The second patch of the MapleStory BEYOND update, titled Union, has been released! This one includes the new Maple Union system which replaces Character Cards and Part Time Job as well as the long-awaited return of Omega Sector!

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

Here are the two new world select screen splashes!

Maple Union

Maple Union has been added.

• Maple Union is a system that grows with all of your characters in your world.
• All characters who are level 60 or above and have completed the 2nd job advancement (level 130 or above for Zero) will be members of the Maple Union.
• If the total level of your members (your Union level) is 500 or more and you have 3 or more members, you can accept the Maple Union starting quests by talking to Ms. Account.

Attacker Organization and Battle Map Placement

• You can choose some of your Maple Union characters as attackers and place them on the Battle Map.
• Each attacker will have a unique Attacker Effect, based on the character’s job and rank.
• Each attacker will occupy a certain sized area of the battle map based on their rank. The Battle Map has specific squares that give specific occupation effects, and if your attacker’s squares are occupying them, you’ll get those effects.
• Attacker Effects and occupation effects will apply to all characters in your world.
• The number of Attackers you can have and the area of the Battle Map that you can occupy will increase based on your Union Rank.
• When your Union Level reaches certain levels, you can upgrade your Union Rank by paying Union Coins to Ms. Account.

Attacker Effects

Each character will have a different Attacker Effect based on its job and rank. You will only receive the effects if the character is placed as an active Attacker in the Battle Map. Also, if you have multiple Attackers that are the same class, you will only receive the effect of the highest rank one (e.g. no stacking Zeroes for extra bonus experience).

This is almost exactly the same as how Character Cards used to be. However, there are a few changes such as certain jobs’ effects and the ranks based on level.

A character’s rank is decided as follows:

• B: level 60~99 (level 130~159 for Zero)
• A: level 100~139 (level 160~179 for Zero)
• S: level 140~199 (level 180~199 for Zero)
• SS: level 200~249
• SSS: level 250

The different jobs’ Attacker Effects are as follows:

• Adventurers
  • Hero: 10/20/40/80/100 STR
  • Paladin: 10/20/40/80/100 STR
  • Dark Knight: 2/3/4/5/6% HP
  • Archmage (F/P): 2/3/4/5/6% MP
  • Archmage (I/L): 10/20/40/80/100 INT
  • Bishop: 10/20/40/80/100 INT
  • Bowmaster: 10/20/40/80/100 DEX
  • Marksman: 1/2/3/4/5% critical rate
  • Night Lord: 1/2/3/4/5% critical rate
  • Shadower: 10/20/40/80/100 LUK
  • Dual Blader: 10/20/40/80/100 LUK
  • Viper: 10/20/40/80/100 STR
  • Captain: 4/6/8/10/12% summon duration
  • Cannon Shooter: 10/20/40/80/100 STR
• Knights of Cygnus
  • Mikhail: 250/500/1000/2000/2500 HP
  • Soul Master: 250/500/1000/2000/2500 HP
  • Flame Wizard: 10/20/40/80/100 INT
  • Wind Breaker: 10/20/40/80/100 DEX
  • Night Walker: 10/20/40/80/100 LUK
  • Striker: 10/20/40/80/100 STR
• Heroes
  • Aran: 70% chance to heal 2/4/6/8/10% HP
  • Evan: 70% chance to heal 2/4/6/8/10% MP
  • Luminous: 10/20/40/80/100 INT
  • Mercedes: 2/3/4/5/6% skill cooldown reduction
  • Phantom: 1/2/3/4/5% mesos acquired
  • Eunwol: 1/2/3/5/6% critical damage
• Resistance
  • Demon Slayer: 1/2/3/4/5 status resistance
  • Demon Avenger: 1/2/3/5/6% boss damage
  • Blaster: 1/2/3/5/6% defense ignore
  • Battlemage: 10/20/40/80/100 INT
  • Wild Hunter: 20% chance to increase damage by 4/8/12/16/20%
  • Mechanic: 5/10/15/20/25% buff duration
  • Xenon: 5/10/20/40/50 STR, DEX, LUK
• Nova
  • Kaiser: 10/20/40/80/100 STR
  • Angelic Buster: 10/20/40/80/100 DEX
• Transcendent
  • Zero: 4/6/8/10/12% bonus experience
• Supernatural
  • Kinesis: 10/20/40/80/100 INT

Occupation Effects

The main part of the Maple Union UI is the Battle Map. Here you can see a bunch of squares divided into different areas. Each area will give different stats and you can gain these stats by placing an Attacker onto them.

Each Attacker you place will have a different shape based on its job (warrior – ‘O’/magician – ‘+’/archer – ‘I’/thief – ‘T’/pirate – ‘Z’) and its card rank (SSS rank – 5 squares, SS rank – 4 squares, S rank – 3 squares, A rank – 2 squares, B rank – 1 square).

Then it becomes a sort of puzzle where you place the pieces onto the Battle Map to occupy the spaces with the effects you would like.

