The test server patch I mentioned in my last post was released and it includes a lot of the content we’ll be receiving in this winter update! The main parts for this patch are the new level 260+ area Cernium as well as the new Nova archer job Kain!

Overview

• New Area <City of Gods, Cernium>
  • The city of gods, Cernium, has reappeared. What is happening in the city beyond the disappeared border?
• Neo Growth Reorganization
  • The maximum character level has been increased to 300. The maximum damage limit and maximum meso limit have been increased.
  • In addition, the cumulative level up experience required from level 210~250 has been decreased by 20% and you will now gain increased experience from monsters which are the same level as you. The death penalty has been changed. Various changes have been made for faster growth!
• New Job <Chaser of Darkness, Kain>
  • While dealing with the organization’s enemies, Kain realizes that the organization has been deceiving him. Check out his story.
• Neo Tera Burning Plus
  • This winter, gain 1+2 levels until level 200! Gain 2 Tera Burnings and get the 17 Star Unique Absolabs weapon!
• Neo Burning World
  • Powerful growth support benefits, 2 Mega Burning characters, and abundant level up rewards await you in Burning World!
• Neo Event
  • Neo Castle, a mysterious space created when Maple World and Grandis World combined! Enjoy the abundant events taking place in Neo Castle!
• Spring! Spring! Project
  • The Spring! Spring! Project continues, listening to the Voice of Mapler requests by players.

MapleStory NEO

The MapleStory NEO update will take place over 3 patches:

• Signal (December 17)
• Chaser of Darkness, Kain (January 7)
• Hotel Arcus (January 28)

The first patch will feature Cernium as a permanent level 260+ area, as well as the level cap increase to 300 and other growth-related changes. The second patch contains the new job, the Nova archer Kain. The third patch contains the new level 270+ area Hotel Arcus as well as the Chosen One Seren as a new boss.

New Area <City of Gods, Cernium>

The border between worlds has disappeared and the city of gods, Cernium, has appeared. What ending will the resurrection of the ancient gods caused by the void of Transcendents bring?

Participation Requirements

• Cernium (Before): Characters level 260 or higher who have completed the 5th job advancement and the ‘[The Day After] After That Day] quest.
• Cernium (After): Characters level 265 or higher who have completed the 5th job advancement and the ‘[Cernium (Before)] Cernium Becomes One’ quest.

Participation Method

• Cernium (Before): Accept the ‘[Borderless] He is in Ereb’ quest through the lightbulb on the left side of your screen.
• Cernium (After): Accept the ‘[Cernium (After)] Burning Sky’ quest through the lightbulb on the left side of your screen.

A special power to fight the monsters on the Grandis continent, Authentic Force has been added.

• Authentic Force can be acquired by equipping special equipment, Authentic Symbols. You can combine Authentic Symbols to enhance them, and the higher level your Authentic Symbol, the more Authentic Force and main stat you will get. 
• When you complete all the quests in Cernium, you will receive 1 Authentic Symbol: Cernium.
• When you complete all the quests in Cernium and the ‘Another Power, Authentic Force’ quest, you can open the Authentic Symbol only equipment window.
• Authentic Symbols can be enhanced up to level 11. The Authentic Force is increased by 10 per level.
• Authentic Symbols give 500 main stat at level 1, which is increased to 2500 main stat at level 11. Demon Avengers and Xenon will receive stats based on their jobs.
• Based on the difference between your character’s Authentic Force and monsters’ Authentic Force, 5%~125% of your damage will be applied and 100%~200% damage taken will be applied.
• After completing the quests in Cernium, you can perform a daily quest for the Flame Priest in Cernium Square. When you complete it, you will receive 5 Authentic Symbols: Cernium.
• After completing the quests in Burning Cernium, you can perform a daily quest for the Dawn Priest in Broken Cernium Square. When you complete it, you will receive 5 Authentic Symbols: Cernium.

A new item has been added.

• Authentic Symbol: Cernium

New NPCs have been added to Cernium.

• Douglas
• Elvis
• Flame Priest
• Dawn Priest
• Court Knight
• Magne
• Harold

New monsters have been added to Cernium.

• Black Sun Infantry (Lv. 260)
• Black Sun Archer (Lv. 260)
• Monster Seagull (Lv. 261)
• Flame Spirit (Lv. 262)
• Wandering Scholar Ghost (Lv. 263)
• Curious Scholar Ghost (Lv. 264)
• Lef Infantry (Lv. 265)
• Lef Magician (Lv. 265)
• Lef Assassin (Lv. 266)
• Lef Armored Soldier (Lv. 267)
• Black Sun Bomber (Lv. 268)
• Black Sun Magician (Lv. 269)

A Cernium exploration related achievement has been added. In Cernium, Elite Bosses will not appear, Elite Champions will appear instead.

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Here are Cernium’s maps.

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Here are Burning Cernium’s maps.

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Here are the new illustrations added.

NEO Growth Reorganization

The maximum character level has been increased from 275 to 300. The V Matrix’s maximum slots have been changed to 25.

The maximum damage limit has been increased to 150b and the maximum mesos limit has been increased from 30b to 100b.

The cumulative experience required to level up from 210~250 has been decreased by 20%.

The experience rewards of each Arcane River area’s final quests have been increased.

The number of Arcane Symbols acquired from Road of Vanishing and Chew Chew Island’s daily quests have been increased.

• After completing all of Reverse City’s quests, Road of Vanishing’s daily quests rewards will be increased by 2x.
• After completing all of Yum Yum Island’s quests, Chew Chew Island’s daily quest rewards will be increased by 2x.

