The March update has been released! This patch includes the new Soul Weapon system, season 1 of the job balancing, changes to party quests, Monster Park, and Monster Carnival, as well as some new options and the new widescreen resolution!
Here are the world selection screens for this patch. The second (thanks to Locked of Southperry for it) features characters from other Nexon games, Dungeon and Fighter and Mabinogi due to some crossover items that were added this patch.
Weapons combined with the power of bosses’ souls, Soul Weapons have been released! In order to change your weapon into a Soul Weapon, you’ll have to find Soul Enchanters, which drop from bosses.
- Basic Soul Enchanter: 30% chance of working (also dropped by regular monsters)
- Enhanced Soul Enchanter: 60% chance of working
- Special Soul Enchanter: 100% chance of working
Soul Enchanters can only be used on weapons that are level 75 or higher.
After a weapon becomes a Soul Weapon, it will gain a tooltop at the bottom with all the Soul information. This includes the Soul Charge (/1000), the amount of weapon attack/magic attack your weapon is being increased by, and the Soul Skill you will gain. Obviously if you have not mounted a Soul yet, it will be blank.
If you wish to change a Soul Weapon back into a normal weapon, you can talk to the NPC Murmur. However, the Soul mounted will be destroyed. If an item is locked, you cannot change it back into a normal weapon.
All boss monsters will drop Soul Pieces. Combining 10 of these will give you the Soul of a certain boss monster, which can then be inserted into a Soul Weapon at a 100% chance. According to the boss Soul you have, you will gain a certain skill and stats.
I am Here: Use the power of the Soul Weapon to summon Prison Guard Ani, dealing 2000% damage on one enemy with an extra 40% critical chance. There is a cooldown of 300 seconds.
Kitty Law: Use the power of the Soul Weapon to summon Van Leon, dealing 3000% damage on one enemy with an extra 30% critical chance. There is a cooldown of 300 seconds.
Hellfire Burp: Use the power of the Soul Weapon to summon the Devil Balrog, dealing 1500% damage on up to 15 enemies on your screen with an extra 20% critical chance. There is a cooldown of 300 seconds.
Don’t Block My Way: Use the power of the Soul Weapon to summon Rex who will run into enemies in front of you, dealing 1000% damage on up to 15 enemies while ignoring 100% of their defense. There is a cooldown of 300 seconds.
Palm Fireball: Use the power of the Soul Weapon to summon Dragon Rider, who shoots a beam at up to 15 enemies in front of you, dealing 1000% damage with an extra 40% critical chance, monsters hit will take an extra 300% damage every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. There is a cooldown of 300 seconds.
Rock ‘n Roll Baby: Use the power of the Soul Weapon to summon Rock Spirit for 120 seconds. He will deal 300% damage to monsters around you. There is a cooldown of 300 seconds.
Scary Cuteness: Use the power of the Soul Weapon to summon Pink Bean for 120 seconds. He will deal 500% damage to monsters around you. There is a cooldown of 300 seconds.
Rejuvenation: Use the power of the Soul Weapon to summon Mu Gong and return yourself to the pinnacle of your strength, increasing your total damagae by 50% for 30 seconds. There is a cooldown of 300 seconds.
Based on the prefix of your Boss Soul, you will get one of 10 possible stats. When you exchange 10 Soul Pieces for a Soul, you will get a random prefix.
- Lively (STR)
- Sleek (DEX)
- Wise (INT)
- Miraculous (LUK)
- Tough (HP)
- Strong (attack)
- Shiny (magic attack)
- Vivid (MP)
- Brilliant (all stats)
- Great (only applies to weapons over level 100, 1 of 8 stats is given)
- attack
- magic attack
- all stats
- HP
- critical chance
- defense ignore
- boss damage
- all skills level increase
For example, the weapon above has been given the Miraculous Rock Spirit soul. It gives 50 LUK, and when 1000 Souls are charged, it will let you use the skill Rock ‘n Roll Baby.
Using another Soul on a weapon with a Soul already attached will destroy the old Soul and replace it with the new one, including its skill and stats.
You will need to hunt monsters to charge your Soul Gauge. When it is fully charged, your weapon’s attack/magic attack will be increased by a certain amount and you will be able to use the corresponding Soul Skill by inputting a command.
Monster Carnival is back! It is now open to those level 110 to 130 (aw… I still won’t be able to use it) and requires a minimum of 6 people to a maximum of 12. Don’t worry about having to waste time waiting around though, the new waiting list allows you to find a match while you can continue doing what you were.
