The Complete New Player Guide

This entire guide was written and is maintained by Lymd, Guildmaster of PAIN — one of the top European guilds in Ragnarok Zero Global. It's a living document: server mechanics, rewards, and recommendations will keep changing as Ragnarok Zero Global evolves, so treat this as current best-practice advice rather than a final, unchanging reference.

Table of Contents

🔗1. Interesting Links

• Skill Simulator
• Hubby Ryan Geldun (based on TWROZ database)
• TWROZ Database
• Twitchwhere I am mostly streaming Ragnarok Online but other streamers also do !

Note: an official database will come at some point but not available right now.

2. Subscription

This is the minimum requirement to log in and play on an account. As multiple accounts are permitted, you will, however, need to pay for X subscriptions for X accounts.

3. New User Interface (UI)

Then (Classic)

Now

There’s a new graphical interface that looks a bit more modern, but if you’re old-school, you can switch back to the old interface:

Esc > Game Settings >

By default, the shortcuts have also been revised and no longer use a key combination involving the ALT key. To revert to this, you can enable it as follows:

4. Settings

You can get a few zoom out cells:

By default, emails are blocked; you can enable them as follows:

If “Footsteps Effect” from other players annoys you, you can also put it off:

5. RO Factory

Talking about footstep… Here is the RO Factory. Link:https://roz.mygnjoy.com/en/rofactoryPlenty of customisation is available for fine tuning foot steps, find an example below:

6. Navigation

Use the navigation to find NPCs and monsters, as well as the (in theory) best route to get there. All you have to do is follow the arrows down the floor.

To get there, click after using “Move” to travel there manually, or pay for the service using various items, which will teleport you directly to the selected map:

7. Channels

Each map is divided into several zones: the ‘current’ zone, followed by zones or channels A, B, C and D. Depending on the number of players in these zones, you can decide to switch between them. This device is available on every map near a warp.

Important note: When you are in one of these zones, all warps are disabled. To return to the ‘global’ or shared zone, you must select ‘current’ as shown below; as Zone A was previously selected, it does not appear in the list of suggestions. Once you have been teleported to the current/global channel, the warps will be available again.

7. Hidden World

In addition to the five zones, including the so-called ‘current’ zone, there are also two PvP zones, Y and Z, which can be accessed via the NPC who looks like a seated Novice:

Important note: unlike the global zones A, B, C and D, you cannot teleport once you are inside these PvP zones.

The benefits of these PvP zones are:

• A greater number of monsters
• Faster respawn times
• 10% EXP boost (can be activated)*
• 10% drop rate boost (can be activated)*

To get there, you’ll need a key, which can be obtained via the Cash Shop and is valid for your character; it cannot be placed in storage:

* Once the box has been opened, you can use the item as an activatable boost that increases experience and drop rates by 10% for 12 hours.

To leave this area, simply return to the character selection screen, which will take you straight to your save point when you return to the game.

Note: There is a daily reset of the PvP maps at 2.00 am (CEST); your character will then be teleported to one of the non-PvP areas and will continue hunting as before, but without the 10% EXP/drop bonus.

8. Achievements

Rewards based on challenges you’ve completed and those still to come are available in the game; these often take the form of Increase Agi or Blessing buffs, but may also include cosmetic titles or items:

Simply complete the challenges and then click the “Claim” button to receive your rewards.

On most maps, there is a treasure; you can search for it and earn Zenys after claiming your reward from this menu.

9. Beginning

First of all, if you struggle to log into your account, please do check that you are not having any capital letters in your email as this is case sensitive.

It has been a common mistake for people having connection issues, now you know !

The start is very different from what you might have experienced on other servers, and the directions are fairly clear – you just need to follow the arrows to go from one NPC to another and do what they ask. You won’t have to grind job levels to change class; you’ll pick them up as you go through the tutorial quest.

Do remember to allocate your skill points, though, or you’ll get stuck and the NPC won’t let you change class ! Next, all you need to do is go upstairs and head to the room with the name of the class you want to play. There’s no need for a job-change quest like in the old days.

10. Affixes

Affixes are an essential part of the game; getting the piece of equipment with the best affixes for your class is the way to go.

The list of affixes is available here:https://midgardhub.com/tools/affix

When an item with one or more affixes drops to the ground, it will be surrounded by a coloured halo corresponding to the number of affixes:

• blue for 1
• yellow for 2
• purple for 3
• green for 4 (to be checked)
• Red for 5 (to be checked)

Notes:

- Max HP is often prioritised to avoid dying too early

- HIT and FLEE are quite important for melee classes

- Max SP for classes that use skills

- Or Variable Casting Time for casters (mages and acolytes)

11. Cash Shop (CS)

To be detailed when the server will be released.

