Basic Game Guide

Specification
R2 Minimum & Recommended Specification

Minimum Specifications CPU Memory Pentium4 1Ghz 256MB RAM

Recommended Specifications Pentium4 2.6Ghz or higher 512MB RAM or higher GeForce 6600 or higher Graphics Card Direct X 9.0C 1GB Hard Disk Space

Graphics Card
Direct X Version Hard Disk Space

GeForce4 MX
Direct X 9.0C 1GB Hard Disk Space

- Patch will be implemented by the end of Y2006 for the users with low specification condition.

Table of Contents

I.

Installation Guide
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Getting Started Registration Instructions Installation Instructions Patch Client Windows Server Selections

III. Game Guide

1. Game Interface 2. Basic Controls 3. Hot Keys

IV. Etc
1. Chat Types

II. Character Guide

1. Character Selection Screen

2. Item & Give item 3. Store

2.
3.

Character Creation Screen

Classes Description

4. Weigh and Well fed System

5. In-Game Basic Route

Installation Guide
1. Getting Started
You can register at WEBZEN.com and Play R2 Online by following the steps below

If you dont understand English, Just click the different language taps on this page to read all the explanations in other languages (English, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Polish)

Installation Guide
2. Registration Instructions
Click Input

Click

Submit

Click

2-1) Click [Sign up now] on the WEBZEN.com Homepage 2-2) Enter your ID, PASSWORD, BIRTHDAY and E-mail Address Please be careful when you enter your Email address and birthday because you cannot modify the E-mail address once you have registered. 2-3) Read the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. 2-4) IF you agree to all of then, Check the I agree box and Press Submit

Installation Guide
3. Installation Instructions
Click Where you live

Click

Recommended

3-1) In order to play R2 Online, you need to download the client first. Click on DOWNLOAD button on the top-left side of official R2 Online website or WEBZEN.com portal. You could download R2 Online Client through DOWNLOAD page, P2P(torrent)and Mirror sites

Installation Guide
3. Installation Instructions

Click

Click
3-1) Start the game client by clicking the [START GAME] button on the Webpage If you have connected to the game for the first time, you will be prompted to install a Web Starter automatically. You just need to click the [INSTALL]button

Installation Guide
3. Installation Instructions
NOTE: IF you cant proceed, you should allow your IE to enable all Active X control and Plug-ins For your convenience, R2 Online is compatible with both Internet Explorer and FireFox enabled Browsers. ActiveX is also required to properly download, install, and lunch game. To Change ActiveX control settings, Please see below: *Please note: Following steps will require the Administrator PC login. Also, this may default your Internet browers security settings(If they were customized). Modifications of these settings are done At your own risk 1)Open Internet Explorer 2)Click Tools>Internet Options 3)Select Security Tab 4)Click Custom Levelbutton 5)Scroll down to view ActiveX controls and plug-ins 6)Enable all ActiveX control and plug-ins. Once this has been adjusted Users may fully utilize the R2 Online Service without further ActiveX Compatibility issues or prompts After installing the Web Starter, you need to restart your web browser. After Clicking [START GAME]button On the webpage, you can see the game launcher. Click the [START] and play the free online game!

Installation Guide
3. Installation Instructions
3-1) GameGuard Error FAQ Q: The game became slower after GameGuard is applied. What do I do? A:Please check the specification of your PC. If your PC meets the recommended spec, please check the settings of your anti-virus program. If the unnecessary and heavy features such as realtime virus scan, please try to turn it off, minimize the number of features used, and try again. Sometimes, the conflict with anti-virus can occur. If the anti-virus takes up high CPU occupancy, it helps to run the game smoother if you turn off all unnecessary features. Q:GameGuard just closed the game with a notification that a hacking tool was found in my system! A:not only cheating tools, but also virus or spy-ware can cause the game not to run properly. Please try to scan PC with up-to-date anti-virus and ad-ware scanners like Ad-Aware. Q:It says GameGuard failed to update. What do I do? (Error code: 380) A:Please download GameGuard manually using the link provided, and try installing. If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2, please check the firewall settings to see if GameGuard is allowed to access. Sometimes, the problems disappear by restarting the PC. A2:It is possible that firewall application such as Sygate Firewall might be blocking the access of GameGuard. Please open the specific firewall and check if GameGuard.des is blocked or not. Q: It takes too long to load the game, and at last, displays Error code 114 and game is closed. A: There could be a program that might be taking up too much CPU resource. Or, the video driver or sound driver might be out of date. Please scan for any virus and spy-ware, and update all drivers to the most recent versions. A2: The user might be running an anti-virus software that is too heavy for the particular system(Norton 2005, McAfee, VirusBuster, etc.) Please open the settings of the application, and disable any unnecessary features like internet monitoring, outlook monitoring, scr(i)pt monitoring.

