Maplestory | Familiar System

The Familiar System in Maplestory is a system where when some monsters are defeated, they might drop a familiar card that can then be used to use summon that monsters as an ally. The Familiar System is now much more robust, complex, grindy and rewarding than it’s previous iteration but this has opened up to many more opportunities for Nexon to introduce new bugs and to monetize this new system.

The familiar card then can be used in the player’s Use inventory registering the familiar into Roro, the Familiar Codex. After registering a Familiar to the Familiar Codex, players can then summon that familiar into Battle.

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Familiar Summon Gauge

While the Familiars are summoned, they will deplete the Summon Gauge. The rate that the Summon Gauge depletes depends on the total sum of your summoned Familiars’ Defenese. That means having 3 familiars active at once will always make the Summon Gauge deplete slow than just having 1 or 2 active. This Summon Gauge gets reset back to full at midnight of everyday.

Initially players can only summon 1 familar but you can unlock the remaining 2 through:

• Slot 2: Unlocked by completing a quest after collecting your first Familiar Badge.
• Slot 3: Unlocked by completing a quest after collecting 10 Familiar Badges.

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Familiar Potentials

Originally these Familiars had a fixed potential ability but as of the revamp, every new Familiar will grant 2 potentials where one is based on their current rank and other based is on the previous rank. Players can then roll their Familiar’s potential to get a multitude of abilities such as (but not limited to):

• MaxHP +10
• MaxMP +5
• LUK +2
• DEX +2
• STR +2
• INT +2
• All Stats (STR/DEX/INT/LUK) +2
• DEF +10
• Weapon ATT +2
• Magic ATT +2
• Speed +2
• Jump +2
• MaxHP +2%
• Magic ATT +3%
• All Stats (STR/DEX/INT/LUK) +1%
• Weapon Attack +3%
• Damage +3%
• DEF +2%
• Critical Rate +3%
• Ignore Enemy DEF +15%
• Chance to recover HP/MP
• All Skill

You may even get some Potentials that don’t add any stats and is solely cosmetic.

Familiars that were registered before the Familiar Revamp retain their set potential abilities.

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Familiar Rarities

Familiar Rarities range from Common, Rare, Epic, Unique and Legendary with higher rarity familiars being harder to obtain because they will have better stats and abilities associated with them. Currently, Legendary Rarity Familiars can only be obtained by spending money using Red Familiar Cards.

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Familiar Levels

While a Familiar is summoned, it will gain 1 exp for every monsters killed within your level range. Familiars that are not of Unique or Legendary rarity can only reach a maximum level of 5. Familiar will level up when they reach the EXP thresholds below:

• Lv. 2: 300 EXP
• Lv. 3: 600 EXP
• Lv. 4: 1,200 EXP
• Lv. 5: 2.400 EXP

Familiars of Unique or Legendary rarity can be level up to a maximum of Level 7 by using a Familiar Breakthrough Card which increases the maximum level by 1. These can be obtained in the Cash Shop and 2 must be used to reach Level 7. Familiar will level up when they reach the EXP thresholds below:

• Lv. 6: 2,600 EXP
• Lv. 7: 2,800 EXP

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Familiar Stat Bonuses

Here are the Attack Power & Defense bonuses that a Familiar of a certain rarity and level will provide:

Level Increase	Common and Rare	Epic	Unique	Legendary
1 -> 2	+0 Min / +1 Max	+0 Min / +2 Max	+0 Min / +2 Max	+1 Min / +3 Max
2 -> 3	+0 Min / +1 Max	+0 Min / +2 Max	+1 Min / +3 Max	+1 Min / +3 Max
3 -> 4	+0 Min / +2 Max	+1 Min / +2 Max	+1 Min / +3 Max	+2 Min / +4 Max
4 -> 5	+1 Min / +2 Max	+1 Min / +3 Max	+2 Min / +4 Max	+2 Min / +4 Max
5 -> 6	N/A	N/A	+3 Min / +7 Max	+4 Min / +8 Max
6 -> 7	N/A	N/A	+5 Min / +10 Max	+8 Min / +12 Max

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Ranking up Familiar Rarities

A Familiar’s rarity can be increased up to Unique once a Familiar’s level has reached level 5. Once the Familiar’s Level reaches Level 5, you can use Fusion to fuse duplicates to increase the Familiar’s Rank-Up Points depending on duplicate’s rarity.

• Common Familiar: 1 Rank-Up Point
• Rare Familiar: 2 Rank-Up Points
• Epic Familiar: 3 Rank-Up Points
• Unique Familiar: 4 Rank-Up Points
• Legendary Familiar: 5 Rank-Up Points

The Rank-Up points can then be spent to attempt an Rank-Up for your familiar at these rates:

• Common -> Rare: 50 Rank-Up Points, 100% chance of success
• Rare -> Epic: 100 Rank-Up Points, 80% chance of success
• Epic -> Unique: 150 Rank-Up Points, 40% chance of success

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Familiar Badges

This is a new mechanic introduced through the Familiar revamp. Players can now receive a Familiar Badge by collecting Familiars within a certain region. These Badge will provide bonuses stats to the player but only a maximum of 8 Badges out of the current 38 Badges can be equipped at once.

