Is Nexon making a mistake here? I can imagine what a devils advocate might say though. You could try to make the case that if one of the goals is simplicity then having a smaller number of maps could some how be good?

aight dawg, i've posted.

wtp I THOUGHT THE SITE PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN but frigging Zelkova (thank god he kept the same IGN) super megaphoned one day and literally told me five minutes ago EOS migrated servers.

Hi! I'm ClawofBeta! Or Cob! Or Corn!

...or...Setsuna now, since I grabbed that IGN. I also grabbed "Drew" and "Tomori" if you see me leveling those. I'm a lot more active on the MSCW subreddit.

Made this thread recently about how I no-lifed the first week. Don't worry! I have a life now! I'm happily married with two cats and a software dev job, although I guess that'll get replaced by AI any year now. 

I'm Steam friends with Fiel, and he mentioned he considered playing, but he won't. He liked extracting a lot more instead.

So yes! Add Setsuna!

I'll actually be at Maple Fest the upcoming weekend if for some reason anybody is going. Don't ask me why I bought tickets.

All things considered, I do not think that Founders packs are a terrible idea. However if Nexon continues to make little mistakes then they can add up over time and lower the chances that Classic World can survive. Looking at the scenario today I would say that Classic World's success rate is probably hovering around 50/50.

Southperry is very old by technology standards.
It's had to move servers multiple times in it's life but its more or less always lived in a heavily modified vBulletin that's now decades out of date and bled security issues like a Wizet game. 

So for this year's anniversary of my ownership I had to choose between mothballing it for good, or moving it to something modern and stable and letting it lose a lot of the features and functionality that are frankly moot at this point anyway.

Since you're reading this instead of a couldn't be reached message, I obviously opted for the latter. 

It's mostly here. It's familiar if not quite identical. There are probably some quirks I've missed from the porting that just as likely don't matter that much to the four people who will wander through looking for nostalgia.

Happy 4th people.

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https://www.nexon.com/maplestory/news/maintenance/36207

Nexon Wrote:

[Updated February 5 at 6:30 PM PST] The maintenance has been completed and we have extended Cash Shop items in your inventory for 4 hours. Please restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to ensure you receive the latest client update.

Compensation has been provided to all players details below:

• Claim Period: Until February 17, 2026, at 11:59 PM UTC
  
• How to Claim: Click the gift box notifier on the left side of the screen to claim the compensation box.
  

ItemQuantityTradability/DurationVIP Booster10Tradable within account, 7-day duration.4x EXP Coupon (30 min)5Tradable within account, 7-day duration.Magnificent Growth Potion1Tradable within account, 7-day duration.Symbol Selector Coupon (20/8)1Tradable within account, 7-day duration.Sol Erda/Sol Erda Fragment Selector Coupon (1/30)2Tradable within account, 7-day duration.We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this outage may have caused, and we thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support throughout the disruption.

We will be performing an unscheduled minor patch maintenance starting on Thursday February 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM PST (6:00 PM EST / 12:00 AM CET February 6 / 10:00 AM AEDT February 6). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 4 hours, concluding around 7:00 PM February 5 (10:00 PM EST / 4:00 AM CET February 6 / 2:00 PM AEDT February 6).

Times:

Thursday, February 5, 2026
PST (UTC -8): 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
EST (UTC -5): 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
CET (UTC +1): 12:00 AM February 6 - 4:00 AM February 6
AEDT (UTC +11): 10:00 PM February 6 - 2:00 PM February 6

What will be unavailable:

• All MapleStory game servers.
  

Changes and Updates:

• MapleStory will be updated to v.266.2.0.
  
• [Updated 2/5 at 6:30 PM PST] Resolved a storage issue affecting Heroic and Challenger-Heroic worlds.
  • [Updated 2/5 at 7:00 PM PST] Any items expired within the storage while storage was unavailable will be redistributed once the investigation is complete.
    
