[Updated July 21 at 6:50 PM PDT] We're currently investigating the rollback that occurred during the server issues on July 20, 2023. We will continue to share updates to this post when we have more information to share. Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused.

[Updated July 20 at 8:12 PM PDT] All NA Reboot channels are now accessible. We will continue to monitor for any additional issues. Thank you for patience!

Hi Maplers,

We are currently investigating the issues with NA Reboot channels that started occurring approximately around 7:00 PM PDT on July 20, 2023. Any updates will be added to the top of this post. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused.


- The MapleStory Team

 

In the midst of our scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, we sometimes perform hotfixes to address a variety of bugs and issues without bringing down the servers. We will use this post as a collective hub to update our players with the hotfix details, such as when and which fix was applied. Each time there is an update, this post will be bumped up on our news page and the update will clearly be indicated with the date the hotfix was applied. We hope that this will be a useful record and helpful information for our players.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that addresses a variety of bugs and issues reported within the v.243 Savior: Shangri-La & Kaling update.

Hotfixes:

• July 20, 2023
  • Credit is now properly given for completing the Arcane River Special Content when refusing the Weekly EXP reward.
  • Fixed the issue where certain Sixth Star Chapter 3 Challenge Missions could be completed before the start of Chapter 3.
• July 19, 2023
  • The quest 'Unlimited Growth! Hyper Burning!' no longer crashes the client after completing the dialogue.

 

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!

(Burning characters who wish to participate in the Journey Toward the Sixth Star event should read the important note below)

• Chapter 1
  • PDT (UTC -7): Wednesday, July 19th (after maintenance) - Tuesday, August 8th at 4:59 PM
  • CEST (UTC +2): Wednesday, July 19th (after maintenance) - Wednesday, August 9th at 1:59 AM
  • AEST (UTC +10): Thursday, July 20th (after maintenance) - Wednesday, August 9th at 9:59 AM
• Chapter 2
  
  • PDT (UTC -7): Tuesday, August 8th at 5:00 PM - Tuesday, August 29th at 4:59 PM
  • CEST (UTC +2): Wednesday, August 9th at 2:00 AM - Wednesday, August 30th at 1:59 AM
  • AEST (UTC +10): Wednesday, August 9th at 10:00 AM - Wednesday, August 30th at 9:59 AM

Event Details:

Terry came to Maple World after hearing the news that the sixth power was detected. Terry says that the Sixth Star acts as a medium that connects the warriors of Maple World with the sixth power, and asks you to collect the dispersed star fragments. If you collect the star fragments created by the energy of various powers and bring them to Terry, Terry will gather the power of the stars through the starlight concentrator. It is said that a Star Piece can be created by condensing the power contained in the star fragments, and when six Star Pieces are gathered, a Sixth Star can be created... Let's help Terry collect the star fragments scattered throughout Maple World and go on a long journey to obtain the Sixth Star and sixth power.

• Accept the quest '[Sixth Star] Terry Came Bearing Special News' from the event notifier on the left side of the screen to participate.
• Requirement: Lv. 101 and above. (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2)
• Start the event to view the event UI and progress with daily and challenge missions.
  
  • You can claim various rewards from the event UI after completing daily and challenge missions.
• Each chapter, from chapter 1 to chapter 5, will span 3 weeks with the final chapter 6 only lasting for 2 weeks.
• Chapters can only be completed once per account.
  • Mission progress is shared between characters of the same world.
  • Daily mission rewards can only be claimed once per account.

Chapters 1-5

• Each chapter is made of daily missions and challenge missions, and a chapter reward can be obtained by clearing 10 daily missions and 5 challenge missions during the chapter period.
• Missions of each chapter are themed after growth, enhancement, battle, adventure, and cooperation.
• A grace system has been added for players who participate a little late so they can earn the previous chapters’ rewards.
  
  • You can spend 3,000 Maple Points to add 1 daily mission completion count. This can be bought up to 3 times a day. You can’t earn the daily mission rewards.
  • You can spend 10,000 Maple Points to add 1 challenge mission completion count. This can be bought once a day but you can’t earn challenge mission rewards.

