MapleStory/Training locations

The training locations listed below are for power leveling. Each section briefly describes the best places to kill large amounts of monsters to level the fastest for that level range.

In most cases you should only hunt monsters that you can kill within 1-2 hits. It is highly suggested that a player seeks the best exp giving monster he/she can one or two hit KO. A player can acquire more EXP in a short amount of time from numerous lower level enemies than one giant enemy. For example, you may be able to kill a monster in one hit that gives you 1/4 the experience of a monster that takes 16 hits. In the time it takes to kill four of the small monsters, you would have acquired as much experience as damaging the larger monster to 1/4 of its health. To maximize your experience gain and minimize the amount of time you have to spend killing monsters, you should pay attention to how much experience you gain from each enemy, and how long (how many hits) it takes to kill them. With each patch since Chaos, the standard for classes has been to give each one, even at first job, an attack that can hit multiple enemies. This has drastically sped up the leveling process.

Levels 1-10
The best place to level is the intro area for your class. These areas are:
 * Explorers: Maple Island. Potential Magicians should avoid doing Bigg's Collection of Items quest as killing Orange Mushrooms takes a very long time. For Magicians, at level 8 go to Ellinia and advance to First Job, then train on the nearby Slimes.
 * Cygnus Knights: Ereve.
 * Resistance and Demon Slayer: Edelstein.
 * Aran: Rien.
 * Mercedes: Elluel.
 * Cannoneer: Coco Island.
 * Mihile: an old man's shop.

Levels 11-20
Some characters are still in their intro at this point.
 * Explorers: pick a town, such as your class's town (Ellinia for Magicians, Perion for Warriors, Kerning City for thieves, Henesys for Bowmen, and Nautilus Harbor for Pirates) and do all of the quests in them. These towns often give class-specific rewards, so doing quests in Henesys as a Warrior is not very helpful.
 * Aran: at 14, after finishing all of the quests you can take the ferry that will take you to Victoria Island. Speak to Tru in Lith Harbor to continue the Aran quest line.
 * Demon Slayer: there are more quests in Edelstein.

Levels 20 to 30

 * Ligators (level 21) in the second Swamp map, behind Kerning City. These spawn in large groups (6-8) on some platforms and give over 100 EXP each. If you do the Kerning City quest line (see Dark Lord, JM, Nella, and Icarus) you will eventually have to kill these. If you can one hit Ligators, you can run around the map in a circular fashion and level up very quickly (about one level every 10 minutes).

Levels 30-40
Start with the Mushroom Kingdom quest line. The EXP from the monsters in this Theme Dungeon is high and the monsters spawn in large numbers, particularly the Helmet Pepes. You will have to complete the quest line half way to get into the castle.

Levels 41-50
Complete the Kerning Square Shopping Center quest line. The CDs on the top floor offer a good place to train.

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