KMST ver. 1.2.046 – Arcana & Fantastic Theme Park Renewal!
A new test server patch containing the fourth area of Arcane River, Arcana, has been released! The patch also contains an update to Fantastic Theme Park as well as a couple of smaller changes.
Mystical Forest Arcana
A new area in Arcane River, <Mystical Forest Arcana> has been added.
- Users who have defeated Lucid and completed the ‘Showdown’ quest can hear the sounds of the flying fish downstream Lacheln’s river.
- By riding the flying fish in Lacheln’s river, you can enter Arcana.
- Alongside a Small Spirit, help restore the Mysical Forest Arcana which has fallen into a crisis.
- Arcana’s hunting maps require 280/320/360 Arcane Force.
The following monsters have been added.
- Water Spirit (Lv. 230)
- Sunshine Spirit (Lv. 231)
- Earth Spirit (Lv. 232)
- Frost Cloud Spirit (Lv. 233)
- Thunder Cloud Spirit (Lv. 234)
- Deadly Poison Spirit (Lv. 235)
- Explosion Spirit (Lv. 236)
- Chaos Spirit (Lv. 237)
- Despair Spirit (Lv. 238)
- Grief Spirit (Lv. 239)
- Disharmony Spirit (Lv. 240)
- Spirit’s Remains (Lv. 230)
- Corrupted Harmony Spirit (Lv. 240)
The following NPCs have been added.
- Small Spirit
- Wind Spirit
- Lost Tree Spirit
- Tree Spirit
- Tree Spirits
- Stone Spirit
- Stone Spirits
- Harmony Spirit
- General Store Spirit
- Storage Spirit
- Whispering Flower
The following quests have been added.
- City of Nightmares, Goodbye (Lv. 225, user)
- Small Spirit (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- Petals Dancing Around (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- The Song of the Forest (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- To the Forest of Grass Flutes (Lv. 225, Wind Spirit)
- The Vitality of the Grass Flutes 1 (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- The Vitality of the Grass Flutes 2 (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- Whispers from the Flowers (Lv. 225, Wind Spirit)
- The Place Closest to the Moonlight (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- To the Deep Forest (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- They are Tree Spirits (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- Find the Disappeared Tree Spirit (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- Back Again (Lv. 225, Lost Tree Spirit)
- The Status of the Tree Trunk Harp (Lv. 225, Tree Spirits)
- The Place Where the Tree Trunk Harp is (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- Revive the Tree Trunk Harp 1 (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- Revive the Tree Trunk Harp 2 (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- The Resonating Harp Sound (Lv. 225, Tree Spirits)
- What the Tree Spirits Saw (Lv. 225, user)
- To the Xylophone Pond (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- Into the Pond (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- Squirming (Lv. 225, Rock Spirit)
- The Blocked Water Flow and the Rock Spirits (Lv. 225, Rock Spirit)
- Step by Step, Save the Colleagues! (Lv. 225, Rock Spirit)
- Towards the Tree of Spirits (Lv. 225, Rock Spirit)
- The Wicked Aura Surrounding the Tree of Spirits (Lv. 225, Small Spirit)
- The Forest that Regained Harmony (Lv. 225, Harmony Spirit)
The following items have been added.
- Equip: Arcane Symbol: Arcana
- Etc: Water’s Vitality
- Etc: Sunshine’s Vitality
- Etc: Earth’s Vitality
- Etc: Deadly Scream
- Etc: Explosive Scream
I’m not level 225 yet so I won’t be able to do a tour video, but here’s a slideshow of the maps in the area!
NOTE: The area’s storyline is not complete so we don’t know who the person wearing the cloak is (although I’m 99% sure it’s Orca…). We’ll have to wait a week until this hits the official servers for confirmation!
Arcane River
Although this was not mentioned in the patch notes, all Hidden Hunting Grounds (360 AF areas) in Arcane River have been removed. I guess this is because there is now a higher level area than Lacheln available so they want you to go there?
Fantastic Theme Park
The theme dungeon <Fantastic Theme Park> has been newly updated.
- Users will find a new story for Fantastic Theme Park.
- Users level 120 or higher can receive the ‘Before the 101st Confession’ quest to enter Fantastic Theme Park.
- Help Romi with his fantastic proposal for his 101st confession!
New NPCs have been added to Fantastic Theme Park.
- Daromi
- Dadamji
- Caped Mascot
- Nurse Ailee
- Little Girl
- Master of Playing Alone
- Haunted House – Oliver
- Gyro Drop – Alcyone
- Viking – Oliver
- Solo Army Troop
New quests have been added to Fantastic Theme Park.