The additional experience acquired from killing a monster with a level difference of 1 or less from your character has been increased from +10% to +20%.

The penalty upon character death has been changed.

• Instead of losing experience, you will now have your experience acquired and drop rate decreased by 80% for a certain period of time.
• The duration of the experience/drop rate reduction is based on the level of your character and is applied from 5~130 minutes.
• The Safety Charm item’s effect has been changed to instantly remove the experience/drop rate reduction.
• Effects that decreased experience loss upon death have been changed to decrease the duration of the experience/drop rate reduction upon death.

Certain stages in Monster Park have been improved and a new stage Lacheln has been added.

• Monster Park: Road of Vanishing’s clear experience has been increased.
• Monster Park: Chew Chew Island’s terrain has been improved.
• Monster Park: Lacheln has been added. Only characters who have completed the Lacheln story quests can enter.

Chaos Dusk, Hard Dunkel, Jin Hilla, and Black Mage can now drop Arcane Shade equipment.

Maple Achievements

New achievements have been added.

Monster Collection

New monsters have been added to Monster Collection.

• Victoria Island
  • Prickly Thorn Tree
  • Forest Howler
  • Night Howler
  • Deep Forest Wisp
  • Forest Warden
  • Night Warden
  • Blue Fountain Spirit
  • Deep Fountain Spirit
  • Unstoppable Straw Bundle
  • Dust Bundle
  • Plump Flower
  • Poison Flower
  • Earth Rabbit
  • Incense Rabbit
  • Tree Forest Bug
  • Rock Forest Bug
  • Dangerous Earth Rabbit
  • Murky Dangerous Incense Rabbit
  • Dangerous Tree Forest Bug
  • Dangerous Rock Forest Bug
  • Dangerous Ruin’s Attack Soldier A
  • Dangerous Ruin’s Defense Soldier B
  • Poisonous Dangerous Ruin’s Attack Soldier B
  • Dangerous Ruin’s Defense Soldier B
  • Ruin’s Giant Monster
• Ludus Lake
  • Green Trixter
  • [★] Clock
  • [★] Dark Clock
  • Mateon
  • Plateon
  • Mechateon
  • Machine MT-09
  • Bernard Gray
  • Ultra Gray
  • New Gray White
  • New Gray Black
  • Drone White
  • Drone Black
  • Weakening Drone Black
  • Caoong
  • Wiper
  • Undead [★] New Gray White
  • [★] New Gray White
  • [★] New Gray Black
• Arcane River
  • Tra
  • Avoiding Monto
  • Search Type T Drone A
  • Search Type T Drone B
  • Battle Type T Drone A
  • Battle Type T Drone B
  • Extinction Type T Drone A
  • Sticky Extinction Type T Drone B
  • Extinction Type T Drone B
  • Powerful Search Type T Drone A
  • Powerful Search Type T Drone B
  • Powerful Battle Type T Drone A
  • Powerful Battle Type T Drone B
  • Kumpider
  • Squirnon
  • Powerful Monkeyrog
  • Powerful Bushroom
  • Powerful Rhyton
  • Regenerating Powerful Stonepy
  • Powerful Stonepy

New Job <Chaser of Darkness, Kain>

Kain, part of an organization that dominated Tulen City in Grandis by force, discovered that his boss was deceiving him, so he begins a fight to recover his lost past.

Kain uses the Breath Shooter and melee weapons from his Weapon Belt to deal with wounded enemies. Unleash the power of the ancient gods, bless your enemies with death, and deal deadly hits.

Kain’s Union effect is 10/20/40/80/100 DEX.

Beginner

•  Prior Preparation: To ensure that your enemies are dealt with, prepare in advance. (max level: 2) (Link Skill)
  • Level 1: When you kill 8 enemies or hit a boss monster 9 times, complete 1 preparation. When you have 5 preparations, your damage is increased by 9% for 20 seconds. Cooldown: 40 seconds.
  • Level 2: When you kill 8 enemies or hit a boss monster 17 times, complete 1 preparation. When you have 5 preparations, your damage is increased by 17% for 20 seconds. Cooldown: 40 seconds.

•  Exclusive Spell: Increases all nearby characters’ attack and magic attack. Cooldown: 2 hours. (max level: 1)
  • Level 1: Consumes 30 MP. For 40 minutes, increases attack and magic attack by 4%. 

1st Job

•  Strike Arrow: Fire several arrows at once to effectively suppress enemies. When the attack hits an enemy, arrow fragments will be fired to nearby enemies, dealing an additional attack to enemies not hit by the arrows.
  When used, sometimes the uncontrollable Malice’s effects will manifest as a special form. (level 20 required for the 2nd job skill Strike Arrow II) (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 14 MP. Deals 70% damage 5 times on up to 4 enemies.
    Arrow fragments: Deals 55% damage 5 times on up to 3 enemies not hit by Strike Arrow.

