Dec 20, 2018

Producer Blog - State of the Game - Week 10

Community Announcements - ColonelPanic

Dear Maplers,

I’d like to relay some humble gratitude from our team to all of you. The holidays are right around the corner and it’s been an awesome journey this year for all of us. We have you to thank for it!

Holiday Bonus Giveaway

We hope you are enjoying the gift package we sent! As we reviewed the feedback from the community, we have seen that some players misunderstood what items were part of the package. It was one box that included everything mentioned underneath. Because it was a mega-sized bundle, I tried to describe it better by sectioning off what type of items were included to make it easier to parse but it seems like that added to your confusion. We will be more careful with this for any gifts in the future.

Ongoing Plans

I’d like to make it clear that the 2018 Thank-you Package isn’t intended to be part of the improvements we are planning for the game. Our main focus is still on addressing the random aspects of progression combined with the content cap by ensuring that players are always making progress when they invest time into the game over the course of the 2019 updates. As it currently stands:

Our team is actively in discussions with the MapleStory 2 studio and we are thoroughly reviewing all the suggestions, as well as their potential side effects.
More importantly, we are reviewing MapleStory 2 as a whole to make sure there’s no unturned stones we may miss if we move hastily.
We will be sharing more details when key changes begin to get locked down, starting in January.
We see that our experiment with giving Toad’s Toolkit from Hard Adventure Dungeons have been effective in aiding you. In our original plan, this was going to be a month long event but we will be extending this experiment to the end of January (Jan. 31, 2019). Please note that currently all Toad’s Toolkits are set to expire at that time as well, so don’t forget to use them before then.

Bot Investigation

This has been a popular discussion point among Maplers in the community since Official Launch, and we've mentioned in previous blogs how many bots have been banned, but we have never really discussed in detail exactly how we do this. Unfortunately, we never will. We can't disclose specific details about the methods we utilize as meso farmers can potentially use this information to their benefit and directly combat our tactics.

Keep in mind that we generally look into a lot of different aspects of the game to battle botters, including but not limited to:

Player reports
Behavioral pattern analysis
Log analysis
Market Trade Behavior
Chat analysis
GM patrolling
Engineers churning out new tools and patterns for improved detection
A dedicated team making sure no false bans occurs

For example, we just rolled out a new detection system that multiple teams have been working on that alone has successfully blocked over 9,000 meso farmer accounts in just one day. While new methods, rules and systems to combat meso farmers are created daily, we aren't rushing to push these additions live either. We focus a lot of our time on manually reviewing individual cases to ensure that each of our new rules, patterns, and systems don't cause any false bans.

There are popular suggestions from the community that we are very much aware of, such as CAPTCHA systems for regular gameplay or dungeons. Keep in mind we do weigh these suggestions based on how effective they could possibly be and how reasonable it is to actually implement such ideas. Some ideas may seem great on paper, but when it comes down to the actual design and implementation of these ideas, it's not necessarily a walk in the park. Don't let this discourage you as we're always open to suggestions, so please keep them coming!

Finally, we've been monitoring trading logs since Official Launch and while we've taken some actions to obvious meso farmer accounts, we will be ramping up to perform more bans based on suspicious trading starting in January. This does mean we are taking increased action against RMT meso buyers, so we sincerely ask that you do not buy mesos from illegal meso selling websites.

Do the right thing. Don't make Joddy cry!

Other things

An improved housing UI and more UGC Weapon Templates will be coming in the January update, as mentioned in a previous blog.
In the January update, we are also going to add one more quality of life improvement feature called the “Favorite Dungeon” system. This system will allow you to create your own list of dungeons to be displayed when you open the Challenge Map instead of “Recommended Dungeons”.
We just confirmed that the female hairstyle for the Soul Binder is going to be added into the game in January as well!

Happy holidays! This will be our last blog for this year. Please stay tuned for 2019 news in January, and see you in-game!

Sincerely,
LAMBCOOK

Dec 19, 2018

Winter Wonderland Delights

Community Announcements - ColonelPanic

Tis the closing of the year, and we're saying goodbye to 2018 with a special event and a collection of sales and packages! Get this month's Daily Wonders, a special package of Style Crates with a bonus Emote, an event where you can claim 3 Style Crates by defeating World Bosses and much more!

Winter Daily Wonders

Winter's fully upon us, and the Daily Wonders are here with a special set of items at a massive 50% discount! Fly in an enchanted stocking, get a collection of useful vouchers and elixirs, deafen your friends with some Festive Cymbals and stomp around the place in a mighty ground mount based on the Sky Fortress' pest of a foe, the Checky Mech!

Sale Duration:

UTC: 8:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th - 8:00 AM, Thursday, Jan. 3rd
PST (UTC -8): 12:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th - 12:00 AM, Thursday, Jan. 3rd
EST (UTC -5): 3:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th - 3:00 AM, Thursday, Jan. 3rd
BRST (UTC -2): 6:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th - 6:00 AM, Thursday, Jan. 3rd
CET (UTC +1): 9:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th - 9:00 AM, Thursday, Jan. 3rd
AEDT (UTC +11): 7:00 PM, Thursday, Dec. 20th - 7:00 PM, Thursday, Jan. 3rd

Sale Details:

Price: 2,327 Blue Merets (50% Discount for all items)
Log in each day to unlock a new prize from the Daily Wonders screen:
- Day 1: Festive Cymbals special seasonal instrument
- Day 2: 10x Recovery Elixirs, which restores 50% of your health and 70 Spirit when consumed (60s cooldown)
- Day 3: Happy Holiday Name Tag
- Day 4: 2x Auto-Fishing Vouchers (30 Min)
- Day 5: Reindeer Sleigh Chat Bubble
- Day 6: 10x Revive Vouchers
- Day 7: Holiday Stocking Epic Flying Mount
- Day 8: 10x Recovery Elixirs
- Day 9: Pet Taming Package, which contains 20x Dryad Pet Candies, 10x Dryad G1 Snares, 10x Dryad G2 Snares and 10x Dryad G3 Snares
- Day 10: 50x Instant Gathering Vouchers
- Day 11: 2x Style Crates
- Day 12: 2x Auto-Performance Vouchers (30 Min)
- Day 13: 10x Recovery Elixirs
- Day 14: 10x Revive Vouchers
- Day 15: Checky Mech Epic Ground Mount
Missing a day does not skip items or reset progress
Prizes can be previewed in the Daily Wonders screen, even if you have not purchased the Daily Wonders
Winter Daily Wonders voucher must be activated before 8:00 AM UTC on Jan. 17th, 2019
Must claim all prizes before 8:00 AM UTC on Jan. 31st, 2019
Days begin and end at 12:00 AM UTC
Rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

Holiday Present Event

Want to get three free Style Crates? Join your fellow Maplers on December 24th and 25th for a special event where you can earn Style Crates by taking out World Bosses!

