The new test server patch has been released, and of course, it features the new boss Baldrix! There’s also some system changes and improvements. Changseop went live with a Maple Now to talk about the patch, as well as some additional announcements.

This will be coming to the official server next week! I’m not going to include any boss mechanics yet since people are still figuring it out but I’ll try to add it in the next post.

Maple Now (25.02.13)

Introduction

• He apologized for the increase in amount and frequency of new bugs in the game. As they have been making bigger and more fundamental system changes, this has led to more bugs and they haven’t dealt with them in a way that fits a game that has been in service for over 20 years. After this, he explained some of the recent bugs in more detail, why they happened, and how they fixed them.
• He then mentioned how he talked briefly about ‘balance patches’ in the previous Maple Now based on players’ comments and apologized if he used wording that may have caused unnecessary misunderstandings amongst players. He said that it was a bit off the cuff and this time, he prepared a more thorough answer.
  • When they work on combat related improvements or changes, they don’t focus only on a single indicator, but try to meet the goal of improving the overall combat experience. Some players may have misunderstood that this meant they will not make skill-related adjustments or that it’s not something important for them.
  • As he mentioned last time, it hasn’t been that long since the last two mastery Cores were added, and it’s taken a bit longer to analyze statistical data and users’ play patterns. It’s not just Mastery Cores as the Union Champion system was added in January, Baldrix will be released in this February patch, and the Destiny weapon will be added next month. So there have been and will be more changes in combat patterns of players, so they want to see how players respond to them first.
  • However, this may not be at the speed that players want or expect. What he can say clearly is that they are working on combat improvement work. This work is not simply based on things like the stats of specific skills, but rather, skills’ combat/usage experiences, as well as boss monsters themselves. Bosses need to improved for the overall combat experience to be better. They are looking into all of these areas to make improvements.

• Together with these apologies, he prepared some apology rewards for players.
  • 100 Sol Erda Fragments
  • 1 Maximum Growth Potion
  • 4 VIP Sauna Entry Tickets
  • 1 Selective Symbol Voucher
  • 20 Special Medals of Honor

Events – On Stranger Tides

• They will be continuing their trend of events in 2 month chunks. For February and March, this will be the spring season event ‘On Stranger Tides’, with the goal of accelerating development for relatively low level/combat power characters. The previous event was mostly general rewards but this one will have more synergy with the newly added Union Champion system.
• He mentioned that they have added [headers] to the event names to make it easier to know what kind of an event is just by looking at the title.
• Just like the Dawn Star Banquet event, this event is related to the main story of Grandis and Maple World coming together. Kyrin and the Nautilus come to Grandis and meet the Anima in Carcion.
• The first reward of the event attendance check is an Item Burning Box. It’s the same as the Item Burning event going on right now, so you can enjoy it on a second character.
• The new part of this event is the Focused Sweep Operation. Since this spring event is more focused on hunting, they added this. You can defeat up to 50,000 monsters per week to get additional rewards including VIP Sauna Entry Tickets, Advanced EXP Vouchers, and Sol Erda.
• They have changed it so that the previous event’s temp stats skill will overlap with the new temp stats skill for 1 week. This event’s temp stats skill will also apply for 1 week after the event ends.
• To make hunting more fun, they created the Raise a Golden Octopus event. As you hunt, you can feed your octopus to level it up and get more rewards. But as you level it up, the chance for it to level up goes down and there is also a chance for the octopus to run away. It’s basically a risk-taking game where you can decide if you want to try and get more rewards with a chance of getting nothing or settle with a lower amount of rewards. It’s similar to the packed lunch event before, and he mentioned that most players actually chose to gamble instead of the safe choice so they thought they would lean into it a bit more. If you’re lucky, you can even get 300 Sol Erda Fragments in a single week!

Events – Champion Burning

• The Champion Double Up event has returned with a few changes. The overall structure is the same but now the Leader character (the one that hunts the mobs) will receive 15% extra experience and 15% normal monster damage for the first 100k mobs they defeat per week. So it’s not only the Follower characters that get extra experience this time.
• You can participate in this event together in one regular world and one Challengers world at the same time as many players are actively playing on both.
• Sol Erda and Sol Erda Fragments have been added to the Champion Double Up shop.
• The Champion Challenge event has also received a few changes. In addition to the existing Normal Challenges, they have added Perfect Challenges for more hardcore players. These require you to solo the corresponding bosses in their higher difficulty, with only 2 Death Count, 20% increased damage taken, and a 50% final damage reduction.
• The Special Challenge is the same as before, soloing Hard Jin Hilla on 3 characters to receive a Champion medal or title as well as Karma Abyss Rebirth Flames.

Cash

• The second set of NPC packages will be released, featuring Elizabeth, Roo-D, Lang, Myolang, Sino, and the Flame Bird.

