Hey everyone. Yesterday the official server released a new patch which has an Attendance Check, Spring and Archaeologist event.
The Spring event was already available in the test server, but I didn’t explain it because you may know that overseas players have difficulty with patching their files.
You’ve already seen a preview of what we are getting this month. Technically, it’s in the official server now. There are new changes that I haven’t mentioned.
PvP in the Korean version has gotten a time limit now. In the test server, PvP opened at 3 PM until 8 PM.
This is changed to 5 PM until 10 PM Korean time in the official server.
The EXP for Survival and Team Match mode has been increased by 10% and 30% respectively.
Maps in certain areas (Ellinia, Sleepywood, Ludbrium, Korean Folk Town, Mu Lung, Aqua Road) have been restructured for comfortable hunting. The level restriction for the Sleepywood dungeon has been removed. Before, the level restriction was 50 or higher.
[Heavens of Chryse]
[Lion King's Castle]
The world map for Chryse and Lion King’s Castle has been added. Unfortunately there is no love for Dark Ereb and Future Henesys. ~_~;
The taxi in Ludibrium can now bring you to more maps instead of the Path of Time.
In this update, you can now travel to the Path of Time, Omega Sector, Korean Folk Town and Ellin Forest.
A taxi NPC has been added to Sleepywood which can bring you to the Another Door map.
Do you remember the elevator in Helios Tower? That annoying elevator where you have to wait minutes before the door opens.
Fortunately, Nexon changed that in this update.
Yup~ The elevator is now a portal and when you enter it, you need to wait 10 seconds. This is definitely better than waiting for the elevator door to open. Great?
I always want to raise my Craft personality trait. It’s a good trait which adds more success rate in scrolls. Level 50 Craft gives you 5% extra success rate and level 100 10%. Everyday you can only get up to 500 points for each personality trait.
I normally get +50 Craft for each plate that I make. However, in this update Nexon has changed the amount from 50 to 10…
Now I have to mine more for ores and make plates out of it. I don’t like this change, but I’m glad that my Craft level is 52.
In this entry, I’ve explained how this Attendance Check event works.
You collect 30 Grapes each day and give them to Cassandra to get a check mark. If you attended the event for 30 days, you can get a very good time-limited medal.
The Attendance Check event starts on March 1st for us.
The second event that we have in this update is the Spring Frog event.
All monsters in Maple World drop Frog Rocks. They drop very often.
I found a disadvantage upon collecting these rocks: you can only have up to 10 rocks in your inventory.
Frog Rock is a consumable item. If you double-click the rock, there is a chance to get an Awoken Frog.
You need to collect 50 Awoken Frogs for Cassandra. However, double-clicking the Frog Rock, won’t always give you an Awoken Frog. Sometimes you get nothing, but that’s okay though. The droprate is pretty good.
The reward is a frog hat. The hat is only available for 30 days though.
You get it if you complete Cassandra’s quest 36 times. You are allowed to complete the quest 5 times each day.
The stats on the frog hat: +5 STR, DEX, INT and LUK, +3 Weapon Attack/Magic, +40 Physical Defense and +30 Magic Defense, +5 Speed and +4 Jump. It has 0 slots and cannot be traded nor time extended.
In addition, new created characters will receive a Newbie package with a medal and Cash Items in it. New characters who reach level 30 and 50 will also receive packages with other goodies such as a medal and other Cash Items.
The last event is the Archaeologist event or also known as the Ancient Artifact Hunt.
I think most versions of MapleStory have held this event before.
The Ancient Artifact Hunt runs from February 24th to March 20th.
All monsters in Maple World will drop artifacts. Each artifact will net you points. Sometimes you get 2, 6 or 80 points.
Accumulated points can earn you rewards.
When you pick up an artifact for the first time, Gaga will explain the event for you and give you a permit.
The permit is required, because if you don’t have it, you won’t get a lot of points. This is to prevent botters to get a high score.
Score of 5000: 2011 Ancient Artifact Medal
Score of 30,000: 2011 Archaeologist Hat (available for 5 days)
Score of 40,000: 2011 Archaeologist Face Accessory (available for 5 days)
Score of 50,000: 2011 Archaeologist Glasses (available for 5 days)
Score of 100,000: 2011 Archaeologist Hat, Face Accessory, Glasses (permanent) – You can only choose one
Archaeologist Hat: +7 STR, DEX, INT and LUK, +30 Physical and Magic Defense, +50 MaxHP and MaxMP and +100 Charm EXP. Number of upgrades available: 10
Archaeologist Glasses: +2 STR, DEX, INT and LUK, +20 Physical and Magic Defense and +100 Charm EXP. Number of upgrades available: 3
Archaeologist Face Accessory: +3 STR, DEX, INT and LUK, +10 Physical and Magic Defense, +30 Accuracy and Avoidability and +100 Charm EXP.
There is a set bonus for when you wear all three 2011 Archaeologist equips:
2 set effect: +2 AllStat and +10 Speed and Jump
3 set effect: +3 AllStat and+100 MaxHP, maxMP
Each 10,000 score will give you a 2011 gift box. The gift box can give you rewards, such as, Secret Mastery Book, mounts, elixirs, items that increase your personality traits.
This is a medal that you can earn if you have a lot of artifact scores. The top 10 players with the highest score between 5 PM and 6 PM on Sunday will receive this permanent medal.
The 2011 Ancient Artifact Hunt Top 10 medal gives you the following:
+5 STR, DEX, INT and LUK
+100 MaxHP and MaxMP
+3 Weapon Attack and Magic
+150 Physical and Magic Defense
+15 Speed and Jump
+200 Charm EXP
When picking up an artifact, there is a small chance to get a free level up. (remaining EXP till next level)
Isn’t that awesome? I’m now level 155. I can’t wait to get another free level. ^^
