GMS v247 patch notes: Abyssal Expedition, Arteria and Carcion

GMS v.247, New Age: Into the Abyss, launched on December 13, 2023. It added Arteria, scheduled Carcion for January 10, expanded Kalos and Kaling difficulties and introduced Abyssal Expedition's mercenary progression. Identisk continued into its final island activities alongside Maplemas and the 2024 Blue Dragon celebration. The event windows below describe December 2023 through February 2024 and have ended.

Kalos and Kaling difficulty changes

Kalos the Guardian's former Chaos mode became Normal, with new Easy, Chaos and Extreme modes added. Kaling gained Easy, Hard and Extreme. First clears of Chaos/Extreme Kalos and Hard/Extreme Kaling triggered both an all-world announcement and the applicable regular/Reboot world-first announcement.

• Nickyroid
• Kalos's Residual Determination Fragment
• Mark of Destruction
• Kalingroid
• Ferocious Entanglement Ring Fragment
• Helmet of Loyalty

The added Maple Rewards quests were [Maple Rewards] Defeat Easy Kalos for Riches and Honor!; [Maple Rewards] Defeat Normal Kalos for Riches and Honor!; [Maple Rewards] Defeat Extreme Kalos for Riches and Honor!; [Maple Rewards] Defeat Easy Kaling for Riches and Honor!; [Maple Rewards] Defeat Hard Kaling for Riches and Honor!; [Maple Rewards] Defeat Extreme Kaling for Riches and Honor!.

Arteria access, story and daily symbols

Arteria opened December 13 after maintenance to level-280 characters with fifth job and [Shangri-La] One Who Arrived in Paradise completed. [Arteria] To Maple World in the lightbulb notifier began the defense against Reina's High Flora invasion. Finishing the story awarded Sacred Symbol: Arteria and unlocked Neinheart's daily at the Operations Center for ten more symbols.

The [Arteria] story quests were [Arteria] To Maple World; [Arteria] Maple World Invaded; [Arteria] To the Front Lines; [Arteria] Where Is the Nearest Front Line?; [Arteria] Reinforce the Northern Outskirts; [Arteria] Northern Barrier Stone Activation; [Arteria] Western Outskirts Reclamation; [Arteria] Reinforce Oz; [Arteria] Until Reinforcements Arrive; [Arteria] Reinforcements Arrive; [Arteria] Counterattack; [Arteria] Ship Invasion; [Arteria] Discreet Choice; [Arteria] Move Forward; [Arteria] Stagnant Front Lines; [Arteria] Clash; [Arteria] To Go to the Upper Area; [Arteria] Chill Felt Space; [Arteria] Where's the Empress?; [Arteria] A Chill Coming from the Door; [Arteria] Wrath; [Arteria] The Best Choice; [Arteria] Postwar Settlement.

Added story NPCs were Cygnus Soldier, Oz, Cygnus, Neinheart, Gaon, Kidan, Eckhart, Irena and Claudine. The regular monsters were High Flora Reconnaissance Drone and High Flora Foot Soldier at 280; High Flora Magician at 281; High Flora Armored Soldier at 282; High Flora Longswordsman at 283; and Frozen Flora Foot Soldier / Frozen Flora Magician at 284. High Flora Leader was the new Elite Boss.

The story medal Promise to Meet Again was untradeable with permanent Attack Power +3 and Magic Attack +3. Arteria's arrival also raised the level used for level-difference EXP/meso penalties: characters above 289 used 294 instead of 289 for that calculation.

Carcion's January opening

Carcion opened January 10, 2024 at 00:00 UTC. Entry required level 285, fifth job and [Arteria] The Need For Change. [Carcion] An Absent Empress began the story against Limbo's invasion and the threat to the ancient river god Keira. Story completion awarded Sacred Symbol: Carcion, followed by Duhan's daily at Eye of the Ishfira for ten symbols.