•  Shadow Step: Hide your body in darkness and move quickly. This skill can be used with the 4 arrow keys. When used with an arrow key, you will move in that direction. This skill can be used while using certain skills.
  While moving, you will be in Dark Sight, avoiding enemy attacks. When this skill is used on the ground in the left or right directions, you can use the skill again to instantly stop. (max level: 10)
  • Level 10: Consumes 30 MP. Cooldown: 10 seconds. [Passive effect: 10 speed]

•  Grappling Wire: Fire a special wire made with Drakas technology which you can move on. When you use the skill, fire the grappling wire at a platform, after which you can use the skill again and hold the key down to move on the wire. When you use the skill with the arrow keys, it will be fired at a 45° angle in that direction. This skill can be used in the air, and when it is, you will remain in the air for a short time. After the wire is attached to a platform, if it is not used for a certain period of time, it will automatically return. (max level: 10)
  • Level 10: Consumes 21 MP. Fire a wire at a platform. Hold the key down to move on the wire. [Passive effect: 10 jump]

•  Shadow Swift: Jump one more time while in the air to move a long distance. (max level: 5)
  • Level 5: Consumes 10 MP. Jump a certain distance.
•  Hitman: Acquire the ability to deal with enemies of the organization. (max level: 10)
  • Level 10: 40 attack, 35% critical rate, 50% stance, 15% max HP, 200 defense, 15% damage reduction.
•  Covert: Move faster and more covertly. (max level: 10)
  • Level 10: 25% avoid, 20 speed, 20 maximum speed, 10 jump.

2nd Job

•  Possession: Realize your abilities and become able to control a part of the Devil Dragon Satiras’ powers.
  When skills that use the Breath Shooter hit an enemy or every few seconds on your own, create Malice. When it reaches a certain amount, acquire one Malice Stone. You can consume the Malice Stone to Manifest Satiras’ malice and enter Possession mode.
  In Possession Mode, Breath Shooter skills (except certain skills) will be enhanced to their Possess versions, and after a Possess skill is used 1 time, Possession Mode will be cancelled. Possess skills ignore the base skills’ remaining Cartridges and cooldowns, and after they are used, a re-possess cooldown is applied. You cannot use Possession while in Possession mode and if you use it while using an attacking skill, you will enter Possession mode without a cast action.
  By controlling your power, Strike Arrow’s uncontrolled Possess is removed. (max level: 1)
  • Level 1: Create 8 Malice every few seconds.
    Create 12 Malice when a Breath Shooter skill hits an enemy.
    100 Malice is required to acquire a Malice Stone. You can hold up to 2 Malice Stones at a time.
    When you use the skill, consume 1 Malice Stone to enter Possession mode for 15 seconds.
    Cooldown: 0.3 seconds.

•  Dragon Fang: Drawn by the scent of death, the Devil Dragon’s remnants materialize into fangs which spread more death. Dragon Fang is summoned when Kain’s own attacking skills hit enemies a certain number of times. If Dragon Fang hits an enemy using Damage Reflect, you will not take damage.
  If you change maps, they will disappear and based on the remaining duration, the number of hits required to create them will be decreased.
  When you use the skill, the effects will be activated. When you use it again, they will be deactivated. On/off skill. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: 40 second summon.
    When Kain’s own attacking skills hit an enemy, enter Attack Mode and activate Dragon Bite which tracks and enemy and deals 85% damage 4 times. After Attack Mode is activated, up to 7 Dragon Bites will be cast and then return. Damage is increased by 20% on normal monsters.
    Up to 3 can be summoned.
    Attack Mode activation cooldown: 3 seconds.

•  Strike Arrow II: After using Strike Arrow, fire consecutive arrows to suppress enemies more effectively. After using Strike Arrow, you can use the skill again within a short period of time to use this skill. Strike Arrow’s arrow fragments are activated in the same way. (required skill: level 20 Strike Arrow) (level 20 required for 3rd job skill Strike Arrow III) (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 14 MP. Deals 160% damage 5 times on up to 4 enemies.
    [Passive effect: Strike Arrow’s damage is increased by 89%p, arrow fragments’ damage is increased by 60%p]

• [Possess] Strike Arrow: [Possess Skill] Your malice changes the arrows to increase their range and power. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 14 MP. Deals 200% damage 8 times on up to 6 enemies.

•  Scattering Shot: Scatter arrows in multiple directions to attack in a wide range. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 35 MP. Fire 5 arrows that each deal 120% damage 4 times. Each arrow can hit up to 2 enemies. Damage is increased by 30% on normal monsters.
    If multiple arrows hit 1 enemy, the 2nd and later arrows’ final damage will be decreased by 50%.
    Prepare 1 Scattering Shot Cartridge every 6 seconds. You can hold up to 3 Cartridges at a time.

• [Possess] Scattering Shot: [Possess Skill] An arrow infused with malice tracks enemies. The enemy with the highest maximum HP in range will be prioritized. If Scattering Shot hits an enemy using Damage Reflect, you will not take damage. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 35 MP. Fire 6 arrows that each deal 135% damage 4 times. Damage is increased by 30% on normal monsters.
    If multiple arrows hit 1 enemy, the 2nd and later arrows’ final damage will be decreased by 50%.
    Re-possess cooldown: 7 seconds.

•  Breath Shooter Booster: Consume MP to increase the Breath Shooter’s attack speed by 2 stages. (required skill: level 5 Breath Shooter Mastery) (max level: 10)
  • Level 10: Consumes 10 MP. For 200 seconds, increase the Breath Shooter’s attack speed.
•  Breath Shooter Mastery: Increases Breath Shooter mastery and attack. (level 19 required for 4th job skill Breath Shooter Expert) (max level: 19)
  • Level 19: Breath Shooter mastery increased to 50%. 30 attack.
•  Physical Training: By training your body, permanently increases dexterity. (max level: 5)
  • Level 5: 60 DEX.

