[Guide] General for L2

PrivaTe · April 28, 2012

Alright guys,it's the time to create something huge and good in order to help some people :)

This guide will contain general informations about Lineage 2,everything that a newbie will need and so on...

Let's start..

First of all,you must create your account..i guess you can do it by yourself and dont need to add photos.

Then when you log you must create your character,check the photo from down and you will understand.Remember that you can change your Race,photo is just a example.

After it you must select the options of your choise..

Race: Human,Elf,Dark Elf,Orc,Dwarf,Kamael

Class: Fighter or Mage

Gender: Male or Woman

Hairstyle: A,B,C,D,E etc.

Hair Color: A,B,C,D,E etc.

Face: A,B,C etc.

When you're ready with it then you dont have anything else to do from to press !

By the way,for any reason if you dont want finally to create this character then press !

Okay the character is ready,press

WELCOME to the world of Lineage 2 , my friend !

I enter and now what i do? Okay let's start a bit from the chat !!!

Let's explain them..

All : On this chat you can speak with every single player that is close to you.

+Trade: Here you can speak if you want to make any trade or buy/sell any of your items.At pvp servers many people use it for chatting to.

#Party: Here you can speak only with the players that you're on the same party.

@Clan: This the clan chat,if you're on any clan that's the right place to speak with your mates.

$Alliance: There you have the chance to speak with your clan and alliance on the same time.It's a good way to get organized.

%Hero Chat: As the name says from this chat can speak only the Heroes and anyone else.

!Shout: The most active global chat for players..a good way to sell your things or even to buy something from someone else.On pvp servers everyone use it almost for chatting.

"Pm: This is the private chat between two players.. you can use it by typing this, ex. "PrivaTe . As you see you must type this " and the name of the guy you want to talk.

Note: Try to stay away from any kind of spam and dont even try it.It will force you to mute from GM and on worst situation to Ban! So speak normal *Warning* : )

Also,in the front screen up-left you'll see this

The yellow line is your CP

The red line is your Life/HP/Health

The blue line is your Mana

And the grey one is your Experience , when it's going 100% you get lvl. When it goes 80 lvl and 100% you're max or 85 lvl and 100% (perhaps of client you play)

After that,it's your bolt:

From Interlude:

For Gracia-H5:

And check carefully your bolt cause down-right are some options to lock/unlock your bar and so on..you'll find them and understand!

Perhaps of your class you can set your skills as you prefer,it's up to you.

And last are those options:

For Interlude: For Gracia-H5:

Firstly if you press Character Status(from the upper photo) you will see a new small window like this

It includes:

Your character Status (press ALT+T to open it)

It shows you the status of your player..like p attack,p defence etc.

Skills & Magic (Press ALT+K to open)

The place with your skills, active and passive!

Action (Press Alt+C to open)

It's a list of commands,some of them are for fun and other to be used in the gameplay

Clan Action (Press Alt+N to open)

You can see your clan status and the members.

Quests (Press Alt+U to open)

From that you see the quests you're doing,you use it as guide to continue the quest.

The second is your Invetory

From Interlude: From Gracia-H5:

You can put your armors,weapons,potions and everything else you want.

Also if you check carefully invetory have 2 parts..for items(Item^Interlude/General^Gracia-H5) and for quest.In Quest you put the items for the current quest you're doing (items going there automatically)

Note: Dont forget that inventory has weight and if you make it heavy you wont move fast(lowers your speed).And from invetory you can destroy items that you dont need,just transfer the to item to bucket.

Next from Invetory is the Map but there is nothing to note.Just press it and you'll understand is very simple.

And the last one is the System Menu:

From Interlude From Gracia-H5

It includes some things,let's explain them

Community (Press ALT+B to open it) From this you can show the server informations and how many online players are.But most of times it's locked from the server Staff.

Otherwise if you want to see the online players press .online (it's not working in L2OFF)

Macro (Press ALT+R to open) By that you can save some words that you will like to say without typing all the time.Also,you can add on that some skills and just pressing the macro and the skills starts automatically.