The [Carcion] story quests were [Carcion] An Absent Empress; [Carcion] Aftermath of the Invasion; [Carcion] Gaon's Past; [Carcion] Towards Carcion; [Carcion] Traces of the Flora Army; [Carcion] Enter the Outskirts of Carcion; [Carcion] Pinjar Search; [Carcion] History of War; [Carcion] Supporting the Scouts; [Carcion] Laguna Search; [Carcion] Unstoppable Pursuit; [Carcion] The Cause of Infection; [Carcion] Whereabouts of the Snakes; [Carcion] Removing the Power of Gods; [Carcion] Lost Contact; [Carcion] Exploring the Sea Cave; [Carcion] God of Rivers, Keira; [Carcion] Reclaiming the Sanctuary; [Carcion] Last Chance; [Carcion] A Future Without Gods; [Carcion] Return to Ereve; [Carcion] A Letter from Across the Continent. Duhan, Eto, Hinya and Lopa joined the NPC roster.

Abyssal Informant and Despairing Guard were level 285; Abyssal Guard and Monstrous Shadow Bird 286; Despairing Hunter 287; Abyssal Hunter and Shadowy Black Panther 288; and Knight of the Source / Priest of the Source 289. Abyss Guide was the new Elite Boss. The Eternal Tree's Guardian medal was permanent and untradeable with Attack Power/Magic Attack +3. For characters above 294, the level-difference penalty and near-level-monster calculation used 299 instead of 294.

Maple Chronicle, achievements and Monster Collection

Level-100 characters with [Grand Athenaeum] Visit the Grand Athenaeum, and Zero Chapter 2, could revisit Battleship Arteria in Book of Grandis after a character in the same world completed its achievement. Maple Guide and Dimensional Mirror led to Grand Athenaeum.

New achievements included [Area Exploration] Arteria, Battleship Arteria, [Exceptional] Unshackled Wolf, [Exceptional] I Pledge My Eternal Loyalty, [Carcion] Cycles of Life Begin Again and [Area Exploration] Carcion. Kalos's new achievements were And it Really Was a Thrill; There's Something About Power; Power is Nothing Without Control; Send Barr My Regards; One of Many Legends; Ignore Legends at Your Risk; Something Even the Gods Fear; A Qualified Entry; Hard Work for a Machine; Failed to Stop Intruder; This Is a Real Thrill; How to Fix A Broken Machine; and Guardian of Karote. Kaling's were Heartless Adversary; Only the Husk; No One Left to Disturb; Can You Get Up?; Why Don't You Get Up Now?; No Rest at the End; The Means to an End; Now You See Me; Now I See the Light; I Need My Research!; Too Much Research, Zigang!; and You Never Say Hi at the Lab Anymore.

Conditions changed for [Kalos] Guard Against the Guardian, Guardian's Adversary, An Eye For An Eye, Knock Knock, Dispose of the Defects and True Vessel Parameters.

Grandis Monster Collection added High Flora Foot Soldier, High Flora Magician, High Flora Armored Soldier, High Flora Longswordsman, Beefy Seal Master High Flora Leader, High Flora Recon Drone, Frozen Flora Foot Soldier, Frozen Flora Magician and Unstoppable Frozen Flora Magician; Despairing Guard, Abyssal Guard, Monstrous Shadow Bird, Shadowy Black Panther, Despairing Hunter, Abyssal Hunter, Master of Disguise Abyssal Hunter, Abyssal Informant, Black Chains Undead Abyss Guide, Knight of the Source, Priest of the Source, Undead Knight of the Source and Black Chains Priest of the Source. Its new Abyss Guide Cube Chair was permanent and account-transferable.

Hayato's Battoujutsu Ultimate Will - God of Blades was renamed Battoujutsu Ultimate Will, distinguishing it from the God of Blades Hyper skill. Some Momijigaoka maps were also updated.

Abyssal Expedition entry and mercenaries

Abyssal Expedition ran December 20 at 00:00 UTC through February 6 at 23:59 UTC. Each character of level 101 or above, with Zero Chapter 2 completed, could participate. [Abyssal Expedition] Request to Join the Maple Expedition moved the character to Maple Expedition Abyssal Entrance; Investigate the Crevasse in Minar Forest, available from the notifier or Pascal, appointed the character captain. Pascal also paid out Reputation, the currency for hiring and command advancement.

Norman's Expedition Captain's First Mission: Recruit Mercenary supplied Joss and Nami. Additional hires depended on Command Rank: Basic cost 400 Reputation, Intermediate 800, Advanced 1,200, Superior 1,600 and Special 2,000. Expedition Management assigned the recruited crew.

