Available in the Special Promotions > Limited Time category in non-Reboot worlds only:

• PDT (UTC -7): Saturday, September 29, 2018 1:00 AM – Monday, October 15, 2018 12:59 AM
  
• EDT (UTC -4): Saturday, September 29, 2018 4:00 AM – Monday, October 15, 2018 3:59 AM
  
• CEST (UTC +2): Saturday, September 29, 2018 10:00 AM – Monday, October 15, 2018 9:59 AM
  
• AEST (UTC +10): Saturday, September 29, 2018 6:00 PM – Monday, October 15, 2018 6:59 PM (AEDT)

Get rewards! The Philosopher's Book is a special event item that will give you two random in-game items when you open it. You will receive two random items, one from two separate reward pools.

Several new items have been included:

• 100% 17-Star Enhancement (Lv. 150)
  
• 100% 15-Star Enhancement (Lv. 150)
  
• Eternal Rebirth Flame
  
• Forever Unrelenting Flames
  
• Powerful Rebirth Flame
  
• Soul Extractor

We've also made changes to the reward list:

• A- and B-rank Nebulites have been removed.
  
• Certain items have been moved from the first reward pool into the second, including the following:
  • 20 Slot Bags: Mineral, Herb, Title, Chair, Soul, Production, Recipe
    
  • Ten- and Twelve- Chair Bags
    
  • Permanent Mounts: Witch's Broomstick Mount, Double Pink Unicorn Mount, Flying Bed Mount, Friend Mount, Double Aria Assistant Mount, Gargoyle Mount, Decapatruck Mount

In addition to the above changes, you can still receive items such as:

• Frenzy Totem: Totem. Trade disabled when equipped. Unique Item. STR/DEX/INT/LUK: +30. Weapon ATT/Magic ATT: +10. Grants the Monolith skill which, when used, increases monster count and monster respawn time on the current map.
  
• Permanent Pendant Slot Expansion Coupon: Use this coupon to permanently increase the number of pendant slots in your Equip inventory. Now you will be able to equip 1 additional pendant!
  
• Lv. 150 Fafnir weapons
  
• Rings: Lightning God Ring, Scarlet Ring, Ultimatum Ring
  
  
  
  
• Androids: Damienroid, Aliciaroid, Battle-Roids, Succubus Android, Maidroid, Orchiroid, Lotusroid, Fairy Roids, Cool Moonbeam Roid
  
  
  
  
• Planet Chair set
  
  
  
  
• Lv. 160 Sweetwater accessories
  
• Android Hearts: Permanent Liquid-Metal Heart, Titanium Heart, and Outlaw Heart
  
• Gollux Pendant and Belts
  
• Lv. 140 Empress set equips
  
• Special Scrolls: Unique Potential Scrolls 80%/100%, 9th Anniversary Prime Scrolls, and Lv. 150/Lv. 160 Star Force 12 Star 100% Enhancement
  And more!

Each Philosopher's Book can only be used once. Click here to read more about the Philosopher's Book!

Note: The Philosopher's Book can only be purchased with NX Prepaid and Maple Points.

• Philosopher's Book
  • Price (1): 2,600 NX
    
  • Price (11): 26,000 NX
    
  • Duration: 90 days

Game service has resumed at 03:00HRS (PDT) / 06:00HRS (EDT).

Happy Gaming!

Dear Heroes,

There will be a scheduled service maintenance on September 27th, 2018 starting from 12:00HRS (PDT) / 03:00HRS (EDT).

During the maintenance, heroes will not be able to connect to the game including steam users and are expected to be resumed by 03:00HRS (PDT) / 06:00HRS (EDT).


We strongly recommend that you log out of the game before the stipulated time to avoid any item loss.

Best,

EYEDENTITY GAMES

Get ready for MapleStory’s biggest update ever as Maple World prepares for battle against the sinister Black Mage! The excitement starts with pre-events in the upcoming October update. The Black Mage updates begin in earnest in November, with the ultimate battle coming by the end of the year!

Here’s the release schedule:

• November - Black Mage: Gathering of Heroes
  
• November - Black Mage: Prelude to War
  
• December - Black Mage: Labyrinth
  
• December - Black Mage: Final Battle

Click here to visit the website and join the fight. The Maple Alliance needs you!


Over the coming months, we’ll feature several events on the website to help you prepare, so make sure to check back regularly!




Starting in November, you can help the Maple Alliance prepare for war with all-new missions! Rise through the ranks and earn rewards and special skills.