Installation Guide
3. Installation Instructions
3-1) GameGuard Error FAQ Q: GameGuard update is not working and Error code 124, 150, or 153 is displayed. A:Please try downloading and install GameGuard manually, using the link provided. Q:The game would not run, and Error code 100 is displayed. A: Computer is infected with virus. Please update the anti-virus to the latest and scan the PC. Even after scanning, if the error code 100 persists to appear, it might be undetectable virus. Please try with another anti-virus then (Each anti-virus application company offers free scanning.)

Q:GameGuard is not initiated, and Error code 360 pops up. A:Right click on hard disk drive select device do disk scan, delete GameGuard folder in the game directory, download GameGuard using the manual link, install and try again.
Q:GameGuard is not initiated, and Error code 361 pops up. A:GameGuard update is not processed well. Please check the internet settings, network, and see if security program such as itop is running or not. Also check if you need to get authorized before connecting to the internet.

Q:GameGuard update has stopped and Error code 350 pops up. A:Cancel button has been pressed. It could also be slow update due to insufficient network bandwidth. Or, FTP or HTTP connection might be blocked. Try pressing Retry button.

Installation Guide
3. Installation Instructions
3-1) GameGuard Error FAQ We recommend that you complete the instruction listed below to solve GameGuard problem 1) Close all applications on your PC 2) Update your graphics card drivers 3) Install and update Windows Security Update 4) Update your anti-virus and anti-spyware software 5) Scan your PC to remove any virus or spyware 6) Reboot your PC

IF you have trouble with GameGuard Error continuously, Please try to do referring to our R2 Online GameGuard FAQ Forum. Link: http://forum.webzen.com/topic795503-game-guard-faq.aspx

Installation Guide
4. Patch Client Windows
[1] [2]

[1] Button for R2 Online Official SNS Community

[2]R2 Online Event & Game Guide Banner

[3] A progress bar which displays the progress of any updates

[3]

[4] Option: Set the graphics and other options Close: Button for Close launcher window

[4]

[5]

[5] Button for starting the game

On the above picture you can see the main window of the R2 Online Auto-updater. This application is launched after clicking on the start game button on the R2 Online website. The patch client is predominantly to check for new updates for your R2 Online Client, but it is also used for launching the game

Installation Guide
5. Server Selection
[2] [1]

After you have loaded successfully you will be asked to select a server. In Webzen R2 Online, We currently have One User Test server.

[1] User Test server button [2] Refresh button.

Character Guide

Character Guide
1. Character Selection Screen

[1]

[1] Button for Character Creation.

[2]Delete Character: If you click Delete character button you will be asked for decision. After clicking confirm yours will be deleted after 10 seconds.

[2] [3]

[3]Select Server: If you click select server, You will be moved to the server selection page

Character Selection Screen After Selecting User Test server, you will be moved to the character selection screen. This screen is designed for managing your characters.

Character Guide
2. Character Creation Screen
[1] Enter Character name
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

[2] Select the race [3] Select the class [4] Select the type of face [5] Select the Style of Hair [6] Description of Race [7] Cancel the Character Creation

[6]

[8] Confirm the Character Creation

If you have successfully created the character, you will find your Character in the Character Selection screen.
[7] [8]

You can have total 3 Characters on each account

Character Guide
3. Classes Description
There are Knight, Ranger, Elf, Assassin and Summoner Also There are both male and female for each class
[1]

1. Knight After ruining peers by force, Knights became the new ruling power [2] whom are strong at close combat. Only Using Close range weapons made one s body like a steel with Physical training and ascetics.

