MapleStory News

[Updated August 26 at 10:59 PM PDT] The maintenance has been completed! We have extended Cash Shop items for 5 hours. Please make sure to restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to make sure that you get the latest client. 

[Updated August 26 at 9:53 PM PDT] We will be extending the maintenance for about 1 hour to verify the final checks before opening the servers. Thank you for your patience.

We will be performing an unscheduled major patch on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 6:00 PM PDT (9:00 PM EDT / 3:00 AM CEST August 27 / 11:00 AM AEST August 27). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 4 hours, concluding around 10:00 PM PDT (1:00 AM EDT August 27 / 7:00 AM CEST August 27 / 3:00 PM AEST August 27). Thanks for your patience!

Times:

Thursday, August 26, 2021
PDT (UTC -7): 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
EDT (UTC -4): 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM (August 27)
CEST (UTC +2): 3:00 AM (August 27) - 7:00 AM (August 27)
AEST (UTC +10): 11:00 AM (August 27) - 3:00 PM (August 27)

• What will be unavailable:
  • All MapleStory game servers.
• Changes and Updates (Additional Changes TBA):
  
  • MapleStory will be updated to v.226.1.0
  • Fixed the issue where certain monsters and bosses caused the client to disconnect or crash. Some of the issues include but are not limited to the following:
    • Fixed the issue where Commanding Elite Monster caused the client to crash.
      
    • Fixed the issue where entering certain Pollo and Fritto portals caused the client to crash.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where Will Boss caused the client to crash.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where Gatekeeper caused the client to crash.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where Thanatos caused the client to crash.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where Lyka caused the client to crash.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where Stone Goblin Guardian caused the client to crash.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where Omega Nenne caused the client to crash.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where client would crash during Gloom Boss fight when the platforms would recede.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where client would crash on Floor 29 of Mu Lung Dojo.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where client would crash when taking damage from chain attack during Black Mage Phase 1.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where client would crash when the timer hits 27:13 during Verus Hilla Boss fight.
    • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where client would crash when Miroku used his Cage pattern.
  • Fixed the issue where entering the following maps caused the client to crash.
    • Ludibrium: Warped Passage
    • Ludibrium: Forgotten Passage
    • Road to Oblivion 5
  • Fixed the issue where sometimes the servers crashed.
  • Fixed the issue where certain Goo Island events had severe lag problems.
    
  • Fixed the issue where sometimes players would not receive the additional Goo Bubbles as ranking rewards after the Goo Battle ended.
    
  • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where Mesos could be dropped in Great Goo Tree.
    
  • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where the Giga-Goo Assault invitation was only being sent during 10:00 AM - 11:45 PM UTC.
  • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where multiple Will attack patterns were missing.
    
  • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where Mark Your Miracle Time event cube icon remained on the left side of the screen.
  • [Updated August 26] Fixed the issue where Blessing of Goo's Gift of the Goo skill incorrectly granted x2 Arcane Symbols, when it should have been +2 Arcane Symbols.
  • [Updated August 26] Note: Nodestones obtained from Goo Gachapon and Neo Stone Shop will be temporarily disabled while we further investigate the issue with the item obtainment. We apologize for the inconvenience.
    • [Updated August 27] Nodestones were temporarily disabled while we were investigating an issue, however, it has now been re-enabled.

 

Hi Maplers,

First, we apologize for the inconvenience you may have experienced due to the issues discovered after the v.225 update maintenance. We received numerous reports from players about disconnection and crash issues from various contents in the game and we would like to thank you for your reports. Everything has been relayed to the team for investigation and we have been looking into them with high priority.

Many of you have asked about the ETA of an unscheduled maintenance and we weren’t able to provide details since we first had to determine what type of maintenance was required to apply the necessary fixes in order to stabilize the servers. To give you all a brief update, we are currently preparing a v.226 major patch maintenance to address some of these critical bugs and issues discovered after the v.225 maintenance. Thus, making the v.225 update the shortest update we’ve had so far…!

