Annual financial report from your dear beloved thailand holding company.

99% of their revenue comes from online gaming, and it is heavily implied for singapore that this is from maplestory. I am sure a further breakdown will point at key game risk where majority of the revenue is from maplestory, or the unhealthy botting problem within maplesea. But of cos this will not be in the annual report.

Talk with your wallets singaporeans. What if the company suddenly decrease revenue in their highest revenue generating sector? How will they explain to their management or shareholders?Money talks, make them bleed.

Unless you do that, the game will never improve sadly. Alternatively, keep clowning.

Hey Maplers,

Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of MapleSEA, where fun comes second to financial despair. Here’s why you should absolutely play Maplesea and not GMS:

1. Mesos Cap: Who Needs to Be Rich Anyway?

In MapleSEA, each character can only earn 500 million mesos. That’s it. You’re done. Want to earn more? Don’t worry, there’s a cash shop item called the Twin Coupon for that! For a small fee (and by small, I mean why-does-this-exist), you can unlock the privilege of earning up to 1 billion mesos per character.

Meanwhile, GMS players are over there earning unlimited mesos like they don’t even care about their wallets. So lame.

2. Cube Prices: Inflation is Immersive

In GMS, cubes are basically free. In MapleSEA? You’ll feel like you’re trying to buy a house. Need to fix bad stats on your gear? Hope you’ve got mesos saved because a single Cube could cost more than your entire farming session. It’s not pay-to-win—it’s pay-to-survive!

3. Pay-to-Win, But Make It Hardcore

GMS might pretend to be free-to-play friendly, but where’s the fun in that? In MapleSEA, if you’re not dropping cash on Twin Coupons, cubes, and flames, you’re not even playing the game right. Nothing says dedication like being out-DPS’d by someone’s credit card.

4. Economy: Because Why Not Make Everything Cost 5x More?

Endgame gear in GMS? Affordable. Endgame gear in MapleSEA? You’ll need a financial advisor just to starforce your weapon. Even basic upgrades feel like luxury purchases. Farming mesos with that 500m cap? Good luck keeping up.

In GMS, everyone’s too busy having fun to bond over shared struggles. But in MapleSEA, we’re united by one thing: complaining about the game. Whether it’s cube prices, the mesos cap, or endless lag, we’re all in this suffering together. Isn’t that what true community is about?

5. Community: Misery Loves Company

So, if you’re tired of GMS’s smooth servers, affordable progression, and generous events, come to MapleSEA! It’s not just a game—it’s a financial simulator where the real boss is Nexon’s pricing team.

6. Gollux? Who Needs Boss Fights That Actually Help Progression?

GMS players have Gollux—a boss with a dedicated shop where you can buy amazing rings, pendants, and belts for real progression. But in MapleSEA? Nah, we don’t need that. Why would we want a consistent way to get endgame gear when we can just spend our life savings on overpriced Auction House items?

Gollux might give GMS players an edge, but we MapleSEA players prefer to struggle. It’s not lack of content—it’s character building!

7. Commerci Voyages: Too Much Free Stuff Is Overrated

In GMS, you can do Commerci Voyages for an endless supply of Denaro, which lets you buy Sweetwater gear—great endgame items for mid-tier players. But MapleSEA? We don’t believe in giving players a reliable gear progression path. Who needs Sweetwater gear when you can grind for months and get nothing.

Progression is supposed to be painful, and MapleSEA gets that. GMS is for casuals.

8. Level 3 Link Skills? Pfft, Too Generous

GMS lets you upgrade your Link Skills to Level 3 for even more stats and damage boosts. But in MapleSEA, we like to keep it simple—Level 2 is plenty. Who cares if that extra 5-10% final damage would make bosses less painful? If you’re not suffering through 30-minute boss runs, are you even a true Mapler?

9. Familiars That Actually Help? Nah, We’re Good

GMS has familiars that give players extra damage, boss damage, IED, and even healing. Meanwhile, in MapleSEA, familiars are mostly just there for nostalgia. Why would we want familiars to help us progress when we can spend hours grinding for barely noticeable gains instead?

Besides, familiars in MapleSEA are just cosmetic anyway. You don’t need more damage if you’re willing to spend 10 times as long killing bosses, right?

10. Untradeable fragments for Maximum Pain

Here’s where MapleSEA truly shines: Sol Erda fragments are completely untradeable. That’s right—if you want to enhance your hexa skills, you’ll have to farm every single fragment yourself.

Meanwhile, GMS players can simply walk up to auction house and buy Sol Erda fragments. But where’s the fun in that? MapleSEA believes in making every step of progression as tedious as possible. Farming Sol Erda fragments for months is just part of the authentic MapleSEA experience!

11. Progression? Overrated.

Let’s face it: GMS makes progression too easy. Between Gollux, Commerci, Level 3 Link Skills, and familiars, GMS players actually have the tools they need to improve their characters. But MapleSEA? We don’t hand out freebies. If you’re not ready to spend mesos and real money just to keep up, maybe this game isn’t for you.

