Ragnarok Online has adopted a new free-to-play business model
Ragnarok Online has adopted a new free-to-play business model with a player option to upgrade to VIP status that offers improved experience rates, monster drops, larger storage capacity and access to special NPCs and areas.
Yggdrasil (once a Monthly Subscription based server) and Valkyrie (a free to play server) will both become completely open to account and character creation for players that want to give Ragnarok Online a test drive; with Yggdrasil being the newest server (launched October 2010). Yggdrasil has the youngest characters and newest economy which makes it the ideal ³fresh-start² server. You can still purchase a VIP package and play on these servers as well.