Interlude · x5

Server Features

Server Concept

L2 Pearl is a low-rate Interlude server. Levelling is meant to take time, gear is meant to be earned, and a C-grade weapon should still mean something a month in. Nothing here is inflated to look generous on a server list.

What we did borrow from mid-rate servers are the parts that remove dead time rather than remove the game: an NPC buffer for the early levels, auto loot, offline shops, and daily objectives that give you something to do when you only have an hour. Everything that decides who wins a fight is retail.

The files are ours and the client is a clean Interlude with the Pearl patch on top — no custom skills, no invented grades, no power creep sold in a shop.

Lineage 2 Interlude gameplay

Server Rates

Basic Rates

Experience
x5
Skill Points
x5
Adena
x3

Drops & Spoil

General Drop
x2
Full Equipment
x1
Weapons and armor at retail chance
Spoil
x3

Crafting

Key Materials
x2
Recipes
x2

Quests & Bosses

Quest Item Drop
x2
The items a quest asks you to collect
Quest Rewards
x1
What the quest pays out
Raid & Epic Drops
x1
Retail chance
Equipment and epics stay at x1. Levelling and adena are quicker than retail, but the things that decide a fight — finished gear and epic jewels — drop at retail chance. Materials and recipes sit at x2 so crafting stays a real way to get geared rather than a formality.

General Features

The Basics

ChronicleInterlude
Client GUIClassic
Max Level80
Max Subclasses3
Auto LootEnabled
Offline ShopEnabled
Box Limit1 per PC · 2 with VIP
Auto-learn SkillsUp to level 76 · books after

Class & Nobless

1st & 2nd Class ChangeFree
3rd Class ChangeQuest or Donate
NoblessQuest or Donate · Barakiel kill required either way

Buffs & Shop

Buffs

NPC Buffer — to level 20

Normal buffs only, one hour each, and only while you are under level 20. It carries you through the starting zones; after that, support comes from real players.

Dances, Songs & Chants

Retail like — retail duration, from a real Sword Singer, Bladedancer or Overlord. The buffer does not hand them out.

Buff Slots

24 slots, plus 12 more reserved for songs and dances.

Shop & Consumables

GM Shop — up to D grade

Gear and consumables up to D grade, nothing above it. C grade onwards is dropped, spoiled, crafted or traded.

Mana Potions — from Events only

One minute reuse, and they are not for sale. You get them by taking part in events, which keeps mana an actual resource.

Support classes matter here. The buffer stops at level 20 and songs and dances never come from it, so a party with a real Prophet, SWS or BD is genuinely stronger than one without — the way Interlude was built.

Enchanting

Safe Enchant
+3
Weapon & armor
Max Weapon
+16
Max Armor
+10
Normal Scroll
55%
Blessed Scroll
65%

Events & PvP

Automated Events

TvT, Deathmatch & Capture the Flag

Running on a schedule through the day, open from level 20 so you do not have to be end-game to join one.

Glittering Medals

Every event pays out medals. Take them to the Special NPC and trade them for rewards — event time is never wasted time.

Competitive

Olympiad

Runs on its own cycle with a hero crowned at the end of every period. Nobless is the entry ticket.

Castle Sieges

Weekly, on the retail schedule. Holding a castle means holding the taxes and the clan hall that comes with it.

Opening Timeline

The world does not arrive all at once. Catacombs, Mammon and the Olympiad stay shut on opening day and come online on a fixed schedule, so the early race is fought on level ground and nobody is farming end-game services in week one.

  1. 9 October
    Grand Opening. Catacombs, Mammon and the Olympiad are closed.
  2. 12 October, 18:00
    Seven Signs begins. Catacombs and Necropolises open.
  3. 19 October, 18:00
    First Seal Validation and Mammon's first appearance. The Olympiad opens.
  4. 23 October
    Mammon's A-grade services unlock.
  5. 24–25 October
    First siege weekend — two full weeks after opening.
  6. 2 November
    The first Heroes are crowned. Mammon appears for the second time.
  7. 6 November
    Mammon's S-grade services unlock.
The first siege is Sunday 25 October, for Gludio Castle. Two weeks of preparation, then the first crown on the map is decided.

Quests & Rewards

Daily, Weekly & Monthly Quests

A fresh set on every cycle, with rewards that scale the longer you keep at them. Short ones for a quiet evening, long ones worth planning around.

Attendance Rewards

A 30-day rotation you claim once a day. The streak is what pays — the later days are worth considerably more than the first.

Protection & Staff

Active Anti-Cheat

Custom protection running against bots, packet editing and speed hacks, with GMs watching on top of it. On a low-rate server an unpunished bot ruins the economy for everyone.

No Pay-to-Win

Donations cover the machine and the files, not the ladder. Nothing above D grade is sold, and nothing you can buy replaces playing.

Staff You Can Reach

Tickets and reports go through Discord and get answered by people who play here. Rule changes are announced before they happen, not after.

Rates and mechanics can still be adjusted around launch if something turns out broken in practice. Anything that changes is announced on Discord and in the News section first — see the Server Rules.

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