Help This is a "window" made from L2 creators to offer you the first helps.

Petition Use it if you can want to contact any Staffer of the server that you play.

Options Tha place to change the voice,screen and some game types..press and you'll understand.

Restart Do it only if you want to log with another character.

Exit Game When you must leave the game simply press this and you'll log out.

From Gracia-H5:

Homepage If you press it, you'll be moved to the official page of L2.

MailBox You san send a mail to every player in the world of l2 ( to all players in server that you play)

Now let's say some things about the XP System

You born 1 level.Killing monsters give drops,adena and of course xp/sp.XP is important to get levels and SP to learn new skills (if you play on Low rate server,otherwise you obtain the skills automatically).With the time you grow levels, your power + abilities get inscreased by new skills and status.Also,if you plan to play official you must know that there is not any tittle up from the mob to says how many lvl it is in order to hit it lax so you must understand them from the color denotes.

This mob is 8+ lvl greater than you

This mob is 6-7 lvl greater than you

This mob is 3-5 lvl greater than you

This mob is 2 lvl lesser than you

This mob is 3-5 lvl lesser than you

This is 8 lvl lesser than you

Note: Those mobs are just a example.

As maybe you dont know L2 got Grade's.What it means? For example when you're 20 lvl you can't wear a C grade weapon cause you'll have penalty.Penalty it's like a debuff and the most of your stats get descreased.

No grade - You can equip them at any level

D grade - You can equip them at 20 lvl or higher

C grade - You can equip them at 40 lvl or higher

B grade - You can equip them at 52 lvl or higher

A grade - You can equip them at 61 lvl or higher

S grade - You can equip them at 76 lvl or higher

S-80+ grade - You can equip at 80 lvl or higher

Basic status of all the classes

Human

There is not any special comment for them,they got the most balanced status

Elf

Elfs instead of all other classes have big attack speed and casting speed but they have little p attack and m attack.Two more positives are that they have big accurasy and evasion.

Dark Elfs

They have the most power instead of all other classes..much m attack and p attack but low HP.

Orc

They have high stats of HP and MP + big psysical power but not big stats at all.

Dwarf

They can craft

Kamael

You can find it from Gracia ++ (not IL)

Clan and Alliance

Clan

Before say everything, you must know that max Level for clan in Interlude is 8 and for Gracia+ (clients) Level 11 !

Every player has the chance to be a Leader and own his clan,inviting new members and have fun all together.A new clan can obtain only 8 players but if you lvl it up it can get over 120+ members.Also by lvl the clan you can get clan hall and clan skills!

If you're a member and want to leave from clan then you have nothing more to do from to press Leave.You can do it whenever you want without ask anyone.But if you do it you must wait one day untill you join to another clan. (In nowadays 90% doesnt exist..maybe on any low/mid rate)

Also,as Leader you can kick any member you want but after you have something like penalty and can't invite till it ends so you must wait.

If you want any time to leave your privileges as Leader then you must go to Priest and press "Delegate the clan leader's authority"

One leader also have the right to dissolve his clan when he wants without ask someone.If you're do it then you must wait one week to be dissolved..it's your risk!Remember,that you can't do it if you got open wars!Ahh and if you play on low/mid rate server if you do it you lose xp and you can't make another clan for 10 days.

The only thing you have to do to dissolve it's to go at Priest and press "Dissolve a clan"

The clan level's are:

For Clan Level 1 You Need : 30,000 SP , Adena : 650,000

For Clan Level 2 You Need :150,000 SP , Adena : 2,500,000

For Clan Level 3 You Need : 500,000 SP , Item : Blood Mark

For Clan Level 4 You Need : 1,400,000 SP , Item : Alliance of Manifesto

For Clan Level 5 You Need : 3,500,000 SP , Item : Seal of Aspiration

For Clan Level 6 You Need : 10,000 Clan Reputation , Clan Members : More than 30 (members)

For Clan Level 7 You Need : 20,000 Clan Reputation , Clan Members : More than 80 (members)

For Clan Level 8 You Need : 40,000 Clan Reputation , Clan Members : More than 120 (members)

If you want to inscrease the capacity of your clan then you must create Sub Units Royal Guards and Order of Knight(about this you can when your clan is lvl 7).Every Royal can have his own leader,the same and for Orders.There can be 4 royal leaders and 2 order leaders!

