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The test server is where new updates are tested before being moved to the live server. To aid in testing characters start with 100/80/80/80 and teamlevels go up quickly.

To join the test server make a copy of your entire World of Pirates folder. In the new copied folder edit config.ini and change enable_testupdate=0 to enable_testupdate=1