After enough people have been found, you will be moved to the matchmaking map. If after 30 seconds, there are still enough people, the game will start. Otherwise you will be given the Spiegelmann’s Cheer buff and sent back.
The goal of Monster Carnival is to defeat more monsters than the other team! Based on your team’s performance and the amount of CP you have collected, you will be given Shining Maple Coins and experience.
You’ll need to collect at least 5000 CP to gain the maximum amount of experience possible. You can gain a maximum of 10 Shining Maple Coins in one play. Trade them in to Spiegelmann for special prizes!
Spiegelmann’s Strong Cape: Lv.120, STR +3, DEX +3, INT +3, LUK +3, defense +100, magic defense +100, Charisma +100, Charm +100
Spiegelmann’s Strong Bowtie: Lv.120, STR +10, DEX +10, INT +10, LUK +10, defense +110, magic defense +110, attack +1, magic attack +1, Charisma +30, Charm +30
Spiegelmann’s Strong Mustache: Lv.120, STR +2, DEX +2, INT +2, LUK +2, defense +100, magic defense +100, attack +2, magic attack +2, Charisma +100, Charm +100
Monster Park has been reorganized! Enjoy the new and diverse parks! This reorganization includes 6 new parks, level changes to both gates and areas, and changed monster levels dropping entrance tickets.
Zebra Printed Gate (Lv. 60~115)
- Temple of Darkness (Lv.60~69)
- Snowy Mountain Area (Lv.70~79)
- Silent Sea (Lv.75~84)
- Black Mountain Hill (Lv.80~89)
- Gray’s Hideout (Lv.85~94)
- Scorching Sandy Desert (Lv.95~104)
- Auto Security Area (Lv.105~114)
Leopard Printed Gate (Lv. 115~160)
- Mossy Tree Forest (Lv.115~124)
- Sky Forest Training Centre (Lv. 120~129)
- Pirates’ Secret Base (Lv. 125~134)
- Another World’s Battlefield (Lv.135~144)
- Secluded Forest Dangerous Area (Lv.140~149)
- Forbidden Time (Lv.145~154)
- Hidden Ruins (Lv.150~159)
Tiger Printed Gate (Lv. 160+)
- Ruined City (Lv.160~169)
- Dead Tree Forest (Lv.170~179)
- Watchman’s Tower (Lv.175-184)
- Dragon’s Nest (Lv.180~189)
- Temple of Oblivion (Lv.185~194)
- Knight Stronghold (Lv.190~199)
- Ghosts’ Canyon (Lv.200~209)
Zebra Printed Ticket pieces drop from monsters level 50~114, Leopard from monsters 105~159, and Tiger from monsters 150~200.
Party quests have been reorganized! First off, all party quest entrances have been merged into one. You will be taken to channel 4 if you are level 30~69, channel 8 if you are 70~119, or channel 12 if you are 120+.
The recommended levels and minimum entry requirements of some party quests have been changed.
- Moon Bunny’s Rice Cake (level 30 – 50), minimum 2 people
- Traces of the Goddess (level 70 – 100)
- Romeo and Juliet (level 70 – 100)
- Ice Knight’s Curse (level 90 – 110), minimum 2 people
- Forest of Poison Fog (level 100 – 130)
- Pirate Davy Jones (level 100 – 130)
- Escape (level 120 – 250)
- Kenta in Danger (level 140 – 200), minimum 2 people
- Resurrection of the Hob King (level 150 – 250), minimum 2 people
The clear experience of some party quests have also been increased.
- First Accompaniment
- Ice Knight’s Curse
- Pirate Davy Jones
- Resurrection of the Hob King
- Kenta in Danger
Finally, new rewards were added to certain party quests. These aren’t really new, just the old ones with better stats.
