Monsters

Monsters are creatures that spawn within the game that players can kill in order to gain experience to level up. Some monsters will drop items when killed, such as consumables, quest items, gears and many more. Because there are many different type of monsters, Ragnarok Online categorized them with Race, Elements, and Size so players can take advantage with appropriate equipment and skills. There are also Boss type monsters or MVP, which are ten times stronger than regular monster and can drop very valuable items. Most of the monsters you find within the game is a Free For All, unless the ones that player summon which can fall under Kill-Stealing rule.

Champion Monsters

These monsters have an aura surrounding them and more strength as well as HP than the regular ones. They will have the same names as the original monsters but they will a different prefix or suffix depends on what they are based on. All champion monsters have 20% larger sprites, 25% more attack, 5x item drops, 2,5x base exp, 9x job exp, only perform autoattack, and cant use any skills.

There are five types of champion monsters in the game:

1. Swift (Alt: Erratic, Prefix): Lv150 aura. These monsters have higher Movement Speed, five times their Max HP.
2. Solid (Alt: Armored, Prefix): Green aura. These monsters have lower Movement Speed, ten times their Max HP.
3. Ringleader (Alt: Master, Suffix): Blueish appearance. These monsters summon two of the regular versions of themselves. Additionally, they have five times their Max HP.
4. Furious (Alt: Angry, Prefix): Reddish appearance. These monsters have higher ASPD, five times their Max HP and slightly higher Hit.
5. Elusive (Alt: Nimble, Prefix): Light blue aura. These monsters have five times the health.

Race

A Race is an attribute of monsters. There are eleven races present in the world of Ragnarok Online:

1. Angel
2. Brute (Animal)
3. Demi-Human
4. Demon (Devil)
5. Dragon
6. Fish
7. Formless
8. Insect
9. Plant
10. Player (Human)
11. Undead

Like Element and Size, players can increase the damage dealt to monsters of varying races, and reduce the damage that they take from various races of monsters. Certain equipment and Cards can be used to gain these advantages.