TL;DR: GMS players have Gollux, Commerci, Level 3 Link Skills, and powerful familiars. MapleSEA players don’t need those because suffering is part of the experience. Play MapleSEA if you want to prove you’re hardcore—or if you just hate yourself a little. MapleSEA is the true hardcore MapleStory experience. Come for the nostalgia, stay because you’ve already spent too much money to quit.

(EDIT AS OF 26 MAY 2024)

NOTE TO GMS PLAYERS WHO ARE REFERRING TO THIS GUIDE: THE NPC AND MONSTER NAMES, LOCATIONS AND ANSWERS, ETC. SHOWN HERE WILL VARY FOR GMS, BECAUSE THIS IS A GUIDE FOR MSEA, HENCE THE TITLE "MAPRIL WARM DREAM", NOT "MAYPLE'S HEARTWARMING DREAM"!! TO THOSE WHO COMMENT THAT "[XXXX] IS THE ANSWER INSTEAD OF [XXXX]", DO TAKE NOTE OF THE CONCEPT OF "LOCALIZATION"....THANK YOU!

There are 6 unique missions for each day of the week to clear, and on Sunday, you can choose the mission. I'll outline the steps here to avoid putting one post for every day of the week...

Note: As pointed out by HoshiKaze, the KMS version's answers are posted in this blog:
https://blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?blogId=44alice&logNo=223088263784

However, their steps may vary a little from MSEA, especially the items required and/or the method to obtain them. For example, you may recall Wed's mission is to collect 10 freaking Fish Harpoons from level range mobs with their stupidly low drop rates. But in KMS, you can simply purchase it from the Perion Weapon Shop...

This means I'll input and modify the answers according to MSEA's version once I determine the exact steps involved. I'll start by including the general locations and NPCs to talk to in the Mapril Island event map here, followed by the answers for the KMS version. The answer details and mission order shown after Thursday will be edited accordingly each day after midnight since MSEA's mission order varies from KMS.

1) Wednesday

1. "A Count of a Old but New Kingdom" --> enter the portal at the pixelated castle where NPC Terry is.

2. You will be brought to the Newtro Kingdom map --> talk to NPC Count Stan.

3. He tells you to bring him the "ancient, long weapon blessed by fish".

4. Hunt 10 of the ETC item "Fish Harpoon" from level range mobs (very, very, VERY low drop rate! It took me about 1 hr 50 min @ 114% drop rate to get all 10, though I'm unsure if it's affected by drop rate.)

5. Return to Count Stan and talk to him.

6. Talk to him again and he'll ask you a question: "What is the name of the legendary sword that could only be released by the legendary Newtro hero?"

7. Answer: "Newtro Sword" --> (Day's Reward: Select Tab 8 Slot Coupon X1)

2) Thursday

1. "A curator of the shopping center having almost everything" --> enter the portal at the Museum where Leona is (green NPC).

2. You will be brought to the Maple 14th Street map --> talk to NPC Spiegelmann.

3. He tells you to bring an "emotional book that only attractive people can carry around" and that the hint is to "find a person related to charm in Henesys".

4. Head to Henesys --> Henesys Market --> enter the Henesys Hair Salon (the building where NPC Lana is standing outside).

5. Talk to NPC Big Headward and he'll hand you the item "Secret Book of Charm".

6. Return to NPC Spiegelmann and talk to him.

7. Talk to him again and he'll ask you a question: "What is the name of the amazing place that satisfied charm, sentiment, dexterity, and all senses?"

8. Answer: "Ark Museum" --> (Day's Reward: EXP Core Gemstone X1)

3) Friday

1. "A mineral planet somewhere in the vast universe" --> enter the portal at the flying saucer where Planar is (NPC for Maple Candy minigames).

2. You will be brought to the Maple Galaxy map --> approach planet Minel (Extreme Rail) at the bottom left.

3. A message from NPC Kemdi will pop out to tell you about some ore. He will then teleport you to a map where you just need to destroy a "hard and mysterious ore" that strangely resembles an EXP core gemstone. Your damage doesn't matter, just bring its HP down to zero.

4. You'll be returned to the Maple Galaxy map, approach planet Minel again and NPC Kemdi will ask you a question: "What is the name of the game in which you gather star particles, while avoiding bombs, to reach the end of a mine?"

5. Answer: "Extreme Rail" --> (Day's Reward: Trait Boost Potion X1)

4) Saturday

1. "A Well-rounded General Manager of a Luxury Hotel" --> enter the portal at the hotel building to the upper left of where Aprisha is (NPC for Dungeon & Frozen Blast).

2. You will be brought to the Hotel Maple Lobby map --> talk to NPC Kerri.

3. He tells you to bring the "ingredients for the tropical sweet drink".

4. Head to Gold Beach and hunt 100 of the ETC item "Coconut" from Coconut Slime in Gold Beach: Beach Thicket 1 (map to the left of Gold Beach).

