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. Note that some monsters float, this means that they cannot be struck by low attacks (such as attacks while ducking).

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. Monster leftovers have many varying uses. Some are used for quests, exchange quests where large numbers can be turned in to an NPC for experience, or for forging materials, such as Firewood that is used to make Processed Wood. In versions with the Maker skill, 100 monster leftovers can be combined to form a "Monster Crystal", an alchemical reagent used to create items.

Monster Book

• Availability: KoreaMS, JapanMS, ChinaMS, TaiwanMS, ThailandMS, GlobalMS, and MapleSEA.

Monster Book is, as the name suggests, a book which every player is given that catalogs monsters. When the Monster Book is added to the game, monsters will begin dropping "cards" that contain detailed information on them. Each individual monster's card can be collected up to five times, each time detailing further information about the monster:

1. The monster's slot in the book lights up and it's standing sprite becomes viewable.
2. The monster's HP and MP values will be displayed, as well as some new animations of the monster, such as walking or knockback.
3. The monster's history and level will be added.
4. A near complete drop list is revealed, with certain items (such as Skill books) omitted.
5. Reveal the monster's exact locations across the world, buff the player for 1 hour with Denoted Monster Effect (15% experience boost), and all remaining animations for that monster will be unlocked.

Though cards will continue to drop after the final card is found, picking up more than five will have no effect. In addition to their permanent change to a player's monster book.

Cards in the book are sorted by relative level range. There are tabs on the side of the book which allow one to skip from level range to level range. The tabs on the book's side are color coded, and the colors match those in the background of the cards which appear in that section. A Chief Gray, for example, has a green background on its' card, and the tab under which it appears is also green. The only exception is cards from Boss monsters, as these appear in a different section, called "Special Cards". Certain event monsters also appear as special cards.

Only monsters found on Maple Island, Victoria Island, and Ossyria currently drop cards. In MapleSEA, JapanMS, ChinaMS and TaiwanMS cards drop from Zipangu, Shanghai Wai-Tan, Shaolin Temple, Ximending and Taipei 101 monsters. MapleSEA had just released Singapore and Malaysia cards. All other World Tour areas, such as Floating Market and Masteria, do not have cards in any version. It is expected that when the version which created a town gets the Monster Book, the monsters in that version's World Tour area will begin dropping cards. Monsters in Party Quests do not drop cards, with the exception of bosses: King Slime, Alishar, Poison Golem, Lord Pirate, Papa Pixie, and Frankenroid. For players who are above the level range of the Party Quests, opportunities to "buy" these cards appear from time to time as part of events.

Denoted Monster Effect

When you receive the fifth card for a monster, you'll acquire the buff called "Denoted Monster Effect" for one hour. This buff gives you a bonus 15% experience whenever you kill that monster. If you go to Lith Harbor while you have this buff, you can complete the Event quest titled "Denoted Monster Effect" by speaking with Tienk. If you choose to do this, you will immediately lose the buff. You can only acquire the Denoted Monster Effect for a given monster once.

Newest Monsters

GlobalMS

• Monsters Release Date: May, 2010
• GlobalMS Version 0.85

GlobalMS is releasing the Dragon Rider PQ, and 5th Anniversary Events.

Crimson Sky Dock
File:MS Monster Dragonika.png
Dragonoir	Dragon Rider

MapleSEA

• Monsters Release Date:
• MapleSEA Version 0.92

MapleSEA will released the Dragon Rider PQ and Evan.

Crimson Sky Dock
File:MS Monster Dragonika.png
Dragonoir	Dragon Rider

Utah's Farm
File:MS Monster Fox Snake.png	File:MS Monster Strange Pork.png
Fox Snake	Strange Pork

VietnamMS

• Monsters Release Date: 4 p.m., April 9, 2010 (GMT +7)
• VietnamMS Version 1.2.2

VietnamMS has released Leafre with the 4th job advancement, as well as Monster Riding function.

