v.157 – Shining Star
Table of Contents
Star Force
New Equipment
Skill Changes
Additional Updates
New Dungeon Events
Holiday Events
Other New Events
Star Force
Star Force
Overview
- Influenced by the power of the stars, many monsters across Maple World have undergone mysterious changes and become incredibly powerful. While most ordinary adventurers could easily fall victim to these stronger monsters, those blessed by Star Force may still stand a chance. Are you ready to face the challenge?
- Introducing Star Monsters, which are stronger and more rewarding than their normal kindred. Only players who meet the star level requirement on their equipment can kill these monsters.
Star Monsters
- Star Monsters can be found in Star Force Areas marked with a red Star sign in the World Map. The portals linking to these areas are shining in red color to indicate the danger.
- While everyone can enter Star Force Areas and fight Star Monsters, only characters whose total equipment star level meets the requirement can deal enough damage and ultimately kill them.
- Star Monsters will not attack players proactively, unless they are under attack.
- Upon entering a Star Force Area, a message will pop up and show the minimum star level requirement for this area. A Star Level UI will also pop up to display character's current star level.
Star Force Quests
- A few Star Force-related side quests have also been added. They can be accepted from the following NPCs:
LocationQuest NameLevel RequirementNPC Name Eastern Minar ForestMysterious LightLv. 100+TatamoA Wish Upon a StarLv. 100+PamStarstruck Place Lv. 100+TatamoMutated Dual Birk Lv. 100+YakuMutated Blood HarpLv. 100+ Yaku Mutated KentaurusLv. 100+ItoMissing Star FragmentLv. 100+TatamoClocktower Bottom FloorChaotic LightLv. 115+Mr. BouffonJolting Spirit DetectorLv. 115+Ghosthunter BobNew Soul CollectionLv. 115+Ghosthunter BobCorrecting Lost TimeLv. 115+FloOutlaw of TimeLv. 115+Mr. BouffonMy Precious TreasureLv. 115+Mason the CollectorScattered Star FragmentsLv. 115+FloThe Main CulpritLv. 115+FloTroublemaker PapulatusLv. 115+Mr. BouffonEn Route to PapulatusLv. 115+FloDead MineOminous LightLv. 120+AlcasterStarstruck MineLv. 120+ScadurMine ReconnaissanceLv. 120+AlcasterAlcaster's ConcernLv. 120+AlcasterHow a Hunter CommunicatesLv. 120+ScadurDemonic Spirit's Cry 1Lv. 120+KragDemonic Spirit's Cry 2Lv. 120+KragBroken Star's FragmentLv. 120+KragWestern Minar ForestWestbound LightLv. 130+TatamoStarstruck PlacesLv. 130+Raul the KnightMutated Dark WyvernLv. 130+Raul the KnightBroken Shooting StarsLv. 130+Raul the KnightMutated Dragons' NestLv. 130+MoiraMinar Forest at DangerLv. 130+MoiraFragments of Broken StarsLv. 130+Tatamo
Star Force Enhancement
Overview
- Want to give your favorite gear a few shining stars, but don't have an Advanced Equip Enhancement Scroll?
- Similar to using Advanced Equip Enhancement Scrolls, Star Force Enhancement gives and increases star level to items with no more upgrade slots, but only at meso cost and a much lower risk. And it still works hand-in-hand with AEE scrolls.
- With this new enhancement system, players now have an alternative path towards acquiring gear enhancements, making it easier for them to upgrade their equips.
- Because we didn't release Miraculous Enhancement Scrolls which caused an imbalance in KMS, we are keeping the max number of stars for high-level equipment at 15 for now, but we will be reviewing this in the future. Additionally, many of the prices for higher enhancements have been lowered slightly from the KMS prices.
How to Utilize Star Force Enhancement
- Click on the Equipment Enchant button at the bottom right of the Item Inventory window. Drag the target equipment into the new pop-up window.
- If the target equipment has no upgrade slots available, the Star Force Enhancement UI will pop up by default. Otherwise, Spell Trace enhancement UI will show instead.
- Each enhancement attempt using Star Force will have the following 4 possible results. The success/failure rate scales with the current star level of target equipment, and can be confirmed in the enhancement UI. Bonus stats (if successful) can be confirmed in the same window too.
- Success - increases star level by 1
- Failure (keep) - star level doesn't change
- Failure (drop) - decreases star level by 1
- Failure (destroy) - target equipment is destroyed
- Click here to see the success/failure rates for non Superior items.
- Click here to see the success/failure rates for Superior items.
- The maximum star level depends on the level of target equipment. The possible maximum is 15 stars.
- Each enhancement attempt charges a meso cost regardless of the result. The cost scales with the star level of the target equipment.
- Click here to see the meso cost for non Superior items. The meso price will incrementally increase between the listed levels.
- Click here to see the meso cost for Superior items. The meso price will incrementally increase between the listed levels.
Star Force Tiers
- Here are the different level tiers for the max star changes:
- Lv. 94 or lower: 5 stars (Superior equipment: 3)
- Lv. 95 – 107: 8 stars (Superior equipment: 5)
- Lv. 108 – 117: 10 stars (Superior equipment: 10)
- Lv. 118 – 127: 12 stars (Superior equipment: 10)
- Lv. 128 – 137: 13 stars (Superior equipment: 12)
- Lv. 138 or higher: 15 stars (Superior equipment: 15)
Star Force Enhancement Success/Failure
- Once you have started Star Force Enhancement, a mini game window will pop up. Successful completion of the mini game will increase the success rate of the enhancement.
- If two failed attempts caused the star level to drop twice in a row, the next enhancement will be a guaranteed success.
- Once the target equipment has reached 10 stars, its star level will not drop below this level for future failed enhancement attempts.
- Should the target equipment be destroyed during enhancement, you will receive an "Equipment Trace" that records all the stats of the destroyed equipment prior to using Star Force. Applying the "Equipment Trace" to a clean version of the same equipment (via Equipment Trace tab in the star enhancement window) will restore these stats to the new equipment (star levels at the time of destruction will not be restored).
