We have a fresh new batch of exciting events, including adorable new missions, awesome rewards, as well as balance updates for certain class skills and bosses. All this and more in MapleStory: Darkness Looms!

V.199 – Darkness Looms is live on October 4!

Table of Contents

• New Content
  • Fairy Bros Daily Gift
  • Skill Updates
  • Boss Updates
  • Will (Normal Mode)
• Additional Updates
  • Captain Vaga Closed
  • Singapore Closed
  • Other Changes
  • Bug Fixes
  • Known Issues
• Halloween Events
  • Ghoulbusters
  • Ghoulbusters Coin Shop
  • Halloween Hot Week
  • Halloween 2x EXP & Drop
• Other New Events
  • Infinite Pawsibilities
  • Sunny Sunday Perk
  • #Maple Hashtag
  • Help the Toben Hair Hero
  • Spell Trace Fever Time
  • Hasty Hunting
• Black Mage Pre-Events
  • Black Mage Hot Week

NEW CONTENT

Fairy Bros Daily Gift

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

• Wonky and his brother have arrived with some awesome gifts to reward you for logging in daily!
• To participate, simply defeat 300 monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above).
  
• Upon defeating 300 monsters, open the Fairy Bros Daily Gift UI through the event button at the bottom of the screen, and click "Claim Gift".
• You can only accept the gift on a character that has hunted 300 or more monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above).
  
• As an added bonus, on specific days players of a certain MVP tier will obtain up to 5x the reward, as a thank-you for being such a dedicated player.
• You can accept the next day’s gift after midnight UTC. Please note that the gifts for each day are subject to change in future.
• You can only accept the gift once per day per account, regardless of world.
• Please note that due to the content being implemented a couple days into the month, the October 2018 version of the content will start with the Day 8 rewards (instead of Day 1), and will proceed with the rest of the rewards as normal.

Rewards:

• Day 1 - Hyper Teleport Rock (3 days)
• Day 2 - 2x Exp Coupon (30 minutes) (x2): 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 3 - Pendant of the Spirit: 7-day duration, time limit can’t be extended, untradeable, unique equipped item.
• Day 4 - Occult Cube (x10): 7-day duration, untradeable.
  
• Day 5 - Spell Trace (x500)
  
• Day 6 - Special Medal of Honor: 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 7 - 500 Maple Reward Points: 7-day duration, untradeable. MVP Bronze 1 and above players will receive 2x the reward!
  
• Day 8 - Mastery Book Set: Double-click to receive a Mastery Book 20 and Mastery Book 30. 7-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Day 9 - 2x Exp Coupon (30 minutes) (x2): 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 10 - Mysterious Meso Pouch (x3): Untradeable
• Day 11 - Powerful Rebirth Flame: 7-day duration, untradeable. MVP Bronze 2 and above players will receive 2x the reward!
  
• Day 12 - Selective 8 Slot Coupon: 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 13 - Character Slot Expansion Coupon: 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 14 - Red Cube: 7-day duration, untradeable. MVP Bronze 3 and above players will receive 2x the reward!
  
• Day 15 - Hyper Teleport Rock (3 days)
• Day 16 - 2x Exp Coupon (30 minutes) (x2): 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 17 - Pendant of the Spirit: 7-day duration, time limit can’t be extended, untradeable, unique equipped item.
• Day 18 - Miracle Circulator: 7-day duration, untradeable. MVP Bronze 4 and above players will receive 2x the reward!
• Day 19 - Spell Trace (x1,000)
• Day 20 - Trait Increase Potion: 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 21 - 1,000 Maple Reward Points: 7-day duration, untradeable. MVP Silver and above players will receive 2x the reward!
• Day 22 - 2x Drop Coupon (1 Hour): 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 23 - Selective 8 Slot Coupon: 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 24 - Mysterious Meso Pouch (x5): Untradeable
• Day 25 - Eternal Flame of Rebirth: 7-day duration, untradeable. MVP Gold and above players will receive 2x the reward!
  
• Day 26 - Epic Potential Scroll 50%: 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Day 27 -
  • Non-Reboot Worlds - Bonus Potential Cube: 7-day duration, untradeable.
    
  • Reboot Worlds - Mysterious Meso Pouch (x20): Untradeable
• Day 28 - Black Cube: 7-day duration, untradeable. MVP Bronze 1 - 4 players will receive 2x the reward. MVP Silver players will receive 3x the reward. MVP Gold players will receive 4x the reward. MVP Diamond will receive 5x the reward!

Skill Updates

General Changes:

• Infiltrate: Fixed damage can no longer be evaded.
• Pig’s Weakness now applies to all monsters with Pig in their name, and the damage increase has been reduced from 50% to 10%.
• Slime’s Weakness now applies to all monsters with Slime in their name, and the damage increase has been reduced from 50% to 10%.
• Stump’s Weakness now applies to all monsters with Stump in their name, and the damage increase has been reduced from 50% to 10%.
• Rope Lift can no longer be used while Soaring.
• Invincibility skills now prevent displacement by attacks such as Vellum’s Breath and Lotus’s Reverse Gravity.
• Entering Stage 2 of Last Resort reduces the remaining duration of Last Resort by 50%.

Hero:

• Puncture: Skill delay has been reduced from 1110ms to 870ms.
• Worldreaver: Skill effect transparency now applies to this skill.

Paladin:

• Elemental Force: At skill level 30, damage 30% has been changed to Final Damage 20% . Phantoms can no longer steal this ability.
• High Paladin: At skill level 30:
  • One-handed sword: Critical damage has been increased from 5% to 6%.
  • One-handed blunt weapon: Critical damage has been increased from 3% to 5%.
  • Two-handed blunt weapon: Critical damage has been increased from 3% to 5%.

Dark Knight:

• Spear of Darkness: At skill level 25, damage increased from 520% to 600%.
• Final Pact - Damage: At skill level 1, final damage increase amount increased from 20% to 30%.
• Barricade Master: At skill level 30, critical damage has been increased from 8% to 15%.
• Final Pact: At skill level 30, critical damage has been increased from 8% to 15%.

Arch Mage (Fire Poison):

• Poison Nova: At skill level 25, when 3 or more explosions are applied to a single enemy, the final damage after the 3rd explosion is reduced by 50%.

Bishop:

• Holy Magic Shell: Buff now reduces fixed damage by 10%. The time that Holy Magic Shell can’t be used has increased from 30 seconds to 90 seconds. Holy Magic Shell's buff has been reduced from 20 seconds to 15 seconds. Buff duration will no longer be applied to Holy Magic Shell.
• Attacks absorbed have been increased from 10 attacks to 15 attacks.
• HP recovery has been altered to scale with the skill's level.

Bow Master:

• Reckless Hunt - Bow: At skill level 10, damage has been changed to final damage, 30% at the skill's max level. Phantoms can no longer steal this skill.

Shadower:

• Smokescreen: Phantoms can no longer steal this skill.

Dual Blade:

• Phantom Blow: At skill level 30, damage has been increased from 275% to 315%.

Corsair:

• Cross Cut Blast: At skill level 20, attack has been increased from 30 to 60.
• Fullmetal Jacket: At skill level 20, damage 20% has been changed to final damage 20%.
• Quickdraw: At skill level 10, damage 50% has been changed to final damage 25%.
• Eight-Legs Easton: When using the skill normally, it will have a larger area of effect. When pressing the down key while using the skill, it will prevent you from being pushed back by enemy attacks, but reduce the skill's area of effect.
• Target Lock: At skill level 25, cooldown has been increased from 25 seconds to 30 seconds, number of attacks has been increased from 4 to 6, and damage has been reduced from 2400% to 1600%. When any number of monsters under the max amount is hit by this skill, the final damage is increased by 4% for each monster less than the max amount.

Cannoneer:

• Cannon Overload: At skill level 10, damage 50% has been changed to final damage 30%.
• ICBM: At skill level 25, instead of a single explosion, the skill now attacks continuously for 1 second. Damage has been decreased from 7000% to 2000%, area-of-attack damage has been increased from 700% to 1000%.