Leafre
File:MS Monster Leyswi.png	File:MS Monster Rock Beetle.png	File:MS Monster Horb.png	File:MS Monster Dark Leyswi.png	File:MS Monster Iron Beetle.png	File:MS Monster Pin Horb.png	File:MS Monster Thorn Trap.png	File:MS Monster Hengki.png
Rash	Beetle	Hobi	Dark Rash	Dual Beetle	Green Hobi	Thornbush	Hankie

File:MS Monster Harpy.png	File:MS Monster Blood Harpy.png	File:MS Monster Meebee.png	File:MS Monster Beemee.png	File:MS Monster Red Centaur.png	File:MS Monster Blue Centaur.png	File:MS Monster Dark Centaur.png
Harp	Blood Harp	Birk	Dual Birk	Red Kentaurus	Blue Kentaurus	Black Kentaurus

File:MS Monster Giant Red Dragon.png
Manon Boss	Griffey Boss

Dragon Forest
		File:MS Monster Riston.png	File:MS Monster Briston.png
Blue Dragon Turtle	Red Dragon Turtle	Rexton	Brexton

File:MS Monster Green Conion.png	File:MS Monster Dark Conion.png
Cornian	Dark Cornian

Dragon Canyon
File:MS Monster Red Dragon.png	File:MS Monster Blue Dragon.png	File:MS Monster Dark Dragon.png
Red Wyvern	Blue Wyvern	Dark Wyvern

File:MS Monster Nutoznio.png	File:MS Monster Nutoznio.png			File:MS Monster Skeletragon.png	File:MS Monster T Skeletragon.png
Jr. Newtie	Transforming Jr. Newtie	Nest Golem	Nest Golem (Pre-Transformed version)	Skelegon	Skelosaurus

Monster Riding
File:MS Monster Tamable Pig.png
Tamable Pig

EuropeMS

• Monsters Release Date: March 10, 2010 (GMT+1)
• EuropeMS Version 0.61

EuropeMS has released Horntail

Horntail
File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Left Head.png	File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Right Head.png
Horntail's Left Head	Horntail's Right Head

File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Head A.png	File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Head B.png	File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Head C.png
Horntail's Head A	Horntail's Head B	Horntail's Head C

File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Left Hand.png	File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Right Hand.png
Horntail's Left Hand	Horntail's Right Hand

File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Wings.png

Horntail's Wings

File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Legs.png

Horntail's Legs

File:MS Monster Horned Tail's Tails.png

Horntail's Tail

File:MS Monster Dead Horned Tail's Head A.png	File:MS Monster Dead Horned Tail's Head B.png	File:MS Monster Dead Horned Tail's Head C.png
Dead Horntail's Head A	Dead Horntail's Head B	Dead Horntail's Head C

File:MS Monster Dead Horned Tail's Left Hand.png	File:MS Monster Dead Horned Tail's Right Hand.png
Dead Horntail's Left Hand	Dead Horntail's Right Hand

File:MS Monster Dead Horned Tail's Wings.png

Dead Horntail's Wings

File:MS Monster Dead Horned Tail's Legs.png

Dead Horntail's Legs

File:MS Monster Dead Horned Tail's Tails.png

Dead Horntail's Tail

File:MS Monster Soul of HonTale.png

Soul of Horntail

ThailandMS

• Monsters Release Date: March 17, 2010 (GMT+7)
• ThailandMS Version 0.79

ThailandMS will release Rien and the new job, Aran.

Rien the Past
File:MS Monster Black Wizard Wyvern.png	File:MS Monster Black Wizard Cornian.png	File:MS Monster Black Wizard Skelegon.png
Black Wizard Wyvern	Black Wizard Cornian	Black Wizard Skelegon

Rien
Muru	Murupa	Murupia	Murumuru	Murukun

Aran Job Advancement Mobs & Bosses
File:MS Monster Asiatic Black Bear.png	File:MS Monster Crow Thief.png	File:MS Monster Berserk Mach.png
Asiatic Black Bear	Crow Thief	Berserk Mach

BrazilMS

• Monsters Release Date: March 2, 2010
• BrazilMS Version 0.21

BrazilMS has release Mu Lung, Mu Lung Dojo and Showa Town.

