Dear Maplers,

Please come and visit my house to pet my Pumky, as I was busy working on the game and couldn’t pet my Pumky!!

I hope everyone is having fun with the Halloween and Launch Celebration events! After launching the game, we have been digesting an enormous amount of work, and I think the team here deserves some cheer from the players! With this week’s blog, I would like to share what the team here has been able to achieve working with the MapleStory 2 studio for the past week.

Today’s blog will cover 10053 disconnection issues, the launch celebration event we have prepared, and Fairfight!

As you are all aware, we do have this mechanic in place for your Adventure Dungeon runs. We have gathered feedback from our community and while we know this was a controversial topic, we were happy to learn that a lot of the community agrees that the Fairfight system has more positives than negatives. We do believe this is one of the essential systems we’d like to keep in the long run to make the experience more balanced between players up to Adventure Dungeons while building other parts of experiences more directly scaled based on your stats (i.e. Chaos Raids). For this time around, we are focusing on delivering the right balanced experience as intended with some scaling measure for your stat growth so that you can feel your progression appropriately.  After a thorough review, we narrowed down the issue with the system scaling down the damage too much for players who are level 50+. We agreed on the concern and we are making changes to the system as below:

Confirmed Change for Early November Update

When you are playing level 50 dungeons with level 50+ characters, we are lowering the impact of scaling to your damage in general. It’s highly likely you will be seeing 5-10% higher damage after we make this adjustment.

We are making this change to ensure, as players progress on their level and gear score, they can continue to give higher damage to the monster. This will only apply to the level 50 dungeons, and the change will be applied in early November.

Change in Works, Timing TBD

We are also making another change toward the impact of the Fairfight mechanic on passive skills and buffs. Currently, jobs with a high dependency on passive skills and buff skills are seeing a larger impact from the Fairfight mechanic, especially the Thief and Priest jobs. We are currently working on lowering the Fairfight system’s impact on passive and buff skills.

We don’t have an ETA yet, but the team is working hard to make this happen within November. Hopefully, we can share the news sooner on when this change will be applied.

We don’t currently have the date for the fix, but the good news is that the MapleStory 2 studio has found a potential solution and began working on the implementation. The system MapleStory 2 studio is developing is whenever a disconnection occurs between the game client and the server, the game client will automatically reconnect to the server immediately so that players don’t notice any disconnection.

The current version of fix is in the very rough state, and the development studio will need to complete the implementation and go through thorough QA testing before we deploy the fix. Current ETA is early November but this may change based on the QA testing results.

Not only have we surpassed 1 million accounts, but we also surpassed 2 million characters! Our CCU on Steam continues to be within the top 10, and as high as within the top 5. To show our appreciation towards our players, we have prepared another round of events.

We have designed this event so that everyone can benefit from the event and we can support players in Normal Adventure Dungeons in progressing faster towards Hard Adventure Dungeons. Please see the details below:

Normal Adventure Dungeon Double Loot

We are extending the event for one more week! Please take advantage of this event to increase your gear score for Hard Adventure Dungeons.

Free +8 Enchant Scroll (only works for Exceptional -light blue- items)

Please use the free scroll to enchant your gears to increase your gear score faster! This scroll will be given out on Saturday and Sunday (UTC). You will be getting one Exceptional Lv 50 +8 Weapon Scroll and one Exceptional Lv 50 +8 Armor Scroll once you log in during the event period to boost your gear’s Enchant from any level to +8! You only get one of each scroll per account and can transfer them between characters using the in-game bank.

Please make sure to log in with the main character you want to have the scroll because the Exceptional +8 Weapon Scroll will be given out based on your character’s class. We won’t be able to exchange the scroll type afterward! Please note all scrolls will expire at midnight on November 8 (UTC).

Free 200 Red Merets Each Day

Please log in to the game on Saturday and Sunday, and you will receive a bag containing 200 Red Merets each day. Unlike last week’s event, you can get this gift regardless of your level, and you will be able to open the bag to get the Red Merets at level 40. You can collect a total of 400 Red Merets per account.

We are currently targeting November 8th (PST) for our next content update. This will include three Chaos Raids, and a set of items for Chaos Raids, as well as something to celebrate Thanksgiving. We know that Thanksgiving in late November is mainly here in the States, but we are a global game and will be celebrating important holidays in different countries all year long!

We are not ready to share details of the actual contents yet, and the update time may change depending on the QA testing results, but we can assure you the content will be very enjoyable for all levels.

Also, we are preparing quality of life updates, including adding a function to reduce the size of your house. Please stay tuned for more updates coming next week.