Star Force Enhancement & Advanced Equip Enhancement Scroll
- If the target equipment has previously been enhanced by Advanced Equip Enhancement Scroll, further enhancement using Star Force will continue from that star level, and vice versa.
- However, if a piece of Star Force enhanced equipment is destroyed by Advanced Enhancement Scroll, players will not receive "Equipment Trace".
- If a piece of equipment has acquired more stars than what is allowed by the equipment level requirement, it will also retain the star level and bonus stats, but cannot be further enhanced via the Star Force Enhancement.
Starstruck Areas and Monsters
- There are now areas and monsters that have been affected by the Star Force system!
- Certain areas have been converted to Starstruck areas that contain Starstruck monsters.
- Monsters in Starstruck areas will not take damage unless you have a minimum number of Star Force across all your equipped gear.
- You can check the amount of Star Force needed by viewing the area in the World Map; the number of stars needed will be located above the area name.
- There are now Starstruck versions of the following monsters:
- Blood Harp
- Dual Birk
- Black Kentaurus
- Red Kentaurus
- Blue Kentaurus
- Buffy
- Lazy Buffy
- Soul Teddy
- Master Soul Teddy
- Buffoon
- Deep Buffoon
- Klock
- Dark Klock
- Death Teddy
- Master Death Teddy
- Ghost Pirate
- Dual Ghost Pirate
- Spirit Viking
- Gigantic Spirit Viking
- Phantom Watch
- Grim Phantom Watch
- Gate Keeper
- Thanatos
- Papulatus
- Miner Zombie
- Jr. Cerebes
- Cerebes
- Bain
- Dark Wyvern
- Skelegon
- Skelosaurus
- The following areas are now Starstruck:
- Minar Forest: Valley of the Antelope 2
- Leafre: Sky Nest II
- Minar Forest: Sky Nest 3
- Leafre: Battlefield of Water and Darkness
- Minar Forest: Battlefield of Fire and Darkness
- Leafre: The Area of the Black Kentaurus
- Leafre: Canyon: West Road
- Leafre: Black Wyvern's Nest
- Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
- Minar Forest: The Dragon Nest Left Behind 1
- Minar Forest: The Dragon Nest Left Behind 2
- Ludibrium: Warped Path of Time
- Ludibrium: Warped Path of Time
- Ludibrium: Warped Path of Time
- Ludibrium: Warped Path of Time
- Ludibrium: Unbalanced Time
- Ludibrium: Twisted Time
- Ludibrium: Warped Passage
- Ludibrium: Forgotten Path of Time
- Ludibrium: Forgotten Path of Time
- Ludibrium: Forgotten Path of Time
- Ludibrium: Forgotten Path of Time
- Ludibrium: Lost Time
- Ludibrium: Forbidden Time
- Ludibrium: Forgotten Passage
- Ludibrium: Origin of the Clocktower
- El Nath: Dead Mine I
- El Nath: Dead Mine II
- El Nath: Dead Mine III
- El Nath: Dead Mine IV
- El Nath: The Cave of Trial I
- El Nath: The Cave of Trial II
- El Nath: The Cave of Trial III
New Equipment
New Weapons and Armor
- New weapons and armor are available!
- This is part of Nexon’s efforts to listen to our players, and increase availability of better equipment by simply playing the game!
New Weapons
- Zakum's Poisonic Weapons: These are Lv. 110 weapons that can be obtained from Zakum. A total of 24 weapons were added.
- Briser Weapons: These are Lv. 120 weapons obtainable in some Lv. 115-129 fields. A total of 24 weapons were added.
- Jaihin Weapons: These are Lv. 130 weapons obtainable in some Lv. 125-139 fields. A total of 24 weapons were added.
- Royal Von Leon Weapons: These are Lv. 130 weapons available in the Lion King's Castle Coin Shop (NPC Murt). A total of 21 weapons were added.
- Utgard Weapons: These are Lv. 140 weapons obtainable in some Lv. 135+ fields. A total of 24 weapons were added.
New Armor
- Eclectic Armor: These are Lv. 120 armors obtainable in some Lv. 115-129 fields. There are four parts: Hat, Outfit, Gloves, and Shoes. A total of 20 armors were added.
- Necromancer Armor: These are Lv. 120 weapon that you can get from Hilla. There are four parts: Hat, Outfit, Gloves, and Shoes. A total of 20 armors were added.
- Muspell Armor: These are Lv. 130 armors obtainable in some Lv. 125-139 fields. There are four parts: Hat, Outfit, Gloves, and Shoes. A total of 20 armors were added.
- Royal Von Leon Armor: These are Lv. 130 armors available in the Lion King's Castle Coin Shop (NPC Murt). There are five parts: Hat, Outfit, Gloves, Shoes, and Capes. A total of 25 armors were added.
- Pensalir Armor: These are Lv. 140 armors obtainable in some Lv. 135+ fields. There are five parts: Hat, Outfit, Gloves, Shoes, and Capes. A total of 25 armors were added.
New Boss Accessories
New accessory items have been added, which come from these bosses: Zakum, Horntail, Magnus, Pink Bean, Arkarium, and Hilla.
- (Lv. 100) Eye Accessory: Aquatic Letter Eye Accessory
- (Lv. 110) Face Accessory: Condensed Power Crystal
- (Lv. 110) Ring: Silver Blossom Ring
- (Lv. 120) Shoulder Accessory: Royal Black Metal Shoulder
- (Lv. 130) Earring: Dea Sidus Earrings
- (Lv. 130) Badge: Crystal Ventus Badge
- (Lv. 135) Eye Accessory: Black Bean Mark
- (Lv. 140) Belt: Golden Glover Belt
- (Lv. 140) Pocket: Pink Holy Cup
Item Related Changes
- Zero exclusive lucky item scrolls will be added: Necromancer Lucky Item Scroll and Royal Von Leon Lucky Item Scroll
- Some items will no longer be dropped
- Abyss Equipment and Recipes
- Reverse Equipment and Recipes
- Timeless Equipment and Recipes
- Loveless Equipment and Recipes
- Fearless Equipment and Recipes
- Chaos Pink Bean Mark
New Item Sets
- New item sets are available!