5. Return to NPC Kerri and talk to him.

6. Talk to him again and he'll ask you a question: "What is the name of the signature attraction of Hotel Maple, the swimming pool with racing facility?"

7. Answer: "Maple Infinity Pool" --> (Day's Reward: VIP Buff Selection Coupon X2)

5) Monday

1. "The Wind in the Forest Where Happy Flowers Bloom" --> enter the portal at the flower structure to the right of the coin shops where Mariella is (red NPC).

2. You will be brought to the Blooming Forest map --> talk to NPC Wind Spirit.

3. It tells you to bring "3 Fairy's Dew filled with blessings of the flowers" and that they can be obtained from the flower spirits.

4. Head to Magatia and hunt 1 of the ETC item "Dew of May" from Homunculus in Zenumist Research Institute: Lab - Unit 203 (the Zenumist building on the leftmost side of Magatia).

5. Return to the Blooming Forest map and talk to the three flower NPCs Duna, Sena and Hana.

6. NPC Duna asks that you bring "dew filled with the energy of Sunrise". Give it 1 USE item "Sunrise Dew" (can buy from general shop) and it'll hand you 1 Fairy Dew.

7. NPC Sena asks that you bring "dew filled with the energy of twilight". Give it 1 USE item "Sunset Dew" (can buy from general shop) and it'll hand you 1 Fairy Dew.

8. NPC Hana asks that you bring "the dew filled with the energy of may". Give it 1 ETC item "Dew of May" and it'll hand you the last Fairy Dew.

9. Return to NPC Wind Spirit and talk to it.

10. Talk to it again and it'll ask you a question: "What skill did Flower Spirits used when they bloomed! Flowers! everywhere?"

11. Answer: "Flora Blessing" --> (Day's Reward: Extreme Growth Potion X2)

6) Tuesday

1. "A Scholar of a Primordial Race" --> enter the portal at the merry-go-round where the coin shops are.

2. You will be brought to the 10th Anniversary Festival map --> talk to NPC Orange Mushroom Scholar.

3. He tells you to bring him a "medicine that people made to heal both my body and mind".

4. Obtain 1 of the USE item "All Cure Potion" either from mobs/boss or buy from Auction House, NPC Alcaster in El Nath (for 400 mesos if you already completed the Book of Ancients Quest), etc.

5. Return to NPC Orange Mushroom Scholar and talk to him.

6. Talk to him again and he'll ask you a total of 5 questions:

7. "What's the name of the Streetsweeper in Edelstein?" --> "Brighton"

8. "What's the name of the Storage Keeper in Nautilus?" --> "Dauntless"

9. "Whose dialogue is this? - I serve the ancient Nova deities" --> "Fenelle"

10. "Whose dialogue is this? - Pirates are the best! You want a piece of me?" --> "Valerie"

11. "How many monsters have I uncovered secrets with human help?" --> "11" (Day's Reward: 3x EXP Coupon 30 min X1)

7) Final Mission (refer to LittleWraith's YT video)

1. If you have completed all 6 unique missions, talk to NPC Amelie Potts (standing in front of the Wish Orb).

2. She'll tell you to find "Dream of the Maple Tree celebrating its 19th Spring" and use the gift box.

3. Enter the portal below NPC Aprisha (NPC for Dungeon & Frozen Blast).

4. You will be brought to the Maple Momentree map --> open the gift box to receive the reward of 1000 EXP Coupons, 500 Mapril Candy & 500 Mapril Leaf Coupons.

5. NPC Lith will inform you to "find the dream of anniversary you choose as your favorite in the survey".

6. If you've forgotten which one you voted for, the anniversary you voted for in the Exciting Memories Survey is highlighted in blue in the rankings board in the event map.

7. Head to the same map and talk to the same NPC in one of the 6 unique missions. For example, if you voted for Blooming Forest, head there and talk to NPC Wind Spirit (Monday's mission). For Momentree voters, talk to NPC Elli.

8. The NPC will give you an untradeable USE item called "Mapril's Dream Status". Using it (you need to double-click it repeatedly to "crack" the item before it releases the reward) will give you 300 Mapril Leaf Coupons and a Mapril Memorial Coin (which is just a useless ETC item).

IMPT: You MUST clear all 6 unique missions before you can do the final one. If you've missed any particular missions (like me, who missed the Wed one because I played Maple late and failed to get all 10 Fish Harpoons in time...), you'll have to wait till the next available day corresponding to that mission (Warm Dream event is from 8-21 May).

Edit (15 May @ 5 pm): Also, take note that after you complete all missions, you need to wait for THE NEXT DAY in order to do the final mission.

Thanks for bothering to read this loooong post. I don't want to do a YouTube video guide because:

• My existing YouTube accounts are either used for posting something else unrelated to Maple, got disabled due to uploading ENG/JP-subbed episodes of the old Shomuni tv series, etc.