You can rotate or flip them in any way but each placed piece must touch a previously placed one (the first piece must touch one of the 4 centre squares). You can also overlap pieces.

Based on the number of squares that you occupy in an area, you’ll receive more of the occupation effect.

The occupation effects are divided into two groups: 15 square areas and 40 square areas. The 15 square areas are completely unlocked at the beginning. You can also swap around the position of these 15 square areas any way you would like.

However, none of the 40 square areas will be available and their positions cannot swapped.

Based on your Union Rank, you’ll unlock a 1-square outline around the 15 square areas each time you achieve the following ranks:

• Novice Union 4
• Veteran Union 1
• Veteran Union 3
• Veteran Union 5
• Master Union 2

The effects are as follows (clockwise starting from the top left):

• 15 Square Areas
  • STR: 5 per square (maximum of 75)
  • DEX: 5 per square (maximum of 75)
  • INT: 5 per square (maximum of 75)
  • LUK: 5 per square (maximum of 75)
  • Attack: 1 per square (maximum of 15)
  • Magic Attack: 1 per square (maximum of 15)
  • HP: 250 per square (maximum of 3750)
  • MP: 250 per square (maximum of 3750)
• 40 Square Areas
  • Status Resistance: 1% per square (maximum of 40%)
  • Bonus Experience: 0.25% per square (maximum of 10%)
  • Critical Rate: 1% per square (maximum of 40%)
  • Boss Damage: 1% per square (maximum of 40%)
  • Stance: 1% per square (maximum of 40%)
  • Buff Duration: 1% per square (maximum of 40%)
  • Defense Ignore: 1% per square (maximum of 40%)
  • Critical Damage: 0.5% per square (maximum of 20%)

Union Ranks

To increase your Union Rank, you must achieve certain Union Levels (total level of all your Maple Union members). Then you must pay a certain number of Union Coins to Ms. Account.

As your Union Rank grows, you’ll be allowed to have more Attackers placed on your Battle Map at one time and you’ll unlock more squares on the Battle Map as well.

• Novice Union 1: Lv. 500, required coins: none, attackers: 9
• Novice Union 2: Lv. 1000, required coins: 120, attackers: 10
• Novice Union 3: Lv. 1500, required coins: 130, attackers: 11
• Novice Union 4: Lv. 2000, required coins: 150, attackers: 12
• Novice Union 5: Lv. 2500, required coins: 160, attackers: 13
• Veteran Union 1: Lv. 3000, required coins: 170, attackers: 18
• Veteran Union 2: Lv. 3500, required coins: 330, attackers: 19
• Veteran Union 3: Lv. 4000, required coins: 360, attackers: 20
• Veteran Union 4: Lv. 4500, required coins: 380, attackers: 21
• Veteran Union 5: Lv. 5000, required coins: 400, attackers: 22
• Master Union 1: Lv. 5500, required coins: 420, attackers: 27
• Master Union 2: Lv. 6000, required coins: 1000, attackers: 28
• Master Union 3: Lv. 6500, required coins: 1090, attackers: 29
• Master Union 4: Lv. 7000, required coins: 1180, attackers: 30
• Master Union 5: Lv. 7500, required coins: 1270, attackers: 31
• Grand Master Union 1: Lv. 8000, required coins: 1350, attackers: 36
• Grand Master Union 2: Lv. 8500, required coins: 2800, attackers: 37
• Grand Master Union 3: Lv. 9000, required coins: 3000, attackers: 38
• Grand Master Union 4: Lv. 9500, required coins: 3200, attackers: 39
• Grand Master Union 5: Lv. 10000, required coins: 3400, attackers: 40

Union Raid

• The Union Raid is a cooperative battle fought by you and your Attacker characters.
• You can press the button to enter the Union Raid with your characters at any time.
• When you enter the Union Raid, all your Attackers will be placed on the battlefield and all characters except for the one you are controlling will automatically attack the boss monster in the centre of the map. Each character deals damage based on their Attack Power, which is determined based on their level and Star Force.
  • NOTE: You can control your own character and use all of your skills/move around freely.
• The giant boss monster will take damage equal to your automatic Attackers’ total Attack Power every second.
  • NOTE: The giant boss monster will not move or attack. However, it will summon Mini Dragons and the Golden Wyvern occasionally which will move around the map. You can kill these to complete daily quests.
  • NOTE: The boss’ HP is split into two gauges. The purple gauge is the Shield HP and can only be damaged by your attackers’ automatic attacks. The green gauge is the Regular HP and can be damaged by you directly. Your Attackers will damage the Regular HP first, and then if it is completely gone, the Shield HP. If there is only Shield HP remaining, you cannot deal any damage directly.

• The giant boss monster’s damage taken will be updated every 5 seconds. Every time you deal 100b damage, you will receive 1 Union Coin.
  • NOTE: You can see the golden numbers on the bar at the top. Whenever they increase by 1, you’ll receive a coin.
• Even if you do not directly enter the Union Raid, your Attackers’ automatic attacks will continue to deal damage to the boss monster and accumulate Union Coins.
  • NOTE: This applies even if you log off.
• All Union Coins that you have accumulated will be given to you upon exiting the Union Raid.