Mercenaries reached level 10 through time spent exploring. The level-up time list for levels 2–10 gave 30, 60, 120, 200, 300, 400, 500, 650 and 800 minutes respectively. Skill slots unlocked at 5 and 10; some skills were job-specific, and unique skills could not be removed. Weapons, hats and outfits increased stats. Equipment came from Doddy/Vanessa's Reputation shops, exploration missions, floor bosses and daily Expedition Support Boxes.

Command Rank and floor access

Expedition Level was the sum of crew members' levels. Pascal permitted one Command Rank increase per day after meeting its Expedition Level and Reputation requirement. Date gates opened the Veteran group on January 3 and Master group on January 17, all at 00:00 UTC.

Individual locations additionally had their own gates:

Junior unlocked To Your Position!, moving all crew to a selected map location on a 60-second cooldown; Assemble, moving them to the player and creating a shield on a 60-second cooldown; and Aim, targeting the designated monster on a 30-second cooldown. Veteran I added Roar: Attack Power +10, Speed +10, Attack Speed +2 and EXP +10% for 30 minutes, with an 1,800-second cooldown.

Abyss hunting, boss timers and missions

The lift's left-side portal at the entrance selected an accessible floor. White portals led from a base camp into hunting maps; red portals led to boss lairs. Hunting required each mercenary to have a weapon. The crew composition could not change during a hunt, although equipment and skills could. Auto-hunt time depended on rank, reset at 00:00 UTC and returned the player to headquarters when exhausted. Mercenary EXP came from time in hunting maps, while their earned monster EXP was granted to the player immediately; deeper floors gave more player EXP.

Boss battles allowed ten minutes. Leaving early or failing allowed another entry after five minutes; leaving after the full ten-minute battle imposed a four-hour cooldown. A defeated boss reappeared four hours later, with up to three boss defeats daily. Pascal paid boss rewards at headquarters.

The Bulletin Board offered three random daily missions based on Expedition Level; they could not be rerolled. Pascal paid their rewards. Spending more than one hour hunting also qualified for a once-daily Expedition Reward proportional to time, resetting at 00:00 UTC.

Support Boxes from missions/expeditions were untradeable, expired February 6 at 23:59 UTC and gave crew equipment/skills of quality appropriate to the box rank. Bosses supplied Old Supply Box (Basic–Final) ×6, with a chance of one or two extra boxes, under the same expiry and transfer rules.

Achievement chain and the Legion block

Pascal's achievement missions formed a chain. Each stage after the first required the previous achievement, plus its own boss, rank and Expedition Level.

• Maple Expedition Growth Potion I
• Maple Expedition Growth Potion II
• Maple Expedition Growth Potion III
• Maple Expedition Growth Potion IV
• Permanent Abyss Harp Mount Coupon

The potions and other consumable/coupon rewards were account-transferable for seven days. Potions I–IV required level 200, gave a level through 209/219/229/239 respectively and EXP above that range. The permanent Legion block gave Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +35, did not consume an assigned-member allowance and occupied one of the two permitted event-block placements.

The Abyssal Expedition Legion block could not transfer through Burning World Leap. Burning World characters could participate, but that reward stayed behind. The achievement reward limit was once per world, as clarified December 20.

Reputation shops

Vanessa and Doddy traded at Abyss Temporary Headquarters. Vanessa sold Slash Blast, Energy Bolt, Arrow Blow, Double Stab and Double Shot for 50 Reputation each. From January 3 at 00:00 UTC she also sold Dark Impale, Explosion, Shining Ray, Speed Mirage, Bolt Burst, Snipe, Shuriken Challenge, Quad Star, Blackboot Bill and Brain Scrambler for 300 each.

Hyper Burning to level 260

Hyper Burning ran November 15 after maintenance through February 6 at 23:59 UTC. One character per account could receive it: a newly created character, or an existing level-200–258 character. Existing Zero required Chapter 2. The designation could not be cancelled. From level 11, each earned level added two extra levels through 260; Zero did not receive the extra levels at 100–199 and could not claim rewards before Chapter 2.

