A new patch has been released, including Season 2 of the 14th anniversary events as well as changes to world merged party quests.

All the events now end on June 22, so it seems we won’t be seeing any new content for another month 😦

Here’s the Maple Update Info Centre video for this patch!

World Merged Party Quests

The entry restrictions have been changed.

You can now enter with any party members, regardless of difference in level .

. When entering any stage, your stats will be adjusted appropriately.

The clear condition for Moon Bunny’s Rice Cakes has been changed.

The number of Rice Cakes required has been decreased from 100 to 80.

Ariant Hunting Competition has been added as a world merged party quest.

Ariant Hunting Competition can be entered with a 4 person party .

. Together with your party members, hunt monsters to collect Spirit Jewels .

. Sometimes, a Giant Scorpion will appear. If it hits you, you will drop some of your Spirit Jewels, so be careful!

Clear experience has been adjusted.

Clear experience has been increased.

The upper limit on clear experience has been removed. Clear experience will now increase even past the old cap of level 180.

has been removed. Clear experience will now increase even past the old cap of level 180. The Party EXP Booster item will no longer be sold.

Specific equipment that increases party quest clear experience will remain.

The Party Point system has been changed.

Party Points will now be given 10 at a time, regardless of level.

Party Points will be now be reset every 8 weeks.

If you die during a party quest, the cost to revive yourself is now fixed at 10 Party Points.

Previously acquired Party Points will be adjusted in proportion to the new formula.

Some items in the Party Point Shop have been changed.

Certain items will no longer be sold. 100% Party Quest Two-Handed Weapon Attack Scroll 100% Party Quest Two-Handed Weapon Attack Scroll 100% Party Quest Two-Handed Weapon Magic Attack Scroll

New items have been added. Torn Notebook Page (gives a random notebook page) Old Book Page (gives a random book page) Old Letter 1st Edition (gives a random letter page) 10 Scroll Traces Party EXP Booster (increases experience by 10% for 15 minutes when hunting with party members) Masteria’s Shoulderpads (5 all stats, 4 attack/magic attack, untradeable, cannot have potential, Lucky item, expires in 14 days) Warrior’s Ring (5 all stats, 1 attack/magic attack, untradeable, unique equipped item, Lucky item, expires in 14 days) Party Quest Damage Skin (blue) Party Quest Gift Box

The pre-existing equipment items will no longer be sold directly. You can acquire them randomly through the Party Quest Gift Box . Rice Cake on Top of your Head Two Rice Cakes on Top of Your Head Rainbow Rice Cake on Top of Your Head Goddess’ Shoes Goddess’ Bracelet Goddess Minerva’s Shoes Goddess Minerva’s Bracelet Squishy Shoes Sticky Shoes Brilliant Altair Earrings

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Game Related

In Chu Chu Island’s Torrential Zone, unused Bait will now activate the Cursed Bait effect.

When using Bait , you must now succeed in a directional arrow key minigame .

, you must now succeed in a . Bait that has been left unused for 5 minutes or more after being spawned will be cursed by Elite Bosses and will become Cursed Bait .

after being spawned will be cursed by Elite Bosses and will become . All Bait on the map will be affected by the Cursed Bait. If there is no Bait on the map, the Cursed Bait effect will not apply.

The Cursed Bait effect will apply to the entire map , and the experience/drop rates for hunting will be decreased .

, and the for hunting will be . Over time, the curse will become more powerful. 5 minutes: Stage 1, 50% experience/drop rate reduction 10 minutes: Stage 2, 65% experience/drop rate reduction 15 minutes: Stage 3, 80% experience/drop rate reduction 20 minutes: Stage 4, 100% experience/drop rate reduction

As soon as one Bait is used, the Cursed Bait effects on the map will disappear.

If you use Bait, you will receive the Sealed Rune’s Power buff which prevents you from being affected by Cursed Bait effects for its duration (same as the cooldown before you can use another Bait).

The directional arrow key minigame’s arrows will now have randomized colours.

NPC Farms have been added to Monster Life.

NPC farms are farms owned by various MapleStory NPCs. (duh)

Every day, the NPCs and their monsters that appear will be different. You can find them on your Suggested Friends list.

Each NPC will focus on monsters from their favourite category.

