We’re here to share our Roadmap for Q1 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.
January 2023
Hyper Ignition Event
New Area: Odium
Boss Extreme Mode
Early February 2023
Neo Tokyo Event
Fairy Bros' Golden Giveaway
Cube Revamp
March 2023
Super Yeti x Pink Bean World
Grand Athenaeum Update
January - Hyper Ignition Event
The Fireworks Festival Parade closes out with one last set of events and mini-games to enjoy as we ring in the new year! This is also your last chance to claim the many rewards from the Fireworks Festival Parade, so enjoy the fun and rocket off into 2023 with some exciting new activities to master!
January - New Area: Odium
Beyond Karote, The Unending Tower, lies Odium, a building full of untouched mysteries behind its locked doors. No one knows who built it or with what purpose, and it’s a mystery as to what is happening within... Uncover the secrets as you make your way into Odium in this new content for players Lv. 275 and up!
January - Boss Extreme Mode
Take on Seren and Black Mage on the newest difficulty mode, Extreme! These already-powerful bosses will have more HP to burn through and greater power in their attacks, but that's not all. The familiar mechanics of these bosses will be tweaked to make Extreme difficulty far more than just needing bigger numbers to win– you'll need to give it your all to have a chance!
February - Neo Tokyo Event
Take a trip into the future and take part in the long-awaited Neo Tokyo Event! This limited-time, time-twisting tale will be opened for you to experience for the first time ever, with plenty of secrets to learn and temporal phenomena to untangle!
February - Fairy Bros’ Golden Giveaway
The Fairy Bros are back to reward you for your attendance in MapleStory! Keep coming back to MapleStory throughout this update and the months to follow for a wide array of fantastic prizes!
February - Cube Revamp
We will be retiring the current slate of Cubes with the February update and providing a new set of Cubes. The new set of Cubes will have a chance for double rank-up and there will be changes to how Cube Fragments function. You can see the full details on the Upcoming Cube Changes post.
March - Super Yeti x Pink Bean World
The chaotic ball of energy Pink Bean, and the kind-yet-powerful Yeti are back again, and their rivalry hasn't cooled down at all! Enjoy these two unique playable jobs and show off their powerful skills once again!
March - Grand Athenaeum Update
The Grand Athenaeum is being updated with a look back on some high level content! Re-experience the events of the Arcane River and Grandis storylines that you've already completed!
We hope you’re excited by this high-level view of the content and events arriving to GMS between January - March 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. Have a happy holidays and we’ll see you in the new year with the next roadmap!
As noted in the Q1 2023 Roadmap post, MapleStory will be retiring the current set of Cubes with our February update, currently scheduled for February 8, 2023, and releasing a new slate of Cubes, utilizing a new Cube Fragment system, and allowing some Cubes to have a chance for double rank-ups.
The following existing cubes will be discontinued starting February 8, 2023:
Occult Cubes
Bonus Occult Cubes
Master Craftsman’s Cubes
Meister’s Cubes
Red Cubes
Black Cubes
Bonus Potential Cubes
White Cubes
Karma Meister’s Cubes
Karma Master Craftsman’s Cubes
Karma Bonus Occult Cubes
The following new cubes will be released on February 8, 2023:
Mystical Cubes: Obtained in-game. Can be used on Rare to Epic items.
Bonus Mystical Cubes: Obtained in-game. Can be used on items up to Rare tier.
Hard Cubes: Obtained in-game. Can be used on Rare to Unique items. There is a chance of double rank up if used on Rare items.
Solid Cubes: Obtained in-game. Can be used on Rare to Legendary items. There is a chance of double rank up if used on Rare items.
Glowing Cubes: Can be purchased from Cash Shop. Can be used on Rare to Legendary items, with a chance for a double rank-up.
Bright Cubes: Can be purchased from Cash Shop. Can be used on Rare to Legendary items, with a chance for double rank-up and the option to choose before or after Potential lines.
Bonus Glowing Cubes: Can be purchased from Cash Shop. Can be used on Rare to Legendary items, with a chance for double rank-up.
Bonus Bright Cubes: Can be purchased from Cash Shop event sales. Can be used on Rare to Legendary items, with a chance for double rank-up and the option to choose before or after Potential lines.
Karma Solid Cubes: Obtained through in-game events. Can be used on Rare to Legendary untradeable items.
Karma Hard Cubes: Obtained through in-game events. Can be used on Rare to Unique untradeable items.
Karma Bonus Mysterious Glowing Cubes: Obtained in-game. Can be used on Rare untradeable items.
There will also be adjustments to how the Cube Fragment system works. The new Cubes will give new Cube Fragments when used, and these Fragments can be exchanged for a variety of items listed below:
Advanced Potential Scroll: 5 Cube Fragments
Special Potential Scroll: 10 Cube Fragments
Bonus Potential Scroll 70%: 15 Cube Fragments
Perfect Potential Stamp: 30 Cube Fragments
Perfect Bonus Potential Stamp: 50 Cube Fragments
Special Bonus Potential Stamp: 100 Cube Fragments
Epic Potential Scroll 80%: 100 Cube Fragments
Existing Cube Fragments – including Red Cube Fragments, Black Cube Fragments, Bonus Potential Cube Fragments, and White Cube Fragments – that are obtained prior to the February 8, 2023 update will be usable until March 22, 2023.