[6]

2. Ranger Most of rangers are commoners whom are specialized in both long Ranged weapons and close range battle. No one can disregard them with their agile movement from real experience and good with various wapons.
[8]

Character Guide
3. Classes Description
[1]

3. Elf Owner of this land before humans crossed ocean and get settled uses magic power from nature with their high intelligence, which are attack magic, Assisting attack magic, and protection magic One cannnot be careless because elf warriors are great with their sward skill as well as their magic
[2]

[6]

4. Assassin

Whom were assassination unit under Dark priests, deserts from their unit.
Later on meets with Velken and joins hes unit. Fight along against Dark priest and a big conspiracy
[8]

Character Guide
3. Classes Description
[1]

5. Summoner
[2] Some people were raised by Merman, are natives of Accra island, and have special skills. The strongest of this group are called Summoners.

They can manipulate Mana different from others, and know how to control a variety of demons, animals and summoned creatures. Summoned creatures do not hesitate to sacrifice [6] themselves for their masters.

[8]

[1]

[2]

[6]

Game Guide

[8]

Game Guide
1. Game Interface
Quest NPC Location Other NPC Located Direction

Global Server Time

Well-Fed Rate

User Location Quest NPC

Compass

Character Name

Chat Window

Detect & Help button Level/Weight/Slot/HP&MP/Exp Bar

Menu Button

Emergent Quick Slot

Character Status

Quick Slot

Game Guide
2. Basic Controls
2-1) Movement Control 2-2) Camera Control

Click

Click

Movement Key

Jump

W,A,S,D to move your character around or simple use left mouse click on the ground. You can also with Space Bar

You can move your characters view with Right Click and Middle mouse button. Also you can zoom in and out with Mouse Wheel Scroll.

Game Guide
2. Basic Controls
2-3) Auto Attack You can attack enemy with left mouse button, however in order to Auto Attack you have to hold left click button, then Click right mouse button on enemy 2-4) Force Attack When in PVP situation you will have to attack your opponent. To Force Attack press then left click your enemy
Click

[1]

[1] You may also Auto Attack by hold left click over enemy and Drag&Drop at the bottom center of screen at the circular ball shape image

Sometime you will experience situation when you keep attacking NPC. Follow the step below to talk NPC [Click O button-> Uncheck Force Attack Mode

Game Guide
3. Hot Keys

F1~F8(shift+F1~F8): Use Quick Slot

[F9]:Help

[F10, F11, F12] Expand Quick Slot

[TAB]:Inventory Window

[Q]:Use Emergent Quick slot

[R]:Auto Run

[I]:Inventory Window

[p]:Private Shop

[J]:Open Craft Window [E]:Pick Up Items [T]:Open Display Effective Period Window

[H]:HP Gauge

[K]:Guild Skill Window

[Enter]:Enable to Chat

[Z]: Summon Window (Summoner only)

[C]: Community Window

[B]:Open Item Shop

[M]:World Map

[,]:Control mini map size

[CTRL]: Force Attack mode (PK Mode)

[Alt +G]: Hide UI

[Print Screen]: Save Screen shot [Mouse left Button]: move/Attack monster

[Click Mouse Wheel]: Turn Camera

ETC

ETC
1. Chat Types
1-1) Chat Types 1-2) Main Chat Bar

General All Whisper

:Is which everyone near you can hear. This chat shows chat balloon and others may see them :Chat is which everyone in the world can hear. This chat does not show chat balloon and only visible on the chat window :Chat is only visible by yourself and relative person. You can use it by hitting enter and type(). Then type whom you wish to whisper to and leave a blank space, then type what you wish to say. Also, If you have received a whisper from someone or you have sent one, character name whom you had whisper with gets automatically typed for your convenience :Chat is only visible to the guild members whom are registered same guild as yourself. No one here you will be able to see them, and there is no chat balloon visible. :Chat is for people who wish to sell an item or buy one. There is chat balloon, only able to check through chat window. :Chat is only available once guild youre in have made an alliance other guild, other character around you cannot see them, and there werent be any chat balloon :Chat is only available when youre in a party, and used for communication between party members. This chat shows chat balloon in order to show party members location

General All Whisper Guild Trade Alliance Party

Guild

Trade Alliance Party

1-3) Chat window button function

Opacity lvl adjustment: Adjust 5 different level by clicking it Chat filter setting: Filter chat types to blinding unwanted types Create sub chat: Open a new chat window and set a chat type

Close sub chat: Close chosen sub chat window.

