MapleStory/Patches/MapleSEA

Dear Maplers,

The upcoming patch 0.72 includes:

EPISODE 2 (PART 1)

Episode 2 Launch Events A series of surprises await you as MapleSEA Episode 2 unfolds on the 20th May 2009. Check out what we have in store for you: MapleSEA Episode 2 login page now sports a new look! 2x EXP events running from the 22nd May to 28th June 2009 on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Check www.MapleSEA.com for more details. Sales event running for a month from 20th May till 19th June 2009. Each week, all items under a specific tab will be sold at a discounted price of 20%. Stay tuned to our updates to make sure you don’t miss out any of the good deals!

Dual Language Game Client Chinese language is now available in MapleSEA in the newly launched Gemini world.

Gemini World A brand new world starting with 15 new channels is launched in MapleSEA. The Gemini world provides more room for adventures in Chinese language! In celebration of the launch of Gemini world, 2x EXP events will be held 24 hours from 20th to 31st May 2009. An even better news is, it will become a 4x EXP event when it is overlapped with the 2x EXP event for MapleSEA Episode 2 launch!

Knights of Cygnus (Preview) Preview the Knight of Cygnus in-game trailer and quests before the actual launch coming real SOON!

Family System With this new system, you can guide the young adventurers around Maple World. Invite them to join your family as a Junior so that you, an Senior, can share your hard-earned knowledge with them. Skilled and well-trained Juniors will increase your reputation and bring you various Privileges of the Famous Adventures, which include EXP and Drop Rate boosts! Seek out Leader Al at Lith Harbor for more information.

Timeless Temple & Pink Bean Let Corba transform you into a dragon so that you may cut through vicious winds to reach the Temple of Time, a mysterious temple in the sky. However, beware! It is whispered that within the temple dwells the strongest monster in Maple World, one that has yet to be defeated. Enter at your own risk…

Elin Forest & PQ Elin Forest is the last place in Maple World where prehistoric monsters roam, accessible only by the Time Control Room in Helios tower. Yet, a Black Magician is trying to poison the forest! It is now up to you to stop him. (Hint: You will need at least a party of four!)

Maker Skill Now all Maplers above level 45 will get a new skill! Simply visit Moren in Magatia town to learn the Item Maker skill after completing a quest. This skill enables Maplers to create equipment and is leveled up by completing quests instead of the regular SP. Stimulators can be used with the Maker skill to create better items, but there is always a 10% chance of failure.

Mu Lung Training Center Only by surviving the Kung Fu Panda Master’s challenge, will you earn the title of a master! Prove yourself by taking up the challenge from Mu Gong, the Kung Fu master from Mu Lung Training Center and achieve different colored martial belts to signify your grade. You can reach the training center at any one of these locations: Mu Lung, Ellinia and Orbis town.

Free Pet Snail Roonie Get the free pet, Snail Roonie when you complete a quest at level 15! This pet comes with free accessories that not only help you loot monster drops, but also recover your HP and MP. Just remember to free 6 slots in your inventory (1 Pet slot)for the pet and its accessories (5 Equip slots) and your pet will take care of the rest! Unfortunately, nothing lives forever and the same goes for Snail Roonie. So use Pet Roonie wisely.

Monster Book Getting panicky from the information overload in Maple World? Now, there’s the Monster Book encyclopedia containing information of mob drops, monster location and various stats to help you. The best news is you will be granted a buff for each card collected (capped at the first 5 cards).

Title System Daleer, the Priest of Honour, is here in Lith Harbor to reward medals for various achievements in Maple World! Once a medal is awarded to you, you will receive a title under your character’s name. Titles like The Legendary Hunter and Donation King are renewed every month.

Horned Tail Dragon Stone can be acquired repetitively by completing the quest for “What Horned Tail left…”. It can be used only once per each Horned Tail necklace. When the members are remaining in the previous map, you cannot proceed on to the next map. During the stage 1 and 2 in the Horned Tail cave, you cannot proceed to the next map without attacking the monster.

Mini Dungeon Mini Dungeons’ time limit is extended to 2 hours. Channel Transfer and Cash Shop entry are available from Mini Dungeons. Monster riding is available in Mini Dungeons. No more running into other users in the Mini Dungeons. Mini Dungeons locations are now added in the World Map.

New EXP Table With the new EXP table implemented, you can now level up more easily with about 70% to 80% of the effort you used to put it.