- [Fantastic Theme Park] Daromi’s Story (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Daromi’s 101st Love (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- The World’s Most Exciting Confession Plan (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Heart Rate Sensor (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- To the First Planning Place! (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Entry Gate, Courage Test 1 (Lv. 120, Haunted House – Oliver)
- Entry Gate, Courage Test 2 (Lv. 120, Haunted House – Oliver)
- Thief! Defeat the Ghost (Lv. 120, Haunted House – Oliver)
- Good Day to Confess (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Decisive Daromi (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Shaking Heart Rate Sensor (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Find the Meter (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Strong Signal (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Retrieved Heart Rate Sensor (Lv. 120, Caped Mascot)
- I Have to Tell Dadamji (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Second Plan, Gyro Drop (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Instant Drop! (Lv. 120, Gyro Drop – Alcyone)
- Excilerative Confession at the Vikings (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Viking Repairs 1 (Lv. 120, Viking – Oliver)
- Viking Repairs 2 (Lv. 120, Viking – Oliver)
- Confession Plan’s Crisis (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Controlled Area, Animal Show (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- True Confession (Lv. 120, Daromi)
- Event Preparations 1 (Lv. 120, Nurse Ailee)
- Event Preparations 2 (Lv. 120, Nurse Ailee)
- The World’s Most Exciting 101st Confession (Lv. 120, Nurse Ailee)
The following items have been added.
- Equip: Heart Bracelet (6 all stats, 1 attack/magic atack, 45 defense, 5 slots, untradeable)
- Medal: 101st Proposal (5 all stats, 100 HP, 200 MP, 1 attack/magic attack, 100 defense)
- Etc: Dolion’s Ribbon Cloth
- Etc: Repair Bag
- Etc: Ribbon Brooch
Game Related
A shortcut key and a help icon in the UI for Maple Union have been added.
Dream Breaker has been added to the Maple Guide. (Finally! It was super annoying having to climb up the clock tower every day…)
An error where the boss Suu would not create the rotating laser for the bind duration if you used a bind skill the instant you entered the Black Heaven Core map has been fixed.
Story Mode Lucid has been added.
- You can defeat Story Mode Lucid to complete the ‘Showdown’ quest.
- Story Mode Lucid has no drops/rewards.
- This will also unlock the sixth Crack of Subconscious quest (which awards the Butterfly’s Dream medal).
During Omega Sector‘s infiltration mission, you will now be moved to the starting point instead of dying if you are seen by the camera.
Skill Related
The following errors have been fixed.
- An error where skill transparency would not apply to Paladin’s
Blessed Hammer has been fixed. - An error where if you used Mercedes’
Elemental Ghost and 
Sylphidia at the same time, Elemental Ghost’s spirit attack would not hit enemies has been fixed. - An error where Wind Breaker’s
Howling Gale‘s movement was erratic has been fixed. - An error where Wild Hunter’s
Jaguar Link effects would not apply after resurrecting inside the boss Lucid has been fixed. - An error where Mechanic’s
Micro Missile‘s damage would be decreased if used during 
Metal Armor: Tank has been fixed. - An error where Angelic Buster would not
Dress Up when using her 5th job skills has been fixed.
Quest Related
Movement guide quests have been added to Omega Sector.
- Test Operation 1-1 (Lv. 165, Doctor Porter)
- For Dukgu 1-1 (Lv. 165, Dukgu)
- This Isn’t the Way 1-1 (Lv. 165, Vent)
- Guni vs Rini 1-1 (Lv. 165, Rini)
- Wounded Heart 1-1 (Lv. 165, Rini)
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Does that mean we are getting a fourth arcane symbol slot? 😮
we will get 6 symbols in total so be prepaird to farm ^^
Yes! There’s actually space for 2 more, for a total of 6 Arcane Symbols. So maybe they’ll add two more areas in the future :^)
we will get a total of 6 symbols so be prepaird to do some more farming ^^
Any news on the mysterious girl?
Nope, the storyline in KMST does not reveal her identity yet.
They should take pity on weak players like me and have story Lucid drop the butterfly stone thingie at a low rate or something. ㅠㅠ
LOL I agree
At least Maple is being considerate enough now to put a story mode Lucid…. When I saw the first line in the guide (To enter arcana, you have to defeat Lucid and complete Showdown quest), I was thinking Ok, so my journey in arcane river ended already ^^
Any information on whether or not there will be a daily/party quest for this arcane symbol, and if not do you think there will be one with the official server patch?
No dailies atm. I’m not sure if they’ll include them with the official server patch because only Road of Vanishing came with dailies. Chew Chew’s Hungry Muto was only added when Lacheln was added, and Lacheln’s Dream Breaker was just added a couple of months ago.
