A new patch has been released, including a couple of new events for the 17th anniversary as well as hunting map changes and a new security feature. Overview MapleStory 17th Anniversary (Hotel Maple) Enjoy the special hunting service provided only for warriors with VIP Membership Prestige rank, Special Therapy. On the rooftop, Goldrich Junior has prepared a new minigame, Monster Pyramid. Hunting Maps Efficiency Improvements Certain maps in Maple World will have more monsters spawn/monsters spawn faster. Hot Summer Warming Up! Summer is coming! Start preparing for the hot summer with the Hot Summer Warming Up event. I Didn’t Do Anything But… Even if you stay still, you’ll get experience! The I Didn’t Do Anything But… event has returned. Green PC Protect your valuable account and items with the Green PC setting. Hunting Maps Efficiency Improvements Certain maps in Kerning Tower, Henesys Ruins, Stone Giant Colossus, Knight’s Stronghold, Omega Sector, Kritias, Twilight Perion, Fox Valley, Mechanical Grave, and Fallen World Tree with low hunting efficiencies will have more monsters spawn/monsters spawn faster. The hunting efficiency of maps will continue to be improved based on collected data. Kerning Tower 3F Arts & Entertainment Shops 4 4F Music Shops 4 6F Hair Salons 4 Henesys Ruins Henesys Ruins Market Henesys Ruins Park Suspicious Hill Dark Spore Hill Stone Giant Colossus Stone Giant Torso 2 Stone Giant Torso 3 Inside the Stone Giant 1 Inside the Stone Giant 2 Inside the Stone Giant 3 Knight’s Stronghold Mutant Tino Forest Mutant Tiru Forest Mutant Tiguru Forest Hallowed Ground Armory 2 Knight District 1 Knight District 3 Knight District 4 Knights’ Chamber 4 Knights’ Chamber 5 Hall of Honor Omega Sector Roswell Field 4 Corridor H02 Air Vent D-2 Kritias Forest of Laments 4 Freezing Forest 1 Forest of Sorrows 2 Forest of Sorrows 3 Twilight Perion Desolate Hills Desolate Rocky Road Lonely Rocky Road Weathered Rocky Zone Tempest Grave Fiery Ravine Forsaken Excavation Site 1 Spirit Zone Limbo Fox Valley Fox Tree Midway 1 Fox Tree Midway 2 Fox Tree Midway 3 Fox Tree Top Path Fox Tree Top Path 2 Fox Tree Top Path 3 Fox Tree Side Path Fox Tree Lower Path Fox Tree Lower Path 2 Fox Tree Lower Path 3 Guardian Walkway Guardian Walkway 2 Guardian Walkway 3 Mechanical Grave Scrapyard Lot Skyline 1 Fallen World Tree Lower-Left Stem Lower Stem Crossroad Lower-Right Stem Winding Left Stem 1 Winding Left Stem 2 Winding Left Stem 3 Winding Stem Crossroad Winding Right Stem 1 Winding Right Stem 2 Winding Right Stem 3 Climbing Left Stem 1 Climbing Left Stem 2 Climbing Right Stem 1 Climbing Right Stem 2 Green PC To protect Maplers’ accounts, you can use the PC Security rank Green PC. You can block trading on unsecured Red PCs and lock items on secured Green PCs. A new Security menu option has been added. Through the Security menu, you can see the list of PCs you have connected from and adjust their PC Security ranks. Red PC When you first log in on a PC, it will be registered as a Red PC. The following trade restrictions will be applied: Cash Shop gifting blocked Meso Market usage blocked Maple Auction usage blocked Meso dropping blocked Items will disappear immediately after being dropped 1:1 trades blocked Courier and quick delivery usage blocked Meso Riding usage blocked The Red PC trade restrictions will not apply to newly created accounts. However, if you rank up to Yellow PC or Green PC, or 30 days have passed since creation, the trade restrictions will begin to apply. The Red PC trade restrictions will not be applied immediately after the May 21 update but after a certain period of time. Yellow PC On a Yellow PC, you can play the game without any trade restrictions. When you are logged in on a Red PC, you can increase the Security Rank gauge in the Security menu by staying logged in and killing monsters. When it reaches 100%, you can rank up to Yellow PC. The Security Rank gauge has a daily limit that can be acquired. It will rise faster on weekends, at a PC Bang, and within 30 days of creating an account. During thes times, the daily limit will also be increased. When you are connected to the game on a Yellow PC or Green PC, you can instantly upgrade other registered Red PCs to Yellow PCs, regardless of your Security Rank gauge. Your PC Security rank will be based on recent logins and monsters killed as of the May 21 update. Therefore, recently used PCs may have partially filled Security Rank gauges or be instantly Yellow PCs. Green PC On a Green PC, you can play the game without any trade restrictions and use the item lock/unlock features. When you are logged in on a Red or Yellow PC, you can press the Rank Up button in the Security menu to make it a Green PC. After authenticating, your Security Rank will become a Green PC. However, if you don’t trust the PC you are connected from, you can make it a Green PC only for the current connection. If you have signed up for Nexon OTP, you can use it to play at any PC or PC Bang as a Green PC. The Green PC only