1-4) Sub Chat window and filter function

Size Control button

Chat filter setting

ETC
2. Item & Give Item
2-1) Item Determination The items are generally determined by Eternally Cursed(Red), Cursed(Red), and Blessed(Yellow).

-Once you put on cursed item, you cannot unequip it. However, you can cure cursed status by Using [Remove Cursed Potion] -When you retrieve an item during hunting it is in a unidentified status, and you wont be able to know item information clearly. However, by using [Analysis potion] user will know exact information about this item

[Eternally Cursed item] Eternally Cursed item have a little difference from cursed items. When you use [Remove Curse Potion], It will cure the curse temporarily, and if you equip it again it will return to Eternally cursed status.

ETC
2. Item & Give Item
2-2) Classification of items The items are classed as Potions, Weapons, Armors, Accessories, Wands, Scroll ingredient items, food, quest and Material item [Potions] There are [Health Potion], [Teleport Magic potion],[Return to Town potion], [Remove Curse Potion]. To use the potions, There are two way to use potions. One of them is double clicking the potions on your inventory, another way is pushing the shot cut key after putting it on the quick slot -Health Potion Heals characters HP small amount -Teleport Potion Teleports a character to nearby spot randomly. -Remove Curse potion Use them on a Cursed item, It removes the curse.

[Weapons] Weapons have no limitation of level or class to equip. However, there are class exclusive weapons, sword and shield for knight, Guns and vows for ranger, staff and spell book for elf, crystal ball, sword, bow for summoner

[Armors] There are helmet, armor, glove, boots and shield for armors. You can equip and unequip by double clicking within inventory

ETC
2. Item & Give Item
[Accessories] There are ring, necklace and cape for accessory and they give various special attributes to characters. There special attributes either increase characters stats or decrease them, can make character invisible to others, and able to teleport to specific places one desires. Also resistance against attribute monsters.

[Wands] There are Thunder wand, Wand of Summoning, Spiders wand, Transformation wand for wand items. You can use them by double clicking them or double click and click on your target. There are no class restrictions on using these items. [Spell Book] There are elf only spell book and summoner only spell book. Fire bolt, Ice bolt, and others are only for elf class, and you can repair(recharge) the used spell book through NPC in town. For some spell books are allowed to enchant. You can get these items through hunting monsters or shop from spell book merchant. [Ingredient Items] Wolf hide, piece of chain, silver ore, steel ore are ingredient items. If you bring them to manufacture NPC, you can make item(Weapon/armor/etc). There are commission fee when making an item Ex)When making [Wolf Hide Glove]: if you bring 10 wolf hides, 1 spider web, 700 silvers to clement in Ashburn town, you can make [Wolf Hide Glove]

ETC
2. Item & Give Item
[Food]
Bread, beef, rabbit meat are food type, which affects [Well-fed level]. -Bread : Recovers 10 well-fed level -Rabbit Meat : Recovers 30 well-fed level -Beef : Recovers 30 Well-fed level

[Quest items] Quest items are only for doing quests.

[Materials] Items which contain condensed Mana, which will tremendously affect characters stats. You can purchase through item mall or some server one may receive this item from monsters from monsters from inventory(Tab or I), Move to material tab and you can equip it by double clicking. You can also enchant them by gathering 4 of same type and same level materials and run them in Material Evolution window.

