Lineage 2 - the one and only legend from the MMORPG world is 12 years old in Europe. A huge open world with a focus on social interaction. Here knights held back monster attacks, healers get you out of the dead, and bards encourage your teammates. And, of course, the game features a huge selection of different archetypes, specializing in damage and different types of weapons.
Also, you can always create a dual class and switch to it at any time. Tired of being a knight? Become a healer!
This guide focuses on key game mechanics that are worth knowing at certain levels of character progression. More detailed information on each aspect of the game described here can be found in the official l2central.info knowledge base.
To start playing Lineage 2, you need to create an account at eu.4game.com. You can also use bloggers' and streamers' referral links, which can be found in the "bloggers'' tab in the official 4game launcher.
After creating an account, take a look at the computer system requirements for a Lineage 2.
After checking the system requirements, you can start installing the game. You can download the game client by clicking the “Install” button on the page https://eu.4game.com/lineage2/.
Creating a character starts with selecting a server. At the first login into the game a recommended server will be suggested. Now the next servers are available in the game: Core and Orfen.
Multiple races are available to play: humans, elfs, dark elfs, orcs, dwarfs, kamael, and ertheia.
There are two main subtypes in Lineage 2: warrior and mage.
As the character develops, you can choose one of the classes.
Please note, professions are different by race. You can find more information about classes in the official guides.
To the left side of the character in the creation menu there is information that gives a detailed overview of the race, their features, as well as basic class stats and a class tree.
Here are the default settings for the character control keys, which can be further modified to your preference.
The auto-hunting function will help to make the process of leveling up the character easier. For your comfort you can use the macro created in a special menu, which can be opened by pressing the R key.
For the players' convenience, some game features have been automated.
There are several features that can be automatized: automation of enhancing skills, supply use, automatic target selection and item selection.
Automation is only available for a part of skills and items. Skills and items for which automation is possible are marked with corresponding marks in the description.
The Automation window can be moved to any place on the screen, as well as resized.
Quests appear on the screen in the form of a pop-up window with a conversation. To continue the quest, you need to click the “Accept” button. If the dialog window still does not appear, go to the appropriate NPC and talk to him. The “Help” button opens the hints menu.
The process of leveling up your character is based on completing various quests given by NPCs, as well as hunting monsters in common locations, special zones and dungeons.
Skills are special abilities that are unique to each class.
Available skills will appear in a special skill learning menu, which can be opened by pressing the K key. A skill can also be registered on the hotkey bar by simply dropping it there.
Forgotten Power skills — special skills available to all characters. The study is available from level 86 for all characters who have completed the quest for Awakening (3rd Liberation). There are a total of 5 Forgotten Power Skills: Physical Attack, Magic Attack, Armor Defense, Elemental Guard, and Vitalizing. These skills are available at the Olympiad and Ceremony of Chaos.
Abilities are additional skills that allow you to increase your character's strength. Abilities serve as passive skills, but are not displayed in the character's skill window.
There are three ability lines available: Warrior, Knight, and Oracle. You can choose any direction independently of your character's class and race.
To open the abilities window, open the Character Profile window (Alt + T) and then click the abilities button.
After reaching level 85, all characters automatically have abilities available to them.
Abilities for dual and main classes are learned separately.
You can reset and change abilities at any time, except for the battle status and after registration for the Olympiad.
The cost to reset ability points is 50 000 SP.
The character will gain 1 ability point for each level gained after level 85.
The number of ability points is a fixed amount. Ability points are not lost or added if the character's level drops by 1 or more.
When the level drops from 85 to 84, abilities are no longer active and the ability button becomes inactive, but will reappear after reaching 85. Already taken abilities and the number of ability points are kept.
Homunculi are artificial creatures that enhance you through their passive abilities.
You have 18 homunculus slots in total, 3 of them for free, others can be opened for a fee.
A homunculus can be created through a special UI. Go to the main menu and press the Homunculi button, or click on the icon in the sidebar to open the window.
Creation is not possible without free cells for Homunculus on the Manage tab.
There are two ways of creating a homunculus: through the Cradle of Life or through the Cradle of Time.
There are a total of 3 ranks of homunculi: normal, expert, and Top-grade rank.