Union Coins and Coin Shop

Union Coins can be acquired through the Union Raid and daily quests. You can purchase a variety of items with Union Coins by talking to Mr. Poncho in main towns.

All the items are untradeable and you can buy a limited number of each. The limit is reset at the beginning of every week.

• Union’s Strength Stage 1 (20 coins) [30 attack/magic attack for 10 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Strength Stage 2 (30 coins) [30 attack/magic attack for 20 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Strength Stage 3 (50 coins) [30 attack/magic attack for 30 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Experience Stage 1 (30 coins) [100% bonus experience for 10 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Experience Stage 2 (50 coins) [100% bonus experience for 20 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Experience Stage 3 (70 coins) [100% bonus experience for 30 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Luck Stage 1 (30 coins) [30% bonus item drop rate for 10 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Luck Stage 2 (50 coins) [30% bonus item drop rate for 20 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Luck Stage 3 (70 coins) [30% bonus item drop rate for 30 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Wealth Stage 1 (30 coins) [50% bonus mesos acquired for 10 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Wealth Stage 2 (50 coins) [50% bonus mesos acquired for 20 minutes, limit of 10]
• Union’s Wealth Stage 3 (70 coins) [50% bonus mesos acquired for 30 minutes, limit of 10]
• 10% Clean Slate Scroll (60 coins) [limit of 3]
• 50% Epic Potential Scroll (140 coins) [limit of 3]
• Gold Potential Stamp (40 coins) [limit of 3]
• Craftsman’s Cube (140 coins) [limit of 3]
• Strong Rebirth Flame (80 coins) [limit of 3]
• Basic Union Meso Box (30 coins) [acquire a random amount of mesos, limit of 50]
• Intermediate Union Meso Box (60 coins) [acquire a random amount of mesos, limit of 30]
• Advanced Union Meso Box (100 coins) [acquire a random amount of mesos, limit of 20]
• Basic Union Growth Potion (100 coins) [increases your experience by 49% and gives you a 2x experience buff for 30 minutes, can only be used if your character is level 100~129, limit of 5]
• Intermediate Union Growth Potion (200 coins) [increases your experience by 49% and gives you a 2x experience buff for 30 minutes, can only be used if your character is level 130~159, limit of 5]
• Advanced Union Growth Potion (300 coins) [increases your experience by 49% and gives you a 2x experience buff for 30 minutes, can only be used if your character is level 160~179, limit of 5]

Weekly Acquired Coins Ranking

• When a character in the Union Raid acquires a Union Coin, it will automatically increase your Weekly Acquired Coins.
• Every week, based on the Weekly Acquired Coins acquired between 12:30 AM Monday to 11:30 PM Sunday, the Best Union Coin Collector ranking will be created.
• Special items will be given out to characters from rank 1 to 100 in each world.
  • 1st place will receive the World’s Strongest Attack Power Chair and the Union Ranking Riding.
  • 2nd~100th place will receive the Union Ranking Riding.

Premium PC Room/MapleStory M Benefits

• Users logging in from a Premium PC Room will receive PC Room-only daily quests and 2x the Union Coins from daily quests.
• Users who have level 30 or higher characters in MapleStory M can choose one of them to join the Union Raid.
• MapleStory M characters do not use up the limit of Attackers allowed but they still activate their unique effects and occupation effects.
• MapleStory M characters do not have Attack Power and do not increase the Union Level.

The Maple Union Open event will take place.

• Event Duration: January 19 – February 2
• Event Specifics: The number of coins required to increase your Union Rank will be halved.

Maple Union related quests have been added.

• [Maple Union] Maple Union’s Beginning: Lv. 60, Dragon Hunter Ms. Account
• [Maple Union] Mini Dragon Fight: Lv. 60, Dragon Hunter Ms. Account (defeat 100 Mini Dragons for 10 Union Coins)
• [Maple Union] Golden Wyvern Fight: : Lv. 60, Dragon Hunter Ms. Account (defeat 20 Golden Wyverns for 20 Union Coins)
• [Maple Union] PC Room Daily Quest: Lv. 60, Dragon Hunter Ms. Account

Other Maple Union related items have been added.

• Etc: Union Coin (can be moved to characters in the same world)

Maple Union related monsters have been added.

• Spiky Dragon
• Stun Dragon
• Armor Dragon
• Hammer Dragon
• Fire Horn Dragon
• Golden Wyvern

Maple Union related NPCs have been added.

• Dragon Hunter Ms. Account
• Assisting Officer Mr. Poncho

The Character Card/Part-Time Job systems are no longer available. Unclaimed part-time job rewards have been removed.

Okay I added a ton of details up there so I don’t think I need to do a full out tutorial or anything. But here’s my current Maple Union board, which I’ll go through so you guys can understand how it works.