Despite the version up from v.225 to v.226, all contents and events will stay the same while the fixes to the live issues will be applied with the major patch update. We’re also working on a compensation plan to apologize for the inconveniences you experienced while playing MapleStory after the v.225 update. The compensation details will be shared in a future post at a later time, as we are focusing on getting the maintenance out as soon as we can.

At the moment, we are in the process of testing the v.226 files with the fixes for the various issues. We are aiming to have the unscheduled major patch maintenance later this afternoon, or by tomorrow morning at the latest. We’ll provide the details on our maintenance post once it has been finalized. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

- Ghiblee and Production Team

After investigating a mysterious Gachapon that suddenly appears in Maple World, you find yourself drifting to Goo Island, a place inhabited by Goos! New activities await your arrival on this mysterious island. Make friends with the Goos and complete daily activities to be awarded with the Blessing of Goo! Join one of three camps on Goo Island and participate in activities to boost your rank and earn better rewards. Prove your strength to the Goos as you compete against other players in Goo Battle! If you’re feeling adventurous, Goo Ruins Exploration is the place for you. PLUS, now is the time for characters Lv. 150 and above to make the leap from Burning World to a non-Reboot world of your choice!

Read the Goo Island Getaway Patch Notes here!

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[Updated 12:01 PM PDT August 25] The maintenance has been completed, thank you for your patience and enjoy the v.225 Goo Island Getaway! We have extended Cash Shop items for 7 hours. Please make sure to restart your Nexon Launcher or Steam to make sure that you get the latest client.

[Updated 10:56 AM PDT] We have increased the planned maintenance time by 1 hour. The maintenance will now last until 12:00 PM PDT. Thank you for your patience.

We will be performing a scheduled game update on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 5:00 AM PDT (8:00 AM EDT / 2:00 PM CEST / 10:00 PM AEST). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 6 hours, concluding around 11:00 AM PDT (2:00 PM EDT / 8:00 PM CEST / 4:00 AM AEST August 26). Thanks for your patience!

Times:

Wednesday, August 25, 2021
PDT (UTC -7): 5:00 AM - 11:00 AM
EDT (UTC -4): 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
CEST (UTC +2): 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
AEST (UTC +10): 10:00 PM - 4:00 AM (August 26)

• What will be unavailable:
  • All MapleStory game servers.
• Changes and Updates (Additional Changes TBA):
  • Server Upkeep.
  • MapleStory being updated to v.225.1.
    
  • Patch notes for v.225 Goo Island Getaway are now available. 

 

Hi Maplers,

Thank you for your patience and we apologize for the delay in updating our Communication Improvement plans. While it may have seemed as if no changes were being done, our internal teams were bustling to come up with ideas and discuss ways to improve our communication with you!

In our April 6 Maple Memo, we mentioned that we will brainstorm better ways to comment and explain changes that players need to be aware of, other than the Maple Memo posts, to improve our communication with you. Considering how Maple Memos often introduce notable game changes from our Producers, there was difficulty in posting as frequently as we’d like since they require information about upcoming plans and a thorough review on the accuracy of the details. We deemed there was a need for other ways to provide updates, especially with community-focused information. To better communicate with you in addition to the Maple Memo, we would like to introduce you to the Pink Bean Bulletin!

Pink Bean Bulletin will be a new communication webpost that will mainly focus on covering community-focused topics such as ban wave concerns, inconvenient bugs, or relevant event feedback. An exciting part of this post is that we hope to hand over the pen from time to time to other Nexon employees that you may not be as familiar with. The author of this post will not be limited to our Production team but can also include Nexon employees from other teams that are fit to explain the issue and/or concern. Thus, it may be more casually written than our usual news posts but that’s how we’d like it! We have different teams collaboratively working together for MapleStory and you might get a glimpse of more of us through the Pink Bean Bulletin.

Now that we’ve introduced this new webpost with you, we’ll be sharing relevant community topics through Pink Bean Bulletins as they are needed. Until then, enjoy our upcoming v.225 Goo Island Getaway update coming soon this Wednesday, August 25th!

P.S. Special thanks to our dear friend Pink Bean, who graciously gave us permission to use its bulletin...

Thank you,
Ghiblee, Anna and the MapleStory Production Team