Again, we would like to remind everyone that we are monitoring all of the channels including the Steam community and Reddit, and proactively creating a list of backlog items we should review. Here are a few things I would like to highlight:

Dungeon Limit: We heard everyone’s thoughts and feedback. But for the November update, we will be deploying the “BETA” version of the reset function as we discussed in the previous Producer Blog. Making changes to dungeons comes with lots of work so for this round, we are going to deploy the current version and review the trend in order to make future decisions. Thank you for all your great feedback!

Game Launch Error: With the Halloween update, lots of issues have been fixed, but we are still seeing the “Game Launch” issue with certain types of audio and graphics cards. We are also seeing more issues with laptops. We don’t have a clear solution for this yet but wanted to let you know that we are looking into the issue and looking for a solution.

Design Shop and UGC: We have seen an increase in the number of discussions happening around UGC in general. We want to let you know three things:

• UGC submissions have been removed for a number of reasons, including copyrighted phrases, images of real people used without their expressed consent, and other cases that are entirely to do with the nature of copyrights and trademarks. We understand that the nuances of what is allowed can be confusing, and strongly urge that everyone creating designs and outfits familiarize themselves with our UGC policies to make sure their work follows the prescribed rules.
• We have agents working to catch up on all the reports. Currently, we are seeing many reports about UGC items coming in, but we will eventually get to all of the reports. Please remember we are going to take the same measures towards the items that have similar issues. It’s just a matter of timing. If you see any items with issues, please make sure to report them so that we can take action towards those items faster.
• We are going to review changes to the UGC system to ensure we are only getting quality content in the Design Shop. We don’t have any details yet, but once we know what we want to do, we will share the information with you.

Meso Sellers and Bots: The team here is doing great work. As you have seen, some of the ad spams have become literally impossible to read. We know they are being creative and using group chats, but we are catching them much faster and blocking them at a very fast pace. We have blocked 15K+ accounts in seven days including bots and ad spammers.

As always, thank you for being an awesome community, and for making the game so successful. We will continue to work on the game with the community and our developers, to find what's best for MapleStory 2 long-term.

Best,
Jungsoo Lee

Dear Maplers,

As promised in an earlier blog, I'm here to report to you what we were able to discuss, decide and implement for dungeon limits.

For those who are not familiar with dungeon limits, pressing ";" in-game pops up the Dungeon UI. From the left side, you can see how many dungeons you've completed so far, and how many more you can complete. Here are some simple rules of how it works currently.

• Only completed dungeons count towards the limit: If you've lost the battle in a dungeon, don't worry. Your dungeon limit count will only go down if you've won the battle and received the loot roll for dungeon completion. This means you can make as many attempts you'd like until you get the team and timing just right to clear it.
• 10 dungeons per day: You can get full dungeon rewards up to 10 times a day. There's no stopping you from doing more dungeons beyond this to help out a friend or just for practice but you won't be receiving loot rolls. You do get dungeon clearing EXP though.
• 30 dungeons per week: On top of 10 a day, you can get full dungeon rewards up to 30 times a week. This means if you achieved 10 dungeon clears per day for 3 days, you've now maxed out getting the reward pools for that week.
• Daily limit resets every day at midnight UTC.
• Weekly limit resets every Friday at midnight UTC.
• You receive reward boxes with the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 30th dungeons you complete to aid your journey.
• This 30 dungeon limit only applies to Normal and Hard Adventure Dungeons. Other type of dungeons such as Dark Descent, Treasure, Special dungeons and (coming soon) Chaos Raids have independent dungeon limit counts.
• Daily limit resets once when your character reaches level 50. This is because a lot more of the game opens up for you at level 50 and we don't want you to miss out. Your reward boxes get upgraded appropriate to your progression at this point as well.

The current design is because we wanted our Adventure Dungeon system to not force an endless grind with low RNG to get the gear you want, reduce polarization between hardcore and casual players and promote party play between all types of players. We believe this system allows you to get gear/resources needed within a reasonable amount of time. But it hasn't been without issues.

We're hearing that many of our players feel 30 dungeons a week is just too low and that we're hindering the experience for the players who'd like to play more. Normal and Hard Adventure Dungeons are meant to be a stepping stone to aid you in getting the resources necessary to upgrade your end-game gear. But because there's not a major source of gear beyond Hard Adventure Dungeons, Adventure Dungeon runs are where character advancement ends in today's game. Here's what we are going to do to resolve this.