Event Duration: 12:00 AM UTC Monday, Dec. 24th - 12:00 AM UTC, Wednesday, Dec. 26th

Event Details:

On Dec. 24th, speak to Ruby in either Queenstown or Merry Village to get the Holiday Magic event quest! Quest will be available during the following period:
- UTC: 12:00 AM Monday, Dec. 24th - 12:00 AM Tuesday, Dec. 25th
- PST (UTC -8): 4:00 PM Sunday, Dec. 23rd - 4:00 PM Monday, Dec. 24th
- EST (UTC -5): 7:00 PM Sunday, Dec. 23rd - 7:00 PM Monday, Dec. 24th
- BRST (UTC -2): 10:00 PM Sunday, Dec. 23rd - 10:00 PM Monday, Dec. 24th
- CET (UTC +1): 1:00 AM Monday, Dec. 24th - 1:00 AM Tuesday, Dec. 25th
- AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM Monday, Dec. 24th - 11:00 AM Tuesday, Dec. 25th
Complete the Holiday Magic event to gain the Holiday Magic Sack item!
On Dec. 25th, speak to Ruby in either Queenstown or Merry Village to get the Holiday Wonder event quest! Quest will be available during the following period:
- UTC: 12:00 AM Tuesday, Dec. 25th - 12:00 AM Wednesday, Dec. 26th
- PST (UTC -8): 4:00 PM Monday, Dec. 24th - 4:00 PM Tuesday, Dec. 25th
- EST (UTC -5): 7:00 PM Monday, Dec. 24th - 7:00 PM Tuesday, Dec. 25th
- BRST (UTC -2): 10:00 PM Monday, Dec. 24th - 10:00 PM Tuesday, Dec. 25th
- CET (UTC +1): 1:00 AM Tuesday, Dec. 25th - 1:00 AM Wednesday, Dec. 26th
- AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM Tuesday, Dec. 25th - 11:00 AM Wednesday, Dec. 26th
Complete the Holiday Magic event to gain the Holiday Magic Key!
Open the Holiday Magic Sack with the key to gain 3x Style Crates!
- Learn more about what's in the Style Crates at the Style Crate Contents page!
Both quests can only be completed during the noted periods, and are completed by defeating one of the following World Bosses:
- Acreon
- Alpha Turtle
- Amadon
- Devilin Warrior
- Doodun
- Furious Baphomet
- Giant Turtle
- Griffin
- Griffina
- Heartless Baphomet
- Ikar Morde
- Lernos
- Lo and Moomoo
- Mk 52 Alpha
- Pekanos
- Toh and Googoo
- Ureus
- Vayar Gatekeeper

Holiday Style Crate Bundle

Want a pile of Style Crates with a special bonus? The Holiday Style Crate Bundle gives you a stack of 10 Style Crates with a special bonus: The Anticipated Gift emote!

Sale Duration: 8:00 AM UTC, Thursday, Dec. 20th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 10th

PST (UTC -8): Starts at 12:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
EST (UTC -5): Starts at 3:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
BRST (UTC -2): Starts at 6:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
CET (UTC +1): Starts at 9:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
AEDT (UTC +11): Starts at 7:00 PM, Thursday, Dec. 20th

Sale Details:

Price: 3,000 Merets
Contents:
- 10x Style Crates
- Anticipated Gift Emote
Can be purchased once per account
Learn more about what's in the Style Crates at the Style Crate Contents page!

New Year's Doll Up Event

Ring in the new year with a new look! Starting at 8:00 AM UTC on New Year's Eve, all purchases in Beauty Street are 20% off! Get a new facial look, get a special haircut and start off the new year right!

Sale Duration:

UTC: 8:00 AM Monday, December 31st - 8:00 AM Wednesday, January 2nd
PST (UTC -8): 12:00 AM Monday, December 31st - 12:00 AM Wednesday, January 2nd
EST (UTC -5): 3:00 AM Monday, December 31st - 3:00 AM Wednesday, January 2nd
BRST (UTC -2): 6:00 AM Monday, December 31st - 6:00 AM Wednesday, January 2nd
CET (UTC +1): 9:00 AM Monday, December 31st - 9:00 AM Wednesday, January 2nd
AEDT (UTC +11): 7:00 PM Monday, December 31st - 7:00 PM Wednesday, January 2nd

Sale Details:

All Beauty Street purchases, including special hairstyles, are 20% off!

Grumble's Colorful Festival Bundle

We also have a trio of packages with adorable bear pets and adorable festive items! Grumble's Colorful Festival Bundle comes with the panda cub Grumble, a hat that brings a Rollicking Reindeer to run around your head and Cheery Holiday Chat Bubble and Name Tag!

Sale Duration: 8:00 AM UTC, Thursday, Dec. 20th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 10th

PST (UTC -8): Starts at 12:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
EST (UTC -5): Starts at 3:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
BRST (UTC -2): Starts at 6:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
CET (UTC +1): Starts at 9:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
AEDT (UTC +11): Starts at 7:00 PM, Thursday, Dec. 20th

Sale Details:

Price: 1,533 Merets (30% Off!)
Contents:
- Grumble Capsule, containing the adorable Grumble non-combat pet!
- Rollicking Reindeer Hat
- Cheery Holiday Chat Bubble
- Cheery Holiday Name Tag
Can be purchased once per account
Items can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
- Grumble Capsule: 1,390 Merets
- Rollicking Reindeer Hat: 500 Merets
- Cheery Holiday Chat Bubble: 150 Merets
- Cheery Holiday Name Tag: 150 Merets

Growly's Brass Festival Bundle

Growly's Brass Festival Bundle contains Growly, an adorable polar bear cub with a fetching Santa hat, sheet music for three classic Holiday songs and a trio of festive instruments with special looks and effects to give your performances the shine they deserve!

Sale Duration: 8:00 AM UTC, Thursday, Dec. 20th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 10th

PST (UTC -8): Starts at 12:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
EST (UTC -5): Starts at 3:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
BRST (UTC -2): Starts at 6:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
CET (UTC +1): Starts at 9:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
AEDT (UTC +11): Starts at 7:00 PM, Thursday, Dec. 20th

Sale Details:

Price: 2,233 Merets (30% Off!)
Contents:
- Growly Capsule, containing the adorable Growly Pet!
- Festive Saxophone
- Festive Trombone
- Festive Trumpet
- Happy Holidays Music Score Box, which contains 100 use Sheet Music for "Jingle Bells", "Joy to the World" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
Can be purchased once per account
Some items can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
- Growly Capsule: 1,390 Merets
- Festive Saxophone: 600 Merets
- Festive Trombone: 600 Merets
- Festive Trumpet: 600 Merets

Grizzle's Drum Festival Bundle

Finally, Grizzle's Drum Festival Bundle has Grizzle, a darling Brown Bear pet with a santa hat, two types of special Festive drums with special effects when you play, plus sheet music for three classic holiday songs!