I have 9/12 Attackers placed right now, around the Battle Map. Since my Maple Union’s rank is Novice Union 4, I have unlocked a 1-square outline of the initial 12×10 rectangle. I have also swapped the positions of the LUK and DEX areas so that it would be closer to the Attack area.

Under the green Join Battle button, you can see two boxes.

• The left box lists the Attacker Effects (a.k.a. Character Card effects).
  • 80 STR bonus from my Paladin (SS rank)
  • 80 DEX bonus from my Bowmaster (SS rank)
  • 8% bonus experience from my Zero (S rank)
  • etc.
• The right box lists the Occupation Effects, which are the bonuses you get by occupying certain squares on the board with your Attackers.
  • 50 DEX from occupying 10/15 squares of the DEX area.
  • 10 INT from occupying 2/15 squares of the INT area.
  • 5 LUK from occupying 1/15 squares of the LUK area.
  • 14 attack from occupying 14/15 squares of the attack area.
  • 1% critical rate from occupying 1/40 squares of the critical rate area.

Here’s what it looks like in action!

Omega Sector

The theme dungeon <Omega Sector> has been newly reopened.

• Omega Sector has returned newer, bigger, and with an updated graphical style.
• You can enter Omega Sector through the Eos Tower in Ludus Lake.
• Users level 165 or higher will receive an urgent message from Dr. Kim from Omega Sector.
• Infiltrate a giant UFO with the shrunken Mesorangers!

New maps have been added for the returning Omega Sector.

• Omega Sector
• Passage
• Headquarters
• Hangar
• Control Room
• Safe Zone
• Control Area
• Roswell Field 1
• Roswell Field 2
• Roswell Field 3
• Roswell Field 4
• Dukgu’s Room
• Corridor 101
• Corridor 102
• Corridor 103
• Corridor 104
• Corridor 201
• Corridor 202
• Corridor 203
• Corridor 204
• Vent D-1
• Vent D-2
• Vent D-3
• Vent D-4
• Controller 1
• Controller 2
• Controller 3
• Cockpit

Omega Sector monsters have been added.

• (Lv. 165) Mateon
• (Lv. 167) Plateon
• (Lv. 169) Bernard Gray
• (Lv. 171) Ultra Grey
• (Lv. 173) New Gray White
• (Lv. 175) New Gray Black
• (Lv. 176) Mechateon
• (Lv. 177) Machine MT-09
• (Lv. 178) Drone White
• (Lv. 179) Drone Black
• (Lv. 190) Caoong

New Omega Sector NPCs have been added.

• Huni
• Chuli
• Yungi
• Juni
• Rini
• Guni
• Dr. Kim
• Doctor Porter
• Doctor Gray
• Dukgu
• Mesodizer

Omega Sector quests have been added.

• Dr. Kim’s Call
• Collecting Members
• Mesorangers Weakened!
• Charge! Mesorangers
• Test Run
• Collect Baggage Tickets
• For Dukgu
• For Dukgu 2
• Finding a Design
• Through the Vents
• This is Not the Way
• This is Not the Way 2
• Help Rini
• Guni vs Rini
• Guni vs Rini 2
• Something Lost
• Broken Heart
• Broken Heart 2
• Caoong? Caoong!
• Conclusion
• Seventh Team Member
• Cleaning Robot Caoong!

The following items have been added.

• Medal: Mesoranger White medal (7 all stats, 350 HP/MP, 1 attack/magic attack)
• Etc: Mateon’s Tentacle
• Etc: Plateon’s Helmet
• Etc: Space Food
• Etc: Receiver
• Etc: Mechateon’s Laser Gun
• Etc: Machine MT-09’s Fuel

New boss content has been added – Lv. 180: Cleaning Robot Caoong.

• You can enter after completing the Omega Sector quests.
• You can enter by talking to the NPC Doctor Grey in the Cockpit map or by using the Boss Queue.
• You can clear Caoong once per day.
• Caoong drops a number of Caoong Parts, which can be NPCed for 100k each.

The Omega Sector Open Event has begun.

• Event Duration: January 19 – February 8
• If you complete all of Omega Sector’s main quests during this event, you will receive the Mesoranger Chair.
• If you defeat the boss Caoong during this event, you will receive the following items:
  • Cash: Mesoranger White Helmet
  • Cash: Mesoranger White

Star Force Maps

Star Force maps have been added.

• Star Force maps in new areas with a variety of levels have been added.
• Upgrade your Star Force and enjoy hunting in these new areas!

Star Force maps have been added in the Lion King’s Castle’s Rose Garden area.

• New maps have been added.
  • Hidden Garden 1 (45 Star Force)
  • Hidden Garden 2 (50 Star Force)
  • Hidden Garden 3 (50 Star Force)
• New monsters have been added.
  • (Lv. 130) [★] Frozen Rose
  • (Lv. 132) [★] Key Holder Russo
  • (Lv. 134) [★] Garden Golem
• You can access these Star Force maps after completing the Rose Garden quests.