item lock/unlock feature can be used through a button in your inventory. You can use the item lock on equipment, stars, and bullets. You cannot use it on the following items: Expiring items Sealed items Cash items Wedding ring items PC Bang only items The following restrictions will apply to locked items: Selling to a shop blocked 1:1 trades blocked Maple Auction registration blocked Item drop blocked Enhancements blocked Potential resets blocked Karma Scissors usage blocked Disassembly and fusing blocked Android Beauty Manager usage blocked Hair and Face Coupons usage on Androids blocked Seal Locks usage blocked The Green PC item lock feature will not be available immediately after the May 21 update but after a certain period of time. Improvements and Bug Fixes (Skills) The “Overall skill logic has been improved to help alleviate the error where an entered skill would not activate due to things such as potion use, pet auto buff and auto feed, or skill activations that do not affect character actions” chance has been removed and will continue to be modified in the test world for more stability. Fixed an error where you could continue to use Decent item potential skills even after the item potentials were changed. The Rune’s Experience Special Core’s description has been updated to remove the restriction of activating 1 time every 30 seconds. The skill cooldown reset effect on the hotkey window will no longer be visible during cutscenes. Fixed an error where Hero’s Sword of Burning Soul did not attack if used during Leap Attack or Upper Charge. Fixed an error where Paladin’s Flame Charge, Blizzard Charge, Blast, Sanctuary, and Smite could hit certain objects that could only be basic attacked. Fixed an error where if Paladin used only a single elemental Charge skill after changing challens, Blast would not apply that Charge skill’s element. For party members bonded by Paladin’s Holy Unity, the activated Paladin’s attacking skills will now use the Paladin’s skill effect transparency options in certain boss content. Fixed an error where Bishop’s Shining Ray Enhancement Core’s skill icon showed the old icon. Bishop’s Vengeance of Angel now has level 1 Big Bang as a pre-requisite skill. When Vengeance of Angel is activated, Angel Ray will now apply the same defense reduction debuff as Big Bang. Fixed an error where if Bishop deactivated Vengeance of Angel at the same time as using Angel of Libra, sometimes the Angel of Revenge’s appearance would remain. Marksman’s True Sniping’s skill description has been updated to match the current logic of being able to deal damage to enemies using Damage Reflect and Damage Ignore. Fixed an error where if Pathfinder received the effects of Combat Orders, level 1 Ancient Astra’s skill description would show the next level. Fixed an error where Dual Blade could use Flying Assaulter in the air multiple times with certain operations. Fixed an error where if Captain used Wings then glided quickly, the cape effect would show 2 times. Fixed an error where if Cannon Shooter used Cannon Jump in Will phase 1 and went past a certain height in the map, the client would exit. When Soul Master uses Aura Weapon then starts charging Cross the Styx, Aura Weapon’s wave will now be activated when the sword is released instead of when you begin charging. Wind Breaker’s Howling Gale’s targetting logic has been changed to find enemies in the air as well as enemies on the current platform. Fixed an error where if Wind Breaker registered Howling Gale on a hotkey, removed the Skill Core, then pressed that hotkey, the system message “You do not have prepared Wind Auras” would appear. Evan can no longer mount the Dragon Riding while using Mir skills. Evan’s Circle of Mana III and Cirvle of Mana IV’s skill icons have been changed. Fixed an error where while Mercedes was riding Sylphidia, certain skills’ attack speeds would exceed the attack speed limit. However, certain action delays have been decreased. The skills that this applies to are: Gust Dive Unicorn Spike Legendary Spear Wrath of Enlil Phantom’s Skill Management’s skill description has been updated to match the current logic of being able to put lower advancement skills in higher advancement slots. Fixed an error where Phantom could not use Arrow Blow, Arrow Bomb, or Flame Shot with Talent of Phantom Thief. Fixed an error where Demon Slayer’s Demon Fury’s feature of absorbing additional Force when attacking boss monsters would be decreased after learning Max Force. Demon Slayer’s Demon Slash’s skill description has been updated to match the current logic of absorbing additional Force when hitting boss monsters. Fixed an error where Demon Slayer’s Max Force’s additional Force absorption feature did not apply to regular monsters. Demon Avenger’s Conversion Star Force’s skill description has been updated to match the current logic of not applying to the Star Force from the guild skill. Fixed an error where Blaster’s Revolving Bunker did not reload Bullets to the limit. Battle