• Too lazy to record and edit certain parts (thanks LittleWraith for doing Tuesday's mission guide!)

Anyway, hope this helps anyone who prefers a text-based guide!

Can we bring back the Old School Maplestory where there were only 2nd and 3rd jobs back in 2005 2006? Days were so simple and fun back then.

I'm not saying this with any emotions attached, but MSEA needs to just die for the better. This server already got very low pop, just die so we can either go GMS or Nexon will host a SEA server. Playpark is disgusting.

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I have reached 8k Union just recently thanks to anniversary and dajie & xiaodi event speeding it up. So I decided to make a 8k union guide more specific to the SEA server. I would be making this guide for different level of progression, from fresh accounts, to decently funded accounts. Some topics I would be covering includes, priority of certain chars, how much to level them and also gearing. You do not need to follow it religiously or even follow it at all, it is just what I recommend would be the most efficient way of doing it, and I think most people may not enjoy this form union grinding method so just play the game however you want. This guide is to give people an idea they can follow if they do want an efficient way to grind their union levels.

Basic Info

In order to reach 8k union you need minimally 40 chars at 200 levels and able to place 36 atker pieces on the union board. So depending on your main char's level and if you have bossing mules, you many not even need 40 characters to be at 200 levels. For me, I reached 8k union with only 38 chars. At this point, if you have already settled on you mains, you should roughly know which characters you need it to be at lv200. Or basically, what you do not need to train, example if you main Adele, a STR class job, meaning characters with union effect that give INT and LUK can be excluded, but u still may want some of them at lv120 for their link skill.

What jobs to level to 200?

Generally, the ones you want to be at level 200 are those that give stats such as dmg%, crit dmg, crit rate, boss dmg, ied, buff duration, cooldown reductions, status resistance, primary stat, secondary stat, max hp, hp and mp recovery, and max mp, then if you still do not have enough characters, any characters would do. You can refer to this link https://strategywiki.org/wiki/MapleStory/Maple_Union#Bonus_Stats to plan out what characters you want to level to 200.

General Training Strategy

Outside of Tera-Burning event, the bonking events(Hotel Maple Infinity Pool Equivalent), Dajie & Xiaodi events, or other union leveling events, I would not recommend to train your mules past level 141 through normal grinding because its as not efficient compared to creating a new character. The increase in stats from leveling a character from 140 to 200 is not too significant for you to prioritise it outside event but if you already have 40 lv141 mules, then you have no choice but to grind it off events if you can't wait for the events to come around.

Training Locations

Generally, past level 100 the best maps are the maps with SF and ideally if you have enough damage, you want to be killing monster around 10 to 20(Max) levels above you before any significant exp penalty kicks in. So if you can't 1 shot the monsters, I recommend you go back to the previous map instead. For some of the areas, would be listing the levels of the monster instead of which level your character should go instead because it mainly depends if you can 1 or 2 shot the monsters. Also these locations are just my preferences, there are alot of leveling guide on youtube from level 1 to 200, feel free to follow those if you feel those are better.

Lvl 1 - 10 : Tutorial Quest

10 - 20+ : Golem Temple or Blue Mushmom( CC to surf through the channels)

20 - 40+ : Savage terminal maps

30 - 60: Gold Beach Theme dungeon*, Ellinel Fairy Academy Theme Dungeon, Reina Straits Theme Dungeons ( These theme Dungeons are great if you are starting out as they give some nice accessories, and also the monster are scaled to your levels so you would not have too much trouble killing them)

*I highly recommend completing this theme dungeon regardless if your mules if well funded or not, you might even level up over 60 while doing the theme dungeon if you are burning the character. But completing this theme dungeon gives you the stamp to warp back at any level, which is a good trick to get to six path crossway for the dimension travel through pantheon. Also at later stage when you decide to farm black beans for meso with your mules, it would be extremely convenient as well.

46 - 76: Copper drakes or other drakes maps.

61 - 81 : White Fang @ Ice Valley II

70 - 90 : Sahel 2

75 - 100 : Authorized Personnel Only ( Accessed from a hidden map off of the Alcadno Laboratory, Area C-2)

90 - 120 : Pop a rune and go to zakum (For weaker characters you may want to go to zakum after reaching 4th job instead because zakum)

Around the level when the characters can start taking down zakum, is the level where people usually stop training their characters because its more efficient to level up by just killing zakum. I would recommend this method for people who do not have a strong unions and links yet, because beyond this point, a decent amount of damage is required, especially if you want to train in the star force maps. Especially for new accounts, I recommend keep creating new characters to reach the level to kill zakum and level up.

Non-SF Maps:

82 - 120 : Any maps in leafre with high burning

104 - 130 : Toy Factory <Apparatus Room>

125 - 140 : Korean Folk Town Goblins Map ( Do the wanted poster quest along the maps, they give a decent hunk of exp and mesos)

Beyond this level, training outside of SF maps may feel slow so I would not really recommend, but here is a list. For unfunded characters, feel free to do any theme dungeon recommended by the guide in the UI function.

