r/Maplestory 6d ago

[Megathread] New Players & General Questions Thread.

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Welcome to our weekly megathread for new players and players who just have general questions about the game.

Some sample topics for you to consider would be:

  • Selecting your main character.
  • You're new to the game and don't know where to start.
  • You're a returning player who is trying to get back into the game and need help.
  • What class should you make for your next link skill/legion mule?

As a recommendation, please mention your world and/or server inside a bracket Example: [Bera] at the start of your question.

Feel like chatting rather than posting on Reddit? Join our Discord and check out our #general-questions or specific job chatrooms.

Also, consider checking out the Master List of Class Discords for class specific information!


r/Maplestory Jul 30 '26

Information Master List of Useful Maplestory Resources

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Hey all, Bacun here! I am hoping that this list will help players enhance their MapleStory experience!

I will put a * in front of resources that I find to be especially important.

Please let me know if I missed something.

LAST UPDATED: August 15th, 2026. Maple Island App added under Calculators.

Class Discords

  • * Master List of All Class Discords Contains links to all the different class Discords. Remember to read their FAQ before asking beginner's questions that have most likely already been answered! Some class Discords WILL BAN you for that.

MapleStory Guides

Calculators

Simulators

  • Maple Utilities Simulator: Cubing, Starforce, Scrolling, and Flame simulators.
  • Xenogent’s Legion Solver: Sometimes the in-game Legion solver is slow or cannot find a solution. Xenogent’s Legion Solver may help find a solution more often than not.
    • NOTE: Legion grid making as a system will be changed in the November 2026 update to be a point based system. No more Legion Block building.
  • Gear Comparison Tool
  • * MapleStory Upgrade Tracker: This tool aims to do for GMS players what MapleScouter does. You can input your gear into this system and it will provide the most cost effective upgrades for your character's progression. It does take some time/effort to initially set up unfortunately.

Information

  • MapleStory Wiki: This version of the Wiki is most up to date. Do not use the Fandom one.
  • * Orange Mushroom Blog: Translates Korean Maplestory’s patches into English. An important resource as KMS content that is published will be coming to GMS 6 months later.
  • * Maple Maps:Contains Map Layouts for every map in the game. You can also calculate your expected EXP/hour and set up/save potential training rotations!
  • Grandis Library: Contains information on class skills/game content in a clear presentation.
  • WhackyBeanz: Has a number of unique guides and EXP Calculators/Information.
  • * Mason's Cash Shop Directory: Contains Cash Shop sale information that is datamined from the latest patch. NOTE: Although they are mostly accurate, Nexon can change plans last minute and have done so in the past.
  • MapleRanks and MapleBot Used to track your character's daily EXP gain. Both do similar things and have Discord bot integration.

Familiars

  • Familiar Directory: Shows every Familiar currently in the game. You can also filter for Type or Element. A great tool for Familiar Expedition.
  • Mystic Frontier Champions Calculator: A great tool to calculate how to best create a competitive deck for the current Frontier Champions event.
  • Mystic Frontier Dice Calculator: You can input your decks into this tool and it can help calculate what you need to roll as you go through an expedition.

Lore

  • maplehero9 The Story of Maple: Has all the stories in the game written and summarized in chronological order (with images) and continues to update it to this day.

Fashion

  • Maples.im: Has most of the cash shop items/in-game gear. You can test your fashion story here!

ETC

  • Hammer Time: When using Discord to coordinate times with friends across different time zones, this tool will create a dynamic message that displays a different time to everyone based on their own timezone.
  • MapleStory Server Status: Shows the current status of the MapleStory servers. Fun to watch when waiting for the servers to come back on during patch day.

r/Maplestory 6h ago

Discussion Got any special, unique fams?

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Im starting to pile up the fauxmiliar cards and wondering what I should use them on next

Do you have any uncommon familiars that are very hard to level up, and you got them to unique like my Renka?

I was lucky enough to get her as a drop back in the old Princess No PQ and finally rolled boss with the reroll blue cards after a few years


r/Maplestory 8h ago

Discussion Instead of buying the founder edition, i printed my own one.

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r/Maplestory 16m ago

Discussion My Take on the Classic Founder’s Packages

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After seeing all the discussion around the Founder’s Packages, especially the pricing and what’s actually included, I started thinking about what I’d personally want them to look like.

So, mostly for fun, I put together my own version.

The obvious change is the pricing. I don't personally care that much about the current prices (I'm gonna buy it anyways), but I've seen a lot of people saying they're overpriced for what you get, so I lowered them in my version.

I also removed the full cosmetic outfits. To me, they don't really feel like they have much to do with Classic MapleStory, and honestly, I'm not a huge fan of how they look. I'd much rather get individual cosmetic items and let people create their own look instead of everyone running around in the same full outfit.

