Guide – How to play Lost Ark on Russian server for FREE

First we’re going to see how to create a free Lost Ark account on the Russian server, it’s just a matter of spending a few minutes as it usually happens with all accounts
We go to the following link https://la.mail.ru/ and translate the page into Italian (right click on the page “translate to Italian”). Use the Chrome browser because the others sometimes have problems loading the page
Then click on “sign in or register” at the top right and then click “Sign in with Mail.ru”.
Unless you already have a Mail.ru account for other games of the publisher click on the button at the bottom registration.
Now it’s a matter of filling out the various fields as you would for any other account.

Fill in everything and register your mail.ru, once you give it a send it will ask you for your phone number. You can use it without any problem as you only need it once for registration. Remember to put Italy prefix +39
NB: I recommend you to write down the data of the mail as you may need it for future games!

To download Lost Ark, go back to https://la.mail.ru/ and click on the “Download Game” button in the upper right corner.
Install it and you will find the “Game Center” client used for all games published by Mail.ru on your desktop. Login at the top right corner of the screen.
The client and the game will all be in Russian but don’t worry you can change the language with the English patch of Lost Ark
Let the client download the game, the time varies depending on the speed of your connection, the size is about 50Gb.

In the meantime we proceed to download the English patch for Lost Ark Online
Follow these steps to install the patch:
– Download the patch here
– Extract the contents of the folder where you prefer
– Make sure that the client has finished downloading the entire game
– Start “LaoTranslation.exe” as administrator (right click “run as administrator”)
– Click on “Find Game” and it should find the folder by itself, if not click on “Browse” and manually select the game folder
– Click on “Translate Game Center”. Make sure the game center is closed!
– To apply the patch click on the top “English” button, once it turns green you’re ready to go!

At this point to continue you will need a VPN as the game is not available in our region and however being located on Russian servers is advisable to use it to get a better ping.
If you do not know how to do follow my guide on how to install and use ExitLag VPN
Once you have installed the ExitLag client log in with your account
On your home page type Lost Ark in the “Search” window at the top left and click on “Lost Ark RU”.
In “Game Region” click and select any of the various “Moscow” available, there are various nodes and may vary depending on which are the best at that time
Click at the bottom right on “apply routes” and that’s it! You are ready to play Lost Ark!