135 - 150 : Partem Ruins or Pirate's Den 2/3 in Herb Town

145 - 170 : Kerning Tower non-SF maps

150 - 170 : Mantis/ Blood Mantis

165 - 180 : Omega Sector/ Future Henesys

180 - 200 : Future Perion

185 - 200 : Fox Valley (Theme dungeon quest gives quite a decent chunk of exp as well but maybe very troublesome to do if there is no maps)

SF Maps: You should be fairly funded to be training at SF maps, so I would not be stating the upper limit of each training location but only move on to the next only if you can 1 or 2 shot the monsters, or else stick to the previous maps. The lower limit I set is based on the exp reduction penalty, so do not feel bad if you can't 1 shot the mobs when you enter the area on the lower level limit I stated. In fact, most classes can't unless they are well geared with strong unions and links, only a few of my characters are able to enter these maps at the lower levels limits.

Lv86+ : Sky Nest 2/3 (5SF)

LVL100/102+ : Gatekeeper/Thanatos(28SF)

116+ : Cave of Trials 2/3 (55SF)

145 : Kerning Tower Floor 2F and 5F ( If you have teleport rocks or other means you can enter it before level 145, enter at lvl135 earliest for minimal exp reduction) (80SF)

160 : Showa Town Hideout (Not SF maps but mobs are very strong)

160 : UFO maps at Omega Sector (140SF)

175 : MP4/5 in Singapore Boat Quay Town (160SF)

Priorities of Characters

The following are the priorities I think the account should focus on depending on which stage they are at. Of course if there is a time limited tera/mega burning event, or union level event such as the bonking events(from lvl141 - 199), please prioritise those instead. Also note for zero class, I would try to prioritise getting it level 200, since its 10% exp just by placing it on the union board. But the class
creation is time-limited, so do not feel bad if you don't have it, 10% helps but its not too much of a disadvantage if you don't have it.

Generally, I do not advise grinding normally past lv141 off event because of efficiency and the damage required to be efficient at doing so, which is why suggest that you create a new character instead as those are easier levels you can add to your union level.

For fresh account, or those with 2k union of below.

Generally in these phase, most of your characters would feel pretty weak
The priority of character I would suggest you do in is in this order:

1. Exp links skills - Evan, Aran, Mercesdes. First these 3 characters up to level 70 to get access to their links, the order among these 3 does not matter really matter since its only up to level 70. If you enjoy the class, you can push it to level 120 for level2 link skills.

2. Damage links - Hoyoung, Demon Avenger, Kanna, Hayato, Xenon, Phantom to level 70.

3. Zero class - Character creation of this class is limited, so if you ever see it open, just create it first even if you don't plan to play it. Have to be at least level 130 to be place in the union board.

4. Try to get one of the Knights of Cygnus Class or Mihile to lvl150 to get Empress Blessing to max level or to as high as you comfortably can get it to, any where around lvl100 should be fine as well.

5. At this point start flooding your account with lvl70 mules which you may want the links skills of or just lvl60 for them to count into your legion levels, or push them to lvl90 and above so you can do daily zakum runs with them.

Gearing - At this point, you should be able to do enough damage with gears you pick up from the ground.

Note: You should have some characters or at least 1 to be at level141 in case a bonking event comes around, you would be able to utilise it.

For account around 2k to 4k

At this point, you should have a decent amount of link skills at your disposal so you would have some damage from it. For now, your union board is still relatively small, place you grid on the atk/m.atk and you primary stats for now. At this point, your priority would be:

1. Pushing characters of link skills which you want to lvl120 for a bigger boost in damage, or 141 if you plan to make that character reach level 200. Try prioritise getting the 3 exp links to lvl2 first. There are more links skills that give damage other than the ones I mentioned for the fresh accounts sections such as cygnus knight link skills, kinesis, illium, ark and pirate link skills.

2. I recommend these characters to be pushed to level 141 because of their union effects, hayato & shade(crit damage) , crossbowman & nightlord(crit rate). These characters provide stats that are able to boost ur mules by quite a bit. Having that at level 141 and above allows you to utilise the bonk events when it comes around as well.

3. At this point you should have quite a few characters that is able to do daily zakum runs.

4. Try to create new characters if you have not hit the 40 chars count for Union yet.

Gearing - at around lvl100, even with 4th job giving you a slight damage spike, you may still have some trouble killing the mobs, go to the auction house and buy a zakum or necro weapon with a decent atk/m.atk flames. Then spell trace it with 70* trace and then starforce it to 10* and you should be fine for awhile more.

