MapleStory News

[Updated June 2 at 11:45 AM PT] The maintenance has been completed and we have extended Cash Shop items for 6 hours. Please restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to make sure that you get the latest client! Thank you for your patience.
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[Updated June 2 at 10:37 AM PT] We encountered an unexpected issue during maintenance and are currently investigating the issue. The maintenance will be extended until further notice. We apologize for the delay.
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We will be performing a scheduled minor patch on Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 at 6:00 AM PDT (9:00 AM EDT / 3:00 PM CEST / 11:00 PM AEST). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 4 hours, concluding around 10:00 AM PDT (1:00 PM EDT / 7:00 PM CEST / 3:00 AM AEST June 3rd). Thanks for your patience!

Times:

Thursday, June 2nd, 2022
PDT (UTC -7): 6:00 AM - 10:00 AM
EDT (UTC -4): 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
CEST (UTC +2): 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
AEST (UTC +10): 11:00 PM - 3:00 AM (June 3rd)

• What will be unavailable:
  • All MapleStory game servers.
• Changes and Updates (Additional Changes TBA):
  • Server Upkeep.
  • Monthly Windows Update.
  • MapleStory will be updated to v232.2.0.
  • Fixed the issue where the North America and Europe region buttons are not centered on the region select screen.
  • Fixed the issue where using the skill Howling Gale with higher ping can cause the game client to crash.
  • Fixed the issue where the notification message is confusing when using the Sharing Tag item.
  • Fixed the issue where the notification window is displayed twice when Star Force Enhancing a piece of equipment that has a Protection Scroll.

 

Join us the next two weeks as we celebrate (or, depending on your local weather, mourn) the coming summer with a pair of special Hot Weeks, complete with tons of rewards and over 200 Blooming Coins!

• PDT (UTC -7): Sunday, May 29, 2022 5:00 PM - Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:59 PM
  
• CEST (UTC +2): Monday, May 30, 2022 2:00 AM - Monday, June 13, 2022 1:59 AM
• AEST (UTC +10): Monday, May 30, 2022 10:00 AM - Monday, June 13, 2022 9:59 AM

• Log in each day with a character Lv. 30 or above and click the gift box icon on the left side of the screen to receive a Hot Week Box!
• Each day begins and ends at 12:00 AM UTC (5:00 PM PDT / 2:00 AM CET / 10:00 AM AEST)
• Box must be opened by 9:00 AM UTC on the following day (33 hours after first becoming available).
• If you have more than 30 unclaimed gifts in your Gift Drop, you may not be able to see the Hot Week reward. Please clear any unclaimed gifts and login again to see the Hot Week reward.
• Rewards are available on all worlds once per account.
• Logging in each day during a Hot Week will also grant you a bonus week-long reward!
  • Note: Please make sure to open your Saturday Hot Week Box prior to opening your Sunday Hot Week Box. This is to ensure that you will properly receive your week-long reward if you've been logging in every day during the event.
    

• Monday, May 30: 
  • Pendant of the Spirit (7 Day): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
    
• Tuesday, May 31:
  • Nodestone (3): Untradeable, Permanent.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Wednesday, June 1:
  • Character Slot Expansion Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Thursday, June 2:
  • 2x EXP Coupon (15 Min) (6): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Friday, June 3:
  • Special Medal of Honor (3): Untradeable, Permanent.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Saturday, June 4:
  • Karma Master Craftsman's Cube (3): Can be traded within the same world, 7-day duration.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Sunday, June 5:
  • 3,000 Reward Points: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Week-long Reward: Meister's Cube: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  

• Monday, June 6:
  • Hyper Teleport Rock Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Tuesday, June 7:
  • Nodestone (3): Untradeable, Permanent.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Wednesday, June 8:
  • Selective 8 Slot Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Thursday, June 9:
  • 2x EXP Coupon (15 Min) (6): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Friday, June 10:
  • Trait Boost Potion: Untradeable, Permanent.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Saturday, June 11:
  • Karma Eternal Rebirth Flame (2): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Sunday, June 12:
  • Sugar's Affection Chat Emoticon Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Use the coupon to receive Sugar's Affection Chat Emoticons, which have a 90-day duration.
    
