MapleStory News

[p][/p][p]The Carcion Octo Fest is setting sail towards Maple World and it’s up to us to figure out what’s going on at the shores of Sunset Beach. While we got the octopuses roaming free, there's a new darkness within Tallahart, and his name is Baldrix! Need a little push for the battle? Activate the HEXA Stat III to increase your power! Before we get to that, let’s make sure you are accustomed to our new UI Improvements, since there are many new changes that make navigating through MapleStory even more efficient. But ARRRright mateys, enough yapping! Let's get straight to some of the treasures of the v.263 update.[/p][p][/p][p]
[/p][p]The apostle, Baldrix, makes his appearance in front of the Adversary to overthrow Tallahart! Are you ready to take him on and unleash your wrath?!

[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Shiver me timbers, Maplers! We have an urgent call from Captain Kyrin! The Carcion Octo Fest is setting sail straight to Sunset Beach in Carcion, and it looks like they brought a few octopus friends… Gather ‘round and pre-game at the Daily Fest Prep and Weekly Fest Prep for some extra loot before you hit up the Great Octopus Buffet for the real feast! Make sure to collect all your Fatty and Tender Octopuses so you can grub on the Tangyoon or the Ano Dishes! Arrr ya’ feelin’ quite full? Burn off those calories by participating in the Octo Hunt and earn additional rewards! Now let’s set sail! We don’t want you walkin’ the plank now, do we?

[/p][p] [/p][p]Along with all the fun in-game events for v.263, we're also revamping the UI in-game with tons of sleek new changes! Get ready to glide through menus and navigate with more ease and efficiency. We'll see UI changes ranging from Main Menus, Equipment Inventories, and Tooltip Revamps! Stay tuned for our upcoming Patch Notes as we will reveal more.

 
 [/p][p]It’s time to bring out the big guns as the 3rd HEXA Stat can now be activated! If your HEXA Stat I and II are both enhanced to Lv. 20, then you can activate HEXA Stat III for even more massive gains. Better start saving up your Sol Erda and Sol Erda Frags!

[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Oooh~ Do you feel like something is watching you...? I don’t feel so good... If you have the guts, join us and help solve the mysteries of the Haunted Mansion to get to the bottom of this! Work your way through 9 floors of eerie distortions and you can earn some ghostly prizes.

 [/p][p][/p][p] [/p][p]3...2...1! HAPPY NEW - oh! Not that kind of countdown... We are heading to the cold season so let's bundle up and get cozy for the Winter Countdown! Check in during this event period and you can easily stock up on some heated rewards.

  

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The scheduled cash shop has been completed. Thank you for your patience.

Hi Maplers,

We will be performing a scheduled Cash Shop maintenance on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM PDT (8:00 AM EDT / 2:00 PM CEST /10:00 PM AEST). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 3 hours, concluding around 8:00 AM PDT (11:00 AM EDT / 5:00 PM CEST / 1:00 AM AEST September 19). This maintenance will not affect your access to log in or play MapleStory.

Times:

Thursday, September 18, 2025
PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 AM - 8:00 AM
EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
AEST (UTC +10): 10:00 PM - 1:00 AM September 19

• What will be unavailable:
  • Cash Shop and Billing/Payments.

[p]Hello Maplers,

Thank you for your continued support and passion for MapleStory. To ensure a smoother and more comfortable game experience for everyone, we will be conducting a character clean-up by flagging inactive characters for removal. This flagging process will begin on September 24, 2025 (after maintenance) and will continue until November 12, 2025 (before maintenance). Characters that remain flagged after this date will be permanently deleted after the maintenance on November 12, 2025. Please refer to the conditions below for more details on whether your characters may be affected.
[/p][p]Character Flagging Conditions[/p]

• [p]Lv. 61 or lower.[/p]
• [p]The character has not logged in since September 24, 2022.[/p]
• [p]The character is not a Guild Leader or Alliance Leader.[/p]
• [p]The character does not have unclaimed cash items in the Auction House.[/p]

[p]To prevent your characters from being deleted, please log onto each world where your character(s) has been flagged at least once between September 24, 2025 (after maintenance) - November 12, 2025 (before maintenance). 