For account around 4k to 6k

At this point, you should have most of the link skills at level2 and have a few layer of the outer Union Grid unlocked. For the union grid, try to prioritise placing it into crit rate and crit damage, having a high crit rate and crit damage can give a significant damage boost to your mules. Try to get ur mules to 100% crit rate if possible. Hyper stats wise, I would just pump into damage% and crit dmg%, or if you cant reach 100% crit rate, I would throw some points into crit rate as well, but preferably not over level 6.

1. If you still do not have 40 characters for union yet, you know the drills, create them and push them to lvl120 or 141 if you plan to push them level 200 for union.

2. Make use of events to push your characters from 141 to 200, preferably the ones with weaker mobbing or ones that you don't enjoy grinding on.

3. If you have no more characters to create, and if there is a tera-burning event, you can consider recreating that job to tera-burn it instead. You may wish to this on some jobs that are more difficult to train or those that you do not enjoy. Some difficult/unpopular jobs to train are: Mechanics, Mercedes, Hero, crossbowman and illium.

Gearing wise: Depending on much you can fund the characters, if they pushing to level200, its preferably to give them the 3-CRA set, and an abso/silver wolf weapon off of market place if your main is not strong enough to get it themselves. For the rest of the equipment you can just make do with fensalir and boss accessory set with epic 6/9% main pots, 70% spell traced. I would releasing a more in depth guide on gearing mules later on, making use of todds hammer which can save a ton of mesos when preparing gears for your mules.

For account 6k onwards

At this points you should have 40 characters at lvl141 and all outer grids of the union board. One thing to note is that you should never put any union grid into exp if you are lacking damage to 1 shot your mobs. I would recommend maxing out crit damage and as much as you need on crit rate, then put into attack and main stats. If you are 1 shotting, you can consider putting the grid into exp region. But even then the exp is not going to be much because even with 40 grids placed, you are only getting 10% exp, which is not that significant if you training at a high burning map with mvp buffs plus 2x exp buffs. At this points you should have a decent chunk of union coins if you have not been using them on flames and cubes or other stuff, you can consider getting 2x exp buff from the shop.

Your prioritise should be pushing characters to level 200 that have stats that benefits your main. Basically its everything other than stats you don't use, such for adele its INT and LUK, exp, meso.

The important ones are dmg%(wild hunter), crit dmg(shade&hayato), crit rate(night lord&crossbowman), boss dmg(kanna&DA), ied(blaster), buff duration(mechanic), cooldown reduction(mercedes), status resistance(DS).

Followed by primary stat and secondary stat which varies depending on which class you are. For xenon mains, you have 3 main stats, I am not sure if there are more than 36 characters to choose from, so consult your fellow xenon mains about it. DA is much simpler, primary stats is HP and secondary stats is STR. Also if your main do not have a mp bar, you can ignore all the mp related union characters as well.

After those, you can start adding ones with max hp, hp and mp recovery, and max mp since they are still sort of useful but do not add to your damage. If you still do not have 36 pieces yet, just throw in any pieces in, such as zero, since you want it at lvl200 for its 10% exp, or phantom for that sweet 4% meso obtain at lvl200.

For gearing, its pretty much the same as what I written for the 4k to 6k union, but I would be making a more in-depth guide for gearing for mules.

This make me very very happy

For those who think no change when Msea implement meso cap, no meso cube added,no pity system l, ursus removed, no tradable fragment keep playing until dry u out. Soon more and more people quit, even those whales willing to spend and no people buying their item, theres still a dead end for MSEA, they never realise that u have to create a good game so player will continue spending in your game, they just keep on suck money like vacuum. Good Bye MSEA

1 You see a chio girl at Ardentmill. You go up to her and say: "I got 100 million @ cash. Marry me!" - That's Direct Marketing

2 You're at Ardentmill with a bunch of friends and see a chio girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says: "He's a Whale. Marry him." - That's Advertising

3 You see a chio girl at Ardentmill. You go up to her, save her IGN and buddy list her. The next day, you whisper and say: "Hi, I'm a Whale. Marry me." - That's Telemarketing

4 You're at Ardentmill and see chio girl. You buy the latest Maple Royal Style (MRS), you walk up to her and pour her a drink of Wealth Accumulation Potion, you open the Cash Shop and start gifting her a set of Grand Black Cubes, and gift her a matching MRS set: "By the way, I'm a Whale. Will you marry me?" - That's Public Relations

5 You're at Ardentmill and see chio girl. She walks up to you and says: "You are a whale! Can you be my Daddy!?" - That's Brand Recognition

6 You see a chio girl at Ardentmill. You go up to her and say: "I am a Whale. Marry me!" She blocks and change channel. - That's Customer Feedback

7 You see a chio girl at Ardentmill. You go up to her and say: "I am a Whale. Marry me!" And she tells you “I’m a dude bro”. - That's demand and supply gap.

Turned off my PC and left home at 6pm, reached home at 10pm to find myself banned
Anyone else caught in this? The reasons dont even make sense since my PC was off.

Already losing 1 week worth of mesos since I havent sold boss crystals, Live chat not available at this timing so any advice on what to do? Submitted iBox request which I heard from people that they NEVER ever reply.