Daily Missions (Chapters 1-5)

• Open the event UI and click on 'Sixth Star' in the daily mission area.
• One of seven daily missions is selected at random. (There is an equal chance for all.)
  
  • Missions of each chapter are themed after growth/enhancement/battle/adventure/cooperation.
  • Missions can be changed for free once a day before accepting a selected daily mission.
  • Daily missions can't be changed or given up on after accepting a daily mission.
• You can click [Claim Reward] in the UI to obtain rewards.

• Complete daily missions to obtain:
  
  • Daily Mission Completion Box: Tradeable within account, 1-day duration. Use to receive:
    
    • Starlight Growth Potion: Tradeable within account, 10-day duration.
    • One of the three following items:
      
      • 10% EXP Coupon (30 min): Tradeable within account, 10-day duration.
      • Nodestone: Tradeable within account, 10-day duration.
      • Arcane Symbol Selection Coupon (x3): Tradeable within account, 10-day duration.

Challenge Missions (Chapters 1-5)

• Different challenge missions are available for each chapter.
• Rewards can be claimed upon completing challenge missions during each chapter period.
  
  • This only counts when you have reached or completed the relevant challenge missions during the current chapter period.
  • Certain missions are checked even when progressed after chapter periods due to their characteristics.

Chapter Rewards (Chapters 1-5)

• Meet the reward conditions during the chapter period to obtain chapter rewards.
  
  • Progress in 10 or more daily missions.
  • Progress in 5 or more challenge missions.
• The chapter rewards can be claimed by clicking the button on the UI when the daily mission and challenge mission conditions are met even when the chapter period is over.
• Chapter 1 Rewards:
  
  • Chapter I Completion Box: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration. Use to receive:
    
    • Chapter I EXP Potion: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration.
    • Arcane Symbol Selection Coupon (x1,200): Tradeable within account, 28-day duration.
    • Arcane Umbra Weapon Box: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration.
    • Shiny Prestige Box: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration. Use to receive:
      
      • Legendary Circulator: Tradeable within account, 10-day duration.
      • Chaos Circulator (x5): Tradeable within account, 10-day duration.
      • Black Circulator (x3): Tradeable within account, 10-day duration.
      • Special Medal of Honor: Tradeable within account, 10-day duration.
    • Karma Solid Cube (x20): Tradeable within account, 14-day duration.
    • Lil Terry Pet Package: Untradeable, 14-day duration. Use to receive:
      
      • [Pet] Lil Terry: Untradeable, 30-day duration.
      • [Pet Equipment] Terry's Glasses: Untradeable, 30-day duration.
  • First Star Piece: Tradeable within account, Permanent.
• Chapter II Rewards:
  
  • Chapter II Completion Box: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration. Use to receive:
    
    • Chapter II EXP Potion: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration.
    • Nodestone (x1,200): Tradeable within account, 14-day duration.
    • Dominator Pendant Box: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration. Use to receive:
      
      • Dominator Pendant: Untradeable, Permanent.
    • Special Trait Boost Potion: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration.
    • Karma Bonus Epic Potential Scroll 100%: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration.
    • Karma Unique Potential Scroll 100%: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration.
    • Radiant Star Pop Mount Coupon: Tradeable within account, 14-day duration. Use to receive:
      • [Mount] Radiant Star Pop Mount: Untradeable, Permanent.
  • Second Star Piece: Tradeable within account, Permanent.

[/url]Burning World Characters

• Characters on Burning World will be able to participate in the Journey Toward the Sixth Star event.
• If a player leaps from Burning World to Scania, Bera, Aurora, Elysium, or Luna, the progression status of the Sixth Star Daily and Challenge missions will only reflect the progression completed on Scania, Bera, Aurora, Elysium, or Luna. Any Daily and Challenge mission progress on Burning World will not be transferred or reflected on Scania, Bera, upon completing the World Leap.
  
