MapleStory has teamed up with the popular Evangelion anime movies to bring you themed events and fun rewards! Then check out updates to several of MapleStory’s core systems, and learn about the future of the Free Market. Get ready for Maple Film Festival bringing you seven events to enjoy, as well as the return of the Stellar Detectives. All this and more in MapleStory X Evangelion!

V.193 – MapleStory X Evangelion is live on February 28!

UTC: February 28 (after maintenance) – March 27 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

Complete each of the three daily quests from Dr. Kim to receive EVA Coins.

Stay logged in for 30 minutes to charge a battery, collect alloys from monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above), and activate Runes.

Dr. Kim has several daily quests and he needs your help.

Accept the quest ‘[Evangelion] Dr. Kim's Request’ from the event notifier on the left side of the screen to begin.

A laboratory incident creates an inter-dimensional rift that allows the heroes of Evangelion to come to Maple World. Prepare to meet Evangelions, the amazing heroes that pilot them, and invading Angels in this special limited-time crossover event!

MapleStory has teamed up with the popular Evangelion anime movies to bring you themed events and fun rewards!

Rewards:

UTC: February 28 (after maintenance) – March 27 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

Complete each quest multiple times to earn additional coins, and a special gift from each pilot.

Complete each of the three daily quests from the Evangelion pilots to receive EVA Coins.

Complete Mu Lung Dojo up to the 5th floor twice, defeat Zakum and collect the Faded Eye of Fire he drops, and complete Monster Park twice.

The pilots have several daily quests so that they can learn more about Maple World.

Accept the quest from each Evangelion pilot from the event notifier on the left side of the screen to begin.

The Evangelion pilots are unfamiliar with Maple World, and are curious to know more about it!

Rewards:

UTC: February 28 (after maintenance) – March 27 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

Defeat the 4th Angel within the time limit to receive EVA Coins.

Work together with other players to take it down!

The 4th Angel appears in major towns including Henesys, Orbis, El Nath, Leafre, and Magatia. It appears every 2 hours from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM (UTC).

The experiments of Alien X have summoned beings from the world of Evangelion into Maple World. Every 2 hours, monster-like Angels will appear!

Rewards:

UTC: February 28 (after maintenance) – March 27 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

This can be completed twice per day.

Depending on how many steps you complete, you’ll receive a grade from D to SS. The higher your grade, the more EVA Coins you’ll receive.

If you enter the correct directional keys, you’ll move to the next step, which goes even faster.

Enter the correct directional keys as they appear in order to help the Evangelion pilots aim the Positron Rifle at the 6th Angel!

The 6th Angel appears in Omega Sector. Accept the quest ‘[Evangelion] Eliminate 6th Angel’ to move to the event map.

Rewards:

UTC: February 28 (after maintenance) – March 27 at 11:59 PM

Requirement: Lv. 33 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).

Visit the Evangelion Coin Shop run by NPC Porter to trade your coins for limited-time themed items.

Keep collecting those EVA Coins from Evangelion-themed events!

Rewards:

EVA Unit 01 Android Coupon : Gives an EVA Unit 01 Android and a Gold Heart (30-day duration).

[Fusion] Greater Than The Sum of Its Parts

The following achievements can no longer be attempted, and have been moved to the 'Memory' section:

[Papulatus] There's Still One Minute Left

[Papulatus] The Troublemaker of the Otherworld

[Medal] One Who is Recognized by Dalair

[Medal] Maple World is Vast, So Many Places to Go

[Medal] I Only Prepared Up to Stage 100

[FriendStory] Chapter 6: Damien and the Spirit of Rock

[FriendStory] Chapter 1: Cygnus and the New Kid

[FriendStory] Prologue: The World Beyond the Closet

Oh My! This Must Be Collected!

The City of the Blind

The Future Me to the Present Me

Azwan Ghosts Who Speak Too Much

Walking the Path to the Past

City of the Second Future

New Member of the Sand Bandits

I Know What Happened at the Verne Mine

Ludibrium's Best Worker is Yours Truly!

Master of Swimming in the Sea

[Ability] Look Out Below!

[Ability] Try getting this too!

New achievements have been added:

an only be used while in town.

You can click on the Refresh button to update the progress on certain achievements. This c

A 'Refresh' function has been added which is accessible from the 'My Achievement' section.

All of the Soul Weapon skills have had their cast time reduced.

All Magician Jobs

Ethereal Form : Jobs with no MP will now use HP instead. If the Job utilizes MP, then the skill ends when MP is depleted.