You can play and combine with monsters on NPC farms up to 4 times per day.

Monster Combination cannot be performed when the day of the week is about to change.

The following changes have been made to the boss Lucid’s Hard Mode.

When the last phase is at 10% health or lower , the invincibility pattern’s duration has been decreased slightly .

, the . An error where Lucid would heal an abnormally high amount of health in her last phase has been fixed.

Hekaton’s HP has been slightly decreased.

If you change maps while in giant form (from using a Giant Rune or Giant Potion), you will now be changed back to normal.

The required level to use the Meso Market has been increased from level 33 to level 60. Existing characters below level 60 will only be able to complete their existing trades.

The following errors have been fixed.

An error where if your resolution was changed while MapleStory was minimized, it would not apply properly has been fixed.

An error where you would be sent to Orbis after exiting Meisterville if you entered through the Dimensional Mirror has been fixed.

An error where certain content did not appear on the Maple Guide even after reaching the required levels has been fixed.

An error where Demon Balrog’s hands would remain if you dealt all of his HP in one attack has been fixed.

An error where you would not be able to use Toad’s Hammer if you changed maps while using it has been fixed.

An error where the client would sometimes exit if you logged in using fullwidth characters has been fixed.

An error where Monster Life’s Viking Commander’s monster effect description had incorrect text has been fixed.

If you are Seduced by a monster while sitting on a chair, you will now be removed from it.

An error where the Netherworld Monks on the 30th floor of Mu Lung Dojo dropped items has been fixed.

An error where you would be moved to Evolving System when exiting after clearing Normal Cygnus has been fixed.

An error where Pink Bean could not use attacking skills during Kapu’s Riding has been fixed.

An error where Lie Detectors would sometimes have Japanese input has been fixed.

An error where Lie Detectors would be triggered in Helisium’s Commander’s Barracks map has been fixed.

An error where Kaiser’s Final Figuration changed colour would not be applied after using a Giant Rune has been fixed.

An error where Meso Market’s usage fee was only charged once per account has been fixed.

An error where you would not be hit while sitting on the Expedition Rocket Chair has been fixed.

An error where Elite Bosses and Elite Monsters would not drop rewards for users not affected by Cursed Runes and Bait has been fixed.

An error where your quest progress would not be saved if you disconnected during the running map in Omega Sector has been fixed.

An error where you would be moved to the Giant Root map without completing the Root Abyss related beginning quests has been fixed.

An error where you could use automatic ridings while in the Giant state has been fixed.

Skill Related

Pink Bean’s skills have been adjusted.

Sky Jump ‘s damage has been increased.

‘s damage has been increased. Mini Beans ‘ damage will now be based on the character’s damage.

‘ damage will now be based on the character’s damage. Power Accumulation ‘s cooldown has been increased.

‘s cooldown has been increased. An error where Pink Bean’s Tutu could sometimes not be used with certain weapons has been fixed.

could sometimes not be used with certain weapons has been fixed. An error where Pink Bean would not correctly use skills after Pink Bean’s Tutu‘s keydown duration has been fixed.

The following errors have been fixed.

An error where certain 5th job skills would be allowed to be used in Urus has been fixed.

An error where skill transparency did not apply to certain skills in the Union Raid has been fixed.

An error where Night Lord’s Spread Throw could not be saved using Buff Freezers has been fixed.

An error where if Dual Blade used Chains of Hell at the same time as Cygnus’ whirlwind attack, the image would appear on top of the other has been fixed.

An error where Dual Blade’s Sharpness would give additional critical rate when equipping a weapon or subweapon has been fixed.

An error where if Viper used Double Spiral at the same time as levelling up, the cooldown would apply has been fixed.

An error where Phantom could not select a lower advancement’s skill to use for Talent of Phantom Thief in Urus has been fixed.

Blaster’s Charge skills will now consume MP when they begin charging instead of when they are activated.

An error where Zero using Joint Attack after using Limit Break would cause the cooldown to not apply normally has been fixed.

