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: September 23th, 2009
• GlobalMS Version 0.76

GlobalMS has released Gaga's Talent Show event.

File:MS Monster Orange Fish.png

Orange Fish

MapleSEA

• Monsters Release Date: September 2, 2009
• MapleSEA Episode 2: Version 0.80

MapleSEA has released Ninja Castle and the new Duku mini dungeon.

Ninja Castle
File:MS Monster Samurai Spear.png	File:MS Monster Ninja M.png	File:MS Monster Ninja Red.png	File:MS Monster Ninja F.png	File:MS Monster Ninja White.png	File:MS Monster Ninja Black.png
Asigaru	Low-tier Ninja	Mid-tier Ninja	Kunoichi	High-tier Ninja	Head Ninja

File:MS Monster Samurai Sword.png

Samurai Knight Boss

File:MS Monster Tonosama.png	File:MS Monster Big Toad.png	File:MS Monster Summon Toad.png
Emperor Boss	Emperor Toad Boss	Toad Summon

Oberon Boss

TaiwanMS

• Monsters Release Date: August 26, 2009 (GMT+8).
• TaiwanMS Version 0.99.

TaiwanMS has released Neo Tokyo.

Neo Tokyo
File:MS Monster Warp Crystal.png	File:MS Monster Old Fire Fox Flagship AI.png	File:MS Monster Rhodes Prototype.png		File:MS Monster Overlord.png
Warp Crystal Boss	Old Fire Fox Flagship AI Boss	Prototype Lord	Afterlord	Overlord	Dida Ally

File:MS Monster Maverick Type Alpha.png	File:MS Monster Maverick Type Gamma.png	File:MS Monster Maverick Type Beta.png	File:MS Monster Maverick Type Nu.png
Maverick Type α	Maverick Type γ	Maverick Type β	Maverick Type ν

Ilúvatar	Dunas Boss

File:MS Monster Deceased Magic Beast.png	File:MS Monster Deceased Magic Beast.png
Master Deceased Magic Beast Boss	Deceased Magic Beast Boss - Summon

File:MS Monster Bergamot 1.png

Bergamot 1 Boss

File:MS Monster Bergamot 2.png

Bergamot 2 Boss

File:MS Monster Bergamot 3.png

Bergamot 3 Boss

File:MS Monster Nibelung 1.png

Nibelung 1 Boss

File:MS Monster Nibelung 2.png

Nibelung 2 Boss

File:MS Monster Nibelung 3.png

Nibelung 3 Boss

JapanMS

• Monsters Release Date: August 26, 2009 (GMT+9)
• Japan MS Version 1.66

6th anniversary patch. Japan MS has released Monster Carnival Season 2 and Pachinko Mini Dungeon.

Pachinko Mini Dungeon
Pachi Balrog 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

BrazilMS

• Monsters Release Date: September 30, 2009
• BrazilMS Version 0.17

BrazilMS will release Ariant town.

Ariant
File:MS Monster Sand Rabbit F.png	File:MS Monster Sand Rabbit M.png	File:MS Monster Cactus baby.gif	File:MS Monster Cactus F.gif	File:MS Monster Cactus M.gif	File:MS Monster Boa.gif	File:MS Monster Newt.gif	File:MS Monster Gecko.gif
Sand Rabbit F	Sand Rabbit M	Jr. Cactus	Cactus	Royal Cactus	Bellimoa	Ear Plug Plead	Scarf Plead

File:MS Monster Vulture.png	File:MS Monster Meerkat.gif	File:MS Monster Mage.gif	File:MS Monster Dark Sand Mage.png	File:MS Monster Sandman.gif
Kiyo	Meerkat	Sand Dwarf	Dark Sand Dwarf	Desert Giant

EuropeMS

• Monsters Release Date: August 5th, 2009 (GMT+1).
• EuropeMS Version 0.55

EuropeMS has released Ereve and Cygnus Knights.

