We will be performing a scheduled minor patch on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 5:00 AM PDT (8:00 AM EDT / 2:00 PM CEST / 11:00 PM AEDT). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 6 hours, concluding around 11:00 AM PDT (2:00 PM EDT / 8:00 PM CEST / 5:00 AM AEDT Oct. 27).
Times:
Thursday, October 26, 2023 PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 PM - 5:00 AM (Oct. 27)
What will be unavailable:
All MapleStory game servers.
Monthly Windows update.
Changes and Updates (Additional Changes TBA):
MapleStory will be updated to v.245.3.0.
Weekly Boss Clear Reset Tickets can now only be applied to bosses who have already been cleared.
Resolved an issue where the Thunder Break skill Sea Wave would randomly disconnect the player.
Resolved an issue with the Night Troupe Equipment Transfer perk in which items weren't converting to the proper STAT for potential lines.
Resolved an issue where the Onigiri pet equips would appear on top of the pet instead of behind.
Resolved an issue with missing Voice Over dialogue during the Black Mage Questline.
Resolved an issue where the Snow Witch rewards do not match the quest description.
Resolved an issue where The Cursed Priest rewards do not match the quest description.
MapleStory Fest 2023 Recap
On October 14, MapleStory Fest returned to sunny Los Angeles, CA! This year's in-person gathering focused on community appreciation, with an emphasis on building connections between fans, Bean Brigade influencers, and Nexon staff. There was lots of fun to be had by all with our special guest--Executive Director Wonki, a Bean Brigade Family Feud, cosplay contest, and more!
Check out some of the highlights!
We hope you had a wonderful time at MapleStory Fest! Thank you for playing MapleStory and MapleStory M, and we look forward to seeing you next year!
Community Livestream - Sixth Star Showdown w/ Team Pepe!
Join Community Manager Ezrabell alongside Team Pepe from the Sixth Star Showdown event in a Community Livestream! Members of Team Pepe will be sharing their progress on the Sixth Star Showdown event while spending time together hanging out! Grab your snacks and prepare for an adventure of fun in this upcoming livestream. Join us on any of the platforms listed below this Friday, October 20 at 4:00 PM PDT (7:00 PM EDT).
There will also be giveaways throughout the stream! We will be giving away some of our exclusive community merch, such as Acrylic Stands and AcrylicKeychains, so you won't want to miss out on the fun~ See you Friday!
In the midst of our scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, we sometimes perform hotfixes to address a variety of bugs and issues without bringing down the servers. We will use this post as a collective hub to update our players with the hotfix details, such as when and which fix was applied. Each time there is an update, this post will be bumped up on our news page and the update will clearly be indicated with the date the hotfix was applied. We hope that this will be a useful record and helpful information for our players.
Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that addresses a variety of bugs and issues reported within the v.245 - Midnight Carnival - Nautilus update.
Hotfixes:
October 19, 2023
The Pumpkin pets from Wisp's Wondrous Wonderberry in Reboot worlds have been changed to the versions that do not provide buffs. Please see the new pets below:
Pumpkin Zack
Pumpkin Mack
Pumpkin Jack
Players who had the pumpkin pets will have them removed and replaced with the new version that do not provide buffs. Please see this post here for additional information.
Investigation on NA Reboot Server Issues - October 19, 2023
Hi Maplers,
We are currently investigating the issues with logging into NA Reboot world that started occurring approximately around 12:05 PM PDT on October 19, 2023. Any updates will be added to the top of this post. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused.
- The MapleStory Team
Issue with Pumpkin Pets in Reboot Worlds
Greetings Maplers,
There was an error in the specifications for the Pumpkin pets that were rewarded as part of the Wisp's Wondrous Wonderberry in which the pets contained buff skills that were not intended for Reboot worlds.
During a future maintenance, we will be removing the pet buff skills from the permanent version of the Pumpkin pets in Reboot worlds.
We sincerely apologize to our players who experienced this error, and for the additional inconvenience caused by the removal of these pet buff skills.
Players who are dissatisfied with this upcoming change and wish to receive a refund for their Pumpkin pets may contact Player Support.
Thanks,
-The MapleStory Team
World's Best Punch King Winners
The World’s Best Punch King event has ended and now it’s time for the top-ranked players to receive their rewards! Players who participated in the event had to defeat Punch King monsters and score at least 1,500 points in order to register in the ranking.
Check out the #1 top-ranked Maplers from each job HERE!
Rankings are registered separately for NA and EU worlds, and separately for Reboot and Aurora, Bera, Elysium, Luna, and Scania worlds too. You can also see the top 10 ranked winners from these worlds.