• [Updated 2/5 5:20 PM PST] New Leaf Mall Duo Changes
  • The amount of Break Room Points has been adjusted.
    • Level 1: 15 points
      
    • Level 2-7: 10 points for each level
      
    • Level 8: 15 points
      
• Resolved an issue where the Familiar UI incorrectly displayed only the default 100 slots for players with expanded slots.
  • [Updated 2/5 at 6:30 PM PST] If yourFamiliar Slot count was reduced to 100, it has been restored after the maintenance.
    
• Resolved an issue where Familiars were lost after world leaping from Challenger Worlds.
  • [Updated 2/5 at 6:30 PM PST] Players who leaped from Challenger World after the February 4 update and before the February 5 maintenance, Familiar Slot Expansion Coupon(s) will be distributed separately after the maintenance. We will provide an update once the distribution is complete.
    
• Resolved an issue where Gollux's Abdomen, Shoulder, and Face were not spawning.
  
• Resolved an issue where the date listed in the '[Kanna] Secondary Weapon Conversion Available' quest was displayed incorrectly.
  
• Resolved an issue where the text shown when changing channels in the Victoria Adventure event was displayed in Korean.
  
• Resolved an issue where players are sometimes unable to access the Party UIs during the Victoria Adventure event.
  
• Resolved an issue where some Hayato skill names are displayed incorrectly.
  
• Resolved an issue where untranslated text appeared in the New Leaf Mall Meso Shop, Stamp Shop, Coin Shop, and Token Shop UIs.
  
• Resolved an issue where exclusive skills were not displayed when equipping Genesis or Destiny Weapons on Kanna.
  
• Resolved an issue where untranslated text appeared in the New Leaf Mall Food Court UI.
  
• Resolved an issue where party matching would sometimes fail in Victoria Adventure.
  
• Resolved an issue where Lynn's 'Peck' skill would sometimes not attack enemies.
  
• Resolved an issue where the client would sometimes disconnect when viewing another player's character information.
  
• Resolved an issue where Food and Drink Coupons could not be purchased.
  
• Resolved an issue where Sia Astelle's Algol summon had awkward movement.
  

https://www.nexon.com/maplestory/news/sale/36387

Nexon Wrote:

The Ethereal Atelier has returned with a new collection of items that you can claim from the Keys to Love held within!

This workshop was crafted by the gods themselves, used to create treasures made from light and the stars themselves. When you obtain and open one of the relics, you'll receive an amount of the items within. You will also build up a Fever meter, which will result in improved drops when filled!

[B]The Atelier Reliquary[/B]

• PST/PDT (UTC -8/-7): Wednesday, February 18, 2026 12:00 AM PST - Wednesday, March 18, 2026 (Before Maintenance)
  
  
• CET (UTC +1): Wednesday, February 18, 2026 9:00 AM - Wednesday, March 18, 2026 (Before Maintenance)
  
• AEDT (UTC +11): Wednesday, February 18, 2026 7:00 PM - Wednesday, March 18, 2026 (Before Maintenance)
  

Available in all worlds:

• Atelier Reliquary
  • Price (1): 3,400 NX
    
  • Price (10): 34,000 NX
    
  • Duration: 7 days.
    

Use the Atelier Reliquary in the Ethereal Atelier to gather materials used by the gods for their creations, and forge them into special treasures! For this round, Keys to Love can be found within, exchangeable for a wide selection of new items and returning favorites!

See the reward rates for this item here. All Keys to Love will expire on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 11:59 PM UTC.

Additionally, opening 30 Atelier Reliquaries will reward you with a Permanent Walking with Welsh Corgi Mount Coupon, and opening 50 Atelier Reliquaries will reward you with a Dolce of Cierr chair!

Walking with Welsh Corgi Mount



Dolce of Cierr

Use Keys to Love in your inventory to redeem them for one of the following items:

• Cream Chocolatier Coat Set Coupon
  • Price: 180 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Cherry Sucre
      
    • Cream Chocolatier Coat
      
    • Cream Berry Knee Socks
      
    • Candy Stellar
      
    • White Chocolate Bear
      
  • Package can be purchased and fully equipped on both male and female characters.
    
