MapleStory/Towns

Maple World
The Maple World is a set of explorable continents. There are three main continents common to all versions in the Maple World: Maple Island, Victoria Island, and Ossyria. Victoria Island has seven towns and hunting areas - Ellinia, Henesys, Kerning City, Lith Harbor, Perion, and Sleepywood, plus a sub-region called Florina Beach. Ossyria has six regions: El Nath Mts., Aqua Road, Ludus Lake, Minar Forest, Mu Lung Garden, and Nihal Desert; also has eleven towns - Orbis, El Nath, Aquarium, Ludibrium, Omega Sector, Korean Folk Town, Leafre, Mu Lung, Herb Town, Ariant and Magatia. Additional continents and regions part of the World Tour that are found in some versions of the game include Zipangu, China, Formosa, and Floating Market. These are all based off a certain culture, and were formerly exclusive to their respective culture's version of the game.

In addition, there are two marriage towns - Peach Blossom Island and Amoria. At Peach Blossom Island (available in ChinaMS, TaiwanMS, and MapleSEA), players take part in traditional Chinese marriages. Amoria, (available in KoreaMS Tespia, ThailandMS, GlobalMS), hosts marriages based on western culture.

There are also event towns, such as Happyville and Shalom Temple, are only available during the Christmas and Hanukkah seasons, respectively. Coke Town is also an event town only found in KoreaMS.

Finally, Premium Road, accessible only from Internet cafes that have made contracts with the game, has been made available to KoreaMS, JapanMS, ThailandMS, and MapleSEA.

Maple Island
Maple Island has two main towns: Amherst and Southperry. In JapanMS, GlobalMS, and EuropeMS, there is also the Mushroom Town Training Camp. Other versions are expected to soon follow this change.
 * Mushroom Town, Amherst and Southperry

Victoria Island
Victoria Island has a number of areas to explore. There are several towns, named Ellinia, Henesys, Kerning City, Lith Harbor, Perion, and Sleepywood. Also, the subcontinent Florina Beach, an excavation site near Perion, and the event town Happyville are located on Victoria Island as well. It was once completely ruled by a culture called the Sharenian, who built a lot of the deserted structures on the island, like the Temple of Golems near Henesys and the Sanctuary at the end of Sleepywood's Ant Tunnel. This culture collapsed mysteriously under the rule of Sharen III.
 *  Ellinia, Henesys, Kerning City, Lith Harbor, Perion, and Sleepywood

Ossyria

 * El Nath Mountains: Orbis and El Nath
 * Aqua Road: Aquarium
 * Ludus Lake: Ludibrium, Omega Sector, and Korean Folk Town
 * Minar Forest: Leafre
 * Mu Lung Garden: Mu Lung and Herb Town
 * Nihal Desert: Ariant and Magatia

Currently Ossyria is split into six regions: El Nath Mts., Aqua Road, Ludus Lake, Minar Forest, Mu Lung Garden, and Nihal Desert; and has eleven towns: Orbis, El Nath, Aquarium, Ludibrium, Omega Sector, Korean Folk Town, Leafre, Mu Lung, Herb Town Ariant, and Magatia. Currently Nihal Desert doesn't have a regional map because the newest town (Magatia) was in development. To reach Ossyria, players must take a flying ship from the magician town of Ellinia. Depending on the current level of the player and the version of the game, the trip can cost anywhere from 3,000 to 80,000 Mesos. The ship departs every 15 minutes in most versions. However, would-be travelers must get into the waiting room of the ship one minute before departure time, shown on the dock. While in transit between Victoria Island and Ossyria, the Crimson Balrog boss may attack the ship. Lower level characters or those who do not wish to fight the Crimson Balrog should enter the cabin or risk being killed. An alternative method of transit to Ossyria is by using the Leafre-Ellinia portal, available if the player has a Magic Seed. This transport is instantaneous, but the only area that can be accessed from Leafre is Orbis.
 * Recently, the following World Maps of these Ossyria areas have been released:

World Tour
Originally, these continents were not a part of the main game. Each new continent was an expansion to each original versions. JapanMS was the first to expand their version with a continent called Zipangu. These additional continents reflect more on real world locations or real world things, with a few exceptions. At first, these new continents were to be exclusive maps for each version they originated from. Zipangu for JapanMS, China for ChinaMS, Formosa for TaiwanMS, and Floating Market for ThailandMS. As of September 2006, the exclusive maps started to become accessible in other versions of MapleStory via a new NPC named Spinel the World Tour Guide.
 * Japan: Mushroom Shrine, Showa Town, and Kaede Castle
 * China: Shanghai Wai-Tan and Yuyuan Garden
 * Taiwan: Ximending, Night Market, and Taipei 101
 * Thailand: Floating Market

For GlobalMS, it has been announced that a new map named New Leaf City is currently in the making. No official release date has been mentioned as of yet. Also it is unknown if New Leaf City will be a World Tour map released on other versions or not.

