As rAthena announcement in Officially supported client versions,
highly recommended to use client and packet version that listed on that post.
Please also follow these list below for reference later.
#PACKETVER is value that you need to change in src/common/mmo.h
packet_db_ver is value that you need to change in db/packet_db.txt
<version> is value that you need to change in ROClientFolder/data/clientinfo.xml
#PACKETVER 20100730
packet_db_ver: 25
<version>25</version>
Sometimes user use version 26 for 20100730 and no critical matters encounter.
INFO: This client is still using Lua 5.0.x
#PACKETVER 2020410
packet_db_ver: 30
<version>30</version>
2012-04-10a and 2012-04-18a may looks similar, but 2012-04-18a already using 'new' client file structures, that also using Lua 5.1.x
#PACKETVER 20130807
packet_db_ver: 45
<version>45</version>
At this point, for people who ask "latest stable client compatible with rAthena", just use this version!
IMPORTANT Always recompile servers (map, char, and login) if there's change on mmo.h