Blaze Wizard:

• Orbital Flame IV: At skill level 30, skill now deals 10% extra damage to normal monsters.
• Burning Focus: At skill level 10, critical damage has been increased from 8% to 15%.
• Towering Inferno: Functionality has been added where if the skill lands, Ignition will instantly explode upon the applicable enemy, Ignition will then end so it can be used again. The remaining 'Damage over Time' will appear all at once upon Ignition being triggered. Ignition can’t be cast with this skill.
• Cataclysm: Functionality has been added where if the skill lands, Ignition will instantly explode upon the applicable enemy, Ignition will then end so it can be used again. The remaining "Damage over Time" will appear all at once upon Ignition being triggered. Ignition can’t be cast with this skill.
• Dragon Blaze: Functionality has been added where if the skill lands, Ignition will instantly explode upon the applicable enemy, Ignition will then end so it can be used again. The remaining "Damage over Time" will appear all at once upon Ignition being triggered. Ignition can’t be cast with this skill.

Wind Archer:

• Merciless Winds: At skill level 25, functionality has been added where enemies hit by the skill take 1000% damage every second for 9 seconds.

Night Walker:

• Greater Dark Servant: At skill level 25, duration increased from 30 seconds to 42 seconds.
• Dark Omen: At skill level 30, the skill can now be used midair.
• Bat Affinity III: At skill level 30, bat damage increased from 170% to 200%.

Thunder Breaker:

• Knuckle Expert: At skill level 30, critical damage increase from 5% to 20%.

Aran:

• Maha's Fury: At skill level 25, range has been increased from 700*280 to 840*440, damage has been increased from 550% to 900%.
• Maha's Carnage: At skill level 25, the skill can be used while Maha’s Fury is active, cooldown decreased by 50% at max level when Maha’s Fury is on cooldown. When Maha’s Carnage is on cooldown and Maha’s Fury is used, the current cooldown time decreases to 50%. Boss Damage +20% has been added to the skill.

Evan:

• Magic Amplification: At skill level 10, final damage increased from 20% to 30%.
• Critical Magic: At skill level 10, critical damage increased from 8% to 20%.

Phantom:

• Vol D’Ame: Can no longer steal monster skill "Invincibility".
• Impeccable Memory H: At skill level 1, Sacrosanctity cooldown increased from 600 seconds to 700 seconds, Bullseye Shot cooldown increased from 150 seconds to 180 seconds.
• Impeccable Memory I - IV: The following skills can no longer be stolen: Elemental Force, Reckless Hunt, Smokescreen. If these skills are already stolen they will be deleted.

Shade:

• Critical Insight: At skill level 30, critical rate increase has been reduced from 85% to 75%, and critical damage increase has been increased from 15% to 20% for enemies with HP 20-50% (depending on skill level) and lower. Critical Rate has also been passively increased from 15% to 25%.

Luminous:

• Eclipse: Function has been added to turn the face effect on and off by right-clicking the skill icon.
• Equilibrium: Function has been added to turn the face effect on and off by right-clicking the skill icon.

Blaster:

• Revolving Cannon: Manual Reload time has been decreased from 3000ms to 1000ms, Auto Reload time has been decreased from 1500ms to 1000ms.
• Ballistic Hurricane: At skill level 30, damage has been increased from 700% to 1250%. The jumping uppercut move that Blaster does at the end of the skill has had its damage reduced from 2100% to 1250%, and its attack count has been increased from once to 5 times.
  
• Vitality Shield: At skill level 10, cooldown increased from 150 seconds to 200 seconds.
• Improved Bunker Shockwave: At skill level 1, damage increase reduced from 30% to 15%.
• Rocket Punch: Duration has been changed to 45 seconds regardless of skill level.

Wild Hunter:

• Wild Arrow Blast: At skill level 30, dismounted damage has been increased from 340% to 370%, mounted damage has been increased from 170% to 185%.
• Jaguar Storm: At skill level 25, final damage applied to Jaguars has been increased from 75% to 87%, attack increase passive has been added providing +55 ATT.

Xenon:

• Core Overload: At skill level 25, duration has been reduced from 200 seconds to 180 seconds. MP used per second is now a fixed rate of 200 MP.
• Omega Blaster: At skill level 25, cooldown has been increased from 150 seconds to 180 seconds, attack interval has been increased from 180ms to 200ms.

Mihile:

• Sword of Light: Additional attack no longer triggers damage reflect skills.
• Advanced Soul Asylum: Upon successful Royal Guard, HP percentage damage is reduced by 5%.
• Royal Guard: The Royal Guard buff now drops one stack at a time instead of disappearing all at once. Refer to the following table for Royal Guard defense success changes:
  
  

Kaiser:

• [New Skill] Guardian Return: Can be obtained by completing the quest "Guardian’s Return". Skill returns the player to Pantheon.

Cadena:

• Muscle Memory I - III: At skill level 10, additional hits from Muscle Memory will no longer trigger damage reflect. Stack duration for Muscle Memory has been increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds. Damage for each stack has been changed to final damage per stack. Please refer to the following chart for the final damage increment changes:
  
  
• Chain Arts - Reign of Chains: Number of hits increased from 1 to 2.
• Summon Decoy Bomb: Decoy Bomb will no longer trigger attack reflection.
• Cheap Shot II: At skill level 20, extra damage to normal monster functionality has been added, 10% at the max skill level.
• Veteran Shadowdealer: Skill has been changed so that its cooldown can no longer be reset.
• Chain Arts - Beatdown: Invincibility has been added when the monster being attacked isn’t bound, 5 seconds when not bound, 10 seconds when bound. Skill can no longer be cancelled.
• Chain Arts - Pursuit: Dark Sight time has been increased from 420ms to 2000ms.
• Chain Arts - Void Strike: At skill level 25, damage has been increased from 220% to 500%. This skill no longer triggers attack reflection.
  

Angelic Buster:

• Trinity: At skill level 30, damage increase 15% has been changed to final damage increase 15%.
• Finale Ribbon: At skill level 30, damage increase 40% has been changed to final damage increase 25%. Party damage now scales by adding with skill levels instead of by multiplying. Damage increase remains the same.
• Finale Ribbon - Enhance: At skill level 1, damage increase 20% has been changed to final damage increase 10%.

Illium:

• Radiant Javelin II: At skill level 30, damage has been increased from 300% to 390%, fragment damage has been increased from 100% to 130%, extra damage while in Wings of Glory has been increased from 50% to 150%.
• Radiant Orb II: At skill level 30, damage has been increased from 150% to 300%.
• Lucent Brand III: No longer grants +1 attack speed at 10 stacks.
• Crystal Skill - Wings of Glory: At skill level 20, damage 10% has been changed to final damage 25%, Winged Javelin now deals 20% extra damage to normal monsters.
• Deploy Crystal: Upon teleporting your crystal, it will now appear in front of you instead of on you, crystal movement speed has been increased from 1200 to 1500.
• Wisdom of the Crystal: At skill level 30, final damage 20% has been increased to 35%, Attack Speed +1 functionality has been added to the skill.

Ark:

• Complete Fusion: At skill level 30, boss damage increase has been increased from 15% to 30%, and damage is reduced by 20% at max level.
• Battle Frenzy: At skill level 10, final damage amount has been increased from 15% to 20%.
• Unstoppable Impulse/Tenacious Instinct: Attack range has been decreased from 450*410 to 375*375.
• Unbridled Chaos: Attack range has been decreased from 970*500 to 950*445.

Boss Updates

• Lotus: Hard Lotus’s HP has been reduced by 25%.
• Lucid: Hard Lucid’s HP has been reduced by 10%.
• Will: Hard Will's attack patterns have been adjusted for attacks that were made trivial due to loopholes in the attack's functionality.
• Ursus: Changes have been made to Ursus making it so that all skills (excluding 5th job skills) can be used. Other character’s abilities are also no longer visible while inside the Ursus boss map. Score gained based on damage has been increased by 50%.
• Root Abyss: A re-entry cooldown has been added to the Root Abyss boss fight to prevent leaving before the boss dies, switching channels, and entering again. If a party member has a re-entry cooldown timer, you’ll be notified of the time remaining when attempting to enter the fight.
• Magnus: If a party member has a re-entry cooldown timer, you’ll be notified of the time remaining when attempting to enter the fight.

Will (Normal Mode)

Requirement: Lv. 235 and above. Must have completed quest '[Esfera] Mirrors in Mirrors'.

