Kingdoms of Midgard

Every player begins on the continent of Midgard, but the world also has a second continent, many islands and some one-of-a-kind places, plus underground areas such as the cave town of Comodo, the ruins of Glast Heim and the instanced dungeons. Midgard itself is split into three countries:

Since Episode 12 the game has an in-game map of the continent that shows where you and your party members are. On the iRO client with an American English keyboard it opens with Ctrl+~; other keyboard layouts and servers use different keys.

Rune-Midgarts is the main country of the game and by far the largest, with over 50 map areas. Its land changes from jungle in the south-west and desert in the south to forest almost everywhere else, crossed by rivers, mountains, lakes and grassland. The king lives in the castle of Prontera and commands the Knights and Crusaders who guard the realm, which keeps a peace treaty with Schwarzwald, its nearest neighbour.

Main dungeons of the kingdom include Ant Hell (east of Morroc), Byalan Island Dungeon (reached from Izlude), the Clock Tower (Al De Baran), Mt. Mjolnir Dead Pit, Geffen Tower, Glast Heim (north-west of Geffen), the Hidden Temple (north of Prontera), the Orc Dungeon, Payon Cave, the Prontera Culvert (west of Prontera), the Pyramid and Sphinx near Morroc, and the Toy Factory in Lutie.

The Republic of Schwarzwald lies north of Rune-Midgarts and holds the north-east of the continent. It is run by a president from its capital, Juno, which is also the city closest to Rune-Midgarts. Its towns are Juno, Einbroch, Einbech, Hugel, Lighthalzen and Verus. From the kingdom it can be reached on the International Airship from Izlude.

Arunafeltz is a dry, deeply religious peninsula west of Schwarzwald, at the edge of the known world. Its people worship the goddess Freya, unlike Midgard's followers of Odin, and that difference long made them hostile and closed to outsiders. Only recently did they open their borders. The Schwarzwald airship lands just east of the capital, Rachel, home of Freya's Grand Temple, Cheshrumnir; attacks on the airship by monsters trained by extremists are said to be growing. You can also walk in through the border station Portus Luna, north of Lighthalzen.

• Land: windswept plains, tundra in the north and barren desert in the south. Most plants are carnivorous, the Drosera being the most dangerous, and the wolf Atros sometimes appears on the Audhumbla Grasslands. The Ice Caves sit at the northern peak.
• Towns: Rachel (the capital, seat of the Pope), Veins (a canyon town near Thor Volcano, famous for its soap) and the abandoned Nameless Island, where monsters roam.
• Dungeons: Cursed Monastery, Ice Dungeon and Thor Volcano.

The iRO wiki groups the remaining places into three sets. The New World holds the Rune Midgard Allied Forces Post, Manuk, Splendide, El Dicastes, Mora Village and Eclage. Standalone places include Lutie, Jawaii, Niflheim, Malangdo, the Dimensional Gap and Lasagna. The Global Project towns are Amatsu, Kunlun, Louyang, Ayothaya, Moscovia, Brasilis, Dewata, Port Malaya and Rock Ridge.