- Boss Accessory Set: This set is comprised of accessories obtainable from bosses. It's comprised of Eye Accessory, Face Accessory, Shoulder Accessory, Earrings, Belt, Pocket, Pendant, Ring, Badge.
- 5th Warrior/Mage/Archer/Rogue/Pirate Set: These sets are comprised of armors. Wearing Lv. 110 Dragon Hat, Outfit, Shoes, Gloves will activate a set effect.
- 6th Warrior/Mage/Archer/Rogue/Pirate Set: These sets are comprised of armors. Wearing Lv. 120 Eclectic Hat, Outfit, Shoes, Gloves will activate a set effect.
- 7th Warrior/Mage/Archer/Rogue/Pirate Set: These sets are comprised of armors and weapons. Wearing Lv. 130 Muspell Hat, Outfit, Shoes, Gloves, and Jaihin weapon will activate a set effect.
- 8th Warrior/Mage/Archer/Rogue/Pirate Set: These sets are comprised of armors and weapons. Wearing Lv. 140 Pensalir Hat, Outfit, Shoes, Gloves, Capes will activate a set effect.
- Necromancer Set: These sets are comprised of armors and weapons. Wearing Lv. 120 Necromancer Hat, Outfit, Shoes, Gloves, and Necromancer Weapon will activate a set effect.
- Royal Von Leon Set: These sets are comprised of armors and weapons. Wearing Lv. 130 Royal Von Leon Hat, Outfit, Shoes, Gloves, Capes, and the Royal Von Leon weapon will activate a set effect.
Set Effects
- Set effects of equipment of all levels have been adjusted to make them more attractive.
- Set Effects for Normal Equipment: Please click here to see detailed stats for normal equips.
- Set Effects for Barrier Equipment: Please click here to see detailed stats for barrier equips.
Skill Changes
Arch Mage (Ice, Lightning)
- Freezing Crush: 8\% damage increase for each Freeze stack with Lightning Attribute attacks.
- Chain Lightning: Damage percent increased from 273 to 300.
Bow Master
- Extreme Archery - Bow: 40\% damage increase added. ATT increased from 20 to 40.
- Illusion Step: Dexterity increased from 40 to 80.
- Hurricane: Move to 4th job, maxLevel 30, Percentage damage 350\%.
- Arrow Platter: Move to 3rd job, maxLevel 20, Percentage damage 181\%, Install percent damage 125\%. Delay per foot increased from 80 to 120.
- Arrow Blaster - Reinforce: Changed to Hurricane. Arrow Blaster not applied.
- Arrow Blaster - Boss Rush: Changed to Hurricane. Arrow Blaster not applied.
- Arrow Blaster - Spread: Change to Split Attack. Decreased by 65\% per shot.
Mercedes
- Leap Tornado: Damage percent increased from 195 to 215. Can now be linked with Gust Dive and Spikes Royale.
- Unicorn Spike: Debuff duration increased from 15 to 30. Can now be linked with Rising Rush, Stunning Strikes, Spikes Royale, Lightning Edge, and Staggering Strikes.
- Lightning Edge: Debuff duration increased from 15 to 30. Can now be linked with Rising Rush, Stunning Strikes, Unicorn Spike, Spikes Royale, and Staggering Strikes.
- Spikes Royale: Debuff duration increased from 15 to 30. Leap Tornado Damage increment increased from 30 to 60. 5 sec added to cooldown. Can be used in air. 1 sec cooldown reduction function increases when combo is used. Can now be linked with Leap Tornado and Gust Dive.
- Ignis Roar: Changed to a buff that stacks up to 10 times with combo. ATT increased by 6 for each stack.
- Stunning Strikes: Can now be linked with Rising Rush, Unicorn Spike, Spikes Royale, and Lightning Edge.
- Gust Dive: Can now be linked with Rising Rush, Stunning Strikes, Leap Tornado, Unicorn Spike, Spikes Royale, Lightning Edge, and Staggering Strikes.
- Aerial Barrage: Can now be linked with Leap Tornado, Gust Dive, Spikes Royale, and Rolling Moonsault.
- Rolling Moonsault: Can now be linked with Leap Tornado, Gust Dive, and Spikes Royale.v
- Staggering Strikes: Can now be linked with Rising Rush, Unicorn Spike, Spikes Royale, and Lightning Edge.
Hero
- Combo Fury: Combo consumption has been removed.
- Self Recovery: Recovery amount increased from 1000 to 1500.
- Rising Rage: Cooldown decreased from 30 to 10.
Shade
- Spirit Bond 2: Speed +20.
- Swift Strike: Changed to auto added attack. Move or Jump to cancel during added attack.
- Flash Fist: Changed to auto added attack. Move or Jump to cancel during added attack.
- Ground Pound: Changed to auto added attack. Move or Jump to cancel during added attack.
- Shockwave Punch: Changed to auto added attack. Move or Jump to cancel during added attack.
- Bomb Punch: Changed to auto added attack. Move or Jump to cancel during added attack.
Angelic Buster
- Affinity Heart IV: Max Damage increased to 20 million.
- Soul Seeker Expert: When attacking with active skill outside of Soul Seeker, 35\% chance to automatically create Soul Seeker to attack. ATT will be 70\% of the existing Soul Seeker.
Shadower
- Phase Dash: Delay decreased from 1200 to 1050.
- Shadow Partner: Skill casting effect has been changed.
- Assassinate: Skill casting effect has been changed. Action delay has been decreased.
- Boomerang Stab: Action delay has been decreased.
- Shadower Instinct: Body Count Maximum accumulation changed from 5 to 3.
- Assassinate - Limit Break: Max Damage increased from 6 million to 7 million.
Corsair
- Eight-Legs Easton: Delay adjustment from 1410 to 1200.
- Ahoy Mateys: Added 5000 HP increase passively.
- Brain Scrambler: Attack Count increased from 4 to 8. Percent damage decreased from 800 to 500.
- Quickdraw: ATT Increment increased from 30 to 50.
- Majestic Presence: Damage percent increased from 100 to 250.
- Brain Scrambler - Range: Range increased from 50 to 100.
