Attention Maplers,

Seeking a new fast-paced thrill? KartRider: Drift is revving up and racing towards its second Closed Beta period! The KartRider: Drift team has been working hard on this new free-to-play, cross-platform kart racer since it was announced last November, and are looking to see what you think of the high-speed action this June!


Sign up today and join us on June 3 to see Nexon America's next game in action as KartRider: Drift shows off new tracks, a new character, new skins, and a bevy of improvements made thanks to our beta testers' feedback!



We'll also be giving away special rewards for signing up and taking part in the Race to Closed Beta event, including KartRider: Drift hats, keyboards, gaming chairs and more! You can find out more on the KartRider: Drift website, and be sure to sign-up, and return when the Closed Beta begins on Wednesday, June 3!

 

Our time together in MapleStory 2 will soon be ending, but that doesn't mean that the memories have to end with it. We've compiled together all of the art assets and music for MapleStory 2 that was available to us here at Nexon America, and created an archive page where you can download them. The music playlist is hosted on our official YouTube channel which you can also find embedded on the archive page.

We wanted another opportunity to thank you all for playing the game, and we hope that there were at least a few good memories that you made along the way to take with you on your next adventure!

Check out the archive page here.

- The MapleStory 2 Team
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Dear Maplers,

With extremely heavy hearts, we are deeply saddened to inform you that we will be closing down the Global MapleStory 2 service on May 27th, 2020.

We are forever grateful for your patience and dedication to MapleStory 2 as we tried to rework the game starting with Project New Leaf, but ultimately we’ve decided that we will not be able to provide the type of service that would live up to your expectations. We took a hard look at the current state of the game and its future roadmap, and sadly reached the conclusion that it would be difficult to maintain long-term continuation of the game while remaining true to what made MapleStory 2 your MapleStory 2.

As part of this news, we are disabling the ability to purchase additional Blue Merets and Meso Tokens effective today. We will continue to support MapleStory 2 throughout the next couple months, although this will be our last update. The game will still be available free-to-play via the Nexon Launcher and Steam.

Additionally, we’ll be running several closing community and in-game events to celebrate our last few months together. You can check out the details here.

Please see below for a timeline of the MapleStory 2 service closure, as well as our refund policy.

Timeline

• March 18, 2020 after maintenance
  • Blue Merets and Meso Tokens can no longer be purchased. Any remaining Blue Merets in the inventory can still be used.
  • Refunds will be processed for qualifying purchases. Please see details regarding our refund policy below.
  • Final in-game and community events will begin.
• May 27, 2020
  • Close MapleStory 2 servers.
  • Close MapleStory 2 website, forums, and Discord.
• June 26, 2020
  • Discontinue Customer Support for MapleStory 2.

Refund Policy

• Purchases made via the Nexon Launcher or through our website between December 11, 2019 12:00 AM PST and March 18, 2020 8:00 AM PDT will be refunded the full price in NX.
• Refunds will be made in NX; the same type of NX (Credit or Prepaid) that was used to make the original purchase.
• For any questions, please contact Customer Support.
• [UPDATED] We would like to offer Steam players credit in NX Prepaid for Blue Meret or Meso Token purchases between made December 11, 2019 12:00 AM PST and March 18, 2020 8:00 AM PDT if purchases were made with Steam Wallet in-game.
  • In order to do this, please contact Nexon's Customer Support team, rather than Steam's Customer Support. Since this process is through us and not Steam, please provide us with proof of the purchases (screenshots of the Steam Purchase History and your Steam ID) within the eligible period.
  • We cannot refund MapleStory 2 DLC Packs purchased through Steam. Only Blue Meret purchases made within the time window above are eligible for credit in NX.
  • Any purchases made through Steam must abide by their refund policy found here.

We are very thankful for the support we’ve had since MapleStory 2 was announced. Our players are some of the most passionate and committed, and we have enjoyed the experience of creating this game with all of you. Thank you to everyone who stayed with us and took the time to share feedback and creativity. You made the overall experience so wonderful.