3rd Job

•  Strike Arrow III: After using Strike Arrow II, fire consecutive arrows to suppress enemies more effectively. After using Strike Arrow II, you can use the skill again within a short period of time to use this skill. Strike Arrow’s arrow fragments are activated in the same way. (required skill: level 20 Strike Arrow II) (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 10 MP. Deals 240% damage 5 times on up to 4 enemies.
    [Passive effect: Strike Arrow’s damage is increased by 79%p, Strike Arrow II’s damage is increased by 79%p, [Possess] Strike Arrow’s damage is increased by 80%p, arrow fragments’ damage is increased by 60%p]

•  Death Blessing: Give the blessing of death to enemies exposed to malice. When specific Possess skills hit an enemy, they receive the blessing. When they are hit by an Execute skill, the blessing is materialized and they are destroyed from the inside. When the blessing is materialized, Death Blessing’s final damage is increased for a certain period of time and Shadow Step’s cooldown is reset. Death Blessing deals damage to enemies using Damage Ignore and Damage Reflect. (level 20 required for 4th job skill Advanced Death Blessing) (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: 60 second duration, stacks up to 10 times.
    Materialized Blessing: Consumes 1 Death Blessing stack and deals 150% damage 10 times. Death Blessing’s final damage is increased by 5% for 5 seconds.

• Shaft Break: Fire an arrow that pierces through enemies then collapses and explodes. Before it collapses, the arrow pulls in enemies. It collapses after it pierces through a certain number of enemies, attacks a boss monster, or reaches the end of its range.
  If the explosion hits an enemy using Damage Reflect, you will not take damage. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 67 MP. Deals 180% damage 3 times on up to 3 enemies.
    When it collapses, it pulls in up to 7 enemies then explodes, dealing 140% damage 10 times on up to 10 enemies.
    Prepare 1 Shaft Break Cartridge every 8 seconds. You can hold up to 3 Cartridges at a time.

• [Possess] Shaft Break: [Possess Skill] After the arrow explodes, malice remains like a tornado to torment enemies. Only the explosion will inflict Death Blessing on enemies. If the tornado hits an enemy using Damage Reflect, you will not take damage. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 67 MP. Deals 180% damage 3 times on up to 3 enemies.
    When it collapses, it pulls in up to 7 enemies then explodes, dealing 240% damage 10 times on up to 10 enemies.
    The tornado deals 40% damage 3 times on up to 10 enemies continuously.
    Re-possess cooldown: 12 seconds.

•  [Execute] Phantom Blade: [Execute Skill] Quickly cut enemies in front of you using a sword hidden inside the Breath Shooter. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 30 MP. Deals 190% damage 6 times on up to 4 enemies.

•  [Execute] Tearing Knife: [Execute Skill] Stab enemies with a sharp dagger and pull it out, dealing fatal damage. If [Execute] Tearing Knife kills an enemy, Shadow Step’s cooldown is reset. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 40 MP. Deals 250% damage 7 times on up to 4 enemies.
    Cooldown: 4.5 seconds.

•  Remain Incense: Gather and crystallize the manifested malice. If Kain’s own attacking skills hit an enemy near a created crystal, it will attack nearby enemies. If Remain Incense hits an enemy using Damage Reflect, you will not take damage.
  When you use the skill, the effects will be activated. When you use it again, they will be deactivated. On/off skill. (max level: 15)
  • Level 15: When a Possess skill, Thanatos Descent, or Grip of Agony hit an enemy, create 5 crystals for 10 seconds. Up to 10 can be created.
    When activated, each crystal will deal 150% damage 4 times on 1 enemy. Damage is increased by 50% on normal monsters. If multiple crystals hit 1 enemy, the 2nd and later crystals’ final damage will be decreased by 50%.
    Recreation cooldown: 6 seconds.
•  Natural Born Instinct: Awaken your innate Black Nova instinct. (max level: 10)
  • Level 10: 25% final damage, 40 attack, 20% critical rate, 10% defense ignore, 30 status resistance, 30% elemental resistance.
•  Grinding: Sharpen and polish yourself. (level 9 required for 4th job skill Grinding II) (max level: 9)
  • Level 9: 20% max MP, 20% defense.
    Scattering Shot’s damage is increased by 75%p.
    [Possess] Scattering Shot’s damage is increased by 80%p.
    Dragon Fang’s damage is increased by 50%p.

4th Job

•  Possession II: Gain control over the deeper malice. (max level: 1)
  • Level 1: Malice created every few seconds is increased to 10, Malice created when a Breath Shooter skill hits an enemy is increased to 17, maximum number of Malice Stones is increased to 4.
•  Advanced Death Blessing: Through deeper malice, enhance the blessing of death and make enemies’ death and fear into your own strength. (required skill: level 20 Death Blessing) (max level: 10)
  • Level 10: Materialized Blessing’s damage is increased by 155%p, Death Blessing’s final damage boost is increased by 5%p.
    Recover 5% max HP when you kill 5 enemies.
    When the Death Blessing is materialized on boss monsters, recover 3% max HP.

•  Falling Dust: Jump high and fire shockwave arrows downwards. The arrows will move a certain distance then activate a shockwave, attacking nearby enemies. If this skill is used in the air, it can be used without jumping. (max level: 30)
  • Level 30: Consumes 95 MP. Deals 410% damage 8 times on up to 12 enemies.
    Prepare 1 Falling Dust Cartridge every 10 seconds. You can hold up to 2 Cartridges at a time.