Thank you,
- The MapleStory Team
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[p][/p][p]The Midnight Carnival continues, and No Gong is bringing out a classic carnival game. Put your hand-eye coordination skills to the test in No Gong’s sharpshooting mini-game. In each stage you have five shots and five seconds to pick off as many Peach Monkeys as you can. Aim fast and true to get a larger pile of Symbol Selector Coupons![/p][p]Event Duration:[/p]

• [p]PDT (UTC -7): Tuesday, September 9, 2025 5:00 PM - Tuesday, September 23, 2025 4:59 PM[/p]
• [p]CEST (UTC +2): Wednesday, September 10, 2025 2:00 AM - Wednesday, September 24, 2025 1:59 AM[/p]
• [p]AEST (UTC +10): Wednesday, September 10, 2025 10:00 AM - Wednesday, September 24, 2025 9:59 AM[/p]

[p]Requirements[/p]

• [p]Lv. 101 and above characters who have completed the ‘\[Night Troupe] Let the Mu Lung Festival Commence’ quest (Zero characters that completed Story Quest Act 2).[/p]
• [p]Veteran Designer Rank[/p]
• [p]Collected the maximum 300 Troupe Coins for the day[/p]

[p]How to Participate[/p]

• [p]Select ‘\[Night Troupe] No Gong’s Acuity Training’ from the Event List and click ‘Participate’ to teleport to the event map.[/p]
• [p]Talk to No Gong to enter the Acuity Training map.[/p]
• [p]You can participate once a day per character within the world.[/p]

[p]No Gong’s Acuity Training Mini-game[/p]

• [p]The mini-game consists of 10 stages and the goal is to shoot and knockout as many Peach Monkey targets as possible.[/p]
• [p]Each stage:[/p]
  • [p]Has a 5-second time limit.[/p]
  • [p]Gives you 5 bullets to shoot.[/p]

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• [p]Receive two kinds of rewards for participating in all 10 stages:[/p]
  • [p]Default Reward: Symbol Selector Coupon (20/4): Tradable within world, 7-day duration.[/p]
  • [p]Bonus Reward: The number of Peach Monkeys defeated will determine the amount of Bonus Rewards you’ll receive![/p]

[Updated 9:40 AM PDT] The maintenance has been completed and we have extended Cash Shop items in your inventory for 3 hours. Please restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to make sure that you get the latest client. Thank you for your patience.

We will be performing an unscheduled server maintenance starting on Friday, September 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM PDT (10:00 AM EDT / 4:00 PM CEST / 12:00 AM AEST September 6). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 3 hours, concluding around 10:00 AM PDT (1:00 PM EDT / 7:00 PM CEST / 3:00 AM AEST September 6).

Times:

Friday, September 5, 2025 PDT (UTC -7): 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT (UTC -4): 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM CEST (UTC +2): 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
AEST (UTC +10): 12:00 AM - 3:00 AM (September 6)


What will be unavailable:

• All MapleStory game servers.

Changes and Updates:

• Resolved an issue where playing on Kanna characters could cause the client to crash.
• Resolved an issue preventing Guild and Alliance leaders from changing their Guild or Alliance name if it began with the letters 'A', 'E', or 'S'.
• Resolved an issue where Sia characters could start the '[Genesis Weapon] Weapon Reissue' quest while already having a Genesis Weapon in their inventory.

Clarification regarding players unable to complete World Leap from Challenger World - Interactive to Scania under certain conditions:

• This issue occurs when an account has more characters than the number of unlocked slots due to the World Merge. In all such cases, you must delete a character to free up a slot before you can proceed with the World Leap.
• After deleting a character from Scania to free up a slot, you will be prevented from entering Scania again until a character is selected.
• To proceed the leap, please go directly to Challenger World - Interactive and continue with the World Leap.