Skill Changes

Wind Breaker

Wind Blessing: DEX boost has been increased from 12% → 15%

Kaiser

Will of Sword: Strike: damage has been decreased Level 25: Consumes 1000 MP. Each weapon will hit an enemy, dealing 1000% damage 4 times. After that, they will fall to the ground. After 2 seconds, they will create a powerful flame, dealing ( 1400% → 700% ) damage 6 times on up to 12 enemies. The final damage of the flames will be increased up to 2x based on the amount of time the swords were in the ground. Cooldown: 30 seconds. Final Figuration: Will of Sword and the flames’ number of hits are increased by 1.

damage has been decreased

U-OTP+

This one doesn’t really affect most people since it’s a KMS-only system, but it’s still pretty useful. Basically, U-OTP is a one-time password system that generates a new password for you every time you want to login and sends it to your phone. It’s been implemented for 5 years I think.

This patch, they added the ability to save PCs to your account, so if you login on a saved PC, you don’t have to go through the OTP system. Up to 3 PCs can be saved to one account.

Cash Shop

The Royal Style Coupon will on sale from May 25 to June 14. It has new items including the Banana items, Carrot Overalls, and the La Dulce Vita.

It includes a new Special Label set: the Librarian of Dimensions set.

If you collect all five pieces of the set, you’ll receive the Door of Truth Chair.

The Master Label set is still the Master Snow set, which you can buy in a package straight up if you are in Reboot world.

The June Royal Hair Coupon will be on sale from May 25 to June 21. It includes the new Bob Seran Hair for females and the Black Pearl Hair for males.

The Trendy Royal Face Coupon has been updated, with the new Adorable Face for both males and females.

The Petite Lucid pets will be on sale from May 25 to June 21.

The Gold Apple has been updated with new rewards including:

Boss accessories (Rare/Epic)

Selective Personality Trait Growth Potion

Ghost Damage Skin

Crystal Damage Skin

Chocolate Damage Skin

Tempest Ring (6 all stats, 2 attack/magic attack, 1 slot, level 100, tradeable until equipped, unique equipped item)

Alchemist’s Ring (1 all stats, 1 slot, level 10, tradeable)

Merry Go Round Chair

Rabbit’s Carrot Race Chair

Rainbow Riding

Desert Fox Riding

Magnificent Boss Souls

Event Related

Would You Like Maple? (Season 2)

Would You Like Maple? has been extended, and will now end on June 22.

Along with a couple of new events, certain planets have been extended:

Planet Vita: Star of Blessings

Planet Minel: Extreme Rail

Planet M-426: Mission to Space

Planet Ocean’s Fourteen: Battle Reverse

You can read more about these previous events in my last post. Galaxy Academy and Frozen Rink have now ended and will not be extended.

14th Anniversary Galaxy Star Shop (Season 2)

The 14th Anniversary Galaxy Star Shop can be accessed by clicking the icon on the left side of your screen or by clicking on the Galaxy Star Vending Machine on Planet Vita.

There are a variety of new items such the Random Planet Chair Box which can give one of the following chairs (they are all tradeable through the account):

Sun Chair

Ice Cold Chair

Ocean’s Fourteen Chair

M-426 Chair

Vita Chair

Minel Chair

Mercury Chair

Venus Chair

Earth Chair

Mars Chair

Jupiter Chair

Saturn Chair

Uranus Chair

Neptune Chair

There are also new Damage Skins: the Illumination Damage Skin and Soluna Damage Skin, as well as the 14th Anniversary Random Damage Skin Box II which can give one of the following:

Magical Star Damage Skin (new!)

Chick Damage Skin

Blue Strike Damage Skin

Rounding Damage Skin

Blue Flame Damage Skin

Choco Donut Damage Skin

Explosion Damage Skin

Soft Cone Damage Skin

Sweet Spring Breeze Damage Skin

Lacheln Damage Skin

Poison Flame Damage Skin

Yeti X Pepe Damage Skin

Marshmallow Damage Skin

The Galaxy Star Shop also has the Onyx Ring and the Onyx Stones used to scroll it.

