We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Thursday, February 7th at 5:00 AM PST. During this period, all servers will be unavailable. We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 5 hours, concluding at around 10:00 AM PST.

- Start and End Times -

• PST (UTC -8): 5:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• EST (UTC -5): 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• BRST (UTC -2): 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• CET (UTC +1): 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• AEDT (UTC +11): 12:00 AM - 5:00 AM, February 8th

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

- What -

• Server Upkeep
• Reducing Channel Count on all Regions:
  • North America West: 18 Channels (down from 28)
  • North America East: 18 Channels (down from 28)
  • Europe: 14 Channels (down from 18)
  • South America: 8 Channels (down from 10)
  • Australia: 8 Channels (down from 10)

February 14th is Valentine's Day, and the day of love and romance is hitting Maple World hard. Claim this month's Daily Wonders, pick up a package filled with love and adoration, and take part in two special events to spread the love to everyone around!



The many heroes, merchants and civilians of Maple World need their love, and you can show which Maple World denizen is your favorite! Gather ingredients and send chocolates to Blake, Goldus, Ishura, Mint, Peachy or Schatten, and get some special prizes in return!



Event Duration:

• UTC: 12:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• PST (UTC -8): 4:00 PM, Wednesday, Feb. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• EST (UTC -5): 7:00 PM, Wednesday, Feb. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• BRST (UTC -2): 10:00 PM, Wednesday, Feb. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• CET (UTC +1): 1:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Event Details:

• Find Ruby in Queenstown or via the Available Quests menu to receive the Decadent Delivery Daily Quest, challenging you to collect three sets of ingredients for Mendel to craft one of his world-class chocolates!
  • Collect 5 bottles of Regurgitated Chocolate Milk by squeezing Choco-chicky Balloons found in non-town maps throughout Maple World
  • Collect 2 helpings of Sweet Powdered Sugar by defeating World Bosses
  • Collect a Smooth Egg by defeating a Dungeon Boss
• Completing the quest will reward you with Mendel's Chocolate Box
• Open the box to receive you choice of six Chocolate Gifts to give to Blake, Goldus, Ishura, Mint, Peachy or Schatten
• Take your choice of Chocolate Gift to Delivery Man Bogie in Tria to send the gift off and receive 5x Valentine's Day Chocolates, which increase Attack by 3%, Max Health by 5% and Movement Speed by 5% for 15 minutes
• Complete the Daily Quest multiple times for additional prizes!
  • Complete the daily quest 5 times to receive the Sweetheart Title
  • Complete the daily quest 10 times to receive the Lovely Heart Ribbon Headgear Outfit
  • Complete the daily quest 15 times to receive the Lovely Heart Bag Cape Outfit
• The NPC that's given the most chocolate will have a Love Tornado Ground Mount created with their likeness, given out to all participants of the event!
  • Reward will be distributed during an update to be released in late March
• Rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

February's Daily Wonders are all about the day of love and the coming of spring! Get a new emote that takes you to a hot spring for relaxation, celebrate the Lunar New Year with a ground mount full of fireworks, take to the skies in a... uh, flying cupcake, and claim a graceful fairy buddy with the Lovey-Dovey Daily Wonders!

Sale Duration:

• UTC: 8:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - 8:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• PST (UTC -8): 12:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - 12:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• EST (UTC -5): 3:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - 3:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• BRST (UTC -2): 6:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - 6:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• CET (UTC +1): 9:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - 9:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• AEDT (UTC +11): 7:00 PM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - 7:00 PM, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Sale Details:

• Price: 2,755 Blue Merets (50% Discount for all items)
• Log in each day to unlock a new prize from the Daily Wonders screen:
  • Day 1: Hot Soak Emote
  • Day 2: 30x Dryad Spicy Pet Candy
  • Day 3: Sweetheart's Gift Name Tag
  • Day 4: 2x Auto-Fishing Vouchers (30 Min)
  • Day 5: Lunar New Year Coin Ground Mount
  • Day 6: 2x Auto-Performance Vouchers (30 Min)
  • Day 7: 2x Style Crates
  • Day 8: 10x Recovery Elixirs
  • Day 9: 50x Instant Gathering Vouchers
  • Day 10: 3x Fusion Stone Shards
  • Day 11: Soaring Love Cupcake Flying Mount
  • Day 12: 10x Recovery Elixirs
  • Day 13: 5x Lapis Master Snares
  • Day 14: Essential Gem Dust Box, containing 100 each of Yellow, Blue and Purple Gem Dust
  • Day 15: Flower Fairy Non-Combat Pet
• 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 Feb. 28th, 2019
• Must claim all prizes before 8:00 AM UTC on Mar. 6th, 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

Love is in the air, and the Valentine's Romance Bundle contains what you need to get the love going! A pair of beautiful instruments, a pair of emotes that smooch your character on the cheek and a lovely, simple Rose emote to display at the target of your affections!

Sale Duration:

• UTC: 3:30 PM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• PST (UTC -8): 7:30 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• EST (UTC -5): 10:30 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• BRST (UTC -2): 1:30 PM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• CET (UTC +1): 4:30 PM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• AEDT (UTC +11): 2:30 AM, Friday, Feb. 8th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Sale Details:

• Price: 1,440 Merets (20% Off!)
• Contents:
  • Lovely Ocarina
  • Lovely Vibraphone
  • Smooched by Ruby Emote
  • Smooched by Bobby Emote
  • Rose Emote
• Can be purchased once per account
• Items can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
  • Lovely Ocarina: 600 Merets
  • Lovely Vibraphone: 600 Merets
  • Smooched by Ruby Emote: 250 Merets
  • Smooched by Bobby Emote: 250 Merets
  • Rose Emote: 100 Merets

It's no fun celebrating Valentine's Day alone, so get together with your fellow Maplers in Queenstown to make and decorate some chocolate to keep you fed in battle!

Event Duration:

• UTC: 12:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• PST (UTC -8): 4:00 PM, Wednesday, Feb. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• EST (UTC -5): 7:00 PM, Wednesday, Feb. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• BRST (UTC -2): 10:00 PM, Wednesday, Feb. 6th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• CET (UTC +1): 1:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th
• AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM, Thursday, Feb. 7th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Event Details:

• Collect 3 Valentine's Chocolate Boxes and 3 Heart Sprinkles from the mail every day when you log into MapleStory 2
  • You can also obtain these items from Event Guide Chocola in Queenstown if you don't have either item
• Use a Valentine's Chocolate in Queenstown to place a Chocolate decoration on the ground
• Have another player use their Heart Sprinkles on the Chocolate to gain a Bittersweet Chocolate, which restores 800 Health when consumed
  • Interact with the Chocolate within 5 minutes of sprinkling to claim the reward
• Create 30 Bittersweet Chocolates to gain the Amorous Chocolate trophy
• Create 40 Bittersweet Chocolates to claim the Sweet Valentine Package, which contains the following items:
  • Bubbling Love Headgear Outfit
  • Lovely Valentine's Day Chocolate decoration
  • Darling Title

Update (2:30 PM PST): The maintenance has been completed, thank you for your patience.

We will be performing an unscheduled maintenance on Friday, February 1st at 1:00 PM PST. During this period, MapleStory 2 will be unavailable. We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 2 hours, concluding at around 3:00 PM PST.

- Start and End Times -

• PST (UTC -8): 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
• EST (UTC -5): 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
• BRST (UTC -2): 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
• CET (UTC +1): 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM, ending February 2nd
• AEDT (UTC +11): 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM, February 2nd

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

- What -

• Fixing an issue where transitional animations, animations that appear between two actions, do not display.
  • This change was not intended, and is having a notable affect on game balance. The full length of the animation is considered when balancing classes, and being able to shift between actions and attacks too quickly benefits some classes far more than others.
• Fixing an issue where players who purchased the MapleStory 2 - Starter Pack DLC on Steam did not receive their items.
  • We will also be distributing the items to players who purchased the DLC while this issue was active.

Thank you for your patience.

February is nearly here, and we're giving you a headstart in the shortest month with an update to fix bugs, make improvements and add in a pair of new features to make customizing your MapleStory 2 experience even better!

Pets are a core part of MapleStory 2, and leveling up a cuddly combat companion into a powerhouse can boost your abilities in combat. But what do you do if your best brawling buddy isn't the adorable ally you love most? You can now get Pet Skin Crafting Scrolls from the Style Coin Shop to create your own Pet Skins!



Combat and non-combat pets can have a custom skin made from their look. This holographic skin can be equipped like any other Badge, and will change the appearance of any combat or non-combat pet you have summoned.

• Pet Skin Crafting Scrolls can be purchased from Meret Market for 650 Merets or from the Misc section of the Style Coin Shop for 7 Style Coins
• Don't worry, no pets are harmed in the making of these skins! The original pet will remain in your inventory, unaffected by the process
• Pet Skins cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

Making a house can be a difficult prospect to tackle, involving placement of a great many blocks and coming up with a layout for the entire site. House Blueprints are a shortcut that allow expert homebuilders to give those newer to the housing system something to work with, and make a few Merets along the way!



Enterprising designers can enter the Blueprint Designer, where they will be able to design a house in the same manner as the normal design tool, placing currently available blocks into the new house. When you're happy with the design, you can spend 200 Merets to turn your design into a Blueprint, which can be sold to other players through the Design Shop!

• You can preview Blueprints in the Design Shop by clicking on the "Enter Model Home" button, to get a good look at the full layout
• Some decorations cannot be placed in Blueprints, including:
  • UGC Decorations created by other players
  • Interior Portals
  • Trigger Editors
  • Event Decorations
  • Trophy Decorations
  • Assistants
  • Cooking, Alchemy and Jewelry Station Assistants
  • Mannequins
  • Loudspeakers
• If a Blueprint uses blocks that must be purchased with Merets, you will be prompted to purchase those blocks when you use the Blueprint
  • The blue "Calculate Estimate" button in the Design Shop will let you know how much those unpurchased blocks will cost
• Blueprints can be used an unlimited number of times

• New Feature: Pet Skin Crafting Scrolls
• See the Pet Skin Crafting Scroll section for more details
• New Feature: House Blueprints
• See the House Blueprints section for more details
• Added two new categories for the Damage Meter: “Total Damage (Boss)” and “DPS (Boss)”
• New categories only track damage done against “Boss” enemies, ignoring all damage done against normal enemies
• These categories can be found after “Total Damage” and “Damage Per Second”, respectively
• Dungeon Reset (Beta) experiment ends: ‘Reset Count (Beta)” button at Challenge Map window will no longer reset the Dungeon Cleared count.
• Toad’s Toolkit fragments will no longer drop from Hard Adventure Dungeons and all Toad’s Toolkits and fragments will expire as scheduled.

Get all of the information on this month’s events in the Ming Ming’s New Year Events post!

• Hard Dungeon Delight Event: Get double drops in Hard Adventure Dungeons until March 28th! This event will start when weekly reset happens on February 1st UTC 00:00.
• Ming Ming’s Shop Event: Earn Lucky Pig Coins from other events and trade them into Ming Ming’s shop for a wide selection of items, including special event-only mounts and outfits!
• Dumpling Festival Event: Collect Dumpling Filling by completing tasks throughout MapleStory 2 and craft Dumplings for a collection of utility items and Lucky Pig Coins!
• Lucky Piggies Event: Free the piggies and let them fly to celebrate the new year, and get Lucky Pig Coins as a bonus!
• Shanghai Crazy Runners Event: Take part in a special Crazy Runners course every half hour, and complete the course for a bonus Lucky Pig Coin!

Get all of the information on this month’s events in the Lunar New Year Sales post!

• February Style Crate: It’s a day early, but we have a new Style Crate filled with flirty, colorful and downright adorable outfits!
• You can check out the full list of items on the Style Crate Contents page
• Lunar New Year Bundle: A bundle for celebrating the Lunar New Year, featuring a traditional Korean Hanbok, the new Kowtow emote and a Chat Bubble and Name Tag for the holiday!
• Sweetheart Style Crate Bundle: Get a set of 10 Style Crates with the new Sweetheart Name Tag thrown in for free!
• Lunar Chick Trio Pack: A set of absolutely adorable little chicks, newly hatched and ready for the new year!
• New Hairstyles: Paulie’s now giving out the Angelic Layers and Rich Boy Hair for male characters, and the Fantastic Ophelia Hair and Star Candy Hair for female characters!
• Housing Boom Event: The boom continues into February as plots of land, furnishings and furnishing packages are given a steep discount!
• White Day Furnishing Package: Get a package full of sweet and tasty decorations for your house!
• New Face Styles and Cosmetics: Dixon and Ren have kicked things into high gear with a pair of new face styles for both genders, plus a total of 5 new cosmetic options!

• Toad's Toolkit Fragment will no longer drop from Hard Adventure Dungeons.
• Dungeon Reset Beta feature has been removed.
• HTML tags can no longer be used in character motto.
• The daily quest under the “Hoard Things” section will now specify that you can harvest items from a snail pen in “your” home instead of “any” home.
• The “Soul Dimension” and “Dimensional Barrier” listed as connecting maps for Ellinia has been removed.
• Holding an interactable object will no longer disappear while the Soulbinder’s Narubashan Unleash skill is active.
• The correct image for the Dark Wind faction will now correctly appear when accepting and completing the mission, “Rampaging Robots”, in Brazilian Portuguese.
• Resolved an issue where guilds with over 70 members couldn’t be searched.
• Players will no longer be able to bypass the dungeon blockade in Ludibrium Clock Tower for Chaos Raids after depleting their dungeon revivals.
• Updated the grammar in the tooltip description for the Tin Training Dummy and Snowman Training Dummy.
• The skill description has been updated for the Priest’s Steadfast Faith to better clarify how the skill works (skill remains unchanged).
• Renamed "Soul Binder Master" trophy to "Master Soul Binder" to match other trophy formatting.
• Players can now be searched in rankings after changing their name.
• Made it easier to use the mouse to interact with Joddy in the "A Late Regret" epic quest.
• In Dark Descent, the points deducted at damage will now only deduct up to damage taken in and will not go beyond available HP.
• Ad Balloon titles can no longer exceed 15 characters.
• Added a clarification to Buddy emotes that states how different gender combinations may produce different animations.
• Rolling Dance emote no longer uses /roll, since this was also used for generating a random number while in a Home.
• It's now easier to select "On" with a Trigger Editor on furnishings such as the All-in-one Smart Computer in a Home.
• Items that have two character names listed under bounded will now have the one character name listed instead.
• Players with high ping will no longer be able to cast mantra empowered abilities twice in a row while playing as a Soul Binder.

• MapleStory 2 - Starter Pack DLC items are not properly delivered after being purchased. Please submit a ticket to Customer Support if you are impacted.
• Item descriptions are missing for Gold Star Cymbals, Snare Drum, and Bass Drum.
• Macros that combine Spirit skills with non-Spirit skills will cause certain skills to not activate when Spirit drops below 40 points.
• The trophy "My Personal Ring Artisan" can't be achieved.
• Level 50 Rooks Agents are spawning in Stone Quarry (level 30).
• Missing multiple basic attributes for Soul Binder's armor pieces in the Shadow Gear shop.

The Lunar New Year arrives next week, and Valentine's Day is coming right after. Get dressed for the occasion and make yourself look as attractive as possible because February is starting off with a bang!



It might be a day early, but February's Style Crate is here! It fits the month of love with flirty, colorful and downright adorable outfits and items being added to the crate. You can check out the full list of items on the Style Crate Contents page, including special weapon skins, badges, the brand new Pet Skin Crafting Scroll and more!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 31st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

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!

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with this special bundle, featuring a traditional Korean outfit, a new emote, plus a special name tag and chat bubble with a new year flare!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 31st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Sale Details:

• Price: 1,648 Merets (20% Off!)
• Contents:
  • Colorful Hanbok Package, containing a lovely Hanbok and accessories for your character's gender!
  • Kowtow Emote
  • New Year's Light Chat Bubble
  • New Year's Light Name Tag
• Can be purchased once per account
• Items can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
  • Colorful Hanbok Package: 1,660 Merets
  • Kowtow Emote: 100 Merets
  • New Year's Light Chat Bubble: 150 Merets
  • New Year's Light Name Tag: 150 Merets

Share the love with a set of ten February Style Crates and get the brand new Sweetheart Name Tag for free!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 31st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Sale Details:

• Price: 3,000 Merets
• Contents:
  • 10x Style Crates
  • Sweetheart Name Tag
• Can be purchased once per account
• Learn more about what's in the Style Crates at the Style Crate Contents page!

Infants and eggs are some of the most classic symbols of a new year, so we're releasing a trio of adorable Lunar Chicks with their own special package! Get Ari, Koko and Pipi for use on your characters, and don't forget about the new Pet Skin Crafting Scrolls in the Meret Market and Style Coin Shop that you can use to give your combat pets a new, adorable look!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 31st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Sale Details:

• Price: 3,336 Merets (20% Off!)
• Contents:
  • Ari Capsule
  • Koko Capsule
  • Pipi Capsule
• Can be purchased once per account
• Pets can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
  • Ari Capsule: 1,390 Merets
  • Koko Capsule: 1,390 Merets
  • Pipi Capsule: 1,390 Merets
• 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
  • Appearance can be transferred to another pet, including Combat Pets, via Pet Skin Crafting Scrolls that can be purchased from the Meret Market or Style Coin Shop
• 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

Paulie just can't stop, and his new Special Hairstyles run the gamut from simple and sharp to long and gorgeous. Men can get the Angelic Layers and Rich Boy Hair, and women can get the Fantastic Ophelia Hair and Star Candy Hair styles!

Sale Details:

• Male characters have a 5% chance each to get the Angelic Layers and Rich Boy Hair hairstyles from Paulie's Special Hairstyles
  • Wild Shaggy Ponytail and Wolfish Sideburn Cut hairstyles now have an 11.25% chance each
  • Charming Prince Hair and Frost Curl Bangs are no longer available
• Female characters have a 5% chance each to get the Fantastic Ophelia Hair and Star Candy Hair hairstyles from Paulie's Special Hairstyles
  • Elegant Tiara Hair and Long Set Twin Tails hairstyles now have an 11.25% chance each
  • Innocent Twin Tails and Love-and-Peace Locks are no longer available

Been itching to redecorate your house, or snag an exclusive plot of land? We're extending the Housing Boom Event through February, continuing the massive event to make your homeowner dreams come true! You can continue to snag plots of land for 90% off, all furnishings in the Housing menu are available for 50% off and all furnshing packages 30% off!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 31st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Sale Details:

• Plots of land meso prices have been reduced by 90%
• All furnishings are available for 50% off
• All furnishing packages are available for 30% off

Do you have enough candy in your house? Trick question, there's never enough candy, and we're adding the White Day Furnishing Package to give you plenty more, featuring 8 delicious decorations in a single bundle!

Sale Details:

• Price: 162 Merets
• Contents:
  • Chocolate Castle Gate
  • Lollipop Cream House
  • Lollipop Roof
  • Lollipop Stairs
  • Lollipop Tree
  • Star Candy Chocolate Bathtub
  • Star Candy Fireworks
  • Star Candy Cream Wall
• Can be purchased once per account
• Many package contents can also be purchased individually from the Furnishing menu, each one available for 50% off!:
  • Chocolate Castle Gate: 25 Merets
  • Lollipop Cream House: 25 Merets
  • Lollipop Roof: 25 Merets
  • Lollipop Stairs: Free
  • Lollipop Tree: 15 Merets
  • Star Candy Chocolate Bathtub: 25 Merets
  • Star Candy Fireworks: 25 Merets
  • Star Candy Cream Wall: 25 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
• Note: The White Day Furnishing Package is advertised as being 29% off instead of 30% off. This is due to a rounding error, as the package is 29.87% off in full.

Finally, Dixon's got a pair of adorable new facial styles, and Ren has five new face cosmetics for you to make your character look as lovely and attractive as you can manage!

Sale Details:

• Visit Doctor Dixon at Tria Plastic Surgery on Beauty Street to purchase the new face styles!
  • Smitten Face: 330 Merets
  • Glimmering Stars: 330 Merets
• Visit Ren at Rosetta Beauty Salon on Beauty Street to purchase the new cosmetic options!
  • Baby Cupid Face Paint: 50 Merets
  • Penguin Face Paint: 50 Merets
  • Rosy Pink Blush: 50 Merets
  • Stylized Heart Face Paint: 50 Merets
  • Sweet Candy Face Paint: 50 Merets

The Lunar New Year is but a week away, and a traveler from the East has arrived in Queenstown! She comes with a special shop and is looking for festive coins that you can earn from a trio of events throughout the month. Cook some dumplings, release some lucky flying pigs into the sky and race against your fellow Maplers for special prizes with Ming Ming's New Year Events!

We're bringing back the Dungeon Delight Event for Hard Adventure Dungeons. Get double the drops when you take on Hard Adventure Dungeons and get geared up for Chaos Raids!

Event Duration:

• UTC: 12:00 AM Friday, Feb. 1st - 12:00 AM Friday, Mar. 29th
• PST (UTC -8): 4:00 PM Thursday, Jan. 31st - 4:00 PM Thursday, Mar. 28th
• EST (UTC -5): 7:00 PM Thursday, Jan. 31st - 7:00 PM Thursday, Mar. 28th
• BRST (UTC -2): 10:00 PM Thursday, Jan. 31st - 10:00 PM Thursday, Mar. 28th
• CET (UTC +1): 1:00 AM Friday, Feb. 1st - 1:00 AM Friday, Mar. 29th
• AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM Friday, Feb. 1st - 11:00 AM Friday, Mar. 29th

Event Details:

• Double Dungeon Drop: Get two rolls on the loot table with every Hard Adventure Dungeon you complete
  • Dungeon resets will not be available after maintenance until 12:00 AM UTC on Friday, February 1st

Aside from the Hard Dungeon Delight Event, this month's events all have one thing in common: You can complete them to earn special Lucky Pig Coins, which you can bring to the lovely Ming Ming in Queenstown for some spectacular prizes! Special outfits, new mounts and other cosmetics, Gemstones and Gem Dust and much more!



Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 31st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Event Details:

• Earn Lucky Pig Coins from the Dumpling Festival, Shanghai Crazy Runners and Lucky Pig events
• Speak to Ming Ming in Queenstown to spend your coins on a wealth of event-specific items:
  • 500 Coins: Changpao Outfit Package (M)
  • 500 Coins: Qipao Outfit Package (F)
  • 300 Coins: Tier 3 Gemstone Box
  • 200 Coins: Dependable Gem Dust Box
  • 200 Coins: Snowman Balloon Flying Mount
  • 150 Coins: Steamy Pork Dumpling Hat
  • 100 Coins: Steamy Pork Dumpling Name Tag
  • 100 Coins: Steamy Pork Dumpling Chat Bubble
  • 100 Coins: Lucky Panda 30 Day Ground Mount
  • 100 Coins: 50,000 Meso Pouch
  • 50 Coins: 2019 Lucky Pig Balloon decoration
  • 50 Coins: Pork Dumpling Chef Title
  • 50 Coins: Lucky Pig Title
  • 25 Coins: Splendid Fireworks
  • 25 Coins: Steamed Dumpling, which increases physical and magic attack by 4% for 15 minutes when consumed
  • 25 Coins: Meat Dumpling, which increases attack speed by 5% for 15 minutes when consumed
  • 25 Coins: Wonton, which increases accuracy by 6 for 15 minutes when consumed
  • 25 Coins: Mugwort Rice Cake, which increases piercing by 3% for 15 minutes when consumed
  • 25 Coins: Lotus Leaf Sticky Rice, which increases max health by 5% for 15 minutes when consumed

The Dumpling Festival is a delicious way to stay equipped with all the utility items you need when playing MapleStory 2! Collect filling through normal tasks, make some dumplings and turn them into boxes filled with customization vouchers, healing consumables, mesos and more!

Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 31st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Event Details:

• Perform tasks in MapleStory 2 to earn Dumpling Filling, which are tracked in the Dumpling Festival UI:
  • 10% chance to receive a Dumpling Filling with each enemy you defeat
  • 50% chance to receive 2x Dumpling Fillings every 15 seconds when Performing
  • 32% chance to receive a Dumpling Filling with each successful catch while Fishing
  • 3% chance to receive a Dumpling Filling with each successful Crafting
  • 1% chance to receive a Dumpling Filling with each successful Harvesting or Foraging
• When you've collected enough Filling, you'll be able to create a fragment for a special Dumpling Box:
  • Pork Dumpling Box Dumpling Fragment: 6x Dumpling Fillings
  • Shumai Set Box Fragment: 15x Dumpling Fillings
  • Deluxe Dumpling Set Box Fragment: 90x Dumpling Fillings
• Combine Fragments to create a special Dumpling Box:
  • Pork Dumpling Box: 5x Pork Dumpling Box Dumpling Fragments (Max of 5 per day)
  • Shumai Set Box: 4x Shumai Set Box Fragments (Max of 4 per day)
  • Deluxe Dumpling Set Box: 2x Deluxe Dumpling Set Box Fragments (Max of 2 per day)
• Create enough boxes to earn up to 1,230 Lucky Pig Coins to use at Ming Ming's Shop:
  • Create 45 Pork Dumpling Boxes to earn 450 Lucky Pig Coins
  • Create 48 Shumai Set Boxes to earn 480 Lucky Pig Coins
  • Create 30 Deluxe Dumpling Set Boxes to earn 300 Lucky Pig Coins

Pork Dumpling Box Contents
Each box contains one of the following items, selected at random:

• 50,000 Meso Pouch
• 5x Meso Eye Drops
• 5x Free Rotors Walkie-Talkies
• 5x Mini-Elixirs
• 5x Recovery Elixirs
• 5x White Potion
• 5x Special White Herb
• 10x Revive Vouchers
• 2x Auto-Fishing Vouchers (30 Min)
• 2x Auto-Performance Vouchers (30 Min)
• 10x Instant Gathering Vouchers

Shumai Set Box Contents
Each box contains one of the following items, selected at random:

• Face Change Voucher
• Skin Tone Change Voucher
• Gear Dye Voucher
• Hairstyle Voucher
• 100,000 Meso Pouch
• 10x Meso Eye Drops
• 10x Free Rotors Walkie-Talkies
• 10x Mini-Elixirs
• 10x Recovery Elixirs
• 10x White Potion
• 10x Special White Herb
• 20x Revive Vouchers
• 4x Auto-Fishing Vouchers (30 Min)
• 4x Auto-Performance Vouchers (30 Min)
• 20x Instant Gathering Vouchers

Deluxe Dumpling Set Box Contents
Each box contains one of the following items, selected at random:

• Face Change Voucher
• Skin Tone Change Voucher
• Gear Dye Voucher
• Hairstyle Voucher
• 150,000 Meso Pouch
• 15x Meso Eye Drops
• 15x Free Rotors Walkie-Talkies
• 15x Mini-Elixirs
• 15x Recovery Elixirs
• 15x White Potion
• 15x Special White Herb
• 30x Revive Vouchers
• 6x Auto-Fishing Vouchers (30 Min)
• 6x Auto-Performance Vouchers (30 Min)
• 30x Instant Gathering Vouchers

There's a number of lucky piggies hoping to enjoy the Lunar New Year, but they're all stuck on the ground throughout Maple World! Take Ruby's invite and free the piggies to earn a collection of Lucky Pig Coins every day!

Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 31st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Event Details:

• Find Ruby in Queenstown or via the Available Quests menu to receive a Daily Quest to release Lucky Piglets into the sky on maps throughout Maple World
• The poor, trapped piggies periodically spawn all throughout Maple World, including both Victoria and Karkar Island
• Complete the quest by rescuing 10 piggies to receive 50 Lucky Pig Coins that you can spend in Ming Ming's Shop

Hit the ground running with a special Crazy Runners course for one month only! DJ Kay has come up with a new course across the streets and high-rises of Shanghai, filled with traps, items you can grab to slow the competition down and many gaps to carefully cross.

Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Jan. 31st - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 28th

Event Details:

• Join a special Shanghai Crazy Runners race at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour
• Complete the course before time expires to earn a Lucky Pig Coin!

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Thursday, January 31st at 7:00 AM PST. During this period, all servers will be unavailable. We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 3 hours, concluding at around 10:00 AM PST.

- Start and End Times -

• PST (UTC -8): 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• EST (UTC -5): 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• BRST (UTC -2): 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
• CET (UTC +1): 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• AEDT (UTC +11): 2:00 AM - 5:00 AM, February 1st

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

- What -

• Server Upkeep
• February Game Update, including new events, sales and features. Check it all out in the posts below:
  • February Patch Notes
  • Lunar New Year Sales
  • Ming Ming's New Year Events

Earlier today, January 23rd, MapleStory 2 went down for a scheduled maintenance. Unfortunately, due to an error on our end, the scheduled maintenance notice did not appear as planned on January 22nd, causing players to not be properly informed about the downtime. We apologize for the error, and will be giving players compensation for the inconvenience for the next 24 hours.

Compensation Duration:

• UTC: 12:00 AM, Thursday, Jan. 24th - 12:00 AM, Friday, Jan. 25th
• PST (UTC -8): 4:00 PM, Wednesday, Jan. 23rd - 4:00 PM, Thursday, Jan. 24th
• EST (UTC -5): 7:00 PM, Wednesday, Jan. 23rd - 7:00 PM, Thursday, Jan. 24th
• BRST (UTC -2): 10:00 PM, Wednesday, Jan. 23rd - 10:00 PM, Thursday, Jan. 24th
• CET (UTC +1): 1:00 AM, Thursday, Jan. 24th - 1:00 AM, Friday, Jan. 25th
• AEDT (UTC +11): 11:00 AM, Thursday, Jan. 24th - 11:00 AM, Friday, Jan. 25th

Compensation Details:

• All players Lv. 10 or above that login to MapleStory 2 during the compensation period will be rewarded the following items:
  • 20x Elixirs
  • 4x Auto-Fishing Vouchers (1 hour)
  • 4x Auto-Performance Vouchers (1 hour)

Dear Maplers,

As noted in our last blog, we are transitioning to a blog schedule based on need rather than a set weekly cadence. Today we have news to share that relates to a more immediate topic: Toad’s Toolkit and its replacement.

Toad’s Toolkit was an experiment that we felt addressed our community’s concern about the speed of gear progression. We took this direction, along with adding Adventure Dungeon reset counts, after reviewing community feedback.

Today, we see that with the multitude of in-game activities currently present in the game, it appears that completing Hard Adventure Dungeons could be a daunting task to complete within a week.

To ease this concern, after Toad’s Toolkit ends on January 31st, we will also remove the Adventure Dungeon reset counts. Instead, we will add the new Dungeon Delight Event which will grant Double Drop for clearing Hard Adventure Dungeons. This event will run until the end of March.


The following will end January 31st:

• Toad’s Toolkit will no longer drop from Hard Adventure Dungeons.
  
• Existing Toad’s Toolkits will expire.
  
• The Adventure Dungeon reset count per week will be reduced from 1 to 0.

The following will begin January 31st:

• Dungeon Delight Event starts, granting Double Drop for all Hard Adventure Dungeons. This event will run until the end of March.

We recognize that this is a temporary adjustment until more permanent changes can be introduced through the new feedback initiative mentioned in our last blog.

While some players may actually prefer this event, we know that this is not a perfect solution to fit the needs of all players, especially those who have been completing all 60 Hard Adventure Dungeons weekly. We recognize that with this change, it will now take half the time for you to complete dungeons and get the same amount of rewards (except for Normal/Hard Adventure Bonus Boxes and mesos) as you would have gotten completing 60 Hard Adventure Dungeons previously.

We acknowledge both the pros and cons of this change. However, we remain hopeful that the topics we bring to the table through our feedback initiative in February will alleviate the problems the game is facing and resolve many of your concerns.

Thank you for being patient with us. See you in game!

Sincerely,
LAMBCOOK

Dear Maplers,

Now that we’ve finished releasing Skybound Expansion’s Phase 2, it’s time to focus on changes we can make in the new year! I would like to discuss a few important topics, including a new feedback initiative and our communication plan going forward.

It has been about a month and a half since we announced our plan to focus on making improvements to the game’s overall progression. We reviewed (and are still reviewing) community feedback from all channels, and have been discussing many different changes.

Most of these systems are interwoven, and we are continuing to perform an extensive review of how any changes would impact overall gameplay balance. We previously did not disclose details because we wanted to mitigate speculation or potential misunderstanding as a result of sharing only a few high-level concepts. The MapleStory 2 team has agreed to share the general schedule of the plan, along with the systems we are reviewing in order to provide clarity on the kinds of changes you can expect. Once we have more details for each topic, we are going to share in-depth info with you through a new outreach program.


We will soon be kicking off a 3-month project where we actively work with the MapleStory 2 community to gather feedback as we make changes to the major pain points of the game. Below are the phases for feedback gathering:

1. We will share with you full details of our proposed solution to an issue and why we believe that solution is the most viable one available.
   
2. At that time, we will gather your feedback regarding the proposed solution to see if there are any further adjustments to include with the update.
   
3. We will share the final decision after all feedback from the community has been reviewed, prior to the changes being released.
   
4. We will update the game with the solution that’s been reviewed by the community.
   
5. Rinse and repeat!

As a part of this initiative, we are planning to open up a dedicated microsite in February where the proposed solutions will be revealed and discussed. Please keep an eye on our social channels for a link once it’s live.


The goal of the project is to improve the overall ecosystem of MapleStory 2, including progression and the in-game economy (both mesos and items). We want to ensure that players are seeing enough progress when investing time into the game, while also ensuring that players are having fun. We hope to achieve both by making a number improvements of varying scope to the game.

The following are some of the bigger topics we will be reviewing. Details for these topics and how they will be adjusted will be shared in the near future:

• Enchanting Improvements
  
• Gemstone Upgrade Improvements
  
• Socket Opening System Improvements
  
• Addressing Meso Economy by
  
  • Adjusting Meso Sinks
    
  • Introducing Meso Market (with adjustments from other services
    
  • Introducing Gear Trade (with restrictions)
• Epic Pets Improvements
  
• Gemstone Related Resource Gathering Process Improvements
  
• And more

We will provide the community with more details regarding these changes soon, so for now we ask that you hang tight and try not to jump to conclusions yet.

We are cautious about sharing some of these early plans as we know that players have many different ideas about how to address each topic. We ask the community to respect the development studio and let the studio lead the discussion for each topic, and we hope that this allows us to reach the best resolution for the game.

We are aware that one of the major topics of player concern regards the addition of more guaranteed methods to obtain bonus stats. However we want to make clear that with the above changes we will be discussing with the community, we strongly believe that the random aspects of bonus stats should stay in the game as part of gear progression. This won’t be discussed or changed in the future.

Please note that just because a topic is not currently on the list to review, does not mean that it may never be reviewed in the future. We know there are a handful of other items not included here that are also important to the community, and we do hear your concerns. The topics we are mentioning here today are those that we can confidently reveal as areas we plan to address.


This is a 3-month project because all of the topics we are going to discuss can significantly impact the game progression. We want to take the time to thoroughly review and QA each system before any changes get applied to the live servers. This ensures that we hit the marks we’re aiming for, as well as preventing multiple changes from interacting with each other in unexpected ways.

Here is how the timeline looks currently:

• Early to Mid February: Detailed discussion begins about a few of the topics from the list.
  
• End of February or Early March: The first update occurs based on the feedback from February. This update is currently planned to focus on the Gemstone Resource Gathering Process, Meso Economy and more.
  
• Early March: Discussion starts for the topics which require a more thorough review, including Enchanting, Gemstone Upgrade, Socket Opening, and Epic Pets. These discussions will take more time because of all the system details.
  
• Mid to End of April: The next update occurs based on the feedback from early March. Players will have time to test out and experiment with the new progression, including all the changes from the feedback initiative before our next major expansion comes out.
  
• May: Host community events (either online or offline) to discuss the content coming in the next major expansion and the feedback received.
  
• End of May or Early June: The next update occurs, coinciding with the release of a new major expansion.

Please note that all schedules are subject to change, based on future discussions, development schedules and results.

While we are going through the feedback process, we will continue to run events and release other quality-of-life improvements into the game.

The MapleStory 2 team truly cares about the game and we are moving as fast as we can to make meaningful changes. As we stated last year, we want to take the time to fully review the ecosystem of the game. We are committed to making great changes that affect the entire game, rather than releasing hotfixes to one feature that may negatively impact a different feature.

We have been keeping a weekly cadence of producer blogs to provide regular updates to the community. However, starting with this one, we are going to transition to producer blogs released whenever we have topics to share or discuss in detail with the community. This doesn’t mean we are reducing overall communication, since we will have many topics to discuss moving forward with this project.

We are very excited to initiate this new project with the MapleStory 2 community! Please stay tuned for when we share the first discussion topics soon. Your continued constructive feedback will be instrumental in making this project a success. Together we will review and pursue the best solution for the game.

Sincerely,

Jungsoo Lee
On behalf of the entire Nexon Team and MapleStory 2 Studio