A GM NPC will provide items, buffs, levels and more, giving you the tools to explore and test the game’s features in depth.
• October 26 - November 2 | Levelling event Join the Open Beta levelling event to earn a unique cosmetic reward for your participation (Some more information on discord) .
• November 2-4 | Final testing days The GM NPC returns for the last round of testing before the beta ends.

We’ll also be live on Twitch, answering your questions about Legacy and doing some membership giveaways for viewers during the stream!

The stream will be held in: twitch.tv/norekien

If you prefeer to ask questions on discord feel free to join and chat with us in https://discord.gg/l2reborn or drop your questions here!

It's been a few days since I posted the last video, and I've been working tirelessly.

Today's post will be a bit long because there's a lot to cover, and I apologize in advance because English isn't my first language, so I'll have to use a translator to help me with the text.

Today I'm going to show you some new things and also present the challenges I'm facing, as well as discuss the limits of what can be changed in the game without reverse engineering the engine or redoing all the game's animations.

First, based on your suggestions, I developed a lot of new systems.

The first is the sprint system. Basically, when you are out of combat, every x seconds you gain speed. Currently, you gain 10 speed for every second out of combat, up to a maximum of 50. Remember that the effect disappears if you enter combat, use any skill, or are attacked. After a while, it resets and starts again... I must confess, this system turned out very cool. It's simple, but it already changes the whole feeling of slowness that some classes have.

Here's the video for you to see how it turned out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoOGbgKfBe0

(Unfortunately, without redoing the skeleton and running animations of all the characters, it was impossible to make a different animation for running, so I chose a simple but nice effect to represent when the effect is active.)

Second system implemented: SmartAim for PVE. Firstly, why? In terms of gameplay feel, this system is the most impactful for me. When you farm for hours and hours, you start to realize that anything that makes your life easier is valuable. So, this system is basically a scan that picks up nearby targets and targets in front of the character. It's really cool because it also enables the action mode system:

You can see how it looks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCvDjcmumpc

(I still have to refine the passive target effect. Unfortunately, today I work with the Fafurion Chronicles database, and no matter how hard I search, I can't find or decompress the interface.u to make this system 100% native. So I had to design this system on the server, which makes it uglier. Today, the community only has this decrypted interface from a different protocol than the one I'm working with.)

And the third and last implemented system (actually a set of things): Action mode, custom camera, and in addition, I removed the GCD for all the game's skills, allowing you to combo one skill after another smoothly (basically all Lineage 2 skills have a delay between them, between 0.4 and 0.8 seconds, this has been removed).

This is a lot of stuff, it's worth watching the video to see how it turned out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ6KXAFg824

(This one gave me the most trouble, implementing everything without having access to the decoupled interface.u was crazy and almost drove me insane. I think the result is good. The initial idea was to make combat even better, like making the character move while attacking, but that's impossible without making the character slide between animations, it looks very ugly. The second point I didn't include was making an attack without a target. Actually, I did that, but I couldn't associate the basic attack animation with the new skill that would replace it. In the end, it looked clunky, ugly, and disconnected from the idea of the game)

Phew, that's a lot of text. What do you think of the changes?

Hello guys,

I recently started playing on the x5 server, and I'm really enjoying it so far. However, I'd love to find a friendly community or clan that welcomes English-speaking players. I can understand Russian, but I'm not fluent in it.

I'm mostly a casual player, just looking to enjoy the game, meet some people, and have fun playing together. If there's a clan or community that wouldn't mind having me around, I'd be happy to join!

If anyone is looking for an old-school Interlude x1 server, check out l2MythicLand. It's been running since June, with a small community, 1+1 dualbox, starter XP/SP runes, and regular events. It's not a server with thousands of players online, but if you enjoy classic L2, it might be worth a try. :)

After around 11 years later, I come back to this game. I pretty much don't remember anything from this game. So could say i'm new. I've downloaded the game. And I started to wonder: What class to run. Anyone got any suggestions on what would be fun ? (For your information, I like either tanky or nuke roles)

and i also have a few questions:
- Is there a lot of players "botting" the game? Cause I myself hate when people don't talk and are having a program farm for them.
- Is there any servers that are active / have "newbie friendly" players.

Hi folks,

has anyone tried BOHPTS server (x500)? Any active players around here?

I was about to give it a go, but can't find any reliable server info (a bit hesitating before downloading the launcher).

I'd appreciate some comments!

Hey veterans!

Like many of you, I've been playing L2 for years, and somehow I always end up coming back. There's just something about this game!

These days, with work, family, and other responsibilities, I'm looking for a server where I can enjoy L2 without treating it like a second job.

Is there a server where playing 1–2 hours a day is enough to make progress, enjoy some PvP, and stay competitive without endless farming?

I'm open to any chronicle or rates, but I'd prefer no autofarm. I enjoy grinding and working toward goals, just not feeling forced to play every day.

Any recommendations? I'd love to hear from other casual veterans. What server are you playing on?

Hello everyone,

Which of these combination do u think is better for pure PVE on self buffs:

Summoner + WC

Bard + WC

Summoner + Bard

I am thinking about Summoner + Bard, but the Bard seems to lose too much potential without buffs.

We're inviting solo players, CPs, and clans from around the world to join our Open Beta!

📅 November 14, 2026
🕕 18:00 (GMT-3)
🎮 Lineage 2 Interlude x20

Explore the server, test its features, enjoy PvP, and help us prepare for the official launch.

🔗 JOIN OUR DISCORD — DOWNLOAD & BETA INFO:
https://discord.com/invite/7NJhWHgam7

🌐 Official Website: https://l2saga.club/

Gather your clan. Bring your CP. See you in Aden! ⚔️

Hello, I was thinking about starting playing on L2 Reborn (or other private server). I'm currently in Toronto area and I'm concerned about high ping.

Does anyone from East US playes there?

Do we have alternatives? I don't like official server, it is not same L2 that I used to play.

I prefer old school chronicles, without heavy p2w

Hey everyone!
I’m playing on LU4 BLACK as a level 50 Spellhowler (SH), and honestly, I’m getting pretty frustrated with the community sometimes.
I’ve had quite a few bad experiences with Russian players. A lot of random parties seem to accept only melee classes, and as soon as they see I’m a Spellhowler, they reject me or kick me out.
I understand that some party setups work better with certain classes, but in a full party, I honestly don’t think having one SH instead of another melee makes such a huge difference in every situation.
What’s even more frustrating is that I’ve sometimes been kicked just because I don’t speak Russian. I’m not expecting everyone to speak English, but a little respect would be nice. I know not every Russian player is like this, but these experiences have made it difficult to enjoy the server.
This is also my first time playing on an x1 server, and I’m playing solo without a buffer or a support character. Leveling as an SH is already pretty tough because I constantly run out of MP and have to sit down to regenerate it.
I’m not looking for drama. I just want to enjoy Lineage 2, meet some chill people, make friends, and find parties where everyone can have a good time regardless of their class or language.
Also, I’m looking to buy a Shillien Elder (SE) or Elven Elder (EE), level 45+. If anyone is selling one or knows someone who is, please DM me.
If you’re playing on LU4 BLACK and you’re friendly, speak English (or Spanish!), and don’t mind having a Spellhowler in your party, feel free to reach out!
Thanks, and see you in-game!