All the stats from badges are stackable except for:

• Chance to recover HP/MP
• All Skill

Here are all the current available Badges with their respective stats:

• Starter Badge: MaxHP +5
• Snowflake Badge: MaxHP +5
• Oppressor Badge: MaxHP +5
• Shadow Badge: LUK +2
• Magical Badge: INT +2
• Secret Badge: Weapon ATT +1, DEF +5
• Mesa Badge: STR +2
• Peaceful Badge: DEX +2
• Beach Badge: Speed +1, Magic ATT +1%
• Rebel Badge: Critical Rate +1%
• Mineral Badge: DEF +5, Ignore Enemy DEF 3% upon attacking
• Sandy Badge: Damage +1%, DEF +5
• Machine Badge: INT +2, Magic ATT +1
• Toy Badge: MaxHP +10, Ignore Enemy DEF 3% upon attacking
• Clockwork Badge: MaxHP +1%, DEF +5
• Forest Badge: MaxHP +5, DEF +5
• Wave Badge: Magic ATT +1%, DEF +10
• Wings Badge: Speed +1, STR/DEX/INT/LUK +1%
• Snow Badge: Weapon ATT +1, DEX +1
• Depths Badge: Weapon ATT +1%, Magic ATT +2
• Cloud Badge: STR/DEX/INT/LUK +1, Ignore Enemy DEF 3% upon attacking
• Hatching Badge: All Skill Level +1
• Time Badge: 3% chance to recover 20 HP when attacking, Ignore Enemy DEF 3% upon attacking
• Shrine Badge: 15% chance to recover 30 MP when you defeat a monster, Damage +1%
• Shuriken Badge: DEX +1, Damage +1%
• Showa Badge: STR/DEX/INT/LUK +1, Damage +1%
• City Badge: Weapon ATT +1, Magic ATT +2
• Mighty Badge: STR +2, Weapon ATT +2
• Exorcism Badge: STR/DEX/INT/LUK +1%
• Tyrant King: STR/DEX/INT/LUK +1%
• Lion Badge: Weapon ATT +1%, MaxHP +1%
• Future Badge: Weapon ATT +1%, Magic ATT +1%
• Mariner Badge: Jump +1, LUK +2
• Cursed Badge: DEF +2%, Critical Rate +1%
• Commerci Badge: DEF +2%, Critical Rate +1%
• Mushking Badge: Weapon ATT +2, Magic ATT +2
• Darkness Badge: Damage +1%
• Dragon Badge: MaxHP +5, Ignore Enemy DEF 3% upon attacking

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Familiar Shop

Lastly, they have added a Shop into the Familiar system where players can extract Familiar to obtain Familiar Points. The Familiar Points gained per Familiar is dependent on the Familiar Rarities at these rates:

• Normal: 10 Familiar Points
• Rare: 15 Familiar Points
• Epic: 30 Familiar Points
• Unique: 40 Familiar Points
• Legendary: 50 Familiar Points

Players can then use the Familiar Points to buy:

• Familiar Essence: 300 Familiar Points. Untradeable. Use the item to refill the Summon Gauge by 50%.
• Roro’s Familiar Booster Pack: 2,000 Familiar Points. Limited quantity: 1 daily. Untradeable, 1-day duration. Use the item to receive 3 random Familiar cards.
• Suspicious Fauxmiliar Card Coupon: 5,000 Familiar Points. Limited quantity: 1 weekly. Untradeable, 1-day duration. Use the item to receive a Suspicious Fauxmiliar Card: Use the item to fuse for Common to Epic ranked Familiars. It increases the Familiar’s Rank-Up Points by 15.

Outside of Reboot, these Familiar Items are availabe from the Cash Shop:

• Red Familiar Card: Use to reset Familiar’s Potentials based on the current Familiar Quality Rank. Familiar Quality Rank may increase at a certain chance. If Familiar’s rank increases, its Rank-Up Points will be reset. Item can be used on Common to Legendary ranked Familiars.
• Familiar Breakthrough Card: Use to increase the level capacity of a Familiar by 1. It can be used up to 2 times per Familiar. Item can only be used on Unique to Legendary ranked Familiars.
• Familiar Slot Expansion Coupon: Use to increase the maximum Familiar slot by 5, up to 2,500 slots.
• Familiar Starter Pack: This discounted pack gives you 4 Familiar Cards to start your collection. Can only be purchased once per account.
• Normal Familiar Booster Pack: Use to gain 3 random Familiar Cards ranging from Common to Epic rank. Suspicious Fauxmiliar may be obtained as one of the random rewards.
• Premium Familiar Booster Pack: Use to gain 3 random Familiar Cards ranging from Rare to Unique rank. You will also gain 1 Volatile Unique Familiar Stamp from each pack. Upon collecting 20 of these, you may combine them into a Volatile Familiar Ticket. Use the Volatile Familiar Ticket to gain 1 Random Familiar of Unique rank. Suspicious Fauxmiliar may be obtained as one of the random rewards.