Baldrix

• Baldrix is a new boss that can be fought in a party of 3 players. Both Normal Mode and Hard Mode will be available.
• As they are adding bosses faster, they are improving their production and combat gimmicks to be more fun and higher quality.
• In Phase 1 and Phase 2, each party member will be in their own dimensions, and the things they do in their own dimension will affect the other party members. In Phase 3, all party members will come together to fight the boss.
• Baldrix drops the new Brilliant Boss accessory, the Oath of Death pendant in Hard Mode. He also drops the Baldrixroid (a huge Android!) and the same Ethernals as Limbo.
• If you can clear Normal or Hard Baldrix within the first month, you can receive the Sleipnir mount and a Baldrix Mask.
• If you are one of the first 5 parties that clear Hard Mode, you can receive animated name tag/chat bubble rings, an animated title, and an animated character info background.
• If any party clears Hard Mode, all players can receive special gifts including 4x Experience Coupons, a Magnificent Growth Potion, VIP Boosters, and a special effect.

System Improvements

• The Cross World Boss Party system has been added for certain bosses. It’s a special map and as a result of being cross world, there are a bunch of restrictions. They will try to improve some of these inconveniences going forward but definitely take a note of these restrictions.
• Drops from bosses defeated in a cross world party will not drop on the ground like normal. Instead, they will go right into the Storage UI in the new Boss Rewards tab, where you can claim them afterwards.

• Many players wondered how they would be able to split or distribute drops with players from other worlds, and this is even a problem that happens when partying with players in your own world (which is why people Blink for drops), so they added the Boss Reward Distribution system.
• When you create a party, you can set the Item Acquisition Permission to ‘Distribute’. When this is set, drops will not drop on the ground (except for individual drops) and instead, they will be distributed randomly between all party members. Some special items (I’m assuming stuff like Pitched Boss) will appear separately and players can choose if they want it or not. Among those players, they will roll a random number and the one with the highest number will receive the item.
• The Link Skill system has been reorganized so that you don’t choose them on a per character basis anymore. Your desired Link Skills will be applied to all of your characters at the same time.
• The Emoticon system has been improved. Honestly before it was kind of useless because of the weird way that you had to use them and how they appeared in the chat. This has been improved and the chat window has been updated alongside it. This was actually something that the developers just finished the night before, so it might be a bit rough on the test server but it will be improved for the official server patch next week.
• Since the game pushes you to play multiple side characters, they have improved event quests so that after you complete the event’s starting quests on one character, you can instantly bulk accept and start all corresponding events on your other characters.

Conclusion

• The Maple Hands app has been updated to add the new feature being able to use the Maple Auction through your phone.
• Maple Island, the Maplestory theme park, will be opening in the first half of 2026 in Lotte World in Seoul, South Korea. There will be one roller coaster and two family attractions. Of course, there will also be special characters, goods, and other experiences.

Overview

• New Boss: Baldrix
• [Boss Clear] Clash! Battlefield of the Apostle
• Cross World Boss Content
• Boss Reward Distribution System
• Link Skill Reorganization
• Medal UI Reorganization
• Emoticon Improvements
• Chat Window Improvements
• Union Champion
• Cash
• Mac Version Beta Service
• Improvements
  • Quests
  • Items
  • Maps
  • UI
  • Epic Dungeon
  • Maple Auction
  • Events
• Error Fixes
  • Skills
  • Quests
  • Items
  • NPCs
  • Monsters
  • Maps
  • UI
  • Achievements
  • DirectX 11
• Events
  • MapleStory Spring Season Event [On Stranger Tides]
    • [Attendance Check Event] Carcion Octo Festival
    • [Event Skill] Special Octopus Dish Buffet
    • [Hunting Event] Raising a Golden Octopus
    • [Event Shop] Coral Coin Shop
    • [Event Shop] Meso Shop
  • Champion Burning
    • [Champion Burning] Champion Double Up
    • [Champion Burning] Double Up Coin Shop
    • [Champion Burning] Champion Challenge
    • [Champion Burning] Challenge Coin Shop
  • [Experience Event] VIP Sauna
  • Lady Blair’s Dream Express
  • Sunday Maple

New Boss: Baldrix

The Apostle Baldrix appears before the Adversary to seize the power of the ancient gods in Tallahart. A fierce battle unfolds with Baldrix, who has refined his magic to its limit!

Participation Requirements:

• Level 290 or higher characters that have completed the ‘[Tallahart] For the Coming Battle’ quest.

Participation Method:

• Enter through the Gate in Tallahart: Sanctuary of Night and Illusions.

※ Hard Mode can only be entered starting on February 21 at 7:00 PM.

※ Hard Mode’s challenge time may change. If there are any changes, it will be notified through a separate notice.

The following items have been added.

• Oath of Death
  • Level 250 pendant
  • 15 all stats, 5% HP, 5 attack/magic attack, 300 defense
  • 6 upgrade slots
  • 5 Scissor Count
  • Can be traded until equipped, can be traded by using a Platinum Scissors of Karma
  • Only drops from Hard Mode
• Baldrixroid
• Trace of Eternal Loyalty
• Oathsworn Ethernal Armor Box
  • Only drops from Hard Mode
• Baldrix’ Soul Shard

※ You can use the Oathsworn Ethernal Armor Box to acquire 1 Ethernal Shoes, Gloves, or Cape.

Baldrix’s Souls have been added.

• Baldrix’s Soul
• Magnificent Baldrix’s Soul

Baldrix’s Soul Skills have been added.

