Loot Filter
Pick the map you farm or find the item you're after. See which loot category you need to enable, and get your settings file in one click.
The loot categories you need will be listed here, based on the map or item you pick.
Put the downloaded file into the UserData/looting folder inside your Metin2 directory.
What Is the Metin2 Loot Filter? What Does It Do?
One of the most important features in Metin2, especially for players who farm for hours on end, is the Loot Filter. With a proper loot filter you no longer have to pick up every single item that drops on the ground, you can make sure only the items you actually need, or consider valuable, get collected.
This keeps your farming sessions far more organised and stops your inventory from filling up with junk you never wanted in the first place.
How Does the Loot Filter Work?
When you kill monsters in the world of Metin2, all sorts of different items can drop. From potions to equipment, from upgrade materials to genuinely valuable items, you can end up with a huge variety of loot.
But not every item that hits the ground is worth anything to you.
That is exactly where the Loot Filter comes in. By choosing which items get picked up, you can keep your character focused purely on the drops you care about.
For example, if the area you farm constantly showers you with low value items, you can simply leave them out of the filter and collect only the valuable ones.
Why Should You Use a Loot Filter?
One of the biggest problems long term farmers run into is the pile up of loot they never wanted.
Picking up every drop may not feel like a problem in the short run. But once you have been farming for hours, your inventory fills up fast and you constantly end up selling, dropping or storing items you do not care about.
The Loot Filter cuts that busywork down dramatically.
For instance, you can go after only:
- Valuable equipment
- Skill books
- Spirit stones
- Upgrade materials
- Specific chests
- Valuable event items
- Yang
Those are the kinds of drops you can choose to chase.
That way, the vast majority of what you bring home from a farming session is made up of items you can actually put to use.
A Huge Advantage While Farming
Farming efficiency in Metin2 is not measured only by how many monsters you kill per hour. The time you spend and the amount of valuable loot you walk away with matter just as much.
This is where the Loot Filter makes your farming runs noticeably more efficient.
Instead of wasting time on low value items, you can focus on the loot that is actually worth something. The difference becomes even more obvious on high level characters or in busy farming spots.
Imagine farming in an area where hundreds of different items hit the ground every hour. If only a small fraction of them matter to you, using a filter to grab just the ones you want makes far more sense than picking up everything.
It Makes Inventory Management Easier
The Loot Filter does not just speed up looting. It makes managing your inventory much easier too.
Because the junk never gets picked up, your inventory slots stay free for much longer. That means you are not constantly running back to town to sell items to the NPCs mid farm.
For players who leave their character farming for long stretches, that is a serious advantage.
Less junk means less inventory chaos.
It Lowers the Risk of Missing Valuable Items
In crowded farming spots, a lot of items can drop on the ground at the same time. When that happens, it is easy for a valuable item to get lost among all the rest.
When your filter is set up properly, the system only pays attention to the items you picked, which makes keeping track of the valuable loot far easier.
That is why a well built loot filter is especially handy for players farming with one specific item in mind.
How Should You Set Up Your Loot Filter?
When you build your filter, it is far smarter to pick out the items you genuinely need instead of ticking everything.
If you are farming for a particular upgrade material, for instance, you can set the filter up around that material first and foremost.
And when you switch to farming equipment another day, you can simply change your selections and collect only the gear you are after.
That way, instead of running the same filter in every farming spot, you can tailor it to the kind of farming you are doing.
Who Benefits the Most?
The Loot Filter is particularly handy for these players:
- Farmers: players who grind monsters for hours never have to bother with loot they do not want.
- Metin stone hunters: it is much easier to keep track of the valuable items dropping from Metin stones.
- High level characters: it cuts down on the enormous loot clutter that builds up in busy farming areas.
- Event players: by filtering for the specific items that drop during an event, you collect only what you actually need.
- Players who like a tidy inventory: it keeps useless items from clogging up your bags.
Conclusion
The Loot Filter in Metin2 is an important feature that makes both time and inventory management easier, especially for players who farm regularly.
Being able to pick only the loot you truly need, instead of hoovering up every item on the ground, makes the whole farming process more organised and more productive.
With a properly configured loot filter you can focus on valuable loot without wrestling with junk, keep your inventory free for far longer, and cut down on the time you lose while farming.
In short, the Loot Filter works on the logic of “pick up only the items I want” instead of “pick up whatever is on the ground”. For players who farm for hours at a time in particular, it makes life considerably easier.