Accessories

Vengeance Ring Voucher (10 stars) [limit of 1]

(10 stars) [limit of 1] Reboot Vengeance Ring Voucher (1200 stars) [limit of 1]

(1200 stars) [limit of 1] Vengeance Stone (60 stars) [limit of 5 per day]

(60 stars) [limit of 5 per day] Vengeance Ring Only Cube (30 stars) [limit of 5 per day]

(30 stars) [limit of 5 per day] Onyx Ring “Complete” Voucher (500 Stars) [limit of 1]

(500 Stars) [limit of 1] Reboot Onyx Ring “Complete” Voucher (1500 stars) [limit of 1]

(1500 stars) [limit of 1] Powerful/Wise STR/DEX/INT/LUK/HP/Balance Onyx Stone (100 stars) [unlimited]

Equipment

Maple Galaxy Laser Gun Voucher (50 stars) [limit of 1]

(50 stars) [limit of 1] Maple Galaxy Helmet Voucher (250 stars) [limit of 1]

(250 stars) [limit of 1] Maple Galaxy Spacesuit Voucher (250 stars) [limit of 1]

(250 stars) [limit of 1] Maple Galaxy Cape Voucher (250 stars) [limit of 1]

(250 stars) [limit of 1] 10th Anniversary Random Weapon Box (50 coins) [unlimited]

(50 coins) [unlimited] 11th Anniversary Random Weapon Box (50 coins) [unlimited]

Scrolls

Eternal Rebirth Flame (200 stars) [limit of 3]

(200 stars) [limit of 3] 10% Clean Slate Scroll (30 stars) [limit of 5]

(30 stars) [limit of 5] 14th Anniversary 10% Clean Slate Scroll Package (400 stars) [limit of 1]

(400 stars) [limit of 1] 50% Epic Potential Scroll (100 stars) [limit of 3]

(100 stars) [limit of 3] Craftsman’s Cube (70 stars) [limit of 3]

(70 stars) [limit of 3] 14th Anniversary Craftsman’s Cube Package (900 stars) [limit of 1[

(900 stars) [limit of 1[ Special Medal of Honor (70 stars) [limit of 3]

(70 stars) [limit of 3] 14th Anniversary Special Medal of Honor Package (900 stars) [limit of 3]

(900 stars) [limit of 3] Powerful Rebirth Flame (80 stars) [limit of 5]

(80 stars) [limit of 5] SP Reset Scroll (50 stars) [limit of 1]

(50 stars) [limit of 1] AP Reset Scroll (50 stars) [limit of 1]

(50 stars) [limit of 1] 60% Miraculous Positive Chaos Scroll (100 stars) [limit of 3]

(100 stars) [limit of 3] Strange Cube (5 stars) [limit of 5]

(5 stars) [limit of 5] Gold Potential Stamp (20 stars) [limit of 7]

(20 stars) [limit of 7] Special Additional Potential Stamp (30 stars) [limit of 3]

(30 stars) [limit of 3] 60% Innocent Scroll (50 stars) [limit of 3]

(50 stars) [limit of 3] 50% Gold Hammer (30 stars) [limit of 3]

Special

Random Planet Chair Box (250 stars) [unlimited]

(250 stars) [unlimited] 14th Anniversary Random Damage Skin Box II (80 stars) [unlimited]

(80 stars) [unlimited] Soluna Damage Skin (200 stars) [limit of 1]

(200 stars) [limit of 1] Illumination Damage Skin (200 stars) [limit of 1]

(200 stars) [limit of 1] Real Time Search Chair (700 stars) [limit of 1]

(700 stars) [limit of 1] Andromeda Chair (400 stars) [limit of 1]

(400 stars) [limit of 1] Cloud Friend Riding Voucher (400 stars) [limit of 1]

(400 stars) [limit of 1] Night Star Riding Voucher (300 stars) [limit of 1[

(300 stars) [limit of 1[ 1 Person Advanced Classic Car Voucher (250 stars) [limit of 1]

(250 stars) [limit of 1] Core Gemstone (50 stars) [limit of 10]

(50 stars) [limit of 10] Final Figuration Main Colour Changer (50 stars) [unlimited]

(50 stars) [unlimited] Final Figuration Sub Colour Changer (50 stars) [unlimited]

(50 stars) [unlimited] Final Figuration Colour Reset Coupon (30 stars) [unlimited]

(30 stars) [unlimited] 100 Power Elixirs Voucher (5 stars) [limit of 5 per day]

(5 stars) [limit of 5 per day] 1 Day Teleport World Map Voucher (15 stars) [limit of 1 per day]

(15 stars) [limit of 1 per day] House Wedding Ticket (300 stars) [limit of 1]