• Unshakable Will: [Master Level: 2]
  Using the Soul Weapon’s power, the summoned Baldrix deals a powerful blow to enemies in front of you.
  • [Level 2]
    Consumes 200 Soul and deals 1200% damage 4 times on up to 15 enemies. |
    Cooldown: 30 seconds.

• Oath’s Strike: [Master Level: 2]
  Call upon Baldrix’s spirit. Baldrix summoned by the Soul Weapon’s power will attack nearby enemies for a certain period of time.
  • [Level 2]
    Consumes 250 Soul, summons Baldrix for 120 seconds that deals 2200% damage on up to 12 enemies periodically.
    The Soul Weapon summon’s damage is calculated differently than the character.
    Cooldown: 150 seconds.

Baldrix related achievements have been added.

• [Baldrix] A Whip Instead of a Carrot
• [Baldrix] Surviving the Storm
• [Baldrix] Living with the Storm
• [Baldrix] I’m Disappointed with the Captain
• [Baldrix] A Wise Man’s Revenge is Never Too Late, Even If It Takes Hundreds of Years
• [Baldrix] Skilled Trainer
• [Baldrix] Cool Head, Burning Heart
• [Baldrix] A Whip Made of Carrots
• [Baldrix] With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
• [Baldrix] Struggling With All Your Heart
• [Baldrix] There Will be an Inaugaration Ceremony for the Knight Commander
• [Baldrix] If You Want to Die, You Will Live, If You Want to Live, You Will Die
• [Baldrix] I Haven’t Been Encroached On by Magic
• [Baldrix] I Brought a Pet Pony~
• [Baldrix] Oath of Death, You’re Mine!
• [Baldrix] The Broken Vow
• I Thought This Might Happen, So I Equipped an Oath of Death

Boss Baldrix’s Story Mode has been added.

• The monster Baldrix that appears in the ‘[Tallahart] Decisive Battle’ quest has been replaced by the boss Baldrix’s Story Mode.

※ If you haven’t completed the ‘[Tallahart] Decisive Battle’ quest yet, you must re-challenge Story Mode Baldrix.

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Information

Baldrix has two Modes and can only be fought in a party of 1~3 players. Both Modes require 700 Authentic Force.

• Normal Mode:
  • Level: 290
  • HP: ?/?/?
  • Defense: 380%
• Hard Mode:
  • Level: 290
  • HP: ?/?/?
  • Defense: 380%

Phase 1

In Phase 1, you and your party members will be split into three different dimensions (randomly), and periodically swap between them. You will face Baldrix, his immortal horse Sleipnir, and the Ancient Gods’ Thoughts separately. While the HP bar is shared between them all, each dimension has its own attacks and mechanics, and they can affect each other.

Phase 2

In Phase 2, you and your party members will be split in three different areas, the West, Centre, and East. You will all face Magic Absorbing Baldrix separately. The HP bar is shared between them.

Phase 3

In Phase 3, you and your party members will join together. You will face Fully Armed Baldrix.

Reward Map

Videos

Here are the different entry cutscenes.

I’m hoping to be able to clear Normal Baldrix when this comes to the official servers next week, but in the meantime, here’s a video by 춘자 of his clear in the test server. You can see how the boss actually looks in-game!

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[Boss Clear] Clash! Battlefield of the Apostle

The Apostle Baldrix faces you at the Grave of the Gods, Tallahart. Challenge Baldrix and receive rewards for defeating him!

Event Participation Requirements:

• Level 101 or higher characters. Or a Zero character that has completed Chapter 2.

Event Period:

• February 20, 2025 after the maintenance ~ March 19 at 11:59 PM.

Event Reward Claim Period:

• February 20, 2025 after the maintenance ~ March 20 at 3:00 AM.

You can select the ‘[Boss Clear] Clash! Battlefield of the Apostle’ event in the Event List and click the ‘Participate’ button to start the event.

If any party clears Hard Mode Baldrix during the event period, all users who have participated in the event will receive commemorative gifts and daily celebration gifts.

※ If you are logged in to another account in the same Nexon ID at the same time, you cannot participate in the Clear event.

※ If you participate in the event in an abormal way, your game or content usage may be restricted and you will be excluded from the event participation and rewards.

Clear Mission

You can complete the Clear Mission by defeating Normal or Hard Mode Baldrix 1 time during the event period. The Clear record is shared between characters within the same world, and all rewards can only be claimed 1 time per Maple ID.

Reward	Quantity	Tradability	Duration
Immortal Horse Sleipnir Riding (Permanent) Voucher	1	Can only be put into storage.	Expires on March 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM.
Baldrix Mask Voucher	1

※ You must enter the reward map after defeating Baldrix to meet the event participation conditions.

※ You can participate in this event even if you defeat Baldrix in a party of 2 or more players.

※ Story Mode Baldrix is not included in the event participation conditions.

※ The item acquired from using the Baldrix Mask Voucher is permanent and untradable.

※ You cannot participate in the Clear Mission if you are not on a Green PC.

First Clear Mission

You can complete the First Clear Mission by being one of the first 5 parties that defeat Hard Mode Baldrix during the event period. If you complete the First Clear mission, you can acquire the following rewards through the Event List during the separate reward claiming period.