With with units you can create and Academy and make the life of newbies easier.You can make academy if your clan is lvl 5+ ! Those members can stay untill 40 lvl and when they make second quest they get auto dismiss(kick) and the clan get 400 reputation points.This is a good way to lvl up your clan and add clan skills.But you can do it and by killing Raid Bosses with your clan mates!

Alliance

In order to create a alliance your clan must be lvl 5+.To do it simply go to Priest and press "Create a Alliance"

If one clan is on another alliance it can't create a new one or join to another ally.At the time of siege where you go to attack the castle you can't invite to alliance the defenders of castle(clan) + that clans with war can't make alliance,never!

A alliance can have 3 clans !!!

Leader of alliance has the right to invite any clan his want without ask someone.If he choose to kick any clan then he must wait 24 hours to invite a new one & if he delete the ally can't make new for 10 days.

If any clan leave from the ally can't join to other for 24 hours

Commands of alliance:

/allyinvite - Invite a new clan to ally

/allyleave - Leave the ally you're in

/allyinfo - Showing the total online players of alliance and some informations about the other clans

/allydismiss - Kick any clan from your ally.

/allydessolve - Destroy your ally

Subclass

A character is able to add more than one subs to his main one by completing 2 quests (Fate's Wisper and Mimirs Elixir). You can't make all the subclasses,for example if you're a Dark Elf you can't make any sub of Elf. Special note that you can't have over 1 subclass at the time and if you want to change to something else you must go to Priest of a big town. Your subclass starts at level 40 and you have to XP it again until level 75 when you can add a new subclass.The max subclasses are 3,so we have the a-beep-t of 4 with your main class.

For example, Main: Ghost Sentinel - Subclasses: Cardinal,Grand Khavatari,Prophet.

Nobless Status

Becoming a nobless character is propably one of the greatest things in the gameplay.When you got it you're considered complete and you're ready to start your experience in the Olympiad.

The profits from being Nobless are:

- Nobless skills ( Blessing of Nobless it's the most important buff,use it to dont lost your buffs if you die)

- The right to join Olympiad Games.

- Extra teleports to place that you can't go with normal Gatekeeper.

- Cheaper Teleports

- The ability to fight when you ride a dragon (Strider)

This is a good guide with full Quest of Nobless and pictures, Click

Olympiad & Hero

The character with the most points in his class become Hero.In order to join you must have Nobless status and 3 quest.You can enter olympiad games at a specific time.They can choose you to fight with someone same class with you or with others classes.When you win you got the 1/3 points of enemy and if you lose means you lossing 1/3 of your points.At the end of the month the char that collected most points in each class wins and become Hero!

The profits from being Hero are:

- The glow,your char shines with a white-yellow glow that everyone can see and understand he is hero.

- Hero weapons with white-yellow glow and the powerful status.

- Hero skills that can be used by Hero, such are:

Heroic Miracle: Instantly and significantly increases P.Def., M.Def., and resistance to buff canceling attacks as well as increases Speed. Consumes 40 Soul Ores.

Heroic Berseker: Temporarily yet significantly increases Accuracy, P. Atk., M. Atk., Atk. Spd., Casting Spd., Speed, resistance to buff canceling attacks and debuff attacks, and the effects of HP regeneration magic. Significantly decreases P. Def., M. Def., and Evasion while the effect lasts. Consumes 40 Soul Ores.

Heroic Vailor: Temporarily yet significantly increases P. Atk., P.Def., and resistance to buff canceling attacks. Consumes 80 Spirit Ores.