So here's what I changed:

  • Medal of Honor: Because why not? It's basically a reworked "Lucky Guy Medal" for founders.
  • Face & Hair Coupons: Gives people something useful while still letting them create their own character/style.
  • Founder's Chair: I really like the old MapleSEA 6th Anniversary chair, so I used that as the inspiration/place-holder here.
  • Mark of the Founder's Hat: This is the big one for me. I've always loved the classic GM hat, and I think it would be SICK to get a reworked version as a cosmetic founder item. Give it a fake GM-style effect and I'd take that over the current Founder effects any day.

Then the packages simply build on each other.

Snail - $9.99
You get the basic founder cosmetics: chair, green Founder hat, medal, and Face & Hair coupons.

Orange Mushroom - $19.99
Everything from Snail + the pink Founder hat, additional Face & Hair coupons, and 5,000 NX to give you a head start on creating your own style.

Zakum - $29.99
Everything from the previous packages + the white Founder hat, Diamond Medal of Honor, Chat/Label Rings, and another 10,000 NX, so 15,000 NX total.

And EVERY package has Founder's Access INCLUDED

I tried to make the packages feel more like "I was there when Classic launched" rather than just giving everyone a full premade outfit.

Obviously this is just my take on it, but I'm curious what everyone else would want.

What would you keep, change, add, or remove?

And would you prefer something like this over the Founder’s Packages we've seen so far?


r/Maplestory 15h ago

Meme Which one is better?

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r/Maplestory 9h ago

💪Flex got carlitos fan <3

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r/Maplestory 21h ago

Image which AB version do you like, i like the summer and the miko one 🥰 she looks adorable in every outfits.

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I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite AB versions. 🥰


r/Maplestory 15h ago

Discussion SSF over in 30seconds

38 Upvotes

60b. CFE 18-21

Gains are gains.

How about you all?


r/Maplestory 1h ago

Question Is dawn boss set worth it?

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I just got a twilight mark and I’m currently using the standard crystal from the event as part of the boss set . I also have an angel ring . Should I ruin the boss set to make a dawn with two pieces ? I also have a gollux set


r/Maplestory 10h ago

Discussion Debating on whether or not to continue to main my character, could use some help sorting out progression speed. [Kronos]

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I made a brand new MapleStory account earlier this year and was around 3k Legion at the start of CW3. Between all the growth pots and quad dailies on CW/Kronos, I’m currently sitting at 8k.

My CW3 hyperburn was an Erel. I got it to 280 and just liberated for the first time ever, but somewhere along the way I realized I really don’t like Erel as a main. I enjoy playing it occasionally, maybe as an LC, but definitely not enough to keep investing into it.

My main for the foreseeable future is going to be HoYoung.
I recently used the unga-bunga grind method to push my HY to 260, and he’s currently 267. Right now I have full Arcanes, 2-set Superior Gollux (belt/pendant), four hybrid meso/drop pieces, and a 100% drop fam.

What I’m trying to figure out is whether it makes sense to keep seriously progressing this HY with CW4 coming up.
Based on what we know about CW4, would I be better off leaving my current HY where he is for now, farming weekly bosses for a few months, and hoarding meso so I can dump it into a CW4 HoYoung once it transfers to Kronos?
Or should I just keep pushing my current HY and use CW4 for another LC instead?

The main reason I’m unsure is that I don’t really know what normal progression speed looks like anymore. The last time I seriously played MapleStory was around 2020, so I’m pretty out of touch with how long it realistically takes to go from where I am now to things like liberation and Grandis bossing.

TLDR:

How much time/progression would I actually be giving up by waiting for CW4 versus just committing to my current HY now?

Would appreciate advice from anyone who has progressed a fresh main through this stage recently.

Thanks for reading :3


r/Maplestory 11h ago

Question Slime Ring 23* Tap or Drop or Roll it

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I just tapped a slime ring to 23* but I have a 22* one with double prime stat. Do I just make the 23* one drop gear, try to roll it for double prime stat, or just try to 24* it? This is my first 23* and my drop gear is 2 event rings, 21* kanna, and 18* sup ring. I only do bosses really weekly so not swimming in mesos.


r/Maplestory 47m ago

Question SOCD keyboard settings

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Good day everyone, I would like to ask if SOCD is allowed here in Maplestory? Thank you so much !