4th Anniversary Event Tiank Monster Card – Take the chance to exchange Maple Leaves with Tiank to get rare monster cards for your Monster Book collection. Go speak to Tiank from the Lith Harbor. 4th Anniversary Level-up Event – Receive Maple Leaves every time you level up! All you have to do is click on the light bulb icon that appears above your head after leveling up, and you will receive Maple Leaves from the Maple Administrator automatically. 4 Candles 4th Anniversary Celebration Cake Maple Leaf in between the lips… Making Maple Syrup Cassandra’s New Information The material of the Mysterious Fabric Francois’ Latest Work

MapleSEA Speed Quiz – Cassandra has prepared a special quiz for you to find out how well you know MapleStory. Answer the names of the NPCs and monsters correctly and be rewarded with EXP and Maple Leaves.

Disappeared Mysterious Fabric Mending the Maple Cape Alcaster’s Advice

Party Quest Party Quest category is added in the quest window. It is available when you reaches 5 levels lower than the actual level required for PQ. Moon Rabbit PQ is revised. Bring the remaining Rice Cakes to NPC Tory in the Short Cut map. Once Tory has accepted an enough amount of Rice Cakes, he will reward you with a Rice Cake Hat. New reward additions are included in the Ludibrium and Orbis Party Quest. Map

The Forest of Patience map can only be entered once per day. The Deep Forest of Patience map can only be entered once per day. You can search for the Treasure Chest in Subway Area once per day. The Delivery System is not available in Zakum’s Altar, Horned Tail Cave and Pink Bean map. Skill Pirate 4th job skill Viper is revised. No more damage will be done on the character while attacking a fixed Mob by using Fist. Demolition skill is revised. The delay that occurred while it’s being used, is fixed. When you level up, it will be shown in chat window of your guild members and family members. Skills with cool time will not be registered in skill macro. Energy Buster skill’s after-delay is reduced. Inventory Click the “Fold Inventory” button on the top right of the inventory window to view all the available slots in a glance. Clicking the same button again will unfold and close the expanded window view. The inventory slots (Eqp, Use, Etc) can be expanded in the Cash Shop. (Cash, Ins are not available) Clicking the “Expand Inventory” button in the Item Inventory window will bring you to the Cash Shop for slot expansion. Slots in the Storage can also be expanded in the Cash Shop.

Tutorial Deciding stats when creating a character by rolling dice is removed. All characters will be given the same stats to start out with. Beginner’s skill “Three Snails” does not require snail shells. Auto distribute function is added in the Character Stat window. Remaining AP (Ability Points) will be automatically distributed suitable for job & level upon clicking the button. An “Occupation recommend” quest is available when you reach level 8. You can still choose your preferred job if you do not like the job recommended by the Maple Administrator. If you choose the recommended job, you can move to the job town directly instead of taking the ship from South Perry. The required stat for 1st Job advancement has been removed. All newly-created characters will start up with the same stats. You can still choose your preferred job regardless of the current stat. Stats will be automatically re-distributed when making the 1st job advancement. Recommended skill will be marked in skill window for the 1st jobs.

Party The function for Finding Party is added in HotKey [O] button. Search party among all users in the same map without additional registration. Function to refuse party search is added in the game option.

Wedding Propose ring can now be purchased with Mesos at NPC Alegro in the wedding village. Unnecessary propose ring can be sold back to NPC Alegro.

Item The drop rate of the “Piece of Time” has been adjusted higher. Drop item option is increased:

Master Monsters will drop better items compared to regular monsters. Boss mob will drop better items than Master Monsters. New Equip items are added. Up to level 110 items will be dropped by monsters, and items over level 110 will be included in Gachapon. Refer here for more information.

Quest Quest system interface is revised. Chain quest will be shown with different icon, and the order of the chain quest will be available in the quest window. Click the “Find NPC” button under the Available tab in quest log to see the location of the quest start NPC. Button key [Q] is added in the quest alarm window [L] to open the quest window. When you register a new available quest, [Q] will blink.

Buddy Window Buddy Window interface has been revised. You can have a maximum of 100 buddies and categorize them into different groups.

Etc Fee for meso trade and item sale in the Free Market has been downgraded.

Monster Monster level will be shown on the left side of its name. Monsters in Victoria Island are re-located. Legendary Hair Coupons Released in Henesys, Ludibrium, Singapore CBD, Malaysia and Leafre near the beauty shops.

EPISODE 2 (PART 2)

Knights of Cygnus For the first time outside Korea, you get to be part of the Knights of Cygnus legend! Releasing in early June, the Knights of Cygnus transformation will be available to all players with at least one level 20 character. Prep yourself for the Legend is coming…