Make sure you’re ready for the end-game! The Tera Burning event starting in November will let your character reach Lv. 200 three times faster. Content for players Lv. 200 and under will become easier and faster to complete, and the EXP curve will be lowered between Lv. 200 and 220.




Up your skill game in December with the addition of new 5th job skills for all character job categories (Warrior, Magician, Bowman, Thief, Pirate)! In addition, you will now receive all 5th Job skills as soon as you complete the job advancement.




Starting in November, you can explore the final region of Arcane River, Tenebris. This region is broken into different areas including foggy Moonbridge, the endless Labyrinth of Suffering, and the end of the river, Limina.




Deep within the Labyrinth of Suffering, you will confront Verus Hilla, reborn with the powers of the Black Mage! Available in December, you must face the fury of Hilla like never before.




Finally, in December, the time will come to go to war against the Black Mage! Prepare for Maple World’s ultimate battle!



Learn more here: http://maplestory.nexon.net/micro-site/blackmage

We have a fresh new batch of exciting events coming, including adorable new missions, awesome rewards, as well as balance updates for certain class skills and bosses. Read all about Darkness Looms here!

PDT (UTC -7): Sunday, September 23, 2018 5:00 PM – Sunday, September 30, 2018 4:59 PM
EDT (UTC -4): Sunday, September 23, 2018 8:00 PM – Sunday, September 30, 2018 7:59 PM
CEST (UTC +2): Monday, September 24, 2018 2:00 AM – Monday, October 1, 2018 1:59 AM
AEST (UTC +10): Monday, September 24, 2018 10:00 AM – Monday, October 1, 2018 9:59 AM

MapleStory will be having a whole week of Hot Days! All you have to do is log in to start receiving great items!



Log in each day with a character Lv. 30 or above, 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, resetting at 5:00 PM PDT / 8:00 PM EDT / 2:00 AM CEST / 10:00 AM AEST.

Once you receive the gift box, you can open it anytime before 2:00 AM PDT / 5:00 AM EDT / 11:00 AM CEST / 7:00 PM AEST of the following day.

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.

All rewards are for both Reboot and non-Reboot worlds unless specifically noted below.

• Monday, September 24
  • Production Soul Enchanter: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Tuesday, September 25
  • Storage Room 4 Slot Coupon: Untradeable.
• Wednesday, September 26
  • Epic Potential Scroll 100%: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Thursday, September 27
  • 1,000 Maple Reward Points: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Friday, September 28
  • 2x EXP Coupon (30 min) (x3): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Saturday, September 29
  • Spell Trace (x300): Untradeable.
• Sunday, September 30
  • Nodestone (x3): Untradeable.
    
  • Plus select one additional reward from the items given Monday through Saturday!

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 have 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 received 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).

This event is available to players Lv. 30 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2). You can receive one gift box per account per day.

This event is also part of Maple Missions! Participate in Hot Week 2 and complete Maple Missions to earn extra rewards! More information on Maple Missions here.

PDT (UTC -7): Saturday, September 22, 2018 5:00 PM – Sunday, September 23, 2018 4:59 PM
EDT (UTC -4): Saturday, September 22, 2018 8:00 PM – Sunday, September 23, 2018 7:59 PM
CEST (UTC +2): Sunday, September 23, 2018 2:00 AM – Monday, September 24, 2018 1:59 AM
AEST (UTC +10): Sunday, September 23, 2018 10:00 AM – Monday, September 24, 2018 9:59 AM

Join us on Sunday (UTC) for some special perks! All day long, you can enjoy the following benefits:

• Receive [50% off[/b] Ability resets!
  
• Two Elite monsters appear at once while hunting!
  
• Receive a Mega Character Burninator Coupon. This item is used to grant Mega Burning status to whichever character the player is currently using. The status lasts for 14 days, and grants an additional 2 levels for every level-up made between Lv. 10 and Lv. 149! (Can't be used on Zero characters. Coupon is tradeable within the player's account).

This event is also part of Maple Missions! Participate in Sunny Sunday and complete Maple Missions to earn extra rewards! More info on Maple Missions here.

Make sure to log in and take advantage of these perks!

Greetings Mercenaries,

There will be a monthly windows update next week Thursday, September 27th starting at 07:00 AM PDT. During this period, all servers will be unavailable, and we anticipate the update to last approximately 4 hours and 30 minutes, concluding at around 11:30 AM PDT.



Pacific: 07:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
Eastern: 10:00 AM - 02:30 PM EDT
Europe: 04:00 PM - 08:30 PM CEST
Australia: 00:00 AM (Thursday) - 04:30 AM AEST

* Estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.

• Windows Update

Thank you for your patience and understanding in advance.

- The Vindictus Team -