• Chaos Raids (10 player, time-limited raid): This will be added in November, as previously mentioned in our roadmap. Chaos Raids are end-game content where your skills, teamplay, and gear all matter. With the addition of Chaos Raids, we expect our awesome hardcore players to prove just how strong they are. This challenge will surely be something we think many players will enjoy in addition to Adventure Dungeon runs, and with the greater challenge comes greater rewards.
• Dungeon Limit Reset: We will be offering a one-time reset of the dungeon limit per week per account as a beta feature with the November update as well. In detail, this is how it will work:

(Not final art)

• When you complete 30 Adventure Dungeons in a week, you will have the option to reset your counter once per account on a character of your choice per week.
• Once reset, your character will now be able to obtain full dungeon rewards again, up to 10 per day and 30 in total before the scheduled reset time of Friday at midnight UTC.
• We're still in discussion for the exact rewards you can get on additional dungeon runs to double-check all the technical requirements.

This essentially gives you a total of 60 dungeons per week on a character of your choice. We expect you'd use this on your main character but you can choose to do so on any character in your account and keep playing! And for the rewards, our goal is to provide rewards as close to the first 30 dungeon runs as possible, but may make some adjustments to prevent abuse and imbalancing the in-game economy.

Please note that we are adding this dungeon limit reset feature as a beta system because we came up with this solution in a short time. We expect to be ironing out the kinks and evaluating the necessity of such a system down the line as more content arrives in the game. We'll keep listening to the feedback of the players and adjust accordingly.

Lastly, one quick additional note on another topic I'm discussing with our development studio right now: the Fairfight mechanic. We are still actively discussing this based on your feedback and we'll share updates the moment we lock in on any new direction. I really appreciate so many players giving us suggestions because feedback rooted in passion like this is what guides us to make a better game.

Thanks for playing MapleStory 2!

Yours truly,
- MapleStory 2 Producer, LAMBCOOK

Yes, you saw that right: Since the beginning of MapleStory 2's Head Start, over 1,000,000 people have hopped in to join the adventures in Maple World! We're so excited that we're putting on a week-long Double Dungeon Drop event, giving you two loot rolls whenever you complete a dungeon, plus giving the dedicated players that have reached the level cap a free Style Crate and 500 Red Merets just for logging in this weekend!

• Double Dungeon Drop: Get two rolls on the loot table with every Normal Adventure Dungeon you complete!
  • Event applies to all levels and in all Normal Adventure Dungeons. Get geared for Hard Adventure Dungeons twice as fast!
• Saturday Giveaway: 1x Style Crate for players that have reached max level!
• Sunday Giveaway: 500 Red Merets for players that have reached max level!
  • Must be Level 60 to receive giveaway rewards
  • Red Merets cannot normally be purchased
  • Red Merets can be spent on a variety of items, including a collection of outfits in the Red Meret Shop
  • Rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank
  • Rewarded once per account

• Double Dungeon Drop:
  • PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 PM Thursday, Oct. 18th - 5:00 PM Thursday, Oct. 25th
  • EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 PM Thursday, Oct. 18th - 8:00 PM Thursday, Oct. 25th
  • BRT (UTC -3): 9:00 PM Thursday, Oct. 18th - 9:00 PM Thursday, Oct. 25th
  • CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 AM Friday, Oct. 19th - 2:00 AM Friday, Oct. 26th
  • AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM Friday, Oct. 19th - 11:00 AM Friday, Oct. 26th
• Saturday Giveaway:
  • PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 PM Friday, Oct. 19th - 5:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 20th
  • EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 PM Friday, Oct. 19th - 8:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 20th
  • BRT (UTC -3): 9:00 PM Friday, Oct. 19th - 9:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 20th
  • CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 AM Saturday, Oct. 20th - 2:00 AM Sunday, Oct. 21st
  • AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM Saturday, Oct. 20th - 11:00 AM Sunday, Oct. 21st
• Sunday Giveaway:
  • PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 20th - 5:00 PM Sunday, Oct. 21st
  • EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 20th - 8:00 PM Sunday, Oct. 21st
  • BRT (UTC -3): 9:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 20th - 9:00 PM Sunday, Oct. 21st
  • CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 AM Sunday, Oct. 21st - 2:00 AM Monday, Oct. 22nd
  • AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM Sunday, Oct. 21st - 11:00 AM Monday, Oct. 22nd

Halloween is two weeks away and while MapleStory 2 is only a week old now, we're celebrating All Hallow's Eve with our very best! The end of October features spooky events and adorably spoopy rewards, including a new story made specifically for the new global service!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i58HV_M4eg4

The Mon Bloody Chouchou Hotel is a lovely place to stay. Gorgeous decorations, lush accommodations, barely any ghostly presence... it truly is one of the finest lodgings in Maple World, and you've been invited to a special Halloween gala where there will be absolutely no haunting!



