Event Period: 7/18/2023 after maintenance - 8/22/2023 before maintenance.
Ah, it's finally summer! What would a summer vacation in Vindictus look like? Take a screenshot that captures the summer atmosphere, and participate in the event through Discord! LAN party Vacation with the Mercenaries!
To celebrate the Season 4 Episode 7 Extra Raid, one additional departure count will be added to the new raid battle "The Sanctuary of Reconstruction" every day!
Please note that the additional departure benefit resets everyday at 7AM UTC.
[Updated June 19 at 1:03 PM PDT] The maintenance has been completed and we have extended Cash Shop items for 9 hours. Please restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to make sure that you get the latest client! Thank you for your patience.
[Updated July 19 at 11:51 AM PDT] We will be extending the maintenance for about 1 hour to verify the final checks before opening the servers. Thank you for your patience.
We will be performing a scheduled game update on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 5:00 AM PDT (8:00 AM EDT / 2:00 PM CEST / 10:00 PM AEST). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 7 hours, concluding around 12:00 PM PDT (3:00 PM EDT / 9:00 PM CEST / 5:00 AM AEST July 20). Thanks for your patience!
Times:
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 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 AEST (UTC +10): 10:00 PM - 5:00 AM (July 20)
Join Community Manager Ezrabell and a special guest in the next Community Livestream as they preview the upcoming events and contents in v.243 Savior: Shangri-La & Kaling! Grab your snacks and prepare for an adventure of fun in this upcoming livestream. Join us on any of the platforms listed below this Friday, July 14th at 4:00 PM PDT (7:00 PM EDT).
CM Ezrabell will be on the test client previewing the upcoming content in v.243 Savior: Shangri-La & Kaling! Join the stream for an early look at the new events and contents arriving in this update with a major focus on the brand new Guild Castle. There will also be giveaways throughout the stream! We will be giving away the exclusive Cool Cat Chair along with some handy consumables like Onyx Apples so you won't want to miss out on the fun~ See you Friday!
This summer, we're treating Miracle Time a bit differently. Throughout the summer, Miracle Time will be enabled for equipment for specific slots giving you double the chance to Rank-Up your gear once!
This Saturday, July 15, 2023, Maplers on all Worlds will have Miracle Time enabled for Primary Weapons and Secondary Equipment! Cube all forms of primary weapons, including swords, bows, guns, chakrams, wands, and more, as well as the secondary equipment, such as shields, rosaries, whistles, hex seekers, and more, all-day Saturday with the improved Rank-Up chances!
Miracle Time - Primary Weapons/Secondary Equipment
Event Duration:
PDT (UTC -7): Friday, July 14, 2023 5:00 PM - Saturday, July 15, 2023 4:59 PM
CEST (UTC +2): Saturday, July 15, 2023 2:00 AM - Sunday, July 16, 2023 1:59 AM
AEST (UTC +10): Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM - Sunday, July 16, 2023 9:59 AM
Event Details:
During the noted periods, you will be able to Cube away on Equipment for Primary and Secondary slots with Glowing Cubes, Bright Cubes, and Bonus Glowing Cubes, as well as Bonus Bright Cubes and Violet Cubes if you have them, with double the chance to rank-up equipment once when cubing!
During the Miracle Time period, using a Cash Cube to upgrade an item to Legendary Rank will activate the "Double Miracle Time Blessing" buff for the map.
Equipment for other slots does not benefit from this instance of the Miracle Summer event.
Keep an eye out for more Miracle Summer events throughout the summer for chances to cube equipment for different item slots!
We’re here to share our Roadmap for Q3 2023! As always, please be mindful that it will list the notable updates but not everything that will be included in each patch. We recommend waiting for the respective update’s Update Preview post or Patch Notes post for details.
v.243 Update (mid-July)
Guild Castle
Shangri-La
New Boss Kaling
Exceptional Enhancement
Journey Toward the Sixth Star
[Wongstaurant] Goodbye! Last Order
Zero and Beast Tamer Creation
v.244 Update (end of August)
Grand Athenaeum: Maple Chronicle
Quality of Life Updates
Reboot World Boss Rewards
Tactical Relay Event
World's Best Punch King
Spiegelmann and the Secret Ring Shop
Burning World Leap
Fairy Bros’ Golden Giveaway
v.243 - Guild Castle
Is your guild looking for a place to call home? Introducing the Guild Castle! Here, there are many rooms for different activities. Whether you’re trying to enhance your gear with Star Force, or wanting to relax in a pool with your guildies, the Guild Castle has it all. There is even a room where members of different guilds can stop by and say hi.
v.243 - Shangri-La
Level 275 or higher Maplers will be able to explore the new lands of Shangri-La. Hidden behind a picture, Shangri-La offers new NPCs, monsters, and quests for you to prepare in case of invasion.