All Explorer Mage Jobs

Infinity : Final Damage is instantly gained upon casting. Final Damage that is gained over time has been decreased. The max increase limit for Final Damage has been removed.

Arch Mage (Fire, Poison)

Inferno Aura : Increased the damage and attack counts but decreased the max number of monsters that can be attacked and increased the interval between each attack.

Arch Mage (Ice, Lightning)

Ice Age : Damage has been increased but the duration of the frozen ground has been decreased.

Bishop

Blessed Ensemble/Blessed Harmony : Decreased the amount of Final Damage that is given in proportion to the number of party members.

All Explorer Bowman Jobs

Fury of the Wild : When the skill completes, the Phoenix or Frostprey (depending on class) is automatically summoned.

Bow Master

Shadower

Assassinate : Extra damage based on Kill Points has been replaced with a Final Damage boost.

Dual Blade

Corsair

Wind Archer

Albatross : You can now right-click the skill icon to turn off the cape effect.

Night Walker

Thunder Breaker

Deep Rising : Invincibility has been added while using skill.

Mihile

Sword of Light : While on cooldown, a Sword of Light will automatically be summoned at set intervals when attacking.

Expert Sword Mastery : Critical Rate and Critical Damage increment has been increased.

Evan

Support Jump : When used during a Dragon Skill, Return! is automatically activated then Support Jump is activated.

Mercedes

Rolling Moonsault : Changed increasing damage of Rising Rush and Aerial Barrage to increasing damage by % point.

Lightning Edge : Changed increasing damage of Gust Dive to increasing damage by % point.

Spikes Royale : Increased Damage and changed increasing Tornado’s damage to increasing damage by % point.

Ishtar's Ring : Added increase to Unicorn Spike’s damage by % point but removed increasing damage of Stunning Strikes functionality.

Gust Dive : Increased the Damage and Number of Attacks.

Aerial Barrage : Changed the increasing damage attack of Rising Rush to increasing damage by % point.

Rising Rush : Damage and the last attack's number of hits has been increased.

Elven Grace : A function has been added that increases damage to normal monsters.

Phantom

Luminous

Demon Slayer

Raven Storm : Invincibility has been added during skill use and the cooldown has been increased.

Battle Mage

Condemnation : Added new UI to show when skill will activate. Removed buff icon.

Xenon

Core Overload : Decreased damage of Plasma Current but increased activation period. Changed MP consumption from percentage of current MaxMP to MaxMP at the time of cast.

Mechanic

Doomsday Device : Changes made so that it will not attack, even though it doesn't disappear while not riding a Mech.

Mech : Changes made so that the character debuff effect is now displayed above the character's head. You can now ride the Mech again after abnormal statuses like petrify have been cleared.

Kaiser

Ancestral Prominence : Changes made so the skill grants invincibility.

Blade Burst : Changes made so this skill can now be used while jumping. A specific effect has been added when this skill is used while jumping.

Final Form : The jump delay has been reduced while transformed. Air Lift can now also be used while transformed.

Angelic Buster

Soul Resonance : Damage for the skill and the damage reduction while casting the skill have both been increased.

Zero

Doubletime - Strength : When at the maximum amount of stacks, attack speed for Beta is increased.

Kinesis

Hayato

Kanna

Cadena

Summon Spiked Bat : The vertical attack range for the final attack in the skill has been reduced.

Summon Brick : The vertical attack range of the skill has been decreased.

Illium

Reaction - Spectral Blast : Changes made so the skill now deals increased damage when attacking bosses.

Crystal Ignition : Changes made so the skill now deals increased damage when attacking bosses.

Wings of Glory : Changes made so the skill now deals increased damage when attacking bosses.

Reaction - Destruction Ⅱ : Changes made so the skill now deals increased damage when attacking bosses.

Deploy Crystal : Changes made so the Crystal can be moved while Reaction skills are activated.

There are new profession crafting items:

New Enhancement skills have been added after reaching 'Craftsman' rank or higher for Smithing and Accessory Crafting.

The time to Fuse, Extract, and Craft has been reduced.

Alchemy can extract up to 10 items.

Both Smithing and Accessory Crafting can extract up to 5 items.

Pocket items can be Fused and Extracted.

Fusing items of a certain Potential rank has a higher chance of the resulting item being of the same Potential rank.

Fusing items with different Potential ranks will result in an item that ranges between the Potential ranks of the original items.

Fusing items with high Potential rank will result in a fused item with the same Potential rank as the original item.

When fusing two items with Potential, the product of the fusion will automatically be granted Potential.

Learning any of the following professions (Alchemy, Smithing, or Accessory Crafting) will unlock the Fuse Equipment and Extraction option.