  • Blooming Coin Coupon (15): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Week-long Reward: Extreme Growth Potion (3): Can be traded within the same world, 7-day duration. Use on a character between Lv. 141 and Lv. 199 to gain up to 10 levels max. The higher your character level, the lower the likelihood of getting more levels. Receive a considerable amount of EXP when used at Lv. 200 or above. The potion cannot be used on Burning characters.

 

As the Blooming Forest events draw towards a conclusion and spring makes its way to summer, join the forest spirits for a dance off and earn even more Blooming Points and Blooming Coins!

Event Duration:

• PDT (UTC -7): Tuesday, May 24, 2022 5:00 PM - Tuesday, June 14, 2022 4:59 PM
• CEST (UTC +2): Wednesday, May 25, 2022 2:00 AM - Wednesday, June 15, 2022 1:59 AM
  
• AEST (UTC +10): Wednesday, May 25, 2022 10:00 AM - Wednesday, June 15, 2022 9:59 AM
  

Event Details:

• Get your dancing shoes ready, because Small Spirits have some moves to show you!
• Requirements: Lv. 101 and above (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2). Your character must have completed the "[Blooming] Blooming Forest - Where the Flowers Bloom" quest.
• You will receive an invitation above your character’s head at the 15-minute and 45-minute mark of every hour. Click on the invitation to participate in the game.
  
  • You may not receive the invitation in certain maps or circumstances (Cash Shop, Monster Life, Kritias, while participating in events, etc.)
• The minimum participant number for Blooming Dance Party is 1 player, up to 15 players maximum.
• Blooming Dance Party has a total of 10 stages. Your goal is to watch Small Spirit’s dance moves and follow them by pressing arrow keys in the correct order within the time limit.
  
  • If you’ve pressed the keys in the correct order, your character will dance with the Small Spirit.
• Stage 5 and 10 are bonus stages where you can press any arrow keys repeatedly to earn points. You can earn up to 2,000 points on each bonus stage.
• You receive Blooming Coins based on the stages you’ve cleared. Every time you clear a stage, you will receive Blooming Points immediately.
• If you reach your Blooming Coin capacity for the day, you can still participate in the game but will not be awarded any more coins.

Reward:

• Blooming Coins

 

Greetings Maplers,


Just wanted to give you an update on what we’ve done in the May 19 maintenance.


May 19 Maintenance
We have replaced all the Luna and EU Reboot world channels during the May 19 maintenance and will monitor the channel performances after the deployment. With the replacement of the EU channels, we have now updated all the channels that were experiencing issues (besides the NA Reboot world channels that players mentioned were already performing optimally).


We have seen some survey responses that say there is still some lag, while other responses have said that the lag has been fixed after the channel replacements. There is a possibility that there could be an issue with ISP, PC, or routing (the path that your internet takes to reach our game servers) which may cause you to experience lag. We are discussing internally about an option from our service provider that optimizes player traffic by using their global network infrastructure, but we will need to test a few channels with this option turned on. This may help with certain latency issues, but it will not be able to solve all the latency issues.


As usual, we will post another survey to gather information after this weekend, when the Luna and EU Reboot world channels have had some time to be played on for a few days. The survey link will be provided here in this post as well as posted in our community platforms. We’d appreciate your active participation and feedback on these surveys. As a reminder, please only fill out the survey once.


Thank you for your continued patience.


Sincerely,
Chip ‘n Mjollnir: Rescue Hammers


 

Join Community Manager Ezrabell in the next Community Livestream as he plays MapleStory! If you missed out on last week's stream then this is your chance to join in on the fun and hang out with other Maplers! Grab your snacks and prepare for an adventure of fun in this upcoming livestream. Join us on any of the platforms listed below this Friday, May 20th at 3:00 PM PDT (6:00 PM EDT).

CM Ezrabell will be playing MapleStory on his character, partaking in activities and events around Maple World! There will also be giveaways throughout the stream so join us for an opportunity to win some Pearl Shell Chairs, Onyx Apples, and Reward Points! Make sure you don't miss out on the fun~ See you Friday!

MapleStory Community Livestream will be available on the following platforms:

• Twitch
• YouTube
• Twitter
• Steam
• Facebook