‘From the End Towards Hope’ Title	1	Untradable	Permanent
Magic Filled Name Tag/Chat Bubble Ring Voucher	1	Can only be put into storage	7 Days
Snowfield Coloured by the Midnight Sun Custom Background Screen Voucher	1

※ Baldrix (Hard) entry will be available after February 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM.

※ The First Clear mission rewards can be claimed after the March 20 maintenance, and can only be claimed 1 time per Nexon ID.

※ After defeating Baldrix (Hard), you must defeat the reward monster ‘Pure Magic Agglomeration’ to meet the event participation conditions.

※ You cannot participate in the First Clear Mission if you are not on a Green PC.

※ The items acquired from using the ‘Magic Filled Name Tag Ring Voucher’, and ‘Magic Filled Chat Bubble Ring Voucher’ are permanent and untradable.

※ If your game usage is restricted due to violations of the operating policy during the event period, you may be excluded from receiving the First Clear mission rewards.

Commemoration Gifts

If Baldrix (Hard) is defeated for the first time during the event period, you can receive commemoration gifts from an NPC in major towns with the same appearance as the characters that first defeated Baldrix.

Reward	Quantity	Tradability	Duration
4x Experience Coupon (30 Minutes)	2	Can only be put into storage.	Expires on March 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM.
Maximum Growth Potion	1
VIP Booster	10
Illusion Energy Effect Voucher	1

※ Each reward can only be claimed 1 time per Maple ID.

※ The item acquired from using the ‘Illusion Energy Effect Voucher’ is permanent and untradable.

Daily Celebration Gifts

If Baldrix (Hard) is defeated for the first time during the event period, all participants who have completed the event starting quest through the Event List or the NPC with the same appearance as the characters that first defeated Baldrix can receive celebration gifts 1 time per day.

Reward	Quantity	Tradability	Duration
Selective VIP Buff Voucher	2	Can only be put into storage.	1 Day

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Cross World Boss Content

The Cross World Boss Content <Dimensional Battlefield> has opened.

• In the Dimensional Battlefield, you can form a party with users from other worlds and challenge boss content.

• You can move to the Cross World Boss Content through the ‘Dimensional Battlefield’ button on the top right of the Boss UI.

※ Only level 260 or higher characters can move to the Dimensional Battlefield.

• In the Dimensional Battlefield, you can recruit a party through the Boss UI.
• You can use the Character Preset feature.

※ However, party recruitment posts registered in the Dimensional Battlefield can only be checked while in the Dimensional Battlefield, and cannot be seen in existing worlds.

※ Some Preset changes made in the Dimensional Battlefield will revert to their previous stats after leaving the Dimensional Battlefield.

• You can challenge the following boss content in the Dimensional Battlefield.
  • Suu (Extreme)
  • Black Mage (Hard/Extreme)
  • Chosen Seren (Hard/Extreme)
  • Watcher Kalos (Easy/Normal/Kalos/Extreme)
  • Kaling (Easy/Normal/Hard/Extreme)
  • Limbo (Normal/Hard)
  • Baldrix (Normal/Hard)

※ However, you cannot challenge Champion Mode in the Dimensional Battlefield.

• The following UI and features are restricted in the Dimensional Battlefield.
  • Equipment enhancement and potential resets
  • Toad’s Hammer
  • Ability reset
  • Hyper Stat Preset change and reset
  • Hyper Skill reset
  • Union UI
  • Guild UI (except for using Guild Skills)
  • Noblesse Guild Skill re-use with mesos
  • Quest UI and Quest Helper UI
  • Maple Guide and Scheduler
  • Maple Achievements UI, Monster Collection UI, Medal UI
  • Maple Cabinet
  • Notes and Maple Chat
  • Profession skills
  • Cash Shop
  • Trade requests and dropping items
  • Premium PC Room Gift Shop
• When you move to the Dimensional Battlefield, you can only use some of the items that you have brought with you. The types of items that can be used are as follows.
  • [Equipment] All items
  • [Consume] Recovery/buff consumable items
  • [Consume] Pet Food
  • [Install] Titles and Title Bags
  • [Etc] Magic Whetstone, Magic Stone
  • [Etc] Fragment of Destiny
  • [Cash] Pets and Pet Equipment
  • [Cash] Effects and Expressions
  • [Cash] Weather Effects

All rewards acquired in the Dimensional Battlefield can be claimed from the Boss Rewards tab in the Storage UI after you return to your original world.

※ However, Sol Erda Energy will be accumulated at the time of reward acquisition.

※ If the Boss Rewards tab is full, any newly acquired items will be lost.

※ The Boss Rewards tab can hold up to 152 slots.

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Boss Reward Distribution System

The new ‘Distribution’ option has been added to the Party Settings’ Pick-Up Rights.

• If the Pick-Up Rights is set as ‘Distribution’, the rewards will be randomly distributed instead of automatically dropping when defeating a boss that can be challenged through the Boss UI.
• However, certain rewards will not be distributed automatically. These rewards will be distributed after checking if each party member wants to participate in the distribution.
  • Party members participating in the distribution will be given a non-duplicated number between 1 and 999 with equal probability. The party member that acquires the highest number will acquire the reward.

※ All rewards acquired through the ‘Distribute’ option can be received in the Boss Rewards tab in the Storage UI.