The homunculus can be upgraded with upgrade points (“Manage” tab).
Read more about homunculi
Vitality (VP) helps you gain experience (EXP) and skill points (SP) quicker while hunting.
Vitality is indicated in the character's status window.
The maximum capacity of vitality is 140,000 points (4 units).
Vitality is restored automatically, depending on the day of the week:
In addition with premium account vitality consumption -10%.
With Vitality: experience bonus and SP +300% - with a Premium Account, +200% without a Premium Account.
Vitality is consumed while killing raid bosses and normal monsters.
Vitality is consumed depending on the experience being gained.
Vitality is not consumed by characters up to 10th level.
Read more about vitality
Collections allow you to collect items in bundles to get different useful buffs.
Collections are available for characters from 1st level.
The collection's contents and buffs are common to all characters in the account, but are not shared across servers.
Depending on the collection, different items may be required for the bundle: weapons, armor, accessories, and other items.
There can be up to 6 items in the whole collection.
In some sets it is possible to replace one item with another in order to complete the collection. To replace an item, press the button under the item to be replaced.
When a character receives a collectible, a notification is displayed in the alert menu.
You can open the collections interface by clicking:
Or the corresponding button in the menu or in the right side panel:
Collections in the collections interface window are displayed as items (e.g.: armor, sword) and as icons by category (e.g.: weapons, armor), clicking on an item or icon will open the screen of the chosen collection.
There are permanent events in the game that greatly improve your time in the game. Briefly about each event:
The Olympiad is a cross-server PvP contest where characters fight for the Hero or Legend titles.
The titles are given when the current Olympiad cycle is over. They become active on the first day of the next month and remain so for the whole next cycle.
Heroes and Legends are rewarded with special weapons and skills.
You must meet certain requirements to participate in the Olympiad
The Olympiad takes place on Friday and Saturday from 20:00 to 00:00 (server time). You can apply till 23:40.
An Olympiad cycle lasts for 1 month. Once the cycle is over, Heroes of each class within all servers are announced.
You can participate in 25 matches weekly.
You can become the Hero or the Legend only if you fought in minimum 25 matches throughout the cycle.
Read more about Olympiad
The Ceremony of Chaos is a competition among players to determine the Champion.
To participate, you must meet the following requirements:
You can take part in the Ceremony of Chaos even in your dual class. However, the aforementioned requirements still stand.
The Ceremony of Chaos cycle lasts for 1 month. It begins at 00:00 on the 1st day of each month and ends at 24:00 on the last day of the month.
The Ceremony of Chaos matches are held from Monday to Thursday, from 20:00 till 24:00, 4 times an hour, every 15 minutes.
One character can participate in maximum 16 matches a day.
All participants are rewarded with Marks of Battle.
Read more about Ceremony of Chaos
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
10:00-12:00, 22:00-00:00
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
20:00-01:00
The Conquest cycle starts at 01:00 on the first day of each month and lasts for 1 month. When the Conquest is available, the corresponding icon is shown in the right upper corner of your screen.
You can go to the Conquest world on any day, but only at specified time intervals depending on a day of week. Only characters of Lv. 110 and higher may enter.
To enter the Conquest world, you must be in a peaceful zone. However, peaceful areas of instance and session zones do not count.
Before your first teleportation, you will be asked to choose a special name that will be used in the Conquest world.
From 20:00 till 22:00 UTC+3 you can explore the new world. At that time all characters are considered allies, PvP is not available.
Upon teleporting to the Conquest world, you will be given a unique appearance and your server crest.
You cannot join parties and command channels with players from other servers, and you cannot attack characters from your server. If you die, you don't lose XP.
Read more about Conquest
Demonic Sword Zariche and Blood Sword Akamanah are special cursed weapons that appear during a weekly PvP event.
The event takes place from Monday to Thursday, from 18:00 till 23:59.
You can get the time-limited weapon Demonic Sword Zariche or Blood Sword Akamanah during the event, and if you manage to keep it until the end of the event, you will get a reward in adena and a permanent Zariche/Akamanah weapon or special materials for its upgrade.