Reward Retrieval:
PDT (UTC -7): Tuesday, October 17 at 5:00 PM - Tuesday, October 31 at 4:59 PM
CEST (UTC +2): Wednesday, October 18 at 2:00 AM - Wednesday, November 1 at 12:59 AM CET
AEDT (UTC +11): Wednesday, October 18 at 11:00 AM - Wednesday, November 1 at 10:59 AM
Details:
To get your rewards, accept the ‘[Punch King] World's Best Punch King Ranking Reward’ quest from the event notifier on the left side of the screen, or talk to Champion Toben Hair located in major towns.
Rewards can only be claimed by the character registered on the rankings.
Make sure to claim your rewards before the last day!
Rewards:
Top 10 ranked players (achieved rank 1-10) receive:
World's Best Punch King Chair Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Use to receive:
World's Best Punch King Chair: Untradeable, Permanent. The chair will display the highest rank you achieved (1 to 10) when used.
The #1 ranked players (achieved 1st place) also receive:
World's Best Effect Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Use to receive:
World's Best Effect: Untradeable, Permanent. Use the item to obtain an effect engraved with a pattern that symbolizes your specific job.
Halloween Events
[Home] Halloween
Event Period:
PDT (UTC -7): Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 5:00 PM - Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 4:59 PM
CEST (UTC +2): Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 2:00 AM - Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 12:59 AM (CET)
AEDT (UTC +11): Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 11:00 AM - Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 10:59 AM
Event Details:
It’s spooky season in the land of Querencia so get ready to decorate!
Requirement: Lv. 200 and above characters (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2) that have completed the Home tutorial.
Accept the ‘[Home] Autumn, Pumpkins, Halloween!’ scenario quest by talking to the Caretaker inside your Home.
The quest can be completed only once per world.
While the quest is in progress, the character who has started it cannot be changed.
To change the character, use the 'Reset quest progress' option on the My Home UI to reset the quest. After resetting, you can use another character to start the quest from the beginning again.
Once the scenario quest is complete, you can accept the ‘[Home] Halloween Home Party’ quest from the star event notifier on the left side of the screen.
Your character must be Lv. 101 and above to start the ‘[Home] Halloween Home Party’ quest.
This time, you can obtain a blueprint to expand your Halloween Manor to a 3-story house by collecting 25 Halloween furnishings. Additional blueprints to change the appearance of the 3-story Halloween Manor can be purchased from Kenneth's Blueprint Box using Querencia Coins.
Note: Expansion cannot begin if another house expansion is in progress.
In order to obtain special Halloween-themed furnishings, you’ll be given the option to send your Caretaker shopping for them! You can select from the following:
Large Halloween Furnishing Pack
Shopping Time: 9 hours
Can obtain duplicates
Small Halloween Furnishing Pack
Shopping Time: 6 hours
Can obtain duplicates
When you obtain 23 unique Halloween furnishings, you can obtain the newly added Cute Spider Bed from the collection!
Rewards:
Large Halloween Furnishings Pack
Awakened Jiangshi CD Player
Guest on a Moonlit Night Large Window
Spider Web Metal Window
[Poster] Phantom and Pumpkin City
[Poster] Orchid's Halloween
[Poster] Hallowkitty Club Opening!
Monster Bed of Pumpkin Patch
Halloween Party Table
Midnight Guest Hanger
Witch's Iron Pot Fireplace
Vampire's Rest Chair
Gothic Iron Partition
Halloween Candy Tree
Jack-O-Lantern Totem Floor Lamp
Halloween Mirror Ball
Small Halloween Furnishings Pack
Halloween Party Garland
Halloween Mini Lights
Antique Candle Holder
[Poster] Hallowkitty's Work Studio
[Poster] Hidden Story
[Poster] Spooky Ghost Hunter
Halloween Party Chair
It's a Surprise! Fake Chair
Skull Chocolate Fountain
Plum Nependeath of Hell
Light Green Nependeath of Hell
Marigolds
Halloween Party Balloon Package
Ghost Armchair
Halloween Mirror Ball
Spooky Halloween
Event Period:
PDT (UTC -7): Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 5:00 PM - Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 4:59 PM
CEST (UTC +2): Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 2:00 AM - Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 12:59 AM (CET)
AEDT (UTC +11): Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 11:00 AM - Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 10:59 AM
Event Details:
You can start this event by accepting the ‘[Halloween] Spooky Halloween! Event Guide’ quest through event notifier or from Hallowkitty located in the main town.
Requirement: Lv. 101 and above. (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2)
Complete the following Daily Mission to receive rewards:
Defeat an Elite Monster or Elite Champion 3 times.
You can complete Daily Missions up to 3 times during the event period.
You can participate in the event once per world.
Daily Mission Rewards:
Day 1: Hallowkitty's Cat Ears Selector Coupon: Tradeable within account, 7-day duration. Select one of the following:
Hallowkitty Cat Ears: Untradeable, Permanent.