Sale Duration: 8:00 AM UTC, Thursday, Dec. 20th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 10th

PST (UTC -8): Starts at 12:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
EST (UTC -5): Starts at 3:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
BRST (UTC -2): Starts at 6:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
CET (UTC +1): Starts at 9:00 AM, Thursday, Dec. 20th
AEDT (UTC +11): Starts at 7:00 PM, Thursday, Dec. 20th

Sale Details:

Price: 1,813 Merets (30% Off!)
Contents:
- Grizzle Capsule, containing the adorable Grizzle Pet!
- Festive Bass Drum
- Festive Snare Drum
- Happy Holidays Music Score Box, which contains 100 use Sheet Music for "Jingle Bells", "Joy to the World" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
Can be purchased once per account
Some items can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
- Grizzle Capsule: 1,390 Merets
- Festive Bass Drum: 600 Merets
- Festive Snare Drum: 600 Merets

Dec 17, 2018

Producer Blog - State of the Game Week 9

Community Announcements - ColonelPanic

Dear Maplers,

This week’s blog will be a bit different from the previous ones. We would like to take time to discuss our journey to launch, the Skybound Expansion and share our plans for moving forward.

Both the development studio and MapleStory 2 team at Nexon have worked non-stop for the last year to launch and update the game. Starting at the end of last year, we discussed all the changes we hoped to make for the global version to cater to our community, and made countless changes, including the following:

Enchantment system change

Removal of weapons breaking if they fail to enchant
The inclusion of fail stack when players fail to enchant

Dungeon reward structure change
Removal of Lumistones
Removal of outfits with stats
Removal of purchase options relating to gear progression
Improvements in the weekly cap system
Addition of Normal Mode Chaos Raids
Improved Sky Fortress reward structure
Addition of Exploration Goals and World Quests
Change in reward rates and Style Coin price reduction for the Style Crate
More UGC weapon templates based on community feedback
Double drop weeks for the dungeons to support the community to progress faster
Toad Toolkit experiment to smooth out gear progression
Changes to combat meso sellers, including some system requirement changes and over 100 rules to block and ban them
And many more...

This journey has been very exciting, but when we look back, we see that we’ve learned a few things about what we could have done better, or wish we had done differently. We have been spending a lot of time discussing how we should move forward based on what we have learned, and I would like to discuss our high-level direction going forward.

Key Learnings

When we were making the above changes to create a better MapleStory 2 for the global audience, there were a few areas we felt could do better. As we have discussed, we are always reviewing feedback and constructive discussions that players share with us. We want to tell you that we recognize that there is feedback around the random aspect of progression combined with the content cap, and we have an opportunity here to improve the game.

We are not guaranteeing any action at this time, meaning this blog is not meant to say we are removing random aspect or removing the content cap. However we want to share with everyone that we understand this feedback, and we are discussing different ideas to ensure players are always making progress when they invest time into the game.

Another thing we have learned is that we must be more thorough. Speed is very important, and during the first two months the team here was focused on making changes with a fast turnaround. But some of the solutions were not permanent fixes, and were closer to a Band-Aid solution, and sometimes these temporary fixes had unexpected side effects. Thus, going forward our philosophy will be to take more time to thoroughly review our options and come up with better solutions.

Plans for 2019

We believe it’s important and necessary to adjust existing game systems as we add more content. We have a massive update plan in the works, but we are also checking to see where we can make adjustments to content already in the game. We want to focus on key improvements that provide a better you with a better experience.

To summarize our plan for 2019:

Content we have prepared for our early January update will be released as scheduled. Look out for more information on this during the first week of January.
We will be discussing key improvement ideas starting in January. A few ideas are getting locked in now, but they require more review to ensure the changes will be effective.
While we are working on the changes, we will also be running events to help players make faster progress with the current systems and structures.
We are going to have our next expansion next summer, but that doesn’t mean that we won’t be making smaller updates before then. We will continue to add content and make improvements to MapleStory 2 throughout the year.

You will get more detailed information before we make any final decisions and move forward with changes. Please, stay tuned in 2019 for more!

For December

Since it is too early to discuss content which is still being worked on, we are going to run two events starting next week after maintenance. These events are to show our appreciation towards players, and to help players progress faster to, and beyond, Normal Chaos Raids.

Holiday Bonus Giveaway (Next Week’s Maintenance - December 31st)

If you are level 50 and above, you will be getting a package containing a massive amount of gear and resources upon login. This gift package includes:

Full Epic Set Gift

Epic Armor Set

Includes an Epic Lv. 50 Headgear, Top, Bottom, Gloves and Shoes
Can’t be dismantled
Can be used for enchants

Epic Weapon Selection Box

Includes an Epic Lv. 50 weapon for your class
Can’t be dismantled
Can be used for enchants

Epic Absolute Accessory Selection Box x5

Gives your choice of Epic Lv. 50 Accessories, five times over
Can’t be dismantled
Can be used for socket opening

Enchanting Gift

Epic +10 Enchant Scroll Selection Box x3

Upon opening, you can choose between

Weapon Enchant Scrolls for your class
Armor Enchant Scrolls

Toad’s Toolkit x5
Onyx Crystal x10000

Gemstone Gift

Tier 2 Offense Gemstone x3

Account Bound

Epic 1 Socket Conversion Scroll x3

Each scroll unlocks the first socket on a piece of Epic Lv. 50 accessories

Yellow Gem Dust x200
Purple Gem Dust x200
Blue Gem Dust x200

Bonus Attribute Gift

Epic Armor Bonus Value Re-Roller x15
Epic Weapon Bonus Re-Roller Selection Box x5
Epic Accessory Bonus Value Re-Roller x5

Please note that the items in the above list are character-bound unless otherwise noted and will be bound upon opening the Holiday Bonus Giveaway.

Accessory Fusion Cost Discount (Next Week’s Maintenance - December 31st)

We will also be having an event discounting the Fragment Fusion costs for Accessories! During this time, the price of Accessory Fusions will be reduced by 50% for Exceptional and Epic Accessories. For example: Absolute Earrings Fragment Fusion Cost will go from 500,000 mesos to 250,000 mesos.

Other Things

An improvement to the housing UI is coming in January to make decorating and improving your house much smoother.
More UGC weapon templates will be coming in January as well.
We are working on more thorough plans to take action towards in-game scamming, boosting services and RMT issues.

