Lineage 2 Newbie Quests and Starter Rewards: What to Do First

If you just rolled a fresh character, the Lineage 2 newbie quests are how you get a free weapon, your first soulshots, and enough adena to stop running back to town broke. You do not need to do every quest. You need the handful that hand you gear and the one that pays real money. Here is the short list, who gives what, and the catch that trips up most new players: the exact rewards change depending on whether you are on Interlude, Classic, or a modern client.

Start at the Newbie Guide NPC

Every starting village has a Newbie Guide. This NPC is your first stop and the source of most early freebies. Talk to it the moment you land in town.

What it gives you:

• Newbie Support Magic — free buffs that last about an hour. You can grab these from level 8, they get stronger toward level 15, and they start dropping off at level 20. The last ones expire around level 25, so lean on them while they last.
• Free teleports to the beginner hunting zones, so you are not walking ten minutes to your first mobs.
• Starter consumables and the early questline that grants Beginner-grade shots: roughly 6,000 Soulshot: No Grade for fighters, or 3,000 Spiritshot: No Grade for mystics. Those numbers vary by class and server, but every fresh fighter should leave town with soulshots loaded.

Tip: always keep auto-shot toggled on. New players forget this and wonder why their damage feels half what it should be. No-grade soulshots cost almost nothing to use.

The free weapon quests (level 6, 10, and 20)

Three milestones hand you a weapon, and they stack as you level. Skipping them means buying gear you could have gotten for free.

1. Level 6 — Apprentice Shadow Weapon. The Newbie Adventurer's Guide lets you pick a free No-Grade weapon for your class. Fighters grab something like a Long Sword or Cestus; mystics take an Apprentice's Staff or Bone Club. Shadow weapons fade after a while, but they carry you through the early levels for free.
2. Level 10 — race weapon quest. Each race has its own level-10 quest that drops a usable weapon plus extras. Dark Elves run "Spirit of Craftsman" for a Bloodsaber. Dwarves do "Jumble, Tumble, Diamond Fuss" for a Silversmith Hammer and beginner soulshots. "Forgotten Truth" gives an Eldritch Dagger along with soulshots, healing potions, and Echo Crystals.
3. Level 20 — D-grade Shadow Weapon. When you finish your first class transfer, the class master hands you a free D-grade Shadow Weapon matched to your new class. This is a real jump in power, so push to 20 before you spend much on gear.

Early jewelry, armor, and adena quests

You start with a wooden armor set, but several village quests fill in jewelry and pocket money early. They take a few minutes each.

The standout money quest is Grim Collector at level 15. You hand in parts from skeletons and zombies in the Ruins of Agony and Ruins of Despair, and it pays bonus adena on top of normal drops. If you only do one early quest for cash, do this one. It is the classic newbie adena farm for a reason.

Your first class transfer at level 20

The first class transfer happens at level 20, and the quest usually opens around level 18. This is the biggest single reward in the early game, and how it works depends entirely on your server's version.

• Modern / Awakening-era clients: you go through the Ruins of Ye Sagira tutorial — the "Start the Fate" chain with NPCs like Sebion, Lakcis, and Gatekeeper Richard. Finishing it awards a full D-grade equipment set plus adena, EXP, SP, and consumables. Newbies get funneled through five exploration zones here instead of the old village quests.
• Interlude / Classic: you run a class-specific profession quest that rewards "Proof of Courage" or "Proof of Valor" items. You trade those to buy a D-grade set and D-grade jewels. Same end result, different path.

Either way, talk to your class master (or the tutorial NPC) at 20, finish the chain, and walk out in a full D-grade kit. That is the gear that takes you into proper hunting zones.

Which version is your server running?

This is the part that confuses new players the most. The Ye Sagira tutorial and the old per-village newbie quests are two different systems, and you only get one based on the client.

• On Interlude and Classic servers, expect traditional per-village quests across Talking Island, the Dark Elf, Elf, Dwarven, and Orc villages, plus the old class-transfer quest.
• On Goddess of Destruction and later clients, expect the Ruins of Ye Sagira funnel.

One more thing: the free shadow weapon, the exact soulshot counts, and starting adena are commonly customized on private servers. Many high-rate servers boost or replace the whole newbie package, so do not assume the official numbers apply. Read your server's starter info or ask in their Discord before you plan around a specific reward.

The short list, ranked

If you want the fastest path through the early game without doing busywork, this is the order that matters:

1. Grab buffs, teleports, and soulshots from the Newbie Guide immediately.
2. Pick your free weapon at level 6 from the Adventurer's Guide.
3. Do your race's level 10 weapon quest.
4. Run Grim Collector at 15 for adena.
5. Finish the level 20 class transfer for a full D-grade set.

Do those five and you are equipped, funded, and ready for D-grade content without spending a single coin you did not have to.

Pick a server and start leveling

Newbie quests only matter once you are actually on a server, and the right server depends on the chronicle and rates you want. A low-rate Interlude server stretches every reward over weeks. A high-rate server blows past the newbie phase in an evening. Browse the full list and find one that fits how much time you have. See all Lineage 2 servers on L2Calendar to compare chronicles, rates, and upcoming openings, then roll your first character and run the quests above.