Accept Hotelier Plutino's invitation and learn more about the Mon Bloody Chouchou Hotel's completely normal and un-grisly history in this special Halloween story with a bevy of special cosmetic rewards!



After completing the story, you'll gain access to a set of limited time daily quests and be able to complete the Stamp Collection event, where you can earn bonus rewards including Pumpkin Coins, a special event-only outfit and the Love Tornado Box, containing your choice of one of three special mounts!



Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Oct. 18th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Event Details:

• When you log in to MapleStory 2, accept the Murder at Mon Bloody Chouchou quest from the Available Quests menu (the exclamation mark over your portrait).
• Head to Queenstown to enter the Mon Bloody Chouchou Hotel
• Speak with Hotelier Plutino to begin the story and uncover what happened in the hotel!
• Completing the story will unlock a pair of Daily Quests
• You can also earn additional prizes through the Stamp Event (available in the World menu), where performing various actions will earn you stamps and work towards an additional set of prizes, including Pumpkin Coins, special Halloween outfits and your choice of three Love Tornado ground mounts!

Stamp Event Menu Location


The Halloween events we're putting out all have one thing in common: They're a great way to earn Pumpkin Coins! There's a special set of prizes waiting for you if you can gather enough coins, including two spooky decorations for your house, a monstrously adorable mask for you and a fun-sized skeletal horse and card to follow you around as your pet!



Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Oct. 18th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Event Details:

• Take part in the Mystery of Mon Bloody Chouchou Hotel event and Raising Pumky event to earn Pumpkin Coins!
• Take those coins to NPC Pumpkini in the Mon Chouchou Hotel Lobby to exchange the coins the following prizes:
  • 100x Pumpkin Coins: Halloween Carriage pet
  • 65x Pumpkin Coins: Bat Swarm Jack-o'-Lantern Mask outfit item
  • 45x Pumpkin Coins: Cute Jack-o'-Lantern furnishing item
  • 45x Pumpkin Coins: Jack-o'-Lantern Scarecrow furnishing item
  • 5x Pumpkin Coins: Trick or Treater's Grab Bag, which a random item sold by NPC Pumpkini
  • 1x Pumpkin Coin: Pumpkin Candy, which restores 1,050 health when used
• Pumpkin Coins and rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

There's also an adorable little... bat-pumpkin pet? Well, Pumky is a growing little monster and the adorable creature needs your help to grow, with Pumpkin Coins and special cosmetics waiting for you!



Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Oct. 18th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Event Details:

• Accept the Pumky quest to claim the Pumky Nest furnishing and begin the event! You can find it in the Available Quests menu (the exclamation mark over your portrait)
• Place Pumky into your house and give it some Pumpkin Pie Feed to help it grow, plus you earn a Pumpkin Coin!
• You gain Pumpkin Pie Feed as you play MapleStory 2:
  • 20 minutes logged in: 2x Pumpkin Pie Feed
  • 40 minutes logged in: 3x Pumpkin Pie Feed
  • 60 minutes logged in: 4x Pumpkin Pie Feed
• You can also play with a friend's Pumky! You can play with another friend's Pumky once per day, and up to three other players Pumkys, to help it grow and earn bonus Pumpkin Pie Feed.
• Players must be at least Level 10 to participate in the event
• Growing Pumky will reward the following, based on Growth Level and via the "Get Gift" action:
  • Growth Level 300: Bouncing Pumky Mount
  • Growth Level 500: Little Pumky Pet
  • Growth Level 700: Perched Pumky Head Outfit
  • Speak to Pumky once you reach the Growth Level to receive the reward
• Your Pumky Nest will remain available to use in your house even after the event is complete!

Halloween is only two weeks away and we've got a spooky new package for you, a special way to send messages throughout Maple World, an ominous item you can use to advertise and a massive update to the Style Crate! Check it all out below!



Grab this limited time package with three eerie items! Dress up your Name Tag for the season, make your chat bubble look frightful and get driven around Maple World by some adorably spooky helpers!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Oct. 18th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Sale Details:

• Price: 1,360 Merets (20% Off)
• Contents:
  • Funky Halloween Chat Bubble
  • Funky Halloween Name Tag
  • Ghostly Host Carriage ground mount
• Can be purchased once per account
• Contents cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

As mentioned in our Producer's Blog earlier in the week, we're releasing a set of changes to the Style Crate to allow you to obtain the styles and designs you want without relying on luck. This change will apply to not only the current Style Crate, but all of the other Style Crates to come.