Using the 'Help' button will show a list of /commands that can be used.

ew 'Help' button has been added to the text input section of the chat.

You can add new tabs to the chat window and adjust the chat filter of each tab except for the 'All' and 'Battle' tabs.

You can add new tabs to the chat window and adjust the chat filter of each tab except for the 'All' and 'Battle' tabs.

Going into 'Options' and enabling 'External Chat' will activate the chat window outside of the client. (This only works in windowed mode).

An option for 'External Chat' has been added.

The chat window can now be moved around the game screen.

We will be sending out compensation for un-redeemed Hired Merchant codes from Marvel Machine, and for unused time on the 30-day and 90-day Hired Merchant items.

Auction House and direct player-to-player trade will be the main methods of buying and selling items between players going forward.

Items you had in your merchant shop during maintenance will be moved to NPC Fredrick. Please visit Fredrick to claim your items.

Portals to the Free Market maps have been removed. If your character was in one of these maps when the game went down for maintenance, you will still be able to move out of the map.

Transaction fees have been unified to be 5%, regardless of the item price.

Selecting the saved items in the 'Wish List' will let you 'Search Market Price', perform a 'General Search' or even 'Buy' the item directly.

Up to 10 items can be saved to the 'Wish List'.

Items found in the 'Market Price' tab can be added to the 'Wish List' or purchased directly from the 'Market Price' tab.

The 'Market Price' tab lets you search for detailed information about recent transactions including the Closing Price and the Transaction Date.

The Auction House has been updated with new 'Market Price' and 'Wish List' tabs.

An issue where the Stellar Detective rings had incorrect variable potential stats has been fixed and the potential stats are now a fixed number. All players' rings in their inventory have been adjusted to reflect the intended stats for the weapon. If your ring had a different stat than intended, the ring's stats have been changed.

An issue where the Rather Fatal Rawr Ring had an incorrect Critical % has been fixed.

The final reward EXP multiplier has been increased.

The laser damage from the dungeon has been decreased.

The daily entry limit for the dungeon has increased from 3 to 5.

The quest '[Stellar Detectives] Tiger Trackers' has changed from collecting 50 Strange Animal Fur to 5 Strange Animal Fur.

The quest '[Stellar Detectives] The Price of Knowledge' has changed from collecting 300 Awesome Monster Loot to 30 Awesome Monster Loot.

The quest '[Stellar Detectives] A Space-Gun for Hire' has changed from collecting 200 Valuable Loot to 20 Valuable Loot.

The quest '[Stellar Detectives] Traces of Mana' has changed from collecting 200 Mana Particles to 20 Mana Particles.

The quest '[Stellar Detectives] Garbage in the Wind' has changed from collecting 100 Litter items to 10 Litter items.

The quest '[Stellar Detectives] Canvassing the Neighborhood' has changed from hunting 500 monsters near your level to 50 monsters near your level.

The initial quests to complete the questlines are now easier.

NPC Perry has been added and can transport you between Showa Town, Ninja Castle, Mushroom Shrine, and the Six Path Crossway.

Several items have been removed from NPC Faito's rewards.

Ninja Castle quests that previously started at Lv. 160 now start at Lv. 170.

Several quests have been removed.

The level range of monsters and quests has been increased to start at Lv. 160 instead of Lv. 35.

Showa Town, Mushroom Shrine and the surrounding areas have been revamped (excluding Sengoku Era and Momijigaoka).

[Updated Feb. 28]

Decent skills granted from Nebulites can now be allocated to Pets with the Auto-Buff Skill.

The MapleStory icon has been updated.

Pets will now show their pet commands in their tooltips.

Pets will now move away from the character if they are blocking the character while standing still.

When participating in the Ursus fight through Quick Matching with 10 or more players (depending on the party members that received an E Rank), players that didn't receive an E rank will have their score increased. This will be reflected after showing the total score.

Go to Settings/Options/Social to uncheck the option to allow the use of a Teleport Rock.

Teleport Rocks can now only be used by players that grant permission to use the item.

Players can find their friends from their Buddy list.

The /find command has been removed.

Conversations from blacklisted characters are now blocked.

We've increased the blacklist limit to 100 characters, and have added the ability to blacklist a Guild.

The Guild Invitation function has improved by allowing character invites from other channels, and by displaying the guild name in the invitation.

Any friends from the deleted group will be moved to an unassigned group.

The groups in your Buddy List can be edited or deleted by right-clicking on the group name.

Commerci weapons will now be available for Cadena and Illium.

The tooltips of several Cash items will be updated to list the correct weapons they cover.