  • Since progress is not carried over after leaping, you will need to make up the entire chapter using the Make Up button.
• Rewards that have been already claimed in the Burning World cannot be claimed again in the Normal World. All rewards in the Sixth Star event can be obtained once per account.
• The Star Pieces earned in Burning World will be transferred after completing the World Leap. But please note that all Star Pieces need to be in the same world in order to complete the Sixth Chapter. Therefore, please make sure all Star Pieces will be on the same world when deciding which world to leap to.
• Please see the explanation with the examples below for additional help in understanding:
  
  • Example 1: If a player completes Chapters 1 and 2 on Burning World and claims all rewards, and then Leaps to a world with no Sixth Star Event progress, the Sixth Star UI of the world the player moved to will show that the rewards for Chapter 1 and 2 have been claimed, but the Daily and Challenge Missions will be shown as incomplete and the mission completion counts will be shown as 0. The mission records from Burning World will not be displayed. This only affects the UI and will not impact further 6th Star Event progress.
  • Example 2: If a player leaps to Scania, Bera, Aurora, Elysium, or Luna while still progressing towards completing Chapter 1 (Ex: 7 Daily Missions & 3 Challenge Mission), the player will need to make up 10 Daily Missions and 5 Challenge Missions in order to claim Chapter Rewards since mission records from Burning World will not be transferred after leaping.
  • Example 3: If a player has completed Chapter 1 and 2 in Burning World but has not claimed the chapter rewards before Leaping, the Sixth Star UI will show Chapter 1 and 2 progress as 'Incomplete' thus not allowing the player to claim the chapter rewards. Therefore, if a player completes Chapters 1 and 2 in Burning World, we strongly suggest claiming the chapter rewards immediately.

 

[Post Updates]

• [Updated Oct. 30 at 6:40 PM PDT] Updated the Ch. V Official MapleStory Stream date to Nov. 9 at 4:00 PM PT. Added the Ch. VI Sweepstakes information.
  
• [Updated Oct. 9 at 5:20 PM PDT] Added the Stream Schedule for Ch. V and added the Ch. V Sweepstakes duration.
  
• [Updated Sept. 19 at 11:15 AM PDT] Updated the Ch. IV Stream Schedule to add Official MapleStory stream on Oct. 6.
  
• [Updated Sept. 18 at 7:15 PM PDT] Added the Stream Schedule for Ch. IV and added the Ch. IV Sweepstakes duration.
  
• [Updated Sept. 6 at 4:05 PM PDT] Updated the Ch. III Stream Schedule to add Daboki on Sept. 7.
  
• [Updated Sept. 5 at 12:45 PM PDT] Updated the Ch. III Stream Schedule for Elizafaust to Sept. 6.
  
• [Updated Aug. 29 at 6:44 PM PDT] Added the Stream Schedule for Ch. III, added the Ch. III Sweepstakes Duration, and made a change to Team Pepe to add Jere.
  
• [Updated Aug. 16 at 4:40 PM PDT] Added the Stream Schedule for Ch. II.

The MapleStory Sixth Star Showdown is a special event featuring our talented Bean Brigade members as they collaborate, compete, and take on the challenge missions throughout the Journey Toward the Sixth Star event! Five teams, each representing a different class, will compete against each other in a race to see which team is prepared to embrace the power of the 6th Job!

Each team is made up of five Bean Brigade members, working together to overcome the challenge missions in each chapter. Over the course of the Journey Toward the Sixth Star event, the teammates will work together to collect the six Star Pieces, resulting in harnessing the power of the Sixth Star!

Be sure to tune into their livestreams and our official MapleStory livestreams to see how the teams plan on tackling these challenges!

Learn more HERE!

Aid the Maple Alliance in discovering the secrets of Shangri-La and defending it from Kaling! Unite with your guild members to construct a Guild Castle and improve its rooms. Help Terry discover the secret between the star fragments suddenly appearing in Maple World in the new Journey Toward the Sixth Star event!

Read Savior: Shangri-La & Kaling Patch Notes here!

[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)

• What will be unavailable:
• All MapleStory game servers.
• Changes and Updates (Additional Changes TBA):
  • Server Upkeep.
  • MapleStory will be updated to v.243.
  • Patch notes are now available here!

 

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!

• Twitch
• YouTube
• Twitter
• Steam
• Facebook

 

 

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!
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!

Hi Maplers,

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.

Thank you,
Mjollnir and the MapleStory Team