We all hate waiting on ship rides in Maplestory. Here are two ways for travelling fast and avoiding ship rides.

The key here is Port Road :: Six Path Crossway. This is important because of the pantheon portal. Using it takes you into the Pantheon.

Going inside the portal, you should find Pantheon :: Great Temple Interior. There is a dimensional mirror that can take you (almost) anywhere in the Maple World.

Well that’s great, but what if I’m not on Maple Island to access the Six Path Crossway? There are two ways around this. The first is for all levels, the second is for characters who are over level 100 and have finished the [Root Abyss] World Tree in Danger (start through [Root Abyss] Urgent Summons) quest.

Method 1: Through Momijigaoka

This is a slower method and requires you to be in a town with a dimensional mirror, I use Orbis here in this example, but anywhere with a dimensional mirror will do. Now, use the dimensional mirror and select Momijigaoka in the menu. (It might be on the second page.)

In Momijigaoka, you will find another Dimensional Mirror. This time, select Party Quest Entry (The Gold Spiegelman Icon). Again, he might be on the second page.

Leave the map on through the exit portal. You should be in Zipangu :: Mushroom Shrine. I’m not sure if this is intended or a glitch. Maybe Nexon will fix this later. It’s not fixed as of 19 Oct. 2013.

At Mushroom Shrine, go all the way to the left until you find Spinel. Talk to her, she will offer to take you back to Henesys. This trip is free.

Now, from Henesys, getting to Six Path should be easy. Though the especially keen may want to use the Quick Move menu and travel to the intercontinental station (the ship with a maple leaf on it).

And Six Path Crossway is just one ladder away.

Method 2 : Through Root Abyss

This method is for characters level 100 or above and have completed [Root Abyss] World Tree in Danger. It requires you to have a Sleepywood Return Scroll, but can be performed on most maps. Some notable exceptions are Evolution Lab, Dimensional Battleground, The Door to Zakum, etc. The main advantage of this method is that it can be used in towns which do not have dimensional mirrors, such as Gate to the Future.

If you have finished [Root Abyss] World Tree in Danger, you should see a door icon on your left, click it and you will be sent to Root Abyss :: Colossal Root.

At Root Abyss :: Colossal Root, we can use our Sleepywood Return Scroll. Again, this might be a bug. But it is working as of 19 October, 2013.

Of course, any Victoria Island Return Scroll will work, but I choose Sleepywood because Six Path Crossway is only one map away, through the portal on the left side of the map.

And that concludes my guide.

Any comments, suggestions, corrections, etc. are greatly appreciated. ~rt19.