MapleStory/Bosses

This is a listing of all the bosses in the game.

King Slime
Found at the end of the first party quest located in Kerning City.
 * Summons

Alishar
Found at the end of the second party quest located in Ludibrium.
 * Summons

Papa Pixie
Found at the end of the third party quest located in Orbis.
 * Summons

Lord Pirate
This is the boss of the Herb Town Party Quest, for characters from level 55-100.

Franken Lloyd
This is the boss of the Romeo and Juliet Party Quest in Magatia, for levels 71-85.

Geist Balrog
This is the boss of the New Amorian Challenge! Party Quest, for married characters over the level of 40.

Grandma Tree
This is the boss of the Valentine's Party Quest, for any party of two consisting of a male and a female.

Lith Harbor Boss
Found at "The Thicket Around the Beach III" near Lith Harbor. Available only in Korean version.

Henesys Boss
Found at "Hidden Street:Someone Else's House", directly accessible from a secret path in the town of Henesys. It is one of the oldest bosses in the game.

Perion Boss
Found at "East Rocky Mountain V" near Perion. Available only in Korean version.

Florina Beach Boss
Found at "Hot Sands" at the end of Florina Beach. Available only in Korean version.

Sleepywood Bosses
Jr. Balrogs are found at the Cursed Sanctuary at the end of the Ant Tunnel Dungeon in Sleepywood. It, too is one of the oldest bosses. Zombie Mushmom is accessible from a map located off of Ant Tunnel Park called "Grave of Mushmom". It is slightly stronger than the ordinary Mushmom, but is one of the few Undead bosses.

Ellinia-Orbis Ship
Crimson Balrogs sometimes appear on the Ship from Ellinia to Orbis, or vice versa. Crimson Balrog is a flying enemy that travels in pairs and raids ships trying to carry passengers or cargo between Ossyria and Victoria Island.

Orbis Boss
Found at "Stairway to the Sky 2" in Orbis' Cloud Park. Available only in Korean version.

El Nath Boss
Found at "Snowman's Canyon," a new map located in El Nath. Available only in Korean version.

Ludibrium Bosses
Found in the Eos Tower, as well as the Ludibrium Party Quest.

Omega Sector Bosses
Found at the end of their respective alien fields in Omega Sector.


 * Summons

Korean Folk Town Bosses
The three colored King Goblins are located in Korean Folk Town, which is beneath the Helios Tower in Ludibrium and also links to Aqua Road beneath El Nath. They are summoned via special items.

The Gumiho is the most powerful of the multi-tailed foxes found at the Black Mountain. It spawns in a new, special area of the Korean Folk Town.

Leafre Bosses
These bosses are found in Leafre. They drop an item that is crucial to completing the fourth job advancement.

Mu Lung Boss
Spawns at the end of the Wild Bear area and the Sage Cat area in Mu Lung, respectively. Not available in all versions.

Zipangu Bosses
The boss of Mushroom Shrine is, fittingly, the most powerful Mushroom monster in the game. It also has an outrageous avoidability of 60, making it near impossible for low accuracy players to even land a hit. The Japanese version of the Mafia. Found in Zipangu's Showa Town. Bodyguard A will transform into Bodyguard B and subsequently into The Boss when killed, and are the most powerful bosses in most versions of MapleStory. Black Crow is found at the Buddha Shrine/Pine Forest area of Zipangu's Mushroom Shrine. The Feudal Lord and Armored Warrior are located in the Kaede Castle area of Zipangu. The Feudal Lord is the first form of Big Toad.
 * Mushroom Shrine
 * The Yakuza
 * Summons
 * Black Crow
 * Ninja Lords
 * Summons

Shanghai Wai-Tan Bosses
King Centipede is a quest-related monster that resides in Shanghai Wai-Tan.

Formosa Bosses

 * Located at the end of Night Market.
 * Located in the new Taipei 101 area.

Siam Boss

 * Located at the end of the Goblin Caves in Siam's Golden Temple area. When defeated, a powerful helmet to prove it has been conquered can be acquired.

Singapore Bosses

 * Located at the end of Boat Quay Town inside the Ghost Ship.

3rd Job Bosses
Each player must beat their job's trainer to complete the third job advancement. These can only be accessed by players on the Third job test, through a hidden map accessed by a portal to another dimension.
 * Summons

4th Job Summon Bosses
These Bosses must be defeated in order to obtain the skill to summon them.

Pianus
Pianus is found at the Cave of Pianus through 'A Grave of a Wrecked Ship' at Aqua Dungeon. Go to a glowing doorway to enter 'A Dangerous Cave', which, at the end, you'll find Pianus, who spawns every 10 hours. If the Right Pianus isn't killed in 10 Hours the Weaker Left Pianus will spawn. MapleSEA recently released this description of Pianus: "A heavenly fish who had once enjoyed the life of immortality, was banished into the world of MapleStory for eating up his friend simply because he was famished. Thrown into The Cave of Pianus, he is all alone, by himself, and would occasionally project an image of himself to relieve his loneliness." Pianus can attack with a laser beam and a 10 ton metal block.
 * Summons

Ergoth
Found at the end of the Guild Quest located in Perion-Sharenian.
 * Ergoth
 * Ergoth's Statues

Papulatus
The Papulatus, and related forms, are all located in the last map of Ludibrium's dungeon, The Clock Tower, called "Ludibrium: Deep Inside of Clock Tower". MapleSEA recently released this description of Papulatus: "'Papulatus Clock Boss is an evil monster who hogs the Time Sphere and likes to steal the power in Ludibrium. With him around in the Clock Tower, Ludibrium will never enjoy the peace and harmony they once had.'"


 * Papulatus is a monster from the Maple World's parallel dimension. It entered through a crack in the dimension caused by Ludibrium's failing power supply, the Time Sphere, with several other monsters. The Time Sphere is made by mixing Tachions and Mysterious Powder, which is Papulatus' energy source as well. Papulatus contaminates these Tachions, draining the Time Sphere's power. Some of the other monsters that followed Papulatus through the Crack are carrying pieces of it, which are needed to seal the hole. Once the pieces have been acquired from these monsters, namely Gigantic Spirit Viking and Grim Phantom Watch, the crack can be repaired, causing Papulatus' escape route to be blocked and driving it into the open. Once this occurs, players can finally confront the monster that is disturbing the Maple World and end its leeching. However, once Papulatus has been defeated, there is still one last task: Eliminating the evil force that still remains in the contaminated Tachions. The only thing that can destroy such a dark aura is the fires of El Nath's volcanoes, so the Dark Tachions must be taken there. After all this, Ludus Lake will finally be able to return to normal.

Approach Mr. Bouffon at Path of Time in Ludibrium. He will let you know how to get to Papulatus Clock Boss. Papulatus attack with lightning bolts, a blast of flame and by chances turn players HP and MP to 1.
 * Summons

Zakum
Zakum, one of the most powerful bosses released in most versions of MapleStory, Is located in the Dead Mines of El Nath, one of the main dungeons. Highly coveted by those above Level 100 for the elusive Zakum Helmet.
 * Full Image:
 * Body
 * Arms
 * Summons

Horned Tail
Horned Tail is the most powerful Boss in the game. Located deep in Leafre, it drops a powerful necklace called the Horned Tail Necklace, which adds massive amounts to every stat. It has been defeated, but only a very small number of times.

Fake Bosses
As part of an event in Korean MapleStory and Global MapleStory, false bosses were implemented on some maps for a short time. These bosses are significantly weaker and have less HP than their normal counterparts, most doing a mere 1 point of damage to high-leveled characters. They also drop several cakes upon defeat.