It's time to show off your Rank 1 Pumpkin Carving skills this spooky season! Carve, decorate, and design your real-life pumpkins to show off your Mabinogi spirit. Are you brave enough to carve the Celtic Knot logo? See below for full details!

Submission Dates: Tuesday, October 8th at 5:00 PM PDT  - Tuesday, October 29th at 5:00 PM PDT

How to Enter:

All Pumpkin Carvin' Milletians must submit the following information and files to the Official Mabinogi Discord Server #contest-submissions Channel:

1. Your In-Game Name
2. 2x photos of your pumpkin(s) (Maximum 6x)
   • Maximum of 2 designs

Take some photos of your carved creations and post them for Milletians to enjoy!

• Your pumpkins can be real, or artificial as you see fit.
• Pumpkins can be carved, painted, or designed however you'd like!

Need some help? Check out some of our Mabinogi Stencils here!



Judging will be as follows:

• Judging will be done internally by Nexon staff and Volunteer Moderators to select the Grand-Prize Pumpkin Carving Milletians.
  
  • Criteria will be based on:
    • 80% Creativity
    • 20% Composition

All submissions will be available for viewing after the contest has ended in the Mabinogi Official Discord's Contest Submission Channel.
To reward those who have shown they're Rank 1 in Pumpkin Carving, look out for these ghoulish gifts!

• 10x Winners will be selected to receive the following Grand Prizes below!
• For all participants, there is also a participation prize of 1x Halloween Candy 2nd Title Coupon, handpicked by CMs Arciellia and Elebon! 

