# PKO DEV — Site Overview

**URL:** https://pkodev.com  
**Type:** Community development forum  
**Focus:** Tales of Pirates (ToP) and Pirate King Online (PKO) private server development

PKO DEV is a developer-centric forum for the Tales of Pirates / Pirate King Online game engine. It serves as the central hub for source code releases, server setup guides, Lua scripting, client modding, and community collaboration around private server development.

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## Community Stats (as of April 2026)

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Total Threads | 166 |
| Total Messages | 492 |
| Registered Members | 249 |
| Latest Member | Argher |

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## Forum Sections

| Section | Markdown | HTML | Threads |
|---------|----------|------|---------|
| News & Announcements | [md](md/news/_index.md) | [html](html/news/_index.html) | 3 |
| Guides | [md](md/guides/_index.md) | [html](html/guides/_index.html) | 5 |
| Releases | [md](md/releases/_index.md) | [html](html/releases/_index.html) | 97 |
| TOP/PKO Development | [md](md/development/_index.md) | [html](html/development/_index.html) | 12 |
| Website Development | [md](md/web-development/_index.md) | [html](html/web-development/_index.html) | 1 |
| Questions & Help | [md](md/questions/_index.md) | [html](html/questions/_index.html) | 21 |
| TOP/PKO Programming | [md](md/programming/_index.md) | [html](html/programming/_index.html) | 1 |
| Shared Projects / Team Search | [md](md/shared-projects/_index.md) | [html](html/shared-projects/_index.html) | 5 |
| Paid Services & Requests | [md](md/paid-services/_index.md) | [html](html/paid-services/_index.html) | 8 |
| Offtopic | [md](md/offtopic/_index.md) | [html](html/offtopic/_index.html) | 5 |
| Servers | [md](md/servers/_index.md) | [html](html/servers/_index.html) | 5 |
| Русский | [md](md/russian/_index.md) | [html](html/russian/_index.html) | 3 |

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## External Links

- **Discord:** https://discord.gg/WQaES2yE5E
- **Facebook:** https://www.facebook.com/pkodev

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## Key Resources

### Guides
- [Full Source Code Setup 2026](md/guides/tales-of-pirates-full-source-code-server-setup-2026.md)
- [Server Setup Guide (Binaries) 2026](md/guides/tales-of-pirates-server-setup-guide-2026.md)
- [Quest Creation Guide](md/guides/create-a-quest.md)
- [Maps Coordinates and Locations](md/guides/maps-coordinates-and-locations.md)

### Featured Releases
- [Tales of Pirate 2022 DX9](md/releases/tales-of-pirate-2022-dx9.md) *(most active thread — 89 posts)*
- [Tales of Pirate 2026 DX9](md/releases/tales-of-pirate-2026-dx9-by-alexxstst.md)
- [PKO Admin Tool](md/releases/pko-admin.md)
- [Tales of Pirates 2016 Source Code](md/releases/tales-of-pirates-2016-source-code.md)
- [Corsair Online by Deguix](md/releases/corsair-online-by-deguix.md)
- [All Releases Index](md/releases/_index.md)

### Development
- [Fitting Room](md/development/fitting-room-in-game.md) | [Shadow Font](md/development/shadow-font.md) | [Sit Button](md/development/sit-button-on-the-fast-bar.md)
- [Banish Soul](md/development/banish-soul.md) | [Resurrection System](md/development/resurrection-at-the-place-of-death.md)
- [Level Next to Nickname](md/development/the-level-next-to-the-characters-nickname.md) | [Auto Stat Button](md/development/automatic-stat-increase-while-holding-a-button.md)
- [Weekprize Addon](md/development/weekprize-addon.md)

### Community
- [Help with 2022 DX9 Files](md/questions/help-with-2022-dx9-files.md) *(53 replies — most active Q&A thread)*
- [DX9 Rendering Discussion](md/programming/experience-in-rendering-in-top.md)
- [Who Love This Game](md/shared-projects/who-love-this-game.md)