Celebrate 2018, the Year of the Dog, with fireworks and a new event dungeon! Maple World is decorated with lanterns and fireworks as part of the festivities.

Daily Hong Bao

PST: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 4:00 PM – Tuesday, February 20, 2018 3:59 PM
EST: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 7:00 PM – Tuesday, February 20, 2018 6:59 PM
CET: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 1:00 AM – Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:59 AM
AEDT: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 11:00 AM – Wednesday, February 21, 2018 10:59 AM

Start 2018 out with rewards! Players Lv. 33 and above can begin by clicking the Lunar New Year event notifier on the left side of the screen, and accepting the quest ‘[Lunar New Year 2018] Daily Hong Bao’. Talk to NPC Cassandra and you’ll receive a Daily Hong Bao that you can use to receive your choice of a special buff coupon (3x EXP or 3x Drop), and one random reward. The 3x buff coupons have a 1-day duration, and grant you 30 minutes of increased EXP or drops when used. The random reward consists of Spell Traces, restorative items, trait items, Mysterious Meso Pouch, or Hong Bao Damage Skin Coupon. You can complete this quest once per day.

8-Blessing Ring Attendance Check

Earn a special ring during Lunar New Year! Players Lv. 33 and above can begin by clicking the Lunar New Year event notifier on the left side of the screen, and accepting the quest ‘[Lunar New Year 2018] 8-Blessing Ring’. Hunt monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above), and collect the No-Blessing Charms that they drop. These charms have lost their effectiveness, but you can speak to NPC Cassandra to exchange them for a reward! The first time you complete the quest, you’ll receive an 8-Blessing Ring and an 8-Blessing Charm you can use to enhance the ring’s stats. Return each day to hunt more monsters and you’ll receive an additional 8-Blessing Charm when you complete the quest. You can complete this quest once per day. On Reboot world, you’ll receive a Mysterious Meso Pouch instead of an 8-Blessing Charm. On the 8th day, you get two 8-Blessing Charms.

8-Blessing Ring: Untradeable. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +2, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +2.
8-Blessing Charm: Untradeable, 15-day duration. When applied to the 8-Blessing Ring, it grants an additional STR/DEX/INT/LUK +1, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1.

Recapture Fireworks

[Updated February 8] Added duration to Fireworks Chair.

Lunar New Year Firework Boxes are running loose in major towns! Keep an eye out while you’re in Henesys or Leafre, and you may spot one of these monsters. Defeat it to receive a special Fireworks Box. There are three different boxes, and they each contain a variety of random rewards.

Normal Fireworks Box: 30-day duration. Open to receive one of the following items:
- Restorative items
- Trait items
- Spell Traces (x5)
- New Year's Buff: 7-day duration.
- Mysterious Meso Pouch: 7-day duration.
Floral Fireworks Box: 30-day duration. Open to receive one of the following items:
- Restorative items
- Trait items
- Spell Traces (x5)
- New Year's Buff: 7-day duration.
- Mysterious Meso Pouch: 7-day duration.
New Year's Blessings Fireworks Box: 30-day duration. Open to receive one of the following items:
- Restorative items
- Trait items
- Spell Traces (x5)
- New Year's Buff: 7-day duration.
- Mysterious Meso Pouch: 7-day duration.
- Fireworks Chair: 90-day duration
- Lunar New Year Fireworks Box Mask Coupon: 30-day duration. Use to receive a permanent Lunar New Year Fireworks Box Mask. The mask has limited-time stats for 15 days: STR/DEX/INT/LUK +6.

Vengeful Nyen

Take part in a new event dungeon where you must face Nyen! Players Lv. 33 and above can begin by clicking the Lunar New Year event notifier on the left side of the screen, and accepting the quest ‘[Lunar New Year 2018] Nyen's Revenge’. This quest can be completed 4 times per day.

Nyen has kidnapped each of the 12 animals of the zodiac. You’ll be sent to find Nyen's Hideout where you must fight your way through multiple stages and rescue the animals. In order to save a zodiac animal, you need to hunt nearby monsters until they drop a key to one of cages.

After saving 3 zodiac animals, you will face down Nyen himself!