Star Force maps have been added in Kerning Tower.

• New Star Force maps have been added to each floor.
  • 2nd Floor Cafe (80 Star Force)
  • 3rd Floor Fancy Shop (80 Star Force)
  • 4th Floor Record Shop (80 Star Force)
  • 5th Floor Cosmetics Shop (80 Star Force)
  • 6th Floor Hair Shop (80 Star Force)
• New monsters have been added.
  • (Lv. 155) [★] Steaming Coffee Machine
  • (Lv. 157) [★] Blue Notes
  • (Lv. 159) [★] Red Headphones
  • (Lv. 161) [★] Violent Dressing Table
  • (Lv. 162) [★] Violent Hair Roll

Star Force maps have been added in the returning Omega Sector.

• New maps have been added on the second floor of the UFO.
  • Corridor H01 (140 Star Force)
  • Corridor H02 (140 Star Force)
  • Corridor H03 (140 Star Force)
• New monsters have been added.
  • (Lv. 178) [★] New Gray White
  • (Lv. 180) [★] New Gray Black

Spring Project!

Based on requests from the ongoing Voice of Mapler forum, new improvements have been added.

Item buffs will now be displayed when you wear the Spirit Pendant and other bonus experience equipment. The buff icons’ tooltips will tell you the current bonus experience and the specific time you will reach the next bonus’ stage.

When you change your Damage Skin, you will now receive a confirmation message before it is changed.

If you have not attacked anything, you can now enter the Cash Shop even if you have been hit by a monster’s attack.

You can now purchase arrows and recharge stars/bullets in Meisterville’s NPC Nack‘s shop.

You can now search for quest titles in the quest UI’s in progress tab.

A shortcut key for the Battle Statistics system has been added.

When you enhance items using Scroll Traces, you will now receive a pop-up that confirms the scroll you will be using.

The names of some Monster Life related items that were misunderstood have been changed.

• Monster Slot Expansion 1 -> Monster Slot Expansion
• Monster Slot Expansion 2 -> Monster Slot Expansion +

The minimum number of party members required to enter Ravana has been decreased to 1.

When you change channels in front of Arkarium’s Altar, you will no longer be returned to the Dimensional Crack map.

Mystic Door, Teleport World Map, and Teleport Rocks can now be used to move to the Lion King’s Castle area.

• You will need to have certain quests completed for each section of Lion King’s Castle.
  • First Gate: Lv. 115, Luden
  • Second Gate: Lv. 115, Luden
  • Third Gate: Lv. 115, Luden
  • To the Rose Garden: Lv. 115, Ifia

Game Related

Zero character creation has been reopened.

• You will be able to create Zero from January 19 to February 9.
• You will still require a level 100 or higher character in the same world.
• Zeroes can now leave Mirror World after completing the 5th quest of Chapter 1.

Kritias area’s quests have been adjusted.

• The beginning level has been changed to 170. However, if you have any quests still in progress, you can proceed as normal.
• The area’s quest monsters’ stats have been adjusted to match the changed level.

Road of Vanishing’s Arcane Force requirements and monster stats have been adjusted.

• The Fire Zone‘s required Arcane Force has been changed from 50 to 40.
• The Tranquil Cave‘s required Arcane Force has been changed from 80 to 60.
• Monsters in all areas of Road of Vanishing have had their HP and experience lowered.
  • Happy Erdas: 44,640,000 HP (-42.31%), 98,708 EXP (-40%)
  • Rage Erdas: 46,056,000 HP (-42.31%), 101,389 EXP (-40%)
  • Sad Erdas: 47,491,200 HP (-42.31%), 104,101 EXP (-40%)
  • Joyful Erdas: 48,945,600 HP (-42.31%), 107,125 EXP (-40%)
  • Rock Erdas: 50,419,200 HP (-42.31%), 109,886 EXP (-40%)
  • Flame Erdas: 51,973,800 HP (-42.31%), 112,662 EXP (-40%)
  • Powerful Soul Erdas: 53,487,000 HP (-42.31%), 115,470 EXP (-40%)
  • Tranquil Erdas: 55,019,400 HP (-42.31%), 118,598 EXP (-40%)
  • Erdas’ Lantern: 56,571,000 HP (-42.31%), 121,453 EXP (-40%)
  • Arma’s Follower: 58,208,400 HP (-42.31%), 124,322 EXP (-40%)

An error where if you selected the Blade Damage Effect and hunted in a map for a long time, the client’s memory usage would constantly increase has been fixed.

This was not mentioned in the patch notes but the Critical Rate and Critical Damage stats in the Character Stat window have received their own lines. In addition, Critical Damage now shows 2 decimals.

An error with the Midwinter Monster Collection event where the text for the Giant Snowman said it would be summoned for 24 hours every weekend has been fixed to say it is summoned every hour from 10 AM to 10 PM.

