MapleStory Ver. 80 Update Notes
New Content!

Aran – New Class

Aran, the Hero Revived. During the age when the Black Mage ruled Maple World, five heroes protected its citizens from his villainy. They fought the Black Mage with their unique powers, but it was impossible to protect the world and the people. Rather than see their people get hurt, the heroes sent them away to the safety of Victoria Island. Then, they began their final battle with the Mage.
When the dust finally cleared, the heroes had disappeared, leading everyone to believe they had died. Now, centuries after…
…Aran rises again!


New Tutorial for Explorers

New and experienced players alike will find something to like in the new and improved Explorer tutorial. First, there’s an option for experienced players to just skip the tutorial section and jump straight to Lith Harbor. For new players the entire area has been tightened up. The instructional illustrations and animation are clearer and easier to understand to get into the MapleStory adventure as quickly as possible!


Mushroom Castle

Characters between levels 30 and 38 are getting a whole new call to adventure. It seems that the dastardly King Pepe has taken over the Mushroom Castle and is forcing the mushroom princess to marry his son, a penguin who… well, let’s just say the lights are on but nobody’s home. If you’re between level 30 and 38, make your way from Henesys through the “Empty House” map to get to Mushroom Forest Field. Once you’re there, talk to the exiled citizens of Mushroom castle, storm the walls, battle bosses, save a Princess and return an empire to its rightful Mushking!


Water of Life – Redesigned Functionality

Aran’s revival has triggered a revival of another kind –- your pet! Revive your loyal companion with a few clicks. Simply purchase the new Water of Life and poof -- your pet is back in action. Save your questing for the new “Aran” and holiday content!
Even better, Water of Life is going on sale. Try 20% off of Water of Life from 12/20/09 to 1/12/10.


Vega’s Spell

Vega’s Spell (10%) will increase a 10% scroll’s success rate to 30% for only 3,000NX! Vega’s Spell (60%) will increase a 60% scroll’s success rate to 90% for only 4,000NX! Vega’s Spell won’t work on every scroll, so be sure to check the list to make sure your scroll is eligible!


New World – Galicia

It’s a new world for a new year! The year 2010 is almost here and what better way to celebrate than by starting with a clean slate in a brave new world?
So we’re calling all settlers willing to venture into new land -- welcome to Galicia, MapleStory’s 11th new world!
To help you settle in, all residents of Galicia will enjoy double experience from 12/10/09 to 1/11/10.
There’s also a Galicia-only quest that awaits you! Upon arrival at Lith Harbor, speak with Teo to get started. You can earn 100,000 mesos for completing “Teo’s Nostalgic Reminiscing I,” available for level 10 to 29 or 200,000 mesos for completing “Teo’s Nostalgic Reminiscing II” for level 30 and up!
In other good news, the opening of Galicia means that Demethos and Yellonde have moved on from being the “new” worlds. That means that these worlds are now opened up to the Maple Trading System (MTS) and eligible for character transfers!


Events

Aran Events

-The Return of Aran

Receive Lilin’s Ring when your aran levels up to 30, 50, and 70 between 12/10/09 and 6/16/10. Be sure to talk to the Maple Administrator after reaching level 20! The rings can be shared with all characters on the same account by placing them in storage.

-Wedding Present

From 12/10/09 – 1/19/10 if your aran character weds another aran, you will receive a pet Penguin, Snowman, or Crystal Rudolph as your wedding present!

-Everyday Event

Make sure to talk to NPC Cassandra everyday from 12/10/09 – 1/19/09 and stay logged in for one hour. After the hour, answer some quiz questions and win an Aran Paper Box. Open it and receive some really cool items!

-Holiday Events

Happyville is all decorated for the holidays once again! Participate in holiday events from 12/10/09 – 12/31/09.

-Santa is Missing

Dreadful news! Jolly old Saint Nick has gone missing and only you can find him! Listen for news reports of this disaster, find Rooney for your passage to Happyville and be ready to swing into action!

-Torr’s Horn

Torr in Happyville is must unhappy! Can you find out what’s making her sad and get her to smile again? There might be something extra special in it for your good deed.

