40 Fun Facts About Ragnarok Online

Which slime-like, low-level monster has become the unofficial mascot of the Ragnarok Online series?

Poring went from throw-away enemy to series icon, even starring in its own spin-off mobile games such as Poring Rush.

Which privacy law took effect the day Ragnarok Online shut its servers across most of Europe?

GDPR came into force on May 25, 2018, the same day Ragnarok Online and its sequel went offline in most of Europe. Players in CIS countries kept their servers.

Ragnarok Online draws its title and many of its place names from which ancient mythology?

Norse mythology supplies the title itself: Ragnarök is a foretold chain of events that includes a great battle in which gods such as Odin and Thor perish.

What is the in-game currency that Ragnarok Online players spend at shops and vending stalls?

Zeny is capped at 2,147,483,647 per character, which is two to the power of 31, minus one.

Every new human character in Ragnarok Online starts out as which class before choosing a first job?

Novice characters lose no experience when they die, and at Job Level 10 they can switch to a first class such as Swordman, Thief or Archer.

Which capital city of the Rune-Midgarts Kingdom is the heart of most Ragnarok Online communities?

Prontera is home to the Acolyte, Priest, Knight and Crusader guilds, and its own theme tune plays for every visitor.

Which Ragnarok Online town celebrates eternal Christmas, with Santa, a snowman and a Toy Factory?

Lutie is reached for free by talking to Mr. Claus, an NPC who stands in the north-eastern corner of Al De Baran.

Which mount can Knights and Crusaders ride in Ragnarok Online to move faster and carry more weight?

Peco Peco riders pay for the extra speed: their attack speed is halved until they learn the Cavalier Mastery skill.

Which label marks Ragnarok Online's strongest bosses, which respawn only on a timer?

MVP bosses reappear anywhere from an hour to a full day after the last one was killed, and the fighter who did the most damage wins a bonus reward.

Which scythe-swinging boss waits on the third map of Ragnarok Online's Labyrinth Forest?

Baphomet takes its name from an occult human-goat idol, and it returns to the maze-like forest two hours after each defeat.

Ragnarok Online's world is rendered in 3D, but how are its player characters drawn?

2D sprites show each character from front, back, side and diagonal facings inside the three-dimensional world.

Which Ragnarok Online first class hauls a Pushcart and can become a Blacksmith or Alchemist?

Merchant characters favour axes, and with the Cart Revolution skill they can swing their loot-laden carts at whole groups of monsters.

Which Ragnarok Online class, an upgrade for Thieves, is the only one able to wield Katar weapons?

Assassin characters score critical hits twice as often when they fight with Katars, and they can also hold a weapon in each hand.

Which animal companion can Hunters call on in Ragnarok Online to strike several monsters at once?

Falcon attacks come from the Blitz Beat skill, and the bird can also reveal concealed enemies and destroy enemy traps.

Which organisation's staff offer Ragnarok Online players storage, save points and teleports?

Kafra Corporation employees will set a respawn point for free, while storage and travel each cost a small fee.

What rare monster drops can Ragnarok Online players slot into equipment for bonus effects?

Cards fall from most monsters just 0.01% of the time, and each monster drops only its own.

Which South Korean artist created the manhwa Ragnarok, the comic that Ragnarok Online is based on?

Lee Myung-jin put the comic on indefinite hiatus after ten volumes so that he could help develop the game.

Which Ragnarok Online desert town beside the Pyramids and Sphinx is home to the Thief guild?

Morroc was wrecked in Episode 12 when the demon Satan Morroc awoke, and a refugee camp sprang up beside the Pyramids.

Which Ragnarok Online city of magic, home to the Mage and Wizard guilds, has a tower at its centre?

Geffen is said to have been built by great Wizards of the past, and its lights never go out because the magic research there never stops.

Which celebrated Japanese composer produced the soundtrack for the first version of Ragnarok Online 2?

Yoko Kanno, best known for the anime Cowboy Bebop, scored the sequel's first version, The Gate of the World, which was scrapped in 2010 and rebuilt from scratch.

Which Japanese network first broadcast Ragnarok the Animation, the anime based on Ragnarok Online?