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Link Skill Reorganization

Link Skills have been improved so that they can be transferred to multiple characters at the same time.

The Link Skill UI has been improved.

• The ‘Currently Applied Link Skills’ page has been removed.
• It has been changed so that they can be applied per Preset.
• A feature to show Link Skills you do not have yet has been added.
• The skill descriptions have been improved so that they display the names of the jobs that need to be trained to acquire each Link Skill.

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Medal UI Reorganization

You can now check the medals registered in your collection in the Medal Collection tab.

• A menu has been added to change the sorting criteria.
  • Most recently acquired
  • Oldest acquired
  • Name ascending
  • Name descending
• The Medal Collection list has been improved to display a ‘Currently Equipped’ icon for the medal you currently have equipped.

The Medal Quest tab has been changed to let you check ‘In-Progress Medal Quests’ and ‘Startable Medal Quests’.

A feature to search for Medal items has been added.

A preview image has been added to medal item tooltips.

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Emoticon Improvements

Emoticon usage convenience has been improved.

• It has been improved so that when you use emoticons, the emoticon images will now be displayed in the chat window.

• Input rules for using emoticons have been added.
  • If you enter an emoticon name with a : (colon) on both sides, the emoticon will be displayed in the chat window or Maple Chat.
  • For example, if you enter :happy:, the happy emoticon will be displayed.
  • If you enter a : (colon) and a specific character in the input window, an auto-complete list of emoticons containing that character will be displayed above the chat input window.
  • However, this feature will only work for emoticons that you have.
  • There have been overall changes to make inputting emoticon names easier according to these rules.
• If you insert an emoticon according to the input rules together with text, both the emoticon image and the chat text will be displayed.

The Emoticon UI has been improved.

• The number of group emoticon slots that can be used by default has been increased to 40.
• The Emoticon UI structure has been slightly changed.
  • When you press the Favourite button in an emoticon slot, it will be instantly registered as a favourite.
  • A button that connects to the Shortcut Keys UI has been added to the Emoticon UI.

New basic emoticons have been added.

• 3 new Pepe (Basic) emoticons
• 3 new Pink Bean (Basic) emoticons
• 6 new Yeti (Basic) emoticons
• 4 new Rock Spirit (Basic) emoticons
• 6 new Roo-D (Basic) emoticons
• 6 new Chew Chew Tomboy (Basic) emoticons
• 6 new Sand Rabbit (Basic) emoticons
• 6 new Suu (Basic) emoticons
• 6 new Dreaming Rag Doll (Basic) emoticons
• 8 new Boss Battle (Basic) emoticons

The existing emoticon commands and emoticon link feature have been removed.

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Chat Window Improvements

The Chat Window UI has been improved.

• The internal/external chat window UI has been updated and certain button locations have been adjusted.

• A Chat Window Settings UI has been added.
  • If you click the Chat Window Settings button in the Chat input window, a new UI will be displayed where you can set chat window-related options such as chat font settings.
  • An Emoticon Auto-Play option has been added to the Chat Window Settings. When you turn it on, if an emoticon is displayed in the chat window, the animation will play automatically 1 time.
  • It has been improved so that you can also select the font colours of the All Chat and Party Chat.
  • The number of font colours that you can choose from has been increased to 24.
  • Chat window-related settings can no longer be made in the Options UI.
• The name of the internal/external chat window’s Battle tab has been changed to the Etc. tab.

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Union Champion

Union Champion and Champion Raid related achievements have been added.

Achievement Name	Achievement Conditions
[Union Champion] I’m the First Champion	Register your first character.
[Union Champion] Alliance’s Sprouting Champion	Achieve 3 B Rank Champions in a single world.
[Union Champion] Alliance’s Rising Champion	Achieve 3 A Rank Champions in a single world.
[Union Champion] Alliance’s Intermediate Champion	Achieve 3 S Rank Champions in a single world.
[Union Champion] Alliance’s Advanced Champion	Achieve 3 SS Rank Champions in a single world.
[Union Champion] Alliance’s Ultimate Champion	Achieve 3 SSS Rank Champions in a single world.
[Union Champion] Sir Hamcelot’s New Friend	Collect 10,000 Champion Coins.
[Union Champion] Sir Hamcelot’s Close Friend	Collect 100,000 Champion Coins.
[Union Champion] Sir Hamcelot’s Eternal Friend	Collect 1,000,000 Champion Coins.
[Union Champion] Dragon Island Beginner	Clear Champion Raid Stage 1.
[Union Champion] Dragon Island Challenger	Clear Champion Raid Stage 2.
[Union Champion] Dragon Island Pioneer	Clear Champion Raid Stage 3.
[Union Champion] Dragon Island Conqueror	Clear Champion Raid Stage 4.
[Union Champion] Dragon Island Savior	Clear Champion Raid Stage 5.
[Union Champion] Dragon Island Liberator	Clear Champion Raid Stage 6.

※ For players who have already registered Champions or raised their Ranks, the achievement condtions will be completed automatically when you log in.

※ Champion Coins and Champion Raid related achievements will only reflect records after the February 20 patch.

It has been changed so that only characters that have completed the 4th job advancement can be registered as Champions.