Please continue to share your constructive feedback and see you in 2019!

Sincerely,
Jungsoo Lee

Dec 6, 2018

Skybound Expansion - Phase 1

Community Announcements - ColonelPanic

MapleStory 2 might have only come out a few months ago, but we're not letting that get in the way of a massive update to turn Maple World upside down! Join the fight on the Sky Fortress, unleash your inner strength with the new Soul Binder job, take on other players in the Maple Arena and so much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0CnNLC8Sx8

New Content: Sky Fortress

The forces of darkness seem like they're everywhere in Victoria Island, and the Kingdom of Tria hatches an ambitious plan to counter them: Construct a staging ground that cannot be ambushed, a weapon that cannot be matched, a warship that defines air superiority: The Sky Fortress!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYYmT-x4v6s
Upon reaching Lv. 50, regardless of your progress in the main Epic storyline, you will be able to accept the "After the Attack on Tria" quest and get underway launching the Sky Fortress. Once aboard and aloft, you'll be introduced to the five leaders that have sworn to protect Tria at all costs.

Sky Fortress Factions

The Sky Fortress is commanded by the Maple Alliance, a union of four mighty factions led by the stalwart Captain Veliche. With Victoria Island in peril, these groups have come together to better organize and more quickly respond to problems, wherever they may arise.

Each faction will offer you Daily Missions, Field Missions and Weekly Missions that you can complete to earn reputation and Tokens specific to each faction. These missions will take you all throughout Maple World, and you can earn up to 1,260 Tokens per faction per week by completing the maximum number of missions every week:

Daily Missions: 5 per day, 35 per week
Field Missions: 1 per day, 7 per week
Weekly Missions: 3 per week

Some of the leaders are slower to trust with their tasks. Once aboard the Sky Fortress, you'll be able to take missions from the Green Hoods and Lumiknights immediately, but must become trusted by other factions to accept missions from the Dark Wind, Royal Guard and Maple Alliance:

Green Hoods: Available from the start.
Lumiknights: Available from the start.
Dark Wind: Available when your reputation for Green Hoods and Lumiknights is Trusted (Lv. 2). Achievable in 1 week.
Royal Guard: Available when your reputation for Dark Wind is Trusted (Lv. 2). Achievable in 2 weeks.
Maple Alliance: Available when your reputation for Royal Guard is Trusted (Lv. 2). Achievable in 3 weeks.

You can find where the various missions are on your map, with the icons in the zones (such as on Ellbo's Hollow above) will show you which faction needs your help. The Sortie map on the Sky Fortress Bridge will let you travel immediately to these hot-spots a limited number of times per day.

Tokens are for more than just being shiny, of course. You can take your accumulated tokens to the faction leaders aboard the Sky Fortress for a selection of prizes, including crystals, Bonus Value Re-Rollers, Exquisite Item Boxes and cosmetic items with your favorite faction's flair!

Faction Token Rewards:

6,000 Tokens: Faction-themed Name Tag badge
4,500 Tokens: Faction-themed Chat Bubble badge
3,000 Tokens: Faction-themed Souvenir decoration
1,080 Tokens: Bonus Value Re-Roller (Lv. 50) for a specific item slot (1 per character per faction per week)
450 Tokens: Epic Item Box for a specific item slot (2 per character per faction per week)
20 Tokens: Blue Crystal (2 per character per faction per week)
20 Tokens: Green Crystal (2 per character per faction per week)
20 Tokens: Crystal Fragment (3 per character per faction per week)
5,000 mesos: Faction-themed Flare fireworks

Each Faction's Bonus Value Re-Roller:

Green Hood: Lv.50 Legendary Shoes Bonus Value Re-roller
Lumiknights: Lv.50 Legendary Gloves Bonus Value Re-roller
Dark Wind: Lv.50 Legendary Headgear Bonus Value Re-roller
Royal Guard: Lv.50 Legendary Bottoms Bonus Value Re-roller
Maple Alliance: Lv.50 Legendary Top Bonus Value Re-roller

Each Faction's Epic Item Box:

Green Hood: Exquisite Headgear/Gloves/Shoes Selection Box
Lumiknights: Exquisite Headgear/Gloves/Shoes Selection Box
Dark Wind: Murpagoth Warrior, Ancient Rune and MSL Onyx Weapon Boxes
Royal Guard: Exquisite Top/Bottom Selection Box
Maple Alliance: Absolute Accessory Random Box

New Job: Soul Binder

The Soul Binder is a powerhouse of deep, spiritual magic: animus. Taught in the mysterious Halo Mountains, she holds an ancient power, one that her body is not yet able to fully control. With the darkness growing and an old enemy on the rise to destroy the school of Guidance, the Soul Binder must grow into her strength and join the battle for Maple World.

The Soul Binder fights best when powered by Mantra Cores, orbs that float around that she can use to empower her other spells. Turn the Expansion Blast from a small marble to a boulder crashing through the enemy, or get near your friends and give them a burst of health with Healing Bond! Flexible in support and powerful on offense, the Soul Binder is a spellcaster that any group would do well to stay near.

And don't worry if you've filled up all your character slots but want to try out Soul Binder: We're giving all players an additional Free Character Slot, and an extra purchasable character slot to boot! You can now have up to 7 characters per region for free, and up to 11 with the purchase of 1-Slot Character Cards!

Soul Binder Skills

Note: Skills may be upgraded with additional Skill Points, increasing their power. Stats in the list below are for their Lv. 1 versions.