• A new difficulty mode is being added to the Will boss fight!
  
• The new "Will (Normal Mode)" fight can be entered through the Gate NPC in the Radiant Throne map with a group of up to 6 players.
• Will (Normal Mode) can be entered once per day, and can be completed once per week. The daily limit is unique to Will (Normal Mode) and is separate from Will (Hard Mode). The weekly completion limit is shared for both versions of the Will fight.
  
• Defeat Will in Normal Mode to claim Cobweb Droplets to trade in for pieces of the Arcane Umbra set.
• Note that the Cursed Notebook pocket items can’t be obtained in Normal Mode.

Rewards:

• Stone Cobweb Droplet: This magical stone droplet is filled with Will’s power. Can be traded with Kanto to obtain Arachno Coins.
• Will’s Soul Shard: A fragment of Will’s soul. Collect 10 to trade for a complete Will Soul.
  • Will Soul: Will’s Soul Crystal. Grants the Will Soul skill and extra Potential to weapons under the effects of a Soul Enchanter. Can be used on Lv. 75+ equipment. Success Rate: 100%. Enchants your Soul Weapon with a monster soul:
    • Beefy Will Soul: STR +24
    • Swift Will Soul: DEX +24
    • Clever Will Soul: INT +24
    • Fortuitous Will Soul: LUK +24
    • Flashy Will Soul: STR/DEX/INT/LUK +15
    • Potent Will Soul: Weapon ATT +6
    • Radiant Will Soul: Magic ATT +6
    • Hearty Will Soul: MaxHP +960
  • Magnificent Will Soul: Will’s Soul Crystal. Grants a more powerful Will Soul skill and bonus Potential to weapons under the effects of a Soul Enchanter. Can be used on Lv. 100+ equipment. Success Rate: 100%. Enchants your Soul Weapon with a monster soul. Potential will randomly be one of the following:
    • MaxHP +2,000
    • Weapon ATT +3%
    • Magic ATT +3%
    • STR/DEX/INT/LUK +5%
    • Critical Rate +12%
    • Ignored Monster Defense 7%
    • Boss Damage +7%
    • Skill Level +2 (Does not affect 5th job skills)
  • Will Soul Skills:
    • Crushing Lunge: Will transforms into a spider to deal a powerful blow to all who dare to challenge him. Attacks nearby enemies.
    • King of Spiders: Calls forth the soul of Will, the King of Spiders. Attacks nearby enemies.
• Lv. 150 Rebirth Flames
• Production Soul Enchanter
• Advanced Potential Scroll
• Twisted Time
• Intense Power Crystal
• Boss Medal of Honor
• Occult Cube
• Powerful Rebirth Flame: Available in Reboot world only.
  
• Eternal Rebirth Flame: Available in Reboot world only.
• Meister’s Cube: Available in Reboot world only.
• Master Craftsman’s Cube: Available in Reboot world only.
• Gold Potential Stamp: Available in Reboot world only.
• Silver Potential Stamp: Available in Reboot world only.

ADDITIONAL UPDATES

Captain Vaga Closed

• The Captain Vaga content will be permanently closed. Please click here to read the letter from MapleStory's Producer, Dennis "SavageAce" Bernardo.

Singapore Closed

• The Singapore content will be permanently closed. Please click here to read the letter from MapleStory's Producer, Dennis "SavageAce" Bernardo.
  

Other Changes

[Updated October 4 at 10:40 AM PDT]

• A Maple Guide info quest has been added to help guide new players.
  
• 5th Job advancement prerequisites will now be displayed in the Maple Guide.
• Inactivity checks have been added to party quests.
• Reverse and Abyss crafting recipes can no longer be obtained from field monsters.
• Reverse equipment no long requires crafting recipes.
• Abyss crafting recipes can be obtained in Root Abyss.
• Timeless Moonlight cape can now be crafted.
• Both the Meister and item effects are now visible at the same time.
• Before starting the Legion system, a quest will display to all characters that have reached level 60. Regardless of the cumulative level of the character on the world, the guide quest will be completed after a brief introduction to the Legion system.
• The Kritias quest 'Revealing Royalty' has been altered to help guide players through the quest.
• Upon completion of the Lion King’s Castle theme dungeon, the required start level will be displayed for the Von Leon boss fight.
• The Lion King’s Gatekeeper now mentions the required level to start the quest.
• The Lion King's Castle quests 'Key to the Second Tower' and 'Key to the Third Tower' will now have an auto-completion notification window upon completing the quest.
• The following tables display the changed quests and the new requirements to complete them:
  • Temple of Time
    
