Overview
Destarion (official site destarion.com) is a complex of Lineage 2 servers running on the High Five chronicles. The project launched around 2017–2018 and has since opened new game worlds with a range of rates on a regular cadence. According to server ranking sites, more than 40 servers have been launched over its history — from old-school x25 up to high x500. Destarion positions itself as a "stable" server with no forced progress wipes. It is an unofficial project, built by an independent team rather than the rights holder NCSoft.
Chronicles & Rates
Destarion is built on the High Five (Part 5) chronicles, one of the most balanced versions of Lineage 2 with deep content: the full class roster, Olympiad, castle sieges, Hellbound, Freya, plus the quests and Raid Bosses of late updates. Across different periods the project runs servers in several configurations:
| Rate | Profile | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| x25 | Low rate | Long-term leveling and high engagement. |
| x55 | Mid rate | A compromise between hardcore progress and accessibility. |
| x300 / x500 | High rate | Players who want to hit max level fast and focus on PvP. |
Adena, drop and spoil scale with the rate. The exact parameters of the current game world are published on the official site ahead of each launch.
Features
- High Five chronicles with the full class roster, Raid Bosses and era content.
- Multiple game worlds on different rates, launched in parallel or in sequence.
- Auto-farm system — offline farming after you log out, lowering the entry barrier.
- GM-Shop, Buffer, Gatekeeper — helper NPCs that cut down on routine.
- Craft-PvP profile — Hellbound opens from an early level, with the focus on crafting and sieges.
- Advertised no-wipe model — your character persists across launches within the current world.
- Access model — Free-to-Play with donations for status and buffs.
Criticism
Destarion is an unofficial server with no affiliation to the game's publisher. The usual caveats of the unofficial Lineage 2 segment apply: no guarantees on character or payment safety from the rights holder, dependence on the decisions of a private team, and possible economy changes. Despite the advertised no-wipe policy, launching several parallel worlds at once thins out the online population — an x25 and an x500 server effectively split the same audience. Fast rates (x300+) almost inevitably accelerate burnout: once players hit the ceiling, the active base shrinks sharply. It is better to judge the project by independent reviews on ranking sites than by the marketing on the site itself.
Alternatives
If you are looking for a long-running no-wipe project with a single audience and a long track record, take a look at Scryde — live since 2015, it brings together millions of accounts and offers several stable worlds with no forced resets. A detailed parameter comparison is available in the comparison table.
Links
- Official site: destarion.com
- Destarion on the Hopzone ranking
- Destarion on TopServers200
- Stable alternative: Scryde