- Brain Scrambler - Cooldown Cutter: Change to Boss Rush.
Kaiser
- Impact Wave: Damage percent increased from 250 to 270.
- Pressure Chain: Damage percent increased from 250 to 280.
- You can now use all active attack skills with Final Form.
Xenon
- Combat Switch: Percent damage increased by 20 each.
- Multilateral 6: Changed to free skill when reaching Lv. 200.
Mihile
- Rolling Soul: Changed to be an ON/OFF skill.
Evan
- Teleport: Distance increased from 150 to 255.
Paladin
- Void Elemental: Removed elemental attribute ignore. Skill name changed to Elemental Force.
- Advanced Charge: Attack count decreased from 2 to 1.
Dark Knight
- Evil Eye: Cooldown increased from 60 to 70.
- Cross Surge: Total damage decreased from 100\% to 80\%.
- Sacrifice: Duration decreased from 40 to 30.
Wind Archer
- Fairy Spiral: Percent damage decreased from 195 to 175.
- Gust Shot: Percent damage decreased from 285 to 260.
- Song of Heaven: Percent damage decreased from 370 to 345.
- Trifling Wind III: Percent damage decreased from 280 to 260. Enhancement maintained.
Blaze Wizard
- Orbital Flame: Number of hits decreased from 2 to 1. Speed has been decreased.
- Greater Orbital Flame: Number of hits decreased from 2 to 1. Speed has been decreased.
- Grand Orbital Flame: Number of hits decreased from 3 to 2. Speed has been decreased.
- Final Orbital Flame: Number of hits decreased from 3 to 2. Speed has been decreased.
- Blazing Extinction: Attack range decreased from 600,400 to 300,200.
Night Walker
- Bat Affinity: Number of bounces decreased from 2 to 1.
- Bat Affinity III: Number of bounces decreased from 2 to 1.
- Vitality Siphon: Duration increased from 5 to 10.
- Quintuple Star: Boss Attack decreased from 20 to 10.
Resistance
- Spirit of Freedom: Invincible for 5 sec after resurrection.
Battle Mage
- Quad Blow: Damage percent increased from 155 to 165.
- Hyper Dark Chain: Delay decreased from 1050 to 880.
- Blood Drain: Duration increased from 120 to 200.
- Quintuple Blow: Damage percent increased from 165 to 180.
- Dark Shock: Delay decreased from 1320 to 720.
- Body Boost: Duration increased from 150 to 200. Delay decreased from 1440 to 900.
- Finishing Blow: Damage percent increased from 240 to 280.
- Twister Spin: Damage percent increased from 360 to 480. Cooldown decreased from 12 to 5.
- Dark Genesis: Delay decreased from 3240 to 900.
- Grand Light Aura: Duration increased from 150 to 200.
Wild Hunter
- Soul Arrow - Crossbow: ATT increased from 30 to 40.
- Call of the Wild: Duration increased from 150 to 300.
- Dash 'n Slash: Skill delay has been decreased.
- Feline Berserk: Duration increased from 150 to 300. ATT Increased from 30\% to 40\%. HP Boost made passive.
- Wild Arrow Blast: Skill delay has been decreased. Attack range increased.
- Hunting Assistant Unit: Can be used without action while another skill is being used.
- Extended Magazine: Duration increased from 130 to 300. Damage increased from 10\% to 20\%. All Stats increased from 20 to 40.
- Jaguar Rampage: Cooldown decreased from 60 to 15.
Mechanic
- Atomic Hammer: Skill delay has been decreased.
- Rocket Booster: Skill delay has been decreased.
- Mechanic Rage: Skill delay has been decreased.
- Siege Mode: Damage increased from 240 to 300.
- Mech - Missile Tank: Siege Mode damage Increased from 30\% to 40\%. MP consumption from 25 to 10.
- Laser Blast: Skill delay has been decreased.
- Robot Set-up Skill: Skill delay has been decreased.
- Transform Skill: Transformation delay has been decreased.
4th Job and SP Changes
- SP acquisition for 4th job has been adjusted to 255 total SP.
- You will get all of your SP for 4th job by Lv. 140 (255 SP). After Lv. 140 you will no longer gain 4th job SP.
- Every level up with a level ending in 0, 3, 6, or 9, you’ll get twice the regular SP and every 10 levels, starting at level 111/121/131, you’ll get 1 extra base SP.
- Zero and Evan have been exluded from these changes.
- New level up animations have been added for levels where you get 2x the SP and when you unlock a new Hyper Skill.
- Many skills have had their master levels adjusted. Please see below.
Dawn Warrior
- Equinox Cycle: Master level increased from 20 to 30.
- Unpredictable: Master level increased from 10 to 15.
Blaze Wizard
- Flame Barrier: Master level increased from 10 to 20.
- Pure Magic: Master level increased from 10 to 15.
Wind Archer
- Trifling Wind III: Master level increased from 20 to 30.
- Emerald Dust: Master level increased from 10 to 15.
Night Walker
- Shadow Stitch: Master level increased from 10 to 20.
- Vitality Siphon: Master level increased from 10 to 15.
Thunder Breaker
- Speed Infusion: Master level increased from 20 to 30.
- Electrify: Master level increased from 10 to 15.
Cannoneer
- Anchors Aweigh: Master level increased from 15 to 20.
Luminous
- Darkness Mastery: Master level increased from 5 to 10.
Xenon
- Combat Mastery: Master level increased from 10 to 15.
Mercedes
- Staggering Strikes: Master level increased from 1 to 10.
Phantom
- Penombre: Master level increased from 20 to 30..
Shade
- Critical Insight: Master level increased from 20 to 30.
Demon Slayer
- Demon Cry: Master level increased from 20 to 30.
- Leech Aura: Master level decreased from 10 to 9.
Wild Hunter
- Extended Magazine: Master level increased from 20 to 30.
Kaiser
- Dragon Slash III: Master level increased from 2 to 6.
- Defender Mode III: Master level increased from 1 to 2.
- Attacker Mode III: Master level increased from 1 to 2.
