Proxy for Metin2: a beginner's guide
On official or private Metin2 servers, a proxy can add privacy, but it won't make bots or extra accounts acceptable. Setting one up, explained for newcomers.
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Starting Metin2: kingdoms, the Gameforge Client and whether a proxy fits
To keep it simple: a proxy is a borrowed address your traffic travels through, and Metin2 rarely needs one. Official play starts in the Gameforge Client on Windows, where you sign in, pick a server and create a character in one of three kingdoms. Spend your first evening learning that setup before paying for any extras.
Choosing your kingdom
Shinsoo flies a red flag, Chunjo a yellow one and Jinno a blue one, and each has its own home maps. The kingdoms are rivals, so friends usually pick the same one in order to start, quest and fight on the same side.
Protect the account first
Turn on Gameforge's Authenticator, which asks for a code from your phone when you log in. It does far more for safety than any proxy, because a leaked password alone is then not enough for someone to take your characters and items.
What not to buy
Skip anyone selling proxies for running several Metin2 clients or farming bots, and anyone selling Yang, the game's currency, or accounts for real money. Those setups put accounts at risk of bans on official servers, and such sellers can disappear with your money.
If you do want a proxy
Use it for reading Gameforge's pages or the Metin2 wiki from another country, set inside one browser. A small datacenter allowance, meaning addresses from hosting companies, covers that and costs less per GB than the other types.
Quick start in three steps
Nothing to install. This is the whole route, from paying to the first page you load through the proxy.
Buy a small Datacenter plan
On the order form, pick a country, a protocol and a login method, then pay. At $2.49 per GB (gigabyte of data) it costs less than our other types, so a first test is cheap.
Add it to one browser
Use the proxy in one browser for the game's website, forums or shop. The game and its launcher can keep their normal connection, which is usually quicker.
Check that it worked
With the proxy switched on, open our IP checker: it should show the proxy's address, not your own. The IP location lookup then tells you which country that address is in, and if anything looks wrong, the quick fixes further down cover the usual slips. Address right, but one site still turns you away? The last of the fixes below covers that.
Our pick for Metin2: Datacenter
Metin2 needs a short, steady route to the server you play on, and that's all. A home address wouldn't help, so the type to try is datacenter. It uses an address hosted by a server company, and it costs less than our residential, mobile 4G/5G and residential premium types.
Low ping to your shard
Ping is the round-trip delay between you and the server. Find out where your shard, meaning the server you play on, is hosted, and keep any proxy close to it. If your ping is already low, there's nothing for a proxy to fix.
Access to the region gateway
Official Metin2 servers are organised by language and country, and a proxy doesn't change which ones you're allowed to join. Register on a server meant for you, and if a private server limits who can join, respect that too.
SOCKS5 and HTTP support
HTTP proxies handle web pages, which covers the Metin2 website and forums in your browser. SOCKS5 is the type built for other programs, so use it if a routing program sends the game client through the proxy. Your dashboard switches between them.
Sticky sessions for steady play
Keep the session sticky so your address doesn't change mid-fight; a switch can disconnect you. Even if you only browse through the proxy, sticky helps, because the sites you're logged into see one steady address.
What a proxy won't do here
It won't lower your ping, the delay between you and the game server. And it won't make bots, extra accounts or account sharing acceptable to a game that forbids them.
What people use it for
- ▸Reading your server's website and forum privately
- ▸Checking ping to a private server's host region
- ▸Privacy on public Wi-Fi while you play
- ▸Low-cost experiments with a small plan
Which proxy type should I pick for Metin2?
The usual rule is to start with the type that costs least and step up only when a site says no. Here, datacenter is enough to begin with.
| Type | Choose it when… | From, per GB |
|---|---|---|
| Datacenter Our pick for Metin2 | Cost matters most and the site is happy with addresses from server companies. Good for public pages and first experiments. | $2.49 |
| Residential | A site turns server addresses away, or you want to see it the way a local visitor does. The address belongs to a home broadband line. | $3.98 |
| Mobile 4G/5G | The service is built around phones, or you want to see it as someone on 4G or 5G would. The address comes from a phone network. | $4.98 |
| Residential Premium | Standard residential keeps being refused on one particular site. Hand-picked home addresses, at a higher price per GB. | $6.99 |
Choosing a country: Pick one near you, or near the game's servers if you know where they are. A longer route adds delay. There are 55+ countries, and in major markets some types let you pick a city too. Browse locations
For the longer version, our proxy comparison walks through all four types.
What you need for game websites and shops
Wherever you set it up, you type in the same four details from your dashboard: the host (the proxy's address), the port (a number that tells the connection which door to use), a username and a password.
In one browser
Firefox has its own proxy settings, so only Firefox uses the proxy. On Windows and Mac, Chrome and Edge follow the computer's settings instead.
Setting it up somewhere else? Step-by-step guides:
Two ways to log in to the proxy
- ▸Username and password. The
host:port:user:passdetails that browsers, apps and scripts ask for. - ▸IP whitelist. Add your own IP address to the list in your dashboard and connections from it need no password. Handy where there's nowhere to type one, such as Android's Wi-Fi proxy screen.
Which protocol?
A protocol is the language your device uses to talk to the proxy. Every proxy works over HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5; if an app asks for SOCKS5 by name, give it SOCKS5 details, and put HTTP details in an HTTP box.
Common slip-ups, and the quick fix for each
When something feels off on a first try, it's often one of these.
Logging in on a rotating address
Rotating means a new address for every request; sticky means one address kept for 1-30 minutes. Use sticky for anything you sign in to, or the site may log you out halfway through.
A slip in the proxy details
One wrong character in the host, port, username or password and nothing connects. Copy them again from your dashboard and try them in our proxy checker. Using the IP whitelist? Home IP addresses change now and then, so check yours with the IP checker and update the list.
Expecting smoother matches
A proxy adds a stop on the way to the game server, so play rarely gets any smoother through one. If a match lags, switch the proxy off before trying anything else.
A site keeps refusing the address
Some sites turn away addresses from server companies however gently you go. Retrying won't change that, so move just that site to residential.
Proxy not working when it arrives? Tell us within 24 hours of delivery and we'll swap it, or refund that part of the order if we can't (see the refund policy). Support answers 24/7 through the contact page.
Is a proxy for Metin2 allowed?
Using a proxy is legal in most countries (a few restrict them), so the question is what you do through it: stick to public information and your own accounts, at a sensible pace, within the service's terms and the law where you live.
Games set their own rules, and many forbid bots, account sharing or selling in-game items for real money. A proxy changes your address, not those rules or what happens to an account that breaks them.
If personal data is involved, data-protection law applies as well, and no proxy can protect an account from a platform's own decisions.
Keeping the cost down
You pay for data by the GB, never for time, so set the proxy in the one browser or app that needs it and switch it off when you're done.
Start with a small order
Buy a little Datacenter data first, at $2.49 per GB, and try it where you need it. Top up once it works.
Use it within 30 days
Each order runs for 30 days from payment, and GB you haven't used don't carry over, so buy for the weeks ahead rather than the year.
Match the type to the site
Leave easy sites on datacenter and send only the stubborn ones through residential, mobile or premium. Mixing types keeps the bill small.
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