Rappelz is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the Korean company Gala Lab. The game was released on the 19th of May, 2009. The game features three races: Deva, Gaia and Asura. The last two are playable races, each branching out into three base classes players can choose from: Warrior, Magician and Summoner. The class system is extremely varied with numerous class jobs for each base class.

Gaining experience points in Rappelz is done through traditional methods such as questing, killing normal monsters in the open world or high difficulty monsters in the game’s dungeons. Unlike the vast majority of MMORPGs, Rappelz does not use instanced dungeons. That means that different parties can interact with each other while within the dungeon. Another appealing layer of the dungeon system is the feature that enables guilds to claim ownership of a dungeon and thus gain special rewards in the form of taxes. Once a dungeon is claimed by a guild, ownership of that dungeon can be contested only once a week during a fixed time interval.

In Rappelz almost all zones are PVP-free, which means that anyone can attack or be attacked by other players at any time during a gameplay session. The PVP-free exceptions are several of the game’s towns and the starting area. However, players that do not wish to engage in PVP have the option to turn off their PVP status and thus protect themselves from PK.

Rappelz has enjoyed many high-quality expansions over the years, as such the game has an extensive list of features. One of the more notable is the highly popular pet system. There are dozens of pets for players to collect, each offering their own personality and abilities in battle. They gain strength through leveling alongside the player, earning experience points via questing and defeating enemy monsters.