(300 stars) [limit of 1] 30 Day 10 Safety Charms Voucher (50 stars) [unlimited]

(50 stars) [unlimited] Personality Growth Potion (300 stars) [limit of 1]

(300 stars) [limit of 1] Free Advancement Coin (300 stars) [limit of 1]

(300 stars) [limit of 1] Damage Skin Storage Slot Expansion Coupon (100 stars) [limit of 1]

(100 stars) [limit of 1] 8 Slot Soul Bag (80 stars) [limit of 1]

(80 stars) [limit of 1] 8 Slot Profession Material Bag (80 stars) [limit of 1]

(80 stars) [limit of 1] Pink Coin Purse (80 stars) [limit of 1]

(80 stars) [limit of 1] Character Slot Expansion Coupon (200 stars) [limit of 1]

(200 stars) [limit of 1] Mastery Book 20 (10 stars) [limit of 3]

(10 stars) [limit of 3] Mastery Book 30 (20 stars) [limit of 3]

(20 stars) [limit of 3] Mastery Book 20 Package (150 stars) [limit of 1]

(150 stars) [limit of 1] Mastery Book 30 Package (300 stars) [limit of 1]

(300 stars) [limit of 1] Polo & Fritto Entry Ticket (20 stars) [limit of 1 per day]

Planet Petite: Little Maple Planet

Planet Petite: Little Maple Planet is a newly discovered planet which will be open from May 25 to June 22.

Planet Petite is an uninhabited planet, but it’s name is Petite and it wants your help! It wants to become a beautiful planet just like Maple World.

Planet Petite has a total of 10 zones. It’s Planet Level will increase as you change its zones’ environments, plant seeds, and use Energy on it.

Around Maple World, you’ll be able to find Maple World’s Essence Veins which you can basic attack to break. You can use the Ores that you receive in order to change the environment of one of the zones on Planet Petite! There is a total of 6 types of ore: Meadow, Mountain, Desert, Snow, Beach, and Sea.

There is a daily limit on how many times you can change the environments of zones on Planet Petite but as your Planet Level increases, the limit will increase as well.

In addition, in special places around Maple World, you’ll be able to find Maple World’s Seed Veins which you can basic attack to break. These will drop special seeds that are native to the area you find the vein in. You can use these seeds on Planet Petite while standing in a zone with the correct environment to plant them and make it more beautiful. There are three types of seeds for each environment.

Meadow: Henesys, Leafre, Ereb

Henesys, Leafre, Ereb Mountain: Elluel, Mu Lung, Korean Folk Town

Elluel, Mu Lung, Korean Folk Town Desert: Ariant, Burning Road, Sunset Road

Ariant, Burning Road, Sunset Road Snowy: Rien, El Nath, Riena Strait

Rien, El Nath, Riena Strait Waterfront: Kerning City, Ellinel, Sleepywood

Kerning City, Ellinel, Sleepywood Sea: Eastern Sea, Western Sea, Deep Sea

There is a daily limit on how many times you can plant seeds on Planet Petite but as your Planet Level increases, the limit will increase as well.

Finally, as you are standing on a zone, you can use 1 Galaxy Star to Energy Cycle the zone, and you’ll receive a random prize based on the zone’s environment. There is a daily limit on how many times you can Energy Cycle on Planet Petite but as your Planet level increases, the limit will increase as well.

Meadow Primal Essence Eternal Burning Flame Chaos Fragment Burning Flame Twilight Essence Powerful Chaos Blade Chaos Blade 40~60 level 9/10 herbs/ores 40~60 level 4-8 herbs/ores 40~60 level 1-3 herbs/ores

Mountain Eternal Rebirth Flame 50% Epic Potential Scroll Meister’s Cube 60% Miraculous Positive Chaos Scroll Powerful Rebirth Flame Craftsman’s Cube 10% Clean Slate Scroll 300~500 Scroll Traces 1~3 Strange Cubes

Desert 75,000 ~ 10 billion mesos

Snow 200 ~ 30,000 Honor

Waterfront 50 ~ 80,000 random personality trait experience

Sea Prepared Spirit Pendant Voucher (30 days) Prepared Spirit Pendant Voucher (14 days) Spirit Pendant Voucher (14 days) Spirit Pendant Voucher (7 days) Prepared Spirit Pendant Voucher (1 day) Spirit Pendant Voucher (1 day) 2x Experience Coupon (15 minutes) Experience based on your level