ETC
2. Item & Give Item
2-3) How to use items By double clicking at invent(Tab or I) or using Shortcut key(F1~F10) after inserting item in quick slots. For potions when you double click, it will use them, for equipments, it will equip or unequip your items. -Default Quickslot=F1~F8 -Top bat Quickslot=Shift+F1~F8(Hide top quickslots=F12) -Emergency Quickslot= Q

2-4) How to equip Quick slot Drag an drop the items which you want to equip from your inventory into the quickslot general Drag & Drop works well to equip an item

ETC
2. Item & Give Item
2-5)Give item means This function can allows you to give items to someones inventory without going through the trade window

PC(A) gives it to PC(B) There is one condition for this function, its only possible between same guild members PC(A) gives it to NPC There is no condition to give items between NPC and PC. It works 100% PC(A) gives it to monster There is no condition to give items to monsters like NPC. The items which you have given to monster will be dropped again when you kill this monster within certain time. PC(A) gives it to Dead man There is no condition to give dead man even though they are different guild member, monster and NPC

ETC
3. Store
3-1) How to purchase an item at store
Shop list

[1] Talk to Store NPC. [2] Put your mouse cursor on a item you would like to purchase click right button and bring a pop up window where you can enter amount.

Enter Cancel

[3] Click number keypad or on your keyboard amount you wish to purchase.
[4] Click or Press enter. [5] Then chosen item will be added to the purchase list.

Purchase Item 5

6 Buy

Close

[6] Lastly Click Buy button then your silver will withdrawn and items you have purchased will go into your inventory . Purchase process is finished.

3-2) How to sell and item an item at store When selling an item, the process is quite similar with purchase process. But, only sellable items in your inventory will be shown on the sell list. Just as above follow instruction as [1]->[2]->[3]->[4]->[5] then click sell button to finish *At number[3] instruction if you press shit+mouse right button, your weight and silver amount gets calculated automatically and maximum amount will move to the list. Or, If you enter amount more than you can have it will automatically designate max amount.

ETC
4. Weight and Well-fed Concept
4-1) Weight Concept Weight means how much a character can carry. Weight is displayed at bottom left corner with numbers, when it goes over 70%(Red text) HP/MP will not recover automatically. If it goes over 100%, you will not be able to pick up items anymore. However, only silvers are allowed. You can carry about 160 slots total.

4-2) Well-Fed concept

Well-Fed shows how hungry a character is, depends on its status attack rates increase or decrease are affected. It displays on right top corner with meat image, if you put a mouse cursor on it, it will show the status in numbers. In order to fill up the Well-Fed level, all you need to is eat any food items(Bread, Meat)
<Storage Keeper>
Close

4-3) How to use Storage

Popo

In each town except Guinea Island, there are Storage Keeper NPC, In Ashburn town, There is Popo, in Blackland town Modma are in charge of storage. For each item they take 30 silver as Commission fee, for silver storage, they dont charge anything. You can use about 300 slots in total

ETC
5. In-Game Basic Route
5-1) Guinea(Knight, Ranger, Assassain) Knight, Ranger and Assassin class will be started at Guinea Town. If you clear NPCs Basic quest, you can get useful items and information from them. All you have to do just follow instruction as [Stax] -> [Aloma] -> [Olivia] -> [Lamkin] Named Cook5 npc allows you to go to Ashburn town directly

GATE WAY

Start Spot

3 2
ALOMA

OLIVIA

STAX

ALOMA

OLIVIA

Cook

LAMKIN

STAX

Close

Popo

GATE WAY

LAMKIN

COOK

When your character becomes lv 10, You will be moved to Guinea automatically. After that you will never have to go back to Guinea.

ETC
5. In-Game Basic Route
5-1) Accra(Elf, Summoner) Elf and Summoner class will be started at Accra Town. If you clear NPCs Basic quest, you can get useful items and information from them. All you have to do just follow instruction as [Bangal] -> [Bertels] -> [Jinhwi] -> [Lancel] Named Yan 5 allows you to go to Ashburn town directly, if you pay 1000 silver

JINHWI GATE WAY

3
BERTELS

2
OLIVIA JINHWI

LANCEL

BANGAL

BANGAL

BERTELS

YAN

Close

Popo

LANCEL

YAN

Elf and Summoner can go to Ashburn any time you want. However, you should pay 1000 silver to go to Ashburn

THANK YOU!
Made by R2 Online Support Team