• [Possess] Falling Dust: [Possess Skill] After the shockwave is activated, a giant malice strikes the enemy once more. Only the shockwave will inflict Death Blessing on enemies. If the malice hits an enemy using Damage Reflect, you will not take damage. (max level: 30)
  • Level 30: Consumes 95 MP. Deals 420% damage 8 times on up to 12 enemies. Afterwards, the malice erupts, dealing 240% damage 15 times on up to 15 enemies. 
    Re-possess cooldown: 16 seconds.

•  [Execute] Chain Sickle: [Execute Skill] Throw a sickle connected to a chain forward. After a large swing, the returning chain winds up and slams enemies from above. Only the large swing will materialize Death Blessing on enemies. If [Execute] Chain Sickle kills an enemy, Shadow Step’s cooldown is reset. (max level: 30)
  • Level 30: Consumes 95 MP. Deals 180% damage 6 times on up to 5 enemies, then activates a final strike, dealing 230% damage 12 times on up to 5 enemies.
    Cooldown: 7 seconds.

•  [Execute] Poison Needle: [Execute Skill] After spinning forward to cut enemies, do a backflip, and throw poison needles in all directions. When this skill is used in the air, you will remain in the air while throwing poison needles. This skill is not affected by attack speed increases. Only the spinning cut will materialize Death Blessing on enemies. If [Execute] Poison Needle kills an enemy, Shadow Step’s cooldown is reset. (max level: 30)
  • Level 30: Consumes 105 MP. Deals 260% damage 8 times on up to 6 enemies. After that, perform a continuous attack, dealing 115% damage 12 times on up to 6 enemies. Enemies hit by the consecutive attack will be inflicted with DoT, dealing 290% damage every second for 12 seconds.
    Cooldown: 15 seconds.

•  Dragon Scale: Create a shield that excludes all life except yourself and negates attacks with malice. When this skill is used, become invincible. If you hold the key down for a certain period of time, you can move during it. This skill is not affected by cooldown resets. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: Consumes 4% max MP per second. Maximum key down time of 3.4 seconds.
    Cooldown: 35 seconds.
    [Passive effect: 30% avoid rate]

•  Nova Warrior: Increases all party members’ stats by a certain percentage for a certain period of time. (max level: 30)
  • Level 30: Consumes 70 MP. For 900 seconds, increases all stats of directly invested AP by 15%.

• Nova Hero’s Will: Focus your mind to remove status conditions. After this skill is used, ignore all statuses for 3 seconds. However, this does not apply to certain statuses. (max level: 5)
  • Level 5: Consumes 5 MP. Cooldown: 360 seconds.
•  Grinding II: Sharpen and polish yourself further, raising the completion to its limits. (required skill: level 9 Grinding) (max level: 30)
  • Level 30: 30 attack.
    Strike Arrow, Strike Arrow II, Strike Arrow III, and arrow fragments’ damage are increased by 85%p. 
    [Possess] Strike Arrow’s damage is increased by 85%p.
    Scattering Shot’s damage is increased by 75%p.
    [Possess] Scattering Shot’s damage is increased by 80%p.
    Shaft Break’s arrows and explosion’s damage are increased by 60%p.
    [Possess] Shaft Break’s arrows and explosion’s damage are increased by 75%p, tornado’s damage is increased by 20%p.
    [Execute] Phantom Blade’s damage is increased by 100%p.
    [Execute] Tearing Knife’s damage is increased by 80%p.
    Remain Incense’s damage is increased by 100%p.
• Dogma: Develop your own creed and grow yourself through your imposed restrictions. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: 20% final damage, 20% critical damage, 30% defense ignore.
• Breath Shooter Expert: Increases your Breath Shooter mastery and attack. (required skill: level 19 Breath Shooter Mastery) (max level: 30)
  • Level 30: Breath Shooter mastery increased to 70%.
    30% final damage, 30 attack, 20% critical damage.
• Adapt to Death: Adapt to death and fear. (max level: 20)
  • Level 20: 10% damage, 10% boss damage, 20% max HP, 15% damage reduction.

Hyper

• Breath Shooter – Ignore Guard: Breath Shooter skills’ defense ignore is increased by 15%. [required level: 140]
• Breath Shooter – Reinforce: Breath Shooter skills’ damage is increased by 10%. [required level: 150]
• Breath Shooter – Boss Killer: Breath Shooter skills’ damage to bosses is increased by 15%. [required level: 180]
• Execute – Ignore Guard: Execute skills’ defense ignore is increased by 25%. [required level: 150]
• Execute – Reinforce: Execute skills’ damage is increased by 20%. [required level: 165]
• Execute – Enhance: When Death Blessing’s final damage boost effect is active, you cannot be knocked back by any attack while using Execute skills. [required level: 190]
• Remain Incense – Reinforce: Remain Incense’s damage is increased by 50%. [required level: 150]
• Dragon Fang – Add Range: Dragon Fang’s enemy tracking range is increased by 10%. [required level: 165]
• Dragon Scale – Extra Healing: While using Dragon Scale, recover 7% max HP per second. [required level: 190]

• Chasing Shot: Fire arrows that track enemies and attack them. This skill is not affected by attack speed increases. This skill cannot be used if there is no enemy to track. (max level: 1) [required level: 140]
  • Level 1: Consumes 300 MP. Fire 3 arrows that each deal 320% damage 6 times on up to 6 enemies.
    Cooldown: 30 seconds.

• Sneaky Sniping: Focus your mind to secretly aim at enemies and snipe them. The more you hold the key down and aim, the attack range will change. When the key is released, an invisible shockwave is activated. This skill is not affected by attack speed increases. (max level: 1) [required level: 160]
  • Level 1: Consumes 350 MP. Maximum key down duration of 1.4 seconds. Activate 5 shockwaves that each deal 150% damage 10 times on up to 12 enemies.
    Cooldown: 45 seconds.