- Ice Knight’s Shoulderpad: 4 to all stats, 1 attack and magic attack (level 95, untradeable)
- Ice Knight’s Seeker Chain Snowshoes: 4 to all stats, 5 speed, 2 jump, 1 attack and magic attack, 5 PVP damage (level 95, untradeable)
- Common Davy Jones Hat: 6 to all stats, 7 speed, 5 jump, 90 HP and MP (level 100, untradeable)
- Worn Davy Jones Hat: 9 to all stats, 1 attack and magic attack, 8 speed, 5 jump, 150 HP and MP (level 100, untradeable)
- Greedy Davy Jones Hat: 15 to all stats, 3 attack and magic attack, 10 speed, 5 jump, 250 HP and MP (level 125, untradeable)
- Brilliant Altair Earrings: 7 to all stats, 7 speed, 250 MP (level 100, can be traded with the Scissors of Karma)
- Kenta’s New Goggles: 6 to all stats, 7 speed, 100 HP and MP (level 125, untradeable)
From now until April 24, if you complete 3 party quests in one day on a character, you’ll get the Training Together buff item, which gives stats based on your level.
This buff lasts 30 minutes and has a cooldown of 30 minutes. It gives 6 attack and magic attack if you are level 30~34, and it increases by 1 for every 5 levels. At level 100~250, you’ll get 20 attack and magic attack.
The first job balancing has been released, Mercedes and Phantom are the first to receive changes! They can be created from now until April 24 and their Hyper Skills have been reset.
Mercedes
Strike Dualshot (3rd): now does 20% increased damage on stunned monsters
High Kick Demolition (3rd): after used, you will now be in the air
Ishtar’s Ring (4th): damage has been increased from 110% to 150%, range has been increased
Defense Break (4th): no longer gives a chance to ignore 100% of a monster’s defense, now permanently ignores 25% of a monster’s defense and 25% of their elemental resistances
Advanced Final Attack (4th): damage of first arrow has been increased from 105% to 120%, damage of second arrow has been increased from 70% to 80%
NEW: Advanced Strike Dual Shot (4th): Shoot arrows quickly at up to 8 enemies dealing 150% damage 4 times with an 80% chance to stun for 6 seconds. If attacking a stunned enemy, its damage will be increased by 20%. (required skill: level 20 Strike Dual Shot) (max level: 1)
NEW: Ishtar’s Ring – Ignore Guard (Hyper): Ishtar’s Ring’s amount of monster defense ignored is increased by 20%.
NEW: Ishtar’s Ring – Boss Killer (Hyper): Ishtar’s Ring’s damage to bosses is increased by 20%.
- REMOVED: Ishtar’s Ring – Add Range (Hyper)
- REMOVED: Ishtar’s Ring – Linked Reinforce (Hyper)
Phantom
NEW SKILL: Judgement AUTO/MANUAL (beginner): Judgement’s buff skill will be set to automatically activate. Toggle on/off.
Steal Skill (beginner): stolen attacking skills’ damage and stolen buff skill’s durations have been increased
Judgement (2nd/4th): Guardian Card effect has been removed
Call of Fate (2nd): number of monsters hit has been increased from 3 to 4
Blanc Carte (2nd): damage has been increased from 140% to 160%, no longer triggers damage reflect
Ultimate Drive (4th): damage has been increased from 120% to 130%
Twilight (4th): range has been increased
Noir Carte (4th): damage has been increased from 200% to 220%, no longer triggers damage reflect
NEW: Ultimate Drive – Ignore Guard (Hyper): Ultimate Drive’s amount of monster defense ignored is increased by 20%.
Rose Carte Finale (Hyper): additional damage is now done continuously over 12 seconds instead of as one explosion, additional damage has been decreased from 700% to 100%, additional number of hits has been decreased from 4 to 2
Final Judgement (Hyper): defense increase effect has been removed
- REMOVED: Ultimate Drive – Fast Movement (Hyper)
Thanks to Locked of Southperry for the skill icons and animations!
An Easy Mode has been added for the boss Van Leon. To enter, you can choose which mode you want at the entrance of the existing boss. If you can clear Easy Mode Van Leon, you will receive random prizes of some of the items that Normal Mode would give you.
Note, the one per day limit is shared between Easy Mode and Normal Mode. You cannot enter both in one day.
Normal Mode Hilla has been made easier, her damage, HP, and summons’ HP have been lowered. If you weren’t able to defeat her before, try again now! Normal Hilla will now drop the Stone of Eternal Life.
Bellocan, Demethos, El Nido, Kalluna, and Hacerlo have been merged into one world, Union! This is just like the last merge where the worlds actually become one icon on the server selection screen.
The old Cash Shop only message system has become free to use! You can now press the 
message button beside the character info button to send them to other players. They will receive them the next time they log in, so you can even send messages to offline players! It costs 10,000 mesos for each message.
message button beside the character info button to send them to other players. They will receive them the next time they log in, so you can even send messages to offline players! It costs 10,000 mesos for each message.