The cursed sword event takes place from Monday to Thursday, from 18:00 till 23:59. If you kill a monster or a player of Lv. 95 or higher in any location at this time, you have a chance to spawn Demonic Sword Zariche or Blood Sword Akamanah beside the corpse.
If you take the cursed weapon, you will not be able to unequip, drop, destroy or trade it.
Only one Demonic Sword Zariche and one Blood Sword Akamanah can exist at the same time.
When the sword appears, the world turns red for a few seconds, and the system message about the sword's location is shown in the chat window. Additionally, a sword symbol appears on the world map as well as the current reward (basic and additional) and Zariche's/Akamanah's Treasure Chests.
The last keeper of the sword gets 5,000,000,000 adena as a guaranteed reward and an additional reward according to the Demonic Sword Zariche or Blood Sword Akamanah effect level. So, your overall reward can amount to 10,000,000,000 adena. The reward is sent by mail.
If no one claims the sword during the event, its basic reward is transferred to the next cycle.
Beside adena, the last keeper of the sword gets Zariche's Sealed Pack or Akamanah's Sealed Pack (according to the kept sword). It is also sent via mail. To learn more, see: Bloodthirsty and Bloodstained Zariche/Akamanah Weapons.
Along with the cursed sword, a similarly-named chest appears near the Sea of Spores. The chest is surrounded by 4 Priests of Purification who will try to destroy it if not petrified. The Priests do not attack players.
The location with the chest is considered a combat zone.
If the cursed sword's treasure chest is destroyed, the sword keeper loses their sword, and it re-appears somewhere else in the world.
Read more about Cursed Weapons
Castle sieges are a part of PvP content for clans.
Sieges take place every two weeks on Sunday, from 20:00 till 22:00.
The following castles can be besieged: Gludio, Dion, Giran, Oren, Innadril, Goddard, Schuttgart, Rune and Aden.
All of these castles are besieged simultaneously.
Only clans of Lv. 5 and higher can register for a siege as attackers or defenders.
Victory is claimed by the clan, the leader of which is the last one to use Seal of Light/Seal of Darkness on the castle's Holy Artifact.
Read more about Castle sieges
You can get there using teleportation. You appear in the peaceful zone.
Monsters appear in the zone from 12:00 till 13:00 and from 19:00 till 20:00.
Read more about Swamp of Screams
Dual class is available to all characters who have reached level 105. Characters can only have 1 main class and 1 dual class. With dual class, a character gains additional skills that apply to the main and dual classes.
To add a dual class, a character must reach level 105. After reaching level 105, the character will receive a message to add a dual class from the Dual Class Master Joachim in Aden.
When adding a dual class, he or she will be immediately reborn, automatically gain level 85 and receive the appropriate items for his class.
After adding a dual class, you can learn special skills: normal and improved. You will need special certificates to learn them, which can be obtained from special NPCs: Trandon in Talking Island Village or Gallias in Aden. To obtain the certificates, talk to these NPCs and select the dialog line: “Receive Dual Class certification” or “Receive Improved Dual Class certification”. Obtaining items is only available in dual class.
An important game content is completing dungeons. Below is a list of zones:
Abandoned Coal Mines — a coal mine to the north of Aden. Recently it has become a hideout for the Black Hammer Dwarves. The king is deeply concerned by the matter, so he asks all brave adventurers to clean out the place.
You can enter the zone via the Session Zones UI from level 99+.
Read more about Abandoned Coal Mines
Fioren's Crystal Prison — a session zone with portals to different levels of difficulty hunting zones. Upon entering, talk to NPC Fioren. She can tell you about passages that lead to other areas of the zone: Eastern passage — Storm Isle; Southern passage — Isle of Prayer (Lv. 110+); Western passage — Alligator Island (Lv. 115+); Northern passage — Frost Island (Lv. 120+).
Read more about Fioren's Crystal Prison
Jamoa's Camp — a session zone with portals to different levels of difficulty hunting zones.Upon entering, talk to NPC Jamoa. She can tell you about passages that lead to other areas of the zone: Eastern passage — Primeval Isle; Southern passage — Swamp of Screams (Lv. 110+); Western passage — Blazing Swamp (Lv. 115+); Northern passage — Wasteland (Lv. 120+).