• [Possess/Execute] Sneaky Sniping: [Possess/Execute Skill] Snipe enemies using arrows of condensed malice. The more you hold the key down and aim, the attack range will change. When the key is released, a giant arrow pierces through enemies, dealing deadly damage. If [Possess/Execute] Sneaky Sniping kills an enemy, Shadow Step’s cooldown is reset. (max level: 1) [required level: 160]
  • Level 1: Consumes 350 MP. Maximum key down duration of 1.6 seconds. Activate 5 shockwaves that each deal 190% damage 12 times on up to 12 enemies.
    Re-possess cooldown: 60 seconds.

• Incarnation: Become the incarnation of malice, granting others the ability to use Death Blessing. This skill is not affected by cooldown resets. If a party member’s attack activates Death Blessing and hits an enemy using Damage Reflect, you will not take damage. (max level: 1) [required level: 190]
  • Level 1: Consumes 500 MP. For 30 seconds, increase your damage by 15%, attack by 15%, and stance by 50%.
    Death Blessing’s number of hits is increased to 13.
    When party members’ attacks near Kain hit an enemy, a Death Blessing aura is activated that deals 150% damage 6 times. Reactivation cooldown: 3 seconds.
    Cooldown: 180 seconds.

5th Job

• [Possess] Dragon Burst: [Possess Skill] Bring out your inherent power through the Breath Shooter and shoot it forwards. This skill can be used even if you are not in Possession mode, and it does not cancel Possession mode. All of Dragon Burst’s attacks will inflict Death Blessing on enemies. (max level: 25)
  • Level 25: Consumes 750 MP. Maximum key down duration of 3 seconds. Deals 950% damage 10 times on up to 12 enemies continuously. The attack can be activated up to 10 times.
    You can change directions. After changing directions, you can change again after 0.5 seconds.
    Cooldown: 60 seconds.
  • Level 30: Consumes 750 MP. Maximum key down duration of 3 seconds. Deals 1045% damage 10 times on up to 12 enemies continuously. The attack can be activated up to 10 times.
    You can change directions. After changing directions, you can change again after 0.5 seconds.
    Cooldown: 60 seconds.

•  [Execute] Fatal Blitz: [Execute Skill] Move quickly to slash enemies in front of you, dealing deadly blows. If [Execute] Fatal Blitz kills an enemy, Shadow Step’s cooldown is reset. (max level: 25)
  • Level 25: Consumes 750 MP. Deals 650% damage 12 times on up to 8 enemies continuously for 3 seconds. The attack can be activated up to 10 times.
    Cooldown: 60 seconds.
  • Level 30: Consumes 750 MP. Deals 715% damage 12 times on up to 8 enemies continuously for 3 seconds. The attack can be activated up to 10 times.
    Cooldown: 60 seconds.

•  Thanatos Descent: Assimilate with the Devil Dragon Satiras and descend to the earth with malice and death. You can use the skill again to create an area of death around you for a short period of time, granting an inevitable death to enemies. If Thanatos Descent hits an enemy using Damage Reflect, you will not take damage. (max level: 25)
  
  • Level 25: Consumes 1000 MP. For 35 seconds, increases your damage by 40% and stance by 50%.
    Malice created every few seconds is increased to 20, Malice created when a Breath Shooter skill hits an enemy is increased to 25, Remain Incense’s recreation cooldown is decreased to 1.5 seconds.
    When your own attacking skills hit an enemy 6 times, activate the Touch of Death, dealing 1000% damage 12 times on up to 8 enemies. Reactivation cooldown: 3 seconds.
    When the skill is reused, it will instantly end, creating an Area of Death which deals 1300% damage 15 times on up to 15 enemies continuously. You are invincible during the cast action of the Area of Death.
    Cooldown: 180 seconds.
  • Level 30: Consumes 1000 MP. For 35 seconds, increases your damage by 45% and stance by 50%.
    Malice created every few seconds is increased to 20, Malice created when a Breath Shooter skill hits an enemy is increased to 25, Remain Incense’s recreation cooldown is decreased to 1.5 seconds.
    When your own attacking skills hit an enemy 6 times, activate the Touch of Death, dealing 1100% damage 12 times on up to 8 enemies. Reactivation cooldown: 3 seconds.
    When the skill is reused, it will instantly end, creating an Area of Death which deals 1430% damage 15 times on up to 15 enemies continuously. You are invincible during the cast action of the Area of Death.
    Cooldown: 180 seconds.

• Grip of Agony: Sacrifice your enemies’ agony to summon the Devil Dragon Satiras’ Hands of Suffering. If the hands hit an enemy using Damage Reflect, you will not take damage. (max level: 25)
  • Level 25: Passive Effect: When you kill 25 enemies or hit a boss monster 12 times, harvest 1 Agony. You can harvest up to 25 Agonies.
    Active Effect: Consumes 1000 MP. Requires a minimum of 1 Agony. Consumes all harvested Agonies to summon the Hands of Suffering for 6 seconds, dealing 450% damage 4 times on up to 12 enemies continuously. For every additional Agony, the duration is increased by 1 second.
    Cooldown: 180 seconds.
  • Level 30: Passive Effect: When you kill 25 enemies or hit a boss monster 12 times, harvest 1 Agony. You can harvest up to 25 Agonies.
    Active Effect: Consumes 1000 MP. Requires a minimum of 1 Agony. Consumes all harvested Agonies to summon the Hands of Suffering for 6 seconds, dealing 495% damage 4 times on up to 12 enemies continuously. For every additional Agony, the duration is increased by 1 second.
    Cooldown: 180 seconds.

