TL;DR: Istina is an unofficial Lineage 2 server on the Fafurion chronicle with x50 rates, live since November 2020 under the Lineage 2 Scarlet project. It runs retail items only and leans heavily on PvE — instances, Seeds and raid bosses — for players who want late-game content at an accelerated pace.

Overview

Istina (official site istina.lineage2scarlet.com) is an unofficial Lineage 2 server on the Fafurion chronicle with x50 rates, part of the Lineage 2 Scarlet project. The server launched in November 2020 and has run since without a wipe, positioning itself as a stable, long-lived world for players who want to clear late-game Lineage 2 content at a faster pace. It is an unofficial server built by an independent team, not by the rights holder NCSoft.

Besides Istina, the Lineage 2 Scarlet project runs other worlds — notably servers on the Orfen and Freya chronicles — making it a small multi-server ecosystem.

Chronicle & Rates

The server is built on the Fafurion chronicle: one of the later official Lineage 2 eras, known for deep instance content and the Seed mechanic. Rate table:

RateValueEffect
EXP / SPx50Fast start; reach end-game content in a reasonable time.
Party EXP / SPx2Small bonus for group play.
Drop / Raid Dropx1 / x3Drop kept close to retail to preserve item value.
Spoil / Adenax10 / x25Faster resource and Adena accumulation.

The server uses retail items only — no custom gear — so content stays familiar to veterans.

Features

  • Deep PvE content: Seed of Annihilation, Seed of Destruction, Seed of Hellfire, Freya, Frintezza, Zaken, Baium, Antharas, Valakas and other instances.
  • Instances such as Kartia's Labyrinth and Kamaloka, plus PvE events on a daily schedule.
  • Regular events: Team vs Team every 2 hours, Memorable Raid Bosses every 16 hours, castle sieges and a fishing tournament.
  • Retail Olympiad with no custom changes.
  • Claimed stability: the server has run without a wipe since launch (November 2020).
  • Free-to-Play with a paid Premium account (exact bonus list on the official site).

Things to Know

Istina is an unofficial server not affiliated with the game's publisher, which is typical for the wider Lineage 2 server scene. NCSoft provides no guarantee for character data or payments. The x50 rate speeds up leveling but diverges sharply from retail progression: parts of the Fafurion chronicle that normally take months can be cleared in days. The Premium account is worth examining closely — depending on its bonuses, it can affect the balance between paying and free players. As on any independent server, your progress depends entirely on the admin team's decisions. Independent reviews on rating sites give a more objective picture than the project's own promotional material.

Alternatives

If you want a stable, long-running MMORPG world with years of history, a large player base and a single wipe-free ecosystem, take a look at Scryde — live since 2015, with millions of accounts and several servers at different rates. You can compare projects side by side in the comparison table.

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