Demon Avenger
- Infernal Exceed: Master level decreased from 20 to 15.
- Blood Prison: Master level increased from 20 to 30.
Dual Blade
- Thorns: Master level decreased from 30 to 20.
Mechanic
- Amplifier Robot AF-11: Master level increased from 20 to 30.
Additional Updates
Evolution System
Orchid has been under the protection and surveillance of the Resistance, but she was able to slip away from the Resistance's HQ. She heads for the Evolution Lab, the place where Lotus' last remnants were found. Orchid then comes face to face with the ESS, which looks like Lotus. Orchid tries to talk to it, but the ESS is merely an AI, so it does not recognize Orchid. Angered by the ESS, she tries to destroy the evolving system. This triggers the system's defense system and Orchid is attacked. The System Enhancement Mode is kick started, and the system has evolved into something more powerful!
Orchid barely escapes alive and is critically wounded. Claudine says she can't tell if Orchid will make it. Even in this dire state, Orchid calls out for Lotus. Lotus had been subdued and is currently being controlled like a puppet by Gelimer. In this state, Lotus is supposed to have been stripped of all his humanity. But much to Gelimer's surprise, Lotus starts shedding tears.
- Additional quests have been implemented for activating the system in the Evolution Lab.
- The ‘Virtual World 1 & 2’ quests have been deleted and changed so that players must continue with the new quests.
- Entries per day have been reduced from 5 to 3.
- The time limit per entry has been reduced from 30 minutes to 15 minutes.
- EXP and item drops from monsters have been adjusted.
- The EXP rewarded by the Training Course quests have been greatly increased to encourage clearing multiple Links.
- The Link maps have been modified.
- All Links can now be accessed from the new Central Control System map.
- The Coin Shop prices and items have been adjusted.
- The available core types have been simplified. Unnecessary cores have been removed.
- In the System Circuit UI, additional core tabs have been added to allow sorting by the types of cores.
Lion King's Castle
- Lion King's Castle quest requirements have been raised from Lv. 110 to Lv. 115.
- Lion King's Castle Coin Shop Changes:
- The 2 types of coins, Noble coins and Royal Coin will be all combined to the Royal Coin
- Lv. 120 Marx/Alma/Fox/Nox/Cora Von Leon equipment will no longer be sold.
- Lv. 125 Victor/Hex/Celine/Scar/Mer Von Leon equipment and weapon recipes will no longer be sold.
- New Lv. 130 Royal Von Leon equipment will now be sold.
- The Noble Lion King Medal and Royal Lion King Medal will be consolidated and only the Royal Lion King Medal will be used.
- You can now only obtain the Royal Lion King Medal when applying Purification totems to a Lion King Medal.
- During the update, you will be given 1 Royal Lion King Medal for every 2 Noble Lion King Medals in your inventory, and your Noble Lion King Medals will be removed.
- The exchange requirement for Royal Lion King Medal has changed.
- Purification Totems needed for getting the Royal Lion King Medal has been reduced from 100 to 50.
- The drop rate on some items have been increased.
- Purification Totem drop rate has been increased.
- Smoldering Black Goo drop rate has been increased.
Maple Guide Improvement
- Recommended content is now separated into 2 tabs based on difficulty (normal and hard), and has different icons to indicate the location of the content (regular areas, Star Force areas, boss areas).
- You can now mouse over a piece of recommended content to quickly see its details and obtainable rewards in the new tooltip window.
- Left-clicking on the content will bring up a new window for a closer look at the details, including detailed stats of the rewards. If the content is located in a Star Force area, the window will also show the star level meter.
- For equipment rewards, only the ones that fit your current job will be displayed.
- Right-clicking on the recommended content will bring up the World Map UI to show the related locations.
Blacklist Update
- The blacklist has been improved.
- The current blacklist will be reset. Any additional players added will be saved on your blacklist whenever you log in.
- Players on your blacklist cannot use the /find command or messages to contact you.
Offline Status
- The "Offline" status option has been improved.
- Setting "My Status" to "Offline" on the buddy list will show you as offline on guild and guild alliance lists.
- Other players will not be able to find you with the /find command.
Boss Related Changes
- You cannot use the boss party matching function in maps that do not allow teleport items.
Horntail
- Easy mode has been added for Horntail.
- Minimum level requirement for Horntail Easy and Normal modes have been adjusted to Lv. 130.
- The quests 'The Transformation Potion' and 'Mark of the Squad 1' have been removed.
- The quest 'Certificate of the Dragon Squad' has been added.
- The entrance to the Room of Maze has been removed and you can use your Certificate of the Dragon Squad to challenge Horntail.
- Horntail and Chaos Horntail's Seduction duration has been reduced.
Magnus (Easy)
- The HP for Magnus in Easy mode has been lowered.
- Magnus' attacks in Easy mode have been adjusted to lower the difficulty of the fight.
- You can now fight Magnus in Easy mode once a day.
Magnus (Normal)
- The clear record previously reset every 24 hours; now it will reset at midnight (Pacific).
Magnus (Hard)
- The clear record used to reset every 7 days; now it will reset on Thursdays.
Pink Bean
- Previously you could enter the boss fight up to 2 times a day; now you can enter once a day.
- The quest required for entry ‘Breaking the Force Field’ can now be completed once a day, as opposed to once every 24 hours.
Von Leon (Easy)
- Von Leon's skill use and attacks in Easy mode have been adjusted to lower the difficulty of the fight.
Elite Monster Changes
- Elite monster's skill levels previously had fixed values. Now an elite monster's skill levels are based on the monsters in the area.
- Items dropped from mimics in the bonus stages are now instanced and unique to each player that attacked the mimic.
- The Riddle Mimics in the Bonus Stage will now stay near the top of the map to prevent rewards from being dropped to unreachable areas of the map.
- You can now only get up to 3 rare item rewards per bonus stage.
- Innocence Scroll 50\% has been added to the item rewards and the Protection Scroll has been removed from the item rewards.
Login Screen Music
- With winter coming soon, the music for the login and world select screens has been updated to El Nath's background music.