Style Crate Changes

• Normal-Quality, non-Weapon Outfit items in the Style Crate can also be purchased directly from the Premium tab of the Meret Market, in exchange for Merets
  • Prices vary based on item slot, ranging from 390 - 640 Merets
  • These items can still be Dismantled for 1 Style Coin
• Exceptional-Quality or Weapon Outfit items in the Style Crate can also be purchased directly from the Style Coin Shop, in exchange for Style Coins
  • Prices vary based on item slot, ranging from 6 - 18 Style Coins
  • These items can still be Dismantled for 2 - 3 Style Coins
• As a thank you to everyone that's purchased Style Crates, we're giving out a free Style Coin for every 5 Style Crates purchased (rounded down)!
  • Note: Due to technical reasons, we will be giving out the bonus Style Coins during a maintenance on October 25th. We apologize for the inconvenience.

We're also releasing a pair of special Ad Balloon for the season, featuring a black cat on a purple-and-black Jack-o'-Lantern and a more traditional orange and black Jack-o'-Lantern, both on a stick and more than flashy!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Oct. 18th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Sale Details:

• Black Cat Jack-o'-Lantern Ad Balloon:
  • 1x Balloon: 100 Merets
  • 5 + 1x Balloons: 500 Merets
• Jack-o'-Lantern Ad Balloon:
  • 1x Balloon: 70 Merets
  • 5 + 1x Balloons: 350 Merets
• Allows you to place an Ad Balloon on the ground in most locations for 24 hours, which displays a custom message when interacted with, and can offer a house invite to anyone that interacts with it. Consumed on use.
• Item cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

Give your super chats a seasonal appearance with this chat theme! Each Halloween Super Chat Theme allows you to send a message to every player in your Region with your own customized message with a delightful Halloween look!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Oct. 18th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Sale Details:

• Price:
  • 1x Chat Theme: 90 Merets
  • 5x Chat Themes: 450 Merets
  • 10 + 1x Chat Themes: 900 Merets
  • 30 + 5x Chat Themes: 2,700 Merets
• Allows you to send a message to all players in your region with a special Halloween background and images. Consumed on use.
• Item cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

We're also putting on a special deal to celebrate the new Style Crate, and also to get into the Halloween spirit. Get the Spooky Style Crate Bundle for a set of 10 Style Crates, plus an exclusive Halloween-themed chat bubble!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Wednesday, Oct. 10th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Sale Details:

• Price: 3,000 Merets
• Contents:
  • Exclusive Jack-o'-Lantern Chat Bubble
  • 10 Style Crates
• Can be purchased once per account

Want to get your new Runeblade a style to match as you race to Lv. 60 as quick as you can? Grab the Runeblade Package, featuring an Elixir, a Level-Up Booster that doubles your Combat, Performance and Fishing experience, a Runeblade-themed Chat Bubble and a special Levitation Sigil flying mount, perfect for making your Runeblade truly look the part!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Wednesday, Oct. 10th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Sale Details:

• Price: 1,290 Merets (30% Off!)
• Contents:
  • Levitation Sigil flying mount
  • Runeblade Chat Bubble
  • Fantastic Level-up Booster, which increases the EXP gained from Combat, Performance and Fishing by +100%, increases meso drops by 50% and boosts Physical and Magic attack by 3% for 90 minutes
  • Elixir, which immediately restores 50% of your health
• Can be purchased once per account
• Fantastic Level-up Booster persists through death, and does not tick down while logged out
• Attack bonus does not apply while in Battlegrounds

MapleStory 2 has plenty of emotes for you to purchase from the Meret Market, including dancing, blowing kisses, dancing, taunting your enemies, and even some dancing! You can pick up a bundle of almost every emote in the shop thanks to the Emote Bundle at a 20% discount!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Monday, Oct. 1st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Sale Details:

• Price: 3,899 Merets (4,950 Meret Value!)
• Contents:
  • Big Meanie Emote
  • Blow Kiss Emote
  • Bunny Dance Emote
  • Crazy Dance Emote
  • Despair Emote
  • Don't Ask Me Emote
  • Dreamy Emote
  • Dynamic Pose Emote
  • Goofy Dance Emote
  • Groove Dance Emote
  • Hip Shimmy Emote
  • Hop Shuffle Emote
  • Hypnotic Dance Emote
  • Kiss Emote
  • Lean Dance Emote
  • Martial Shout Emote
  • Mock Emote
  • Para Para Dance Emote
  • Punishment Emote
  • Rolling Dance Emote
  • Rowboat Dance Emote
  • Shimmy Emote
  • Shuffle Dance Emote
  • Sing Emote
  • Sleep Emote
  • Spin Dance Emote
  • Strut Dance Emote
  • Sulk Emote
  • Tantrum Emote
  • Tap Dance Emote
  • Taunt Emote
  • Time-out Emote
  • Wave Dance Emote
  • Whip Dance Emote
  • Windmill Dance Emote
  • Worm Dance Emote
  • Worry Emote
• Can be purchased once per account