Read more about Jamoa's Camp
Pantheon's Museum — a session zone with portals to different levels of difficulty hunting zones. Upon entering, talk to NPC Museum Manager Pantheon. He will tell you about doors that lead to other areas of the zone: Eastern door — Golden Altar of the Isle of Souls; Southern door — Mimir's Altar of the Isle of Souls (Lv. 110+); Western door — Plunderous Plains (Lv. 115+); Northern door — Elven Forest (Lv. 120+).
Read more about Pantheon's Museum
Dimensional Warp — the powerful magic that was born in the dimensional warp has been collecting in the rifts between the worlds for a long time, and then it escaped, but no one knows where it has gone. Mercenaries are constantly being sent from Aden to investigate this phenomenon.
Dimensional Warp — is a temporary zone for 1 - 4 players of level 99 and higher who have completed the Awakening (3rd Liberation). The zone can be accessed from Benon with the help of the NPC Resed.
Kastia's Labyrinth — is a solo instance zone for characters of Lv. 100 and higher. To teleport there, talk to NPC Karinia in Aden.
Nightmare Kamaloka is a party hunting zone for 2-7 characters of Lv. 105 and higher.
To enter the instance zone, talk to NPC Benusta in Aden.
You have 60 minutes to clear the instance zone.
The access to the instance zone is reset daily at 6:30 a.m.
Once you clear the instance zone, you cannot enter again until it is reset at 6:30, regardless of the difficulty level you choose.
The zone has several difficulty levels:
Read more about Nightmare Kamaloka
Krofin's Nest is a party hunting zone for 2-7 characters of Lv. 105 and higher.
Read more about Krofin's Nest
Ice Queen's Castle is a party hunting zone for 2-7 characters of Lv. 115 and higher.
The access to the instance zone is reset every Wednesday at 6:30 a.m.
Read more about Ice Queen's Castle
Crystal Prison (Baylor) is a party hunting zone for 2-7 characters of Lv. 105 and higher.
Read more about Crystal Prison (Baylor)
Ashen Shadow Camp is a party hunting zone for 2-7 characters of Lv. 105 and higher.
Read more about Ashen Shadow Camp
Spirit Forest is a party hunting zone for 2-7 characters of Lv. 105 and higher.
Read more about Spirit Forest
Macro can be used to automate some processes, using several skills at the same time.
Any chat commands can be used in a macro, and you can also use the names of skills to use them with the /useskill command.
1. Open the macro interface from the menu or by using the Alt+R shortcut.
2. Grab the icon of the needed macro and move it to the hammer icon
3. Edit the macro.
4. Click “Save”
2. Grab the icon of the required macro and move it to the garbage can icon
3. Confirm the macro deletion.
Exalted armor is a special R rank armor infused with the blessing of Lionel Hunter. There are three kits available to choose from: heavy, light and robe. You can purchase a pack of sets from the 4game Store.
All items can be enchanted to +10 with the special item Scroll: Enchant Blessed Exalted Armor, which can be purchased from the Einhasad's Store.
For the quests: One Who Faces the Limit and One Who Overcomes the Limit, the character will receive the Exalted Weapon and Exalted Armor, as well as extra items relevant to the character's class.
The following packs can be found in the 4game shop for comfortable character leveling:
Premium Account
High-grade Rune Set (Core) \ High-grade Rune Set(Orfen)
Einhasad Coins
Small Blessed Exalted Set Box
Color Title
Change Clan Name
Tarot Card Coupon
These sets are recommended for purchase to improve gameplay. They can be found both on the official 4game page and in the Launcher page itself.
Einhasad's store is an in-game store where you can buy items for different currencies.
In the “Equipment” tab, you can find items such as cloaks, artifacts, dragon leather shirts, and chests.
The “Enhancement Materials” tab contains items that can be used to enhance, upgrade or compound.
In the “Supplies” tab, you can find useful items for upgrading your character. Inside you can find consumable items that improve your character's characteristics and/ or experience, as well as teleportation and character boosting scrolls.
In the “ Misc.” tab you can find time stones that will be useful in session zones, items for crafting homunculi or changing your character's appearance, talismans, and more.