  • Equipped by Svenn.
    
• Cherry Chocolate Set Coupon
  • Price: 180 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Cherry Frill Lace Cap
      
    • Cherry Chocolate
      
    • Cherry Berry Knee Socks
      
    • Candy Stellar
      
    • White Chocolate Bear
      
  • Package can be purchased and fully equipped on both male and female characters.
    
  • Equipped by Sali.
    
• Valentine Atelier Premium Title Coupon
  • Price: 80 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: 30-day coupon. Resulting title is permanent, and will grant stat bonuses for 30 days.
    
  • Rewards the following title:
    • Heart-Melting Love: +30% Boss Damage, +30% Ignore Defense, +30% Normal Enemy Damage, +40% Bonus EXP, +30 Attack Power & Magic ATT.
      

• Flower-loving Florist Set Coupon
  • Price: 150 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Blooming Flower Blossom
      
    • Flower-loving Florist
      
    • Sway Sway Flower Petals
      
    • Spring's Heart
      
    • Blooming Happiness
      
  • Package can be purchased and fully equipped on both male and female characters.
    
  • Equipped by Miranna.
    
• Floral Bloom Set Coupon
  • Price: 150 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Clear Day Flower Blossom
      
    • Floral Bloom
      
    • Dangle Dangle Flower Petals
      
    • Spring's Heart
      
    • Blooming Happiness
      
  • Package can be purchased and fully equipped on both male and female characters.
    
  • Equipped by Rocko.
    
• Valentine Atelier Title Selector Coupon
  • Price: 45 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: 30-day coupon. Resulting titles are permanent, and will grant stat bonuses for 30 days.
    
  • Choose between the following titles:
    • Is It Time for Chocolate?: +30% Normal Enemy Damage, +40% EXP, +30 Attack Power & Magic ATT.
      
    • Will You Be My Valentine?: +30% Boss Damage, +30% Ignore Defense, +30 Attack Power & Magic ATT.
      

• All Day Pink Set Coupon
  • Price: 130 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Pink Head Decoration
      
    • Pink Mood Overalls
      
    • Sweet Pink
      
    • Pink Bean Popcorn Chicken
      
  • Package can be purchased and fully equipped on both male and female characters.
    
  • Equipped by Fria and Blindi.
    

• Spring Is Here Effect Ring Coupon
  • Price: 120 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Equipped by Miranna.
    
• Spring Day Baby Bird Reading Chair
  • Price: 20 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Equipped by Rocko.
    
• Mole Gardener Coupon
  • Price: 80 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Equipped by Fria.
    

• Arcana Pop-Up Card Chair
  • Price: 20 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
• Arcana Set Coupon
  • Price: 130 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Little Fairy Hat
      
    • Grass Fairy (M) / Petal Fairy (F)
      
    • Sparkle in the Mysterious Forest
      
    • Spirit Steps
      
    • Rock Spirit Rescue
      
  • Package can be purchased and fully equipped on both male and female characters.
    
  • Equipped by Fria and Blindi.
    

• Heart Kitty Set
  • Price: 130 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Heart Kitty Hat
      
    • Heart Kitty Outfit
      
    • Heart Kitty Plate
      
    • Heart Kitty Fishing Rod
      
  • Package can be purchased and fully equipped on both male and female characters.
    
  • Equipped by Alice.
    
• Dream Bear Set Coupon
  • Price: 60 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Dream Bear Mask
      
    • Dream Bear Costume
      
    • Dream Bear Gloves
      
    • Dream Bear Tail
      
    • Jelly Bubble Balloon
      
  • Package can be purchased and fully equipped on both male and female characters.
    
  • Equipped by Bruni.
    

