Gravity has announced that the Sakray server will have the Juno update activated on Tuesday, April 6.

Attention Users, We would like to announce the implementation of the Juno update to the Sakray server on April 6th, 2004. We are excited to bring the Juno update to the Sakray server at this time. The addition of Episode 5 comes with a lot of exciting changes and many new additions to the game. We will update all the Juno changes and additions under the iRO Updates section with in the next couple of days. As with this large update the patch files for Juno will also be large. We are planning to release a Juno update patch for the Sakray users. The Juno patch file will be offered here on the website as a direct link. We ask that users playing on the main servers not update their client with the patch file. The patch file is strictly for users who are playing on the Sakray server. We will announce the update files as well as the specific release date for the Chaos and Loki servers in the coming weeks. Thank you, iRO GM Team, Gravity Interactive LLC.

Users may download the new client now by visiting the downloads section of the official website, or by clicking here.

Gravity has also announced that it will no longer tolerate 3rd party programs used by players.  It seems that a number of players have taken to using bot programs to circumvent the strictures of the game.  In an announcement on the IRO website, Gravity warns players against using such software:

We would like to inform the users that we have updated our Rules and Regulations page as well as our User Agreement. The update pertains to users caught using 3rd party programs. Users are reminded that the use of any 3rd party program is not tolerated. Users need to also be aware that this update happened on April 2nd and the change in the regulations applies to all of the International Ragnarok Online users.

Gravity is so serious in fact that they have classified the above offense as a "felony", meaning a user caught breaking the rule will immediately have his/her ID deleted.

Visit the official IRO website by following this link.