Androids that had lost access to their shops will have their shop access restored.

Emperor Toad will have its drop table updated.

Various Illium quests that were inaccurate will be corrected.

An issue where familiars were invisible in their tooltip and while summoned will be fixed so that the familiars appear.

An issue where NLC Taxi had the wrong text when sending the player to Bent Tree will be fixed.

An issue where the quest '[Gold Beach] Floating Away' had incorrect text will be fixed.

An issue where NPC Huey showed up in the wrong location during the quest 'Investigating the Package' will be fixed so he does not overlap with NPC Blair.

An issue where Vellum animations had graphical issues will be fixed.

An issue where NPC Spindle was still referencing MapleStory TCG will be fixed.

An issue where the Luminous character creation had graphical issues will be fixed.

An issue where multiple faces were showing up blank in a player's Beauty Salon will be fixed.

An issue where the mini-map for the Grove of the Spirit Tree had graphical issues will be fixed.

An issue where the Pink Bean Balloon Mount (30 Days) had incorrect text will be fixed.

An issue where the Glow Spell Chair didn't display a message when players sit in the chair will be fixed.

An issue where some skills didn't inflict damage when a certain number of Erdas Shower skills were used on the same map will be fixed.

An issue where the Return! skill was activated when the corresponding command was entered even though Evan's Support Jump wasn't activated will be fixed.

An issue where Blade Burst appeared twice when Kaiser achieved the 4th Job advancement will be fixed. The SP invested in this skill will be restored.

An issue where the attack speed that increases to Zero's Doubletime (Strength) skill was not stacked with Decent Speed Infusion will be fixed.

An issue where party members who didn't inflict any damage from Inferno Wolf also received rewards when a party member defeated Inferno Wolf will be fixed.

An issue where there was a delay when changing a visible tab in the chat window will be fixed.

An issue where the background for some maps (such as Torrent Zone) moved too quickly or slowly will be fixed.

An issue where the max meso limit for the Monster Park Friday Box and Legion Meso Box was wrongly determined as 9,900,000,000 will be fixed.

An issue where the guard's expiration date disappeared when you leveled up an Arcane Symbol that used a Item Guard will be fixed. For Arcane Symbols with expiration dates that disappeared, an Item Guard: 90 Days item will be applied.

An issue with the increased amount of obtainable mesos exceeding a certain number will be fixed.

An issue where more than 2 Altars would appear in Boss Hilla's Hard Mode will be fixed.

The notification error that appeared incorrectly saying you can't receive an item or get EXP in Maple World because Zero didn't clear Chapter 2 will be fixed.

An error where the profession skills Weapon Smelting and Accessory Enhancement would sometimes disappear will be fixed.

An issue in which players defeated Chaos Zakum and Chaos Papulatus this week but could still use the Boss Matchmaking List for these bosses will be fixed.

When you accept today's Cross World Party Quest Challenge! quest, the previous attempt's record will now be reset.

An issue where the quest 'Puppeteer's Hideout' couldn't be accepted after Thunder Breaker's 5th Job advancement will be fixed.

An issue where you couldn't move your character if you didn't mouse-click after changing hotkeys will be fixed.

An issue where when you minimized the Soul Weapon UI, the Soul Weapon could work even if the Soul Weapon effect's on/off image wasn't visible will be fixed.

An issue where a Core from the previous page in the V Matrix was saved when you equipped a Core by dragging and dropping from the current page will be fixed.

An issue where the Omega Sector didn't exist in move systems such as the Interdimensional Portal will be fixed.

An issue where some Arcane River Morass map platforms were broken will be fixed.

An issue where some platforms disappeared in the Morass map 'That Day in Trueffet 4' will be fixed.

An issue where you couldn't use arrows, bullets, and throwing stars when you had the Potion Seal Abnormal Status will be fixed.

An issue where when searching the Damage % increase option the % boss monster damage would be included in the detailed search options of the Auction House will be fixed.

An issue where the client crashed when selecting some options in the Legion 'Help' system will be fixed.

An issue where Boss Papulatus would use 2 pattern modes when placed into an Abnormal Status during his Alarm Mode will be fixed. Boss Papulatus will no longer get Abnormal Status during Alarm Mode.

An error where the Lucky item effect would be applied for a certain equipment type while already wearing the set equipment of that type will be fixed.

An issue where your character would sit on someone else's Papulatus's Clock Chair when you tried to sit on Papulatus's Clock Chair will be fixed.

An issue where skills that weren't registered for use could be used as Linked skills in Ursus contents will be fixed.

An issue where the action for the currently used skill was canceled when an Explorer Magician used 'Unreliable Memory' while using a skill will be fixed.