Heroic Grandeur: Instantly and significantly decreases nearby enemies' P. Def., M. Def., Evasion, and Shield defense probability, and increases the chance of negating the effects of magical damage, and blocks all physical and magic skill effects. Consumes 80 Spirit Ores.

Heroic Dread: Instantly instills fear into enemies and causes them to flee with increased Speed (momentum). Consumes 80 Spirit Ores.

At the start of new period at Olympiad you have 18 points cause you're nobless and you get 3 points per month if points of a loser transfer at the winner.

At the end of month(Olympiad Period),if a character got more than 50 points he can change them for Nobless Gate Pass

1 point=1000 Nobless gate pass !

Blessed Scroll: Enchant Weapon (Grade S): 420,000 Noblesse Gate Passes

Blessed Scroll: Enchant Weapon (Grade A): 195,000 Noblesse Gate Passes

Blessed Scroll: Enchant Weapon (Grade B): 84,000 Noblesse Gate Passes

Blessed Scroll: Enchant Armor (Grade S): 63,000 Noblesse Gate Passes

Blessed Scroll: Enchant Armor (Grade A): 23,400 Noblesse Gate Passes

Blessed Scroll: Enchant Armor (Grade B): 9,000 Noblesse Gate Passes

Scroll: Enchant Weapon (Grade S): 70,000 Noblesse Gate Passes

Scroll: Enchant Weapon (Grade A): 23,400 Noblesse Gate Passes

Scroll: Enchant Weapon (Grade B): 6,000 Noblesse Gate Passes

Scroll: Enchant Armor (Grade S): 7,000 Noblesse Gate Passes

Scroll: Enchant Armor (Grade A): 3,120 Noblesse Gate Passes

Scroll: Enchant Armor (Grade B): 960 Noblesse Gate Passes

Secret Book of Giants: 5,500 Noblesse Gate Passes

Ancient Book - Divine Inspiration (Original Version): 450,000 Noblesse Gate Passes

And the best,the chance of Hero to talk in a different chat only for them.Press % and write what you want(you will see what you wrote with blue colour)..it's global and everyone can hear you!It can be usefull for trades or getting important informations instatly!

Congratulations!

XP Zones

For Interlude:

1-10 Level: Near the newbie Village

10-19 Level: Elven Ruins

20-30 Level: Out Of Ant Nest

30-40 Level: Cemetary/Forbidden gateway

55-68 Level: Valley Of Saints

68-73 Level: Sillent Valey

73-78 Level: Varka Silenos/Ketra

78+ Level: FOG/Four Sepulchers/Monastery of Silence

For Gracia+:

Atleast 78 Level use the areas for Interlude.

78-82 Level: Isle of Prayer

82-85 Level: Giants Cave/FOG/Mithril Mines/Fields of Silence/Fields of Whispers/Beast Farm

Take a look and on this,pretty usefull: Click

General about Buff

Buffs are some skills that you mostly get them from other class (like Prophet) and those skills inscreases your stats.In many servers you will find a NPC named Buffer and this will give you almost everything you want otherwise the most important.

If you're Mage take buffs for casting speed,m.attack,p def/mdef and speed.

If you're Fighter take buffs for attack speed,evasion,p.attack,critical rate,critical dmg,p def/mdef and speed.

Remember,that many servers got buff limits,it means you can't get over 26 buffs if this is the limit of server.And if you take over 26 buffs you'll lose the firstly buffs in the line.So choose carefully the best for you :) But many servers dont have limit and you can't take as many you want.

If you want to see what each buff gives go to www.pmfun.com

PrivaTe · April 28, 2012

General about Dyes

Ability/Effect

- STR

Increases a-beep-t of physical damage.

- DEX

Increases attack speed, physical skill speed, accuracy, evasion, critical hit probability, success rate of dagger skills (such as Deadly Blow), shield defense success rate, and movement speed.