13. Main Quest (MQ)

Throughout your adventure on the server, there’s a main quest available which offers a change from the XP grind and also allows you to gain experience. Most of these are still ‘FedEx’-style quests, but they do provide a welcome break.

There are level requirements, and you won’t be able to complete everything in one go (for example, level 20, level 40, etc.). The main quest continues as new patches are released. Note: During the open beta, doing all the main quest was about 45% at level 49.

14. Auto Mods

15. Early Game

Mage/Range: Flora, Parasite, Grove, Steel Chonchon…

Melee: There are two types: those that can use AoE and those that can’t:

• Non-AoE: Spore, Bigfoot, Coco, Thara, Sohee, Orc Warrior/Lady, Argiope…
• AoE: Poison Spore, Wolf, Goblin…

Note to be verified: Experience on Zero does not appear to be scaled with level as expected in Renewal; in other words, a monster will always grant the same amount of experience regardless of your level, so certain ranged classes or even groups can take full advantage of this.

16. Group Leveling

A group experience bonus is available and, according to the latest information, it works as follows:

This means that a team, or a group where everyone plays their part, will perform relatively better than if you’re playing solo; the same applies to auto-hunting if everyone manages to get by on their own.

Depending on the group’s composition and provided auto-hunt is not used, a group of 10–12 players can easily target leveling areas that are significantly tougher than those they would face whilst soloing or using auto-hunt.

Example: When soloing, certain classes will head to the Orcs around levels 30–35; it is highly likely that a good group could venture there as early as level 25.

A duo or trio consisting of a mobber, a damage dealer (DD) and a support character is also very effective, depending on the zone they’re in.

Example: If you’re just a tad short of HIT to maintain consistent damage output, there’s nothing better than a duo with an Acolyte for a Blessing and Increase Agi. If the support character has Pneuma, a zone like the Parasites will be a piece of cake.

17. Leveling per Class

18. Adventurer Agency

This is the tab where you can find a leveling group ! You can register your group and automatically recruit new players; to do so, simply open the Adventurers Agency as follows:

As a leader, you can therefore promote your group – just make sure you specify the area and channel where your team is based. If a member leaves the group, the shared experience will be reset and become individual; it’s up to you to manually set it back to shared, otherwise the group members who aren’t AFK are bound to complain.

If you’re looking for a group, you can click on one; if it isn’t full, you’ll be added to it just a few seconds after clicking “Join Party”:

19. Memorial Dungeon

20. MvP Raids

Several areas will hold MvP Raids such as Culvert with Golden Thief Bug (aka GTB) or Moon Light Flower and more to come in the future.

For GTB, from the last floor, take the Red warp for the non-PvP zone:

The MvP is in these rooms (if spawned) and currently, the player killing the MVP is rewarded with the following:

Note that when the MvP died on our first try, 2 more boxes dropped on the floor.

A multitude of fragments dropped on the floor all over the map and are probably lootable by anyone.

The fragments can then be exchanged at the Raid Manager, Yakt standing in the Eden HQ:

21. Mission Board

Apart from the main quest, I wouldn’t recommend doing the side quests, as they involve relatively interesting tasks but offer rewards that are only average at best (HP/SP potions).

22. RODEX

Aka RO Delivery Express is a mail system built into the UI. Indirect communication with players can go through in the case of “Leave Offer” messages but this is also the way the game will send you rewards or purchases.

The official mails sent by the system will be stored in the “Notice” tab, while interaction with other players will be set in the “Normal” tab.

23. Market Place

Unlike many official servers, where the player shops are directly in Prontera or even Alberta (ah, the good old days ❤️), a dedicated area is available and can be accessed from the Kafra in Prontera:

The area is divided into four zones, and you can travel quickly from one to another if you wish:

The Kafra, a Blacksmith’s forge and a Tool Dealer are available, notably right in the centre.

This first step will allow you to return to Prontera.

You can therefore set up a Vending or Buying post, whether or not you have a merchant class:

It is indeed possible to complete a quest that allows you to act as a seller or buyer whilst offline or whilst playing your character.

25. NPCs

Many of the NPCs listed below can be accessed via this NPC, who can be found in various towns but always looks the same:

/navi payon 164/156

This NPC teleports you to a dedicated map with a few NPCs:

26. Bank

A bank is available and is shared by all users on your account; simply click through the menus or press CTRL+B to display it:

26. Inn Exp Boost

Each inn has its own opening hours; if you rest at the inn during the relevant times, you will receive a +10% EXP bonus for 30 minutes.