- The MapleStory 2 Team

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, March 18th at 8 AM PDT. During this period, all servers will be unavailable. We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 3 hours, concluding at around 11:00 AM PDT, March 18th.

Update 11:00 AM PDT: The maintenance has been completed.

- Start and End Times -

• PDT (UTC -7): 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
• EDT (UTC -4): 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
• BRT (UTC -3): 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
• CET (UTC +1): 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• AEDT (UTC +11): 2:00 AM - 5:00 AM, March 19th.

Please note that the estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.

- What -

• Server Maintenance
• Deploying the March patch. Notes on game changes will be available on Wednesday, March 18th, at 11:00 AM PDT.

Welcome to the MapleStory 2 Art Corner! To celebrate the wonderful community that's helped to make Maple World such a vibrant, colorful place to be, we've decided to take this space to display some of our favorite fan art that we've gathered from you, our players! If you'd like to submit your own art, you can do so via this handy form. Selected submissions come with an added reward of 2,000,000 Mesos & Special Fan Artist Name Tag, sent directly to your in-game mail within a week of the post!



Here are our favorite submissions this week ~ Please remember that the links to websites operated by third parties are not under the control, or endorsed by, Nexon and Nexon is not responsible for the contents of any linked website.



Artist: Zombie
Character: Khotton of NA West
Twitter: @Z0mbie_exe
Website: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/13658598

"It all started because I wanted some in-game avatar for me, and then for my friends, and now I have a file full of silly drawings...!"



Artist: w0725
Character: w0725 of NA East
Instagram: @wanda81490

"My artwork was drawn in Paint Tool SAI and it took a good 5-6 hours to complete. It's a drawing of Mint."



Artist: mooms
Character: mooms of NA West
Twitter: @m13053382

"wan"



Artist: Cowoffe
Character: FrogEyes of Europe
Twitter: @cowoffe
Instagram: @cowoffe
Website: https://www.artstation.com/cowoffe

"He fine that's why I drew him"



Artist: ArtistDaura
Character: Halsien of NA East
Twitter: @ArtistDaura
Instagram: @artistdaura

"It's my in-game ice wizard main (and OC) in MapleStory 2, Halsien! What class do you play~?"



Artist: Arcesius
Character: Verabeara of NA West
Twitter: @arcesiusx

"Mint's finger heart is so powerful..."



Artist: Fwimen
Character: Fwimen of Europe

"So it's pretty clear, It's my in game character. I was playing this game for over a year and it's so fun to spent my free time in it. It became even more fun once I started playing with friends from around the game, Gained more social experience over the time:)"



Artist: Bee
Character: Wingull of NA West
Twitter: @wiggIybuff
Website: https://wigglybuff.carrd.co/

"A commission for my lovely guildie! Really proud of this drawing!!"

The Slime Variety Capsule is a regularly rotating list of miscellaneous cosmetic items that you can obtain to spruce up your adventures in MapleStory 2! Each ticket costs 100 Blue Merets and when used, brings up the capsule machine for you to spin. The Slime Variety Capsule's contents rotate on the 1st of every month at UTC time.

If you obtain an item that you don't like or an extra of something you've already received, you can dismantle it for 1 Series Coin which you can double-click in your Currency tab to bring you to a shop where you can spend your coins at the associated Series Coins Shop! Double-clicking the coin will always bring you to the specific shop it came from, even after the list of available items from the capsule changes.

Check out the full list of items available from the Slime Variety Capsule Series 4, along with their rates on the official webpost!

The Ducky Outfit Capsule is a regularly rotating list of thematic cosmetic outfits that you can obtain to show off your own unique style in MapleStory 2! Each ticket costs 150 Blue Merets and when used, brings up the capsule machine for you to spin. The Ducky Outfit Capsule's contents rotate on the 1st and 15th of every month at UTC time.