New Dungeon Events
Star World
December 3 - January 6Requirement: Lv. 30 or above
Overview
- All of the star power floating around from the fallen stars has opened a doorway into the night sky!
- Visit Star World--a land galaxies away from Maple World–and complete quests to help the residents of MapleStory to become constellations!
Gameplay
- Accept the quest '[Star World] Doorway to the Night Sky' from the star notifier on the left side of the game window.
- You will be transported to the Event Hall where you can travel through the Star World Gate.
- Star World is made up of four nations–Springtean, Summeron, Autumist, and Winterisia.
- Complete constellation quests and daily quests for the king and queen of each nation to receive Star World Coins!
- As you complete the constellation quests, items become available for purchase with Star World Coins in Stellar's Star Light Shop.
- Complete daily quests and the monsters in those areas can drop a Star World Gift Box.
Stellar's Star Light Coin Shop
Rewards
- Collect all of the Constellation chairs to receive:
- Andromeda Chair: Untradeable
- Andromeda VIP: Medal, Untradeable, Req. Lv. 30, All stats +12, Weapon/Magic Attack: +7, Max HP/Max MP + 700, Jump + 12, Speed + 12, One-of-a-kind item.
- Only one character per world can receive the Andromeda rewards.
- Star World Gift Box - Open to receive a random item, such as:
- Trait items
- Restorative items
- Star World Coins
- Cubic Blade
- Spell Trace (5)
- And more!
Cosmos Knockout
December 3 - January 6Requirement: Lv. 30 or above
Overview
- During his interstellar travel, a Grey has unfortunately lost his way home and got trapped in the Maple World. What's worse, his Cosmos Laboratory has been swarmed by countless Mad Cosmos Destroyers, who have turned the facility into a giant pinball machine! Defeat these monsters and help the Grey find the way home!
- A mixture of jump quests, high-speed movement, and intense fighting, Cosmos Knockout offers an exciting and unique event dungeon - The whole map is a huge pinball table, and you are the pinball.
Gameplay
- Talk to NPC "The Lost Grey" in the Event Hall to learn about the event, or select the quest from the star event notifier on the left side of the game window. Select "Can I start Cosmos Knockout" to start the event dungeon.
- Once inside the event dungeon, you need to jump around as a pinball, collect various item rewards as you see them, and kill monsters along the way. If you fall to the bottom, the event dungeon will end.
- You start the dungeon on the Universal Cannon. You can press the sit key next to the cannon to launch again.
- Press the arrow keys to adjust the angle of your shot.
- Press the space bar to adjust the power of the shot, and press it again to fire.
- Stepping on certain areas will launch you across the map.
- Defeat all the mobs inside the map and a boss will spawn; defeat the boss to complete the event dungeon.
- Use the Giant Potions found on the map to assist in defeating the mobs.
Cosmos Knockout Attendance
- Entering the event dungeon on a daily basis will accumulate your Cosmos Knockout attendance, and will ultimately reward you with a special chair and medal.
- Attendance status can be checked by talking to the Lost Grey.
RequirementsRewardDetailsEnter Cosmos Knockout at least once per day for 7 daysCosmos Knockout ChairEnter Cosmos Knockout at least once per day for 14 daysCosmos Knockout MedalAll Stats +5; MaxHP/MP +100; Weapon / Magic ATT +6
- You can also obtain a hat, shoulder and cape equipment by defeating the boss a certain number of times.
- Set effect for 3 pieces of Cosmos Knockout equipment (hat, shoulder, cape): All Stats +5; Max HP/MP 500; Weapon / Magic ATT +5
RequirementsRewardDetailsDefeat the boss 35 timesCosmos Knockout CapeAll Stats +5; Weapon / Magic ATT +5. Upgrade slots available: 6. Set effect available with other Cosmos Knockout equipment.Defeat the boss 70 timesCosmos Knockout ShoulderAll Stats +5; MaxHP/MP +100; Weapon / Magic ATT +3. Upgrade slots available: 1. Set effect available with other Cosmos Knockout equipment.Defeat the boss 140 timesCosmos Knockout HatAll Stats +7; Weapon / Magic ATT +1; Max HP/MP +250. Upgrade slots available: 7. Set effect available with other Cosmos Knockout equipment.
Holiday Events
Nut Case Event
December 3 - January 20Requirement: Any character may participate
- During the event period, a Nut Case may drop from monsters within your character’s level range.
- Open the Nut Case to receive one of the random rewards listed below.
Rewards: Nut Case: Untradeable, Usable until 01-20-2015 at 11:59 PM, Use for a chance to receive one of the following:
- Miraculous Chaos Scroll 60\%: Untradeable, 7 day duration
- Chaos Scroll 60\%: Untradeable, 7 day duration
- Silver Potential Stamp: Untradeable, 7 day duration
- White Mage Snowfield 1-Day Mount Coupon: Untradeable, 1 day duration, When used, mount skill lasts for 1 day
- Nut Coin: Untradeable. Only up to 30 per day can be acquired.
- Trait items: Untradeable
- Roasted Sweet Potato (5): Untradeable, Recovers 5000 HP and 5000 MP
- Roasted Chestnuts (5): Untradeable, Recovers 3000 HP and 3000 MP
Nut Coin Shop
- Use Nut Coins in the Nut Coin Shop by talking to Roasty in the Event Hall.
- Certain items in the Nut Coin Shop have a purchase limit per character. Each item's remaining purchases can be seen when attempting to purchase that item.
Nut Coin Shop Items:
Happyville
December 10 - January 6Happyville is back once again!
Requirement: Lv. 25 or above
- Speak with Rooney in the Event Hall in order to access Happyville. The Event Hall can be accessed through the Dimensional Mirror.
- Talk to Rupi in Happyville to return to the place you came from.
- Once you enter Happyville you will be able to help Torr finds his antlers, knit socks with Mrs. Claus, and decorate Christmas trees for some awesome screen shots and so much more!
Quests:In Preparation for the Party
- Talk to Cliff in Happyville to begin this quest.
- Collect Rascal Snowpieces from monsters and return them to Cliff.
- Reward: Cliff's Special Potion (3): Transforms a player into a completely different state for one hour when consumed. Once transformed, you can enter the fireplace of the house behind Cliff to visit Santa's Shop!