Soaring Orb
- Requirements: N/A
- Active / Requires Two-handed Orb
- Gather energy from your surroundings to form and launch an orb at the nearest enemy up to 7.5m in front of you, dealing 38% damage. Keep pressing the key to trigger a 3-hit combo. The third strike launches an enemy orb that explodes upon collision, dealing 170% damage to 5 enemies within a 2.25m radius.
Mantra Array
- Requirements: N/A
- Active
- Focus the mysterious animus energy within you to create Mantra Cores (orb energy) and restore 12 spirit. You can create up to 4 Mantra Cores, which can be activated consecutively as long as you continue to hold the key. While you are creating the Mantra Cores, you can control a greater amount of energy and enhance some skills prior to activation.
Illusion
- Requirements: N/A
- Active
- Consume 40 stamina to release a mysterious aura from your body and rush forward 4.5m, leading an afterimage in your wake. Gain 50 evasion while moving. The skill can both be canceled and triggered immediately while using other skills. You are immune to knockback while this skill is active.
Radiant Salvo
- Requirements: N/A
- Active / Requires Two-handed Orb
- Concentrate life energy in the palms of your hands, then launch a salvo of orbs at the nearest enemy within 7.5m, dealing 58% damage 4 times. Each orb that collides with an enemy ricoches 4 times on to other enemies within a 3m radius, dealing 58% damage. Energy orbs do not damage the same target twice.
Light Barrier
- Requirements: Lv. 10+
- Active
- Harness your animus energy to forge a shield that lasts for 4 sec and absorbs damage equivalent to 10% of your max health. This shield does not stack with other protective shield effects. Consumes all Mantra Cores. Skill effects are activated and enhanced in proportion to the number of Mantra Cores consumed. 30 sec cooldown.
Expansion Blast
- Requirements: Lv. 13+, Lv. 2+ Soaring Orb, Lv. 2+ Radiant Salvo
- Active / Requires Two-handed Orb
- Condense the energy of Narubashan into a powerful, one-meter-wide electric energy orb and shoot it 7.5m forward, dealing 625% damage to up to 8 enemies in its path. The orb also shocks targets, dealing an additional 20% electric damage every sec for 3 sec. Consumes all Mantra Cores. Skill effects are activated and enhanced in proportion to the number of Mantra Cores consumed. Consumes 4 Spirit. 8 sec cooldown.
Raging Tempest
- Requirements: Lv. 16+, Lv. 4+ Soaring Orb
- Active / Requires Two-handed Orb
- Shift the flow of the atmosphere to create a whirlwind 6m in front fo you. The whirlwind rages every 0.2 sec for a total of 4 times, dealing 23% damage to up to 8 enemies in a 3m radius and gathering them at its center. After 1s, the dense energy in the eye of the whirlwind explodes, dealing 68% damage to up to 8 enemies within a 3m radius and decreasing their accuracy and evasion by 1. 15 sec cooldown.
Orb Mastery
- Requirements: Lv. 19+
- Passive
- Harmonize more effectively with your Mantra Orbs thanks to your valuable lessons from Guidance. Increases the strength of your weapon attack by 1% when you have an orb equipped.
Healing Bond
- Requirements: Lv. 22+, Lv. 4+ Light Barrier
- Active
- Restore your health and the health of up to 4 allies within a 3m radius by 85% of your magic attack by harnessing nature's pure energy. Consumes all Mantra Cores. Skill effects are activated and enhanced in proportion to the number of Mantra Cores consumed. Consumes 12 spirit. 0.5 sec cooldown.
Flash Strike
- Requirements: Lv. 25+, Lv. 5+ Expansion Blast
- Active / Requires Two-handed Orb
- Gather light energy in your hands and fire a beam with enough force to push you back 1.5m. The light beam deals 688% damage to up to 8 enemies up to 10.5m in front of you. Consumes 6 spirit. 15 sec cooldown.
Energy Surge
- Requirements: Lv. 29+, Lv. 3+ Raging Tempest
- Active / Requires Two-handed Orb
- Stir up earth energy, driving it toward the nearest enemy up to 8m in front of you and forcing the ground upward, dealing 308% damage to up to 8 enemies withing a 2.25m radius. The massive quake will stun targets for 0.3 sec. Consumes all Mantra Cores. Skill effects are activated and enhanced in proportion to the number of Mantra Cores consumed. Consumes 5 spirit. 16 sec cooldown.
Narubashan Unleashed
- Requirements: Lv. 31+, Lv. 4+ Orb Mastery
- Active
- Unleash the incredible power of Narubashan as explosive energy courses through your veins. This energy automatically forms into Mantra Cores every 4 sec for 20 sec. No more than 4 Mantra Cores can be created. 60 sec cooldown.
Static Flash
- Requirements: Lv. 34+, Lv. 6+ Raging Tempest, Lv. 2+ Energy Surge
- Active
- Reverse the flow of nature's pure energy within a 7.5m radius, exhausting the vitality of up to 8 enemies within range, dealing 44% damage, and reducing both defense and movement speed by 1% for 10 sec. Consumes all Mantra Cores. Skill effects are activated and enhanced in proportion to the number of Mantra Cores consumed. Consumes 15 spirit. 30 sec cooldown.
Shooting Star
- Requirements: Lv. 37+, Lv. 6+ Raging Salvo, Lv. 4+ Flash Strike
- Active / Requires Two-handed Orb
- Channel the strength of animus to form 3 orbs infused with celestial energy and launch them at 8 enemies up to 8m in front of you. The orbs will explode upon collision, splashing celestial energy over the area and dealing 242% damage to up to 5 enemies wihtin a 2.25m radius. Consumes all Mantra Cores. Skill effects are activated and enhanced in proportion to the number of Mantra Cores consumed. Consumes 4 spirit. 8 sec cooldown.
Animus Focus
- Requirements: Lv. 40+, Lv. 6+ Orb Mastery, Lv. 4+ Narubashan Unleashed
- Passive
- Focus the strength of animus within yourself and amplify the Mantra Core's energy. Increases the damage of Expansion Blast, Energy Surge and Shooting Star (which activate when the maximum quantity of Mantra Cores has been achieved) by 3% and increases the recovery of Healing Bond by 3%.
Concussion Orb
- Requirements: Lv. 43+, Lv. 8+ Soaring Orb
- Active / Requires Two-handed Orb
- Gather energy from your surroundings to form and launch an orb at hte nearest enemy up to 7.5m in front of you. The energy orb explodes upon collision, dealing 179% damage to 5 enemies within a 2.25m radius. Keep pressing the key to trigger a 2-hit combo.
Font of Renewal
- Requirements: Lv. 46+, Lv. 4+ Healing Bond
- Active / Requires Two-handed Orb
- Gather a field of concentrated life force 6m ahead of you with a radius of 2.25m, lasting 3 sec. This field restores the health of up to 8 allies within range by 300% of your magic attack and increases physical and magic resistance by 200. Increases the potency of Healing Bond by 4%. While you are within the Font of Renewal, you are immune to knockback from standard attacks. 30 sec cooldown.

Maple Arena

Player-versus-Player combat arrives with the introduction of the Maple Arena! When you reach Lv. 50, you'll be able to open up the Maple Arena menu and queue up for a match, pitting you against your fellow Maplers in a 1-vs-1, best of three battle!

While you can battle in whatever equipment you want, or none at all, you can gear up for PvP with ease via the Arena Shop. There you'll find special Arena armor, weapons and accessories, all purchasable for mesos. This Exceptional-quality gear cannot be enchanted, but will greatly improve your attack and defense while in Arenas and Battlegrounds, and a full set can be purchased for a total of 1,200,000 mesos.

Your skills and performance will earn you weekly rewards of Valor Tokens, which can be exchanged into the Arena Shop for special items, including an Outfit set based on the Arena Gear and the special Tamed Pyrros Fard Epic ground mount!