• Clear Chair/Mount Selector Coupon
  • Price: 20 Keys to Love
    
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Choose between the following items:
    • Permanent Clear Mount Coupon (Used by Lani)
      
    • Clear Squat Chair (Used by Lani)
      
    • Clear Prone Chair (Used by Clive)
      
    • Clear Flying Chair (Used by Clive)
      
• Flushed Toothy Smirk Coupon
  • Price: 20 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Displayed on the male example.
    
• Blushing Toothy Smirk Coupon
  • Price: 20 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Equipped by female example.
    
• Soft/Blushing Lavender Skin Coupon
  • Price: 90 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Choose between the following skin coupons:
    • Soft Lavender Skin Coupon (Equipped by male example)
      
    • Blushing Lavender Skin Coupon (Equipped by female example)
      

• Atelier Hair (M) Selector Coupon
  • Price: 45 Keys to Love
    
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Choose between the following coupons:
    • Cool Lucid Hair Coupon
      
    • Bling Blae Hair Coupon
      
    • Bling Bed Head Hair Coupon
      
    • Calm Coral Hair Coupon
      

• Atelier Hair (F) Selector Coupon
  • Price: 45 Keys to Love
    
    
  • Duration: Permanent coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Choose between the following coupons:
    • Cool Lucid Hair Coupon
      
    • Bling Long Hair with Blunt Bangs Coupon
      
    • Half Chickpea Hair Coupon
      
    • Short Choppy Bangs Coupon
      

• Apricot Wishes Set Coupon
  • Price: 130 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: 30-day coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Apricot Flower
      
    • Apricot Hope (M) / Apricot Wish (F)
      
    • Apricot Footsteps
      
    • Apricot Will
      
    • Bracelet of Wishes
      

• Starry Night Orchid Set Coupon
  • Price: 90 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: 30-day coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Starry Night Orchid
      
    • Orchid Light Dana (M) / Orchid Light Hanga (F)
      
    • Starry Night Flowers
      
    • Sarasa
      
    • Natural Ink Painting
      
  • Equipped by Clive.
    
• Flower Cloud Orchid Set Coupon
  • Price: 90 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: 30-day coupon. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Includes:
    • Flower Cloud Orchid
      
    • Purple Cloud Elegance (M) / Purple Cloud Beauty (F)
      
    • Flower Cloud Waves
      
    • Araca
      
    • Sage Realm Blossom
      
  • Equipped by Miranna.
    

• Custom Skin Coupon Voucher
  • Price: 130 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Allows you to select one of the following skins:
    • Custom Soft Lavender Color Line Skin
      
    • Custom Blushing Lavender Color Line Skin
      
    • Custom Blushing Peach Skin
      
    • Custom Blue Panda Skin
      
    • Custom Calico Cat Skin
      
    • Custom Vivid Color Skin
      
  • Skin is automatically applied when selected.
    
  • The skin color can be later customized with the Skin Prism.
    

• Skin Prism Coupon
  • Price: 90 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Allows you to fully customize the hue, chroma, and brightness of your current Custom Skin.
    
  • Must have a skin from the Custom Skin Coupon Voucher active in order to use.
    
• Coloring Prism Pro Coupon
  • Price: 50 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Like the Premium Coloring Prism, allows you to fully customize the hue, chroma, and brightness of the selected item, but it works on any untradable Cash Shop decoration item (excluding temporary items, rings, pet equipment, and certain other items that cannot be affected by any prisms).
    
  • The list of items that can be dyed with Coloring Prisms can be found here.
    
• Freestyle Coupon Voucher
  • Price: 50 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent
    
  • Removes the gender-restriction on a piece of equipment, Hair Coupon, or Face Coupon, making it Unisex and equippable by both male and female characters.
    
• Style Box Chat/Label Ring (Permanent) Selector Coupon
  • Price: 5 Keys to Love
    
  • Duration: Permanent. Resulting items are permanent.
    
