MapleStory/Kerning City

Kerning City

• Region: Victoria Island
• Roads: Victoria Road, Hidden Street, Warning Street, Kerning City Subway & Line 3 Construction Site, Kerning City Town Street, Victoria Island (MapleSEA)
• Level Range: 2-20

File:MS Kerning City.jpg

The Kerning City PQ area.

This is the place where you go to become a thief. You must be at least level 10 and have 25 dex. It is located on the western side of Victoria Island, situated between Henesys, Lith Harbor and Perion. This is the most urban town in Victoria Island, hence its name. Outside of the town, there are a number of construction sites and partially completed buildings, overrun by monsters. The little pit with sewer pipes is usually crowded due to the high popularity of party quests. The middle sewer pipe leads you to a warning street, heading to the dungeon town, Sleepywood. Kerning City features the First Accompaniment Party Quest for users between level 21 and 30, with a King Slime boss at the end.

In JapanMS, Perry the Pelican can take players from Kerning to Zipangu.

Monsters

• Blue Snail
• Red Snail
• Stump
• Orange Mushroom
• Blue Mushroom
• Green Mushroom
• Octopus

Kerning Subways

• Level Range: 15-56

The Kerning Subway area.

Kerning's most popular training area is in the Subways. It is also the host to three Kerning Jump quests. The first map, as would be expected, is populated by the weak Bubblings, however they can pose quite a threat to players that cannot deal enough damage to knock them back. The next map is filled with the flying enemies, Stirges. At this point, called the Transfer Area, the path splits into 2 lines(Line 1 and Line 2). Both routes are similar, featuring Jr. necki and both Jr. and the "senior" Wraiths. The boss-like Bot-catching monster Shade spawns alongside the Wraiths at the end of both lines. Shades can be weakened by activating the lamp.

In TaiwanMS, a subway train that departs from Kerning can take players to Ximending, the main Taiwan town. In GlobalMS,TaiwanMS, MapleSEA and EuropeMS, a subway train that departs from Kerning can take Players to New Leaf City.

Monsters

• Bubbling
• Stirge
• Jr. Necki
• Jr. Wraith
• Wraith
• Shade - Boss/Bot-Catching (Not available in all versions.)

Kerning Airport

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The Kerning Airport.

The Kerning Airport is a recently built area, currently available in MapleSEA, TaiwanMS, ThailandMS, GlobalMS and EuropeMS. Players can take a plane from Kerning City Airport to reach Singapore Airport for 20,000 meso per ticket. However it only costs 6000 mesos for MapleSEA.

Kerning Swamp

• Level Range: 6-65

The Kerning Swamp area.

The Kerning Swamp is the swamp between Kerning City and the dungeon. It has the enemies you would expect in a swamp, such as snakes and alligators. When one goes deeper into the swamp, he/she will encounter crocodiles and Curse Eyes as well. In some versions, a boss monster, called the 'Dile, spawns here in the middle of the swamp. It is an enormous alligator with a bird riding on its back.

Hidden in the swamp is also the Monkey Swamp, a popular training area populated by Lupins, both living and (un)dead. In this area, Thieves can also use the Door of Dimension to travel to the other dimension where the 3rd job advancement test is held.

Monsters

• Slime
• Jr. Necki
• Ligator
• Lupin
• Zombie Lupin
• Croco
• 'Dile - Boss (Not available in all versions)

Kerning L Forest and Middle Forest

• Level Range: 1-42

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The Kerning L Forest area.

The Kerning L forest lies between the Three Way Split and Kerning City. It's a complex maze of L-shaped platforms, which make navigating it difficult. Stronger monsters like Blue Mushrooms, Lupin, and Iron Hogs roam, making it even more difficult to get through to Kerning. It's advisable to avoid this area as much as possible by using town scrolls or taking the taxi. Or if that's not possible, high leveled monsters (monkeys, blue mushrooms, etc) can be avoided by staying away from the bottom of these mazes.

Monsters

• Snail
• Shroom
• Blue Snail
• Red Snail
• Slime
• Pig
• Ribbon Pig
• Stump
• Orange Mushroom
• Blue Mushroom
• Green Mushroom
• Fierry
• Lupin
• Iron Hog

Swamp of Despair III Scroll Merchant

Sells 100% scrolls.

Equipment	Effect	Price
Helmet	Weapon Defence +1	35,000
Helmet	HP +5	35,000
Overall	Dexterity +1	35,000
Bottomwear	Weapon Defence +1	35,000
Shoes	Avoid +1	35,000
Shoes	Jump +1	35,000
All weapons	Attack +1	70,000

NPCs

NPC	Notes
Alex	Alex The Runaway Kid (Level 20) quest.	{{{4}}}
Chris	??.	{{{4}}}
Cody Wizet Wizard	??.	{{{4}}}
Dalair Monk of Honor	Title NPC. Accompanied by Donation Box.	{{{4}}}
Dark Lord	??.	{{{4}}}
Don Giovanni	??.	{{{4}}}
Donation Box	Accompanies Dalair. Represents a town that is eligible for the Donation King title quest (the person who donates the most gets to hold the title).	{{{4}}}
File:MS NPC Dr. Andre.png Dr. Andre	??.	{{{4}}}
Dr. Faymus	??.	{{{4}}}
Duey	The Package Deliverer.	{{{4}}}
Icarus	??.	{{{4}}}
Jake	??.	{{{4}}}
Jane Doe	??.	{{{4}}}
JM from tha Streetz	??.	{{{4}}}
Lakelis	??.	{{{4}}}
File:MS NPC Mainstein.png Mainstein Weapon Seller	??.	{{{4}}}
File:MS NPC Mapa.png Mapa Armor Seller	??.	{{{4}}}
Matthias	"Kerning City Agent"; Cygnus Knight related NPC. Added in GMS patch 0.73.	{{{4}}}
Mr. Hong Storage Keeper	Storage NPC.	{{{4}}}
Mr. Pickall	??.	{{{4}}}
Nella	??.	{{{4}}}
Ria	??.	{{{4}}}
Regular Cab	Takes you to Ellinia (1,200 Mesos), Henesys (1,000 Mesos), Lith Harbor (1,000 Mesos), and Perion (800 Mesos).	{{{4}}}
Shumi	??.	{{{4}}}
Spiegelmann Monster Carnival	Gives information about Monster Carnival and can teleport you to Spiegelmann's Office: Monster Carnival where you can enter the PQ.	{{{4}}}
Spinel	World Tour NPC.	{{{4}}}
File:MS NPC Subway Worker .png Subway Worker	??.	{{{4}}}