※ Characters that are below 4th job and have already been registered as Champions will be removed as Champions in the February 20 update. In addition, if 2 or more of the same jobs were registered, the character with the lower Champion Rank and level will be removed as Champions.

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Cash

The NPC Style Awards 2nd Set Packages will be sold.

• Sale Period: February 20, 2025 after the maintenance ~ March 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM.

Bundle Package

• NPC Style Awards 2nd Set Package: 4 Selective NPC Style Awards 2nd Set Package Vouchers

※ You can use the Selective NPC Style Awards 2nd Set Package Voucher (expires in 60 days) to choose 1 of the NPC Style Awards 2nd Set Packages.

※ The items acquired from the Selective NPC Style Awards 2nd Set Package Voucher cannot be paid back.

Individual Packages

• Elizabeth Package
• Roo-D Package
• Myolang Package
• Lang Package (M)
• Lang Package (F)
• Sino Package
• Flame Bird Package

※ The Elizabeth Suit is an overall that hides your gloves when equipped.

※ The I Am Elizabeth Riding Voucher cannot be paid back.

※ When you use the I Am Elizabeth Riding (Permanent) Voucher, you can acquire the ‘I Am Elizabeth Riding Skill’, a permanent riding that can only be used on the character that you acquired it on.

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Mac Version Beta Service

• Fixed an issue where the patch would not continue after the Error Code 32 occurred while patching.
• Fixed an issue where the UI at the top of the screen could not be clicked with the mouse while using full screen.
• Fixed an issue where scrolling worked awkwardly when using the Magic Mouse or trackpad.
• Fixed an issue where numbers were not input correctly in the Fog Forest Training Center settings menu.
• Fixed an issue where numbers were not input in the Buff Favourites settings’ Layout settings window.

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Improvements

Quests

The ‘[Maple Union] Union Raid Entry’ quest will now only be displayed in the Quest Alert icon while the ‘[Maple Union] Weekly Dragon Hunting’ quest is in-progress.

Guide text has been added to the ‘[Black Mage] Destiny Is Already…’ quest’s in-progress tab’s contents.

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Items

When you receive the first Sealed Genesis Weapon, it will now properly state that any Souls granted to the weapon will be reset at the 1st liberation.

It has been improved so that when you use a Rebirth Flame, you can now use them on items that don’t have a scissor count like Horntail’s Pendant or Michael’s Glasses while they are equipped.

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Maps

The Guild Headquarters <Hall of Heroes> map’s exit portal has been changed to be visible.

Link Skills will now be applied in the Champion Raid: Dragon Island.

Fixed an issue where characters would be hidden behind platforms when jumping from the floor in certain Sellas maps.

• Star Swallowed Sea 1
• Star Swallowed Sea 2
• Star Swallowed Sea 3
• Star Swallowed Sea 4
• Star Swallowed Sea 5
• Star Swallowed Sea 6

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UI

It has been improved so that the Quest Alert UI can no longer be moved off the screen.

It has been improved so that if your attacker’s status has changed and you cannot change your Union Preset, the message will provide more detailed guidance.

If the NPC or portal you need to move to during Navigation guidance is outside the minimap area, it will now display an arrow to show you the direction.

If you move through the Kerka Porta, Dimension Gate, or Promessa during Navigation guidance, the closest area to the guided path will be selected automatically.

It has been improved so that in the Storage UI’s inventory, items you currently have equipped will display ‘Currently Equipped’. You can no longer store chairs and titles that you currently have equipped.

It has been improved so that the Kerka Porta, Dimension Gate, and Promessa’s selection menu will now display the name of the area you are moving to and the map name.

Reported messages will now be removed from your inbox.

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Epic Dungeon

The Epic Dungeon prerequisite quest skip feature has been expanded to be per Maple ID.

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Maple Auction

In order to prevent mistakes when selling equipment, a feature has been added that notifies you to check if you really want to sell an item when attempting to sell at a price that is excessively low compared to the item’s assessed value.

• The equipment’s value is measured by looking at the item’s enhancement levels and transaction information from a certain period of time.
• If the information is insufficient to measure the item’s value, the guide message will not appear.
• This feature will be applied to level 150 armor (Highness, Eagle Eye, Trixter), Absolabs armor, Arcane Shade armor, Absolabs weapons, and Arcane Shade weapons. The equipment which this feature applies to may change in the future.

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Events

Event Start Simplification

• If there is at least one character that has started the ‘[On Stranger Tides] To Carcion’ event within the Maple ID, other characters that start that event afterwards can batch start all of the events below.
• You can choose if you want to batch start the events when you start the ‘[On Stranger Tides] To Carcion’ quest.
• If you decline the option to batch start the event, you cannot choose this option on that character again later on.
  • [Attendance Check Event] Carcion Octo Festival
  • [Event Skill] Special Octopus Dish Buffey
  • [Hunting Event] Raising a Golden Octopus

※ If the batch start does not progress properly, please start the event again through the Event List on the left side of the screen.

※ If you decline the batch start, you can start each event directly through the Event List on the left side of the screen.

※ The Event Start Simplification feature will be selectively applied to future events. A separate notice will be provided for the events which it applies to.