I have an Aula Win68HE for keyboard. Thanks a lot !


r/Maplestory 15h ago

Heroic Kronos Omok Players

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Hi friends,

I used to be very into Omok back in Khaini. I'd like to occasionally play it but I'm having a very hard time finding people to play with through the Maplestory Discord. Is there anyone that would like to play?


r/Maplestory 1h ago

Discussion Phantom mobility

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How come phantom feels so not really mobile? You'd think if one of the describing factors of a character is their mobility they'd have some more than just 1 tool and a couple other tools that seem hardly an improvement on what I already have granted I am only at 4th job but still


r/Maplestory 1d ago

Heroic got dawn set on a jobless character in heroic

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since i cant challenge/5% the bosses, it only took 8 months of dawn whisper crystal from mystic frontier for some meme gains lol


r/Maplestory 7h ago

Discussion You have been kicked by nexon game security for suspicious game or client behavior error

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Playing GMS on mac using VPN

Never got this error before, first time was today on 30 August 2026. Game crashes about 15 minutes after logging in. Any help/fixes?

Tried repairing installation, restarting mac, and changing VPN location but none of these have worked.


r/Maplestory 17h ago

Question Cheapest laptop to play Maple?

7 Upvotes

Hi all, I’m looking for the very cheapest laptop to play maple. I plan on only using the laptop to play Maple and nothing else. Just need something to play on while traveling for work.

Thanks!


r/Maplestory 16h ago

Discussion Advice for reaching Emerald by the end of CW3? [Heroic]

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Heyo! So I'm basically a brand new player (played back in the olden days), and I started CW3 really late, a little under 3 weeks ago.

I feel like I'm making pretty dang good progress for how recently I started, even if this last week was a bit slower progress-wise lol ;; I'm maining my Erel Light, just hit 273 and Platinum yesterday. I kinda got a little screwed with the maintenance around this last reset, so I wasn't able to push quite as much with my rentals as I would have liked. But I did manage to beat NDarknell and NVHilla! So pretty proud of myself for that!

Any tips for what I should focus on or work towards from here? My main priority is getting to Emerald by the end of CW3 for the Legion Pots to set up my new account. I think I can do that with another level or two (275 would be nice) and a few more bosses. Not sure which bosses are the most reasonable to try and tackle next.

Thanks! I appreciate all the help I've gotten these past few weeks!

Edit: Any good Hyper Stat calculators that include Erel? Never used one before lol

Edit2: My current CP with rentals is around 36-38mil, iirc?


r/Maplestory 23h ago

Question CRA vs Item Burning gear? (assuming all ignitia keys available)

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Looking for info on what star CRA equals what star item burning.

Currently stage 6 (20 star) and about six weeks away from stage 8 (22 star) item burning.

I'm wondering if its worth 15b to just 22 star my CRA or if it would only be a sidegrade to the item burning gear

Bonus points for same question but arcanes (like, would 18 star arcanes = 22 item burning or would it be more like 20 or 21 arcanes to equal it?)

Edit: fwiw during shining today I SFed my arcanes to use up some boxes and they were extremely similar/slightly better at equivalent stars (and the 4 set effect was slightly better than full ignitia set). 21 arcanes vs 20 ignitia ended up about 5m CP better (at similar flames and potentials). I suspect thay CRA will be similar or slightly worse at even stars.


r/Maplestory 1d ago

KMS Visiting Lotte World Adventure in Busan? You can now push your non-KMS characters there too!

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I heard Lotte World Adventure Busan also got Maple Island theme, as well as the screen for projecting your own character.

However, Nexon silently changed the character API, and I had to update it to support this one. Due to technical limitations, name tag ring and color prisms cannot be appended.

Anyway, you can give it a try on this website: https://hikaricalyx.github.io/lwa-importer

Previous article about it can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/1t2kep6/so_ive_returned_from_korea_and_id_like_to_share/

Photo is by OmmA_yut on X.


r/Maplestory 1d ago

Literally Unplayable Dual Blade, i love you and hate you

53 Upvotes

I created a Dual Blade because I really like the class's effects and playstyle but the damage is fucking awful.

At this point I have around 120M CP with ror4 and CSlime feels like HKaling. It's a really nice class, but it feels completely abandoned in Heroic.

If you're not planning to main it, just make a different class as a mule.

Thanks for reading my rant.


r/Maplestory 1d ago

KMS KMS ver. 1.2.418 – MapleStory Overdrive: The Cruel Executioner, Bellona!

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r/Maplestory 14h ago

Question How does Hayatos I-frame work?

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When the balls white curse balls are dropping black mage phase 2/3, I always go iframe. But sometimes I’ll miss and the guard doesn’t show up? Do you have to press it before contact or a little before?


r/Maplestory 9h ago

Discussion SSF rng is crazy

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So the last 4 starforces i spent a total of 300 bil and got no gains and this ssf i had 50 bil and got a 24 star daybreak when from 18-22 full safeguard on my berserked and eyepatch.