Mage’s Debuff Aura’s application time will now be more accurate. Wild Hunter’s Summon Jaguar’s summoned Jaguars’ basic atack sound effects have been added. Fixed an error where Mechanic’s Support Waver: H-EX’s final damage boost did not apply to Evan’s Dragon skills. Fixed an error where Kaiser’s Morph Gauge UI’s flashing effect would sometimes not disappear and continue to play. Fixed an error where mastery did not apply to Angelic Buster’s Successor. Fixed an error where Angelic Buster’s SUper Nova effect would sometimes show 2 times to other characters. Fixed an error where Zero could use Burst Step to move through a platform where down jump was blocked. Fixed an error where if Adele used Marker then immediately jumped and used Vault, Vault would not be activated. Adele’s Restore’s Ether acquisition rate boost has been increased from 40% to 52% (at level 25). Ark’s Returning Hatred will no longer be affected by cooldown resets. Fixed an error where if Hoyoung used Flying Nimbus and climbed on a rope, they could not use Flying Nimbus again. Hoyoung’s Fan Smash: Human’s 20%p damage boost when enemies are directly hit by the fan has been changed to a 10% final damage boost. Fixed an error where if Hoyoung used Fan Smash at the same time as climbing on a rope, Fan Smash would be activated while on the rope. Hoyoung’s Distortion Axis Gate’s skill description has been updated to match the current logic of creating a new gate and moving using the skill having a shared cooldown. If you change maps while using Hoyoung’s Sage Teachings: Dream Garden, the skill will now be cancelled. Fixed an error with the VIP Hunter Club: 7 Star Business Buffet skill where it would sometimes pause while being activated. Improvements and Bug Fixes (Boss Monsters) The error where entering Urus for the first time would sometimes cause the client to disconnect has been alleviated. When you buy items in the Urus shop, the subtracted material items will now instantly reflected in the UI. You can no longer use mounts inside Horntail. To prevent accidental exiting in Pink Bean, the exit guide from the Forgoten Temple Manager has been supplemented. Fixed an error where the text was cut off when selecting difficulties while entering Suu and Demian. In Suu phase 2 and 3, the electric current pattern will now only be activated a certain period of time after the falling platform pattern. Fixed an error in Black Mage phase 4 where skills’ enemy targetting logic sometimes did not activate. Improvements and Bug Fixes (Quests and Maps) Certain Pollo and Fritto’s Bounty Hunting content has been changed. Castle Walls: the map size has been decreased, the monsters will now spawn on both sides at the same time Midnight Monster Hunt: the stun rocks will no longer appear, you can no longer jump in the tank, experience acquired has been increased Fixed an error where you could not start the Maple Achievement’s Beginning quest. In Sharp Cliff 3, Snowman will no longer summon Junior Yetis. Fixed an error where Burning did not apply to the Resurrecting Memory map. Fixed an error where the Spore Hill map had an invisible platform. Fixed an error where you could not climb on certain buildings in Kerning City. Fixed an error where you could not use Maple Union and Maple Auction in Golden Temple. Fixed an error where you could get stuck in certain terrain in Leafre. Fixed an error where the client would exit when an Elite Champion appeared in Aqua Road. Fixed an error in the Temple of Time Corridor 2 map where part of the background was cut off. Fixed an error in Twilight Perion’s Wild Gorge map where you could not move down correctly in certain terrain. YOu can no longer use Nearest Town Scrolls or the profession UI’s Meisterville teleport in Chaos Zakum’s Altar Entrance. Fixed an error with the weekly quest Mechanical Grave: Antenna Piece Blue Transmission where the location was marked at a different place. Fixed an error where Kaiser’s wings appeared awkwardly in Torrent Zone. Pollo and Fritto’s Bounty Hunting and Flame Wolf portals will no longer appear in certain areas of Asylum, Verdel, and Savage Terminal. Fixed an error in the Black Mage’s Room Corridor 1 map from Demon’s tutorial where sometimes cutscenes would be cut off. Fixed an error where Adele could not proceed with the “Where is Jerome” quest in certain conditions. Fixed an error in Reverse City’s Hidden M Tower map where the wall image appeared awkwardly. Improvements and Bug Fixes (Items) Fixed an error where if you say on the Mu Lung Dojo Defeater Chair at a certain time, the character’s weapon would not appear. You can now confirm the Pet Equipment equipment type in the tooltip. Fixed an error where the Pet Loot Item Ignore feature would only allow you to ignore one of an item if they had the same name. The Seal Lock item’s description has been updated to include information about items with the lock applied. Fixed an error where if you rode the Thunder Horse Riding and selected certain maps on the world map, an abnormal