- CON

Increases maximum HP and CP, HP recovery speed, weight limit, underwater breath gauge, shock resistance, and bleeding resistance.

- INT

Increases damage of magic attacks and success rate of curse spells.

- WIT

Increases chance of magic critical hits, casting speed, resistance to Hold, resistance to curses (such as HP degeneration, decreased HP recovery rate, increased skill re-use time, and decreased effect of heals).

- MEN

Increases magic defense, maximum MP, MP recovery speed, poison resistance, and curse resistance. Decreases probability of magic interruption.

To change these ability values, a symbol can be created through the Symbol Maker.

Dyes

Dyes are items that serve as ingredients for carving symbols (also referred to as tattoos). The dyes have + or - values for the basic ability values. There are ordinary dyes and high-quality dyes. Ordinary dyes can be used as ingredients for carving symbols after the first class transfer, but not after completing the second. Greater Dyes can be used only by players who have completed the second class transfer.

Symbol Engraving

Characters of level 20 or above have slots where they can use dyes in the inventory window to engrave symbols. Characters that haven't yet completed their first class transfer cannot use symbols. After completing the first class transfer, they can carve two symbols. After the second class transfer, they can carve one more symbol, for a total of three. Also, the symbols that were affixed before the second class transfer lose their effect when the character completes the second class transfer.

If players have enough quantity of dyes and want to engrave a symbol, they must speak to a Symbol Maker NPC. Symbol Makers charge a fixed fee to carve the symbol for the player. Carving a symbol consumes the dye used as an ingredient.

The a-beep-t that can be increased from symbols for a single basic ability value cannot be more than +5. For example, if two symbols cause STR to increase by +3 and +4 respectively, the total increase of STR cannot exceed +5. There is no limit to the reduction in values, but it is not possible to reduce an ability value all the way to zero.

Some limitations apply to certain symbol types, as shown in the table below.

Symbol Combination can Be Used By

STR, CON, and DEX

All classes

INT and MEN

Human Wizard, Sorcerer, Necromancer, Warlock, Elven Wizard, Spellsinger, Elemental Summoner, Dark Wizard, Spellhowler, Phantom Summoner

INT and WIT

Human Wizard, Sorcerer, Necromancer, Warlock, Elven Wizard, Spellsinger, Elemental Summoner, Dark Wizard, Spellhowler, Phantom Summoner, Warrior, Human Knight, Paladin, Rogue, Gladiator, Warlord, Dark Avenger, Treasure Hunter, Hawkeye, Elven Knight, Temple Knight, Swordsinger, Plainswalker, Silver Ranger, Palus Knight, Assassin, Shillien Knight, Bladedancer, Abyss Walker, Phantom Ranger, Orc Raider, Orc Monk, Destroyer, Tyrant, Scavenger, Artisan, Bounty Hunter, Warsmith

MEN and WIT

Human Wizard, Sorcerer, Necromancer, Warlock, Elven Wizard, Spellsinger, Elemental Summoner, Dark Wizard, Spellhowler, Phantom Summoner, Cleric, Bishop, Prophet, Elven Oracle, Elven Elder, Shillien Oracle, Shillien Elder, Orc Shaman, Overlord, Warcryer

Symbol Removal

To remove a symbol, the player must speak to the Symbol Maker. Removal of a symbol costs a certain fee, and once removed, half of the dye used for carving the respective symbol is returned to the inventory.

Raid Bosses

Raid Bosses are powerfull monsters that give you good items and in order to kill them you'll need many people (especially in RPG/Mid rate servers).

The most good clan's are going to kill RB's cause they need good items for their members so remember to be good organized before go ,else you'll die!

RB's are listed:

- For items (like valakas necklase)

- For Quests (ex. nobless)

- For Reputation points ( need them for clan lvl)

The best raidbosses are Valakas,Antharas,Bauim,Zaken,Ant Queen,Beleth,Freya,Frintezza (hmm let's say and Orfen and Core)

Sieges

By default, all castles are initially occupied by non-player character (NPC) clans.