Skill Related

• When you use  Rumbling Maple,  Bat Swarm, or  Cygnus Phalanx, other characters will now be able to see if you switch directions.
• Dark Knight’s  Beholder will now teleport to you if your character moves a certain distance away while it is in  Beholder Dominant state.
• Bishops can now use  Overload Mana while in the  Vengeance of Angel state.
• Viper’s  Serpent Screw‘s Energy consumption has been changed to only consume 150 Energy (30 Energy if fully charged) when it hits an enemy.

The following errors have been fixed.

• An error where  Erda Nova,  Cygnus Phalanx,  Arrow Rain,  Afterimage Shot,  True Sniping,  Howling Gale and  Jaguar Maximum were not considered arrow/bullet/star attacks has been fixed.
• An error where certain actions would allow you to move while using Hero’s  Combo Death Fault has been fixed.
• An error where if a party member who received the effect of  Sacrosanctity from Paladin’s  Holy Unity used a skill with a shorter duration of invincibility would not continue to receive Sacrosanctity’ invincibility after the shorter skill’s duration ended has been fixed.
• An error where if a Dark Knight changed channels while  Beholder was in  Beholder Dominant state, they would not be able to use  Beholder Shock or  Beholder Impact has been fixed.
• An error where Archmage (F/P)’s  Meteor, Archmage (I/L)’s  Blizzard, and Battlemage’s  Dark Genesis‘ additional attack while on cooldown would not activate with their 5th job skills has been fixed.
• An error where Marksman’s  Split Arrow activated from a weird location on certain bosses has been fixed.
• An error where Soul Master’s  Cross the Styx enhancement cores did not increase the damage of Cross the Styx after using  Elysion has been fixed.
• An error where Captain’s  Deadeye‘s aiming effect would appear sometimes while it was on cooldown has been fixed.
• An error where when a Flame Wizard changed channels,  Flame Discharge‘s flames would disappear has been fixed.
• An error where Striker’s  Shark Wave was not affected by Link when linking skills has been fixed.
• An error where Eunwol’s  Spirit Disposition‘s summoned spirits would sometimes not appear if used around other characters has been fixed.
• An error where Mercedes continuously using the rush attack while riding  Sylphidia would cause the client to exit has been fixed.
• An error where Mercedes could not use the SEED rings while riding  Sylphidia has been fixed.
• An error where Demon Avenger’s  Demon Jump and Gliding would be activated weirdly if used while charging  Blood Feast has been fixed.
• An error where if a Blaster used  Ducking,  Sway, or  Hammer Smash while using  Vulcan Punch, the skill would be cancelled but the effect would not disappear has been fixed.
• An error where if a Battlemage quickly moved away from a  Black Magic Altar after installing it, the client would sometimes exit has been fixed.
• An error where Wild Hunter could not use  Rope Connect or  Guided Arrow while riding a Jaguar has been fixed.
• An error where Xenon could restore MP while using  Overload Mode by sitting on a chair has been fixed.
• An error where Kaiser’s  Will of Sword: Strike would take longer to explode if used after transforming has been fixed.

Cash Shop

Until January 25, the Odette and Odil packages will be sold as well as the Toy Soldier Prince package.

The cute new Fried Shrimp pet has been released and will be sold until February 8. Its pet equipment is even a little dish of soy sauce!

You can equip up to 3 of them to get an attack/magic attack buff as well.

The Choice Hair Coupons have been updated with a new set of hairs to choose from.

The Choice Face Coupon has been updated as well. They added a new face called the Pepe Face!

The Children of God set will be sold until February 1. If you buy it on a Zero, you’ll get a bonus gift of the other gender’s overall for free (but it will be untradeable).

The Gold Apple rewards have been updated with new items including:

• Personality Growth Potion
• Unique Circulator (resets your Ability to Unique rank instantly)
• Transparent Damage Skin
• Master Ice Damage Skin
• 100% 12 Star Star Force Enhancement Scroll (level 150/160)
• 100% 15 Star Star Force Enhancement Scroll (level 150/160)
• Magnificent Souls (Lucid/Arkarium/Fred/July)
• S/A Rank Jewels
• New chairs
• New ridings

The New Year’s Chance sale has begun and will continue until February 8.

The Grand Red Cube Pack, Grand Black Cube Pack, and Grand Additional Cube Packs will be sold.

They include a bunch of cubes, a certain number of Grand Enhancement Boxes (which randomly give items like Scroll Traces, Stamps, Epic/Unique Potential Scrolls, etc), as well as a 100% Epic Potential Scroll/30% Unique Potential Scroll/30% Epic Additional Potential Scroll.

The Silver Royal Style Package contains 11 Maple Royal Style Coupons and 1 Fantasy Fabric, which can be used in place of a Royal Coupon item in the Masterpiece system.

The Gold Royal Style Package contains 22 Maple Royal Style Coupons and 3 Fantasy Fabrics.

The Fantasy Premium Masterpiece Package contains 10 Premium Masterpieces and 1 Fantasy Fabric.