pop-up window would appear. Fixed an error where the character appeared awkwardly while riding the Plump Orange Mushroom riding. The Red Bohemian hair’s name has been changed. Fixed an error where if Zero sat on a char and used certain skills, the equipped image would appear awkwardly. Fixed an error where the Shining Star Chair did not reflect certain Star Force numbers correctly. Certain Cash item actions have been changed. Improvements and Bug Fixes (Etc) The Meister Spirit UI can now be exited with the ESC key. In the Cross Hunter UI, you can now use the TAB key to move between tabs. Fixed an error in Maple Union where Maple M characters were not excluded from the raid. Fixed an error where certain skill effects appeared in the Maple Infinity Pool. Fixed an error where the Auto Fly Purchase tab did not appear on the world map. Fixed an error where certain scrollbars in the guild window did not work properly. Fixed an error where the guild window and guild benefits notice had incorrect information for the Guild Periodic Support dates. In the Maple Auction, Soul Shields and Force Shields’ item classifications have been changed from shields to secondary weapons. Certain typos in game have been fixed. Fixed an error where you could not open the Reboot Gift Box if you had more than 9.9b mesos. Fixed an error where the Haste Plus event rewards would appear in the game exit pop-up even after the event ended. Fixed an error where revealing certain stats on a Soul would output an abornal message. Fixed an error where you could not right click Magnificent Dunkel’s Soul Skill to cancel it. Fixed an error with the VIP Hunter Club: Neon Mushroom Watching skill where sometimes you would not receive the correct amount of coins. Fixed an error in Monster Life where if you had more than 999 items in your inventory, the number would be truncated. Fixed an error in the guild window where if there was a change in the guild member list, the scrollbar would no longer work properly. Fixed an error in the guild window where the rank sorting of guild members was applied in ascending and descending order. Fixed an error where if a guild master’s name changed, the search would not work properly. Fixed an error in the guild window where the alliance information displayed at the end of the alliance member list did not appear correctly. Fixed an error where guild names appeared incorrectly. Fixed an error in The SEED 8F where the Volcano Worms did not appear. Fixed an error in the SEED 40F where the Scarecrow did not detect characters who were in certain locations. To alleviate the sudden change in difficulty, the Scarecrow’s health has ben decreased by 29%. Fixed an error in The SEED 42F where sometimes the Beetles and Dual Beetles did not appear. Fixed an error in The SEED 50F where the stage would reset if you died at the same time as beating Dorothy. Fixed an error where character icons on the world map who did not accept your buddy request would appear as buddies. Fixed an error where certain monsters could not be searched for on the world map. In Maple One Card, if multiple players have the same amount of remaining cards when the game ends, they will now receive a joint ranking. Fixed an error in Maple One Card where the first turn had a higher probability of getting attack cards. In Maple One Card, if you draw 17 or more cards, you will now insantly lose and exit from One Card. In Maple One Card, you will now receive a message if you did not play a card in time. In Maple One Card, if you do not play a card 5 or more times, you will not receive rewards and a message has been added. Fixed an error in Maple One Card where if a character was being attacked and then exited, the next character would be attacked instead. Fixed an error in Maple One Card where if a character left during a game, their avatar and name would remain. In Maple One Card, the right click feature can no longer be used. While following, if you open a minigame, the follow will be cancelled. Fixed an error where the Swamp Zone exploration achievement could not be completed. Fixed an error in Moon Bunny’s Rice Cake where summoned monsters could hit the moon bunny. Fixed an error where if you entered the /cashtrade command on a character that wasn’t created more than 3 days ago, the message that stated ‘traded cash will become untradeable’ did not appear. If you use bind skills on enemies that cannot be bound, the bind resistance message will be displayed at certain intervals. Fixed an error where if you had Num Lock applied then the number keys on the keypad would not work properly. Fixed an error where when resetting Ability, the detailed stats window and Ability settings window’s information would not be corrected. Fixed an error item quantities were displayed abnormally if if you expanded or collapsed your inventory in storage. Fixed an error where the Kinesis BGM played on the character select screen. Fixed an error where Zero could not use the Meisterville profession NPCs in certain