Spring! Spring! Project

To increase skill description readability, skill tooltips have been widened.

When comparing rings and pendants, a guide has been added that tells you that you can click the mouse wheel to change the compared item.

You can now compare your equipped items with items that are linked in the chat.

All Slate Scrolls have been changed to Clean Slate Scrolls to remove the destruction chance upon failure. However, Cursed Slate Scrolls will still destroy items upon failure like before.

While Star Forcing items, if destruction protection can’t be used and is automatically removed, an alert will be outputted.

The V Matrix has been improved to make it easier to use.

• The Core Lock feature has been added. Locked cores cannot be disassembled or used as enhancement material. You can unlock them by entering your second password.
• The border colour of selected cores has been changed to make them easier to distinguish from newly acquired cores.
• The Select All function has been added in Disassemble Mode. Clicking it will select all cores except for locked cores and currently equipped cores.
• In Disassemble Mode, while you are selecting cores, if you click on an area that is not a core box, all selected cores will no longer be deselected.

The Meso Market’s daily register limit has been increased to 20.

Meso Market trades have been changed to be shared among all characters in the same world.

• You can check the details of trades in progress of other characters in the same world, as well as cancel or receive them.
• For trades registered before this maintenance, mesos or Maple Points will be paid in bulk to the registered character.

You can now purchase Mu Gong’s Soul Pieces from the Mu Lung Dojo Point Shop. It costs 6000 points for 1 and you can buy 2 per week.

In the Maple Auction, when searching for Cash items, a new ‘Regular Item’ filter has been added to search for non-Label items.

When a pet’s magic time ends, they will now be displayed in red in the inventory and equipment tab.

When using Premium Water of Life and Enriched Water of Life, you can use the mouse cursor to select which pet you want to revive.

Boss Matching has been changed to Boss Move.

• You can select the boss and difficulty and press the GO Button to be instantly moved to the boss entry waiting map on the current channel.
• The boss party formation buff will no longer be given.

In boss battles, the party UI will now show your party members’ remaining Death Counts.

Certain boss monster entry waiting maps have been changed to allow you to go to the Cash Shop and change channels.

• Lucid: Clocktower of Nightmares
• Jin Hilla: Altar of Desire Entrance
• Dunkel: Place Closest to the End

When you defeat a weekly or monthly boss, if there are two or more characters in the map (including yourself), pets have been changed to not automatically pick up items that are shared between party members.

The Collector NPC has been added to the Quick Move UI to sell boss crystals.

In Urus, you can no longer close the expedition UI using the Esc key.

You can now see your current character’s skin information in the Cash tab of the equipment window. In addition, they will now be shown in the order of hair, face, and skin.

The maximum number of in-game reports per Maple ID per day has been increased from 10 to 15.

Improvements and Bug Fixes

Skills

Fixed an issue where using skills that continuously pulled in enemies would sometimes cause the client to exit.

Fixed an issue where certain Aura type skill effects would appear in cutscenes where the character was not visible.

Fixed an issue where if Paladin used Blessed Hammer then got hit by Cygnus’ Dark Tornado, Blessed Hammer would not attack after it ended.

Fixed an issue where Dark Knight’s Reincarnation reactivation cooldown effect showed while it was activating.

 Dark Knight’s Dark Spear’s attack interval has been slightly decreased.

Fixed an issue with Bowmaster’s Silhouette Mirage where skill effect transparency did not apply to certain skill actions.

Shadower’s Prima Critical’s skill description has been updated to match the current logic of not being affected by Combat Orders.

Fixed an issue where if Captain installed Battleship Bomber on stairs, the sound effect would stack and be outputted.

Fixed an issue where if Mikhail cast Rho Aias, party members could not use Vertical Shining Chase or Rope Connect.

Fixed an issue with Soul Master in Soluna Time where sometimes the face could not be seen normally.

Soul Master’s Cross the Styx’s hit sound effect has been changed.

Fixed an issue with Wind Breaker in Suu phase 2 and 3 where if you used Howling Gale on the created platforms and then the platforms disappeared, sometimes Howling Gale would fall off the map.

Fixed an issue with Phantom where if he stole Double Spiral and Screw Punch and used them, sometimes the client would exit.

Fixed an issue with Luminous’ Liberation Orb where if it was used in Balanced mode, the last attack would appear as Unbalanced.

Fixed an issue where Demon Slayer could use Demon Trace while on a rope.

Fixed an issue with Wild Hunter where if they used Drawback in Lucid and touched a stone statue, they could not move.

Fixed an issue with Mechanic’s Homing Missile where if they performed another action after casting it, Homing Missile would not fire.

 Angelic Buster’s Soul Resonance’s damage has been decreased from 730% to 146%, number of hits has been increased from 1 to 5, finish attack’s damage has been decreased from 3000% to 600%, number of hits has been increased from 1 to 5.

Fixed an issue where Angelic Buster could use Overdrive while not in Dress Up mode.

Fixed an issue where Zero’s Advanced Power Stomp did not activate the shockwave if you crouched after using it.

Fixed an issue where if Zero applied Critical Bind’s bleed damage on an Arcane Force Map, the effect that appears when you don’t have enough Arcane Force would be outputted.