If the Growth Revamp left a character with enough accumulated EXP to level, that character had to log in and level before being designated. In Burning World, Character Selection offered Set as Hyper Burning for an existing character or Hyper during creation. Cancelling created an ordinary character. Burning World's Hyper Burning character used the account's sole Hyper slot and could not claim Mega Burning Project rewards.

Extreme Growth, Growth Potions (200–209/219/229), Typhoon Growth and Magnificent Growth Potions were blocked on Hyper Burning characters below 260. Growth Support Rewards could be reclaimed after deleting and recreating the Hyper character, but already-claimed level milestones could not. Existing characters received support rewards while skipping milestone rewards at or below their starting level: designating at 230 began milestone eligibility at 235.

The same milestone's Burning World and non-Burning rewards could not both be claimed. Titles and Nodestones requiring fifth job also required A Greater Power. Symbol selectors offered only cleared regions. Arcane Catalyst symbols needed stabilization before taking a level-5/7 symbol reward. Only one Eternal Flame Ring could be owned per character.

Growth Support equipment and titles

Mysterious Cryptic Chest was untradeable for seven days and gave a non-revivable 30-day Snail Pet. The untradeable level-30 equipment box expired February 6 at 23:59 UTC. Legendary Cryptic Chest required level 100 and expired at the same time; its permanent, untradeable level-100 equipment had these values:

• Frozen Hat
• Frozen Cape
• Frozen Suit

Root Abyss Set Box (Time-Restricted) required level 150, was untradeable and expired February 6 at 23:59 UTC. It gave 90-day Royal Hat, Eagle Eye Top, Trixter Bottom and a 90-day 15-Star Fafnir Weapon Set Box. Zero did not receive the level-30 equipment, Frozen weapon/secondary boxes or Fafnir weapon box.

Eternal Flame Title Coupon expired February 6 at 23:59 UTC and yielded a permanent untradeable title with 60-day main stats +15, Attack/Magic ATT +15, maximum HP/MP +750, IED +10%, Boss Damage +10%, EXP +10% and Arcane Power +50.

Level milestones

Symbols and equipment were permanent and untradeable. Other rewards in this table were untradeable for seven days unless their exception is given.

• Eternal Flame Ring Coupon
• Hyper Burning Outfit Set Coupon

Zero received the level-220 pendant rather than AbsoLab weapon. Eternal Flame Ring required level 120 and was permanent, untradeable and unique-equipped: main stats +40, maximum HP/MP +4,000 and Attack/Magic ATT +25. The outfit gave permanent untradeable Hyper Burning Crown / Hyper Burning Robe, each with 30-day main stats +10 and maximum HP/MP +500, and Hyper Burning Sword with 30-day Attack/Magic ATT +10. Infinite Flame was a permanent untradeable title with 30-day main stats +10, Attack/Magic ATT +10, maximum HP/MP +500, Boss Damage +10%, EXP +10%, Arcane Power +50 and Sacred Power +50. The HYPER BURNING medal gave permanent main stats and Attack/Magic ATT +6.

Burning World, Mega Burning and creation rewards

Burning World existed in NA and EU from November 15 after maintenance until February 7 before maintenance. Its Burning skill supplied 1.5× EXP, Attack/Magic ATT +50, Normal Monster Damage +30%, Boss Damage +30%, Critical Rate/Damage +30%, Knockback Resistance +100%, main stats +50 and maximum HP/MP +2,500 to every created character.

Up to three characters could take Mega Burning at creation; refusing it could not be reversed later. Zero was excluded from Mega Burning. From level 10, Mega Burning added two extra levels per level through 150. Other characters could still receive the world's passive skill. Event/Fairy Bros/Daily Gift slot coupons worked there, but expanded slots did not move through World Leap.

Burning World New Character Celebration! rewarded up to three characters, once each; deleting a recipient did not restore a claim. Its Flameborn medal was permanent and untradeable, giving main stats +5, maximum HP/MP +250 and Attack/Magic ATT +1. The seven-day, untradeable Pearl Maple Armor Set Box gave permanent level-30 pieces; all except the buckle could transfer once within the account.