If you obtain an item that you don't like or an extra of something you've already received, you can dismantle it for 1 Series Coin which you can double-click in your Currency tab to bring you to a shop where you can spend your coins at the associated Series Coins Shop! Double-clicking the coin will always bring you to the specific shop it came from, even after the list of available items from the capsule changes.

Check out the full list of items available from the Ducky Outfit Capsule Series 6, along with their rates on the [url=http://maplestory2.nexon.net/en/news/article/
56170/ducky-capsule-series-6]official webpost[/url]!

Welcome to the MapleStory 2 Art Corner! To celebrate the wonderful community that's helped to make Maple World such a vibrant, colorful place to be, we've decided to take this space to display some of our favorite fan art that we've gathered from you, our players! If you'd like to submit your own art, you can do so via this handy form. Selected submissions come with an added reward of 2,000,000 Mesos & Special Fan Artist Name Tag, sent directly to your in-game mail within a week of the post!



Here are our favorite submissions this week ~ Please remember that the links to websites operated by third parties are not under the control, or endorsed by, Nexon and Nexon is not responsible for the contents of any linked website.



Artist: Slobbery
Character: Habuta of NA West
Twitter: @_Slobbery_

"I've been playing the game for a few days with friends and I completely fall in love with it, as well as my character that I couldn't help drawing with his little piglet pet! I hope to play long enough to have a pig mount in the game and redo a drawing of it!"



Artist: мεΐ
Character: Mei of NA West

"Because the dress dyes so well"



Artist: shoukaihan
Character: Similar of NA West
Twitter: @shoukaihan

"a chibi of my archer"



Artist: Thoughts Machine
Character: Laez of NA West
Twitter: @ThoughtsMach1ne

"Lazy Pink Bean-themed Game Room. On a hot summer day, put on the air con and play MapleStory 2 with your friend."



Artist: pom
Character: K0KORO of NA East
Twitter: @millkaww
Instagram: @iw_83

"icon for my MapleStory 2 character"



Artist: Soba
Character: Soba of NA West
Twitter: @SobaMS2

"This is a traditional art sketch of Rickyzatch14 (Uncle Ricky) from NA West, by Soba :-) He carries Soba in all sorts of raids, all the time. What a good uncle. Materials used: pencil and black micron pens (005, 001, 08, 1) on 50 lb paper"



Artist: Faith
Character: Faithie of NA East
Twitter: @lonlonmilks

"my BB ‘sassin all warm n cozy ☺️"



Artist: SyrinLune
Character: Komoki of Europe
Twitter: @syrin_lune
Website: https://www.facebook.com/syrin.lune/

"I thought Kyle, who only can be only be seen once when playing Thief, definitely needs more attention, so I started working on this artwork...Just a day later I saw that you now can get his hair with the new update xD He has such a cool character design!"

The Ducky Outfit Capsule is a regularly rotating list of thematic cosmetic outfits that you can obtain to show off your own unique style in MapleStory 2! Each ticket costs 150 Blue Merets and when used, brings up the capsule machine for you to spin. The Ducky Outfit Capsule's contents rotate on the 1st and 15th of every month at UTC time.

If you obtain an item that you don't like or an extra of something you've already received, you can dismantle it for 1 Series Coin which you can double-click in your Currency tab to bring you to a shop where you can spend your coins at the associated Series Coins Shop! Double-clicking the coin will always bring you to the specific shop it came from, even after the list of available items from the capsule changes.

Check out the full list of items available from the Ducky Outfit Capsule Series 5, along with their rates on the official webpost!

Coming February 12th, the Lovely Update brings a plethora of useful updates to certain merchants throughout Maple World, who will now offer you useful items you didn't have access to before! Additions to the Treva merchant, Aetherine Core Supply Shop, and Guild Shop give you new reasons to delve into that content.

Additionally, with major pet changes, Maplers will have a more fluid-paced experience either taming hungry pets in Kritias in search of a brand new pal or on the journey to a legendary pet.

Check out all the changes, upcoming Valentine's events, and more on the v19 official patch notes here!