Halloween Kitty Cat Ears: Untradeable, Permanent.
Day 2: Halloween Candle Chair: Tradeable within account, Permanent.
Day 3: Night Cat Damage Skin: Tradeable within account, 7-day duration. The damage skin is permanent when used and tradeable when extracted.
Hidden Mission Reward:
Permanent Franken Ghost Mount Coupon: Tradeable within account, 7-day duration. Use to receive:
Franken Ghost Mount: Untradeable, Permanent.
Scheduled NA Maintenance - October 19, 2023
We will be performing a scheduled maintenance for NA Worlds on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 5:00 AM PDT (8:00 AM EDT / 2:00 PM CEST / 11:00 PM AEDT). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 7 hours, concluding around 12:00 PM PDT (3:00 PM EDT / 9:00 PM CEST / 6:00 AM AEDT Oct. 20).
Times:
Thursday, October 19, 2023 PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 PM - 6:00 AM (Oct. 20)
What will be unavailable:
NA MapleStory game servers.
Changes and Updates (Additional Changes TBA):
NA Servers OS Version Upgrade.
Maple Memo: GMS Roadmap Q4 2023
Hi Maplers,
We’re here to share our Roadmap for Q4 2023! We know that this roadmap is being posted later than normal. With MapleStory Fest in October, we wanted to focus on that and also be able to share news about our v.246 and v.247 updates at the event.
Now we’re back, and sharing the Q4 Roadmap with everyone. As always, please be mindful that it will list the notable updates but not everything that will be included in each patch. We recommend waiting for the respective update’s Update Preview post or Patch Notes post for details.
v.245 Update (early October)
Night Troupe
[Home] Halloween
Spooky Halloween
Magic Slate
Permanent Secondary Pendant Slot Change
Cash Inventory Transfer Event
v.246 Update (mid-November)
6th Job
Identisk Exploration
Hyper Burning & Burning World
Better Maple Improvements
Reboot World Adjustments
v.247 Update (mid-December)
Abyssal Expedition
Battleship Arteria
Carcion
Kaling & Kalos the Guardian Boss Difficulty
[Home] Maplemas
Maplemas: Rudi and the Giant Tree
v.245 - Night Troupe
Join the crew of the Nautilus as the Night Troupe Festival returns! Complete different mini-games to earn coins and level up your rank. Join Spiegelmann or Kyrin for a treasure hunt, visit the shooting range, have a crazy food party and more!
v.245 - [Home] Halloween
The chill in the air means that it’s almost time for spooky season. Complete quests to collect Halloween-themed blueprints and furnishings. Decorate your home and make it look its creepy best!
v.245 - Spooky Halloween
Major towns will decorate for Halloween with jack-o'-lanterns and Runes will also get a seasonal look. Boo! Elite Monsters are putting on their Spooky Ghost costumes. Defeat them to get your own Halloween treats in the form of a special chair, damage skin, and cute cat ears!
v.245 - Magic Slate
Hunt monsters to earn Sweet Snacks and exchange for EXP Vouchers through the power of this ancient stone artifact. Level up with the wonders of masonry! Or you can keep your treats and nibble Sweet Snacks to earn selected stat buffs.
v.245 - Permanent Secondary Pendant Slot Change
The second pendant slot will become permanently available for all characters without the use of a separate item. This is one of many recent improvements to the MapleStory experience, with more to come.
v.245 - Cash Inventory Transfer Event
It returns! Make the most of your favorite Cash equips by moving them between the inventories of your characters in the same world. Perfect your look for your true FashionStory endgame.
v.246 - 6th Job
It’s almost here…6th Job! Unlock even greater power to control the Transcendent energy as you take your characters to the next tier! It’s been 7 years since the 5th Job awakening, and you have been preparing for months along the Journey Toward the Sixth Star. Now this next stage is only weeks away! Benefit from this amazing force as you begin a powerful growth experience and acquire new abilities. Characters at Lv. 260 will be primed to make the advancement and grow even stronger. Get ready to tap into your true potential!
Hexa Matrix: 6th Job means a new skill matrix! Once you advance to 6th Job, you can use the Hexa Matrix system. Activate Hexa Nodes to learn the new 6th Job skills, and power-up your 4th Job and 5th Job skills too! Hexa Stat Nodes can also be used for extra stat bonuses!
Sol Erda: As Maple World and Grandis merge, their Erda combines to form new Sol Erda. This is the powerful material that makes the 6th Job possible! Hunt monsters to earn Sol Erda Energy and collect Sol Erda Fragments, and use them to power your Hexa Matrix!