Maplestory | How to get Taotie Pet

As part of Hoyoung‘s debut into Maplestory, players can currently receive a free Taotie Pet by redeeming the coupon code: Unsealme2gaingreatpowers in the cash shop from Maplestory’s twitter code puzzle.

Maplestory | Hoyoung

A capricious sage, Hoyoung, is here to fill your days with excitement! Join Hoyoung and Taotie on a journey across Maple World to capture all the unsealed monsters! Hoyoung is an Anima Thief and uses LUK as his primary stat. Hoyoung’s primary weapon is a Ritual Fan, and his secondary weapon is a Fan Tassel.

Maplestory‘s newest Thief class, Hoyoung will become avaliable on December 4th as part of the Maplestory Glory Update. Hoyoung’s unique bonuses should be if there are not different from KMS:

• Maple Union effect: 10|20|40|80|100 Luck
• Link Skill: +5%|10% Defense Ignore, +9%|14% damage when you attack an enemy that has 100% HP

With Hoyoung’s release, there will be a leveling event with Hoyoung where players that reaching level 200+ will receive rewards at certain thresholds. Notably, at Level 250 the player will receive an Arcane Umbra Weapon Box that can be given to any character to receive an Arcane Umbra Weapon that is:

• Untradeable. 15 Star Force, Legendary, Damage +12%, Boss Damage +35%, Critical Rate +12%, Spell Trace 30% applied. Soul can be equipped. Bonus Stats can be reset. Potentials cannot be reset and item cannot be enhanced.

The time limit for this event is said to extend until Maplestory’s next update, v210.

Skills

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Beginner

• Return to Cheong-woon: Return to Cheong-woon Valley. Max Level 1.
  • Lv. 1: Cooldown: 600 seconds.

• Fiend Seal: As Taotie devours more spirits, his power grows along with yours. Max Level 10.
• • Lv. 10: Final Damage: +10%, Attack Power: +10%.
• Exclusive Spell: Increases Attack Power and Magic Attack of all nearby characters. Max Level 1.
  • Lv. 1: MP Cost: 30, Attack Power: +4%, Duration: 40 minutes. Cooldown: 2 hours.
• Shapeshift: Hide Anima ears, tail, and stripes to conceal where you are from. Use the skill again to restore these Anima features. Max Level 1.
  • Lv. 1: Cooldown: 10 seconds.
• Spirit Affinity: Harness your natural affinity as an Anima to increase the duration of your summons. Max Level 1.
  • Lv. 1: Minion Duration: +10%.
• Bravado: Ignore a portion of enemy’s defense and inflict more damage against enemies that have full HP. Max Level 2.
  • Lv. 2: Enemy Defense Ignored: +10%, Damage: +14% against enemies with 100% HP.

1st Job

• Talisman Energy: Successful hits with Heaven, Earth, and Humanity skills charge your Talisman Energy. You can use Talisman Energy to use Talisman skills. Max Level 1.
  • Lv. 1: With every successful hit, grants a combo stage for that attribute and Talisman Energy charge. The combo stage resets after reaching stage 3.
    • Stage 1: 10
    • Stage 2: 15
    • Stage 3: 20
• Humanity: As-You-Will Fan: [Humanity Skill] Swings a massive fan. Enemies hit directly by the fan take greater damage. Max Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: MP Cost: 16, Damage: 70%, Max Enemies Hit: 5, Number of Attacks: 5, Additional Damage to Enemies struck by fan: 20%.
• Talisman: Evil-Sealing Gourd: [Talisman Skill] Summons a gourd that swallows enemies. Press the skill key a second time to launch any enemies in the gourd. Skill cannot swallow boss monsters, stationary monsters, or monsters that are 11 or more levels above your character. If swallowed enemies are not launched until a certain time, they will be launched automatically. Max Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: Talisman Energy Cost: 100, Max Enemies Swallowed: 4. Attacks up to 6 enemies that are absorbed or within range of the launch attack for 250% damage 6 times. Damage divided by the number of enemies being attacked (excluding 50% of damage), Boss Damage: +20%.

• Graceful Flight: Use skill while in midair to jump. Skill can be used twice before touching the ground again. Jump distance and height increase with skill level. Max Level 5.
  • Lv. 5: MP Cost: 5. Skill allows you to jump a greater distance.
• Nimbus Cloud: Hold down skill key while airborne to summon Nimbus Cloud. While on Nimbus Cloud, use the arrow keys to fly. Max Level 1.
  • Lv. 1: MP Cost: 10. Temporarily gain the power to fly.
• Light Steps: Harnesses mind over matter to make your body light and swift. Max Level 10.
  • Lv. 10: Speed: +20, Max Speed increase: +20.
• Shrouding Mist: Protects you from enemy attacks as though you were enshrouded in mist. Max Level 9.
  • Lv. 9: Avoidability: +15%.