KoreaMS

• Monsters Release Date: February 25, 2010 (GMT+9)
• KoreaMS Test Server Version 1.2.92

KoreaMS has released the new Dual Blade job, along with its relating monsters.

JapanMS

• Monsters Release Date: Febuary 24, 2010.
• JapanMS Version 1.76

Japan has released the Ghost Ship in the Sea Mist (PQ).

Ghost Ship PQ
File:MS Monster PacP.png	File:MS Monster Selk.png		File:MS Monster Navy Sergeant Ghost.png	File:MS Monster Chief Mate.png
Pac Pinky (PQ)	Selkie Jr. (PQ)	Slimy (PQ)	Navy Sergeant Ghost	Chief Mate

File:MS Monster Ghostship Captain.png Boss

Ghostship Captain

TaiwanMS

• Monsters Release Date: January 27, 2010 (GMT+8).
• TaiwanMS Version 1.09.

TaiwanMS has released Rien, Mount Song Town, Grand Hall of the Great Sage and the new job, Aran.

Mount Song Town
File:MS Monster Bear Swordsman.gif	File:MS Monster White Tiger.gif	File:MS Monster Blue Hawkman.gif	File:MS Monster Male Brigand.gif	File:MS Monster Female Brigand.gif
Black Bear Swordsman	White Tiger	Blue Hawkman	Male Brigand	Female Brigand

Grand Hall of the Great Sage
File:MS Monster Censer Monster.gif		File:MS Monster copper Monk.gif	File:MS Monster Golden Monk.gif	File:MS Monster Silver Giant.gif
Censer Monster	Wooden Fish	Little Copper Monk	Little Golden Monk	Silver Giant
File:MS Monster Golden Giant.gif	File:MS Monster Copper Spear Monk.gif	File:MS Monster Silver Spear Monk.gif	File:MS Monster Wulin Yaoseng's Clone.gif	File:MS Monster Wulin Yaoseng.png
Golden Giant	Copper Monk	Silver Monk	Wulin Yaoseng's Clone	Wulin Yaoseng Boss

Rien the Past
File:MS Monster Black Wizard Wyvern.png	File:MS Monster Black Wizard Cornian.png	File:MS Monster Black Wizard Skelegon.png
Black Wizard Wyvern	Black Wizard Cornian	Black Wizard Skelegon

Rien
Muru	Murupa	Murupia	Murumuru	Murukun

Aran Job Advancement Mobs & Bosses
File:MS Monster Asiatic Black Bear.png	File:MS Monster Crow Thief.png	File:MS Monster Berserk Mach.png
Asiatic Black Bear	Crow Thief	Berserk Mach

ChinaMS

• Monsters Release Date:
• ChinaMS Version:

ChinaMS has released Rien and the new job, Aran.

Rien the Past
File:MS Monster Black Wizard Wyvern.png	File:MS Monster Black Wizard Cornian.png	File:MS Monster Black Wizard Skelegon.png
Black Wizard Wyvern	Black Wizard Cornian	Black Wizard Skelegon

Rien
Muru	Murupa	Murupia	Murumuru	Murukun

Aran Job Advancement Mobs & Bosses
File:MS Monster Asiatic Black Bear.png	File:MS Monster Crow Thief.png	File:MS Monster Berserk Mach.png
Asiatic Black Bear	Crow Thief	Berserk Mach

External links

• Sauna - List of monsters from the game's data file.
• Hidden-Street - similar to the Sauna.
• Maple Tip - Fan site with a list of monsters and other goodies.
• 766 - newest and overall ChinaMS news and data discussion.
• 虛華幻境 - TaiwanMS unofficial monster database.