• Pearl Maple Hat
• Pearl Maple Suit
• Pearl Maple Cape
• Pearl Maple Gum
• Pearl Maple Pendant
• Pearl Maple Buckle

Creation also gave an untradeable 30-day Hyper Teleport Rock; permanent untradeable Power Elixir ×1,000; permanent tradeable Spell Trace ×1,500; and inventory expansion to 56 through the reward quest.

Mega Burning Project! Gift Giveaway! could reward three Mega characters, once each, including a replacement after deleting a previous Burning character. It gave the non-revivable 30-day Snail Pet; a permanent untradeable equipment box at 30; and Legendary Cryptic Chest at 100, expiring February 6 at 23:59 UTC. Its Frozen gear had the same values above, with permanent weapon/secondary boxes. At 130, a permanent untradeable Keep on Burning Title Coupon gave its permanent title with 14-day main stats +10, Attack/Magic ATT +10, maximum HP/MP +400, IED +10% and Boss Damage +10%.

Restrictions and the transfer window

Burning World disabled Link Skill transfers, Maple Legion, Monster Collection and Maple Tour. Blocked quests were Teaching Link Skill, Teaching Zero's Link Skill, [Legion] Whip the Whelps, [Legion] Defeat the Golden Wyvern, [Legion] We Are Legion, Talk to Dame Appropriation, [Legion] Legion Introduction, [Monster Collection] Monster Collector and [Maple Tour] Lulu Spinel's Request. Meso Market was available.

Cash Shop excluded Extra Character Slot Coupon; Storage Room +4/+8 slots; House Wedding Ticket; Commitment of Love Ticket; Promise Ring; Cupid Ring; Cloud Promise Ring; Venus Fireworks; Crossed Hearts; Illumination Couples Ring; Friendship Ring: Clover, Flower Petal and Star; and Snow Dome Friendship Ring. Maple Rewards Shop also excluded Extra Character Slot Coupon and Storage Room +8 slots.

World Leap ran February 7 after maintenance through February 22 before maintenance. Up to five level-150+ characters, with Zero Chapter 2, could move through Mover in Burning Leap Zone to Aurora, Bera, Elysium, Luna or Scania in the same region, split across those worlds if desired. Open slots were used when available; an empty slot was otherwise unnecessary unless the destination already had its maximum characters, when space had to be created first.

Destination-world Sunlight/Wind balances and Sunlight/Wind/Meso shop limits applied after moving. Coins could not be spent in Burning Leap Zone, making February 7 before maintenance their earlier spending deadline. Guild membership had to end, through the Guild window or Mover's disband-guild/alliance option. Equipped items, character inventory and mesos moved; Cash Shop Inventory, Storage, Auction House and mail did not. Unmoved characters and all their items/cash items/mesos were deleted after the deadline.

Burning Step Up mission rewards

New! Burning World Step Up! ran November 15 after maintenance through February 7 before maintenance for level-30+ Burning World characters, regardless of Burning effects; Zero needed Chapter 2. Progress was shared and rewards were once per world. Each level milestone required starting its mission before completing and claiming it.

Unless specified, coupons/consumables were account-transferable for seven days.

• Especia
• Karma Star Force 12-Star Enhancement
• Bright Cube

Boss Accessory Box gave permanent equipment that became untradeable on equipping: Aquatic Letter Eye Accessory, Condensed Power Crystal, unique-equipped Silver Blossom Ring, Dea Sidus Earring, Golden Clover Belt and Crystal Ventus Badge. The event-ring selector offered permanent untradeable unique-equipped level-120 Tenebris Expedition Ring, Glory Guard Ring: Justicar or Awake Ring; Tenebris and Awake included three exclusive enhancement scrolls.

Zero to One Hundred and Identisk entry

New Age Zero to One Hundred ran November 15 after maintenance through February 6 at 23:59 UTC. One level-10–100 character could be designated daily, up to seven per account; deleting one neither restored the slot nor allowed another designation that day. Zero could not be designated. Burning characters were eligible, while Cadena, Ark and Illium needed their early tutorials finished to receive the accelerated-map EXP correctly.