The second tab is messages you have received. You can double click them in order to quickly send a reply. You can send up to 3 messages per minute and a maximum of 20 per day.
A new wide screen resolution, 1366 x 768 is now available! If you use this resolution, you will be able to see 20 extra quick slots! However, if your graphics card does not support it, you will not see it as an option.
A new option has been added, for item tooltips. You can now choose to simplify your item tooltips, because Nexon realized with all these scrolls and potential and Soul Weapons that they’ve gotten super long, haha.
Simplified item tooltips will look like the left items above. If you right click however, you’ll be able to see the stats of the item.
In terms of Cash items, two new boxes have been added. The first is Pandora’s Box, and it costs 1,500 NX. Like others of its kind, you can open them for certain prizes (they didn’t list any on the site so I don’t really know what).
Pandora’s Boxes have the Fever System I mentioned in a post a while back. The special items for it are Soul Stones, used in the Soul Weapon system.
The second is Effie’s Box, which costs 350 NX. This one does not have the Fever System.
They did post the possible items you can get from this one though!
- Soul Enchanters (Enhanced)
- Various scrolls
- Chocolate Fondue Chair
- Apple Television Chair
Let’s move on to events. First off is the March Weekend 2x Experience event, on March 23 and 24, there will be 2x experience from 1pm to 4pm~
The Maple April Fool’s Day Crushed Hopes event has begun and will run until April 14.
You’ll have to collect 7 Scoop Megaphones from monsters around your level and use them to spread word of the news! However, they’re all lies, haha. Once you complete it, you’ll get a Liar’s Love Letter and the Liar Boy/Girl title.
You can also collect 30 Bitter Candies for Cassandra for some experience.
The Beginning of Change!! Phantom and Mercedes Equipment Support event has begun, and will run until April 17. Any Phantom and Mercedes characters will receive equipment boxes at level 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70.
The Soul Weapon Information event has begun and will run until March 31. First off, everyone receives a free Special Soul Enchanter from Murmur~
Murmur’s clones have begun spawning around Maple World in specific maps. Find them to retrieve Murmur’s Bags!
These bags can be opened for special prizes!
- Enhanced/Special Soul Enchanter
- Rock Spirit/Prison Guard Ani/Dragon Rider/Rex/Mu Gong/Balrog/Pink Bean/Van Leon’s Soul Pieces
- Attack buff (+20 attack and magic attack) 30 minutes
- 5 Power Elixirs
- Mysterious Love Letters
- 5 Reindeer Milk/Sunset Dew
- personality trait items
Murmur will also be collecting boss Souls! Trade in specific ones for certain prizes!
- Miraculous Rock Spirit’s Soul: Equipment Enhancement Scroll
- Lively Prison Guard Ani’s Soul: Potential Scroll
- Wise Dragon Rider’s Soul: 50% Golden Hammer
- Sleek Rex’s Soul: 70% Chaos Scroll
- Tough Mu Gong’s Soul: Silver Potential Stamp
- Vivid Mu Gong’s Soul: Silver Additional Potential Stamp
- Great Balrog’s Soul: Ability Circulator
- Great Pink Bean’s Soul: 10% Clean Slate Scroll
- Great Van Leon’s Soul: 5% Clean Slate Scroll
Next is the Maple Warriors! Where Are You Going? event, which runs until April 4. First of all, everyone receives a Maple Member Box, containing the following items:
- Perfect Additional Potential Stamp
- 3 3x Drop Coupons (1 hour)
- 50% Golden Hammer
- Master Additional Miracle Cube
- 2 Master Miracle Cubes
Players who have not logged on for a month or more can also receive 5,000 Maple Points for free~
There’s also a friend referral event, where you’ll get prizes if you can refer others to MapleStory! 1 referral gets you a 14 day Special Value Pack, 5 gets you a VIP Hair Coupon, and 10 gets you the Darkness Aurora Cash item.
Everyone can also participate in the Gingerbread Pet Creation event! This event involves holding a Gingerbread Cookie for 30 minutes each day in order to get prizes (only once per Nexon ID).
- 1 day: Gingerman Name Ring
- 5 days: Gingerbread Man Pet
- 7 days: Gingerman Bowtie, Ginger Breadcrumbs, Pet Name Tag
- 10 days: Premium Pet Equipment for Attack/Magic Attack Scroll