    
  • Gate to the Future
    
    
  • Crimsonheart Castle
    
    
• Updated the Monster Collection by adding Grandis region monsters:
  • Savage Terminal
  • Verdel
  • Sanctuary
  • Fox Valley
• Added V-Sync (Vertical Synchronization) setting to Graphics. The V-Sync setting allows you to synchronize the game’s frame rate (FPS) with your monitor’s refresh rate.
• Increased the size of Ardentmill’s Harvesting Farm and the harvestable items will respawn periodically.
• The NPC Ellin will now reissue the Purple Stone of Magic item if lost in the Forest of Poison Haze party quest.
• Flag Race will no longer drop the "I Summon Thee" and “On My Way” items.
• Moving maps after using Elluel’s Music Box will no longer continue to play the background music from the music box.
• Updated the Party Quest Scroll for One-Handed Weapon and Two-Handed Weapon items so they can stack.
• Remnant of the Goddess (party quest): NPC Eak can now restore any lost pieces to the party leader while restoring the Goddess Statue.
• If an item isn’t listed in the Auction House’s keyword search list then that item can’t be listed for sale.
• Updated reward for the 'Missing Mechanical Parts' quest from Scroll for Shoes to mesos.
• Performing an Equipment Transfer will not transfer the equipment crafter’s name.
• Switching between full screen mode and windowed mode using Alt+Enter will now have a 5-second delay between when you can switch back.
• If your inventory is full when exiting the Mu Lung Dojo Unity Training Center, you’ll be able to leave without receiving a Charm based on remaining time.
• Existing Russellon’s Pill items will be renamed to Russellon’s Old Pills.
• Updated quest completion condition for 'Life Alchemy', and the 'Missing Alchemist' quest.
• The Vanishing Journey monsters, Lantern Erdas, will no longer drop items unless they are quest/event/profession material items.
• Piece of Balrog Leather is now part of the ingredients for Special Balrog Transform Potion, Scroll for Shield for DEF and Scroll for Two-Handed Sword for Accuracy.
• Added a Search function to Report.
• The Engagement Rings that could be purchased in the Wedding Village can now be sold to the shop.
• Updated MVP Information window to contain a tracker for “Expected Tier Next Month” and “To Keep Current Tier”.
• In the Cash Shop, gifting will be restricted when you enter a coupon code.
• An issue where changing channels in the Dead Mine: Tunnel map would move you to the Dead Tree Forest 4 map will be fixed.
• An issue where dying to Arkarium in Arkarium’s end quest would cause loss of EXP will be fixed.
• An issue where the Auction House’s advanced search could not search certain items will be fixed.
• An issue where Monster Life’s monster skills were displayed incorrectly will be fixed.
• An issue where Perion’s Messenger achievement was not acquired properly will be fixed.
• An issue where during Nett’s Pyramid - Hard Mode the Content Map completion stamp was not obtained will be fixed.
• An issue where Soul Splitter would alter the Mirror of Lies pattern during Hard Will will be fixed.
• An issue where clearing Ursus would still result in E Rank under some conditions will be fixed.
• An issue where Fox Valley map ropes would appear cut off will be fixed.
• In maps where EXP cannot be obtained via Pollo and Fritto content, Hunter’s Portal will no longer be present.
• Reward info for 'Scrapyard Haven’s Special Request' quest, have been fixed in order to reflect the actual award.
• Fixed an issue in Monster Life where the incorrect monster would occasionally be released when releasing a monster.
• Fixed an issue where the Royal Von Leon claw image would change when sitting on certain chairs.
• Fixed an issue where Yggdrasil's scrolls could be obtained from Root Abyss boxes in Reboot world.
• Fixed an issue where certain stats would still apply after the Secondary Pendant Slot expires.
• Fixed an issue where certain boss-related Maple Rewards quests couldn’t be completed.
• Fixed an issue where the Rombot's Memory Card item level was inconsistent with the Monster’s level.
• Fixed an issue where you could not select the menu option visible when right-clicking character names when using external chat windows.
• Fixed an issue where when moving to the Korean Folk Town map through Kerkaporta in Kritias, the client would close.
• Fixed an issue where a faint black color was visible when the Guild Emblem background is set to transparent.
• Fixed an issue where some jumping effects for the Glowing Pumpkin Basket weren’t displaying correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the tags and completion requirements for a few of the Bounty Hunt achievements displayed incorrectly.
  • [Bounty Hunt] I Can't See My Hand
  • [Bounty Hunt] I Can't See Anything
  • [Bounty Hunt] It's Like I'm Blind!
• Fixed an issue where the incorrect background music would play in the Hall of Gales 1 and 2 maps.
• Fixed an issue where Pollo and Fritto portals, Inferno Wolf portals, Runes, and Herbs/Ore Veins would overlap.
• Fixed an issue where Cash Weapon covers would have display issues during Ark's Specter Mode.
• Fixed an issue where EXP couldn’t be obtained from Pollo and Fritto portals in some maps.
• Fixed an issue where non-Zero classes would occasionally see the Weapon Point message.
• Fixed an issue where Imps could be obtained from from both Pierre’s and the Crimson Queen’s Treasure Chests.
• Fixed an issue where Normal Will's Boss Party Buff wouldn't function as intended against Normal Will.
• Fixed an issue where Beginner classes were unable to travel to the Golden Temple Via the Crane NPC in Mu Lung.
• Fixed an issue where Origin Guardian and Temple Guardian monsters in the Esfera region granted no EXP.
• Fixed an issue where Ark's arm would appear on chairs that don’t show weapons.
• Fixed an issue where the Green Winter Hat couldn’t be listed in the Auction House.
• Fixed an issue where crafting wouldn’t go on cooldown when crafting Reverse Dragon Equipment.
• Fixed an issue where the remaining travel time did not match the clock when traveling between Ereve and Six Path Crossway maps.
• Fixed an issue where Aran characters could remove the Spiderwebs in Commander Will Phase 2 with Body Pressure.
• Fixed an issue where the face equip 'Berserked' would overlap with some facial expressions.
• Fixed an error where players could sit on chairs inside the Pierre and Chaos Pierre maps.
• Fixed an issue where Rebirth Flames could incorrectly be used on the Pendant of the Spirit.
• Changed the description of some of the sealed boxes sold by NPC Okoso to better explain the level restrictions of items within the boxes.
• Fixed an issue where the achievement 'Not One Dead' couldn’t be obtained in a 5-player party.
• Fixed an issue where the monster, Hodori, wasn't dropping Tiger Stamps.
• Fixed an issue where colors changed with Kaiser Final Form Color Change Coupons and Mechanics Mech weren't applied to afterimages.
• If you have multiple kinds of cosmetic coupons, you are able to select the coupon you would like to use.
  • Regular/VIP Hair
  • Regular/VIP Hair Color
  • Regular/VIP Face
• Fixed an error where, with certain computers, the arrow inputs for the Pollo and Fritto: Courtship Dance weren’t visible.
• Fixed an issue where the Maple Treasure Soul Shield would appear behind the character during certain animations.
• Fixed an issue with the quest 'East Garden Survivor' where it could not be completed in the Root Abyss Chaos Mode areas.
• Fixed an issue where the ESC key had to be pressed twice to close specific window while having the computer set to Korean Input.
• Fixed an issue where characters who used invisible login were still be displayed in the Guild window.
• Fixed an issue where, when using the Swift Rake, the extra herb harvest speed was not applied.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip wouldn't change when quickly moving the mouse between different recipes.
• Fixed the description for the Pink Bean Caretaker and Otherworld traveler titles and their respective coupons to display the correct stats.
• Fixed issue of not unable to leave a Guild Alliance when the Guild Master is not a Junior in the Alliance.
• Fixed issue where boss matching wouldn't cancel during certain actions.
• Fixed an issue where Commander Will's Phase 2 spiderwebs could be cancelled with skills that reflect damage.
• Fixed the levels of certain items so that they match the level of the monster that they drop from:
  • Lv. 134 Tiger Stamp
  • Lv. 136 Three-Tailed Foxtail
• Fixed issue where the achievements for 'Guard the Castle Gates' and 'Bounty Hunting' weren't being updated when using a Pollo and Fritto Entry Ticket.
• Fixed issue where the skill automatically acquired upon equipping Skill Node would be displayed on the Skill Node's tooltip and icon.
• Fixed issue where hair changed with the Mix Dye Coupon had the dye removed when equipping certain hats or sitting on certain chairs.
• An issue where, when crafting Nodestones, talking to any NPC would show Archelle will be fixed.
• An issue where the Auto Mode wouldn’t save a screenshot upon leveling up will be fixed.
• An issue where the Xylophone Melody could not be equipped by Illium and Cadena will be fixed.
• An issue where equipping the Royal Von Leon Claw while sitting on certain chairs would change its appearance will be fixed.
• An issue where Lion King’s Castle world map displayed paths incorrectly will be fixed.
• An issue where crafting a type of Omok Set would change depending on the Master of MiniGame NPC will be fixed.
• An issue where you could sit on a chair while mining or harvesting will be fixed.
• An issue where some map’s portals, ropes, and ladders couldn’t be used will be fixed.
• An issue where NPC Cassandra’s image would appear during conversation with yourself during the Explorer quest will be fixed.
• An issue where some descriptions would list Lucent Gauntlet twice as a restricted weapon type on Weapon covers will be fixed.
• An issue where the Spider’s Out at Eos Tower marked NPCs location incorrectly will be fixed.
• An issue where the wrong location was given for doing the 'Black Heaven Inside: Collect 4' quest will be fixed.
• An issue where the Pig monster was marked as Ribbon Pig in the Party Quest 'Moon Bunny’s Rice Cake' will be fixed.
• An issue where using the Second-Hand Monster Box in Monster Life would consume 1,000 Warus will be fixed.
• An issue where jumping while using the Ursus Gentleman’s Suit would change the look will be fixed.
• An issue where the Otherworld’s Collector medal image didn’t match the icon will be fixed.
• An issue where applying a soul to unequipped weapon would reset the Soul Gauge will be fixed.
• An issue where dying would close the Soul Weapon UI will be fixed.
• An issue where low Likability characters are sometimes selected as Weekly Maple Star will be fixed.
• An issue where chairs could be used in the Normal/Chaos Pierre map will be fixed.