During the February patch, any existing unused Cubes that remain in players’ inventory will be replaced with the corresponding new Cubes, on a 1:1 basis. In addition, during the December update, currently scheduled for December 14, 2022, the permanent duration Red Cubes and Black Cubes that can be purchased in Reboot world’s Cash Shop for mesos will be changed to have a 90-day duration. Reboot world players who purchased the permanent duration Red and Black Cubes from the Cash Shop prior to this duration change will have the option to request a meso refund via the Maple Admin NPC from December 14, 2022 (after maintenance) to February 8, 2023 (before maintenance). The requested refunds will be processed in two iterations - once during the January 5, 2023 maintenance, and once during the February 8, 2023 maintenance.
Finally, we will be running a Miracle Time event during the December patch for all worlds during the following times:
Aurora, Bera, Elysium, Scania, and Luna worlds:
UTC: December 17 at 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
UTC: December 18 at 3:00 AM - 4:00 AM
Reboot worlds:
UTC: December 18 at 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
UTC: December 19 at 3:00 AM - 4:00 AM
Reboot will be running Miracle Time without the registration again. There will be a 2-3 second delay between Cubing attempts during Miracle Time to help alleviate the lag. We are aware there could be potential issues, and should issues come up, we will be disabling the event and will run a pre-registration Miracle Time for Reboot at a later date.
We'll share more details about these Cubes as we approach the February 2023 update, and we hope you enjoy the Miracle Time!
We're investigating a recent issue where the number of collected Clovers for the month was reset during the daily reset between Thursday, December 1, 2022 and Friday, December 2, 2022. At this time, Clovers should no longer reset and we will provide further updates on the missing Clovers at the top of this post. Thank you for your patience.
[Updated Dec. 1 at 9:58 AM PST] The maintenance has been completed and we have extended Cash Shop items for 4 hours. Please restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to make sure that you get the latest client! Thank you for your patience.
[Updated Nov. 30 at 2:59 PM PST] The starting maintenance time has been adjusted. Please see the updated changes for your time zone.
We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 at 6:00 AM PST (9:00 AM EST / 3:00 PM CET / 1:00 AM AEDT Dec. 2). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 3 hours, concluding around 10:00 AM PST (1:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM CET / 5:00 AM AEDT Dec. 2). Thanks for your patience!
Times:
Thursday, December 1st, 2022 PST (UTC -8): 6:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST (UTC -5): 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CET (UTC +1): 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM AEDT (UTC +11): 1:00 AM (Dec. 2) - 5:00 AM (Dec. 2)
What will be unavailable:
All MapleStory game servers.
Changes and Updates (Additional Changes TBA):
Server Upkeep.
Updated to v.237.3.
NA Reboot world has temporarily been increased to 40 channels.
Fixed the issue where the "Black Venus Set Coupon" does not offer both gendered options when opened by a Zero character.
Fixed the issue where the "Chubmunk's Acorn" item cannot be equipped on the "Mint" pet.
Fixed the issue where the "Maple Academy Chat Ring (B)" cannot be purchased from the NPC "Shiro".
Fixed the issue where the NPC "Dame Appropriate" was missing from Hotel Arcus.
Fixed the issue where the "2x EXP Coupon (1hour)" item name was untranslated.
Fixed the issue where newly created Explorers will have their skin color switched to Light regardless of their initial selection.
Fixed the issue where Field Bosses were no longer spawning in Phantom Forest.
Fixed the issue where the "Origami Damage Skin (Unit)" could not be claimed from the "Fairy Bros' Damage Skin (Unit) Selection Box".
Fixed the issue where the voiceover for the "Cygnus" monster in the Cygnus Knight 4th Job Advancement plays Korean audio when defeated.
[Updated Nov. 30] Fixed the issue where the "Sproutbrella" item appears behind the character during the attack animation.
[Updated Nov. 30] Fixed the issue where the "Cat-Eared Locks" appears off-centered when climbing on a rope or ladder.
[Updated Dec. 1] Adjusted some logic in an attempt to address the abnormal storage delay issue.
[Updated Dec. 1] Fixed the issue where players were repeatedly crashing in Monster Park Extreme
Monster Park Extreme is back! Characters that are Lv. 260 or higher can now take their party of up to 4 players into the Extreme difficulty of the classic Monster Park encounter.
Venture into the new Unknown Area and hunt down the monsters that your friendly guide Spiegelmann calls out to you in order to empower the altar in the center of the zone. Once you take down the requisite number of monsters, you can activate the altar, summoning the powerful Extreme Bigfoot monster!
You'll only have a limited amount of time to attack Extreme Bigfoot until he flees from the field, so make sure you're ready for him and pile on the damage! Once Extreme Bigfoot escapes, you'll need to defeat more monsters to charge the altar and bring him out again to pour on more damage. Extreme Bigfoot will escape four times in total, and on his fifth appearance he'll stay until he's either defeated, or your 30-minute time limit in Monster Park Extreme elapses. Take down Extreme Bigfoot to complete the mode and earn your extremely large amount of EXP and Monster Park Days-of-the-Week Box!