Prove that you're the very best, take a peek on top-ranked competitors through spectating and fine tune your abilities across the variety of crazy arenas! You can take a full dive into the details of the Arena in the Full Patch Notes here!

Guild Raids

Are you looking for something to do with your buddies in MapleStory 2? Guild Raids are a brand new challenge made for teams of dedicated players that together are far greater than the sum of their parts.

The Guild Raids have far more to do with coordination than combat, the skill of the group over the skill of the individual. These challenges include splitting up to gather resources in a hurry all across a large map, dividing yourself up between two areas, or a battle that slowly grows in frenzy and difficulty with your allies joining one at a time.

Complete guild raids for special rewards including Guild Coins, which can be exchanged in your Guild House for a variety of items including special tools, useful consumables and the brand-new Silver Knightly Outfit!

New Instruments

Raise the bass and find some ear plugs, because three new pieces of percussion are now available in Stefan's shop! Get the Practice Big Drum, Practice Little Drum and Practice Cymbals from Stefan in Tria today for 100,000 mesos a pop!

Skybound Expansion Patch Notes

MapleStory 2 is only just finishing its second month of service, but we've been making so many changes to the core systems that we need a special post just to cover them all. We've made a whole mess of changes in response to your valued feedback and harsh-but-fair criticism, and we hope that they will make MapleStory 2 the best game it can be.

Learn more about the changes, including deeper dives into some of the more intricate changes that have come, in the Skybound Expansion Patch Notes post.

Maple Winter Wonderland Events

Winter is upon us, the wilderness is dusted in snow (at least, for most of the northern hemisphere), and the holidays are upon us. Join us in MapleStory 2 for special events to celebrate the season with more fun and prizes than you can imagine, as 2018 comes to a close!

Learn more at the Maple Winter Wonderland post!

Skybound Sales

December is here, the holidays are rapidly approaching and with the Sky Fortress aloft, the factions are looking for noble warriors to take up their cause. We have a bevy of sales for you this month, including an update to the Style Crate, packages with armor styled after each group on the Sky Fortress, adorable kittens and much more!

Learn more in the Skybound Sales post, and take a peek at the new styles in the Style Crate Contents post!

Dec 6, 2018

Maple Winter Wonderland Events

Community Announcements - ColonelPanic

The Holiday Uproar

The Christmas celebration in the Merry Village is in full swing for everyone there... well, everyone but one little girl, alone for the holidays. Her family disappeared recently, and she needs a kind soul to help her find out what happened...

Complete the Holiday Uproar story to earn special prizes, including winter and holiday themed decorations, Golden Apples that restore health, a unique title and the most unusual of Reindeer to ride around on! You'll also unlock a pair of daily quests, which you can complete a dozen times to earn the Cozy Winter Name Tag and Chat Bubble!

Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, December 6th - End of Maintenance, Thursday, January 10th

Event Details:

When you log in to MapleStory 2, accept the Santa or Savior quest from the Available Quests menu (the exclamation mark over your portrait).
Use the button in the top-right corner of the screen to travel to the Merry Village and begin the story! Quests reward the following items:
- Quest 1: Carol Bell Tree interactive decoration
- Quest 2: 5x Winter's Golden Apples, which restore 800 Health when consumed
- Quest 3: Shoveling Santa interactive decoration
- Quest 4: Reindeer Doll decoration
- Quest 5: 5x Winter's Golden Apples, which restore 800 Health when consumed
- Quest 6: Happy Snowman decoration
- Quest 7: Snowy Holiday House decoration
- Quest 8: MapleStory 2 OST - Happy Winter (100 Performances) music score for the Vibraphone
- Quest 9: Santa of the Day title
- Quest 10: Happy Bobo ground mount
Completing the story quests will unlock the Fraidy Reindeer and Tree Trimming with Reindeer Daily Quests, that you can accept from Bobo
- Fraidy Reindeer quest rewards 5x Winter's Golden Apples when completed, which restore 800 Health when consumed, and complete it 12 times to earn the Cozy Winter Name Tag!
- Tree Trimming with Reindeer rewards 5x Sweet Hot Cocoa when completed, which restore 1680 Health when consumed, and complete it 12 times to earn the Cozy Winter Chat Bubble!
- These rewards are distributed by trophies that appear once the final daily quests are completed

Skybound Celebration

Join us for the first month of the Skybound Update for a massive giveaway for all players over Lv. 10! Jump a character up to Lv. 50, gear them up with Exceptional equipment, speed up your journey to Lv. 60 and more!

Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, December 6th - 3:30 PM UTC, Thursday, January 10th

Event Details:

Log in to MapleStory 2 during the event with a Lv. 10 or greater character and receive a pair of huge packages filled with goodies: The Advanced Training Bundle and Level 60 Achievement Package!
The Advanced Training Bundle contains:
- Level-up Booster Ticket, which gives a +50% boost to your Combat, Performance and Fishing Experience, 50% more Meso Drops and +3% Physical and Magical attack for 90 minutes!
- 30x Elixirs, which instantly restores 50% of your max health when consumed
- 30x Master Potions, which instantly restores 500 health when consumed
The Level 60 Achievement Package, which can only be opened by a Lv. 60 character, contains:
- Lv. 50 Level-up Potion, which instantly boosts a Lv. 1-49 character up to Lv. 50!
- Exceptional Adventure Gear Box, which contains a full set of Exceptional Lv. 50 armor and weapons for the character that opens it. These items will be bound to your character, and the package can only be opened by a character at Lv. 50 or above
- 2x Absolute Accessory Selection Box, which contains your choice of an Epic-quality Absolute Earring, Cape, Pendant, Ring or Belt. These accessories will be bound to the character that opens the Selection Box, and the package can only be opened by a character at Lv. 50 or above
- Epic Accessory Bonus Value Re-Roller: Allows you to re-roll the values of the bonus stats on an Epic Accessory. You will have the choice to take the new values, or keep the current ones. Must be used before 11:59 PM UTC on January 31st
- Tier 1 Gemstone Box, which contains your choice of a Tier 1 Accuracy, Dexterity, Life, Luck, Offense, Power or Wisdom Gemstone
Unless otherwise noted, rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

Schwanda's Holiday Gallery

Merry Village is full of fun things to do, and Schwanda's so eager for you to see it all that she's giving away special prizes for 36 little tasks in Merry Village and beyond!

Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, December 6th - End of Maintenance, Thursday, January 10th

Event Details:

Click on the new Schwanda's Holiday Gallery icon in the lower-right menu grid to see Schwanda's tasks
Complete the tasks for special rewards, including healing items, Rotors Walkie-Talkies, Auto Vouchers and more!
Complete all the tasks to earn the Holiday Portrait Box, containing a four-piece painting decoration for your wall, and the Holiday Melodies flying mount!

