F2P
F2P is an acronym meaning "Free to Play." Servers which are F2P are supported by extra Shop Items, and generally have setting modifications that are less "friendly" than the subscription-based servers (if that region has any). These settings changes vary between different localizations of Ragnarok Online, but most common changes among various F2P servers include greatly increased death penalties (up to 5%), disabled teleportation skills/items, and removed safe levels on item upgrading.
iRO's "free" servers are called Open Servers in that they require no payment be made to play on. A comparison between iRO's Open and VIP servers servers can be found on here.
Some of these servers also offer optional subscriptions that can be purchased to increase EXP/Drop rates and/or to decrease death penalties, among other benefits. All of iRO's servers use this model.
A few servers require a VIP subscription to create characters, but allows free access to existing characters. For example: iRO Ymir.
F2P Quick Comparison Chart
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South Korea | Taiwan Hong Kong Macau |
Philippines | Indonesia | Singapore and Malaysia | Brazil | Russia* | Japan | |
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Baphomet Doppelganger |
Poring Baphomet |
Valkyrie New Loki New Iris |
Midgard Asgard |
Prontera | Thor | Phoenix | One of billing server (Changed every 3 weeks) |
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EXP Rate | 0.5x | 0.5x | 1.5x | 2x(Midgard) 3x(Asgard) | 1.0x | 1.5x | 1x | 1x |
Drop Rate | 0.5x | 0.5x Half drop rate of slotted items etc. items from level 60+ monsters |
1x | 0.5x(Midgard) 3x(Asgard) | 0.5x | 1x | 1x | 1x |
EXP % Loss on Death | 1% | 5% | 5% | 5%(Midgard) 0%(Asgard) | 5% | 5% | 1% | 1% |
Lose Items on Death | No | Yes (30% chance) | No | No | no | No | No | No |
Etc Items NPC Sell/Purchase Value | 75% | ? | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Fly Wing | 250z (NPC) | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled it has been disabled now, except for Asgard the Fly Wing itself is buyable from Moscovia Tools Dealer other than from Kafra Shop | Disabled | Item Mall | Unchanged | Unchanged |
Butterfly Wing | 1,000z (NPC) | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled it has been disabled now, except for Asgard the Fly Wing itself is buyable from Moscovia Tools Dealer other than from Kafra Shop | Disabled | Item Mall | Unchanged | Unchanged |
Teleport Skill | Unchanged | 500 SP | Removed, but still accessible through the Teleport clip in Valhalla because of the server merge with Thor. Also accessible through the godly item Asprika but costs 500 SP. | Removed from Acolyte skill tree, but still available from equipment. Costs 500 SP Thor server: Teleport is kept in skill tree, 10 SP, and Creamy Card. However, Creamy Card will no longer dropped once the server become F2P |
500 SP | Removed from Acolyte and Super Novice skill tree, but still available from equipment. | Unchanged | Unchanged |
Kafra Warps | Yes (double cost) | No (A free dungeon teleporter Twin Tower available at Rune-Midgard cities, Comodo excluded. Warp available : Prontera Maze, Orc Dungeon, Ant Hell, Mjolnir Waste Pit, Sphinx, Glast Heim, Comodo cmd_fild01) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hugel Monster Races | 4,000z | ? | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 2,000z | Unchanged | Unchanged |
Upgrade Safe Levels (Regular Metals) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Level 3 Weapon Refining Cost | 20,000z | 30,000z | 30,000z | 2,000z | 20,000z | Unchanged | Unchanged | Unchanged |
Level 4 Weapon Refining Cost | 25,000z | 60,000z | 50,000z | ? | 50,000z | Unchanged | Unchanged | Unchanged |
Removed NPC Seller Items | ? |
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Empty Bottle | 400z (NPC) | ? |
NPC Disabled and no drop rate. Bottles sold at Item Mall |
only from monster drops. | 3z (NPC) | Unchanged | 6z (NPC) | Unchanged |
Modified NPC Seller Items | ? | White and Blue Potions sold at NPC | Empty Bottles sold at NPC |
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Empty Bottles sold at NPC | Strawberries sold at Moskovia's Fruit Seller NPC at 500z | None | None |
Potion Level Restriction | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Removed Monster Drops | Creamy Card White Potion Blue Potion Honey |
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None for Asgard server. Midgard server : Removed all drop items that exist in the Item Mall. However, everything in the Item Mall can also obtained by Boxes (OBB/OPB etc), OCA, and any other feature that enabled. As example, Buckler [1] can be made by slotting Buckler. | Creamy Card Golden Thief Bug Card Dead Branch |
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None | None | |
Notable Item Mall Offerings |
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Currently have 13 Item Mall NPC, selling various equipments and items. |
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Premium (VIP) Accounts on same server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Notable misc. changes | Storage fee 500z at all locations | Town warp scrolls available from item mall Removed Urgent Call guild skill, scrolls available from item mall |
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Thor server is P2P previously then changed to F2P starting August 2013. Some F2P restrictions added, but not everything applied compared to Fun Chat and Rebirth. While the server still P2P, players allowed to collect everything that will disabled or removed and keep them (most notables are Fly Wing and Butterfly Wing). Teleport is not removed, but Creamy Card will no longer dropped |
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- rRo have no in-game changes as they do not have a separate subscription server.
Servers and Server Information |
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Comparison • F2P • PK Servers |