First and foremost, welcome to the guide. I hope this will help ease your mind about questions that you might have about the server.
ISRO Version equivalent: Legend III Roc Mountain
Level cap: 90 level
Gear cap: 9 Degree
Mastery limit: 270
Races: Europe & China
Exp/skillexp Rate: 1x. Required points for level up/skill mastery upgrade reduced by 25%
Item Drop rate: 1.5x.
Party rate: 1.5x.
Alchemy Rate: 1.5x.
Job Rate: 1x.
CTF: YES
Fortress War: Jangan and Bandit Fortress
FGW: No
Bots: Not Allowed.
IP Limit: 4
More:
- Added 6 new ROC PLUS Quests (73 - 88 Lv) - SP Boost (130k SP)
- Added 40 new Hotan PLUS Quests (43 - 80 Lv) - EXP Boost
- Added 8 new Bonus Quests (Common) (50 - 90 lv) - SP Boost (150k SP) + EXP
- Added 8 new Bonus Quests (4 China /4 Europe) for beginners (10 - 40 lv) - SP Boost (26k SP)
- Added 2 new Quests (1 China /1 Europe) Available on level 8. - Reward: Grab Pet (7 days)
- Everyday 'Double EXP' Event (19:00 - 23:00 GMT+2)
The currency in the game is not Silk - it's Rubins.
The language on their official website is in Bulgarian originally, but can be translated to English at a click of a button.
The main leveling strategy of any legit player has always been Questing, so quest my friends and to make it simpler there are things that you should be aware of!
ANYONE under Lv40 can do both Chinese & European 'Bonus Reward Quests' aka BRQ up to Lv40. 
Each of these Bonus Reward Quests has pre-requisites which consist of quests you're going to do on your journey anyways. Those quests can be found under the following: Press H > Quest > City Name 'Jangan' / 'Constantipole' > Scroll to the bottom of the City's list and you'll see the quest and the requirements.
Note: When I mention SP (Skill Points) bewlow I mean exactly that not SXP (Skill Experience Points). If you don't know the difference --> 400 SXP = 1 SP.
Jangan Lv10 BRQ = EXP 4,400 / SP 1,400 / Gold 10,000
Jangan Lv20 BRQ = EXP 52,875 / SP 3,600 / Gold 50,000
Constantinople Lv10 BRQ = EXP 4,400 / SP 1,400 / Gold 10,000
Constantinople Lv20 BRQ = EXP 52,875 / SP 3,600 / Gold 50,000
Donwhang Lv30 BRQ = EXP 260,400 / SP 7,000 / Gold 140,000
Donwhang Lv40 BRQ = EXP 822,623 / SP 14,000 / Gold 300,000
Samarkand Lv30 BRQ = EXP 260,400 / SP 7,000 / Gold 140,000
Samarkand Lv40 BRQ = EXP 822,623 / SP 14,000 / Gold 300,000
Note: If you Abandon any of the Pre-requisite Quests for those Bonus Reward Quests you won't be able to complete it or get that quest back. 
In Hotan and after Lv60, the BRQs become more frequent - every 5 levels.
Hotan Lv50 BRQ = EXP 2,035,814 / SP 16,000 / Gold 300,000
Hotan Lv60 BRQ = EXP 4,455,187 / SP 18,000 / Gold 300,000
Hotan Lv65 BRQ = EXP 9,655,033 / SP 18,000 / Gold 300,000
Hotan Lv70 BRQ = EXP 13,763,804 / SP 18,000 / Gold 300,000
Hotan Lv75 BRQ = EXP 19,898,194 / SP 18,000 / Gold 300,000
Hotan Lv80 BRQ = EXP 27,637,523 / SP 18,000 / Gold 300,000
Hotan Lv85 BRQ = EXP 38,798,453 / SP 22,000 / Gold 300,000
Hotan Lv90 BRQ = EXP 52,813,570 / SP 22,000 / Gold 300,000
With everything there listed, I'm sure you'll see that there is an ease to the server. As for SP farming and having to go to
Gap 9 - You never have to do that! 
Some people do that temporarily for a week or so for quick SP and then close it if they are short on SP. At one point or another you will be short on SP; so my suggestion and what most of us do is keep a Gap of 1, 2 or 3. Helps with faster leveling and boosts your SP returns a bit more than a 0 gap. BUT, the choice is yours!
As part of the server as well; you can buy a Grey Wolf for 1,000,000 Gold as it was before. Most of the time higher level players have gold and they do share it or even right off the bat give you a Lv1 Wolf. Some Academy Gaurdians do that as well - it's not a reward after graduation from their academies.
A lot of you might be wondering about the
Ability Pets or Pick-Pets. There is a
quest at Lv8 which will allow you to get a pick pet for the duration of 7 days. The pets are account-bound and players who do not want to donate to the server normally remake characters and grinding until they can do that quest to farm Pick Pets.
The following is a system that the moderators and creators of the server enlisted to help keep players active and attract others to the server (Please refere to their official thread for the details):
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=136180&start=0Max for 90 lv = 14463 Rubins for month
Max for 80 lv = 12856 Rubins for month
Max for 70 lv = 11249 Rubins for month
Max for 60 lv = 9642 Rubins for month
All monsters on all levels drop 'Jewel Boxes' which can be exchanged at the So-Ok for items such as:
500 HP/MP Scrolls
Hit Scrolls(30% Attack Rate)
Dodging Scrolls (30% Parry Rate)
Trigger Scrolls (30% Attack & 30% Parry Rate)
STR / INT Scrolls
Balloons (Attack & Parry Rates)
Elephants (Rubin-based Job-based carriers)
Vigor Grains
50% EXP Scrolls (30 minutes each)
20% SXP Scrolls (20 minutes each)
50% Speed Scrolls (30 minutes each)At times the moderators & administrators will enable
Monster Scrolls to drop from those Jewel Box exchanges. Monster Scrolls, if you forgot, will spawn a number of Elite monsters at the Level of the person using the scroll - the number of monsters that spawn depends on the number of people in the party - 3 people 3 Elites.
The Job System - Traders and Hunters alike can use the old and beautiful job system to get Job Points. Job Points can then be used to Purchase: Pandora Boxes!
Each Pandora Box is worth 1,900 Job Points (JP). You could buy other items like the STR/INT Flag using job points and a bunch of SOX items with repair limits.
Pandora Box Parties are very common among the players of the server; we all share them!
Find a Hunter who is at least 20 levels above your level & go to Constantinople or Jangan;
use the Elephant and buy 5 Stars worth of Items. Jangan > Constantinople or vice versa should take 55 minutes (without hiccups or disconnects). Depending on your Merchant/Hunter Level you could make anywhere from 1,000 JP to 5,000 JP - as well as a lot of gold of course.P.S. I'm not an admin or moderator on their server - just another SRF member who joined & enjoys the server!