Holiday Dance Dance Stop

What's the holidays without a dance party? MC Kay has given the Dance Dance Stop arena a Christmas-y makeover, and you can get special prizes for both competing and winning, with the parties happening every half hour!

Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, December 6th - End of Maintenance, Thursday, January 10th:

Event Details:

Dance Dance Stop with a special Chistmas-y theme will begin at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour
Win a Dance Dance Stop game to receive, in addition to the normal prizes, a Festive Holiday Decor Gift Box!
Starting 12:00 AM UTC December 7th, speak to Ruby in Queenstown or Merry Village to get the Holiday Jump, Jive and Jingle weekly quest, which gives you 3x Festive Holiday Decor Gift Boxes for joining 3 Dance Dance Stop parties!
Festive Holiday Decor Gift Boxes contain one of the following decorations, selected randomly:
- Carol Bell Tree
- Chocoholic Bear
- Festive Light Partition
- Happy Snowman
- Holiday Sled
- Purple Star Candy Lamp
- Reindeer Doll
- Santa Gift Bag
- Shoveling Santa
- Snowy Holiday House
- Stuck Santa
- Yellow Star Candy Lamp
Rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank
Note: Ruby's quest will begin with the weekly reset at 12:00 AM UTC on Friday, December 7th, not immediately as initially stated. We apologize for the confusion.

December Daily Rewards

It's the giving season, and we're giving out a wealth of items to make your holidays fun and stylish! Play MapleStory 2 for just 30 minutes for 14 days and get Instant-Gathering, Auto-Performance and Auto-Fishing Vouchers, Revive Vouchers and Recovery Elixirs, plus the full (and adorable) Happy Reindeer outfit!

Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, December 6th - 3:30 PM UTC, Sunday, December 23rd

PST (UTC -8): Ends 7:30 AM, Sunday, December 23rd
EST (UTC -5): Ends 10:30 AM, Sunday, December 23rd
BRST (UTC -2): Ends 1:30 PM, Sunday, December 23rd
CET (UTC +1): Ends 4:30 AM, Sunday, December 23rd
AEDT (UTC +11): Ends 2:30 AM, Monday, December 24th

Event Details:

Login to MapleStory 2 to get the following prize each day you spend at least 30 minutes in-game:
- Day 1: 5x Free Rotors Walkie-Talkie
- Day 2: 10x Revive Vouchers, which must be used before 11:59 PM UTC on January 31st
- Day 3: Happy Reindeer Hat Headgear Outfit
- Day 4: 5x Recovery Elixir, which restores 50% Health and 70 Spirit. Must be used before 11:59 PM UTC on January 31st
- Day 5: 20x Instant-Gathering Vouchers
- Day 6: Auto-Performance Voucher (30 Min)
- Day 7: Happy Reindeer Gloves Outfit
- Day 8: Auto-Fishing Voucher (30 Min)
- Day 9: 20x Instant-Gathering Vouchers
- Day 10: Happy Reindeer Shoes Outfit
- Day 11: Auto-Performance Voucher (30 Min)
- Day 12: 20x Instant-Gathering Vouchers
- Day 13: Auto-Fishing Voucher (30 Min)
- Day 14: Happy Reindeer Suit Outfit
Rewards can be viewed in the Rewards Calendar option in the Character menu list, and are delivered via the in-game mail
Rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank
Rewards can only be claimed on one character per account
Each "Day" begins and ends at 12:00 AM UTC

Double Guild Saturdays

Guilds are expanding with the Skybound Update, and you can help get your Guild into top shape on Saturdays starting December 15th! Run your Guild Quests and get twice as much Guild Funds and Guild Experience with each completion!

Event Duration: Every Saturday, December 15th - January 5th:

UTC: 12:00 AM Saturday - 12:00 AM Sunday
PST (UTC -8): 4:00 PM Friday - 4:00 PM Saturday
EST (UTC -5): 7:00 PM Friday - 7:00 PM Saturday
BRST (UTC -2): 10:00 PM Friday - 10:00 PM Saturday
CET (UTC +1): 1:00 AM Saturday - 1:00 AM Sunday
AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM Saturday - 11:00 AM Sunday

Event Details:

Guild Funds and Experience from Guild Quests are doubled

Dec 6, 2018

Skybound Sales

Community Announcements - ColonelPanic

December Style Crate

We've updated the Style Crate and Coin Shop for the season, with warm coats, winter and holiday themed outfits and special emotes to get you ready for the end of the year! You can check out the full list of items on the Style Crate Contents page, including special weapon skins, badges and more!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Dec. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 10th

Sale Details:

Price: 300 Merets
Contents:
- One random item from the full list of included items
- Unwanted Style Crate items can be turned into Style Coins, which can be exchanged for additional items in the Style Coin Shop
- Style Crate contents can also be purchased directly from the Meret Market or Style Coin Shop
- See the full list of items on the Style Crate Contents page!

Maple Alliance Outfit Packs

The Maple Alliance has launched the Sky Fortress, and the factions aboard are equipping themselves to show their pride in their cause! Get a special package of outfits, designed for each of the factions, with the Maple Alliance Faction Outfits packs!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Dec. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 10th

Sale Details:

Maple Alliance Luminary Outfit Pack
- Price: 2,240 Blue Merets
- Contains the following items:
  - Maple Alliance Luminary Weapon(s) for the current character's class
  - Maple Alliance Luminary Hat
  - Maple Alliance Luminary Top for the current character's gender
  - Maple Alliance Luminary Bottoms for the current character's gender
  - Maple Alliance Luminary Gloves for the current character's gender
  - Maple Alliance Luminary Boots for the current character's gender
Green Hoods Fiore Outfit Pack
- Price: 2,240 Blue Merets
- Contains the following items:
  - Green Hoods Fiore Weapon(s) for the current character's class
  - Green Hoods Fiore Hat
  - Green Hoods Fiore Top for the current character's gender
  - Green Hoods Fiore Bottoms for the current character's gender
  - Green Hoods Fiore Gloves for the current character's gender
  - Green Hoods Fiore Boots for the current character's gender
Royal Guard Fealty Outfit Pack
- Price: 2,240 Blue Merets
- Contains the following items:
  - Royal Guard Fealty Weapon(s) for the current character's class
  - Royal Guard Fealty Hat
  - Royal Guard Fealty Top for the current character's gender
  - Royal Guard Fealty Bottoms for the current character's gender
  - Royal Guard Fealty Gloves for the current character's gender
  - Royal Guard Fealty Boots for the current character's gender
Lumiknights Honour Outfit Pack
- Price: 2,240 Blue Merets
- Contains the following items:
  - Lumiknights Honour Weapon(s) for the current character's class
  - Lumiknights Honour Hat
  - Lumiknights Honour Top for the current character's gender
  - Lumiknights Honour Bottoms for the current character's gender
  - Lumiknights Honour Gloves for the current character's gender
  - Lumiknights Honour Boots for the current character's gender
Dark Wind Vigilance Outfit Pack
- Price: 2,240 Blue Merets
- Contains the following items:
  - Dark Wind Vigilance Weapon(s) for the current character's class
  - Dark Wind Vigilance Hat
  - Dark Wind Vigilance Top for the current character's gender
  - Dark Wind Vigilance Bottoms for the current character's gender
  - Dark Wind Vigilance Gloves for the current character's gender
  - Dark Wind Vigilance Boots for the current character's gender
Packages 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