In addition, after talking to Planet Petite, you’ll receive the Petite Avatar skill until June 22. It gives 10 attack/magic attack and 25% chance to collect 10 Stardust Points when killing a monster. In addition, you’ll get:

10% chance to collect 10 Stardust Points when killing a monster in Evolving System

500 Stardust when defeating a boss (except Balrog)

500 Stardust when clearing a party quest

500 Stardust when clearing Monster Park

1,000 Stardust when clearing Ghost Park

500 Stardust when clearing Dimension Invade

14th Anniversary Achievements (Season 2)

The 14th Anniversary Achievements (Season 2) event will run from May 25 to June 21. These achievements all have to do with the new Planet Petite: Little Maple Planet event.

With Planet Petite: achieve level 5 with Planet Petite (100 Galaxy Stars)

achieve level 5 with Planet Petite (100 Galaxy Stars) 14 Days Together with the 14th Anniversary: enter Planet Petite for 14 days (200 Galaxy Stars)

enter Planet Petite for 14 days (200 Galaxy Stars) Become One with Nature: change all of Planet Petite’s areas into the same environment (50 Galaxy Stars)

change all of Planet Petite’s areas into the same environment (50 Galaxy Stars) Shining Like a Jewel: have all 6 types of environments (excluding the wasteland) on Planet Petite (50 Galaxy Stars)

have all 6 types of environments (excluding the wasteland) on Planet Petite (50 Galaxy Stars) Star with a Variety of Life: plant all 18 types of seeds in Planet Petite (50 Galaxy Stars)

If you complete all 5 achievements, you’ll receive 100 Galaxy Stars and the Little Maple Planet Chair.

Planet Limbo: Crashing House

Planet Limbo: Crashing House is a newly discovered planet that will be open from May 25 to June 22.

Here, you’ll play a minigame where the goal is to stack the floors of the house as high as possible by pressing Spacebar at the correct time. However, if you mistime it and the new floor isn’t exactly aligned with the old one, the excess part will fall off and all further floors will begin at the new, smaller size.

The game will end as soon as you completely miss a floor. You’ll receive 3 Stardust Points for the first 1~10 floors as well as 5 Stardust Points for every perfect floor. As you go higher, the Stardust rewarded will increase. Every 10 floors, you’ll receive bonus Stardust as well.

The NPC will also give you a __ Floors Stacking Architect title which will show off your highest record.

Sunday Maple

The Sunday Maple event will take place on May 28, June 4, June 11, and June 18. On each of these days, various benefits will take place.

On May 28, the following benefits will be active:

Road of Vanishing’s daily quests will award 2x the Symbols.

will award Chew Chew Island’s Hungry Muto quest will award 2x the Symbols .

quest will award . Lacheln’s Dream Breaker will award 2x the coins , and the daily coin limit will be increased by 2x.

will award , and the daily coin limit will be increased by 2x. The daily cap on acquiring Stardust will be increased by 2x.

On June 4, the following benefits will be active:

30% discount in the 14th Anniversary Galaxy Star Shop

in the The daily cap on acquiring Stardust will be increased by 2x.

On June 11, the following benefits will be active:

100% success rate when enhancing items at 5/10/15 Stars .

. The daily cap on acquiring Stardust will be increased by 2x.

On June 18, the following benefits will be active:

30% discount in the 14th Anniversary Galaxy Star Shop

in the The daily cap on acquiring Stardust will be increased by 2x.

Planet Ocean’s Fourteen & Planet Vita Changes

For Planet Ocean’s Fourteen: Battle Reverse, the following changes have been made:

A warning message will now be shown if your turn time is exceeded.

If you exceed your turn time 3 times, you will now be forcefully removed from the game.

If you exceed your turn time 3 times, you will receive a mid-exit penalty.

If your opponent leaves the game and you are playing against the AI, you will not be penalized even if you quit the game.

For Planet Vita: Star of Blessings, the following changes have been made:

You can now change channels in Planet Vita.

You can now enter the Auction House and Cash Shop in Planet Vita.

However, you will not acquire Stardust while inside the Auction House or Cash Shop.