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• The Royal Association of Artisans has been added.
  • Sinead in the Tara Rath Royal Castle has been tasked with handling the selection and book-keeping of the Royal Institution including:
    • Applying to the Royal Institution
    • The Selection Criteria
    • The official list of Royal Alchemists and Artisans
    • Viewing your Royal Points (when applying/selected)
    • Providing Royal Missions
• The Royal Institution only selects the best Milletians for these positions and the availability of spots is highly limited. In addition to Royal Alchemists, 3 new positions have been added with the following requirements for application:
  • Royal Blacksmith - Dan 3 Blacksmithing
  • Royal Tailor - Dan 3 Tailoring
  • Royal Enchanter Rank 1 Enchanting
• Each type of Royal Artisan only allows for 80 spots with the Royal Alchemists having increased their selection pool to 150 across the server of Erinn.
• You can only hold one type of Royal Artisan or Royal Alchemist position.
  • When applying for a different position in the Royal Institution, you must withdraw any active applications.
• The Royal Alchemist program has updated their application criteria to ensure the best Alchemists are picked with the following changes:
  • All Alchemy-related Skills Rank 1 (or Dan 3 where applicable)
    • Spirit Cylinder Awakening is excluded.
• Selection of all positions in the Royal Institution will be determined with Royal Points through the following criteria:
  • Journal Score + Activity Points
    • In cases of a tie in the above criteria, a Milletian’s Cumulative Level will be taken into account, as well as when they applied for the position.
• Journal Entries have been updated to reflect the new selection process:
  • The following Journal Achievements are not included:
    • Guild War Achievements
      • True Brilliance
      • A Good Day to Dye
      • Who Could Ask Fomor
      • Center of the Maelstrom
      • Down But Not Out
      • Becoming a Guardian Guild
      • Becoming a Guardian Guild: Finals
      • Guardians of Tir Chonaill
      • Guardians of Dunbarton
    • Transformation Achievements
      • Champion
      • Infra Black
      • Lord
      • Sage
    • The Kingdom’s Finest
      • This Journal Achievement has been renamed from “Elite Alchemist”.
    • Fashionable Diva
• When applying for a position with the Royal Institution, you’ll be provided with a Royal Notebook.
  • The Royal Notebook will allow you to:
    • View your current Royal Points for the application process
    • See who is currently a Royal Alchemist or Artisan
    • Receive Royal Missions
• The Activity Point system has been revamped.
  • The minimum 60 point threshold previously required for Royal Alchemists has been removed.
  • Activity Points are now earned through Royal Missions via various difficulties: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.
  • After you’ve applied for a Royal Alchemist or Artisan, you can begin taking on Royal Missions to increase your Royal Point score.
    • Acquiring Royal Missions (from Sinead or your Royal Notebook) will be logged in your quest log under the new “Royal Institution” tab.
    • Over 65 Royal Missions were added that can be received.
      • These quests can range from using a specified skill to delivering an item with a specific enchant depending on the difficulty of the mission.
  • To ensure a candidate of the Royal Institution is well-rounded in their proficiency, point caps have been placed on all levels of missions. Any points earned above the cap are ignored.
    • Beginner - maximum of 600 points
    • Intermediate - maximum of 300 points
    • Advanced - maximum of 150 points
  • Withdrawing your application from a Royal Institute position will forfeit any Activity Points you’ve acquired for the week so far.
  • You will also be awarded Activity Points for being logged into Erinn.
    • You will receive 2 points every 5 minutes you are online, for a daily total of 120 points.
    • There is a weekly point cap of 450 points for being logged in.
    • Additionally, those who partake in the Royal Banquet on Samhain will receive 5 points per minute during the banquet. You are still beholden to the daily cap.
• The selection of Royal Alchemists and Artisans are appointed every Lughnasadh (Thursday) at 7:00 AM Server Time.
  • The application deadline ends 10 minutes prior.
  • With the change of Royal Alchemists being moved from Samhain (Saturday) to Lughnasadh (Thursday), all Royal Alchemist applications from October 5th to before maintenance on October 10th will be nullified.
• An exclusive Stardust Form has been added for Royal Alchemists and Artisans.
• Exclusive 1st Titles have been added for Royal Artisans:
  • the Royal Blacksmith
    • Blacksmithing Success Rate +3%
    • Blacksmithing Quality +1
  • the Royal Tailor
    • Tailoring Success Rate +3%
    • Tailoring Quality +1
  • the Royal Enchanter
    • Enchant Success Rate +10%
    • Enchant Burn Success Rate +3%
    • Maximum Success Rate Cap increased.
• Custom Idle Poses have been added for the Royal Artisans when holding certain items:
  • Royal Blacksmith - Blacksmith Hammer
  • Royal Tailor - Tailoring Kit
  • Royal Enchanter - Magic Powder
• The following bonuses are always applied to the Royal Artisans and Alchemists when using Production or Enchantment skills:
  • Party Bonus (increase in Success Rate and Completion %)
    • Royal Blacksmith
    • Royal Tailor
  • Weekday Bonuses (Alban Eiler, Lughnasadh, Samhain)
    • Royal Alchemists
      • Samhain - Synthesis and Fragmentation Success Rate Increased
    • Royal Blacksmith
      • Alban Eiler - Blacksmith Success Rate and Quality Increased
    • Royal Tailor
      • Alban Eiler - Tailoring Success Rate and Quality Increased
    • Royal Enchanter
      • Lughnasadh - Enchant Success Rate Increased
  • Weather Bonuses (Thunder and Lightning)
    • Royal Alchemist
      • Synthesis and Fragmentation Success Rate Increased
    • Royal Blacksmith
      • Increase in Success Rate, Completion %, and Quality.
    • Royal Tailor
      • Increase in Success Rate, Completion %, and Quality
• Royal Alchemist and Artisans have unique speech bubble icons.
• Party Recruitment Signs by Royal Artisans have been updated and will display a special party recruitment window when recruitment is active.
• Signatures on Crafted Items by a Royal Blacksmith and Tailor have been updated.
  • Items will be listed as “Royal Blacksmith [Name]’s work” or “Royal Tailor [Name]’s work”
  • The Signature text color will be displayed in orange.
• The Entrust System has been updated to include Blacksmithing and Tailoring for Royal Blacksmith and Tailors.
  • Entrust requests can be made in parties where a Royal Blacksmith or Tailor is the party leader.
  • Crafting Bonuses are based on the requested Royal Blacksmith or Tailor in the party.
  • The Requester must provide the required materials and Blacksmith Manual / Sewing Pattern. The Crafter must provide their own crafting tool (Blacksmith Hammer / Tailoring Kit).
  • Items refunded through the Grandmaster Tailoring’s Unique effect will be refunded to the requester.
  • When requesting an entrust to an Enchanter, names of Royal Enchanters will be shown at the top of the list in blue.