With so many musical options available, you'll want to experiment to find the instrument that's right for you and right for the masterpiece you write yourself! The Arlano Instrument Bundle contains a baker's dozen of gorgeous instruments at 20% off!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Monday, Oct. 1st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Nov. 8th

Sale Details:

• Price: 5,199 Merets (6,500 Meret Value!)
• Contents:
  • Arlano Classic Cello Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Clarinet Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Guitar Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Harp Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Ocarina Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Pan Flute Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Piano Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Saxophone Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Timpani Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Trombone Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Trumpet Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Vibraphone Instrument
  • Arlano Classic Violin Instrument
• Can be purchased once per account

We're also releasing a pair of special packages to help welcome you to MapleStory 2 once you've spent 10 hours with us! The Freebie Style Pack gives you two free canvases to experiment with the powerful UGC feature plus a special Body Pillow mount.<!-- Phrasing! -->Meanwhile, the Maple Milestone Pack contains 500 special Red Merets, plus a shockingly useful mount and an adorable face accessory, but must be purchased within 24 hours of reaching 10 hours of play time. Check out the details below!



Freebie Style Pack Details:

• Claim the Freebie Style Pack after earning the Time Among Friends Tier 2 Trophy to gain the following items:
  • A Template Gift Box, which gives you a T-Shirt Template and Shorts Template for your current character's gender
  • A Blake Body Pillow mount
• The Time Among Friends Tier 2 Trophy is earned by playing MapleStory 2 for 10 hours on one character
• Templates from the Template Gift Box cannot be traded or placed on the Design Shop
• Pack contents cannot be traded to other players
• Can be purchased once per account

Maple Milestone Pack Details:

• For 24 hours after earning the Time Among Friends Tier 2 Trophy, you'll be able to purchase the Maple Milestone Pack for 499 Merets, either via the pop-up that appears when you earn Trophy or in the Meret Shop under the Special tab! This discounted Pack contains the following items:
  • Eggs on Toast Face Accessory
  • Electric Ducky Fan Flying Mount
  • A 100 Red Meret Package that can be opened when you reach Level 10
  • A 100 Red Meret Package that can be opened when you reach Level 20
  • A 100 Red Meret Package that can be opened when you reach Level 30
  • A 100 Red Meret Package that can be opened when you reach Level 40
  • A 100 Red Meret Package that can be opened when you reach Level 50
• The Time Among Friends Tier 2 Trophy is earned by playing MapleStory 2 for 10 hours on one character
• Red Merets cannot normally be purchased
• Red Merets can be spent on a variety of items, including a collection of outfits exclusive to the Red Meret Shop!
• Pack contents cannot be traded to other players
• Can be purchased once per account

Update (Oct 23): The previously reported changes to the block list have not been implemented. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Update (10:00 AM PDT): The maintenance has been completed. Thank you for your patience, and enjoy our Halloween Events and Sales!

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Thursday, October 18th at 7:00 AM PDT. During this period, all servers will be unavailable. We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 3 hours, concluding at around 10:00 AM PDT.

- Start and End Times -

• PDT (UTC -7): 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• EDT (UTC -4): 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• BRT (UTC -3): 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
• CEST (UTC +2): 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• AEDT (UTC +11): 1:00 AM - 4:00 AM, October 19th

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

- What -

• Halloween update, complete with a new story event and a special sale!
• Applying a set of bug fixes and game improvements

General

• Red Merets can now be used to extend auto fishing.
• The following Maple Guides are being temporarily removed:
  • Homespun Fashion
  • A Perfect Fit
  • Smile!
• A 5-minute cooldown has been applied to the voice-over alerting you that you have new mail.

Options Menu

• A new option has been added to hide Skill, Mail, and New Items UI alerts.
• Players are now able to change their language settings in the Character Selection screen and the tutorial.

Epic Quests and Dungeons

• If an NPC is located inside a dungeon for an epic quest, you will now be properly guided to the map they are located in.
• The health of the "Lost Vayar Guardian" in the epic quest, The War Chief's Mission (Lv. 35) has been reduced by 20% .
• Checkpoints have now been added to the normal adventure dungeons Blacknov No. 2 and Forest of Chaos.
• The damage attack for one of Kalkita's skills in the normal adventure dungeon Katramus Depths has been reduced.