-In Preparation for the Party

There’s a party at Santa’s place and you’re invited! You can’t get in wearing your normal Maple attire though. It’s a costume party! Speak to Cliff in Happyville and he can help you out.

-Festival of Lights

NPC Hannah is preparing for a beautiful Festival of Lights but needs some help if it’s to off without a hitch.

-2x EXP for the Holidays

12/19/09 – 12/20/09: 1pm – 3pm (Pacific); 4 pm – 6 pm (Eastern)
12/23/09 – 12/24/09: 1pm – 4pm (Pacific); 4 pm – 7 pm (Eastern)
12/25/09: 10am – 10pm (Pacific); 1 pm – 1 am (Eastern)
12/26/09 – 1/3/10: 1pm – 4pm (Pacific); 4 pm – 7 pm (Eastern)

Gachapon Box Event

The Gachapon boxes will once again be dropping. Get your keys from the cash shop and get all kinds of cool items! This event will take place from 12/23/09 – 1/19/10.

2x Drop Event

Get twice the items and mesos from 4pm – 6pm (Pacific), 7 pm – 9 pm (Eastern) on the following dates:
12/10/09
12/11/09
12/17/09
12/18/09
12/21/09
12/22/09
12/28/09
12/29/09

New User Events

-Make New Friends

Make new friends by adding 10 buddies to your buddy list, and you will be rewarded with a VIP Teleport Scroll. This scroll will teleport you just about anywhere in the Maple World.

-Get a Job

Get your first job and receive a prize! It’s that easy! Choose between a Thief, Magician, Bowman, Warrior, Pirate, Cygnus Knight or Aran, and you’ll receive a weapon that will surely help you defeat those monsters.

-Extra EXP for Party Quest

Take advantage of the Moon Bunny Party Quest, located in Henesys, and receive an extra 30% EXP. Meet new friends and party together! Everyone will be able to enjoy this bonus EXP.

-GM Winter Extravaganza

The GM’s will be running all kinds of events on 12/21/09. Here are the list of events: Trivia, Monster Carnival vs. GM’s, Omok, transformations and summoning monsters.


Cash Shop Sales

Cash Shop Surprise
Will be available from 12/30/09 – 1/5/10.

2x Drop Cards
Will be on sale from 12/10/09 – 1/7/10.

Water of Life Sale
Discount on this item with redesigned functionality from 12/10/09 – 12/31/09.


Bug Fixes!

- The issue causing avatars to show incorrectly in rankings and player statues for reaching level 200 has been fixed.
- NLC PQ bug that caused the skill reactor to not work has been fixed.
- Permanent pets have been added to the multi-pet effect.
- Permanent pet owners can now get the Wonderful Pet Owner medal.
- Permanent Pets now have sound effects.


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Patch postponed 3 hours, it will now conclude at 12:00 PST 3:00 EST.

DAMMIT.

You said eh... -melts-

OMG ANOTHER 2 HOURS!!!!!

OH MY GOD!!!!!!

Update:
Update has been extended for 4.5 additional hours. We are now scheduled
to open at 6:30 PM (Pacific) / 9:30 PM (Eastern).
Thank you for your patience.

This has gone way past acceptable, if they are going to extend like the summer they are gonna have a hell of a lot of people quitting, with extremely good reason.

Or... Hell of a lot of more 2x exp. *sparkly eyes*

This game fails.

ROFL. This is fun... L>skype friends

and i slepted through all this

darn you F5

ok so now ms is saying I dont have access to play maple. wtf?

Spoiler:

aye...I'm jsut redownloading maple...torrent that taylor gave me apparently fails

Giant /facepalm for prepatching T_T

The manual patcher off the site didnt work and now i am waiting for the normal patch... half an hour so far...

yeah...never doing that crap again...waited 3 1/2 hours for redownloading maple -.- still have 20 mins to go fml

L> Fellow Arans?

The patch time extensions I understand and am totally cool with. Sometimes unexpected circumstances arise.

Though my game refuses to work now, which is rather troubling.

Ok this is ridiculous. I have uninstalled reinstalled ms about 13 times now, and still does not work. I am at the point of just wiping my fricken computer and installing. Does anyone know what to do?