An issue where the duration was not properly applied when the Guided Arrow was used when its cooldown was reduced will be fixed.

An issue where a delay occurred after using a skill when Bishop registered a Bless on a Pet Auto Buff after learning Advanced Blessing will be fixed.

An issue where Rangefinder was not properly applied to Marksman's Perfect Shot will be fixed.

An issue where an arrow action was done instead of a crossbow action when Marksman used Soul Arrow, Hookshot, Piercing, Sniping, or High Speed Shot will be fixed.

An issue where Cannoneer's Critical Fire Lv. 9 and Lv. 10 had the same effects will be fixed.

An issue where Blaze Wizard's Savage Flame skill could not be used in special content will be fixed.

An issue where Revolving Cannon could not be used when Blaster used Revolving Blast while using Bunker Buster will be fixed.

An issue where M-FL didn't do damage when using missiles with Mechanic's Doomsday Device will be fixed.

An issue where the Morph Gauge only increased 1 time when Kaiser's Bladefall made hits with multiple swords will be fixed.

An issue where Cadena's Apocalypse Cannon didn't do damage while condensed will be fixed.

An issue where Cadena's Chain Arts: Beatdown didn't do damage to some monsters will be fixed.

An issue where the chat window was displayed during the Illium tutorial will be fixed.

An issue where the previous character's chat contact was saved after changing characters will be fixed.

An issue where the map UI would sometimes display on the login screen will be fixed.

An issue where Paper Bag items couldn't be moved to your Cash Inventory will be fixed.

An issue where the weapon effect displayed on the map when you used the megaphone with the Blood Oath equipped will be fixed.

An issue where a Safety Charm was sometimes used twice when reviving in town after dying will be fixed.

An issue where there was a discrepancy between the remaining time appearing in the UI of boss contents and the actual remaining time will be fixed.

An issue where the NPC's image was not seen in the 'Complete' tab for some Vanishing Journey quests will be fixed.

An issue where the Attack Power increment was different from the actual value when Zero compares weapons with another Zero character will be fixed.

An issue where the Burning Field didn't apply to the map 'Forgotten Path of Time 1' will be fixed.

An issue where debuff effects didn't apply to Boss Lucid in her rage phase will be fixed.

An issue where OMNI-CLN and Papulatus buffs from the Boss Matchmaking List buffs were canceled after dying will be fixed.

An issue where pets didn't pick up certain items in Cross World Party Quest will be fixed.

An issue where some Cash equipment and effects couldn't be seen in the character selection screen will be fixed.

An issue where a "Please try again later" message would sometimes appear when Fame could no longer be raised or lowered will be fixed.

An issue where the Lucent Gauntlet was given from the Dragon Rider's Thief Box will be fixed.

The Scarlet Ring will now be Untradeable Once Equipped and a Unique Equipped Item.

An issue where some classes received an incorrect version of Decent Sharp Eyes from Hidden Potential will be fixed. The skill now gives Critical Damage 8% to be in line with other classes.

An issue where Gollux and Alien set items were not showing all the pieces for the set effect tooltip will be fixed.

An issue where resetting AP for Xenon was not functioning properly for MP when Xenon equiped an item that increased INT will be fixed. Xenon's AP, HP, MP will be reset. Due to Xenon characters not being able to properly reset their AP, we will be offering compensation for this issue. We will be giving MaplePoints for AP Reset Scrolls purchased between the date range of February 27, 2017 and February 28, 2018. This will be giving out in a future maintenance once we pull the list.

Fixed an error so Venom Burst skill no longer applies poison on enemies that can't be attacked.

Fixed an error with Final Damage on the Advance Combo skill not matching the tooltip when using Combat orders.

Fixed an error with the Sacrosanctity skill effect being visible even after the skill was finished.

Fixed an error with Evil Eye not activating when used at the same time as a portal.

Fixed an error where you could be hit by monsters if a party member had used Crystalline Bulwark before Final Pact's activation.

Fixed an error where Arrow Blaster sometimes disappeared with installation.

Fixed an error where you couldn't protect the Ignis Roar buff with Buff Freezer has been fixed.

Fixed an error with Luck of the Draw where you could attack monsters who you shouldn't be able to attack.

Fixed an error where Jaguar Rampage didn't receive the Summon Jaguar - Reinforce effect.

Fixed an error where the hit box of Mechanic's Mech was large in an upward direction when the tank was in a sitting position.

Fixed an error where the character moved to the wrong spot when Summon Daggers, Summon Shotgun, and Summon Decoy Bomb skill was used while moving quickly.