We are sorry for the many players who enjoy Beast Tamer, but Beast Tamer’s 6th Job skills are still under development and cannot be introduced in the v.246 update. Based on the development completion schedule, we are planning to open character creation for Beast Tamer along with its 6th Job skills in the first half of 2024. We are working diligently to ensure you enjoy the unique experience and fun of Beast Tamer! Once again, we ask for your understanding and patience that Beast Tamer’s 6th Job advancement is taking place later than the other jobs. We will provide additional updates regarding this in January 2024.
v.246 - Identisk Exploration
The boundary between worlds is shrinking and nowhere is this more noticeable than on the tiny islands of Iden and Tisk. As two become one, the newly formed Identisk Island appears! Take part in this new event series and aid the local islanders as they struggle to make sense of their new home.
v.246 - Hyper Burning & Burning World
With 6th Job in sight, this is a great time to create a new character or advance an existing Lv. 200+ character, and gain 2 extra levels with every level-up. Burn all the way to Lv. 260! Burning World also returns, where you create Mega Burning characters and then World Leap to a regular word after the event.
v.246 - Better Maple Improvements
Leveling Up
Leveling from Lv. 210 - 299 is faster than ever with a reduced EXP curve.
Arcane River
Earn more EXP when completing daily quests in Arcane River. You can also obtain more Arcane Symbols from daily quest rewards.
Grandis
Earn more EXP when completing daily quests in Arcane River. You can also obtain more Sacred Symbols from daily quest rewards.
The starting level of some quests will be lowered, and the Sacred Power required in certain hunting grounds will be reduced.
Monster Park
Two new stages will be added to Monster Park Advanced from the Tenebris area: Labyrinth of Suffering and Limina.
Intermediate will be rated for characters Lv. 140-200, and Advanced will be rated for characters above Lv. 200.
Get more EXP for clearing Monster Park Extreme!
Tower of Oz
Alicia’s Ring Box will be removed from the Tower of Oz, and you can earn Tower of Oz Points instead. Collect new items from the Tower of Oz Witch Shop.
Loot Ownership
Dropped loot will maintain character ownership–even after a certain amount of time has passed. Only the person who defeated the monster can collect the items and mesos.
v.246 - Reboot World Adjustments
The health and EXP of monsters in hunting maps will be adjusted to match that of monsters in Bera, Scania, Aurora, Elysium, and Luna worlds. The increase/decrease of damage based on the level difference between the character and the monster will be adjusted to match that of monsters in Bera, Scania, Aurora, Elysium, and Luna worlds.
Originally these were set higher in Reboot world, but gradually over time, the hunting difficulty had become much easier in Reboot.This adjusts it so that the level-up experience is similar across all worlds.
v.247 - Abyssal Expedition
Get ready for a new event where you earn Mercenaries to equip and use! Customize your mercs with their own skills and equipment, and then set them loose in event dungeons. The mercs handle the monsters and you earn the EXP!
v.247 - Battleship Arteria
A brand new area opens up for characters Lv. 280 and above. Join Cygnus, Neinheart and the Cygnus Knights as they struggle to defend Ereve from a High Flora invasion via the impressive battleship, Arteria!
v.247 - Carcion
Explore this new area for Maplers Lv. 285 and up who have completed the Battleship Arteria quests. Join forces with the residents of Carcion to protect Carcion, the Cradle of Life, from Darmoor’s apostle who seeks the power of the ancient god, Keira!
v.247 - Kaling & Kalos the Guardian Boss Difficulty
Prepare yourself as additional difficulty modes unlock for bosses Kaling and Kalos the Guardian.
Challenge Kaling on new Easy, Hard, or Extreme modes! Beat Extreme mode for new rewards including the Helmet of Loyalty.
Challenge Kalos the Guardian on new Easy, Chaos, or Extreme modes! The current Chaos mode will become Normal mode. Beat Extreme mode for new rewards including the Mark of Destruction.
v.247 - [Home] Maplemas
Decorate with style this holiday season! Join the residents of Querencia and complete quests to get in the holiday spirit. Maplemas-themed furnishings are waiting for you, so hang your stocking by the chimney with care.
v.247 - Maplemas: Rudi and the Giant Tree
Season’s greetings! Collect ornaments and exchange them for a holiday ornament mount. Don’t forget to visit the Maplemas Gift Box Shop in major towns to pick up a gift for yourself! The shop is stocked with festive mounts, chairs, and decorative equips.
We hope you’re excited by this high-level view of the content and events arriving to GMS in v.245 - v.247 2023. As always, our goal with these roadmaps is to provide information that players may be curious about and assist players with advanced preparation. Please keep in mind that there is more content on the way in addition to those listed above, so we advise players to refer to the Update Preview post and Patch Notes post for the finalized details for every game update. If plans change due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have a mid-update post to inform players of the changes to the proposed timeline.