conditions. Fixed an error where Zero (Beta)’s mix dye colour appeared differently on the homepage. Fixed an error in Reboot where Wild Hunters could not capture regular monsters. Fixed an error in Reboot where bag items’ tooltips were shown incorrectly. They will now show ‘untradeable after being used’ before they are used and ‘untradeable’ after they are used. Fixed an error where if a party member changed maps, they would be duplicated in the world map. Fixed an error where even if you logged in Offline mode, your guild chat would be shown in Monster Life. Cash Shop The June Royal Hair Coupon will be on sale from May 21 to June 17. The Trendy Royal Face Coupon has been updated with new faces. MapleStory’s 17th Anniversary: Hotel Maple For more detailed information about the Hotel Maple events, check my last post! VIP Hunter Club: Special Therapy The Special Therapy event will run from May 21 to June 10. The VIP Hunter Club’s third hunting service is Special Therapy. You can talk to the Kerry in Hotel Maple or use the event quest to obtain the skill. This skill is only available for users with VIP PRESTIGE rank. When the skill is activated, a Candle Gauge will appear. When you defeat monsters around your level, the gauge will fill up and you’ll gain 17th Anniversary Points! You will get 40/60/100 17th Anniversary Points for every 20 monsters you kill. The higher the gauge, the more points you will receive. When the Candle Gauge is filled, the Therapist Kerry will appear and Therapy Time will begin. He will attack monsters around you 5 times, and each time, you will receive 800 17th Anniversary Points. If you change maps while he is attacking, he will stop. If you reach your daily limit of 17th Anniversary Coins, the Special Therapy skill will be deactivated. Monster Pyramid The Monster Pyramid event will run from May 21 to June 10. You can talk to Goldrich Junior on the Hotel Maple Rooftop to participate in Monster Pyramid, a minigame where up to 3 players must stack their pieces to get the most points. There are a total of 36 glasses to play, 7 of 5 different normal monsters and 1 special monster. They will be randomly distributed to all players. There will be a total of 3 rounds. You will earn 17th Anniversary Points, based on your play time and game results. You’ll get more points if your ranking was higher. You can continue to play Monster Pyramid if you have reached your daily 17th Anniverary Points limit but you will not gain any points. If you fail to play a piece within your time limit 3 times or you leave the game, you will receive a 15 minute minigame entry penalty. Events Fairy Bros’ Golden Chariot The Fairy Bros’ Golden Chariot event has been extended by 1 week, and will now end on June 24. You can see more details about this event in this post. Hot Summer Warming Up The Hot Summer Warming Up event will run from June 11 to June 24. This event is available to all characters level 101 or higher. To get ready for the upcoming summer, So Gong has prepared a mission: every day, you can log on and accept his quest to collect 100 Proofs of Training from monsters around your level. For completing this (once per day per world), you will receive 2 2x Experience Coupons (15 minutes). Based on the number of times you complete the mission over the course of the event, you’ll receive additional rewards. These can be claimed once per world, from June 25 to July 1. 2 times: Character Slot Expansion Coupon 4 times: So Gong Pet Package 6 times: 30 Selective Arcane Symbol Vouchers 8 times: 15 Core Gemstones 10 times: Beauty Awards Hair Coupon Voucher/Beauty Awards Face Coupon Voucher I Didn’t Do Anything But… The I Didn’t Do Anything But… event will run from June 11 to June 24. It is available to characters level 101 or higher. [COLOR=var(--color-text)]You can talk to Cassandra to receive the Mysterious Experience Pouch.[/COLOR][COLOR=var(--color-text)] [/COLOR][COLOR=var(--color-text)]The pouch will store [/COLOR][COLOR=var(--color-text)]up to 12 hours of experience[/COLOR][COLOR=var(--color-text)], including when you are not online.[/COLOR] While you are online, the experience will be stored every 10 seconds. When you are offline, they will be stored every 20 seconds. They are shared between all characters in the same Maple ID. You can then click the button on the pouch to claim the saved experience. The experience given will be based on the character of the level you are claiming it on, and all of your stored experience will be consumed at once. Sunday Maple The Sunday Maple event will take place on May 24, May 31, June 7, and June 14. On May 24, the following benefits will be active: ? 2x 17th Anniversary Points acquisition rate and daily limit On May 31, the following benefits will be active: ? 2x 17th Anniversary Points acquisition rate and daily limit On June 7, the following benefits will be active: ? 2x 17th Anniversary Points acquisition rate and daily limit On June 14, the following benefits will be active: ? Source: Orange Mushroom's Blog