MapleStory Guides


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Mu Lung Training Center(Dojo) Guide

To access the Center, talk to a NPC that looks like an announcement board called 'Mu Lung Announcement' with texts saying Mu Gong is recruiting challengers from the Maple World to defeat him. The NPC can be found in each town in TMS, and for MSEA, Mu Lung, Ellinia, Kerning and Orbis town. There is a level requirement of 25.

The Lobby hall has only one NPC, So Gong, Mu Gong's apprentice. Talk to him to begin the challenge. If you choose party mode, the party leader only needs to talk to So Gong before proceeding. If you choose solo mode and is your first time doing so, you need to defeat So Gong first before going on.


So Gong

LV : 20
HP : 2000
MP : 100
SPEED : -10
W.ATK : 90
M. ATK : 20
W.DEF : 10
M.DEF : 60
ACCURACY : 55
AVOIDABILITY : 7
EXP : 35
KNOCKBACK : 50

Mechanics

Each round is held in a floor which has 2 levels. The boss is located at the bottom level.The far right of the bottom level is a transporter that transports you to the upper level, containing the portal to the next floor which will not open until the boss is defeated. Training points will only be given after you enter the portal to the next floor, not immediately after you kill the boss. This means you can still get 0 points for Round 27 if you managed to kill C. Rog but got owned by the Jr. Balrogs he summons before you reach the portal.

List of Rounds


RoundBossRoundBossRoundBossRoundBossRoundBossRoundBossRoundBoss
1Mano6Faust11Dale16Old Fox21Elliza26Blue Mushmom31Papulatus
2Stumpy7King Clang12Papa Pixie17Tae Roon22Frankenroid27Crimson Balrog32Mu Gong
3Dewu8Mushmom13Zombie Mushmom18Poison Golem23Chimera28Manon

4King Slime9Timer14Jeno19Priest Cat24Snack Bar29Griffey

5King Centipede10Alishar15Lord Pirate20Jr. Balrog25Snowman30Leviathan

Time Limit 5 minsTime Limit 6 minsTime Limit 7 minsTime Limit 8 minsTime Limit 9 minsTime Limit 10 minsTime Limit 15 mins
Training points for each Boss 2Training points for each Boss 3Training points for each Boss 4Training points for each Boss 5Training points for each Boss 6Training points for each Boss 7Training points for each Boss 8(No point is given for defeating Mu Gong)
*The 9th and 10th round are mixed up in MSEA, Timer becomes round 10th's mob, which in my opinion is a careless mistake by AS, since it doesn't make sense.


The time limit is for all 5 bosses, meaning you have 5 minutes to defeat the first 5 rounds of bosses, and so on.

After much experimenting lately, I find that Partying gives (n-1) points for each boss. For example, Mano gives 2 points for soloing right? In Party mode, each party member gets 1 point. Faust gives 2 points instead of 3 in Party mode and so on. I have been informed that the level range between party members must not be higher than 30.

The player's health bar and the boss's health bar appears at the top of the screen.

After every fifth round, there is a resting floor that has no time limit for you to recharge HP/ MP. You can also talk to So Gong at the resting floors to save your progress so that you can teleport directly to that resting floor the next time you come in. You can only save your progress in the resting floors, not in rounds of your liking. You do not lose exp if you die in the Dojo.

You can't use any items you bring during the challenge. Instead, bosses will summon minions, which, when defeated, drop potions that work like MCPQ pots, meaning they are consumed the moment you pick them up. All pots affect every single party members.

PictureNameFunction
Mu Lung Training Center All Cure PotionCures all status ailments.
Mu Lung Training Center Mana ElixirRecovers 300 MP.
Mu Lung Training Center ElixirRecovers 50% HP and MP.
Mu Lung Training Center Power ElixirRecovers all HP and MP.

Bosses drop power ups that aid in your challenge.
PictureFunctionPictureFunction
Increases WAIncreases MA
Increases WDEFIncreases MDEF
Increases AccuracyIncreases Avoidability
Increases Max HPIncreases Max MP
Increases SpeedImmunity to the first 3 attacks received.The damage number is shown above the character but HP will not be deducted.