Bug Fixes

• An issue where the SafeGuard Tooltip displayed incorrect information will be fixed.
• An issue where the avoidability information for the "Last Resort" skill had inconsistent formatting will be fixed.
• An issue where the "[Damien] No Deaths" achievement was pointing at Hard Damien will be fixed.
• An issue where the White Cloud Quote Ring displayed the incorrect graphic will be fixed.
• An issue where the Invincible Blade was referred to as Invincible Katara will be fixed.
• An issue where the "[Lotus] Life Springs Anew!" achievement was pointing at Chaos Lotus will be fixed.
• An issue where when Jett's "Spatial Shift" skill was maxed out, "Vortex Cross" would only hit twice in the air will be fixed. "Vortex Cross" will now hit enemies 3 times when used in the air.
• An issue where the quest "Mr. Wetbottom's Secret Book" had text issues will be fixed.
• An issue where the quest "[Maple Rewards] Annihilate Grosso Polpo for Riches and Honor!" and "[Maple Rewards] Annihilate Livyatan for Riches and Honor!" had text issues will be fixed.
• An issue where Silver Husky's Hip Glasses had animation issues while Silver Husky was moving will be fixed.
• An issue with the text for Bowmen's Double Jump skill will be fixed, and the text will be made clearer.
• An issue where Rowen's dialogue had grammar issues will be fixed.
• An issue where Luminous had the Homeless Cat Weapon equipped when sitting in a chair and had mission neon symbols will be fixed.
• An issue where runes could spawn out of the player's reach while in Eos Tower will be fixed.
• An issue where the Lake of Oblivion map had audio issues will be fixed.
• An issue where Dream Defender Rankings were displaying incorrect stats will be fixed.
• An issue where one of the platforms in Chu Chu Village could not be reached via a vine will be fixed.
• An issue where Item Tag Clear had a confusing description will be fixed.
• An issue where the "Impenetrable Fortress of Skuas" title had graphic issues will be fixed.
• An issue where the "Invincible Hero of the Snowfield" title had graphic issues will be fixed.
• An issue where Johanne would appear if you had completed the "9th Anniversary Rally" mission will be fixed.
• An issue with the V Matrix System where it was not clear when you were on the All Nodes tab will be fixed.
• An issue where the Beauty Salon would become unresponsive or crash the client will be fixed.
• An issue where the quest "The One Who Walks Through the Road to Oblivion 5" was missing its quest name in the quest log will be fixed.
• An issue where the Blue Mushroom Transformation item was incorrectly named, had an incorrect description, and transformed you into an Orange Mushroom will be fixed. The item should be called Orange Mushroom Transformation.
• An issue where the Sengoku Shining Rod Recipe was incorrectly named and created Ame-no Uzume's Shining Rod will be fixed. The corrected name is Ame-no Uzume's Shining Rod Recipe.
• An issue where the Sengoku Soul Shooter Recipe was incorrectly named and created the Susano-o Rainbow Shooter will be fixed. The corrected name is Susano-o Rainbow Shooter Recipe.
• An issue where Kanna's "Return of the Five Planets" skill was not being given to new Kannas will be fixed.
• An issue where the text inside of the "[Storybook] Formula for Black Cloud" quest would overflow off the pages will be fixed.
• An issue where the "Override Katara" skill had graphic issues will be fixed.
• An issue where the Pink Butterwand Package was incorrectly named will be fixed. The correct name is Rose Butterwand Package.
• An issue where the quest "Tot's Best Know-How" could be completed even if your inventory was full, and you would not receive the reward, will be fixed. The "Tot's Best Know-How" quest will now only complete if you have room in your inventory to accept the reward.
• An issue where Astaroth equipment had incorrect tooltips descriptions will be fixed.
• An issue where the Zero Equipment UI was missing Add Bonus Stats will be fixed.
• An issue where Kanna and Hayato were receiving incorrect weapons from end-game bosses will be fixed.
• An issue where Nameless Town had an invisible platform will be fixed.
• An issue where Hugh Head was selling items that are not used anymore will be fixed.
• An issue where the Owl Spellbook appears behind a character's hand will be fixed.
• An issue where some permanent mount items had incorrect descriptions and inconsistent formatting will be fixed.
• An issue where the confirmation prompt when deleting a Cash Shop item had incorrect spelling will be fixed.
• An issue where the Kaptafel Hat Coupon was named incorrectly and had description issues will be fixed. The correct name for this item is Kaptafel Hat Transformation Coupon.
• An issue where there was a spelling error in the "How To Use The Cash Shop" text of the Help section will be fixed.

Known Issues

[Updated October 4 at 10:40 AM PDT]

The Stellar Detectives Diary notifier is missing from the left side of the screen.

HALLOWEEN EVENTS

Ghoulbusters

[Updated October 17 at 11:48 AM PDT] The Pumpkin Zombie rewards description has been updated to clarify that players can receive up to 100 million, 500 million, and 1 billion mesos.

UTC: October 17 at 12:00 AM – October 31 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

• Accept the quest '[Halloween] Ghoulbusters' from the star event notifier on the left side of the screen to begin.
• The door between the world of the living and the dead has opened, unleashing a horde of ghosts and ghouls upon Maple World! Frankenbalrogs, Pumpkin Zombies, and Halloween Pumpkins are running rampant.
• Hallowbat needs your help driving back the forces from beyond to save Maple World, and to impress Hallowkitty.
• Take down 10 of one kind of monster (Frankenbalrog, Pumpkin Zombie, or Halloween Pumpkin) to earn some awesome rewards. These monsters appear when hunting monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above).
  
• To open the Halloween event UI to claim the Ghoulbusters rewards, select the quest '[Halloween] Let’s Collect Ghosts! from the star event notifier on the left side of the screen.
• Rewards can only be claimed 20 times from each kind of monster per day.
• The daily reward limit count and accumulated reward counts are reset at 12:00 AM UTC each day.
• Upon defeating the maximum amount of a monster, a "Collected" stamp will appear on top of the monster's picture in the event UI.
• In addition, Leafre, Henesys, the Combo Kill counter, the Multikill counter, and Runes are all dressed up for Halloween.

Rewards:

• Frankenbalrog: Gives EXP based on level. The 10th and 20th gifts grant extra EXP!
• Pumpkin Zombie: Gives varying amount of mesos of up to 100 million, 500 million, and 1 billion mesos.
• Halloween Pumpkin: Gives 3 Ghost Coins. The 10th gift gives 15 Ghost Coins, and the 20th gift gives 30 Ghost Coins!
• Ghost Coin: Trade this in for special Halloween-themed items at the Ghoulbuster Coin Shop run by Hallowkitty.

Ghoulbusters Coin Shop

[Updated October 17 at 5:50 PM PDT] Clarified how Ghost Coins can be earned.

UTC: October 17 at 12:00 AM – November 11 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

• NPC Hallowkitty is here with a bunch of spooky rewards to satisfy your ghoulish appetite. No tricks, just treats!
  
• Visit Hallowkitty in Henesys, Leafre, and Nameless Town, to access the Ghoulbusters Coin Shop.
• Trade in your Ghost Coins for bone-chilling items. You can earn Ghost Coins through the Ghoulbusters event: by hunting monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above) in order to get the ghouls to appear, and then defeating the ghouls.

Rewards:

• Halloween Mask: Costs 100 Ghost Coins. Untradeable.
  
• Venezia Dream: Costs 100 Ghost Coins. Untradeable.
• Hat of a Masked Man: Costs 150 Ghost Coins. Untradeable. One of a kind item.
  
• Red Ball Mask: Costs 50 Ghost Coins. Untradeable. One of a kind item.
  
• Special Halloween Costume Box: Costs 150 Ghost Coins. Untradeable. Open to receive one of the following permanent rewards. Note: these equipment items can’t be transferred to the Cash Inventory.
  
  • Scream Mask
    
  • Ghost Uniform
    
  • Zombuddy Hat
    
  • Blue Jiangshi Costume
    
  • Angel Halo
    
  • Angel Costume
    
  • Brown Paperbag Mask
    
  • Paper Box
    
  • Cow Mask
    
  • Cow Costume
    
  • Tiger Cub Hat
    
  • Tiger Cub Outfit
• Halloween Pumpkin Suit (M): Costs 250 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Halloween Pumpkin Suit (F): Costs 250 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Hallowkitty’s Witch Hat: Costs 1,000 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Halloween Dracula Mask: Costs 200 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Halloween Frankenstein Mask: Costs 200 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Halloween Skull Mask: Costs 200 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Halloween Werewolf Mask: Costs 200 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Halloween Mummy Mask: Costs 200 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Halloween Cat-O-Lantern Mask: Costs 200 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Ghost Cape: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Messy Wig: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Ghost Suit: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Witch Hat: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Witch Outfit: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Witch Cape: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Skull Hat: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Skull Outfit: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Skull Gloves: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Worn Skull Mask: Costs 60 Ghost Coins. Coupon has 7-day duration. Untradeable. Use coupon to receive permanent item.
  
• Black Cat Camper: Costs 500 Ghost Coins. Untradeable.
• Halloween Candy Hoard Chair: Costs 300 Ghost Coins. Untradeable.
• Elite Pumpkin Pal: Costs 300 Ghost Coins. Untradeable.
• Ghost Ship Chair: Costs 150 Ghost Coins. Untradeable.
• R.I.P Chair: Costs 150 Ghost Coins. Untradeable
• Halloween Pumpkin Chair: Costs 150 Ghost Coins. Untradeable
• Halloween Damage Skin: Costs 200 Ghost Coins. 7-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Zombie Damage Skin: Costs 100 Ghost Coins. 7-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Witch’s Broomstick Mount Coupon: Costs 300 Ghost Coins. 7-day duration, tradeable within account.