Defeat him, and he will drop one of the following rewards:

Daily Hong Bao: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
Nyen Damage Skin Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
Nyen's Hat Coupon: Untradeable. Open to receive Nyen’s Hat.

If you manage to save all 12 zodiac animals in one day, Vengeful Nyen will appear before you instead. In order to defeat Vengeful Nyen, make sure to interact with the fireworks that appear near him. Defeat Vengeful Nyen, and he will drop one of the following rewards:

Daily Hong Bao: Untradeable, 30-day duration.
Vengeful Nyen Damage Skin Coupon: Untradeable, 30-day duration.
Zodiac Dog Damage Skin Coupon: Untradeable, 30-day duration.
Red Orange Damage Skin Coupon: Untradeable, 30-day duration.
Vengeful Nyen's Hat Coupon: Untradeable. Open to receive Vengeful Nyen’s Hat.
Dancing Lion Mount: 15-day duration.

Continue to face down Vengeful Nyen multiple times, and you can receive special Lunar New Year Cube Chairs.

Lunar New Year Xing Cube Chair
Lunar New Year Nian Cube Chair
Lunar New Year Kuai Cube Chair
Lunar New Year Le Cube Chair

Collect all of the Lunar New Year Cube Chairs to receive a title:

Lunar New Year Knight: Title. Tradeable within account. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +8, MaxHP/MaxMP +888.

If you save different types of zodiac animals multiple times, you will also receive additional Daily Hong Bao items, Spell Traces, and Power Elixirs.

Sugar Time

PST: Friday, February 9, 2018 4:00 PM – Saturday, February 10, 2018 3:59 PM
EST: Friday, February 9, 2018 7:00 PM – Saturday, February 10, 2018 6:59 PM
CET: Saturday, February 10, 2018 1:00 AM – Sunday, February 11, 2018 12:59 AM
AEDT: Saturday, February 10, 2018 11:00 AM – Sunday, February 11, 2018 10:59 AM

Earn special rewards when you log in to the game on Saturday (UTC)! Players Lv. 33 and above can participate by staying logged in from 30 minutes to 2 hours. As you hit each minute-milestone, you will receive rewards. You can check your time and claim your reward by clicking on the gift event icon on the left side of the screen.

Once you have received all four rewards, you can start again! You can repeat the entire event 5 times per day per account. The total time is shared across the account.

Stay logged in 30 minutes and receive:
- Magpie Coin (x10): Untradeable.
Stay logged in 60 minutes and receive:
- Magpie Coin (x10): Untradeable.
- 2x EXP Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Use to receive 2x EXP for 15 minutes.
Stay logged in 90 minutes and receive:
- Magpie Coin (x10): Untradeable.
Stay logged in 120 minutes and receive:
- 2x EXP Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Use to receive 2x EXP for 15 minutes.
- Sugar Coin Box: Untradeable. Can be opened anytime before 5:00 PM PST Feb. 11/ 8:00 PM EST Feb. 11/ 2:00 AM CET Feb. 12 / 12:00 PM AEDT Feb. 12. Earn various amount of Magpie Coins depending on the number of times you have opened this box.
  - 1st Time: Magpie Coin (x10): Untradeable.
  - 2nd Time: Magpie Coin (x15): Untradeable.
  - 3rd Time: Magpie Coin (x20): Untradeable.
  - 4th Time: Magpie Coin (x25): Untradeable.
  - 5th Time: Magpie Coin (x30): Untradeable.
- Sugar Box: Untradeable. Can be opened anytime before 5:00 PM PST Feb. 11/ 8:00 PM EST Feb. 11/ 2:00 AM CET Feb. 12 / 12:00 PM AEDT Feb. 12. Open to receive:
  - 500 Maple Reward Points
  - You also have a chance to receive one of the following:
    - Master Pony Full Package Coupon
    - Master Glowy Butterfly Full Package Coupon
    - Illium Legendary AbsoLab Weapon Box
    - A varying amount of Maple Points. You could receive up to 1 million Maple Points!

News

[Updated] Lunar New Year Events: February 6 – February 20

Daily Hong Bao

8-Blessing Ring Attendance Check

Recapture Fireworks

Vengeful Nyen

Sugar Time

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