Note: The server times are in UTC, so add 2 hours in summer and 1 hour in winter.

Example: 14:00 is 16:00 during summer time, otherwise it is 15:00 during winter time.

Note: This bonus cannot be combined with the below potion

27. Earn Zenys

First tip: make sure you have a Merchant with Discount and Overcharge set to 10 on your account; this will allow them to take items directly from the Kafra and sell them at a good price. Bear in mind that some items will likely be in high demand amongst players, and it’ll be more profitable to sell them to players rather than to NPCs.

Lots of monsters drop Fly Wings; you’ll probably end up with more than you need, but they sell very, very well to NPCs.

As for loot in general, don’t hesitate to pick everything up, many items are very useful. Selling them to NPCs or other players will allow you to afford purchases such as HP/SP consumables or ammunition.

Oridecon/Elunium ores (whether refined or not) are sure to be an essential resource, particularly as there’s no ‘safe refine’ option, so you’re going to need a looooooot of them🎉.

Elunium

Rough Elunium

Oridecon

Rough Elunium

If you don’t need gear with certain affixes, someone else surely does! It’s up to you to strike the right balance with the other gear already on the market.

Crafts for Alchemists are also worth looking into:Empty Bottle

FabricImmortal HeartHeart of MermaidZenorc’s Fang

Orc Honor Badge

Skel-BoneAlcohol

Witch’s Starsand

Stem

Maneater Blossom

Assassins will have/have Enchant Deadly Poison (EDP); do remember to keep this to hand – it might come in handy after some patches:KarvodainirolPoison SporeBee StingerCactus NeedleVenom Canine

A few more items for crafting weapons with Blacksmiths specialising in forging:

Steel

Iron

Coal

Zircon

Amethyst

Heroic Emblem

1carat Diamond

Evil Horn

28. Items Quests

Opera Mask

/navi prontera 27/233

Hair Brush

/navi comodo 224/171

Ph.D Hat

/navi prontera 40/240

Blue Fish

/navi comodo 296/233

Beanie

/navi geffen 202/159

Hot-blooded Headband

/navi morroc 79/65

Sakkat

/navi morroc 128/55

Welding Mask

/navi geffen_in 143/167

29. Equipment Stats

You can view a summary of the bonuses provided by your equipment:

30. Clan

If you don’t have a guild, while I strongly recommend to look for one, you can also register to a clan:

/navi prt_in 37/112

The buff they provide is nice for the early game so do not hesitate. Keep it mind that if you are part of a clan, you cannot be part of a guild. You will first need to leave the clan and to do so, please visit the Clan Master you initially talked to.

31. Guild

I strongly encourage anyone to join a guild because a lot of content is enjoyable and easier in small to high guilds such as:

• Memorial Dungeons
• Leveling Party with EXP songs
• MvP Raids
• PvP content
• GvG content (War of Emperium)

Do visit the official Discord section to check the guilds that are recruiting, in your mother tongue or internationally !

Within a guild you can have up to 75 other members than you.

Note that guild can have animated emblem 🎉

32. Costumes

33. Qpets

There is a quest in Izlude for Pet Taming:

/navi iz_ac01 45/78

You can try to capture a Little Poring and receive taming items.

34. Get Poring

Link to the web app:https://gp.mygnjoy.com/GetPoring

From this app where you can take care of a special poring. When it reaches his final form, you can use a Valhalla Pass and bring it to the server:

Nothing special about them (no bonus stats, no special use), but they exists several and people could find them cute and want them :3

35. World Map

This map of the Ragnarok world gives you an overview from the Taiwanese server, showing the main monster and the level of each zone:

36. Item Safe Lock

Don’t worry about selling a valuable item to the tool dealer any more – you can lock an item to prevent it from appearing in the list of items for sale. Head to the Favourites window in your inventory:

37. Key Bind Switch

You can assign a key or key combination to switch between two sets of gear. This is very effective in mobbing/DD roles, or simply in different parts of the game, such as in instances or PvP/WoE, for example! This action can be performed every 10 seconds.

38. Announced Roadmap

On the 17th of July, a roadmap has been announcedhere

But also for the year 2027:

39. TWROZ Timelines*

*Based on the timeline of the Taiwanese Zero server (TWROZ).

Thanks for having a look at my guide

&

have a lovely adventure on the server

~ Lymd