[Dead content]

I FUCKING PREDICTED IT

Yes, screw you, Nexon Korea.

Everyone else: You have 1 week to get your Krrr. You will not get to scroll it anymore but a clean ring is better than no ring.

Introduction

Just thought I should let people know to start doing this before it disappears forever, which is why I made this to help people clear theirs. Stellar Detectives is a non-KMS content, which means you should always be wary of it being removed one day for no reason other than to copy KMS (TMS is already removing theirs) so I suggest those interested to clear it as soon as you can. Prequests take about an hour or so, maybe less if you skip the dialogues.

Rewards

Now why would anyone waste time on this for? For one, if you're just collecting maple lore, there's a storyline to it. Another thing you can get from this PQ is Tutu and Nene souls, which on their own are totally useless but can be extracted with soul extractor for more valuable soul shards.

However, the main reason to do this quest is to get the skill rings that come from the reward box in the daily pq.

The 2 main rings people go for are the Rawr and Krrr Rings:

Good rings

Note: You can get unlimited level 1 rings, but only 5 Ascension Modules (upgrades the ring levels) per character. This means you can only get upgrade one ring to lvl 4 and another to level 3 on one character at most and you cannot change this once you've used the upgrade. DO NOT WASTE YOUR ASCENSION MODULES.

There are other useless rings too, please do not upgrade:

Trash rings

There are arguments between going Level 4/Level 3 Rawr/Krrr or Krrr/Rawr, and I personally prefer the level 4 Rawr because of the Crit Damage gain per level, while Krrr only gets 2s more of iframe which in most cases makes little to no difference in its use for blocking 1 boss pattern. Note that Level 4 Rawr is superior to Level 4 Crit Damage seed ring, and can also stack with other Seed rings if you have no better rings to use. Also, Stellar Detective rings are affected by some cooldown resets (Confirmed: Grandis Blessing for AB).

The other side to that is that Rawr 4 (and CD4 seed ring) are both weaker than Weapon Jump/Ring of Restraint/Risk Taker that people typically use to burst anyway so they opt for a lvl4 Krrr with an essentially junk level 3 ring or they don't even bother making their second ring to level 3. Decide for yourself but just note that you can only make this choice once.

Other than that, you'll be farming various coins in the PQ to buy scrolls for your ring. The 5 main stat scroll is tradeable and can be obtained from the PQ reward box or the PQ shops. The slightly better 3 stat + 1 att/ma scroll has to be farmed from the daily PQ and can only be purchased from specific shops depending on the main stat it upgrades at double the cost of the 5 stat ones. These shops use different coins for each main stat.

Str shop - Space Mercenary Bigby: PULSAR Jewel

Dex shop - PULSAR Informant Bamba: PULSAR Medallion

Int shop - Spece Detective Omega: Zero-Point Energy

Luk shop/Converter - Space Cop Merona: Clone DNA

Note: The Luk shop also exchanges Clone DNA for the other currencies so save your Clone DNA even if you are not a Luk class.

Note 2: MapleSEA fucked up the translations for Clone DNA and Zero-Point Energy. The descriptions on the etc itself says that Merona is looking for Zero-Point Energy and that you can trade Clone DNA with the Space Detective but this is an error. The 4 shops that I have listed with the etc they accept are correct. I believe it is just them pasting the wrong description on the wrong item because you would notice the Zero-Point Energy looks strangely like a DNA strand.

Prequest

Accept the Stellar Detectives: The Erased Diary quest from the Light bulb and follow the prompts through each page. It opens at level 33 but I recommend you come back later when you're stronger, the mobs are quite strong. There are 16 Pages in total to complete. The following are the full contents of each page if you have trouble with it, which you shouldn't because they're really straightforward.

Note: Spoilers in the videos if you're a storyline kind of person.

Diary Page 1 | Diary Page 2 | Diary Page 3 | Diary Page 4

Diary Page 5 | Diary Page 6 | Diary Page 7 | Diary Page 8

Diary Page 9 | Diary Page 10 | Diary Page 11 | Diary Page 12

Diary Page 13 | Diary Page 14 | Diary Page 15 | Diary Page 16

TLDR: Just follow the quest instructions, there are no specific mobs/maps to find, just clear them at any level range maps.

Daily PQ

Technically it's a PQ but you can solo it. You have 3 minutes to clear as many stages as you can by just killing the mobs in it. When you clear a stage, you get bonus time upon entering the portal to the next stage, so you can drag the pq on for very long if you are fast at clearing (good for farming coins).

Every 6 stages there will be a boss stage with either Nene, Tutu or both of them (called Dual Boss). Dual Boss shares a HP bar with 50% belonging to each boss. Boss stages are not damage capped but mob stages are all capped at 1k (including the minibosses) so mobbing skills with high line count are best for these.

Each stage will be given a random mob (Nene Clone/Ling Ling clone/Space Pirates).

