1. Bots, macros and automation
Any use of bots, scripted gameplay, hardware or software macros, auto-clickers, packet tools or methods that simulate presence or automate farming, combat, support or market behavior is forbidden.
Rules and conduct
Play hard, play fair, and do not make the server worse for everyone else
L2 Essence is built for competitive players, but competition is not a license for botting, exploiting, harassment or bad-faith behavior. By creating an account and entering the server, you accept the rules below, including automatic anti-abuse enforcement and the sanctions that may follow when they are broken.
Zero tolerance for bots
Automatic anti-bot bans
Exploit abuse = ban
Toxic unfair play is punishable
All linked accounts may be affected
Zero tolerance
The fastest ways to lose your account
These are the clearest red lines on the server. If you cross them, the expectation is strong punishment, often permanent, and not a friendly second chance.
2. Automatic anti-abuse enforcement
Captcha failures, launcher bypass attempts, suspicious automation patterns, HWID/IP ban evasion or integrity violations may trigger automatic restrictions or permanent bans without a manual warning first.
3. Exploits, dupes and bug abuse
Using game flaws, terrain abuse, duplication methods, bypasses or unintended mechanics for advantage is forbidden. Finding a bug and hiding it while profiting from it is treated as bad-faith exploitation.
4. Unfair and toxic gameplay
Targeted harassment, hate speech, stalking, deliberate event sabotage, real-life threats, impersonation, or any sustained behavior clearly aimed at ruining the experience of others can lead to account removal.
5. Real-money trading and account sales
Selling accounts, characters, items, adena, services or progression for real money outside official L2 Essence systems is forbidden and may permanently remove every account involved in the transaction.
6. Payment abuse and chargebacks
Fraudulent payments, abusive refunds, chargebacks after delivered digital rewards, stolen payment methods or attempts to manipulate purchases may lead to account, IP and HWID restrictions.
Full rule set
The standards expected from every player
The rules below are written to be practical: they protect competitive integrity, account safety, trade fairness and the long-term health of the server.
Fair-play only
- No bots, auto-farm, auto-support, macro abuse or input automation.
- No client editing, packet abuse, bypass tools or illegal third-party assistance.
- No attempt to disguise automation behind partial manual play.
Report bugs, do not weaponize them
- Do not exploit broken quests, events, geometry, skills, drops or transactions.
- Do not share bugs privately with friends or clanmates for advantage.
- Critical issues should be reported through the official support channels.
Competitive does not mean abusive
- Trash talk may exist in PvP environments, but hate speech and real-life attacks are not tolerated.
- Repeated harassment, stalking and obsessive targeting can be punished even if each isolated act seems small.
- Trying to provoke someone into punishment can itself become a punishable offense.
- Offensive, racist, prejudiced or discriminatory names of any kind are forbidden, including character, clan, pet, shop and title names.
- Names involving racism, xenophobia, homophobia, sexism, real-life hate, slurs or attacks against protected groups may lead to forced rename, suspension or ban.
- If staff requests a rename, the player will have up to 2 days to change it; otherwise the account may be banned.
Respect the integrity systems
- CP Potions are disabled as part of the server balance and must not be bypassed by external means.
- Anti-feed, over-enchant protections and future anti-bot layers are part of the ruleset, not optional suggestions.
- Captcha, launcher-gate, heartbeat, HWID, IP and other integrity checks may trigger automatic restrictions or bans.
- Attempts to test the boundaries of those systems may be treated as intentional abuse.
Account and password safety are your responsibility
- Do not share login details, borrowed accounts or access with others.
- The staff will never ask for your password.
- Losses caused by shared access, bad security or trust deals are the player's responsibility.
Trade carefully and honestly
- Do not scam, mislead or prey on newer players through dishonest deals.
- Do not use fake middleman claims, fake staff identity or fabricated guarantees.
- When official trading or marketplace tools exist, use them instead of side-channel manipulation.
No staff impersonation or false authority
- Do not pretend to be part of the team or claim privileged contact with staff.
- Do not use names, titles or messages designed to imitate administration roles.
- Do not mislead players with fake support promises.
No server advertising or player poaching
- Advertising other servers, communities, products or recruitment campaigns is forbidden.
- Inviting players away through whisper spam, public chat or disguised promotion is treated seriously.
- Organized poaching may result in all linked accounts being removed.
Use support in good faith
- False reports, manipulated evidence and deliberate time-wasting are punishable.
- Present the problem clearly and directly when contacting support.
- Do not use the report system as a weapon in clan drama or personal revenge.
Protect your real-life information
- Do not expose personal data, family details, documents or private social accounts in-game.
- Do not trust strangers with money, intimate material or sensitive information.
- Conflicts that begin with voluntarily exposed personal data may go far beyond the game.
How penalties may be applied
Not every case receives the same sanction, but the team is free to escalate quickly when intent, severity or repeated behavior justifies it.
- Warning or chat restriction for lighter first offenses.
- Temporary suspension for repeated misconduct or mid-level abuse.
- Item removal, rollback or account cleanup when unfair gains are involved.
- Automatic ban or restriction when anti-abuse systems detect botting, bypass, ban evasion or repeated integrity failure.
- Permanent ban for bots, exploit abuse, severe toxicity or organized bad-faith behavior.
- All linked accounts, shared assets or obvious beneficiary accounts may also be reviewed.
Common sense still applies
No rule page can list every abusive scenario in advance. If a player behaves in a way that is clearly dishonest, destructive, manipulative or harmful to the server and its community, the administration may act at any time, including through automated enforcement, even if the exact behavior was not described word-for-word above.
These rules may be updated whenever the project needs it. Continuing to use the server means accepting the current version of this document.