Powerups' effects increase progressively by stage. For example, the first stage(1-5) bosses drop powerups with least effects and has the shortest duration, and the effects/duration increase as more powerful powerups are dropped by higher stage bosses.

Boss Info



Mu Gong
LV :
150
HP : 27,523,000
MP : 50000
SPEED : -30
W.ATK : 755
M. ATK : 725
W.DEF : 950
M.DEF : 770
ACCURACY : 220
AVOIDABILITY : 50
EXP : 91,220
KNOCKBACK : 100,000

Appears at Round 32(Floor 38). Uses Seduce, where you crouch down and don't move for 10 seconds. Also uses Weakness, Zombify (Makes Bishops' Heal drain Party Members' HP), Physical Reflect, Magic Reflect, Fire Cannon (powerful but avoidable), Sky Bamboo (Bamboos fall on areas indicated by a flashing panda statue).

Once you defeated him, you arrive at the roof deck of the tower where you are rewarded exp. Here, the player can jump down from the tower until they land on the entrance of the tower.

Summons:



Mini Panda

LV : 80
HP : 10,000
MP : 300
SPEED : 40
W.ATK : 100
M. ATK : 100
W.DEF : 100
M.DEF : 100
ACCURACY : 55
AVOIDABILITY : 15
EXP : 10
KNOCKBACK : 10,001

Skills



The energy meter is located on the left side of the screen. The more damage your character receives, the higher the bar level. You can unleash any of the 3 skills below by using the combo once the bar is fully charged. Note that the energy bar will go down by itself if you don't get hit in a while.

PictureNameFunction
Meteor ShowerDecreases Max HP of the boss by 30%.
Divine Body30 seconds of invincibility. Though you are still open to status ailments(ironically).
Berserk FuryIncreases Attack by 100% for 30 seconds.

Training Points

Training points accumulated can be exchanged for Martial Belts that boosts stats. The points do not decrease after exchanging for belts. Maximum point allowed is 17000 points and bosses do not award points after this.
After exchanging the Black Belt(requires 17000 points), you can reset the points with So Gong to collect the second set of belts. Before resetting, you can't exchange the same belt twice.

Belts



White Belt

Accessory - All classes
Untradeable(Karma Scissor can be used)
LV :
25
STR: +1
DEX: +1
INT: +1
LUK: +1
WDEF: +10
MDEF: +10
Avoid: +3
Slots: 3
Training Points Required: 200



Yellow Belt
Accessory - All classes
Untradeable(Karma Scissor can be used)
LV : 35
STR: +2
DEX: +2
INT: +2
LUK: +2
WDEF: +20
MDEF: +20
Avoid: +6
Slots: 3
Training Points Required: 1800


Blue Belt
Accessory - All classes
Untradeable(Karma Scissor can be used)
LV : 45
STR: +3
DEX: +3
INT: +3
LUK: +3
WDEF: +30
MDEF: +30
Avoid: +9
Slots: 3
Training Points Required: 4000


Red Belt
Accessory - All classes
Untradeable(Karma Scissor can be used)
LV : 60
STR: +4
DEX: +4
INT: +4
LUK: +4
WDEF: +40
MDEF: +40
Avoid: +12
Slots: 3
Training Points Required: 9200


Black Belt
Accessory - All classes
Untradeable(Karma Scissor can be used)
LV : 75
STR: +5
DEX: +5
INT: +5
LUK: +5
WDEF: +50
MDEF: +50
Avoid: +15
Slots: 3
Training Points Required: 17000

By the way, medals are awarded for killing bosses. So Gong awards medals for killing 100 bosses of the same type in Solo mode, however, they last 1 day only. Also, you must start from getting medals of the weaker bosses before challenging better ones. For example, you must first get the Mano medal, then Stumpy, and so on until Mu Gong's.