Monster Park Extreme Details:
Party of 1 to 4 players
Monster Park Extreme has been closed for a long time but has now reopened!
Monster Park Extreme can be cleared only once a day per world. Clear count isn't deducted if you fail to clear or exit midway.
The party leader of a party of 1-4 that are Lv. 260 or above can enter the Monster Park Extreme portal.
Spiegelmann informs you of the type and number of enemies required to hunt when the game starts.
The big altar in the middle of the map can be activated when the number of enemies you were informed about have been hunted. When one of the party members presses the Interact/Harvest key at the big altar, "Extreme Bigfoot" is summoned.
Extreme Bigfoot appears somewhere on the map and escapes after some time passes. Spiegelmann lets you know the remaining time until it escapes.
When Extreme Bigfoot escapes from the map, you can hunt and activate the big altar again to summon it.
When Extreme Bigfoot is defeated within the time limit, you can clear Monster Park Extreme.
If you don't defeat Extreme Bigfoot within the time limit, it will be processed as a fail.
Extreme Bigfoot won't escape anymore after escaping several times.
Monster Park Extreme Rewards:
EXP
Monster Park Days-of-the-Week Box: Untradeable, Permanent.
Monster Park Improvements
We've also implemented a few improvements to Monster Park in general with the Ignition: Cygnus Knights update earlier in the month, check them out below!
Changed the dungeon entry level for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced:
Beginner: Lv. 105-139 (Auto Security Area - Otherworld Battleground)
[Updated November 22nd at 9:56 AM PDT] The maintenance has been completed and we have extended Cash Shop items for 4 hours. Please restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to make sure that you get the latest client! Thank you for your patience.
Compensation for the recent extended maintenance and unscheduled maintenance has been distributed. Please collect your Compensation Box Coupon from the gift drop before December 6, 2022 11:59 PM UTC.
We will be performing a scheduled minor patch on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 at 6:00 AM PST (9:00 AM EST / 3:00 PM CET / 1:00 AM AEDT Nov. 23). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 4 hours, concluding around 10:00 AM PST (1:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM CET / 5:00 AM AEDT Nov. 23). Thanks for your patience!
Times:
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 PST (UTC -8): 6:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST (UTC -5): 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CET (UTC +1): 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM AEDT (UTC +11): 1:00 AM (Nov. 23) - 5:00 AM (Nov. 23)
What will be unavailable:
All MapleStory game servers.
Changes and Updates (Additional Changes TBA):
Windows Updates
Server Upkeep
MapleStory will be updated to v.237.2.0
Fixed the issue where dates were not being properly displayed in various locations.
Fixed the issue where defeating field bosses in Phantom Forest prevented additional monsters from spawning on the map.
Fixed the issue where the "Burning End" date does not appear properly in the character select window when hovering over a Burning character.
Fixed the issue where Jett characters are unable to receive the quest "[DJ Selena's Showtime!] Flame Group Dance".
Fixed the issue where the 'Maple Achievements' was untranslated in the Maple Achievement UI.
Fixed the issue where the Beast Tamer skill 'Tornado Flight' could not be moved with arrow keys.
Fixed the issue where items from the 'Lachelein Set Coupon' would expire when they should be permanent.
Fixed the issue where facial expressions for the 'Cherubic Face' are off-centered.
Fixed the issue where the sleeves are missing on the 'Yellow-Purple Neon Mouse Outfit' and the 'Blue-Pink Neon Mouse Outfit' during the Tired animation.
Fixed the issue where the text on the 'Stuffed Black Bunny Chat Ring' and 'Black Stuffed Bunny Label Ring' is difficult to read.
Fixed the issue where entering the Inferno Wolf portal would have a chance to send you to the Evolution Lab.
Fixed the issue where the "Normal" difficulty for Horntail was not unlocked in the Boss Content UI after reaching Lv. 130.
Fixed the issue where there is no green border or numerical indicator for shared items used between outfit presets.
Fixed the issue where The Burning Character creation message on Burning World does not specify the number of Mega Burning characters that can be created.
Fixed the issue where the Pirate skill "Roll of the Dice" does not properly grant 30% bonus EXP when "6" is rolled.
Take advantage of dozens of deals with new items on sale every day through Cyber Monday, including a new Lucky Box dropping every day this week, several returning favorites, rare items, and much, much more!
Join Community Manager Ezrabell in the next Community Livestream as he plays MapleStory! Grab your snacks and prepare for an adventure of fun in this upcoming livestream. Join us on any of the platforms listed below this Monday, November 21st at 2:00 PM PST (5:00 PM EST).
CM Ezrabell will be playing MapleStory on his character, partaking in activities and events around Maple World from the v.237 Ignition: Cygnus Knights Redux update![/u]! There will also be giveaways throughout the stream! We will be giving away the Snowflake Damage Skin along with some handy consumables! Make sure you don't miss out on the fun~ See you Monday![/u]