There will be a chance of a mini boss (Ling Ling Infiltrator/Alpha Tutu/Alpha Nene) in each non-boss stage. These also take a fixed 1k damage. Tutu clones (for the achievement) only spawn from killing an Alpha Tutu.

If the central cube is attackable, killing it will clear the stage without clearing the mobs. If you kill it before the mobs spawn, the mobs will still spawn afterwards but you can proceed to the next stage. If you kill it after the mobs spawn, it will instantly kill all mobs on the map but they will not drop any loots.

There are some free stages where you get a NPC shop or just nothing (so you can just go through the portal immediately). This is indicated by an already broken cube when you enter the map.

Grouchy Nene clones only spawn in big parties (for the purpose of one of the achievements).

Each stage will also be given a random map effect:

Gravity Anomalies - Very very annoying stage, you will be randomly sucked around and thrown into the air until you clear the stage.

Bouncigen-13 Containment Rupture - Clear mobs while flying (DRPQ controls). You can land on the floor and walk but you cannot double jump. There will be obstacles flying in the air that damage on touch.

Automated Defenses - Targetting crosshairs will appear on screen and track your character. After a delay, your character gets damaged if they're still in the target area.

Fire System Control Failure - Fire comes out from the left and right walls and the ceiling, you usually won't even touch them unless you try to.

Reactor Overload - A shield will appear every now and then, and the map gets bombed for massive damage. Basically exactly the same as NHilla.

Hazardous Chemical Spill - the map gradually fills with a liquid that slows your movement and removes grip (something like the snow in El Nath) which also damages you over time.

Security Alert Triggered - A rotating laser like Lotus P1 appear on the map, but it doesn't do 100% damage fortunately.

Plasma Coils Discharging - A horizontal laser rotates up and down like a skipping rope which knocks you back every it hits you at the bottom. Quite annoying.

The maps for the stages are all shared, if you run into the same stage for the second time in the same PQ, you can still find the loots you left behind from the first clear.

Achievements for Ascension Modules

The Ascension Modules for the rings are obtained from 5 achievements in the Achievement list that appears in your lightbulb icon once you've cleared the prequest. The achievement clear does not always appear on your screen when you clear them, so you have to check the list after every run if you think you've cleared it.

In a party clear, only the person who last hits gets the achievement.

Faster than Light

Kill Tutu without getting hit by the lasers he spawns. The bosses are about NRA standard (at least for a level 226 Kanna mule) so you should be able to nuke him before he even spawns any to hit you with. Even if you are slow in killing the boss, the lasers can be destroyed before they are activated even if he does spawn them, so this is an easy achievement to clear.

Fragment Fiend

Kill Nene with 5 Fragments remaining. Nene will spawn little brown lava egg looking things that explode at his control. The best way is to just slowly poke him with small damage until he spawns 5 then instantly kill him before he can explode them.

Fragment Fiend Clear (includes "I hate Tutu More" clear in the same run)

Double Trouble

Kill the Dual Boss 5 times. Basically run the PQ and kill this boss 5 times. The more boss stages you reach, the more chances you have to run into them so it helps to do high-score clears while chasing this achievement.

Nowhere to Hide

Kill Tutu with 7 Photons Remaining. Tutu will spawn little round orbs starting from about half HP. These eventually transform into rotating lasers (the same lasers for the "Faster than Light" achievement). This achievement is the hardest to clear because of the precision required. Tutu needs to be very very low and you have to kill the photons one by one to spawn more without accidentally killing Tutu.

Nowhere to Hide clear

I hate Tutu More

During a Dual Boss encounter, carefully kill Tutu first before killing Nene. Instant double kill with a mobbing skill does not count.

Road to Extinction story one last time with Illium

So as the title says.

This is not a rant and I don't care that they did that or want to get any access back. This is just a PSA on how they'll treat you if you do what GMS players did, which is voicing out valid concerns not only for individual benefit but the community as a whole.

Recently, I've started proactively voicing out concerns after the Dreamer showcase was released on their FB page. There are no vulgarities in any of my comments although some of my friends did comment and cheered my opinion. My friends went back and saw that my comments were deleted by them.

I don't really wanna make a long post so I keep it short. I love this game as much as you did, been playing since I was a kid too. It always has a place in my heart. However to see them treat us like this since a few years ago, makes me notice that in MapleSea, most players just accept whatever gets thrown at them and only voice their concerns in WhatsApp/Discord group without going through the correct channel for them to be heard.

I know our community are majority super nice people, even in real life. We know what business model this game is running, and the majority of Asian players are okay with it, but the Dreamer update shows that they realised we are just stingless bees that they can just shred the hive after a few years poking the hive to see if we're the stinging kind or no. Moving forward, if you feel like you or we have been treated unfairly, knowing to voice out at the correct channel is the go-to. Right now there are only a few individuals that comment on their FB posts. Go make some noise and be the change. Thanks for reading <3