2nd Job

• Earth: Ground-Shattering Wave: [Earth Skill] Kicks the ground to unleash a shockwave along the surface. Skill can only be used while on the ground. Max Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: MP Cost: 40, Damage: 80%, Max Enemies Hit: 6, Number of Attacks: 4.
    • True Version: Cast the skill, press the arrow key, then press the skill key again to activate the True version of the skill. Your character will charge forward while casting the skill.
    • Clone Version: By default, your character’s clone will appear and attack while casting the skill at the same location.
• Talisman: Clone: [Talisman Skill] Conjures a clone to trick enemies with sly attacks. For the duration of this skill, when you attack enemies, a clone will appear and attack nearby enemies. Attacks from installation skills or summoned minions will not create a clone. Max Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: Talisman Energy Cost: 100, Clone Number: 3, Duration: 200 seconds. Each clone attacks for 120% damage 2 times. Damage against normal monsters: +20%. Cooldown: 1.5 seconds.

• Ritual Fan Acceleration: Uses MP to increase the attack speed of your Ritual Fan for a short time. Master Level 10.
  • Lv. 10: MP Cost: 10, Ritual Fan Attack Speed: +2, Duration: 200 seconds.
• Ritual Fan Mastery: Increase Ritual Fan Mastery and Attack Power. Master Level 10.
  • Lv. 10: Ritual Fan Mastery: +50%, Attack Power: +25.
• Out of Sight: After a clone attack, hide yourself in darkness. While hidden, you cannot be hit by enemies. Using an attack skill will reveal you. Max Level 10.
  • Lv. 10: Duration: 2 seconds, Avoidability: +20%. Skill will activate when you use Ground-Shattering Wave (Clone), Stone Tremor (Clone), Iron Fan Gale (Clone), or Consuming Flames (Clone).
• Third Eye: Opens your mind’s eye, allowing you to see through the enemies’ weaknesses. Max Level 10.
  • Lv. 10: Critical Rate: +30%, Critical Damage: +10%.
• Heavenly Body: Attunes your bodies to the heavens, granting greater control over Nimbus Cloud. Max Level 9.
  • Lv. 9: Jump: +20. Increases duration and flight speed for the Nimbus Cloud skill.
• Fortune Fitness: Bulks up your Luck muscle. Max Level 5.
  • Lv. 5: LUK: +60.

3rd Job

• Scroll Energy: You have learned how to use Scroll Skills from your master’s spell book. Use Talisman Skills to gain Scroll Energy. Max Level 1.
  • Lv. 1: Gain 35 Scroll Energy every time you use a Talisman Skill.
• Heaven: Iron Fan Gale: [Heaven Skill] Summons a giant fan and blows a gale downward. Max Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: MP Cost: 45, Damage: 140%, Max Enemies Hit: 6, Number of Attacks: 5.
    • True Version: Cast the skill, press the forward arrow key, then press the skill key again to activate the True version of the skill. Your character will leap forward while casting the skill.
    • Clone Version: By default, your character’s clone will appear and attack while casting the skill at the same location.
• Earth: Stone Tremor: [Earth Skill] Slams the ground hard, causing massive stones to jut out from the earth. Skill can only be used while on ground. Max Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: MP Cost: 70, Damage: 160%, Max Enemies Hit: 10, Number of Attacks: 6, Stun Duration for normal monsters: 5 seconds. Cooldown: 6 seconds.
    • True Version: Cast the skill, press the left or right arrow key, then press the skill key again to activate the True version of the skill. Your character will teleport in that direction while casting the skill.
    • Clone Version: By default, your character’s clone will appear and attack while casting the skill at the same location.
• Talisman: Seeking Ghost Flame: [Talisman Skill] Conjures a living flame to chase and attack enemies. Max Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: Talisman Energy Cost: 100, Damage: 200%, Max Enemies Hit: 5, Number of Attacks: 5, Flame Summon Duration: 40 seconds.
• Scroll: Degeneration: [Scroll Skill] A mysterious light shines from your scroll, transforming enemies into frogs, bugs, and other vermin. When the light touches an enemy, it is reflected onto other nearby enemies, transforming a multitude of enemies. Master Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: Scroll Energy Cost: 100, Damage: 450%, Max Enemies Hit: 15, Number of Attacks: 8, Boss Damage: +20%. Transformation Duration(Normal Enemies Only): 60 seconds. Enemy Defense: -20%.
• Attainment: Cultivate a deep understanding to increase the damage of your skills. Max Level 19.
  • Lv. 19: Following skills’ damage will be increased:
    • Humanity: As-You-Will Fan Damage: +130%
    • Ground-Shattering Wave Damage: +80%
    • Talisman: Evil-Sealing Gourd Damage: +200%
    • Talisman: Clone Damage: +120%
• Asura: Learn the battle techniques of the Asura. Max Level 10.
  • Lv. 10: Attack Power: +50, Critical Rate: +10%, Critical Damage: +20%, Boss Damage: +20%, Enemy Defense Ignored: +10%.
• Diamond Body: Makes your body unbreakable like diamond. Max Level 10.
  • Lv.10: MaxHP: +20%, Damage Absorbed: +15%, Knockback Resistance: +20%.
• Balanced Breath: Achieves balance between Heaven, Earth, and Humanity through your breathing. Restores HP and MP whenever you get your attribute combo to stage 3. Max Level 5.
  • Lv. 5: Abnormal Status Resistance: +30, All Elemental Resistance: +30%, Restores 3% of Max HP and Max MP after completing attribute combo stage 3.