Ereve
Tino	Tiv	Timu	Tiru	Tiguru

	File:MS Monster Magic Transformation.png	File:MS Monster The Doll Master.png
Black Witch Boss	Magic Transformation Boss	The Doll Master Boss

Cynical Orange Mushroom

VietnamMS

• Monsters Release Date: July 31, 2009
• VietnamMS Version 1.1.5 - 1.1.6

VietnamMS has updated the game's UI and released various area bosses, bot-catching monsters as well as Monster Carnival. As part of the Fireworks event, VietnamMS has also released fake bosses.

Area bosses
File:MS Monster Grandpa Snail.png	File:MS Monster Stumpede.png	File:MS Monster Zombie Lupin King.png	File:MS Monster King Shell.png	File:MS Monster Alligator King.png
Mano	Stumpy	Faust	King Clang	Dyle

File:MS Monster Serph.png	File:MS Monster Owl.png	File:MS Monster Zeno.png	File:MS Monster White Samiho.png	File:MS Monster El Lucida.png
Serph	Timer	Zeno	Old Fox	Eliza

Fake bosses
Fake King Slime	Fake Jr.Balrog	Fake Papa Pixie	Fake Alishar

			File:MS Monster Giant Red Dragon.png
Fake Crimson Balrog	Fake Blue Mushmom	Fake Griffey	Fake Manon

Bot-catching monsters
	File:MS Monster Scholar Ghost.png
Shade	Scholar Ghost	Snow Witch	Lich

ChinaMS

• Monsters Release Date in Test Server:
• ChinaMS Test Server Version: 0.32

• Monsters Release Date:
• ChinaMS Version: 0.74.

ChinaMS has released Ereb.

Test server has released CBD, Boat Quay Town and Ulu City

Ereb
Tino	Tiv	Timu	Tiru	Tiguru

	File:MS Monster Magic Transformation.png	File:MS Monster The Doll Master.png
Black Witch Boss	Magic Transformation Boss	The Doll Master Boss

Cynical Orange Mushroom

CBD
				File:MS Monster Freezer2.png
Biner	Stopnow	Batoo	Nospeed	Freezer2	Trucker

Boat Quay Town
File:MS Monster Tippored.png	File:MS Monster Tippoblue.png		File:MS Monster PacP.png	File:MS Monster Selk.png		File:MS Monster Anchor.png
Tippo Red	Tippo Blue	Octobunny	Pac Pinky	Selkie Jr.	Slimy	Mr. Anchor

File:MS Monster Capt.png

Capt. Latanica Boss

Ulu City
Berserkie	Veetron	Slygie	Montrecer

Petrifighter	Duku

Krexel

Krexel

Krexel

KoreaMS

• Monsters Release Date: May 19, 2009 (GMT+9)
• KoreaMS Test Server Version 1.2.225

Bugfixes to Aran race.

ThailandMS

• Monsters Release Date: March 18, 2009 (GMT+7)
• ThailandMS Version 0.64

ThailandMS has released Magatia and the Magatia Party Quest.

Magatia
File:MS Monster Sand Mole-Rat.png			File:MS Monster Dark Sand Mage.png	File:MS Monster Bottle Seed.png	File:MS Monster Bottle Rack.png	File:MS Monster Iron.png	File:MS Monster Strong Iron.png
Sand Rat	Scorpion	Cube Slime	Dark Sand Dwarf	Rumo	Triple Rumo	Iron Mutae	Reinforced Iron Mutae

File:MS Monster Mithril.png	File:MS Monster Strong Mithril.png		File:MS Monster NeoHuroid.png		File:MS Monster Saiti.png		File:MS Monster Droid.png
Mithril Mutae	Reinforced Mithril Mutae	Roid	NeoHuroid	Homun	Site	Homunculus	D.Roy	Homunscullo

Magatia Party Quest
		File:MS Monster Franken Lloyd.png	File:MS Monster Angry Franken Lloyd.png
Juliet Ally	Romeo Ally	Frankenroid Boss	Angry Frankenroid Boss

New Pet
Snail

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.