The sale also includes the NEW Courtly Hanbok set, the Cutie Rabbit package, the Knitted Hat Box which randomly gives one of 5 hats, and the Mix Dye Coupon.

The February Royal Hair Coupon has been added and will be sold until February 22. It includes the new Butterfly Hair for females and the new Whipping Hair for males.

The Trendy Royal Face Coupon has also been updated with new faces, including the new Pink Nose Face for both genders.

The Royal Style Coupon is for sale once more, until February 20. It includes new items such as the Fauchon Fairy set and the Bratty Dino set.

It also includes the new Special Label: the Moonlight Lamp set! If you collect all 5 pieces, you’ll get the Moonlight Glass Chair as well.

The new (well I think it’s actually been added for a while but still) Master Label set, the Master Snow set has been added. If you collect all 5 pieces, you’ll also get the Pure White/Snow White (depending on your gender) eye accessory.

Events

Returning ‘Fight! Return of the Legends’ Ranking

The Fight! Return of the Legends event has begun and will run until February 8. During this event, you can talk to Mr. Complement to enter the virtual battle space.

In the virtual battle space, you can become one of Maple World’s legends and complete with opponents. In teams of 3, hunt monsters and the enemy team to become stronger. The team that defeats all of their opponents in the final round will be crowned the victors.

Based on your team’s outcome and your performance during the match, you will receive Magpie Coins (up to 50 per day).

You can also have party play to be matched with other parties, but these games will not be recorded and you will not receive any Magpie Coins.

After the event ends, there will be a ranking based on the top scores players have achieved during the event. The top 30,000 users will receive prizes!

• 1st place:
  • 100,000 Maple Points Voucher
  • Manjiroid Voucher
  • 300 Magpie Coins
  • Legendary Damage Skin
• 2nd~100th place:
  • Manjiroid Voucher
  • 200 Magpie Coins
  • Legendary Damage Skin
• 101th~1,000th place:
  • 100 Magpie Coins
  • Legendary Damage Skin
• 1,001th~30,000th place:
  • Legendary Damage Skin

Mesoranger BEYOND

The Mesoranger BEYOND event has begun and will run until February 8. By talking to Dr. Kim, you’ll unlock various Mesoranger event skills. Using these skills to kill monsters around your level will allow you to acquire additional mesos.

• Ranger Attack
  • Required level: 30+
  • When used, every time you kill an enemy, there is a certain chance for a Mesoranger to appear, dropping an additional 5,000 mesos.
• Final Beam
  • Required level: 60+
  • When used, Dr Kim’s special rolling cannon is installed and a laser is fired forward for a certain period of time. Monsters killed by Final Beam will drop an additional 10,000 mesos.
• Mesodizer X
  • Required level: 100+
  • When used, summon the giant robot <Mesodizer X>. Every time you press the skill buttom after summoning it, it will fire a laser in every direction and after a certain period of time, it will self-destruct, dealing additional damage to nearby enemies. Monsters killed by Mesodizer X will drop an additional 20,000 mesos.

In Reboot World, the additional mesos will be increased by 5x. You can only acquire 20 million mesos per character per day from these Mesoranger skills (100 million mesos for Reboot World).

Certain content’s monsters, including boss monsters, will not drop additional mesos. The ownership of the additional meso drops is given to the character who dealt the most damage to the monster. Mesos dropped from Mesoranger skills are not affected by meso acquisition rate boost related potential or ability effects.

Magpie Magpie New Year

The Magpie Magpie New Year event has begun and will run until February 8. During this event, the following changes will take place:

• Henesys and Leafre will be decorated for New Year’s.
• Multi Kill and Combo Kill effects as well as Rune appearances will be changed with New Year’s decorations.

For the Preparations for the New Year event, you can fly kites with your wishes on them in various towns across Maple World.

• Henesys
• Ereb
• El Nath
• Edelstein
• Leafre

You can fly your kite once per day and each time you do, you’ll receive 20 Magpie Coins. In addition, if you fly your kite in all of the towns, you’ll receive an extra 50 Magpie Coins.

During this event, when hunting Elite Monsters, you might receive a Magpie’s Gratitude Box. You can open this box to acquire 10 Magpie Coins. You can only acquire this box up to 3 times per day.

The Fun New Year’s Minigames event has begun. During this event, you can enjoy the following minigames:

• OX Quiz
• Sky Kite Riding
• Psychic Yutnori

For OX Quiz and Sky Kite Riding, you’ll receive an invitation on top of your head at certain times of the day. You can participate 3 times per day with these invitations.

• OX Game: every XX:15
• Sky Kite Riding: every XX:45

For Yutnori, you can talk to the Third Magpie NPC in towns to participate up to 10 times per day.

Based on the outcome of the game and your ranking, you’ll receive a certain number of Magpie Coins.

2017 New Year Coin Shop

The 2017 New Year Coin Shop has been opened and will remain available until February 12. In each town, you can talk to the Second Magpie NPC to trade in your Magpie Coins for various items.