Fixed an issue where Kinesis’ Psychic Instinct was applied even if you didn’t have Psychic Points.

Fixed an issue where if Kinesis used Psychic Move while using certain buff skills, the cooldown would not apply.

Kinesis’ Mental Purification’s skill description has been updated to match the current logic of giving 3 second resistance against status effects.

Fixed an issue where Kinesis could throw objects while collecting herbs/ores after using Psychic Tornado.

Fixed an issue where Adele’s Dike’s successful defense skill voice was not outputted.

A short use action has been added to Ark’s Spectre Control.

Fixed an issue with Ark’s Abyssal Recall where the damage would be outputted late to other characters.

Fixed an issue with Ark’s Escaped Nightmare where sometimes the reactivation cooldown would not be shown correctly.

Boss Monsters

Urus’ Golden Time has been changed to 1pm~10:59pm.

Fixed an issue where sometimes if an Elite Champion was defeated, the failure message would still appear.

Fixed an issue where if you entered an Elite Boss bonus stage, the outputted timer would be different from the actual remaining time.

The buffs for defeating Horntail and Pink Bean will no longer be given.

You can no longer enhance items in the Urus entry waiting map.

Fixed an issue in Urus where only the pet names of other characters were visible. Fixed an issue where sometimes pets would not be activated.

Fixed an issue in The SEED’s Scarecrow where the lightning’s damage would be applied to the maximum even if it was not on the fire.

Von Bon’s teleport pattern will now be cancelled upon exiting.

Fixed an issue in Demian where using the altar would show a different gauge to other characters.

Fixed an issue in Black Mage phase 1 where the red lightning could be moved by skills that moved enemies.

Quests and Maps

Fixed an issue in quest cutscenes where sometimes the base UI would be displayed.

Fixed certain awkward terrain in Dragon’s Forest 3.

Fixed an issue in Cave of Life Entrance where the character would get stuck in certain terrain.

Fixed an issue in Exploring Locus East Path 2 where the Elite Boss stage’s rewards would not appear.

Fixed an issue in Black Heaven Act 1 where you could move to the next stage without completing the stage mission in Orca’s inner world.

Fixed an issue with the ‘[Weekly Quest] Black Heaven Interior: Steel Generoid Chipset Delivery’ quest where the quest information had the wrong area.

Fixed certain terrain in Limen’s Place Closest to the End map.

Characters who have completed Arcane River – Limen’s final quest ‘[Limen] The One Beyond Destiny’ can now complete ‘[The Day After] After That Day’ quest which proceeds with each character’s story.

Fixed an issue in Cross World Party quests where job-specific consumable items were not given.

In Cross World Party Quests, pets’ hunger will no longer decrease. You can no longer use pet commands. Pets’ closeness will no longer change.

Fixed an issue in Sharenian’s Underground Culvert where sometimes pets would not be activated.

When a Luminous who has completed all of the story quests uses the Reverse Lantern, it will now disappear.

Fixed an issue with male Adele in the Final Call of the Sword quest where certain voice lines were not outputted.

Items

Fixed an issue with Genesis Lapis/Lazuli where they showed the applied set scroll from before growth.

Certain Cash equipment item images have been changed.

Fixed certain awkward images with the Maple Kandiva Bow.

Fixed an issue where the Bling Bling Monkey’s effect disappeared after riding a mount.

Fixed an issue where characters with the Purple Surfing Board equipped would appear differently in game and on the homepage.

The Transparent Shield item description has been updated to remove the line that said it made Blades transparent.

In the Cash Shop, you can now click the magnifying glass the top right of packages to see more detailed item information.

In Reboot world, when using Rebirth Flames, information regarding the scissor limit will no longer be shown.

Etc

Titles, chat bubbles, and quest notifications’ appearance location have been changed to appear naturally based on the equipment worn by the character.

Fixed an issue where certain buttons would overlap if you used the Monster Collection exploration UI while in combat.

In The SEED, Pet Guide: Toto will no longer drop.

Fixed an issue in The SEED 24F where the background music was not outputted.

Fixed an issue in The SEED 32F where monsters could not be attacked.

In The SEED 26F, the method to summon Orange Ancient Slime monsters has been changed.

• Monsters will no longer be summoned if you drop Orange Slime Liquid on the burning altar.
• You can now summon monsters by collecting the Orange Slime Liquid then talking to the burning altar.

Fixed an issue in Mu Lung Dojo where sometimes your ranking would not be registered after exiting.

In Mu Lung Dojo, certain monsters’ skill usage cycles have been changed. Fixed an issue where they could use other skills while using skills.

Experience coupons’ information text have been unified to the same format.

Fixed an issue in the guild window and alliance member list where sorting positions would cause ascending and descending order to be applied in reverse.

Fixed an issue where if you used a Megaphone in etc channels, channel 40 would be shown.

Kinesis’ character creation window’s image has been updated to use spine effects.

Fixed an issue in Star Force and Arcane Force maps where the minimap UI movement was awkward.

Fixed an issue in Flame Wolf where sometimes the ‘You cannot use this skill’ message would be displayed.

Fixed an issue in Maple Auction’s sale tab where inventory slots that were not expanded were visible.

Fixed an issue where sometimes the auto screenshot function did not work properly.

Fixed an issue where certain profession crafting motions were displayed awkwardly.

Fixed an issue where you could see other character’s weather effects in maps where you can only see yourself.

Fixed an issue where sometimes other character’s damage skins would be outputted as the base damage skin.

Fixed an issue where logging into the game after creating a character, the background music volume option in the settings did not apply.