Lineage II since the implementation of the “auto hunt” function has been more of an “set it” and “forget it” type of game. Before they introduced Dethrone and the latest changes in level 120 instances ( summer of 2024), you could find players in every corner of the map.
Now its more of a race against the clock to get things done before the day ends. The majority of the players that are level 122 or above ( yes there are some players that are 121 with pretty good gear as well) do not have enough time within the day to complete everything the game can offer.
We usually say that “there is no content” but its the exact opposite, there is already too many things to do and more changes/ additions/ features are coming in 2025 and beyond ( hopefully) but there is not enough time. So one thing that most players focus is Dethrone, a dimensional place that is open twice a day from Monday to Thursday for 2 hours each (with the exception of Tuesday, that is 1 hour less, due to weekly maintenance) and Friday to Sunday for a single session of 5 hours on each day.
The times are fixed since both servers Chronos and Naia join at the same time and offers the best XP in the game. So there are about 4-5 hours per day reserved for that. Then you have all 120+ zones, Jamoa, Crisis, Pantheon and Fiorens which are 1 hour each by default and for some you can extend the time by an extra 2 hours (Jamoa, Pantheon and Fiorens).
One very important piece of information is that most players were doing double spots in 110-115 instances and on some occasions 3 spots ( Fiorens).
In the Summer of 2024, they introduced “Hyper-spawn” to all 120 instances. This means that mobs spawn twice as fast and if the player can keep up with the spawn, the rewards from each instance are more than double. For reference , 3 hours of Pantheon in 115 zone on a double spot, would be about 4.8 billion adena, in new Pantheon 120 its around 10.2 billion on a single spot. 3 spots in Fiorens 110 was around 1bil adena, but in 120 its 2bil every 3 hours, Jamoa was something a lot of people did not really do but with the hyper spawn, you can drop anywhere between 10-22 scrolls and around 1-3 Crystal of Dawn in 3 hours. Lastly 120 Crisis is a goldmine, I am not really talking about drops, you get the standard 100 boxes that you would get in 105/110/115 but you can complete the Clan Quest about 3.5 times per day, so about 7 times every 2 days, its the one that rewards Freya scrolls and Buff Pots that keeps you going in places like Dethrone. On the rest, you can do about 1.5 times per day or twice if you are doing double spot which has always been too much effort.
Fast forward to December 2024
Prior to December 2024 update, recharge stones were acquired for the most part from the Mentee Shop with Mentee Coins or dropped from Rune Raids ( Clan Raids), so the vast majority of player were focusing on Pantheon for 3 hours, Fiorens for another 3, 1 hour of Crisis and maybe 1 hour of Jamoa, now recharge stones, drop on each ones respective instance, so players can freely do about 10 hours of instances per day without having to make mentees, spend money to buy stones, for a chance to get better drops etc.
So far we have 10 hours of instances, 4 & 5 hours of Dethrone per day! Oh and those instances give great XP, it sure beats the good old “grinding on a single spot” or now that I am thinking about it, its better than a double spot too.
In terms on timed instances we have 10 hours of ToI (Tower of Insolence) and 10 hours of Rift per week that is 20 hours, about 3 hours per day and finally we have the Daily Raids in Adena from the Venusta NPC, Baylor, Kamaloka, Kroffin, Gludio which are about 15 minutes total, plus FoS ( Forest of Spirits), that is a 60 minute instance for XP, add a couple of minutes as well to do the daily Castilla and finally Lurins instance (for Virtual Equipment) the whole time you spend doing content in Aden is around 90 minutes.
For those that live in timezones that are favored ( pretty sure its unintentional) there is also the option to do Swamp of Screams, an hourly session twice a day ( after early DT and right before the next DT) that also spawns a boss at the end of it, in terms of XP, it is not that great, but in terms of adena (drops), if you can kill in that area, its around 2.3 to 4.4b per hour, depending on how big of a spot you have.
So based on what it was mentioned so far, on a daily basis there is:
4 hours -> Dethrone ( 5 on a weekend)
3 hours -> Pantheon
3 hours -> Fiorens
3 hours -> Jamoa
1 hours -> Crisis
1.5 hours -> Aden Content
2.5 hours -> Swamp
3 hours -> Toi/Rift
A Total of 21 to 22 hours of content per day.
Next time that your high level friend tell you, that he has no time, remember this!
To top everything off, on the same update of December 2024, they added 4 new raids with 5 hour spawn times, and 2 bosses with fixed spawn and a 20 minute window to kill them, so I would say we have plenty of content to do for now and in the near future we will have to choose what to skip!