4th Job

• Heaven: Consuming Flames: [Heaven Skill] Fans the flames of destruction. Skill can only be used while airborne. Max Level 30.
  • Lv. 30: MP Cost: 90, Damage: 340%, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Number of Attacks: 6. Usage of Graceful Flight and Nimbus Cloud are reset after using this skill. Cooldown: 8 seconds.
    • True Version: Cast the skill, press the up arrow key, then press the skill key again to activate the True version of the skill. Your character will be launched further into the air while casting the skill.
    • Clone Version: By default, your character’s clone will appear and attack while casting the skill at the same location.
• Humanity: Gold-Banded Cudgel: [Humanity Skill] Summons the weapon of an ancient sage, delivering quick blows to your enemies. The final blow does not charge Talisman Energy. Max Level 30.
  • Lv. 30: MP Cost: 100, Damage: 200%, Max Enemies Hit: 10, Number of Attacks: 10, Final Blow Damage: 420%, Final Blow Number of Attacks: 8. Cooldown: 11 seconds.
• Thousand-Ton Stone: Transforms into a thousand-ton stone and drops down from the sky to crush enemies on the ground. Skill can only be used while airborne. Max Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: MP Cost: 50, Damage: 365%, Max Enemies Hit: 7, Number of Attacks: 6. Attacked enemies receive 270% damage for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 0.5 seconds.
• Talisman: Warp Gate: [Talisman Skill] Summons a warp gate. Use the skill to mark location and teleport to the gate. Max Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: Talisman Energy Cost: 100, Warp Gate Duration: 100 seconds. Teleport Cooldown: 5 seconds. Avoidability Chance: +20%.
• Scroll: Star Vortex: [Scroll Skill] Summons a powerful vortex that absorbs the enemies’ energy. Restores HP and MP to party members based on how many enemies are hit. Max Level 30.
  • Lv. 30: Scroll Energy Cost: 100, Damage: 240%, Number of Attacks: 6, Duration: 40 seconds. You can absorb 1 energy for every 4 successful hits up to 9. Attacking boss monsters absorb 3 times the energy. When vortex disappears, restore 5% of the Max HP and Max MP of party members for each energy absorbed.
• Scroll: Butterfly Dream: [Scroll Skill] Summons a swarm of colorful but deadly flowers. While this skill is active, your attacks summon butterflies to attack your enemies. Max Level 30.
  • Lv. 30: Scroll Energy Cost: 100, Final Damage: +10%, Duration: 100 seconds. Summons 5 butterflies that deal 275% damage when you attack. Butterfly Summon Cooldown: 1 second. Degeneration Damage: +400%.
• Anima Warrior: Temporarily increases the stats of all party members. Master Level 30.
  • Lv. 30: MP Cost: 70. Increases all stats assigned Ability Points by 15% for 900 seconds.
• Anima Hero’s Will: Hones your resolve to ignore certain abnormal status effects. Immune to Abnormal Status for 3 seconds after use. Master Level 5.
  • Lv. 5: MP Cost: 30. Cooldown: 360 seconds.
• Advanced Ritual Fan Mastery: Increases Ritual Fan Mastery, Attack Power, and Final Damage. Master Level 30.
  • Lv. 30: Ritual Fan Mastery: +70%, Attack Power: +40, Final Damage: +35%.
• Enlightenment: Master the inner workings of your techniques. Master Level 20.
  • Lv. 20: Damage: +10%. Following skills’ damages will be increased:
    • Humanity: As-You-Will Fan Damage: +190%
    • Earth: Ground-Shattering Wave Damage: +135%
    • Heaven: Iron Fan Gale Damage: +125%
    • Earth: Stone Tremor Damage: +130%
    • Talisman: Evil-Sealing Gourd Damage: +320%
    • Talisman: Clone Damage: +220%
    • Talisman: Seeking Ghost Flame Damage: +190%
• Dragon’s Eye: When painting a dragon, the eyes are the final touch that brings it to life. Master Level 10.
  • Lv. 10: Attack Power: +10, Final Damage: +10%, Critical Rate: +10%, Critical Damage: +10%, Enemy Defense Ignored: +10%, Avoidability: +10%.

Hyper Skills

Passives

• Empowered Harmony: (Req. Lv. 140) Increases damage of Humanity: As-You-Will Fan, Groud-Shattering Wave skills, Iron Fan Gale skills, Stone Tremor skills, Consuming Flaming skills, and Humanity: Gold-Banded Cudgel.
  • Damage: +10%.
• Piercing Harmony: (Req. Lv. 150) Increases Defense Ignored by Humanity: As-You-Will Fan, Groud-Shattering Wave skills, Iron Fan Gale skills, Stone Tremor skills, Consuming Flaming skills, and Humanity: Gold-Banded Cudgel.
  • Ignore Defense: +15%.
• Boss Rush Harmony: (Req. Lv. 180) Increases Boss Damage of Humanity: As-You-Will Fan, Groud-Shattering Wave skills, Iron Fan Gale skills, Stone Tremor skills, Consuming Flaming skills, and Humanity: Gold-Banded Cudgel.
  • Boss Damage: +15%.
• Empowered Gourd: (Req. Lv. 140) Increases damage of Talisman: Evil-Sealing Gourd.
  • Damage: +25%.
• Guardbreaking Clones: (Req. Lv. 165) Increases Defense Ignored by Talisman: Clone and Sage: Clone Rampage.
  • Ignore Defense: +25%.
• Hasty Ghost Flame: (Req. Lv. 180) Reduces the interval between attacks made by the Seeking Ghost Flame.
  • Attack Interval: -25%.
• Empowered Degeneration: (Req. Lv. 150) Increases the damage of Scroll: Degeneration.
  • Damage: +35%.
• Butterfly Rush: (Req. Lv. 165) Increases the Boss Damage for Scroll: Butterfly Dream.
  • Boss Damage: +20%.
• Hasty Vortex: (Req. Lv. 190) Reduces the interval between attacks made by Scroll: Star Vortex.
  • Attack Interval: -20%.