v.243 - New Boss Kaling
Are you strong enough to fight the new boss Kaling? Stop the Apostle of Gerand Darmoor, Kaling, in the new boss fight. Stop her from invading Shangri-La before it’s too late!
v.243 - Exceptional Enhancement
Exceptional Parts can be obtained when defeating Extreme Mode Bosses which allow for Exceptional Enhancements. Use these Exceptional Enhancements that have a 100% chance of success on gear you deem worthy.
v.243 - Journey Toward the Sixth Star
A new star is coming to Maple World, a new source of power beyond anything that's come before. The heroes of MapleStory must collect star fragments to create the Sixth Star and unlock its power. Start preparing now as the Sixth Job quests will become available at Lv. 260 later this year, with new story content, new quests to complete, and greater foes to test your newfound power in MapleStory!
v.243 - [Wongstaurant] Goodbye! Last Order
In v.243, the Wongstaurant Story events are coming to a close. We hope you had a great time and ate lots of tasty food because the ‘[Wongstaurant] Goodbye! Last Order’ event will mark the last week of the Wongstaurant Story events.
v.243 - Zero and Beast Tamer Creation
It’s that time again to create the Zero and Beast Tamer jobs! These two jobs feature unique gameplay and can help build your Legion and link skills. If you haven’t created them yet, be sure to try them out. They can only be created for a limited time so don’t miss your chance!
v.244 - Grand Athenaeum: Maple Chronicle
New stories about each class will be added to Grand Athenaeum: Maple Chronicle for the Maplers that want to reminisce about their journey so far. Come take a break and look upon your past memories as you prepare for the future!
v.244 - Quality of Life Updates
Lots of improvements are arriving to make your Maple life better, including:
The quests in the region of Tenebris will be improved which allows for them to be completed faster.
[Updated July 5] Arcane Symbol Selector Coupons and Sacred Symbol Coupons will now randomly drop from monsters in their respective areas to allow for faster progression.
The Magnus boss fight will be adjusted for boss attack range and damage patterns, in order for you to evade more easily. Other boss fights including Black Mage and Chosen Seren will also be adjusted to increase your chance of survival.
Buff effects will remain applied when your character dies without the need for you to use a buff retaining item. The Buff Freezer item will be removed from the Cash Shop before this patch.
[Updated July 5] Get ready for more mesos! You will now be able to hoard up to 499,999,999,999 mesos in your possession. You will also be able to list more items in the Meso Market, up to 100 per day.
The tradability of Dawn Boss Set, Pitched Boss Set, and other Boss Accessories will be changing to allow a limited number of Platinum Scissors of Karma to be used.
Platinum Scissors of Karma limits will be added to Eternal Equipment and other boss pendants.
v.244 Reboot World Boss Rewards
The conditions for earning boss rewards in Reboot world will be adjusted. When 2 or more players enter a boss battle as a party, only those players who contribute a certain amount of damage to the boss will receive rewards including Intense Power Crystals.
v.244 - Tactical Relay Event
The Tactical Relay Event is coming back! Start prepping your characters now as you will be able to use up to 9 characters in this event. Use your characters to complete various tasks such as defeating monsters near your level or completing Arcane River daily quests. You don’t want to miss out on the awesome chair and growth rewards for this event so make sure to look into the details when v.244 goes live.
v.244 - World’s Best Punch King
Who is the strongest in all of Maple World? The World’s Best Punch King is a challenge for all characters to test their strength. There are rewards for many to strive for so give it your best! The strongest Maplers of each job will earn additional rewards such as special chairs to prove their strength.
v.244 - Spiegelmann and the Secret Ring Shop
As many know, event rings play a huge role in MapleStory. Some players want meso and drop rings for their main characters while others want rings to gear up their mule characters. Maybe you're starting anew and need some rings to give you the boost you need. Well, Spiegelmann has what you need in his Secret Ring Shop.
v.244 - Burning World Leap
For those of you that have been training hard in Burning World, it’s now time you take a leap over to Scania, Bera, Aurora, Elysium or Luna (if you played in EU Burning World)! Reap the benefits from your hard work as Burning World comes to a close.
v.244 - Fairy Bros’ Golden Giveaway
The Fairy Bros will return with another attendance event to help you earn lots of items! Stay logged in for at least 1 hour to earn an attendance check, and then get special rewards every 7 days you check in.
We hope you’re excited by this high-level view of the content and events arriving to GMS in v.243 - v.244 2023. As always, our goal with these roadmaps is to provide information that players may be curious about and assist players with advanced preparation. Please keep in mind that there is more content on the way in addition to those listed above, so we advise players to refer to the Update Preview post and Patch Notes post for the finalized details for every game update. If plans change due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have a mid-update post to inform players of the changes to the proposed timeline.