MapleStory/Towns

The MapleStory world is a set of explorable continents. There are three main continents common to all versions in the MapleStory 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 subcontinent called Florina Beach. Ossyria also has ten towns - Orbis, El Nath, Aquarium, Ludibrium, Omega Sector, Korean Folk Town, Leafre, Mu Lung, Herb Town, and Ariant.

Additional continents that are found in some versions of the game include Coke Town, Zipangu, China, Taiwan, and Floating Market. The latter four 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 ThailandMS and 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.

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 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.
 *  Ellinia, Henesys, Kerning City, Lith Harbor, Perion, and Sleepywood (Dungeon)

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
 * Ariant Desert: Ariant

Currently Ossyria is split into six regions: El Nath Mts., Aqua Road, Ludus Lake, Minar Forest, Mu Lung Garden, and Ariant Desert; and has ten towns: Orbis, El Nath, Aquarium, Ludibrium, Omega Sector, Korean Folk Town, Leafre, Mu Lung, Herb Town and Ariant. Currently Ariant Desert doesn't have region map, which some attribute to rumors of a dungeon in the works. 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 Areas
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, Taiwan for TaiwanMS, and Floating Market for ThailandMS. As of September 2006, the exclusive maps started to become accessible in other versions of MapleStory.
 * Japan: Mushroom Shrine and Showa Town
 * China: Shanghai Wai-Tan and Yuyuan Garden
 * Taiwan: Xi Men Ding and Night Market
 * Thailand: Floating Market

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 and ThailandMS.
 * 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. It is unknown if it will return, as this is the first time an area has ever been removed from the game.

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 only available in KoreaMS, JapanMS, ThailandMS and MapleSEA.

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 bird departs every 10 minutes in both direction and takes 5 minutes to travel.
 * 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.
 * Thomas Swift — Found in Henesys, takes players to Amoria and Back. (ThailandMS and GlobalMS)
 * 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 Xi Men Ding (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 - Xi Men Ding Subway Line — This NPC is located at the Kerning City Subway and Xi Men Ding Subway (TaiwanMS), and can take travelers to and from Xi Men Ding. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Captain Nareth — He is located in Lith Harbor and Floating Market (ThailandMS), and can take travelers to and from Floating Market for a fee of 1,000 mesos. The trip is instantaneous.
 * Spinel the World Tour Guide — Currently available in all versions except ThailandMS, GlobalMS, and 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) (Japan and Taiwan not available in ChinaMS yet, Taiwan and Thailand not available in MapleSEA yet.) for a fee of 3,000 mesos. 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. 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.
 * Ludibrium Warp Capsule: A warp capsule that allows the owner to warp to Ludibrium. Available from a number of quests in Omega Sector.
 * 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.
 * Mixed Juice: Bought at Showa Town bath house, Return you to Showa Town.
 * Coffee Milk: Bought at Showa Town bath house, Returns you to the nearest town.