- Once you get to Santa's Shop, you can use Rascal Snowpieces to purchase some fun items, so be sure to save them up!
Torr's Antlers
- Speak with Torr in Happyville to begin this quest.
- Find Torr’s Antlers in the Cash Shop. It will take some detective work to locate the Antlers. The cost of the Antlers is 1 meso.
- Reward: A random reward.
Festival of Lights
- Speak with Simon in Happyville to enter Shalom Temple and begin this quest.
- Help Hannah and Simon prepare for the Festival of Lights by completing various quests for them.
Festival of Lights - Building the Altar
- Collect 25 Altar Pieces from Dark Axe Stumps and Axe Stumps and bring them to Hannah.
- Reward: Gelt Chocolate (2): 100 HP/MP, +120 DEF/M.DEF, +30 ACC/AVD, +10 Speed/Jump. Duration: 10 minutes.
Festival of Lights - Blessing the Festival
- Collect 9 Sabbath Candles from Horny Mushrooms and bring them to Hannah.
- Reward: Hanukkah Present
Festival of Lights - Blessing the Festival Reward
- Talk to Hannah after completing Blessing the Festival and receiving the Hanukkah Present.
- Reward: One of the following random items:
- Cold Winter Energy buff: Increases Weapon and Magic ATT by 20 for 30 minutes
- Enjoyable Winter buff: Increases EXP gained from hunting for 30 minutes
- Lucky Winter buff: Increases item drops for 30 minutes
- Golden Hammer 50\%: Untradeable
- Gelt Chocolate: 100 HP/MP, +120 DEF/M.DEF, +30 ACC/AVD, +10 Speed/Jump. Duration: 10 minutes.
Missing Santa
- Talk to Paperboy (located in most towns) to begin the quest [News Special Report].
- Help Rooney in Happyville find out what's happened to Santa!
- Reward: 2000 EXP and 1000 mesos.
Disappeared Santa Encyclopedia
- Requirement: News Special Report completed.
- Talk to Rooney.
- Collect Santa Encyclopedia Vol. 1 - 6 from monster drops or from Happyville quests.
- Reward: 20000 EXP, Gingerbread Man Cookie (20), 1 Fame.
Santa Mrs. Claus Finding
- Requirement: News Special Report completed.
- Have Santa Encyclopedia Vol. 2 in your inventory.
- Talk to Mrs. Claus in Happyville.
- Reward: 3000 EXP, Gingerbread Man Cookie (20).
Common Sense of Santa
- Requirement: Santa Grandmother Finding completed.
- Have Santa Encyclopedia Vol. 1 in your inventory.
- Complete 3 quizzes.
- Reward: 3000 EXP, Gingerbread Man Cookie (20).
Socks Creation Recipes
- Requirement: Common Sense of Santa completed.
- Talk to Mrs. Claus in Happyville.
- Collect Santa's Encyclopedia Vol. 3.
- Reward: 3000 EXP, Gingerbuff (2)
Socks Actual Creation Action
- Requirement: Socks Creation Recipes completed.
- Receive and double-click the sock frame.
- Apply 30 qualified knitting balls from Noonoo then drop them in the sock frame to create socks.
- Reward: 5000 EXP
Socks Hanging
- Requirement: Socks Actual Creation Action completed
- Talk to the Christmas Tree with Santas Encyclopedia 4 in your inventory.
- Go through certain Happyville quests and collect recommendation letters:
- Cliff's Rudolph - Cliff's Request.
- Cliff's Rudolph - Torr's Whereabouts.
- Helping to Clean Chimney - Santa Cat's request.
- Helping to Clean Chimney - Delivery of Rina cleaning device.
- To Sleep Icarus - Warm Milk Delivery.
- To Sleep Icarus - Delivery the word Thank .
- Bicho's snowman.
- Reward: EXP, random reward depending on the number of recommendation letters collected and 6 Santa's Encyclopedias in your possession.
Cliff's Rudolph - Cliff's Request
- Requirement: Socks Hanging in progress.
- Talk to Cliff.
- Hit the camera with normal attack and obtain dropped picture.
- Reward: Gingerbread Man Cookie (20).
Cliff's Rudolph - Torr's Whereabouts
- Requirement: Cliff's Request completed.
- Talk to Cliff.
- Talk to Torr and let him know Cliff is looking for him.
- Reward: 1 recommendation letter, Gingerbread Woman Cookie (20), 2000 EXP, 2 Fame
Helping to Clean Chimney - Santa Cat's Request
- Requirement: Socks Hanging in progress.
- Talk to Maple Claws.
- When you accept that you will bring a Chimney Broom and a Flashlight from Rina in Henesys, the quest will move on to Delivery of Rina cleaning device.
- Reward: Gingerbuff (2)
Helping to Clean Chimney - Delivery of Rina Cleaning Device
- Requirement: Maple Claws' request completed.
- Talk to Rina in Henesys.
- Obtain a Chimney Broom and a Flashlight from Rina and deliver them to Maple Claws.
- Reward: 1 recommendation letter.
To Sleep Icarus - Warm Milk Delivery
- Requirement: To sleep Icarus completed.
- Talk to Roodolph in Happyville.
- How to end: Buy milk from the general store in Kerning City and deliver it to Icarus.
To Sleep Icarus - Delivery the Word Thank
- Requirement: Warm Milk Delivery completed.
- Talk to Icarus and deliver the warm milk.
- After delivering milk to Icarus, talk to Roodolph.
- Reward: 1 recommendation letter, 2 Fame, 2000 EXP
Bicho's Snowman
- Requirement: Socks Hanging completed.
- Repeatable Quest.
- Talk to Bicho.
- Among multiple players within the same channel, increase the Fame of a particular player chosen by Bicho, and then go back and talk to Bicho.
- Reward: 1 recommendation letter, 2 Fame, 10000 EXP
Christmas Everywhere
December 10 - January 6Requirement: Lv. 25 or above
- Talk to NPC Cassandra in the Event Hall to randomly receive 1 of 4 total Christmas costumes. The quest can also be accepted from the Event Notifier on the left of the screen.