TV Tokyo aired all 26 episodes between April and September 2004, and South Korea's SBS followed with its own broadcast in 2005.

Which Ragnarok Online beach town, home to the Dancer and Bard guilds, is likened to Las Vegas?

Comodo lies beyond a marsh and a giant cave, and the sun never shines there: visitors gamble and party under a blue moon.

Which Ragnarok Online town is styled on old Japan, with cherry trees that are always in bloom?

Amatsu was the first product of the Global Project, which added towns themed on countries that had licensed servers of the game.

Which floating city in Ragnarok Online is the capital of the Republic of Schwartzvald?

Juno hovers above the El Mes Plateau on three islands, and it is the Heart of Ymir that allows the land to exist.

Which dungeon stands at the centre of Al De Baran, the Ragnarok Online city of canals?

Clock Tower monsters run from level 47 up to level 107, while the town outside draws its power and drinking water from the canals.

Which rare stone must a Ragnarok Online player own in order to found a guild?

Emperium is used up when the guild is formed, and in castle sieges the guild that lands the last hit on a castle's own stone claims the castle.

What name was given to the sweeping overhaul of Ragnarok Online that added Third Class jobs?

Renewal let characters pass the Base Level limit of 99 for the first time, but Japanese players received it so poorly that their version was withdrawn and reworked.

Which Ragnarok Online process sends a level 99 character back to level 1 with stronger job options?

Rebirth needs base level 99 and job level 50, and the reborn character starts over with 100 stat points to spend instead of the usual 48.

Which special companion can Ragnarok Online's Alchemists create after the Bioethics Quest?

Homunculus comes in four types, Lif, Amistr, Filir and Vanilmirth, and can act as support, an instant party member or even a sacrifice.

Which playable cat race in Ragnarok Online begins the game as a Summoner in the town of Lasagna?

Doram characters count as their own race, stay on the Summoner path for good, and at Base Level 200 can advance to Spirit Handler.

Ragnarok Online developer Gravity floated its shares in 2005 on which stock exchange?

NASDAQ began trading the company in February 2005 under the ticker symbol GRVY, after an offering worth 108 million US dollars.

Which Japanese company took a majority stake in Ragnarok Online's developer Gravity in 2008?

GungHo, later famous as the Puzzle & Dragons publisher, had long hosted the game's Japanese server before it obtained a 52.4% stake in the Korean studio in February 2008.

Ragnarok Odyssey, an action spin-off of Ragnarok Online, was made by Game Arts for which handheld?

PlayStation Vita owners got a real-time action RPG in the vein of Monster Hunter, with six classes to switch between and no leveling system.

The scrapped Ragnarok Online 2: The Gate of the World was rebuilt and released under which subtitle?

Legend of the Second arrived in South Korea in March 2012 and went back to the systems of the original game while keeping a 3D engine.

Which later MMORPG from Ragnarok Online developer Kim Hakkyu was billed as its spiritual successor?

Tree of Savior earned the label when it was unveiled in 2011 under the code name Project R1; it was built by IMC Games, the studio Kim founded.

Which amnesiac warrior living in the village of Fayon is the hero of the manhwa Ragnarok?

Chaos remembers nothing from before the last two years of his life, and he trains with his close friend Iris Irine, heir to the village's leadership.

Which young swordsman, childhood friend of the acolyte Yufa, is the hero of Ragnarok the Animation?

Roan sets out to become strong enough to protect Yufa, and partway through the story he returns as a Crusader to rescue her.

Which Glast Heim boss in Ragnarok Online is also the sealed villain of Ragnarok the Animation?

Dark Lord was once the king of that ruined capital, damned after reading stolen tomes; in the anime he needs seven crystals to return.

Which publisher released the ten-volume manhwa Ragnarok in English across North America?

Tokyopop issued the volumes between May 2002 and April 2004, a run that overlapped with the online game's North American launch in June 2003.

Which South Korean team of composers became famous for the Ragnarok Online soundtrack?

SoundTeMP formed in 1992, and a later track in the game, Remembering BlueBlue, was written as a eulogy for its late primary composer.