Active

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  Sage: Tai Yu’s Miracle Tonic: (Req. Lv. 140) Restores Talisman Energy and Scroll Energy over time. Skill is not affected by cooldown reset.

  • Lv. 1: MP Cost: 800, Final Damage: +10%, Duration: 12 seconds. Periodically restores Talisman Energy by 30 and Scroll Energy by 20. Cooldown: 100 seconds.
• Sage: Dream of Shangri-La: (Req. Lv. 160) Transports you into a scroll featuring a beautiful vista, giving you a moment of respite in battle. If you do not use the full skill duration, then this skill’s cooldown will be reduced. Skill is not affected by cooldown reset. Skill can be used airborne or while using 1st to 4th Job skills.
  • Lv. 1: MP Cost: 10% of MaxMP. Invincible while casting and while holding down the skill key. Max Skill Duration: 20 seconds. Cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds for each second of the remaining skill duration. Cooldown: 200 seconds.
• Sage: Tai Yu Clone: (Req. Lv. 190) Transforms one of your clones into a clone of your master. Stuns targets and stun duration increases when there are fewer enemies in range.
  • Lv. 1: HP cost: 15% of Max HP, Damage: 800%, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Number of Attacks: 8. Clone charges to the enemy with the highest Max HP within range. Stun Duration: 5 seconds. If only a few enemies are hit, stun duration increases to up to 11 seconds. Stun duration can increase up to 100% based on damage inflicted with attack. Cooldown: 200 seconds.

5th Job

• Sage: Clone Rampage: Greatly increases Attack Power and number of clones created with Talisman: Clone. Skill can only be used while Talisman: Clone is active. While the skill is active, Talisman: Clone’s duration will not decrease. Max Level 25.
  • Lv. 25: MP Cost: 1000, Number of Clones: 12, Duration: 32 seconds. Each clone attacks for 800% more damage than Talisman: Clone 2 times.Clone Creation Cooldown: 1.5 seconds. Cooldown: 200 seconds.
• Scroll: Tiger of Songyu: [Scroll Skill] Summons the guardian of Mt. Songyu. Whenever you achieve attribute combo stage 3, the tiger gives out a roar to shaken your enemies. Max Level 25.
  • Lv. 25: Scroll Energy Cost: 100, Damage: 1800%, Max Enemies Hit: 12, Number of Attacks: 8, Duration: 57 seconds. When you reach attribute combo stage 3, next attack is a roar that periodically deals 700% damage 4 times. Tiger’s Attack Cooldown: 3 seconds. Cooldown: 200 seconds.
• Sage: Wrath of Gods: Temporarily increases your damage and the gods join in your attacks after every few attacks. Use the skill a second time to summon gods’ full power in a massive attack. Max Level 25.
  • Lv. 25: MP Cost: 1000, Damage: +70%, Duration: 30 seconds. Gods strike once per 12 successful attacks, hitting up to 10 enemies for 1700% damage 8 times. Gods Strike Cooldown: 1.5 seconds. Using the skill again ends its effect and summon gods massive skill: create 6 shockwaves that attack up to 15 enemies for 2000% damage 12 times. You are invincible while summoning the gods and it negates attack ignore and attack reflection effects. Cooldown: 200 seconds.
• Blessing of Grandis: The goddess of Grandis has a different appearance for each of her child races, and she grants a different blessing to each race. Max Level 25.
  • Lv. 25: Talisman and Scroll Energy Charge: +37%, Damage: +35%, Knockback Resistance: +100%. Cooldown: 240 seconds.

 

Maplestory | Arcane River: Esfera Questline

The Origin Sea, Esfera is the 6th Area of the Arcane River open to players that have completed the Morass Questline and have reached the minimum level of 235. Esfera has a total of 27 quests in order to finish the quest line and receive your Arcane Symbol but only 11 of those quests require any combat while the rest are dialogue, cut-scenes and traveling. Recommended starting Arcane Force when entering Esfera is 560 and it can be completed within less than a hour at the shortest.

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Maplestory | Arcane River: Morass Questline

Morass, the Swamp of Memory is the 5th Area of the Arcane River open to players that have completed the Arcana Questline and have reached the minimum level of 230. Morass has a total of 37 quests in order to finish the quest line and receive your Arcane Symbol but only 11 of those quests require any combat while the rest are dialogue, cut-scenes and traveling. Recommended starting Arcane Force when entering Morass is 400 and it can be completed within 1 hour at the shortest.

