HistoryĪthena (commonly called jAthena, short for Japanese Athena, by non-Japanese speakers) was a Ragnarok Online game server emulation project that was started in late 2002.
This is accomplished through modifying the game client provided by Gravity to connect to private, instead of official servers. that powers the official Ragnarok Online servers, and is used to run private servers. It is an emulation of the Aegis software created by Gravity Co., Ltd.
EAthena, short for English Athena, is a cross-platform, open-source game server software for the popular MMORPG Ragnarok Online.