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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 Yes
New Character Info[2] No No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No
Friend Finder[3] No No No No No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No
Expedition System[4] Yes
Guild BBS (Forum) Yes No No Yes Yes Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes
Inventory Collapse/Expand Yes
Storage Locking System Yes No No Yes Removed No No No
Trade Auto Window Pop Up System Yes
Quest Progress Bar[5] Yes
Quest Summary[6] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Organized Buddy List
Ability to manage buddies in groups
Buddy slots expanded to 100
Yes[7]
Dimensional Mirror Yes
Initial System No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes No No No No
Chat Room No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No No
Guild System Upgrade[8] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Map Information System[9] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simple Minimap Mode[10] No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes Yes No No Yes No
Improved Quest System[11] No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No Yes No No Yes No
Improved Map System[12] Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No

Minigames

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

Game System

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

Game Features

Content Korea Japan China Taiwan S.E.A. Global
Multipet Yes
Title System Yes[26]
Hall of Fame[27] Yes
Adventurer Quests Yes
Episode 1 Quest Chain No No Yes Yes No Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png[28] No
Monster Book Retired[29] Yes[30] Retired[29] Retired[29] Retired[29] Retired[29] Yes[30] No
Crusader Codex
Monster Book upgrade
No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No Yes No
Family System Yes
Item Rating / Potential System Yes
Follow Function
When used, it can follow a player
Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MapleStory iTCG and quests
offline card game
and in-game quests/items
Yes Yes No No No No RetiredMS Maple Leaf Icon.png[31] No
The Silent Crusade No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No Yes No
Monster Familiar No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No No No
Soul Weapon System No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No No No
Farming System No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No No No

Area Bosses and Bot-catching Monsters

Content Korea Japan China Taiwan S.E.A. Global
Bot catching monsters[32] Retired Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Retired Yes[33]
Area Boss Overhaul[34] Yes No No No No Yes Yes No
Silent Crusade Targets[35] No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No Yes No

Other

Content Korea Japan China Taiwan S.E.A. Global
World Tour Guide Removed[36] Yes Yes Yes Yes Removed[37] Yes Removed[38]
Maple Quick Delivery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Removed[21] Removed Removed
Maple TV No Yes Yes No Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes Yes
Boss Speech Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Inn System No No Yes YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png No No No No
Rental System[39] No Yes[40] No Yes Yes No Yes No
7th Day Market No No YesMS Maple Leaf Icon.png Yes No No Removed[41] No
Free Pet System[42] Yes
MapleStory Adventures connection[43] No 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. A feature that allows you to set up a listing for a Zakum run, Horntail Run or Pink Bean run.
  5. Progress of a quest: it tells you the number of steps required to complete
  6. Summary of a quest: it tells you immediately in the Quest window what you need and what your reward will be.
  7. Buddy slot expanded to 200.
  8. An upgrade to the current Guild System which includes Guild Skills, and a use for GP.
  9. An upgrade to the World Map so that the player can also find map objects on that map (NPCs and Monsters). The level of the monster is also displayed next to their name. This feature is usually delivered with the initial Big Bang update.
  10. 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.
  11. Available quests are shown on the world map with their respective locations. NPCs also signify the level of the quest with different quest bubbles.
  12. 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.
  13. Pigmy in Korea. As of v.73, Europe has a new Toy Capsule system.
  14. Similar to Gachapon and Pigmy.
  15. Similar to Gachapon and Pigmy.
  16. The Cash Shop Surprise was released as a short event from 12/9/2009 to 12/16/2009 in MapleSEA.
  17. Contains other items than in other versions.
  18. Released as part of an event.
  19. 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.
  20. Released as part of an event in both MapleSEA .
  21. 21.0 21.1 Removed due to incompatibility issues with the new system (Big Bang).
  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. The Chinese Client was removed due to the merge of Fornax and Gemini in 0.80.
  25. 25.0 25.1 Manual Report System only.
  26. Only a Monster Hunting medal.
  27. Hall with the players who reached to level 200
  28. Available to all classes from levels 1 to 40 as of Ver.0.83.
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 Monster Book removed as part of the Big Bang update.
  30. 30.0 30.1 Removed and replaced eventually by the Crusader Codex.
  31. Cards are no longer in print.
  32. Includes Shade, Legendary Mountain Wizard Doll, Witch of the Snow Mountain, Scholar Ghost, Bamboo Warrior etc.
  33. Lich and Witch of the Snow Mountain only.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. Removed in Patch 1.04. Zipangu is now accessible through the Mirror of Dimension while China and Thailand world tour is removed.
  38. Removed in Patch 0.73. Zipangu is now accessible through the Mirror of Dimension.
  39. Allows the player to rent weapons from the NPC Matilda, present in every town. The weapon lasts until the player disconnects.
  40. Only available as a cyber cafe bonus.
  41. Removed in patch 0.96.
  42. An experimental free Snail pet that lasts for 5 hours. Available through Mar the Fairy.
  43. 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.