For MapleSEA, it has been announced that there will be a new Singapore-based map featuring popular tourist attractions such as Changi Airport and Sentosa. It will be released in August 2007.

There is also another new Thailand-based map in the making to be released in ThailandMS sometime in 2007.

Marriage Systems
Currently, there are two different wedding towns, with different themes and ceremonies. Peach Blossom Island is based on eastern culture, and is available in ChinaMS, TaiwanMS, and MapleSEA. Amoria is based on western culture, and is available in GlobalMS, ThailandMS and most recently KoreaMS Tespia.
 * Peach Blossom Island and Amoria

Event Towns

 * Happyville, Shalom Temple, and Coke Town

Happyville and Shalom Temple
During the month of December, the Christmas themed town of Happyville becomes available.

Coke Town
Coke Town was a Coca-cola themed town for KoreaMS. It was available for approximately 8 months from midsummer 2006 to Spring 2007, then removed from the game without warning in patch v1.2.39. It has returned in patch v1.2.40.

Kerning City Internet Cafe - Premium Road
Premium Road can only be accessed from a cyber cafe that has established a contract with the local programming staff of MapleStory. The cyber cafe grants bonuses such as EXP boosts by 1.5x (1.2x in MapleSEA), but only offers a limited amount of maps. Players at participating internet cafes can access Premium Road by talking to an NPC in Kerning City.

Premium Road is currently not available in GlobalMS, ChinaMS, TaiwanMS and EuropeMS.

Free Market
The Free Market is a place set aside for people who wish to sell their items by setting up a shop. They can either use the regular 'Buying item' or they can set up their own miniature shop where a maximum of 3 people are allowed in at once. In order do the latter, players will have to purchase a special permit available only through the Cash Shop. Even while on another island, such as Ossyria, one may still make contact with people in Victoria Island through the Free Market. One can communicate and trade with someone entering the Free Market from any town. However, one cannot use the free market to travel between towns, barring the Free Market glitch in Maple global, wherein one logs out in the Perion FM, and logs into the FM, and exits to find himself in Aquarium. This glitch was patched in GMS version 0.28.

Town Availability
This chart shows which towns and related areas are available in each respective version.

Transportations
Transportation is important in the world of Maple Story to travel across continents and subcontinents.
 * Cab/Taxi: The main transportation in Victoria Island to travel between towns besides Sleepywood. There is also a VIP taxi in Lith Harbor and Ellinia that can take players to the Ant Tunnel Park. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Special Transportations:
 * Teleport Rocks from the Cash Shop allow one to travel to the same map as another player, or a map that the player can store by 'using' the rock. The rock is not used up when storing a map name. Cannot cross continents.
 * VIP Teleport Rocks from the Cash Shop have the same functions as the 'Teleport Rock' but an extra useful feature is that it can cross continents, making them a convenient alternative if you're short on time to get to a place you need to get to.


 * Maple World Cross Continent & Region Transportations:
 * Maple Island Ship — A ship in Southperry that heads to Lith Harbor. A one-way direction ship. Does return trips in ChinaMS only. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Florina Beach Boat — A boat in Lith Harbor, Orbis, and Ludibrium that can take you to Florina Beach and back. Costs a small fee, or can be used for free with a VIP ticket. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Victoria Island - Ossyria Ship — Travel between Ellinia and Orbis, The ship departs every 15 minutes in both directions and takes 10 minutes to travel. Occasionally attacked by Crimson Balrog pirates.
 * Ossyria: Orbis - Ludibrium Train — Travel between Orbis and Ludibrium, The train departs every 10 minutes in both direction and takes 5 minutes to travel.
 * Ossyria: Orbis - Leafre Blue Bird — Travel between Orbis and Leafre, The bird departs every 10 minutes in both direction and takes 5 minutes to travel.
 * Ossyria: Orbis - Mu Lung Crane Bird — Travel between Orbis and Mu Lung. The ride costs 6000 mesos, and the ride only takes 1 minute. The return trip from Mu Lung to Orbis only costs 1000 mesos. There is no waiting to depart. You can travel between Mu Lung and Orbis at any time.
 * Ossyria: Orbis - Ariant Genie — Travel between Orbis and Ariant, The Genie departs every 10 minutes in both direction and takes 5 minutes to travel.
 * Victoria Island - Leafre Portal — A portal that transports adventurers from Ellinia to Leafre and back at the cost of a magic seed. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Ludibrium Elevator — Between 99th floor of Helios Tower and 2nd floor of Helios Tower, The elevator departs every 5 minutes in both direction and takes 1 minute to travel.
 * Mu Lung/Herb Town Crane — Transports players back and forth between Mu Lung and Herb Town for 1500 mesos. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Dolphin Taxi — Found in Aquarium and Herb Town. Transports players back and forth for 10,000 mesos. The trip is instantaneous. The Dolphin Taxi also provides transportation from Aquarium to "Aqua Road : The Sharp Unknown" (one of two entrances to Korean Folk Town) if you provide a Dolphin Taxi Coupon. In KoreaMS, You can pay 1000 mesos to be transported to The Sharp Unknown if you do not have any coupons.
 * Thomas Swift — Found in Henesys, takes players to Amoria and Back. (ThailandMS, and GlobalMS)
 * Hera — Found in most major towns, takes players to Amoria and Back. (KoreaMS Tespia)
 * Tang San Zang (Henesys), Fa Hai (Orbis), and Di Zang Wang (Ludibrium) - take players to Peach Blossom Island. (ChinaMS, TaiwanMS and MapleSEA)
 * Polar Bear Administrator — Found in Perion, takes players to Coke Town and Back. (KoreaMS)
 * Rooney — Found in Ellinia, El Nath, and Ludibrium, takes players to Happyville and Back.
 * Simon — Found in Ellinia, El Nath, and Ludibrium, takes players to Shalom Temple and Back. (GlobalMS)