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• The "Attempts" column has been removed from the Part-Time Job History of your Character Menu.
• Due to the removal of the Attempts column, the qualification requirements needed for a chance to receive the Master of Part-Time Jobs quest has been changed from 100 Successes to 200 Successes of the same Part-Time Job.

• A Search Bar has been added to the Point Inventory.
• When searching your inventory through the Magnifying Glass icon, searches will now include items located in your Point Inventory.

• The Collection Journal will now display star ratings for all items in the Fishing, Cooking, and Taming Journals, even for entries you have yet to acquire.

For those with VIP Service, the Log-Off Notice Window will now remind you if you have VIP Advanced Items to collect. You wouldn't want to let those Dungeon Passes to go to waste after all!

• Accessories can now be visibly turned on or off, allowing you to only see the Puppets, Balloons, and other delightful accessories you have equipped at your own leisure.
  • Toggling the "Eye" icon on the Accessory Slot will activate or deactivate the accessory item from being visible.

Curious to know what else was added or which bugs have been fixed?
Be sure to check out the full Patch Notes!
(Available after the update is live)

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BOO! Our Night Troupe is making its daring return just in time for the mischievous season of Halloween! We have lots in store to really get this season going! You can start with earning bonus stats by leveling up your Festival Designer Rank in Ludibrium or you can kick back and put together some solid fits through our Maple Fashion Week. Is dressing yourself up not enough?! That’s fine! You can put your interior design skills to the test by decorating your space through the [Home] Halloween event!

Click here to read the patch notes!

Game service resumed at 9th September 23:40 (PDT) / 02:40 (EDT)


Happy Nesting!
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Dear Heroes,





This coming Wednesday is the day of the October 2024 Update Patch.



The estimated update patch time will be around 7 HOURS.



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









[Update period]

October 9th (Wed) 2024 19:00 - October 10th (Thu) 2024 02:00 (PDT) Total of 7 hrs

October 9th (Wed) 2024 22:00 - October 10th (Thu) 2024 05:00 (EDT) Total of 7 hrs









[Friendly Reminder]

- Rewards for Discord 5K Milestone will be delivered.

- Official Discord Opening Event! submission will be closed. 

- Event Shop for Fantastic Hammer will be closed.

└ The event items will be changed into collection items .

- Anniversary Mission Box will be deleted.

- Bone Dragon Artbook Event will be closed.

- Snacksnack Town Event will be closed.

└ The event shop will be closed during November 2024 Update Patch.

- Dark Sword Event will be closed.

└ Empty Sword, Incomplete Sword, Total Darkness Sword will be deleted.

- Dark Avenger Mission Box will be deleted.

└ Dark Lord Mission Box will not be deleted.

- Receiving of Survey for 'Show Off Your Dark Avenger with Event' will be closed.

- Gosuk's Precious Anniversary Box will be deleted.







Thank you.
EYEDENTITY GAMES

[Updated at 10:10 AM PDT] The maintenance has been completed and we have extended Cash Shop items in your inventory for 5 hours. Please restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to make sure that you get the latest client! Thank you for your patience.

We will be performing a scheduled game update on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 5:00 AM PDT (8:00 AM EDT / 2:00 PM CEST / 11:00 PM AEDT). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 7 hours, concluding around 12:00 PM PDT (3:00 PM EDT / 9:00 PM CEST / 6:00 AM AEDT October 10).

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

Thanks for your patience!

Times:

Wednesday, August 28, 2024
PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 AM - 12:00 PM
EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
AEDT (UTC +10): 11:00 PM - 6:00 AM (October 10)

What will be unavailable:

• All MapleStory game servers.

Changes and Updates:

• MapleStory will be updated to v.254.1.1.
  
• Patch Notes will be available soon!

Coming to MapleStory Fest 2024? Make sure to check your email before you come to Los Angeles, because we're showing our appreciation for fans with a personalized piece of memorabilia that you can pick up at the event!



MapleStory Fest 2024 in-person attendees will be able to pick up an exclusive character card, featuring your character of choice, including basic details and your character in your favorite outfit.