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Error Fixes

Skills

Common

• Fixed an issue where if you registered the following skills in the Skill Alarm and used them, the notification did not work properly sometimes.
  • Lucky Dice
  • Grandis Goddess’ Blessing
  • Viper: Lucky Dice, Double Lucky Dice
  • Captain: Summon Crew, Lucky Dice, Double Lucky Dice, Summon Crew VI
  • Cannon Shooter: Lucky Dice, Double Lucky Dice
  • Striker: Gale, Typhoon
  • Mechanic: Lucky Dice, Double Lucky Dice
• Fixed an issue where the skill effect transparency option did not apply properly to the following skills.
  • Adventurer Pirate – Pirate Flag
  • Adventurer Magician – Infinity
  • Hero – Flash Slash, Combo Instinct
  • Dark Knight – Dark Spear
  • Archmage (I/L) – Glacial Wall
  • Bishop – Genesis, Heaven’s Door
  • Marksman – Ultimate Sniping
  • Night Lord – Purge Area
  • Shadower – Meso Explosion, Assassinate, Eviscerate
  • Viper – Serpent Screw, Furious Charge, Liberate Neptunus
  • Captain – Dreadnought
  • Cannon Shooter – Cannon Buster, ICBM
  • Soul Master – Silent Move, Flare Slash
  • Flame Wizard – Orbital Flame
  • Striker – Tidal Crash, Ascension, Thunder, Lightning God Spear Strike, Spear Lightning Multistrike
  • Aran – Back to Rien, Adrenaline Maximum: Gold Flash, Final Beyonder – White Tiger, Boost End – Adrenaline Surge
  • Evan – Circle of Mana, Swift – Return!, Circle of Wind, Dive – Return!, Circle of Thunder, Circle of Earth, Breath – Return!, Break – Return!, Zodiac Burst
  • Mercedes – Final Attack: Dual Bowguns, Charge Drive, High Kick Demolition, Unicorn Spike, Gust Dive, Leap Tornado, Lightning Edge, Rolling Moonsault, Legendary Spear, Elemental Ghost, Sylphidia
  • Phantom – Phantom Charge, Twilight
  • Luminous – Liberation Orb, Endless Darkness, Eternal Lightness
  • Demon Slayer – Dark Thrust, Cerberus, Demon Awakening
  • Demon Avenger – Exceed: Demon Strike, Armor Break, Bloody Imprison
  • Blaster – Bunker Buster, Afterimage Shock
  • Battle Mage – Battle Spurt
  • Wild Hunter – Hunter’s Call, White Heat Rush, Assistant Hunting Unit, Drill Container
  • Mechanic – Homing Missile, Massive Fire: IRON-B
  • Xenon – Diagonal Chase
  • Kaiser – Blue Streak
  • Kain – Shadow Step
  • Cadena – Weapon Variety, Weapon Variety Finale
  • Zero – Flash Assaulter, Ego Weapon, Shadow Flash
  • Kinesis – Ultimate – Train, Ultimate – Psychic Bullet
  • Adele – Impale, Resonance
  • Illium – Reaction: Destruction, Reaction: Domination, Crystal Skill: Mortal Swing, Crystal Skill: Harmony Link, Crystal Skill: Glory Wings, Craft: Longinus, Crystal Ignition
  • Khali – Hex: Chakram Split, Hex: Pandemonium, Void Burst
  • Ark – Unstoppable Impulse, Tenacious Instinct, Grievous Wound, Scarlet Charge Drive, Gust Charge, Insatiable Hunger, Creeping Terror, Endlessly Starving Beast
  • Lara – Eruption: Sunrise Well, Eruption: Whirlwind, Land’s Connection
  • Hoyoung – Sage: Three Paths Apparition

Bishop

• Fixed an issue where Holy Water’s holy water was not properly acquired when using certain content.

Shadower

• Fixed an issue where Pulverize VI’s damage was sometimes not applied properly.

Captain

• Fixed an issue where if Continual Aiming hit an enemy while using Sign of Bombard’s Auto Use Mode, sometimes the Captain’s Mark would not be installed.

Mercedes

• Fixed an issue where if Elemental Ghost’s HEXA enhancement was applied, it would not be maintained when tagging in Champion Raid: Dragon Island.

Luminous

• Fixed an issue where Twilight Nova VI would cause you to enter Equilibrium mode when the Larkness was filled in Equilibrium Liberation Auto Use Mode.

Battle Mage

• Fixed an issue where Debuff Aura’s debuff effect was sometimes displayed in an awkward location.

Mechanic

• Fixed an issue where Magnetic Field/Magnetic Field VI’s magnetic field coils sometimes disappeared.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes Manetic Field/Magnetic Field VI would not be created.

Xenon

• Fixed an issue where summon duration increasing effects did not apply to Hologram Gravity VI.

Adele

• Fixed an issue where sometimes Aether Crystals would not be created after using Impale.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes Aether Crystals would not be created after using Marker.

Illium

• Fixed an issue where sometimes Lef Hero’s Will/Erda Hero’s Will did not activate properly while using Glory Wings: Javelin.

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Quests

Fixed an issue where certain quests were not displayed in the Quest UI because they were not included in the appropriate category.

