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User Interface (UI)

Content Korea Japan China Taiwan S.E.A. Global
Ranking[1] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Character Info[2] No No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No
Friend Finder[3] No No No No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No
Guild BBS (Forum) Yes No No Yes Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes
Storage Locking System Yes No No Yes No No No
Quest Summary[4] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Initial System No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes No No No
Chat Room No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No
Guild System Upgrade[5] Yes
Simple Minimap Mode[6] No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Improved Quest System[7] No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No Yes No Yes No
Improved Map System[8] Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Quick Move System[9] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Inner Ability & Honor system[10] Yes No No No No No No

Minigames

Content Korea Japan China Taiwan S.E.A. Global
Omok / Match Cards Yes
Gachapon
Yes[11]
Peanut Machines[12] Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
Twin Dragon's Egg[13] No No No No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No
Cash Shop Surprise
Cash Shop Item Gachapon
No No No Yes Yes[14] Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png[15]
"EXP" Gachapon No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No Yes Yes Retired[16] No
Monster Game Arcade No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes Yes No No No
Speed Quiz[17] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Rock Paper Scissors Removed YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No Yes[18] Yes[19] No
Tarot Cards No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No Yes No No No
PvP Arena No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes No No No
Spot the Difference No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes Yes No No
Fishing King No Yes No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No
Fishing System Upgrade No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No No
Fortune Teller System No Removed No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Removed[20] No No
Fishing System No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[21] No
Pachinko No Yes Yes Yes No No No

Game System

Content Korea Japan China Taiwan S.E.A. Global
Joypad Setting No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Windowed Mode Yes Yes Yes No Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes
Higher Resolution Mode
1024x768
Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
MTS / Trading Cash System No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Cash Trading Room Yes No Yes No No Yes Removed
Parental Control System No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No No
Personal Identification Code Yes No No Yes Yes Yes[22] No
PIN System No No No No No Retired[23]MS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes
CAPTCHA System[24] No No No No Yes No No
My Ranking Yes No No Yes No No No
Multilingual Service No No No No Removed[25] No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png
Report System Yes No No Yes Yes[26] Yes No
Facebook/Twitter Integration No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No No

Game Features

Content Korea Japan China Taiwan S.E.A. Global
Episode 1 Quest Chain No No Yes Yes Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png[27] No
Crusader Codex
Monster Book upgrade
No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No Yes No
Follow Function
When used, it can follow a player
Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No Yes Yes Yes Yes
MapleStory iTCG and quests
offline card game
and in-game quests/items
Yes Yes No No No RetiredMS Maple Leaf Icon.png[28] No
The Silent Crusade No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes Yes No Yes No
Monster Familiar No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No Yes No
Soul Weapon System No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No No
Farming System No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No No

Area Bosses and Bot-catching Monsters

Content Korea Japan China Taiwan S.E.A. Global
Bot catching monsters[29] Retired Yes Yes Yes Retired Retired Yes[30]
Area Boss Overhaul[31] Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
Silent Crusade Targets[32] No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No Yes No

Other

Content Korea Japan China Taiwan S.E.A. Global
World Tour Guide Removed[33] Yes Yes Yes Removed[34] Yes Removed[35]
Maple Quick Delivery Yes Yes Yes Yes Removed[20] Removed Removed
Maple TV No Yes Yes No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes Yes
Boss Speech Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Inn System No No Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No
Rental System[36] No Yes[37] No Yes No Yes No
7th Day Market No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes No Removed[38] No
MapleStory Adventures connection[39] No No No No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No

Template for MapleStory to show the differences in version content.

Notes

  1. Rankings for each version: KoreaMS, JapanMS, TaiwanMS, ThaiMS, MapleSEA, GlobalMS and EuropeMS
  2. An extension to the Character Info window. Includes the character's mood, astrological sign, etc.
  3. A features which suggests friends for you based on area of residence, age and interests.
  4. Summary of a quest: it tells you immediately in the Quest window what you need and what your reward will be.
  5. An upgrade to the current Guild System which includes Guild Skills, and a use for GP.
  6. An option to switch to a simple view (not to be confused with expanding the mini map image). In this view, the mini map only shows a rough blueprint of the map. There is no image of the map, however platforms and ropes/ladders are indicated by horizontal and vertical lines while you, NPCs and other Maplers are still identified by small pointers.
  7. Available quests are shown on the world map with their respective locations. NPCs also signify the level of the quest with different quest bubbles.
  8. The World Map gets the option to search for NPCs, Monsters and Maps. The location of various bosses are now tagged similarly to mini dungeons. The Mini map can now be expanded to view the image in full size, also in the Mini map, you can see the NPCs and the monsters in connecting portals. The Map Information System must be present for this feature to be implanted.
  9. A button below the Mini map allows you to move to popular NPCs and places such as the Dimensional Mirror or the Free Market. Added with the Legends patch
  10. You can level up the Honor stat by completing the Liberation of Aswan PQ. Getting the Honor stat to a certain level unlocks your inner ability. The inner ability awards you extra points in random stats, which can be reset and controlled with cash items, similar to Hidden Potential items.
  11. Pigmy in Korea. As of v.73, Europe has a new Toy Capsule system.
  12. Similar to Gachapon and Pigmy.
  13. Similar to Gachapon and Pigmy.
  14. The Cash Shop Surprise was released as a short event from 12/9/2009 to 12/16/2009 in MapleSEA.
  15. Contains other items than in other versions.
  16. Released as part of an event.
  17. A quiz given by the NPC Cassandra. The player must identify the image and will get EXP based on the amount of images answered correctly. Usually available only as an event.
  18. Released as part of an event.
  19. Released as part the MapleStory Legends events.
  20. 20.0 20.1 Removed due to incompatibility issues with the new system (Big Bang).
  21. Released as part of an event in GlobalMS.
  22. Added in patch V.82 in the pre-update to launch MapleStory from the official website.
  23. Replaced with the 2nd password system in patch V.82 in the pre-update to launch MapleStory from the official website.
  24. Must enter letters/numbers presented in an image in order to log on. Put in place to stop automated bots.
  25. The Chinese Client was removed due to the merge of Fornax and Gemini in 0.80.
  26. Manual Report System only.
  27. Available to all classes from levels 1 to 40 as of Ver.0.83.
  28. Cards are no longer in print.
  29. Includes Shade, Legendary Mountain Wizard Doll, Witch of the Snow Mountain, Scholar Ghost, Bamboo Warrior etc.
  30. Lich and Witch of the Snow Mountain only.
  31. Former bot catching monsters (Snow Witch, Bamboo Warrior, Lich etc.) are now Area Bosses. Furthermore, all bosses are stronger than before. A party EXP bonus is given when hunting bosses in parties.
  32. The Fifth batch of area bosses consists of Skeleton General, Pixiemom, Pepe Queen, Toy Dark Knight, Ghost Centipede, Morion Master, Harpy Master, Birk Master, Choco, Kentaurus King. These monsters are the Silent Crusade targets.
  33. In KMS the World Tour Guide no longer takes players to the World Tour region. Still available only to take players there back to the Maple World.
  34. Removed in Patch 1.04. Zipangu is now accessible through the Mirror of Dimension while China and Thailand world tour is removed.
  35. Removed in Patch 0.73. Zipangu is now accessible through the Mirror of Dimension.
  36. Allows the player to rent weapons from the NPC Matilda, present in every town. The weapon lasts until the player disconnects.
  37. Only available as a cyber cafe bonus.
  38. Removed in patch 0.96.
  39. MapleStory Adventures is a Facebook game which, when connected to your Global MapleStory account, gives you mesos and experience points based on your character level.