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Maplestory | Arcane River: Arcana Questline

The Arcana area in Arcane River is the 4th area open to players that have completed all of Lachelein’s quests and have reached the minimum level of 225. Arcana has a total of 29 quests in order to finish the quest line and receive your Arcane Symbol. Compared to the other areas in Arcane River, there are only 7 quests the require any combat and technically only 5 that require any farming making Arcana the easiest and fastest questline so far in Arcane River that can easily be completed under an hour. Recommended starting Arcane Force when entering Arcana is 280.

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Maplestory 2 | Official Launch

Maplestory 2 has officially launched today and is currently available on both the Nexon Launcher or Steam.

Along with Maplestory 2’s launch is the release of the new Runeblade class that wasn’t available during the previous Betas and Karkar Island. Plus the Level Cap has been increased to 60 for the official launch.

Travel to Karkar Island, a gorgeous resort island where absolutely nothing could possibly be wrong! That is, aside from the swarms of insects, undead monstrosities, vile devils and… belligerent gaming consoles?

Maplestory | Lab Server & The Legion Block

The Lab Server for Maplestory is now open, it will be opened for 20 days or roughly 3 weeks and end on August 28th, right before server reset at 5 PM PDT.

Lab Server is a hardcore version of Maplestory where players can only pick an explorer classes, monsters HP are doubled and have 5 times their original stats. If the player dies anytime while playing in the Lab Server, there levels and stats will be reset to Lvl. 10. Plus, players are only limited to having one character. The Lab Server character will be erased when Lab Server ends.

Although this server is hard, a viable strategy is just to purposely keep dying because the game rewards the “Please stop dying” skill to players if they keep dying. The skill has a maximum of 100 levels and each level grants +1 Monster DEF Ignored, W.ATK +20, M.ATK +20 and it level up every 5 deaths. The levels for the skill are applied until after the daily reset and there is a cap per day. The maximum stats that I suspect that can be given by this skill is 2000 W.ATK/M.ATK and 105% Monster DEF Ignored.

The Lab Server can be accessed normally through Maplestory without needing to download a separate client. The Lab Server tab should be right after Reboot, it might be invisible leading players to have to tab through Servers to reach it.

Leveling Rewards

Now, why would players play a harder version of Maplestory that eventually go away? Because of the Legion Block. Playing Lab Server is the only way players can obtain the Legion Block that is used with Maple Legion.

• [Lab Server] Lv. 150 Celebration Gift!: Reach Lv. 150 and receive:
• Legion Block: This item will be sent to the world you select, after the Lab server event ends. (See more details below.)
• Revive and Strengthen: Chair
• Eternal Rebirth Flame (1 Day)

The Legion Block grants W.ATK, M.ATK and Maple Legion Board titles based on the highest level you character reaches in Lab Server. Players must reach Level. 150 to receive the first Legion Block then purposely die and accept the new quest that allows players to obtain the Enhanced Legion Block which gives more stats than the original Legion Block. The Quests that become available after dying at 150 are:

• Complete ‘[Lab Server] Level 200 Survivalist!’:
  • Enhanced Legion Block: This item will be sent to the world you select, after the Lab server event ends. (See more details below.)
  • Eternal Rebirth Flame (1 Day)
• Complete ‘[Lab Server] Defeat Lab Server Von Leon with the Strange PT Bottle’
  • Lab Server Master Crown
  • Eternal Flame Rebirth (1 Day) (x2)

It is very important to immediately accept the new quests right after dying as they become unacceptable if you level at all. Which is dumb, I guess.

The Enhanced Legion Block essentially just grants an extra 2 W.ATK and M.ATK at each threshold. (The website says “Highest Level reached” but I’m skeptical since why would they give stats to Lvl. 60, 100 and 140 threshold if players theoretically can’t get the legion block before 150? So they might be a chance that it’s not highest level reached but rather current level) The Legion Block will be sent to your choice of server after the event has concluded.

Legion Block

 

 

• • At Lv. 60: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +5
  • At Lv. 100: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +10
  • At Lv. 140: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +15
  • At Lv. 150: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +20
  • At Lv. 250: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +25

 

Enhanced Legion Block

• • At Lv. 60: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +7
  • At Lv. 100: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +14
  • At Lv. 140: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +21
  • At Lv. 150: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +28
  • At Lv. 250: Grants Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +35

 

The other rewards player can get are from leveling and they are reward for hitting certain threshold and can be given to characters on other servers.

• [Lab Server] Lv. 30 Celebration Gift!: Reach Lv. 30 and receive:
  • Dr. Bebe Strengthening Potion (x4): Increases Attack Power.
• [Lab Server] Lv. 70 Celebration Gift!: Reach Lv. 70 and receive:
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x5)
• [Lab Server] Lv. 85 Celebration Gift!: Reach Lv. 85 and receive:
  • Lab Server Coin (x20)
• [Lab Server] Lv. 100 Celebration Gift!: Reach Lv. 100 and receive:
  • Storm Growth Potion (7 Day) (x2)
• [Lab Server] Lv. 120 Celebration Gift!: Reach Lv. 120 and receive:

• Dr. Bebe Armor Supply Box (Advanced Player) (x5): Open to receive an armor set specific to your class.
• Dr. Bebe Weapon Supply Box (Advanced Player) (x5): Open to receive a weapon set specific to your class.