Misc Improvements

• Update (Oct 23): The previously reported changes to the block list have not been implemented. We apologize for the inconvenience.
• Players will now receive a more informative mail if their UGC item that was sold or purchased has been removed from the Design Shop when in violation of the Terms of Service.

• The Exploration Goal Speak with Pardore in Moonlight Garden will now be completed when speaking to Professor Pardore.
• The debug text for the epic quest Power Struggle (Lv. 43) has been resolved.
• Quest objectives for the epic quest Misdirection (Lv. 47) can now be completed in one try.
• The following skills now function properly:
  • Archer: Screwdriver Shot and Arrow Storm
  • Heavy Gunner: Electric Blast
  • Knight: Iron Shield effect
• Using the Glamour Anvil on specific items will now correctly generate the right item.
• Auto-fishing can now be properly extend with Merets when using an Auto-Fishing Voucher.
• Cinematic cutscenes with conversations will properly show all the lines on the screen, and will scroll if the lines are long enough.
• Resolutions lower than 720px in height can now be set in full-screen mode.
• The Shadow World's buff, "Shadow Power," will no longer linger after leaving the Shadow World.
• An issue where the game could freeze during loading for Steam has been fixed.

• The Trend-setter Trophy cannot be completed, for those who completed it during Head Start.
• The Berg and Alkimi Islands are still missing in the World Map and Furnishing Portal
• Some trophies still cannot be completed, due to the required furnishing being missing from the House.
• Third party audio and streaming software may cause the game client to not load properly. You may need to turn it off before launching MapleStory 2.

Dear Maplers,

We had a fantastic first week thanks to our great MapleStory 2 community. MapleStory 2 was ranked the #6 title on Steam during North America peak hours, with an even larger community forming on Nexon Launcher. The game was generally stable, aside from a few server issues during the weekend which increased latency on the North America East server, but the team here acted quickly to resolve the issues.

We saw the community grow in Europe, Oceania and South America. Oceania actually surprised us with a huge population, which required us to look into adding more channels! North America also showed growth every day and has consistently been the most packed.

While we have been seeing great success with the Official Launch, the team here has worked hard to get a few bigger items sorted out with our developers. I would like to use this chance to share what kind of changes we are planning to make.

We further reviewed the design of the Style Crate and after looking at posts on Reddit, the Official Forums and the Steam Community, we decided to make some additional improvements. The team has identified two main issues:

• Set items in the Style Crate which aren't in the shop require too much investment to complete
• Selection in the Premium Shop is too limited, due to the fact that most items only exist in the Style Crate

Because our intention is not to force players to purchase Style Crates, and MapleStory 2 is very unique with its visuals and customization, we will be taking the actions below:

• All outfits that Dismantle for one Style Coin will now also be sold in the Premium Shop. The price will be higher than regular vanity items in the current shop, but you will be able to Dismantle these items for Style Coins.
  • When we remove items from the Style Crate, we will also remove those items from the Premium Shop, and add a new batch of items based on the current items in the Style Crate.
• All outfit items that Dismantle for 3 Style Coins and Style Crate Weapon Boxes that Dismantle for 2 Style Coins will now also be added to the Style Coin Shop
  • Above items in the Style Coin Shop can be Dismantled for 2 or 3 Style Coins
  • Coin pricing will include the value of items after Dismantling (2 or 3 Style Coins)

The end result of these changes will be that every item within the Style Crates can now be obtained without relying on the roll of the dice. This change will be applied with the October 18th Halloween update. The team here and at the Development Studio have been working day and night to make these changes, to ensure we are providing the best service possible.

To show our appreciation towards players who purchased Style Crates before the October 18th update, we are going to grant one Style Coin for every 5 Style Crates purchases in the past. Since we are going to update the Style Coin Shop regularly, you can use both your existing and newly obtained Style Coins to purchase items in the future.

• For players who bought 1 - 4 Style Crates: No Coin
• For players who bought 5 - 9 Style Crates: 1 Coin
• For players who bought 10 - 14 Style Crates: 2 Coins
• ...
• For players who bought 100 - 104 Style Crates: 20 Coins and so on

This has been a hot topic since the first Closed Beta, and we have been discussing this with the MapleStory 2 studio. I am happy to provide some high-level updates in regards to the direction we are going to pursue.

Bottom line: we will be updating PvP gear and reactivating PvP in early December.

The current version of the game has a completely different balance, and we agreed to work on releasing the PvP arena with an improved PvP gear system in early December.

Please stay tuned for more updates around the 3rd or 4th week of November.