Halloween Hot Week

UTC: October 29 at 12:00 AM – November 4 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 30 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

• During the event period, log in and click the gift box icon on the left side of the screen to receive a Gift Box, and then double-click the box in your inventory to open it.
• The Gift Box can be obtained once in a 24-hour period every day between the hours of 5:00 PM PDT / 8:00 PM EDT / 1:00 AM CET / 11:00 AM AEDT, and 4:59 PM PDT / 7:59 PM EDT / 12:59 AM CET / 10:59 AM AEDT.
• If you have more than 30 unclaimed gifts, you may not be able to see the Hot Week reward. Please clear any unclaimed gifts and login again to see the Hot Week reward.
• If you obtain and open each Gift Box every day from Monday to Saturday, then on Sunday—in addition to Sunday's reward—you can select another gift! You can select one from all of the items that were given out from Monday to Saturday. You are not required to have opened each day’s Gift Box on the same character in order to be eligible for the extra gift, but it does have to be with characters in the same world (multiple worlds in World Alliances don't count).
• Reward items for each day's Gift Box are listed below.

Rewards:

• Monday, October 29
• Pendant of the Spirit: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Unique equipped item, time limit extension is not possible.
  
• Tuesday, October 30
• Special Medal of Honor (x3): Untradeable.
• Wednesday, October 31
  
• Hyper Teleport Rock Coupon (7 Days): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  
• Thursday, November 1
  
• Mysterious Meso Pouch
• Friday, November 2
  
• 2x Drop Coupon (1 hour) (x3): Untradeable, 7-day duration. Use to receive 2x Drop for 1 hour.
• Saturday, November 3
  
• Nodestone: Untradeable.
• Sunday, November 4
  
• 1,000 Maple Reward Points: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  
• And if you received a Gift Box every day this week (with characters in the same world, not world alliance), then you can also select one additional reward from the items given Monday through Saturday!

Halloween 2x EXP & Drop

UTC: October 31 - November 1 during the times listed below

Requirement: Available for all levels

• We will be running a 2x EXP & Drop event! Be sure to mark your calendars so you don't miss out on this chance to power through your level-ups!
• October 31, 2018
  • UTC: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM and 6:00 - 9:00 PM
• November 1, 2018
  • UTC: 2:00 AM - 5:00 AM

OTHER NEW EVENTS

Infinite Pawsibilities

UTC: October 4 (after maintenance) – October 24 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

• Accept the quest '[Event] Infinite Pawsibilities' from the star event notifier on the left side of the screen.
• The dog of Infinite Pawsibilites, Beowoof, is coming to Maple World to celebrate the Halloween season and spread the joy of man’s best friend through his companion, the Custom Puppy!
• You will be given a Custom Puppy of your own that you can decorate by completing tasks pertaining to the following categories: Courage, Curiosity, and Stamina.
• Completing daily missions from Beowoof unlocks cute and spooky decoration options to dress up your Puppy.
• Here are the three types of missions you can go on to unlock decorations for your Custom Puppy:
  • Courage: Defeat the following bosses 3 times on any difficulty (bosses may be repeated):
    • Zakum, Horntail, Hilla, Pierre, Von Bon, Crimson Queen, Vellum, Von Leon, Arkarium, Magnus, Pink Bean, Cygnus or OMNI-CLN
  • Curiosity: Clear the following content 3 times on any difficulty (content may be repeated):
    • Monster Park, Nett's Pyramid, Dimension Invasion, Ghost Park, or Pollo/Fritto.
  • Stamina: Hunt 500 monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above).
• Upon completing the missions, you can receive the Courage, Curiosity, and Stamina Boxes.
  
• Complete missions multiple times to receive even more rewards.

Box Rewards:

• Courageous Balance Box: Untradeable. Must be opened by 11:59 PM UTC on the day it’s received. Open the box to receive:
  • 100 Reward Points: Untradeable, 1-day duration
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch: Untradeable, 1-day duration
• Curious Balance Box: Untradeable. Must be opened by 11:59 PM UTC on the day it’s received. Open the box to receive:
  • Pollo and Fritto Entry Ticket: Untradeable, 1-day duration
  • Monster Park REBORN Coupon: Tradeable within account on same world, 1-day duration
• Enduring Balance Box: Untradeable. Must be opened by 11:59 PM UTC on the day it’s received. Open the box to receive:
  • 2x EXP Coupon (x2) (15 minutes): Untradeable, 1-day duration
  • 2x Drop Coupon (x2) (15 minutes): Untradeable, 1-day duration

Mission Rewards:

• Complete 15 Courage missions - Custom Puppy Medal: Untradeable. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +7, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +5, MaxHP/MaxMP +500.
• Complete 15 Curiosity missions - Custom Puppy Damage Skin: 7-day duration, untradeable.
  
• Complete 15 Stamina missions - Custom Puppy Ring: Untradeable. Weapon ATT/Magic ATT + 2.

Groovy Smoothie Rewards:

[Updated October 15 at 10:20 AM PDT]

• Beowoof also has a mission (can be completed daily per world) to hold onto a Groovy Smoothie for 30 minutes! Turning in the quest will reward you with:
  • Rested Balance Box: Untradeable. Must be opened by 11:59 PM UTC on the day it’s received. Receiving the Rested Balance Box also counts towards Maple Missions! Open the box to receive:
    • 50 Maple Reward Points: Untradeable, 1-day duration.
      
    • 2x EXP Buff (15-Minute): Untradeable, 1-day duration.
      
    • Custom Puppy Pep Buff: Gives Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +20 for 15 minutes.
• Additionally, completing the mission on the 5th, 10th, and 15th days gives the following items:
  • Day 5 - Custom Puppy Whiskers: 30-day duration.
    
  • Day 10 - Custom Puppy Hat: 30-day duration.
  • Day 15 - Custom Puppy Cape: 30-day duration.

Sunny Sunday Perk

[Updated November 7 at 5:18 PM PST] Added Morass to one of the perks for November 11.

[Updated November 6 at 6:42 PM PST] Corrected the perks for November 11.

[Updated October 11 at 10:10 AM PDT] One of the perks for October 14 has been updated.

UTC: October 7 at 12:00 AM - October 7 at 11:59 PM
UTC: October 14 at 12:00 AM - October 14 at 11:59 PM
UTC: October 21 at 12:00 AM - October 21 at 11:59 PM
UTC: October 28 at 12:00 AM - October 28 at 11:59 PM
UTC: November 4 at 12:00 AM - November 4 at 11:59 PM
UTC: November 11 at 12:00 AM - November 11 at 11:59 PM

• Log in on each Sunday during the event period to enjoy various perks.
• Week 1 - October 7, 2018
  • [All Worlds] Receive 50% off when you do Potential appraisals or resets.
  • [All Worlds] Receive 30% off when you do Star Force enhancements.
  • [Non-Reboot Worlds] Receive 50% off when you do Spell Trace enhancements.
    
  • [Reboot World] Receive 2x Drop when hunting in Reboot (EU) or Reboot (NA) worlds.
• Week 2 - October 14, 2018
  • [All Worlds] Two Elite Monsters appear at once while hunting.      
  • [All Worlds] There's a 5x chance to get a Magnificent Soul when exchanging 10 Soul Shards.
• Week 3 - October 21, 2018
  • [All Worlds] Receive 2x the amount of EXP, mesos, and Ghost Coin rewards from Ghoulbusters events.
  • [All Worlds] The exploration time for Monster Collection will be reduced by 50%.
    
  • [All Worlds] The chance to receive new monsters for your Monster Collection is doubled.
  • [All Worlds] You can complete 5x as many Surprise Missions.
  • [All Worlds] Surprise Missions will appear more frequently.
  • [All Worlds] Receive 2x EXP from completing Surprise Missions.
• Week 4 - October 28, 2018
  • [All Worlds] Receive 2x the amount of EXP, mesos, and Ghost Coin rewards from Ghoulbusters events.
    