• [Ghost Park] Ghost Park Normal Mode 10 Times Entry Challenge
• [Ghost Park] Ghost Park Normal Mode 100 Times Entry Challenge
• [Ghost Park] Ghost Park Normal Mode 100 Times Survival Challenge

The ‘Help with Eos Tower Maintenance’ quest’s start conditions have been changed. The quest has been removed from the ‘I’m Ludibrium’s Best Worker’ achievement.

The ‘Abandoned Mine Cave Investigation’ entry level has been changed to level 50.

Fixed an error where if you reset ‘FriendStory’ episodes, the 2nd time’s special effect guides were awkward.

Fixed an error where the map leading to ‘[Cernium (After)] Burning Library’ was awkward.

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Items

Fixed an issue where if Zero had the same unique equipped Cash item on Alpha and Beta, they could not unequip it.

When Zero tries to move a unique equipped Cash ring that is currently equipped to another ring slot, the warning that only 1 can be equipped will no longer be displayed.

Fixed an issue where Black Rebirth Flames and Abyss Rebirth Flames could be used on the equipment provided upon character creation.

Fixed an issue where the Origin’s Name Tag Ring did not apply to the Syncroid.

Fixed an issue where if Zero, Illium, Cadena, and Ark characters that did not clear specific story quests used an item related to gaining experience, the item would be consumed but the experience would not be given.

Fixed an issue where potion items crafted with alchemy and potion items acquired from monsters would not stack in a single inventory slot when received from the Maple Auction.

Fixed an issue where the client would intermittently crash when using Wisp’s Wonderberry continuously in certain situations.

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NPCs

Fixed certain awkward parts of dialogue from the profession town <Meisterville>’s Nobum and Stachel’s mining and herb gathering guides.

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Monsters

Fixed an issue in Azmoth Canyon’s Infernus of Destruction where if you were hit by the Flame Trap pattern without the Fire Taste Curse, you would be stunned.

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Maps

In Epic Dungeon: High Mountain Stage 5, the City Plaza Old Tipe map’s upper area height has been adjusted.

In Azmoth Canyon’s Lucky Stage, the minimap will no longer be displayed.

Fixed an issue where the Synergy Ring set effect was not applied in certain maps.

Fixed an issue in the Tragic Castle Walls 3 map where the platforms appeared awkwardly.

Fixed an issue in the White Spear 2 map where the portal could not be used.

Fixed an issue where if a character that did not complete the prerequisite quests tried to exit Caoong or Guardian Angel Slime’s entry waiting map, sometimes they could not leave.

Fixed an error where training dummies could not be summoned in the ‘Cernium/Cernium Square’ map.

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UI

Fixed an issue in certain environments where using the Toad’s Hammer, it looked like you could transfer stats without using 100% Scrolls even if the transferred equipment still had upgrade slots.

Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor position was awkward when attemptiong to move various UIs upwards off the screen.

Fixed an issue where after deleting a character in deletion standby and there was no automatically selected character, the deletion standby time UI would remain.

Fixed an issue where there was no response when trying to login with a Nexon Email ID that did not have a Maple ID through the Game Launcher. You can now move to the webpage where you can create a Maple ID on the official website.

Fixed an issue where if you registered a Skill Sequence in the Skill Alarm, used it, then turned off the alarm or registered another skill in that slot, when the Skill Sequence came off cooldown, the skill alarm would be displayed.

Fixed an issue where if you changed a Skill Sequence then saved in certain content, the changes would not be saved.

Fied an issue where if you used a skill while a Skill Alarm was turned off then turned the alarm on, the skill alarm would not be displayed even after the skill came off cooldown.

Fixed an issue where sometimes the Sealed Rune’s Power’s cooldown was displayed differently than the actual cooldown when using Azmoth Canyon.

Fixed an issue where sometimes the maximum Union Coin notification was displayed even when you did not reach the maximum Union Coin limit.

Fixed an issue with the Champion’s Protection UI where certain elements were displayed in awkward locations when the defense ignore stat was applied.

Fixed an issue in the Maple Auction and Cash Shop where Damage Skins and Riding Voucher item tooltips did not display the ‘owned/not owned’ status.

You can no longer use Character Preset names that include semicolons or profanity.

Fixed an issue where the Quest UI scroll was reset when character information was refreshed.

Fixed an issue with the Monster Collection UI where double-clicking the Nependeath monster did not display the location on the world map.

Fixed an issue with the World Map UI where the client would briefly slow down when clicking on an icon on the map.

Fixed an issue where the client would terminate when selecting a channel after logging in with a different Maple ID and canceling the OTP input through the Game Launcher.

Fixed an issue with the Union Attacker placement mode where if there were changes to the attackers’ placement or job branch filter, the attacker list scrolling was awkward.

Fixed an issue where medals and title appearances were applied awkwardly in things like Union Champion and cross world party quests.

Titles will now be displayed in cross world party quests.

Fixed an error where the Maple Chat UI would not open with the chat window command.

Fixed an error where if you used the Buff Sort feature, hovering over the buff icons after the 5th line would not display the tooltips.

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Achievements

Fixed an issue where the ‘[Pierre] Clown Ascension’ achievement was not completed in certain conditions.

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DirectX 11

Fixed an issue where the GPU usage did not decrease when the client was minimized.

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