We have been seeing a large number of requests from players wanting to see a greater variety of weapon templates.

Working on new weapon templates takes a significant amount of time, but the MapleStory 2 studio wants to work on new templates that players want. We will work towards releasing a different variety of weapon templates one by one, and we hope to get your feedback on which templates have the greatest demand.

Please participate in the poll here!

After the survey, we will work with the studio to provide more information on any new weapon templates.

We released a short teaser yesterday on Twitter, and we have some more info to showcase today.

This year's Halloween content was actually developed for the global version of the service! Although Korea and China will be getting the same events at around the same time, the MapleStory 2 studio made a special effort to create new, limited time content specifically catered towards our community!

Please spread the word about these events, and jump in to collect exclusive, adorable looking Halloween perks this weekend! Lots of really cool things will be provided as event rewards for you to earn, as well as some limited time packages full of spooky items!

The team here is working day and night to review and monitor all the feedback from players. Please understand that we cannot leave replies on all the postings from the community, but you can assume we are reading most of the feedback you are providing the community and social channels.

We are taking care of high priority items, and we will eventually get to some of the topics we haven't mentioned yet. As a company, we can only discuss things which are confirmed, to prevent miscommunication and evolving designs from creating confusion. We appreciate all of your feedback and insights, and we will work hard to make the best decisions for the future of MapleStory 2.

A few things I would like to share for visibility purposes:

• Dungeon Cap Discussion: We are going to make an official announcement on upcoming changes to the Dungeon Cap this Friday or next Monday. The plan is to share Friday, but depending on the situation after the Halloween update, this might be delayed. Our target date to apply the changes is early November at the moment.
• Game Launch Errors: We have seen three different types of errors players are going through: stuck at Nexon logo screen, game freezing at the MapleStory 2 logo with loading bar getting frozen, and the game not responding after clicking "Play" on Steam. We are deploying a potential fix for the freezing at MapleStory 2 logo screen issue. We will work towards fixes for all the technical issues soon.
• 10053 Disconnection Issue: The MapleStory 2 studio is working on the solution for this. We don't have an ETA yet, but we will try to get this fix in place ASAP. Once we have more news, will provide updates.
• Meso Sellers & Bots: We are rolling out new measures to ban meso sellers and bots from the game every day. Meanwhile, please make sure to stay away from purchasing mesos from these sellers. Based on the Terms of Service, you can get banned from the game if you engage in the trade. We have learned how sellers are transferring mesos to the buyers and we will be taking more aggressive measures. So far, we have banned over 6,000 farmer accounts, and we will continue to fight back against meso sellers.
• Fairfight: This is still being discussed, and we don't have any information we can share with you yet. Since this has been one of the biggest topics, I am mentioning this to let you know that we have heard what players are saying. We're still working on this issue, but there is some good news: the upcoming Chaos Raids won't have Fairfight applied.

Thank you for being an awesome community, and making the Official Launch so successful. We will continue to work on the game with the community and our developers, to find what's best for MapleStory 2 long-term.

Sincerely,
Jungsoo Lee

It's been an amazing opening week with the official launch, with MapleStory 2 finding our way into the Top 10 on Steam, and we're celebrating it with a cache of Red Merets for all of our players and a week of Premium Club time! Thank you all for the amazing launch, and we can't wait for more in the days, weeks, months and years to come!

• Saturday Giveaway:
  • PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 PM Friday, Oct. 12th - 5:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 13th
  • EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 PM Friday, Oct. 12th - 8:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 13th
  • BRT (UTC -3): 9:00 PM Friday, Oct. 12th - 9:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 13th
  • CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 AM Saturday, Oct. 13th - 2:00 AM Sunday, Oct. 14th
  • AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM Saturday, Oct. 13th - 11:00 AM Sunday, Oct. 14th
• Sunday Giveaway:
  • PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 13th - 5:00 PM Sunday, Oct. 14th
  • EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 13th - 8:00 PM Sunday, Oct. 14th
  • BRT (UTC -3): 9:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 13th - 9:00 PM Sunday, Oct. 14th
  • CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 AM Sunday, Oct. 14th - 2:00 AM Monday, Oct. 15th
  • AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM Sunday, Oct. 14th - 11:00 AM Monday, Oct. 15th

• Saturday: 300 Red Merets and 7 Days of Premium Club
• Sunday: 300 Red Merets
• Red Merets cannot normally be purchased
• Red Merets can be spent on a variety of items, including a collection of outfits in the Red Meret Shop!
• Rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank
• Must be Lv. 20+ to receive rewards
• Rewarded once per account