Hunting Rewards

Lab Server has an insane drop rates and can drop items that aren’t normally avaliable in normal servers. Here are all the items that can drop from monsters as long as you hunt monsters that are within your level range:

• Lab Server Coin
• Dr. Bebe Strengthening Boost Potion (1 Day): Increases Attack Power.
• Mr. Saint’s Strengthening Boost Potion (Attack) (1 Day): Increases Attack Power.
• Life Changer Box (3 Hours): Open to receive one random item:
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x40)
  • Dr. Bebe Strengthening Boost Potion (x30)
  • Lab Server Coin (x30)
  • Lab Server Limitless Power Elixir (5 Day)
• Dr. Bebe’s Mysterious Box (1 Day): Open to receive one random item:
  • Life Changer Box (1 Day): You can only receive one per day. Open to receive one random item:
    • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x40)
    • Dr. Bebe Strengthening Boost Potion (x30)
    • Lab Server Coin (x30)
    • Lab Server Limitless Power Elixir (5 Day)
  • Mr. Saint’s Strengthening Boost Potion (HP) (1 Day): Increases MaxHP/MaxMP.
  • Dr. Bebe Weapon Supply Box (New Player): Open to receive a weapon set specific to your class.
  • Dr. Bebe Weapon Supply Box (Advanced Player): Open to receive a weapon set specific to your class.
  • Dr. Bebe Armor Supply Box (New Player): Open to receive an armor set specific to your class.
  • Dr. Bebe Armor Supply Box (Advanced Player): Open to receive an armor set specific to your class.
  • Eternal Rebirth Flame (1 Day)
  • Powerful Rebirth Flame (1 Day)
  • Special Medal of Honor (1 Day)
  • Gold Potential Stamp (1 Day)
  • Special Bonus Potential Stamp (1 Day)
  • Mysterious Meso Pouch (x3)
  • Mastery Book 20
  • Mastery Book 30
  • Spell Trace (x100)
  • Power Elixir (x2)
  • Reindeer Milk (x10)
  • Sunrise Dew (x10)

Lab Server Coin Shop

The Lab Server Coin Shop is available in Lab Server, allow players to buy items that to buff up their weapons with either Lab Server Coins or Mesos in Lab Server.

• Spell Trace (x1,000) – Costs 10,000 mesos
• Special Medal of Honor – Costs 10,000 mesos
• Gold Potential Stamp – Costs 10,000 mesos
• Special Bonus Potential Stamp – Costs 10,000 mesos
• Nodestone (x10) – Costs 1 Lab Server Coin
• Eternal Rebirth Flame x3 Coupon – Costs 1 Lab Server Coin
• Occult Cube (x10) – Costs 2 Lab Server Coins
• Special Bonus Potential Scroll – Costs 2 Lab Server Coins
• Mysterious Meso Pouch – Costs 4 Lab Server Coins
• Spell Trace (x100) – Costs 1 Lab Server Coin
• Selective 8 Slot Coupon – Costs 2 Lab Server Coins
• Dr. Bebe Weapon Supply Box (New Player) – Costs 2 Lab Server Coins
• Dr. Bebe Weapon Supply Box (Advanced Player) – Costs 2 Lab Server Coins
• Dr. Bebe Armor Supply Box (New Player) – Costs 2 Lab Server Coins
• Dr. Bebe Armor Supply Box (Advanced Player) – Costs 2 Lab Server Coins

Maplestory M | Global Launch

Maplestory M has now launched globally on the App Store and the Google Play Store.

Maplestory M is the mobile extremely water-downed casual version of Maplestory that includes auto-questing, auto-fighting and only 5 classes: Dark Knight, Bowmaster, Night Lord, Bishop and Corsair; each representative of the 5 base explore classes in Maplestory.

Although the game is extremly water-downed, it still includes the ability to play with friends, chat, trade, start a guild, upgrades gear, fight bosses and do dungeons solo or with players that are apart of the original Maplestory.

Maplestory | Ark

Maplestory‘s next upcoming expansion Ark is releasing on June 20th. Maplestory Ark will include the addition of the new pirate class Ark, Morass Area, Grand Athenaeum Part 5: Shadow Alchemist, Esfera Area and Monad Area.

Before the release of Ark, Maplestory is having a Community Event that lasts up to June 20th where players share news about Ark on both twitter and facebook for everyday leading up to the event to receive those rewards immediately plus a bonus reward box for sharing all the news. This is all done through Maplestory Ark’s micro-site.

There is also an in-game Ark Attendance Check that will last until Ark’s launch where players have to defeat monsters within their level range to receive a stamp for that given day.

Lastly, the last Community Event going on is the Monster Hunting Community Event where depending on how many monsters are defeated from now til the launch of Ark, if players are able to reach certain thresholds of 45 million, 75 million, 120 million or 180 million total monsters defeated will reward cumulative community boxes.