The Mysterious Jewel Box will be sold until February 28 at 11:59 PM. The various item bags will give you a random number of the specified item, up to a maximum of 5.

Use

• Core Gemstone (50 coins) [limit of 10]
• Eternal Rebirth Flame Bag (150 coins) [limit of 1 per week]
• Meister’s Cube Bag (100 coins) [limit of 2 per week]
• 10% Clean Slate Scroll Bag (30 coins) [limit of 3 per week]
• Special Medal of Honor Bag (70 coins) [limit of 5 per week]
• Character Slot Expansion Coupon (200 coins) [limit of 1]

Special

• New Year’s Hair Coupon Voucher (1200 coins) [limit of 1]
• New Year’s Face Coupon Voucher (1200 coins) [limit of 1]
• Orcaroid (2000 coins) [limit of 1]
• Suuroid (2000 coins) [limit of 1]
• My Friend Baby Magpie Voucher (2000 coins) [limit of 1]
• Kite Cape Voucher (300 coins) [limit of 1]
• Kite Riding Voucher (Permanent) (300 coins) [limit of 1]
• Magpie Basket Riding Voucher (300 coins) [limit of 1]
• Magpie Feather Damage Skin (250 coins) [limit of 1]
• Persimmon Tree Damage Skin (250 coins) [limit of 1]
• Magpie Currant Chair (500 coins) [limit of 1]
• Magpie Jumping Chair Voucher (500 coins) [limit of 1]
• Snowing Snowball Chair (1000 coins) [limit of 1]

Accessories

• Jewel Craft Ring (10 coins) [no limit]
• Mysterious Jewel Box (10 coins) [limit of 15 per day]

2017 New Year Achievements

The 2017 New Year Achievements event has begun and will run until February 8. By participating in both the New Year’s events and the Fight! Return of the Legends event, you can complete certain achievements to receive prizes.

New Year’s Achievements

• Hey~ Nice to See You! (complete the Preparations for the New Year event)
  • 15 Magpie Coins
• I Know Everything (get 30 correct answers in OX Quiz)
  • 50 Magpie Coins
• Fly Higher and Higher (get 1st place in Kite Riding 5 times)
  • 50 Magpie Coins
• Ruler of Yut (win Yutnori 10 times)
  • 50 Magpie Coins
• Grateful Magpie (acquire the Magpie’s Gratitude Box 20 times)
  • 35 Magpie Coins
  • Lots of Blessings title
• Magpie Magpie New Year (complete all 5 other achievements)
  • 100 Magpie Coins
  • Celebrating with Magpies medal

The Lots of Blessings title gives 5 all stats, 5 attack/magic attack, and 200 HP and MP. It is untradeable and does not seem to expire.

The Celebrating with Magpies medal gives 30 all stats, 2000 HP/MP, 10 attack/magic attack, and 10% boss damage/defense ignore. The stats expire.

Fight! Return of the Legends Achievements

• Don’t Meet Me (defeat an enemy on the battlefield 30 times)
  • 10 Magpie Coins
• Unbreakable Will (play 10 times)
  • 10 Magpie Coins
• I Came! I Saw! I Conquered! (win 10 times)
  • 20 Magpie Coins
• This is My World (play 30 times)
  • 20 Magpie Coins
• Hi. Im Gosu. (reach level 15 on the battlefield)
  • 20 Magpie Coins
• God of War’s Advent (complete all 5 other achievements)
  • 50 Magpie Coins
  • God of War’s Advent medal

The God of War’s Advent medal gives 3 all stats, 500 HP/MP, and 2 attack/magic attack. It is untradeable and permanent.

Also… is “Hi I’m Gosu” a reference to something in Korea or is that achievement actually based on the NA League of Legends streamer…?

BEYOND Saturday Benefits

Every Saturday, receive special benefits! On January 21, the following benefits will take place:

• 30% discount on all Star Force enhancement cost.
• BEYOND Coins given by BEYOND Boxes will be increased by 2x.

On January 28, the following benefits will take place:

• 7 free Monster Park entries.
• 50% discount on Ability reset costs.
• BEYOND Coins given by BEYOND Boxes will be increased by 2x.

On February 4, the following benefits will take place:

• 30% discount on all Star Force enhancement cost.
• 30% discount on all items in the BEYOND Coin Shop.
• 7 free Monster Park entries.
• 50% discount on Ability reset costs.
• BEYOND Coins given by BEYOND Boxes will be increased by 2x.

NOTE: The Star Force discount does not apply to Superior items or when you decide to increase the price to remove destruction chance.

Exciting New Year’s Holiday 2x Experience

The Exciting New Year’s Holiday 2x Experience event will start on January 27 and run until January 30.

Every day, you’ll automatically receive 1 2x Experience Coupon (1 Hour) on every character you log on to (which expires at the end of the day). If you login from a Premium PC Room, you’ll receive an extra coupon.