In the “Adena store” tab you can find aether, which will be useful in crafting items, exchanges or enhancements, Tales of Dimensions, which can be used in Tales of Hero, Dye Powder, which will help in tattoo crafting and more.
In the “Events and Offers” tab you can find items that are available for a limited time. The content of this tab changes depending on the events on l2central, the official Lineage 2 website.
The following options are available in the main menu:
The interface includes the following items: character status window, target window, chat, hotkey bar, autohunting window, shortcut menu, alerts, sidebar, mini-map, system bar, and general menu.
Level. The current level of the character. The golden frame around the level indicates the Premium Account:
Displays the character level with an activated Premium Account.
Displays the character level without a Premium Account.
Character Name. The nickname that was given when you created your character.
CP. The number of special Combat Points. These are used in duels and PvP. The character's CP is reduced first, and then HP. CP can be restored with elixirs and skills.
HP. Health Points. If the amount of health drops to 0, the character is dead.
MP. Mana Points. Mana is consumed when using skills.
VP. The amount of vitality (Vitality Points). Shows the character's current vitality level.
Resizing the window. Use to distend the window horizontally.
Target Name. You can determine the approximate level of the monster by the color of its name.
Target HP. Current Health Level.
Additional Information. Clan, alliance and rank are displayed here for players. For monsters and NPCs - race and icons of additional characteristics. Hover your mouse over the icon to read the description.
Cancel target. Used to cancel the current target. Same as the Esc key.
The target's effects. The effects that are applied to the target. Hover over the icon to read the description.
The appearance of the mouse cursor will also change when hovering over a target depending on whether the target is friendly or hostile.
When the Ctrl key is pressed, the cursor turns into a dagger and is highlighted with red color.
The chat window is used not only for communication, but also for system messages display and for entering additional commands.
Chat tabs — tabs configured automatically for chat types: Normal, +Trade, #Group, @Clan, $Alliance. Switching to one of these tabs automatically switches the character to talk in these chat types.
Message input bar — displays the message or chat command to be entered.
Button to increase chat size — allows you to expand the chat vertically and horizontally.
Chat settings button — clicking the button opens the chat settings window:
The color of chat messages matters. They are:
Changing the panel position - horizontally or vertically
Cancel / Enable the ability to drag and drop hotkey bar items.
This window can be repositioned to any convenient place on the screen. The autohunting window allows you to:
On/Off auto-use of the supplies by placing them in the appropriate window.
Turn Autohunting enable/disable [Alt+Z] and customize its settings:
The Quick Menu is available in the lower right corner. It contains the main controls. Other necessary items can be found in the general menu, on the sidebar, in the notification menu, on the system bar, or invoked with commands.
[Alt + V]
or [TAB]
Pop-up icons appear in the notification window to notify you about in-game events. It is located in the lower right corner of the screen.
Quick access to important elements of the game are available on the sidebar:
Illusory Equipment is a seasonal event. The illusory gear system allows a character to use equipment and positive effects in exchange for illusory gear points. It can be found on the sidebar and in the character's inventory.
Illusory gear can only be equipped. It cannot be sold, traded, thrown away, enhanced with an attribute, inserted with a Soul Crystal, or enchanted with an Augmenting Stone.
Illusory Equipment Points can be obtained in the time zone of Lurin's Secret Workshop.
Now the maximum number of points does not depend on the character's level. The maximum number of points for all levels is 1000.
The illusory gear interface has a special store that opens by clicking on the icon.
Here you can spend illusory gear points on useful items for leveling up:
Notice: the contents of the store, equipment list and useful effects may vary from season to season.
Collected points, items from the store, and illusory equipment received are deleted at the end of each season.
Read more about Illusory gear
The relic system allows you to increase your character's stats. You can find it on your sidebar and in the main menu.
Relic summoning, upgrading, compounding, collecting and confirming are shared among all the characters of an account, but not across servers.
Relics can be of different grades. Also, there are common and shining relics:
Coupons for summoning relics can be purchased at the Einhasad's Store, as well as during different events and offers.
Use a Relic Summon Coupon in your inventory to open the Relic Summon UI.
To summon a relic, click on a card or press .
When using a relic, pay attention to the weapon type: for the passive buff to work completely, the weapon type of the relic must match the character's weapon type.