 * World Tour Cross Continent Transportations:
 * Perry the Pelican Taxi — Perry can be found in: Kerning City (JapanMS, ThailandMS), Mushroom Shrine (JapanMS, TaiwanMS, ThailandMS), and Ximending (TaiwanMS). Perry can take adventures to and from several continents for a fee of 1,500 mesos. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Yang the Pilot — This NPC is located at the very top of Perion and at Shanghai Airport (ChinaMS, TaiwanMS), He can take travelers to and from Shanghai Wai-Tan. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Kerning City Subway - Ximending Subway — This NPC is located at the Kerning City Subway and at Ximending Subway (TaiwanMS), and can take travelers to and from Ximending for a fee. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Ximending Subway - Taipei 101 Subway — This NPC is located at the Ximending Subway and at Taipei 101 Subway (TaiwanMS), and sends players on a "subway ride" that takes travelers to and from Taipei 101 at the cost of 2,000 mesos. Players must walk through four maps during the subway ride to arrive at their destination. Devil Slimes are also found in the subway cars, in addition to Sharenian guild quest.
 * Captain Nareth — He is located in Lith Harbor and at Floating Market (ThailandMS), and can take travelers to and from Floating Market for a fee of 1,000 mesos. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Feudal Lord's Litter — Located in Mushroom Shrine and Kaede Castle (JapanMS). Transports players back and forth for free. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Spinel the World Tour Guide — Currently available in all versions except EuropeMS. This NPC can be found in most major Victoria and Ossyria towns. She can take you on a world tour to any continent: Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, for a fee of 3,000 mesos. (Japan and Taiwan not available in ChinaMS yet, China not available in ThailandMS yet, Taiwan and Thailand not available in MapleSEA yet. China, Taiwan, Thailand not available in GlobalMS yet.) You can also travel between these continents for a fee of 1,500 mesos. The trip is instantaneous.


 * Scroll and Capsule
 * Allow instantaneous transport to towns on the same continent. No scrolls work in Towers.


 * Return Scroll - Nearest Town: Returns you to the nearest town. Available in every town.
 * Return Scroll for Dead Mine: Returns you to the dead mine at the higher ground of El Nath. Can only be used in Orbis and El Nath. Available from the first stage of the Zakum Quest.
 * Return Scroll to Ellinia: Returns you to Ellinia. Only available in Ellinia.
 * Return Scroll to Henesys: Returns you to Henesys. Only available in Henesys.
 * Return Scroll to Kerning City: Returns you to Kerning City. Only available in Kerning City.
 * Return Scroll to Lith Harbor: Returns you to Lith Harbor. Only available in Lith Harbor.
 * Return Scroll to Perion: Returns you to Perion. Only available in Perion.
 * Return Scroll to Sleepywood: Returns you to Sleepywood. Only available in Sleepywood.
 * Command Center Warp Capsule: A warp capsule that allows the owner to warp to the Command Center of Omega Sector. Available from a number of quests in Omega Sector. Can only be used in the Ludus Lake region.
 * Ludibrium Warp Capsule: A warp capsule that allows the owner to warp to Ludibrium. Available from a number of quests in Omega Sector. Can only be used in the Ludus Lake region.
 * Eos Rock Scroll: You can transport to the other Eos Rocks by activating them using this scroll. Available from the Lost Soldier on the 93rd floor in Ludibrium.
 * Orbis Rock Scroll: Use it at the magic rock on either the 1st or the 20th floor of Orbis Tower to teleport to one another. Available from the Huckle's Magic Ingredients quest in the hidden room on the 10th floor.
 * Strawberry Milk: Bought at Showa Town bath house, Returns you to Mushroom Shrine. Usable in Zipangu only. (JapanMS has no limitation though.)
 * Mixed Juice: Bought at Showa Town bath house, Return you to Showa Town. Usable in Zipangu only. (JapanMS has no limitation though.)
 * Coffee Milk: Bought at Showa Town bath house, Returns you to the nearest town.