MapleStory/Monsters

There are many monsters in the world of MapleStory. The most dangerous monsters live deep in dungeons. Harmless monsters tend to stay by towns. Maple Island is one of the places that has very few monsters and are mostly very weak. Higher level monsters live in Victoria Island, but more dangerous monsters live closer to the center (Dungeon) of the island. Ossyria mainly has high level monsters as well as four major bosses.

There is also a complete list of monsters, Event Monsters, and bosses.

Items, leftovers, and Mesos
After killing a monster, Mesos or monster leftovers (ETC. items) may be dropped sometimes. However, the monster may also drop something rare (infrequently of course), such as an equipment, which can be worth a lot. The mesos dropped by a monster is varied, and the range varies with the monster (and is usually, but not always, somewhat proportional to the level of the monster, so you will find that in SOME circumstances monsters of same level drops the same range of mesos), the maximum value usually being 1.5x the minimum value.

ThailandMS
ThailandMS has released all Mu Lung and Herb Town related maps and monsters, as well as the Monster Carnival. The Amoria Party Quest and related Amoria Expansions should become available later in the patch.
 * Monsters Release Date: February 27, 2008 (GMT +7)
 * ThailandMS Version 0.47

TaiwanMS
TaiwanMS released Ariant and its related maps and monsters.
 * Monsters Release Date: February 26, 2008 (GMT +8)
 * TaiwanMS Version 0.68

HongKongMS
HongKongMS released Showa Town of Zipangu.
 * Monsters Release Date: February 21, 2008 (GMT +8)
 * HongKongMS Version 0.05

EuropeMS
EuropeMS released the 3rd Job Advancement and the related maps and monsters.
 * Monster Release Date: February 21, 2008 (GMT +1)
 * EuropeMS Version: 0.35

JapanMS
JapanMS released Coke Town and the iTCG, which includes the Blue Husky, Black Bunny, and Porcupine pets.
 * Monsters Release Date: February 20, 2008 (GMT+9)
 * JapanMS Version 1.40

KoreaMS
KoreaMS has released more area bosses, as well as a special Jump Quest area in Victoria. The Porcupine pet was released as a normal Cash item.
 * Monsters Release Date: February 14, 2008 (GMT +9)
 * KoreaMS Test Server Version 1.2.51

ChinaMS
ChinaMS released the first set of Area Bosses.
 * Monsters Release Date: February 18, 2008 (GMT +8)
 * ChinaMS Test Server Version: 0.17
 * Summons:

GlobalMS
GlobalMS released Leafre, Leafre dungeon (Dragon Forest and Dragon Canyon), Cave of Life, as well as the 4th Job Advancement and Mounts. The bot catching monster Lich was added to the Zombie maps.
 * Monsters Release Date: January 23, 2008
 * GlobalMS Version 0.49

MapleSEA
MapleSEA has released all Mu Lung and Herb Town related maps and monsters, as well as Chinese New Year Events.
 * Monsters Release Date: January 23, 2008 (GMT +8)
 * MapleSEA Version 0.51