- The Christmas costumes are 1-day duration and untradable, and you can receive 5 charm points when you equip the outfit (once per outfit).
- This event can be repeated once daily per character.
Merry Maple Christmas
December 10 - January 6Requirement: Any character may participate
- During the event period, hunt monsters within your character's level range, and you have a chance to receive Santa's Shining Box from monster drops.
Rewards: Santa's Shining Box randomly gives one of the following items:
- Nut Coin (1, 3, or 5)
- Rudolph's Red Nose: Untradeable, Usable for 1 day, Required Level: 10, Category: Face Accessory, STR: +2, DEX: +2, INT: +2, LUK: +2, ATT: +2, M. ATT: +2, Upgrades: 5
- Rudolph's Red Nose Bandage 60\%: Untradeable, Improve stats on Rudolph's Red Nose: STR: +2, DEX: +2, INT: +2, LUK: +2, Success Rate 60\%
- Christmas Stocking: Quest item for "Magic Christmas Stocking"
- Lv1 Merry Christmas Buff: ATT/M.ATT +10, Duration 30 minutes
- Lv2 Merry Christmas Buff: ATT/M.ATT +15, Duration 30 minutes
- Gingerbread Man Cookie (10)
- Gingerbread Woman Cookie (10)
- Power Elixir (10)
- Cold Winter Energy Buff: ATT/M.ATT +20, Duration 30 minutes
- Enjoyable Winter Buff: Greatly increase EXP gained from hunting monsters, Duration 30 minutes
- Lucky Winter Buff: (30 minute buff duration): Greatly increase item drop rate from monsters, Duration 30 minutes
- Santa Sled Mount 7-Day Coupon
The Grand Christmas Tree
December 10 - January 6Requirement: Lv. 25 or above
- Talk to NPC Cassandra in the Event Hall to start the quest. The quest can also be accepted from the Event Notifier on the left of the screen.
- Hunt monsters within your character's level range, and collect "Christmas Decorations" from monster drops.
- Then click on the Christmas tree in each major town to decorate it.
- Full decoration of the Christmas tree comprises 4 phases, each requiring 100 Christmas Decorations.
- This event can be repeated once daily per character.
Rewards: Here are some of the possible rewards:
- Nut Coin (1, 2, or 3)
- Gingerbread Man Cookie (10)
- Gingerbread Woman Cookie (10)
- Lv1 Merry Christmas Buff: ATT/M.ATT +10, Duration 30 minutes
- Lv2 Merry Christmas Buff: ATT/M.ATT +15, Duration 30 minutes
Magic Christmas Stocking
December 10 - January 6Requirement: Lv. 25 or above
- Receive the Empty Christmas Stocking as a random reward from Santa’s Shining Box.
- Put the Empty Christmas Stocking in the Item Pot, and feed 10 ETC items to put it to sleep. After 30 minutes, the Empty Christmas Stocking will transform into a Gift-Filled Christmas Stocking.
Rewards: Open the Gift-Filled Christmas Stocking will to randomly receive one of the following rewards:
- Nut Coin (1, 2, 3, or 10)
- Special Potential Scroll
- Bonus Potential Scroll 60\%
- Spell Trace (5)
- Gingerbread Man Cookie (10)
- Gingerbread Woman Cookie (10)
- Power Elixir (10)
Cassandra’s Christmas Present
December 25Requirement: Lv. 30 or above
- On Christmas Day, December 25, accept the quest 'Cassandra’s Christmas Present' through the 'star' event notifier on the left side of the game window, or you can accept the quest directly from Cassandra in the Event Hall.
- Hunt 300 monsters within your level range. Some monsters do not apply.
- This quest can only be completed once per account.
- Make sure to open the Christmas Present before December 26, 2014 1 AM (Pacific).
Rewards: Christmas Present: The box will contain an additional reward if you are Lv. 200 or above.
- Lv. 30 - Lv. 199
- Merry Christmas: Medal, Untradeable, All Stats +4, MaxHP and MaxMP +100, Weapon/Magic ATT +2, Weapon/Magic Def +50, Accuracy +50, Avoidability +50, permanent duration
- Merry Christmas Damage Skin: Movement is possible only within the account, permanent duration
- Gingerbread Man Cookie (300): Untradeable, permanent duration
- Lv. 200 or above
- Merry Christmas: Medal, Untradeable, All Stats +4, MaxHP and MaxMP +100, Weapon/Magic ATT +2, Weapon/Magic Def +50, Accuracy +50, Avoidability +50, permanent duration
- Merry Christmas Damage Skin: Movement is possible only within the account, permanent duration
- Gingerbread Man Cookie (300): Untradeable, permanent duration
- Christmas Miracle: Medal, Untradeable, All Stats +5, MaxHP and MaxMP +300, Weapon/Magic ATT +5, Weapon/Magic Def +300, Accuracy +100, Avoidability +100, Speed +10. Jump +10, permanent duration
Other New Events
Shining Attendance
December 4 - December 20Requirement: One character, Lv. 33 or above, per world.
- Click the event notifier on the left side of the game window, and then click the attendance notifier.
- You can check the participation and progress using the attendance notifier.
- Defeat 300 monsters within your level range and receive an Attendance Stamp. Some monsters do not apply.
- Click "Complete" to receive the day's reward.
Rewards:
- Day 1 - Power Elixir (10)
- Day 2 - Spell Trace (30)
- Day 3 - ETC Tab 4 Slot Coupon
- Day 4 - Nut Coin (10)
- Day 5 - Use Tab 4 Slot Coupon
- Day 6 - Spell Trace (50)
- Day 7 - Golden Hammer 50\%: 7 day duration.
- Day 8 - Nut Coin (20)
- Day 9 - Special Medal of Honor: Gives 10,000 Honor.
- Day 10 - Epic Potential Scroll 50\%: 7 day duration.
- Day 11 - Spell Trace (100)
- Day 12 - Innocence Scroll 50\%: 7 day duration.
- Day 13 - Nut Coin (30)
- Day 14 - Epic Potential Scroll 100\%
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