Details on how to customize your card will be sent to the email address that purchased the tickets, so make sure to check your email (including spam/junk folders) and submit in-game names by October 21 at 12:00 PM PT!

Join Community Managers Arciellia and Elebon as they go over the details of the upcoming  Royal Association of Artisans Update, and more! Join us on our Twitch.tv channel, Tuesday, October 8th at 2:00 PM PDT (5:00 PM EDT). As always, there will be giveaways throughout the stream.

Don't miss out on the fun. See you Tuesday!

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• YouTube
• Steam
• Facebook

Maintenance has concluded as of 3:20 PM PDT and the servers are available once more. We thank you for your patience.

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Mabinogi will have an unscheduled maintenance on October 3rd. During this time, the game will be unavailable. Maintenance is expected to begin at 2:30 PM PDT and last approximately 1.5 hours.

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


Thursday, October 3rd

• Pacific (PDT, UTC -7): 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
  
• Eastern (EDT, UTC -4): 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
  
• Paris (CEST, UTC +2): 11:30 PM - 1:00 AM (October 4th)
  
• Sydney (AEST, UTC +10): 7:30 AM (October 4th) - 9:00 AM (October 4th)

To address the following:

• Fixed an issue where cash shop items were not appearing in a player's cash shop inventory, related to the known issue.

Note: The Name Change submission site will be unavailable after 2:30 PM PDT, and will be available after the maintenance.

We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

- The Mabinogi Team

Maintenance has concluded as of 10:00 AM PDT and the servers are available once more.

Known Issue:
We're aware that the Web Shop is refusing to accept your purchases at this current time. The purchases can go through for a complete transaction, but you may also need to wait to try again at a later time if you are encountering the issue. A support ticket is not needed for this issue. Thank you for your understanding.

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Mabinogi will have a scheduled maintenance on October 3rd. During this time, the game will be unavailable. Maintenance is expected to begin at 7:00 AM PDT and last approximately 3 hours.

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


Thursday, October 3rd

Pacific (PDT, UTC -7): 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Eastern (EDT, UTC -4): 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Paris (CEST, UTC +2): 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Sydney (AEST, UTC +10): 12:00 AM - 3:00 AM (Oct. 4th)

To address the following:

• Weekly server upkeep.

Note: The Name Change submission site will be unavailable after 7:00 AM PDT time, and will be available after the maintenance.

- The Mabinogi Team

BOO! Our Night Troupe is making its daring return just in time for the mischievous season of Halloween! We have lots in store to really get this season going! You can start with earning bonus stats by leveling up your Festival Designer Rank in Ludibrium or you can kick back and put together some solid fits through our Maple Fashion Week. Is dressing yourself up not enough?! That’s fine! You can put your interior design skills to the test by decorating your space through the [Home] Halloween event!



We’ve been to Henesys, Rien, Nautilus... and now, it’s time to explore the castle of toys! The Night Troupe is back and this time, they’re taking us to Ludibrium!

Level up your Festival Designer Rank to unlock bonus stats, and power up even more with Festival Decorating perks that give your character (and boss mules) extra gains! Time doesn’t play by the rules here! Choose to fill either the Eos Hourglass or the Helios Hourglass and enjoy a boost in EXP - past, present, or future, the choice is yours.



Need a break after all that grinding? Grab your friends and enjoy the Ludibrium Fireworks Display, then jump right back in for a fun challenge - Knocking Down Blockulatus!



FashionStory IS the true endgame! Get ready, because Hallowkitty and Camila are back and thrilled to host Maple Fashion Week! Defeat enemies to unlock your next outfit of the day and show off your style down the runway.





Your Maple World neighbors have no idea what Halloween is really about, so it’s time to team up with Querencia and show them what it’s all about… and maybe give them a little scare! Get creative and decorate your own Halloween Manor to really set the mood for the perfect fright night!





Race to the finish line in the Legion Relay! Earn daily quests and earn rewards to supercharge your Legion! There are three types of Relay Box Rewards to choose from, all offering the same rewards but in different quantities. The higher the quantity of the reward, the lower the chance of obtaining it. Choose wisely!