F2P
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Overview
F2P is an acronym meaning "Free to Play." Servers which are F2P usually have half the normal experience and drop rates, as well as disabled skills and item drops. These servers are usually supported by extra Shop Items, and are generally not the most "friendly" towards players. Those wanting the full RO experience are highly encouraged to pay for a regular account instead.
Server Settings: Singapore/Malaysia
The Singapore/Malaysia version of Ragnarok Online has such an F2P server, with the following settings:
Experience and Drop Rates
Monsters give 50% of the experience they would on a regular server. Monsters no longer drop Empty Bottles, which are sold by an NPC instead. Creamy cards are removed from both Creamies and OCAs. Golden Thief Bug cards are no longer dropped as well. Dead Branches are only obtainable through Item Mall purchase.
Death Penalty
When a player dies (outside of WoE and PvP), there is a chance to drop equipped items. Instead of the normal 1% experience loss, players lose 5% of their base/job experience.
Kafra Services
Kafras no longer provide a teleport service.
Upgrading
Safe levels (I.E. up to +4 for any armor equipment) are removed. Level 3 and Level 4 weapons require 20,000 and 50,000 Zeny respectively, to be upgraded.
NPC Items
Butterfly Wings and Fly Wings are no longer sold through NPCs. Potions have level restrictions for use:
- Red Potion: Level 10+
- Orange Potion: Level 20+
- Yellow Potion: Level 35+
- White Potion: Level 50+
Prices of some items when being sold to NPCs are also changed.
PvP Rooms
PvP rooms require a special Item Mall scroll each time a player enters. Without the scroll, players cannot participate in PvP.
Player Skills
- Teleport's SP cost is increased to 500 SP.
- Steal's SP cost is increased to 100 SP.
- Mug's SP cost is increased to 150 SP.
Guild Skills
Emergency Call scrolls are sold through the F2P Item Mall.
- Type 1 - Maximum of 7 Guild Members summoned.
- Type 2 - Maximum of 12 Guild Members summoned.
- Type 3 - Maximum of 20 Guild Members summoned.
Server Settings: Taiwan and Hong Kong
The Chinese F2P servers run by Gameflier for Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau have the following settings:
- Experience gain from monsters are reduced by 50%
- Players loses 5% experience (instead of 1%) on death
- Players drops one random equipped item on death
- Removal of safe levels for equipment refining with normal metals
- Refining with Enriched Oridecons and Enriched Elumiums have safe level of 4
- Refining level 3 weapons cost 30,000 Zeny
- Refining level 4 weapons cost 60,000 Zeny
- Kafra employees do not provide teleport service
- White potions, blue potions, and honey are not dropped by monsters
- White potions and blue potions can be purchased from NPCs
- Honey are sold from the item mall
- Creamy Cards are not available in the server
- Drop rate of slotted items are reduced by 50%
- Collectible items dropped by monsters of level 60 or higher have their drop rates reduced by 50%
- Reduced drop rate or (Rough) Elumium and (Rough) Oridecons
- Fly Wing and Butterfly Wings are disabled
- Teleport scrolls are sold at the item mall
- Potions have level requirements
- Teleport skill costs 500 SP
- Emergency Call scrolls are sold through the F2P Item Mall.