  • [All Worlds] Receive 2x EXP Coupon (30 min) x2. (Can be received once per world.)
  • [All Worlds] There's a 5x chance to get a Magnificent Soul when exchanging 10 Soul Shards.
  • [All Worlds] Receive 50% off when you do Ability resets.
• Week 5 - November 4, 2018
  • [All Worlds] Receive 50% off when you do Potential appraisals or resets.
  • [Non-Reboot Worlds] Receive 50% off when you do Spell Trace enhancements.
  • [Reboot World] Receive 2x Drop when hunting in Reboot (EU) or Reboot (NA) worlds.
• Week 6 - November 11, 2018
  • [All Worlds] Receive 2x the Arcane Symbols from the Arcane River daily quests (Vanishing Journey, Hungry Muto, and Morass).
  • [All Worlds] Receive 2x Coins from Arcane River daily content (Dream Defender and Spirit Savior).
  • [All Worlds] The Spirit Savior daily coin limit is doubled.
  • [All Worlds] Receive 2x the EXP from Pollo and Fritto Bounty Hunting.

#Maple Hashtag

[Updated October 11 at 1:45 PM PDT]

UTC: October 24 at 12:00 AM – November 6 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

• Accept the quest '[Hashtag] Maple Hashtag!' from the star event notifier on the left side of the screen.
• #TotallyAMapler, #AwesomeEvent, #CuteSlimes! Are you ready for the #Maple Hashtag event? Time to create a #MapleTastic Chair!
  
• Live out your MapleStory social media dreams through NPC Cassandra’s greatest creation for the millennial Mapler: the Hashtag Chair. The Hashtag Chair can be upgraded through the use of Hashtag Points.
• To obtain Hashtag Points, hunt monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above). Up to 100 Hashtag Points can be obtained per day.
• Upon completing the daily quest '[Hashtag] Daily Hashtag Point', you can receive the following reward:
  • Spell Trace (x100)
• Your chair will automatically upgrade based on the amount of Hashtag Points obtained. The following parts of the Hashtag Chair can be changed:
  • Expression
  • Pose
  • Background
  • Comment
• In order to obtain backgrounds, you’ll need to go to specific maps and use the Hashtag Phone to take a photograph of the area. Explore Maple World to find the maps where these locations can be photographed:
  • Pet Path Flag
  • Rina’s Dining Table
  • Dark Cave Path
  • Pink Mushroom Coral
  • Ludibrium Teddy Sign
  • Secret Garden at Dusk
  • Ellinel Academy Bookcase
  • Yellow and Pink Coral
  • Gold Beach Giant Clam
  • Night in Magatia
  • Mu Lung Stone Steps
  • Young Desert Cactus
  • Ito’s Sunny House
  • Orbis Tower B2
  • Sky Ferry Steps
  • Forest of Beginning Steps
  • Edelstein Mansion
  • Peach Farm
  • Aurora over the Temple of Time
  • Korean Folk Town Fence
  • Edelstein Temporary Airport
  • Fantasy Theme World Main Gate
  • Maya’s Desk Clock
  • Kerning Jazz Bar
  • Six Path Crossway Towards Ellinia
  • Tru’s Info Shop
  • Tangyoon’s Food
  • Leafre’s High Ground
  • Heracle at the Hall of Heroes
  • Secret Plaza Chalkboard
  • Edelstein Hair Salon
  • Clean Black Brick Wall
  • Park Acorn Tree
• Up to 14 items can be placed on the chair. When customizing your Hashtag Chair, you can’t use the same hashtag more than once and a maximum of 7 hashtags can be used. There is no limit to the number of emoticons you can use.
  
• The Character Pose can be selected starting at chair Level 2.
• Upon reaching chair level 4, the daily acquisition limit for Hashtag Points is removed. Also upon reaching chair level 4 you’ll receive a quest called '[Hashtag] Gift for a Hashtag Master' that will make your Hashtag Chair permanent!
• The Hashtag Chair will disappear if you don’t upgrade it to level 4 by the end of the event.

Rewards:

• Hashtag Master Chair: Permanent, untradeable.
• Each time your chair levels up you gain a reward:
  • Chair Level 1 Reward - 2x Drop Coupon (60 min) (x2): 7-day duration, Untradable.
  • Chair Level 2 Reward - 2x EXP Coupon (30 min) (x2): 7-day duration, Untradable.
    
  • Chair Level 3 Reward - Master Craftsman's Cube: 7-day duration, tradeable within account.
  • Chair Level 4 Reward - Meister's Cube:  7-day duration, tradeable within account.
    

Chair Customization Items:

• Emotions:
  • Chair Level 1
    • Basic
    • Chuckle
    • Sob
  • Chair Level 2
    • Rage
    • Bwuh
    • Eep
  • Chair Level 3
    • Sparkle
    • Twinkle
    • Yay
  • Chair Level 4
    • Luv
    • Wink
    • Kissy
• Poses:
  • Standing up (one hand)
  • Standing up (two hands)
  • Walk (one hand)
  • Walk (two hands)
  • Jumping
  • Crouch
  • Catching Your Breath
  • Landing
  • Stab
• Backgrounds:
  • Default
  • Yellow
    
  • Light green
    
  • Sky blue
    
  • Purple
    
  • Pink
    
  • Pet Path Flag
  • Rina’s Dining Table
  • Dark Cave Path
  • Pink Mushroom Coral
  • Ludibrium Teddy Sign
  • Secret Garden at Dusk
  • Ellinel Academy Bookcase
  • Yellow and Pink Coral
  • Gold Beach Giant Clam
  • Night in Magatia
  • Mu Lung Stone Steps
  • Young Desert Cactus
  • Ito’s Sunny House
  • Orbis Tower B2
  • Sky Ferry Steps
  • Forest of Beginning Steps
  • Edelstein Mansion
  • Peach Farm
  • Aurora over the Temple of Time
  • Korean Folk Town Fence
  • Edelstein Temporary Airport
  • Fantasy Theme World Main Gate
  • In Front of Ereve Fountain
  • Maya’s Desk Clock
  • Kerning Jazz Bar
  • Six Path Crossway Towards Ellinia
  • Tru’s Info Shop
  • Tangyoon’s Food
  • Leafre’s High Ground
  • Heracle at the Hall of Heroes
  • Secret Plaza Chalkboard
  • Edelstein Hair Salon
  • Clean Black Brick Wall
  • Park Acorn Tree
• Emoticons:
  • Expressionless
  • Tears
  • Abrupt Rage
  • Thanks!
  • Hehe
  • Mesos
  • Up arrow
  • Down arrow
  • Friends
  • Maple Leaf
  • Nodestone
  • Medal
  • Orange Mushroom
  • Slime
  • Pink Bean
  • Yeti
  • Pepe
  • Rock Spirit
• Hashtags:
  • World hashtags vary based on the world your character is in.
  • Job hashtags vary based on your character's job (such as Wind Archer, Blaster, Evan, etc).
  • Job category hashtags vary based on your character's main job category (such as Warrior, Magician, Bowman, Thief, Pirate).
  • Faction category hashtags vary based on your character's job faction (such as Explorer, Resistance, Hero, etc).
  • Lv. 200 hashtags vary based on certain 5th job skills. You can only receive one of these hashtags.
  • Legion hashtags vary based on your Legion level.
  • Achievement hashtags vary based on the Maple Achievements you complete.
  • Title and medal achievements vary based on which of these items you receive.
  • Hard Boss achievements vary based on which bosses you defeat on Hard Mode.
  • There are also special hidden hashtags for you to discover based on actions you do in-game!

Help the Toben Hair Hero

UTC: October 24 at 12:00 AM – November 6 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

• Accept the quest '[Beginner Hero Class] Help the Toben Hair Hero! Guide' from the star event notifier on the left side of the screen.
• This event can be participated once per world.
• A new Mapler has appeared, known simply as the Toben Hair Hero! Take him under your wing and help teach him the ropes of what it takes to be a Mapler!
• In return for each successful lesson, the Toben Hair Hero will reward you with a useful item.
• The Toben Hair Hero can be found in Henesys, Leafre, and Nameless Town.
• One lesson will open up each day, for a total of 10 lessons.
  
• After each lesson, the Toben Hair Hero will ask you a question pertaining to different aspects of Maple World.
• If you don’t answer the Toben Hair Hero’s question, you won’t be able to claim your reward.
• Lesson List:
  • Lesson 1: Hunt monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above)
    
  • Lesson 2: Hunt Elite monsters
  • Lesson 3: Clear Pollo and Fritto
  • Lesson 4: Activate Runes
  • Lesson 5: Perform Combo Kills
  • Lesson 6: Perform multi KOs
  • Lesson 7: Clear Surprise Missions
  • Lesson 8: Participate in an Inferno Wolf Raid
  • Lesson 9: Hunt monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above)
    
  • Lesson 10: Hunt Elite bosses
• Upon completion of the 10th lesson, a daily mission will become available.