  • Allows you to select one of the following rings:
    

• • • Black Mamba Chat Ring
      
    • Black Mamba Label Ring
      
    • Glacial Chat Ring
      
    • Glacial Label Ring
      
    • Ribbon Chat Ring
      
    • Ribbon Label Ring
      
    • Foretelling Destiny Chat Ring
      
    • Foretelling Destiny Label Ring
      

• • • Time to Brush Your Teeth Chat Ring
      
    • Time to Brush Your Teeth Label Ring
      
    • Navy Bunny Express Chat Ring
      
    • Navy Bunny Express Label Ring
      
    • Drowsy Panda Chat Ring
      
    • Drowsy Panda Label Ring
      
    • Drowsy White Bear Chat Ring
      
    • Drowsy White Bear Label Ring
      

https://www.nexon.com/maplestory/news/maintenance/36407

Nexon Wrote:

[Updated February 12 at 10:56 AM PST] The maintenance has been completed and we have extended Cash Shop items in your inventory for 6 hours. Please restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to ensure you receive the latest client update.

We will be performing a scheduled minor patch maintenance starting on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM PST (8:00 AM EST / 2:00 PM CET / 12:00 AM AEDT February 13). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 6 hours, concluding around 11:00 AM PST (2:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM CET / 6:00 AM AEDT February 13).

Times:

Thursday, February 12, 2026
PST (UTC -8): 5:00 AM - 11:00 AM
EST (UTC -5): 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
CET (UTC +1): 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
AEDT (UTC +11): 12:00 AM February 13 - 6:00 AM February 13

What will be unavailable:

• All MapleStory game servers.
  

Changes and Updates:

• MapleStory will be updated to v.266.3.0.
  
• Items that have expired due to the storage issue affecting Heroic and Challenger-Heroic worlds will be redistributed to players once maintenance has been completed.
  
• Resolved an issue where trying to purchase a Plasma Heart Upgrade Module while your inventory was full would cause the purchase limit to decrease without providing the item or deducting Advanced NLM Tokens.
  
• Resolved an issue where Fusing Familiars were not being updated correctly after the Fusion animation.
  
• Resolved an issue where Mo Xuan characters could sometimes obtain STR-based rings from the White Jade Ring Box.
  • Mo Xuan players that received the incorrect ring will have it replaced with a DEX-based ring during the maintenance.
    
• Resolved an issue where missing an attack with the Discount Coupon Damage Skin (Unit), Receipt Damage Skin (Unit), or the Bargain Sale Damage Skin would cause the client to crash.
  
• Resolved an issue where multiple of the same Familiar badge could be equipped in a Familiar Badge Preset.
  
• Resolved a text issue with the Food Court UI in the 'New Leaf Mall' event.
  
• Resolved an issue where the tooltip while hovering over the Skin Selector Coupon in the NLM Meso Shop incorrectly listed the Hessonite Skin Coupon as an option.
  
• Resolved an issue where Kanna's Secondary Weapon did not appear when you click the 'View the entire Item list' option for some AbsoLab and Arcane Umbra Weapon Boxes.
  
• Resolved an issue where the skill sound effects from the Victoria's Adventure mini-game did not play.
  
• Resolved an issue where the Lv. 50 Fan of Enlightment was being sold in the Arachno and Phantasma Coin Shops.
  
• Resolved an issue where Kanna characters would lose their Gauge during the Lotus Phase 1 boss fight.
  
• Resolved an issue where the Alliance of the Dawn Damage Skin was displayed incorrectly when viewed in the Damage Skins UI.
  
• Resolved an issue where disconnecting during the Kanna Character Story Summary cutscene would cause the character to remain at Lv.1.
  
• Resolved an issue where Kanna and Hayato characters were missing the Hero's Echo skill.
  
• Resolved an issue where Zero's Chrono Break skill was displayed as Kanna's [Spirit] Hakumenkonmou Juubi skill in the V Matrix UI.
  
• Resolved a text issue where the dialogue of the Tengu was incorrect when using Kanna's Commune Skill.