Cute Kitty Pets

KITTY! The Meret Market has received three of the most adorable little kittens, with Cheeze, Millie and Sasha now available to keep you company in Maple World, feed you potions and bat away tombstones that land on your head!

Details:

Price: 1,290 Merets:
Available Pets:
- Cheeze Capsule
- Millie Capsule
- Sasha Capsule
Meret Market pets have the following abilities:
- Non-Combat Pets
- 14 Slot Pet Inventory
- Auto-Revive
- Auto-Potion
- Auto-Loot
- Cannot Level Up or be used for Fusion
Capsules cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank
Once Capsules are opened, pets within are bound to the opening character

New Weapon UGC Templates

A new job means a new UGC template for you to be creative with... and then we tossed in three more for good measure! A simple cube and a complex dodecahedron for the Soulbinder's Orb weapon, a blade template with a detailed pommel and crossguard, and a crescent-shaped chakram with plenty of room for creativity. Get them from the Maple Workshop and create your own masterpiece!

Details:

Price: 500 Merets
Available Templates:
- Sharp Blade Template
- Crystal Orb Template
- Orb Template
- Crystal Moon Chakram Thrown Weapon Template

New Hairstyles

Paulie's been practicing and has a new quartet of hairstyles you can get from his special hairstyles! With the Medium Volume Perm, Casual Parted Hippie Perm, Cute Ribbon Hair and Softserve Hairdo, there's no bad styles with Paulie!

Sale Details:

Male characters have a 5% chance each to get the Medium Volume Perm and Casual Parted Hippie Perm hairstyles from Paulie's Special Hairstyles
- Medium Soft Curls and Messy Shag Cut hairstyles now have an 11.25% chance each
- Frost-Tipped Punk Hair and Raised Regent Cut are no longer available
Female characters have a 5% chance each to get the Cute Ribbon Hair and Softserve Hairdo hairstyles from Paulie's Special Hairstyles
- Romantic Half-up Hair and Baby Short Twin Tails hairstyles now have an 11.25% chance each
- Dual Spirit Hair and Glorious Heart Bun are no longer available

Holiday Furnishing Package

The holidays are upon us and we have a special Furnishing package to help you celebrate it! Grab the Holiday Furnishing Package, and get a collection of holiday themed decorations for cheap!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Dec. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 10th

Sale Details:

Price: 476 Merets (62% Off)
Contents:
- Gift Box Pile
- Green Snowflake Emblem Wall
- Gold-slime-in-the-box
- Happy Holidays Cake
- Holiday Tree
- Lonely Snowman
- Red Ribbon Carpet Block
- Reindeer Chair
- Rustic Snow Globe
- Snowflake Emblem Carpet Block
- Snowman Scarecrow
- Tin Scarecrow
- White Tree
- Winter Tree Wall
Can be purchased once per account
Many package contents can also be purchased individually from the Furnishing menu:
- Gift Box Pile: 50 Merets
- Green Snowflake Emblem Wall: Free
- Gold-slime-in-the-box: 50 Merets
- Happy Holidays Cake: 30 Merets
- Holiday Tree: 50 Merets
- Lonely Snowman: 50 Merets
- Red Ribbon Carpet Block: Free
- Reindeer Chair: 50 Merets
- Rustic Snow Globe: 50 Merets
- Snowflake Emblem Carpet Block: Free
- Snowman Scarecrow: 300 Merets
- Tin Scarecrow: 300 Merets
- White Tree: 50 Merets
- Winter Tree Wall: Free
Package cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank. Furnishings within will automatically be added to your account's available decorations

Ice Rink Furnishing Package

December is here, temperatures are dropping and the snow is falling, and you can decorate your house to best fit the frozen outdoors with the Ice Rink Furnishing Package, featuring 13 decorations at a 24% discount!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Dec. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 10th

Sale Details:

Price: 273 Merets (24% Off)
Contents:
- Bell Ornament
- Golden Snowflake Lights
- Holiday Ornament Fence
- Ice Pattern Block
- Silver Snowflake Lights
- Skating Penguin
- Snowflake Light Ornamented Tree
- Snowflake Pattern Block
- Sparkling Holiday Arch
- Sparkling Holiday Pillar
- Spinning Polar Bear
- Star Streetlight
- Tree Ornament Fence
Can be purchased once per account
Many package contents can also be purchased individually from the Furnishing menu:
- Bell Ornament: 30 Merets
- Golden Snowflake Lights: 30 Merets
- Holiday Ornament Fence: 30 Merets
- Ice Pattern Block: Free
- Silver Snowflake Lights: 30 Merets
- Skating Penguin: 50 Merets
- Snowflake Light Ornamented Tree: 30 Merets
- Snowflake Pattern Block: Free
- Sparkling Holiday Arch: 30 Merets
- Sparkling Holiday Pillar: 30 Merets
- Spinning Polar Bear: 50 Merets
- Star Streetlight: 50 Merets
- Tree Ornament Fence: 30 Merets
Package cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank. Furnishings within will automatically be added to your account's available decorations

New Face Styles and Cosmetics

Doctor Dixon and Ren have everything you need to give your face the perfect makeover! Dixon has four new cheerful face styles, and Ren has a trio of holiday-themed cosmetic additions to accentuate the season!

Sale Details:

Visit Doctor Dixon at Tria Plastic Surgery on Beauty Street to purchase one of the new Face styles!
- Deeply In Love: 330 Merets
- Crystal Heart Face: 330 Merets
- Happy Smile: 330 Merets
- Shiny Eyes: 330 Merets
Visit Ren at Rosetta Beauty Salon on Beauty Street to purchase one of the cosmetics!
- Mistletoe Face Paint: 50 Merets
- Christmas Tree Tattoo: 50 Merets
- Snowman Face Paint: 50 Merets