Rewards:

• Lesson 1 - Pendant of the Spirit: 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Lesson 2 - Spell Trace (x2,000)
• Lesson 3 - Gold Potential Stamp: 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Lesson 4 - Selective 8 Slot Coupon: 7-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Lesson 5 - Master Craftsman’s Cube: 7-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Lesson 6 - Trait Boost Potion: 7-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Lesson 7 - Epic Potential Scroll 50%: 7-day duration, untradeable.
• Lesson 8 - Storm Growth Potion: 7-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Lesson 9 - Meister’s Cube: 7-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Lesson 10 - Maple World Teacher: Title. Stats expire November 22, 2018 but title is permanent. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +15, Weapon Attack/Magic Attack +15, Boss Damage +15%, Defense Ignored +15%, MaxHP/MaxMP +750.
• Daily Mission - 2x EXP Coupon (15 Min): 7-day duration, untradeable.

Spell Trace Fever Time

UTC: October 27 - October 29 during the times listed below

Requirement: Available for all levels, in non-Reboot worlds only.

• Enjoy increased rates of success when upgrading your equipment during our Spell Trace Fever Time Event!
• October 27, 2018
  • UTC: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
• October 28, 2018
  
  • UTC: 2:00 AM - 4:00 AM and 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
• October 29, 2018
  
  • UTC: 2:00 AM - 4:00 AM

Hasty Hunting

UTC: October 31 at 12:00 AM - November 6 at 11:59 PM
UTC: November 7 at 12:00 AM - November 13 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

• Accept the quest '[Haste] Hunt Faster!' to get started.
• Complete up to 9 different missions every day and unlock a Hasty Hunting Box for each mission completed.
• The quality of the box you open will get better as you open more boxes.
• The 9 missions are:
  • Hunt 999 monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above)
    
  • Hunt 20 Elite monsters
  • Hunt 1 Elite boss
  • Clear Pollo and Fritto 3 times
  • Defeat the Inferno Wolf once
  • Activate 5 Runes
  • Clear 3 Surprise Missions
  • Perform a 500 Combo Kill
  • Perform 100 multi KOs
• If you complete all 9 missions and open all 9 boxes for the day, you will be given the weekly Hasty Hunting mission.
  • The Week 1 mission requires you to hunt 44,444 monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above).
  • The Week 2 mission requires you to hunt 88,888 monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above).

Daily Box Rewards:

• There are 4 tiers of Hasty Hunting boxes: Basic Hasty Hunting Box (Green), Intermediate Hasty Hunting Box (Blue), Advanced Hasty Hunting Box (Purple), and Superior Hasty Hunting Box (Red).
• The first three boxes received every day are the Basic Hasty Hunting Box which you can open to receive one of the following items:
  • Spell Trace (x100)
  • Occult Cube
  • Power Elixir (x10)
  • Basic Hunter’s Honor Medal: 7-day duration
  • Silver Potential Stamp: 7-day duration
  • Chaos Scroll 100%: 7-day duration. Available in non-Reboot worlds only.
  • Pure Clean Slate Scroll 5%: 7-day duration. Available in non-Reboot worlds only.
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x5): Available in Reboot worlds only.
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x10): Available in Reboot worlds only.
• The next three boxes received are the Intermediate Hasty Hunting Box which you can open to receive one of the following items:
  • Spell Trace (x200)
  • Occult Cube (x5)
  • Power Elixir (x20)
  • Intermediate Hunter’s Honor Medal: 7-day duration
  • Gold Potential Stamp: 7-day duration
  • Chaos Scroll 100%: 7-day duration. Available in non-Reboot worlds only.
  • Golden Hammer 50%: 7-day duration. Available in non-Reboot worlds only.
  • Pure Clean Slate Scroll 10%: 7-day duration. Available in non-Reboot worlds only.
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x5): Available in Reboot worlds only.
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x10): Available in Reboot worlds only.
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x20): Available in Reboot worlds only.
• The next two boxes received are the Advanced Hasty Hunting Box which you can open to receive one of the following items:
  • Spell Trace (x500)
  • Occult Cube (x10)
  • Intermediate Hunter’s Honor Medal: 7-day duration
  • Golden Hammer 50%: 7-day duration. Available in non-Reboot worlds only.
    
  • Epic Potential Scroll 50%: 7-day duration
  • Pure Clean Slate Scroll 10%: 7-day duration. Available in non-Reboot worlds only.
    
  • Innocence Scroll 50%: 7-day duration. Available in non-Reboot worlds only.
    
  • Powerful Rebirth Flame: 7-day duration
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x10): Available in Reboot worlds only.
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x20): Available in Reboot worlds only.
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x30): Available in Reboot worlds only.
• The final box that you receive is the Superior Hasty Hunting Box which you can open to receive one of the following items:
  • Spell Trace (x800)
  • Occult Cube (x20)
  • Advanced Hunter’s Honor Medal: 7-day duration
  • Pure Clean Slate Scroll 10%: 7-day duration. Available in non-Reboot worlds only.
    
  • Master Craftsman’s Cube: 7-day duration
  • Powerful Rebirth Flame: 7-day duration
  • Meister’s Cube: 7-day duration
  • Eternal Rebirth Flame: 7-day duration
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x20): Available in Reboot worlds only.

Weekly Mission Rewards:

• Completing the first weekly mission rewards you with:
  • Soccer Uniform Damage Skin: 14-day duration, permanently applied upon use, untradeable.
  • Powerful Rebirth Flame: 14-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Completing the second weekly mission rewards you with:
  • The Wave Chair: Untradeable
  • Eternal Rebirth Flame: 14-day duration, tradeable within account.
• Completing both weekly missions allows you to complete a quest which rewards you with:
  • True Embodiment of Haste: STR/DEX/INT/LUK +50, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +20, Boss Damage +30%, Ignore DEF +30%, MaxHP/MaxMP +2,500. 30-day stat duration, but title is permanent. Untradeable.

BLACK MAGE PRE-EVENTS

Black Mage Hot Week

UTC: November 5 at 12:00 AM – November 13 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 30 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

• During the event period, log in and click the gift box icon on the left side of the screen to receive a Gift Box, and then double-click the box in your inventory to open it.
• The Gift Box can be obtained once in a 24-hour period every day between the hours of 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST / 1:00 AM CET / 11:00 AM AEDT, and 3:59 PM PST / 6:59 PM EST / 12:59 AM CET / 10:59 AM AEDT.
• If you have more than 30 unclaimed gifts, you may not be able to see the Hot Week reward. Please clear any unclaimed gifts and login again to see the Hot Week reward.
• If you obtain and open each Gift Box every day from Monday to Saturday, then on Sunday—in addition to Sunday's reward—you can select another gift! You can select one from all of the items that were given out from Monday to Saturday. You are not required to have opened each day’s Gift Box on the same character in order to be eligible for the extra gift, but it does have to be with characters in the same world (multiple worlds in World Alliances don't count).
• Reward items for each day's Gift Box are listed below.

Rewards:

• Monday, November 5
• Hyper Teleport Rock Coupon (7 Days): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Tuesday, November 6
• Selective 8 Slot Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Wednesday, November 7
  
• Trait Boost Potion: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  
• Thursday, November 8
  
• Spell Trace (x300)
  
• Friday, November 9
  
• 2x Drop Coupon (1 hour) (x3): Untradeable, 7-day duration. Use to receive 2x Drop for 1 hour.
• Saturday, November 10
  
• 2x EXP Coupon (30 min) (x3): Untradeable, 7-day duration. Use to receive 2x EXP for 30 minutes.
• Sunday, November 11
  
• 2,000 Maple Reward Points: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  
• And if you received a Gift Box every day this week (with characters in the same world, not world alliance), then you can also select one additional reward from the items given Monday through Saturday!
• Monday, November 12
  • Nodestone (x3): Untradeable.
• Tuesday, November 13
  • Character Slot Expansion Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration.