Dear Maplers,

We have just concluded our final improvement update for MapleStory 2's Project New Leaf. Our team's focus has always been to run a true community-driven game service and I am very happy with how we have accomplished this with MapleStory 2. Project New Leaf represents the approach we plan to take with all of our games going forward.

Project New Leaf is just the beginning and, with a new major expansion coming soon, we hope to further improve MapleStory 2 based on feedback from the community. We will soon disclose the exciting content and changes coming with the summer expansion, and we hope to get more feedback from you, the players, so that we can tailor the update and deliver a truly epic experience.

The MapleStory 2 team worked hard to fix some of the major issues we saw after the game's official launch, and we are all excited to see so many players coming back to enjoy the game and all of the improvements that Project New Leaf has delivered. We hope these changes can revive MapleStory 2 and make it feel as packed as it was on day one!

Thank you very much for being part of the MapleStory 2 community and working with us as part of Project New Leaf. Your feedback and dedication have been invaluable throughout this process.We have an exciting road ahead of us with this summer's major expansion, and we hope to see the community grow alongside MapleStory 2. Be sure to share the Project New Leaf improvements with your fellow Maplers to let them know how we have worked to improve the game with the following changes!

• Removed Fairfight from all Adventure Dungeons
• Reduced World Boss HP by ~60%
• Added Trader's Ribbons to allow you to trade top-tier equipment that you don't need to those that could use it
• Added the Fragment inventory tab to help you reduce the clutter of the Misc tab
• Improved Notifications to better protect Legendary Gear with Epic Bonus Stats
• Improved the Available Quest Window
• Increased penalties for illegally buying mesos
• Added the Meso Market to improve the mobility of mesos
• Made Epic Pets much more likely to drop
• Greatly reduced the meso cost for changing Legendary Gear attributes
• Greatly reduced the meso cost of fusing Accessory Fragments
• Made Accessory Socket openings guaranteed and cheaper on average
• Made Upgrading Gemstones guaranteed and much cheaper on average
• Made Extracting Gemstones trivially inexpensive
• Greatly reduced the cost of enchanting via Peachy, creating a competitive guaranteed path towards +15 equipment
• Replaced Daily Missions with a Weekly Prestige Rank system that encourages you to play MapleStory 2 however you want
• And more!

MapleStory 2 is a passion project for the team, and we will continue to serve the community with our best efforts.

Happy Mapling!

Sincerely,



Jungsoo Lee
CEO of Nexon America

The final update for Project New Leaf is here, and the theme for this month's improvements is "100%". We've taken a hard look at many of the progression systems in MapleStory 2 and focused on guaranteeing improvements to your gear as much as possible, be it through Peachy's Enchantments, getting new Gemstones or unlocking the sockets to slot them in.


Project New Leaf was meant to envision changes to the game by projecting the thoughts and ideas of our players straight to the whiteboard. It's thanks to you all, our community, that we managed to properly address so many of MapleStory 2's pain points. Through the last three months, we've used your feedback to heavily scale back Fairfight, minimize meso sinks, make Epic pets easier to obtain and so much more.

The foundation set by Project New Leaf will define how we move forward: Listening to you, our players, and using your feedback and perspective in order to make MapleStory 2 the best game that it can possibly be. This may be the final update for Project New Leaf, but it is only the beginning of our efforts to fully grasp the potential that this unique MMORPG has, and we look forward to hearing your feedback for the months to come.


MapleStory 2 features two methods of enchanting your gear: Peachy, who offers guaranteed enchantment success at a high price, and Ophelia, who offers a chance of successful enchantment at a lower cost. In the past, however, Ophelia's vastly cheaper enchantment attempts made her the only viable option for most players... but no more!



We've gone back to Peachy's Enchantments and rebalanced them for all types of gear, greatly reducing the amount of resources needed to enchant your gear to maximum power. You also won't need to hunt down Crystal Ore to enchant with Peachy, instead she'll use Duplicate Weapons in their stead! All told, you'll end up spending at least 70% fewer Onyx Crystals, Crystal Fragments and Chaos Onyx Crystals to enchant your gear all the way to +15 compared to Peachy's old system.

If you want to check out the full explanation behind the changes, take a peek at the Enchantment Changes Project New Leaf blog.


Before the Progression Improvement Update



After the Progression Improvement Update



Again, these changes are being applied to all enchantable gear. And importantly...


With our next update, we'll unveil a way to turn all that Crystal Ore you've been saving up into valuable enchantment-related resources that you can use to keep the enchantments going. But for now, it's time to give Peachy some love!


Gemstones are a powerful way to improve your gear... but previously a very costly one, especially once you get towards higher-end Gemstones. Even once you obtained all the materials, you needed to attempt an upgrade with a low chance of success. We've made a lot of changes to the Gemstone systems, making obtaining, upgrading and removing the stones smooth and simple!


To get the best stats possible on your top-tier Accessories, you needed to upgrade your Gemstones... but even going up to Tier 2 only had a 25% chance of success, and it wasn't unknown to make dozens of attempts at upgrading a Gemstone from Tier 9 to Tier 10 and have nothing to show for it, burning through Dust and Crystal Fragments all the while.



With the Progression Improvement Update, we've decided to do away with the random number generator: Every single Gemstone Upgrade attempt now has a 100% chance of success! This also meant that we needed to rebalance the costs for each upgrade attempt, but don't fret: Gemstone Upgrades now cost ~80% the previous average costs to upgrade!



Combined with all the other changes we're making, it should take 80% less time to get yourself fully loaded up with Tier 10 Gemstones, so get a move on and grab all the Dust and Gemstones you need. And speaking of which...


Before you can even start upgrading the Gemstones, you'll need to gather the materials... which wasn't always a simple proposition. Needing some more Red Gem Dust on your Knight, but only getting the Blue Dust that your Wizard needed was frustrating for many, but that's no longer the case!



With the Progression Improvement Update, Gemstone Boxes allow you to choose which Gemstone you want, instead of having you suffer the luck of the draw. Similarly, Gem Dust Boxes now let you choose what color of Gem Dust you want! Plus, going forward all Gemstones you get will be account-bound, to make it easier to get the materials you need for those elusive Tier 10 Gemstones!

There is some bad news, however: As a result of this and the improvements we made to upgrading Gemstones, we've elected to remove some sources of Gemstones and Dust:

• Gemstone-related items will no longer be sold in the Treva Shop, and will no longer be obtainable from Daily Mission - Power Mission Box
• Gemstone-related drops will no longer occur in Chaos Raid or Fortress Rumble clears
• Rusted Keys will be removed, meaning that keys to Abandoned Mine B1 and B4 will no longer drop
  • Players with keys will still be able to use them to access the B1 and B4 dungeons until the update on May 30th

We believe that the changes outlined above will more than make up for these removals, and you will still be able to obtain Gemstones and Dust in the following places:

• Gemstone / Dust Selection Box: Allows you to choose the type of Gem or the color of Dust that you receive. Up to 30 Tier 1 Gemstones or 1,800 Dust per week from Hard Adventure Dungeons.
• Gem Dust Selection Box: Allows you to choose the color of Dust that you receive. Up to 1,000 Dust per week from Stellar Glass, same as before, and up to 300 Dust per week from the Guild Gemstone Shop.

The final change to Gemstones is simple and obvious: It really shouldn't cost you that much to remove your Gemstones when you get a brand-new accessory! As such, we've greatly slashed the cost of amount of Crystal Fragments needed to extract your Gemstones to nearly trivial amounts:



If you want the full explanation behind all of the above, you can learn more at the Gemstone Project New Leaf blog. We hope that all of these changes will make it much simpler and easier to slot powerful Gemstones into your unlocked Accessory sockets... and yes, we have some good news there as well!


Even just opening the sockets for your Gemstones had a chance of failure before and, to go along with all of the other changes, we've kicked out the RNG and adjusted the costs to compensate! It now will cost you a bit less now on average to unlock all three sockets, and you won't have to worry about a string of awful luck gobbling up your Crystal Fragments!




Find out more about the reasons behind these changes in the Accessory Project New Leaf blog.


With this update, we felt it was important to reward play fully and equally, without trying to force players into too many activities that they had no interest in. One of the biggest culprits was Daily Missions, an excellent way to get the items and currency you needed to upgrade your equipment, but required you to do many tasks that many found uninteresting.

As such, we are removing Daily Missions in favor of a new, innovative strategy: Play how you want! Any activity in MapleStory 2 that provides experience also, once you hit Lv. 50, rewards Prestige Experience that increases your Prestige Rank. With the Progression Improvement Update, hitting those new Prestige Ranks will also come with a bonus prize for the first, second and fourth time you do so each week!



These Prestige Rank Reward Boxes contain the critical resources and currencies that made up the bulk of the Daily Mission rewards. While some special rewards from Daily Missions, such as Hairstyle Voucher and UGC Template Fragments, will not be in these new boxes, keep an eye out for them to show up in special events!



We're aware that mesos were a popular reward from the Daily Missions as well. To compensate for their loss, we're boosting the meso rewards from Normal and Hard Adventure Bonus Boxes by nearly double!

Normal/Hard Adventure Bonus Box Meso Changes at Lv. 60



You can learn more about the purpose behind these changes at the Daily Missions and Prestige Rank Project New Leaf blog.

Thank you for bearing with us throughout Project New Leaf! This is by no means the end of our efforts to improve MapleStory 2 and make it the best experience it could possibly be, but your help in telling us what needed improvement and where our changes were falling short have been a huge boon. Keep enjoying MapleStory 2, and we'll keep making it even better!

• Integrating Discord Rich Presence with MapleStory 2. See what your friends are up to in-game from Discord!
• Former MapleStory 2 players that have not logged in since Jan. 31st have been offered a special Welcome Back Wonders, a Daily Wonders-style package that contains a variety of equipment and utility items to help them catch up and enjoy the improvements made with Project New Leaf.
• Change of Gamepad Button images that are used in various in-game UIs.
• Change of Gamepad Guide image in order not to suggest a certain brand.
• Weekly mission rewards added to Prestige Level UI.
• There is now a button in order to "accept all/complete all" Sky Fortress faction quests without needing to visit the ship (at last).
• A new notification will appear above the health bar if you have an item with open sockets that can slot Gemstones that are currently being held.
• Moon Rabbit will be removed from Queenstown as the Rainbow Roller Events come to a close.
• The Abandoned Mine B1 & B4 dungeons will remain accessible for the next month. Chests will no longer drop Rusted Keys but you can still identify your remaining keys at Archaeologist Natalie in the meantime. These dungeons will continue to reward the same items while they remain open with the exception of Crystal Ore from B4.
• Crystal Ore will also be removed from Normal/Hard Adventure Dungeon chests, main storyline quest rewards and the Havi Fruit Merchant
• This month is your also last chance to obtain trophies related to the B1 and B4 treasure dungeons.
• Trophies associated with Gemstone attempts and failures will be locked. If you have already unlocked these, you will keep them as legacy trophies.
• Trophies associated with Socket Unlock attempts and failures will be locked. If you have already unlocked these, you will keep them as legacy trophies.
• Prestige Rank 60 and above now reduce the fragment cost for unlocking sockets instead of increasing the odds of success:
  • Rank 60: 5% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 90: 6.5% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 120: 8% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 150: 9.5% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 180: 11% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 210: 12.5% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 240: 14% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 270: 15.5% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 300: 17% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 330: 18.5% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost
  • Rank 360: 20% Reduced Crystal Fragments cost

Get back at some finger-snapping baddie with this month's special sales! Rocket on the ground or into the sky with the new Super Mechacar and Super Mechaplane mounts, show off like a marvelous captain with a new set of heroic emotes, work out some other terrible superhero puns while cuddling with a new set of cat-themed housing decorations and more!

Get all of the info in the Retributors Sales post!

• May Style Crate: New Style Crate and Coin Shop selections are here for May, including fashions with a super-heroic theme and for the upcoming Cinco de Mayo! You can check out the full list of items on the Style Crate Contents page.
• Speedster Style Crate Bundle: Pick up some Style Crates and grab a stylish transforming Exceptional ground mount to carve through Maple World!
• Supersonic Hero Pack: Take to the skies with this heroic package including an Exceptional flying mount, name tag and chat bubble!
• Heroic Stance Package: Make your presence known with a bundle of three impactful emotes!
• Charming Cat Cafe Furnishing Package: Cat enthusiasts rejoice! This package comes with a collection of adorable cat-themed house decorations.
• New Hairstyles: Men can now get the Casual Dandy Cut and Voluminous Parted Bangs, and women can get the Cutie Double Bun Hair and Lovely Rolling Permstyles.
• New Faces: Hit up Dixon for either a delighted or subdued new face style, with the brand new Bright and Exhausted faces!

The Performance Improvement Update is here with a big event full of activities all across Maple World, double drops in Chaos Raids and a special gift for joining us on the first day after the patch!

Learn more in the May Stamp Events post!

• May Stamp Tour: We've got lots to do! Whether you're new, returning, or a current player, fill out the stamp book to earn heaps of rewards ranging from useful resources, to a chocolate donut on your head, to a speedy flying toilet mount, to a grey cat full-body outfit!
• Chaos Rumble Delight Event: Find the perfect weapon or armor piece twice as fast with double drops from Chaos Raids for a month, as well as continued double drops from Fortress Rumbles. It's a prime opportunity with your choice of Ophelia or Peachy now to enhance those items!
• Update Day Hot Time Login Event: Log-in on patch day to earn yourself 7 days of Premium Club and Auto-Gathering.
• Pet Appreciation Event: We're giving you a big reason to expand your menagerie: Up to 75,000 bonus Pet Experience each day by way of Polished Fusion Stones, awarded every time you successfully tame a pet!

• The scrolling event banner has been corrected to reflect that only "Fortress Rumbles" have double rewards (instead of "Sky Fortress")
• Viewing Infernog or Papulatus leaderboards no longer causes MapleStory 2 to crash
• Fixed an issue that caused the chat box to display all text with a Super-Chat highlight
• Rolling Thunder's special attack now functions properly in the Premium Dungeon
• Fixed a typo in the real estate forfeit agreement
• Fixed a game pad issue that caused the LB+Left keybind to be used when the user pressed RB
• Players riding mounts will now be dismounted when entering a house that doesn't allow mounts
• Weapon particle effects now display properly when using Deluxe Cannon weapon skin
• Summoner Latun's shield now ends at the proper time instead of remaining active for too long
• Corrected Live Skills crafting text from "Daily Max: 1000" to "Max Batch Size: 1,000"
• Changed Blueprint Warning Messages' font color to Red
• Fixed a typo that showed an incorrect duration on the Static Flash tooltip. Note that this is only a text fix, functionality remains unchanged
• When naming a house, a comma can no longer be used in the name
• Fixed an issue that temporarily prevented item enchantment if the success rate was boosted to 100% before catalyst items were selected
• Fixed a scenario that allowed pet summoning to cancel attack skill animations

• Sometimes a Meret purchase will not be instantly delivered to the player's mailbox. When this occurs, returning to the character select screen and coming back will trigger the Meret delivery
• Deep Sea Fashion trophy does not unlock after successfully fishing for an appropriate weapon skin
• Binding "Action" to the Left or Right arrow keys will not function on Portals
• Typo in Weak Point Analysis Tonic describes it as giving "+5% Piercing" when it should actually say "+5% Physical/Magic Piercing"
• Queenstown mini-map still shows Ming Ming's shop, even though this event shop is no longer present
• Players using game pad controls may experience erratic movement when under the effects of a movement slowing debuff
• Being healed by a Healing Lapentier dismounts players (even if you have Safe Riding)

Update (1:05 PM PDT): The maintenance has been completed. The reason for the extension was that the Crystal Ore exchange shop, meant to compensate players for their now unneeded Crystal Ore was released prematurely. This has been addressed, and we are proceeding as follows:

• There is no rollback.
• All players that log into MapleStory 2 before 1:00 PM PDT on Apr. 26 (8:00 PM UTC) will receive 20x Elixirs and 2x Auto-Fishing Vouchers (1 Hour) as compensation for the extended downtime.
• If you purchased scrolls from the Crystal Ore shop, you will keep them.
• If you did not purchase scrolls from the shop, you will be able to buy them at a later time.
• The shop WILL NOT RESTOCK. Players who purchased them early will not have any advantage over people who didn't get a chance to.
• The scrolls are meant for level 60 gear which will come out at a later time. They are not to be used with current gear. Please keep them safe in your inventory until that time.
• The TOAD'S TOOLKITS can be used with BOTH level 50 and 60 gear. While we cannot stop you from using them on your current items if you already bought some, we advise you hold onto them for the future.
• If you double click your Crystal Ore, it will open up the shop, but you will be unable to purchase any items. This shop will be reactivated when the relevant time comes.

We have elected to temporarily close the shop because we are concerned players may accidentally make purchases that they will regret later after being exposed to additional information about our summer expansion.

With that being said, as we reveal more information regarding the future content, we will offer you an opportunity to refund these scrolls through our CS team for equivalent Crystal Ore if you purchased any early that you'll regret later on for any particular reason, at any time until the summer expansion arrives.

Thanks, and we apologize for the issues and confusion today.

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Thursday, April 25th at 5:00 AM PDT. During this period, all servers will be unavailable. We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 5 hours, concluding at around 10:00 AM PDT.

- Start and End Times -

• PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• BRT (UTC -3): 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
• CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• AEST (UTC +10): 10:00 PM - 3:00 AM, ending April 26th

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

- What -

• Server Upkeep
• Monthly Windows Updates
• Releasing the Progression Improvement Update!
  • Learn more about the huge changes coming to Enchanting, Gemstones, Prestige Rank and much more in the Progression Improvement Update Post and Patch Notes!
  • Get your super-hero flare on with an all new set of items on sale. Check them all out in the Retributors Sales Post and get a sneak peek at the new Style Crate for the month of May!
  • There's plenty to do all throughout Maple World with the May Stamp Events!

Get back at some finger-snapping baddie with this month's special sales! Rocket on the ground or into the sky with the new Super Mechacar and Super Mechaplane mounts, show off like a marvelous captain with a new set of heroic emotes, work out some other terrible superhero puns while cuddling with a new set of cat-themed housing decorations and more!




New Style Crate and Coin Shop selections are here for May, including fashions with a super-heroic theme and for the upcoming Cinco de Mayo! You can check out the full list of items on the Style Crate Contents page.

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, May 30th

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!

Get revenging with a set of 20 Style Crates along with a brand new, transforming Super Mechacar ground mount!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, May 30th

Sale Details:

• Price: 7,000 Merets
• Contents:
  • 20x Style Crates
  • Super Mechacar Exceptional Ground Mount
• Can be purchased once per account
• Learn more about what's in the Style Crates at the Style Crate Contents page!
• Items can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
  • Style Crates: 300 Merets
  • Super Mechacar: 1,290 Merets

Take to the skies and get your payback on the forces of darkness with the Supersonic Hero Pack, featuring the Supersonic Hero Name Tag and Chat Bubble, plus the high-flying and transforming Super Mechaplane!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, May 30th

Sale Details:

• Price: 1,500 Merets
• Contents:
  • Super Mechaplane Flying Mount
    • Ascent Rate: 1.2 m/s
    • Max Height: 12 meters
    • Flying Speed: 6.5 m/s
  • Supersonic Hero Name Tag
  • Supersonic Hero Chat Bubble
• Can be purchased once per account
• Items can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
  • Super Mechaplane: 1,390 Merets
  • Supersonic Hero Name Tag: 150 Merets
  • Supersonic Hero Chat Bubble: 150 Merets

Show off to your friends and strike fear into those that deserve venging with the Heroic Stance Package, a set of three emotes with powerful and flashy motions!

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, May 30th

Sale Details:

• Price: 500 Merets
• Contents:
  • Dramatic Appearance Emote
  • My Turn Emote
  • Witness Me Emote
• Can be purchased once per account
• See the Emotes in action on the MapleStory 2 Twitter page!
• Items can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
  • Dramatic Appearance Emote: 200 Merets
  • My Turn Emote: 200 Merets
  • Witness Me Emote: 200 Merets

Crank the cuteness up to 11 and open up your very own Cat Cafe with the Charming Cat Cafe Furnishing Package! There's 16 new decorations available to bring a fluffly joy to your home.

Sale Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, May 30th

Sale Details:

• Price: 450 Merets
• Contents:
  • Charming Cat Castle Gate Condo
  • Charming Cat Catnip Flowerpot
  • Charming Cat Hardwood Block
  • Charming Cat Kitty Pool
  • Charming Cat Partition
  • Charming Cat Paw Print Block
  • Charming Cat Rampart Condo
  • Charming Cat Running Wheel
  • Charming Cat Scratching Post
  • Charming Cat Soft Chair
  • Charming Cat Soft Table
  • Charming Cat Standing Toy
  • Charming Cat Tower Slide
  • Charming Cat Two-Story Condo
  • Charming Cat Wall Pedestal
  • Charming Cat Window
• Can be purchased once per account
• Many package contents can also be purchased individually from the Furnishing menu:
  • Charming Cat Castle Gate Condo: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Catnip Flowerpot: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Hardwood Block: Free
  • Charming Cat Kitty Pool: 50 Merets
  • Charming Cat Partition: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Paw Print Block: Free
  • Charming Cat Rampart Condo: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Running Wheel: 50 Merets
  • Charming Cat Scratching Post: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Soft Chair: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Soft Table: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Standing Toy: 50 Merets
  • Charming Cat Tower Slide: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Two-Story Condo: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Wall Pedestal: 30 Merets
  • Charming Cat Window: 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.

Freshen up your look with a pair of new styles with Paulie's Special Hairstyles! Men can now get the Casual Dandy Cut and Voluminous Parted Bangs, and women can get the Cutie Double Bun Hair and Lovely Rolling Perm styles.

Sale Details:

• Male characters have a 5% chance each to get the Casual Dandy Cut and Voluminous Parted Bangs hairstyles from Paulie's Special Hairstyles
  • Dandy Devil-May-Care Hair and Shiny Asymmetrical Cut hairstyles now have an 11.25% chance each
  • Casual Parted Hippie Perm and Modern Volume Perm are no longer available
• Female characters have a 5% chance each to get the Cutie Double Bun Hair and Lovely Rolling Perm hairstyles from Paulie's Special Hairstyles
  • Casual Wavy Hair and Twin Updo hairstyles now have an 11.25% chance each
  • Cute Ribbon Hair and Softserve Hairdo are no longer available

Hit up Dixon for either a delighted or subdued new face style, with the brand new Bright and Exhausted faces!

Sale Details:

• Visit Doctor Dixon at Tria Plastic Surgery on Beauty Street to purchase the new face styles!
  • Bright Face: 330 Merets
  • Exhausted Face: 330 Merets

We're also releasing the delightful Comic Book Super Chat Theme, to let you broadcast spoiler-free messages to everyone in Maple World with a heroic flare!

Sale Details:

• Comic Book Super Chat Theme:
  • 1x Theme: 90 Merets
  • 5x Themes: 450 Merets
  • 11x Themes: 900 Merets
  • 35x Themes: 2,700 Merets

Note: Customer Support will look... poorly on any spoilers that are sent in-game. Cross them at your own peril, you wouldn't like them when they're angry.

The Performance Improvement Update is here with a big event full of activities all across Maple World, double drops in Chaos Raids and a special gift for joining us on the first day after the patch!




May's big event is here to help you enjoy every corner of MapleStory 2! There's 30 stamps for you to collect, 30 jobs for you to do, and plenty of awards awaiting you as you fill the sheet up, including the Striped Cat Outfit Package and Refreshing Flying Toilet!



Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, May 30th

Event Details:

• Log into MapleStory 2 and click on the Stamp Tour button in the bottom-right corner of the screen, above the "Friends" pop-up
• Complete tasks over the duration of the event to earn Stamps that can unlock special prizes!
  • Stamp tasks have different requirements for current players, those that have not played MapleStory 2 since January 31st and new players
• Brown-ringed spots are Special Stamps, with their own set of prizes!
• Get the stamps and collect your prizes from the Stamp Tour screen!

Event Rewards:

• 2x Special Stamps: 3x Gem Dust Gift Boxes
• 5x Special Stamps: 1,000,000 Meso Pouch and Choco Donut Hat headgear outfit
• Note: The Choco Donut Hat is bound to the character that claims the item, and cannot be placed in the in-game bank
• 5x Normal Stamps: 1x Beauty Voucher Package, which contains a Face Change, Cosmetics, Hairstyle, Gear Dye and Skin Tone Voucher
• 10x Normal Stamps: 2x Heavy Colorful Crystal Boxes and Pet Taming Package, which contains 20x Dryad Pet Candies, 10x Dryad G1 Snares, 10x Dryad G2 Snares and 10x Dryad G3 Snares
• 15x Normal Stamps: 5x Experience Booster +100% (30 Minute) and 2x Tier 2 Gemstone Boxes
• 20x Normal Stamps: 5x Polished Fusion Stones and 2x Tier 2 Gemstone Boxes
• 25x Normal Stamps: 2x Heavy Gem Dust Boxes and Refreshing Flying Toilet Flying Mount
  • Ascent Rate: 0.5 m/s
  • Max Height: 4 meters
  • Flying Speed: 6.5 m/s
• All Stamps Collected: Stamp Tour Gift Box, containing a 1,000,000 Meso Pouch and the Striped Cat Outfit Package!

The Dungeon Delight Events have finally concluded, but we've got one last treat for you before the summer hits. For the next month, enjoy double drops on all Chaos Raids and Fortress Rumbles and get fully ready for the trials to come!

Event Duration:

• UTC: 12:00 AM Friday, Apr. 26th - Start of Maintenance, May 30th
• PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 PM, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, May 30th
• EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 PM, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, May 30th
• BRT (UTC -3): 9:00 PM, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, May 30th
• CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 AM Friday, Apr. 26th - Start of Maintenance, May 30th
• AEST (UTC +10): 10:00 AM Friday, Apr. 26th - Start of Maintenance, May 30th

Event Details:

• Get Double Drops from the following Chaos Raids!
  • Normal Shadow Altar
  • Hard Shadow Altar
  • Normal Moonlight Forest
  • Hard Moonlight Forest
  • Ludibrium Clock Tower
  • Wrath of Infernog
• Get Double Drops from all Fortress Rumbles!

Join us on the first day of the Progression Improvement Update to collect a special bonus: 7 Day Auto-Gathering Badge and 7 days of Premium Club access! You'll need to login before 3:30 PM UTC on Friday, Apr. 26th in order to get these bonuses, so be sure to hop in once the maintenance ends!

Event Duration:

• UTC: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - 3:30 PM Friday, Apr. 26th
• PDT (UTC -7): End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - 8:30 AM, Friday, Apr. 26th
• EDT (UTC -4): End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - 11:30 AM, Friday, Apr. 26th
• BRT (UTC -3): End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - 12:30 PM, Friday, Apr. 26th
• CEST (UTC +2): End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - 5:30 PM Friday, Apr. 26th
• AEST (UTC +10): End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - 1:30 AM Saturday, Apr. 27th

Event Details:

• Log into MapleStory 2 after we update MapleStory 2 with the Progression Improvement Update to receive the following items:
  • 7 Day Auto-Gathering Badge
  • Premium Club 7-Day Pass
• Rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

Finally, we're giving you a big reason to expand your menagerie: Up to 75,000 bonus Pet Experience each day by way of Polished Fusion Stones, awarded every time you successfully tame a pet!



Event Duration: End of Maintenance, Thursday, Apr. 25th - Start of Maintenance, Thursday, May 30th

Event Details:

• Get a Polished Fusion Stone each time you tame a pet!
  • Polished Fusion Stones can be consumed to boost your pet's EXP by 15,000
  • Up to 5 stones awarded per day
• Rewards cannot be sold or traded, but can be transferred to other characters on the same account via the in-game bank

Dear Maplers,

Now that we've discussed most of major changes (and make sure to check out the updates to them we're releasing today as well!), let's discuss the "...and more!" part. To recap, here's a quick overview of what's to come in the Progression Improvement Update:

Progression Improvement Update (April 25th):

• Accessory Socket Opening Changes - Updated April 17th
• Gemstone Changes - Updated April 17th
• Enchanting Changes - Updated April 17th
• ...and more!: Today's topic

Today we will be covering the following additional changes we will be making with this update:

• Daily Mission Removal and Weekly Prestige Rank Rewards
• Meso Adjustments in Adventure Bonus Box
• Sky Fortress Faction Mission Quality of Life Change

I'm sure the first line of this list looks alarming, but please read through the entirety of this blog before deciding how you feel about the changes.


With the Progression Improvement Update, Daily Missions will be replaced with new Prestige Rank Rewards. We're electing to make this change because while Daily Missions had meaningful rewards, the missions themselves felt repetitive and backwards at times. We'd like to fix this and streamline your MapleStory 2 experience by adding weekly Prestige Rank Rewards.

To explain what Prestige Ranks is first, upon reaching Level 50, you can gain Prestige Experience by doing anything that gives you regular Experience. The menu for it can be found by clicking on the Prestige Experience Bar, placed above Experience Bar at the bottom of your screen.



You should be able to gain 1 Prestige Rank each day by performing regular activities, and after earning 1,000,000 Experience (enough for a full Prestige Rank), any additional Experience you earn will be applied towards your Prestige rank at a reduced rate. Basically, it's designed so that you can fairly easily earn 1 Prestige Rank each day, and that continuing to play is still rewarded, without making it feel like you must grind all the time.



(Note: UI is a Work in Progress, changes may be made)

The concept of these newly added Weekly Prestige Rank Reward Boxes is fairly straightforward.

If you increase your Prestige Rank  1, 2, or 4 times within a week (before/after the weekly reset at UTC Friday 00:00), you will be handsomely rewarded with Prestige Rank Reward Boxes that contain the following items:



(Note: Reward Box names may change. Additionally, Colorful Crystal Boxes allow you to choose which color of crystal you receive)

Depending on which type of Daily Missions you have been doing, and by what extent, the proposed rewards may seem either good or bad for you. As Prestige Rank rewards will be obtained at the account level, instead of the character level as with Daily Missions, we will be rewarding you with an increased amount of primarily account bound resources, which will be a plus to many players. But if you were completing most Daily Missions on as many characters as possible, this will likely result in fewer rewards.

We understand this will feel like a nerf for many, but we believe this is a necessary change for us to improve the overall experience of MapleStory 2. The intention of weekly Prestige Rank reward system is to reward you for playing the character you want and doing the activities you want in MapleStory 2. No more forced, mundane chores – choose how you earn these rewards on your own.

With that in mind, there are some other rewards not included in the Prestige Rank Reward boxes that were available through various mission boxes in Daily Missions. We will be reintroducing some of those rewards through future iterations of events… and speaking of those rewards, that leads into our next topic, arguably the most important reward missing from the above boxes: Mesos.


For many of you out there, Daily Mission's were one of the main locations you obtained additional mesos and resources, especially when playing on multiple characters. While our intention was to simplify the experience by removing Daily Missions, we didn't want to reduce meso gains from their current level. As such, we'll be nearly doubling the amount of mesos in the Normal/Hard Adventure Bonus Boxes you receive by completing 30 adventure dungeons  in a week:

Level 60 Normal/Hard Adventure Bonus Box Meso Adjustments



In total, each character completing 30 Adventure Dungeons a week will be getting an additional 2,000,000 mesos with the above changes.


With less of a burden on completing Daily Missions, we also expect more players to focus on the Sky Fortress daily and weekly Faction Missions. However, you have been vocal that accepting and completing individual Sky Fortress missions was considered a chore to many of you. As such, with the Progression Improvement Update, we are adding "Accept All" and "Complete All" button to Sky Fortress Faction Missions to make things just a bit smoother.



You will still need to talk to each Faction leader to accept the Faction Missions, but instead of clicking through the same dialog for each mission, you can simply elect to accept and complete all of them at once.


With the Progression Improvement Update on April 25th making so many major changes, we understand you may be concerned that you may run out of ways to progress, or that the game is too easy. As mentioned in previous blogs, the Project New Leaf updates are here to improve the core philosophy of the gameplay with current progression and economy, so that the experience from MapleStory 2 is more balanced and rewarding. With these changes, we intend to make some parts of the game much more accessible, whereas other areas the same with future content in mind. The fact that a good amount of players are reaching the point where current progression is ending is actually a positive sign, because we want to help lesser-geared players catch-up before our Summer Expansion hits. It's worth mentioning that what's ahead will prove challenging for all manner of players regardless if they're endgame or entry level as well.

Summer is coming, and with it we are preparing massive amount of exciting new content for you. There's still a lot to get done before we get there, but we assure you we will use everything we learned from Project New Leaf and carry it with us into the future as well.

Join the Forum Discussion: http://forums.maplestory2.nexon.net/discussion/45330/daily-missions-prestige-ranks-and-more

Join the Reddit Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapleStory2/comments/beg71q/project_new_leaf_daily_missions_prestige_ranks/

We kindly ask that the discussions in the threads above be focused on the information shared in today's blog. Please do note that many things we discuss here can change by nature of opening up these topics early for discussion. We'll always do our best to improve upon our ideas based on your feedback. As always, thank you for being patient with us and for being a part of Project New Leaf!

See you in game,
LAMBCOOK

We will be updating MapleStory 2 on Wednesday, April 17th at 9:00 AM PDT, to release the new 64-bit option for MapleStory 2. This will not require any downtime, but all players will be required to download the update.

- Update Times -

• PDT (UTC -7): 9:00 AM
• EDT (UTC -4): 12:00 PM
• BRT (UTC -3): 1:00 PM
• CEST (UTC +2): 6:00 PM
• AEST (UTC +10): 2:00 AM, April 18th

- What -

• Releasing the new 64-bit client for MapleStory 2
  • All players will need to download this update, even if you choose to continue to play the 32-bit version
  • Players can select the 64-bit client in the Nexon Launcher prior to starting MapleStory 2 via an option beneath the "Play" button
  • Steam users will be prompted to select their preferred version upon launching MapleStory 2
  • If you have any difficulties or feedback about the 64-bit client, please let us know in the 64-Bit Client Feedback Thread.

[Updated April 17]: Thanks for all the feedback! After hearing your thoughts, we and the development team went back to the drawing board to see if there's any further adjustments we can make. We're happy to report that we are ready to present to you an updated example that better reflects what our original intention was: make Peachy's Enchants a viable option without rendering Ophelia obsolete.

To achieve this, we've narrowed the margin of difference between the two methods, but still keeping Peachy's resource requirements higher than Ophelia. Compared to the numbers we presented initially, we feel this is much closer now enough to be seriously considered for those who'd like to opt for the safer, guaranteed method.

Peachy Enchant for Lv. 50 Legendary Main hand / Two-handed Weapon after Progression Improvement Update



Please note though we are still in the final stage of testing for this change, and some additional changes may occur between now and the April 25th update.

Join the Forum Discussion: http://forums.maplestory2.nexon.net/discussion/45331/update-enchanting-gemstone-socketing-changes

Join the Reddit Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapleStory2/comments/beg8ou/project_new_leaf_update_to_enchanting_gemstone/

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Dear Maplers,

Today, we're going into detail about the upcoming changes to enchantment and news about a 64-Bit Client. As a reminder, here's a quick overview of what's to come in the Progression Improvement Update:

Progression Improvement Update (tentative date April 25th):

• Accessory Socket Opening Changes
• Gemstone Changes
• Enchanting Changes: Today's Topic
• ...and more!

Let's dive into today's topic right away.


In MapleStory 2, there are two NPCs that can help you enchant your equipment, Ophelia and Peachy. Ophelia offers quick attempts with a random chance of success, while Peachy offers expensive but guaranteed methods to upgrade your equipment.



Until now though, Peachy's enchanting method has been rarely used due to the significant costs that it required. When we looked to improve enchantment, we wanted to keep the concept of two methods to enchant intact but also offer you better choices. As such, we will change Peachy's enchants to require similar amounts and types of resources on average when compared to Ophelia's enchantment attempts.

Current Peachy Enchant for Lv. 50 Legendary Main hand / Two-handed Weapon



Peachy Enchant for Lv. 50 Legendary Main hand / Two-handed Weapon after Progression Improvement Update



Above is the before-and-after required resource charts for Lv.50 Legendary Main hand / Two-handed Weapon as a sample. This change will occur for all weapons and armor with the same idea in mind. What this means is that you can now safely use Peachy to build up and guarantee your enchantments, without spending much more than Ophelia would normally cost you.

Also with this change, Peachy will no longer require any Crystal Ore to enchant your gear. We'll discuss what will happen to Crystal Ore below.


You may be wondering what will happen with Ophelia enchanting method after the update, given the changes that have come to Peachy. With the introduction of guaranteed methods with Peachy, you may wonder if Ophelia may become abandoned by most players. That said, we're choosing to keep Ophelia around as is because Ophelia enchant may still be beneficial in certain circumstances:

• Peachy enchant's resource requirements are based on the average amount of resources needed for a successful Ophelia enchant with a normal amount of fail charges spent on the enchant. As such, there's still a chance that you will end up spending less on an Ophelia enchant than one by Peachy. If you'd like to take your chances, the option will remain available for you.
• Ophelia's method also lets you improve the success rate if you have a large surplus of duplicate items or fail charges saved up, while there's no way to change the cost of Peachy's enchantments. If you are okay with spending a lot more Onyx, Chaos Onyx, and Crystal Fragments than with Peachy, Ophelia's enchantments may get your gear to +15 much faster.

We still highly recommend Peachy's enchantments to most players, and we designed our UI to reflect this because it is an easier system to understand with little downside. But if you've already accrued significant amount of fail charges on your gear, it will likely be cheaper for you to continue Ophelia enchantments  until the failure charges are used up.


With the Progression Improvement Update (tentatively April 25th), Crystal Ore will no longer drop from the game and will not be required for Peachy's enchants.


We are currently finalizing a plan that to let you exchange your hard-earned Crystal Ore into valuable enchantment-related resources in the update that follows the Progression Improvement Update (tentatively late May). The more Crystal Ore you have, the more you will benefit, so we'd recommend stocking up while you can!


Additionally, we ready to bring up 64-bit client compatibility. Having MapleStory 2 fully utilize the strengths of a 64-bit operating system has been a common optimization request, and we've been working on the side to get this implemented soon. We're happy to report that we are planning to launch the new 64-bit client during the April 17th maintenance! After next week's maintenance, you will be able to choose between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of MapleStory 2 from both the Nexon Launcher and on Steam, and check out the improvements for yourself.

Please note that 64-bit version of MapleStory 2 is still fairly new and, depending on the hardware and software of your computer, you may have different experiences (such as longer loading speeds between maps). You can still use the 32-bit client if that gives you a better performance, and we will be addressing issues found with the new 64-bit client to improve it for everyone.

Join the Forum Discussion: http://forums.maplestory2.nexon.net/discussion/45306/enchantment-changes-64-bit-client

Join the Reddit Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapleStory2/comments/bc8app/project_new_leaf_enchantment_changes_and_64bit/

We kindly ask that the discussions in the threads above be focused on the information shared in today's blog. Please do note that many things we discuss here can change by nature of opening up these topics early for discussion. We'll always do our best to improve upon our ideas based on your feedback. As always, thank you for being patient with us and for being a part of Project New Leaf!

See you in game,
LAMBCOOK

It's almost Easter, and we have a new package, a new Super Chat Theme and a bonus event to help you complete the Rainbow Roller Event fast!




Easter is coming soon, and the bunnies are out with a brand new package! Get the cuddly Slumbering Bunny Hat outfit item and a special Name Tag and Chat Bubble that's as adorable as can be!

Sale Duration:

• UTC: 3:30 PM, Thursday, Apr. 11th - 3:30 PM, Thursday, Apr. 25th
• PDT (UTC -7): 8:30 AM, Thursday, Apr. 11th - 8:30 AM, Thursday, Apr. 25th
• EDT (UTC -4): 11:30 AM, Thursday, Apr. 11th - 11:30 AM, Thursday, Apr. 25th
• BRT (UTC -3): 12:30 PM, Thursday, Apr. 11th - 12:30 PM, Thursday, Apr. 25th
• CEST (UTC +2): 5:30 PM, Thursday, Apr. 11th - 5:30 PM, Thursday, Apr. 25th
• AEST (UTC +10): 1:30 PM, Friday, Apr. 12th - 1:30 AM, Friday, Apr. 26th

Sale Details:

• Price: 640 Merets (20% off)
• Contents:
  • Slumbering Bunny Hat Headgear Outfit Item
  • Bunny-n'-Egg Chat Bubble
  • Bunny-n'-Egg Name Tag
• Can be purchased once per account
• Items can also be individually purchased in the Meret Market:
  • Slumbering Bunny Hat: 500 Merets
  • Bunny-n'-Egg Chat Bubble: 150 Merets
  • Bunny-n'-Egg Name Tag: 150 Merets

Need a boost for the Rainbow Roller Event? We're giving away up to 15 bonus Rainbow Eggs this weekend, with 5 eggs coming to you each day!

Event Duration:

• UTC: 12:00 AM, Friday, Apr. 12th - 12:00 AM Monday, Apr. 15th
• PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 PM, Thursday, Apr. 11th - 5:00 PM, Sunday, Apr. 14th
• EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 PM, Thursday, Apr. 11th - 8:00 PM, Sunday, Apr. 14th
• BRT (UTC -3): 9:00 PM, Thursday, Apr. 11th - 9:00 PM, Sunday, Apr. 14th
• CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 AM, Friday, Apr. 12th - 2:00 AM Monday, Apr. 15th
• AEST (UTC +10): 10:00 AM, Friday, Apr. 12th - 10:00 AM Monday, Apr. 15th

Event Details:

• Log in to MapleStory 2 each day to receive 5x Rainbow Eggs
• Each day begins 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

We're also releasing the Bunny Egg Super Chat Theme to go along with all of the sleeping bunny hats!

Sale Details:

• Bunny Egg Super Chat Theme:
  • 1x Theme: 90 Merets
  • 5x Themes: 450 Merets
  • 11x Themes: 900 Merets
  • 35x Themes: 2,700 Merets

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Thursday, April 11th at 9:00 AM PDT. During this period, all servers will be unavailable. We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 1 hour, concluding at around 10:00 AM PDT.

- Start and End Times -

• PDT (UTC -7): 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• EDT (UTC -4): 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
• BRT (UTC -3): 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
• CEST (UTC +1): 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• AEST (UTC +10): 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM, April 12th

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

- What -

• Server Upkeep