When a player character (PC) clan defeats an NPC clan and occupies the castle, that castle becomes the possession of the PC clan. If a clan with ownership of a castle has been dissolved, the castle is returned to its initial state.

A castle does not receive damage from any form of attack until the next siege time. The next castle siege time is either Saturday or Sunday, two weeks after the castle has been occupied. A clan that has successfully occupied a castle may safely possess the castle for up to 15 days.

Sieges take place at the castles of Gludio Castle, Dion Castle, Giran Castle, Oren Castle, Innadril Castle, Goddard Castle, Schuttgart Castle, Rune Castle, and Aden Castle. There are also unique clan halls where ownership is acquired by battle with NPCs.

Only clans of level 4 and above can officially participate in a siege. Clans that are less than level 4 or players not belonging to a clan may still participate as non-related parties, but they do not have the right to own a castle.

Siege Headquarters

The Build Headquarters skill is obtained by the clan leader when the clan reaches level 4. This skill establishes an encampment near the castle/battlefield. It allows clan members to restart at that site (not at the second closest town) and regenerate HP and MP faster than they would normally.

This skill may only be used by clan leaders on the siege's attacker list and consumes 300 Gemstone C when cast. This skill may be used only within a designated area of the battlefield, and can only be used once during the siege period.

A siege encampment disappears when the siege period is over.

The headquarters flag also has a certain HP and can be attacked. If the flag falls, members of the clan restart from the second nearest town upon their deaths.

You do not have to press the Ctrl key to attack an enemy or no relation character. The player killer (PK) counter is not activated when a player kills another player within the battlefield. Thus, during a siege, players do not become chaotic even if they kill another player.

The castle lord can adjust the tax rates for shops within the territory, as well as collect the taxes from the Grand Chamberlain. Because Aden Castle is the central city of the Aden Kingdom, it not only receives taxes within the Aden territory, but it also receives some taxes from Gludio Castle, Oren Castle, Giran Castle, Dion Castle, and Innadril Castle. Rune Castle is the center of the Elmore kingdon, and receives taxes from Schuttgart Castle and Goddard Castle.

And remember that the point of siege it's to engrave the Ruler in order to own it !!!

Enchant Skill Locations

So here guys i'll show you the correct place to enchant your skills,accordingly with your sub.

Town of Aden

Phoenix Knight

NPC:Master Aiken

Location:Warrior Guild

Eva's Templar

NPC:Master Sinden

Location:Warrior Guild

Sword Muse

NPC:Master Sinden

Location:Warrior Guild

Duelist

NPC:Master Aiken

Location:Warrior Guild

Dreadnought

NPC:Master Aiken

Location:Warrior Guild

Hell Knight

NPC:Master Aiken

Location:Warrior Guild

Rune Township

Grand Khavatari

NPC:Prefect Tazki

Location:Warrior Guild

Titan

NPC:Prefect Tazki

Location:Warrior Guild

Dominator

NPC:Seer Mekara

Location:Mystic Guild

DoomCryer

NPC:Seer Mekara

Location:Mystic Guild

Fortune Seeker

NPC:Warehouse Freightman Daisy

Location:Warehouse

Maestro

NPC:Warehouse Freightman Daisy

Location:Warehouse

Town of Oren

Cardinal

NPC:Priest Vadin

Location:The Einhasad Temple

Hierophant

NPC:Priest Vadin

Location:The Einhasad Temple

Eva Saint

NPC:Priest Egnos

Location:The Einhasad Temple

Hunter's Village

Adventurer

NPC:Master Aren Athebalt

Location:Warrior Guild

Wind Rider

NPC:Master Stedmiel

Location:Warrior Guild

Sagittarius

NPC:Master Aren Athebalt

Location:Warrior Guild

Moonlight Sentinel

[NPC:Master Stedmiel

Location:Warrior Guild

Hardin's Academy

Ghost Hunter

NPC:Dark Knight Mordred