Who’s ready to fight the Black Mage
Is Romi a squirrel?
Probably! Daromi is his name and ‘daramjui’ is squirrel in Korean so it’s sort of similar.
Some of those monster levels make me feel like they’re preparing to ramp up the level cap again or something.
Well, I’m guessing they found a way to bring back players, so daily quests are what will make them log in every day to play. However, people who are not over 220 or 230 cannot do those daily quests. And leveling is a pain in the butt so they might stop once they are done with the first 2. Win-win but also not really.
How did he get the slide show of the maps in the area? Is this kind of information for other maps available somewhere? It looks like it’s really useful for comparing mob spawns… and it’s pretty.
It’s from a program I use 🙂
Is it possible for you to upload a compilation of these kinds maps over time? I really like it. Also, are the mobs manually placed? Or are the spawns actually as shown?
For future maps I sure can! And I think the spawns actually are like that because I didn’t place the mobs myself.
thanks.
i’m maybe will not see the new area. i’m not doing bossing and Lucid is hard for i/l mages…and for all the jobs 😛
the park theme is looking so unnecessary… i’m pertty sure i want NEO CITY to be open again. this is the only area that locked.
the monsters in Arcana looks so cool. but no boss?
The big monster at the end is the boss, but just a story boss like Arma for Road of Vanishing/Chewrup Tree in Chew Chew.
Maybe he meant an actual boss like Lucid or so? I wonder if we would be facing Orchid or whoever that robed girl is or if she will just be aiding to go even further into the end of the Arcane river.
yeah, you’re were right on “no boss” 🙂
Orchid and Lutos are really sad story.
but WHERE IS THE BLACK MAGE.
All I see are Jerry and Napstablook in the Arcana inhabitants. 😛
Too… cute… heart… *gasp*…
I feel Arcana is like Orchid and Lotus homeland. Those spirits looks alike to them when they were spirits as well the subconscious bunny from Orchid’s dream back on BH. What could Orchid want from this place? absorb power to become strong and face whoever challenges her? or is she just investigating to reach out Black Mage?
Another thing is that whenever uncap is released, I’m sure it would be up to Lv 350.
I can’t wait for the upcoming storylines to know more about this place!
What makes you think that the mysterious girl is Orca?
This. It looks more like beryl. Look at the hair color (assuming it’s not just lighting) and the way the bangs fall. Plus that’s similar to how she looked in black heaven when she had the poncho on.
The entire area is based off of spirits, and Orca (and Suu) are spirits of darkness that were given form by the Black Mage (who also created Arcane River!). Plus Orca’s storyline is unfinished from the end of Black Heaven, where she went to Guwaru to receive her true power.
The robed figure in the image could possibly be Francis as well since the bangs look very similar to his as they are flat and cover the eyes completely. Plus the hair looks kind of has this greenish tint to it.(even though it’s hard to tell what color it is in reality.)
Furthermore, he did follow Orchid when she went to see Guwaru after the events of Black Heaven, thus completely possible that he went with Orchid to Arcana for currently unknown reasons. However, the robed figure could also possibly be a completely new character. But, given the theme of the area it makes sense that Nexon may be trying to continue Orchid’s storyline at some point.
But, unfortunately we can only speculation who the robed figure is until the area comes out of the test server and has been fully explored/cleared, or Nexon tells who they are.
Hey max do you know, or can check if Ultimate Dark Sight(exporer thieves new skill) affected by buff duration? couldnt find any vid or info about it.
No, 5th job skills are not affected by buff duration/cooldown reduction/cooldown resets.
thnx for quick reply
ANY NEWS ON MAPLESTORY M FOR GLOBAL???
It took an exceptionally long period for pocket maplestory to make it’s way to the west. But considering the tie-in features and how well maple M is doing in KR, I wouldn’t be surprised if by this time next year we have it for GMS/EMS.
slide show of the maps look seriously awesome!
I will be very honest. I find it quite boring hunting monsters down now a days. The structure of new maps are becoming way too simplistic, linear and predictable, which caters a lot to grinding rather than discovery and environmental interaction. Although the size of some maps have remained slightly the same, many maps have become smaller, and new maps have been created small as well. I think it would be far more exciting if they had bigger and more creatively structured maps like they did before pre-big bang. With the addition of more mobility skills in the recent years it has become way too easy to move through maps and grind on monsters. As a matter of fact, monsters are far too easy to defeat even without link skills, character card sets, etc. One reason being is that new and revamped skills within far out match the ordinary mobs and their combat abilities. I think monsters need revamps of their own. There needs to be some challenge in order to call it an adventure.
May I know when DA will get revamp?
DO YOU SMELL RESISTANCE THIEF? CAUSE I DO!!!