Spiegelmann in Henesys, Nameless Town or Cernium, or the notifier quest, started it. Move to the Leveling Acceleration Hunting Zone led to Windflower Hill at 10–29, Gentle Waters at 30–49, Tranquil Wetlands at 50–69, Cloud Stairs at 70–89 and Lab - Area D-2 at 90–100. Spiegelmann moved the character onward at a map's upper level; reaching 101 automatically returned the character to its prior map.

Milestones gave untradeable 30-day equipment boxes at 30 and 60, and a 30-day Legendary Cryptic Chest at 101 with the Frozen gear values listed above and seven-day weapon/secondary boxes. The level-101 reward/special-gift quests were claimable by level-101+ characters, with Zero Chapter 2 for a Zero claimant. The once-per-account Special Gift could be claimed in a different world and contained permanent untradeable My Friend Orange Mushroom hat and permanent account-transferable Our Maple Tree Chair, which other players could share.

Identisk itself ran November 15 after maintenance through February 6 at 23:59 UTC for level-101 characters and Zero Chapter 2. [Identisk] To the Island of Summer and Winter moved the character to the merged island. Part two opened December 13 at 00:00 with Vanished Wind Blessing. Part three opened January 10 at 00:00 with The Ancient God's Blessing, requiring The Blessing Returned, But… from part two.

Sunlight acquisition was limited to 500 daily per account and Wind to 1,200 weekly per world; their actual balances were shared within a world. The following Identisk activities required [Identisk Exploration] Finding the Vanished Blessing, level 101 and Zero Chapter 2 unless a narrower level requirement is stated.

Identisk Exploration and Gift stats

Basic Exploration required logging in and pressing Do Basic Exploration, once daily per account. It awarded 500 Sunlight Coins and the next attendance reward. In-depth Exploration required 2,000 monsters within 20 levels and Do In-depth Exploration, once daily and up to three times weekly per world. Its week reset Wednesday at 00:00 UTC; reward progress was shared across the account and rewards were once per account.

During Iden Exploration, that week's first/second In-depth completions gave ten Identisk Points each and the third gave 30. During Tisk Exploration they gave 20, 20 and 40. Points were obtained per account and spent per world. A Basic or In-depth catch-up pass cost 3,000 Maple Points per missed completion. Basic catch-up covered missed days through the previous day; In-depth covered the previous week's incomplete allowance after Wednesday reset and still supplied points.

Sunlight Coin x1 Coupon required the exploration quest and could be redeemed in a chosen quantity while the shop remained open, through February 11 at 23:59 UTC. Redeemed coins entered the world's balance. Purchased scrolls went into an available scroll bag in the Use inventory.

Basic Exploration attendance

Unless specified, each reward/coupon was account-transferable for seven days. Symbol choices are written as Arcane/Sacred quantities.

• Warm Wave Effect Coupon
• Sunlight Coin
• Permanent Sea Otter Mount Coupon
• Glory Guard Ring: Justicar
• Magnificent Growth Potion
• Enkiroid Coupon
• Enkiroid
• VIP Royal Hair + Face Coupon
• Identisk Chair
• Small Sea Otter Outfit Set Coupon

All three event rings were permanent, untradeable and unique-equipped. Tenebris/Awake included three enhancement scrolls on regular worlds; Reboot instead received Reboot Tenebris Expedition Ring (Complete) or Reboot Awake Ring (Lv. 4).

The Growth Potion selector's choices required level 200, gave one level within their named ranges and EXP above them; Typhoon's range ended at 239. Magnificent required 200, gave one level through 249 and EXP above. Extreme gave up to ten levels at 141–199, with a lower chance of larger gains as level rose, and EXP at 200+. Burning characters could not consume Extreme or Magnificent Growth Potions.

In-depth reward milestones

All outer rewards/coupons below were account-transferable for seven days.

• Glowing Cube
• Bright Cube
• Bonus Glowing Cube

The Glowing, Bright and Bonus Glowing cube contents were untradeable. Their historical inner-duration value was 10, with no time unit specified; the outer coupon's seven-day expiry was separate.

Gift of Identisk allocation

[Identisk Gift] Power from the Statue unlocked the Beginner-tab Identisk Gift skill. World characters that had unlocked it shared its levels. Each stat could reach level 6; successive levels cost 5, 10, 15, 30, 50 and 60 Identisk Points, without refunds. The skill ended February 6 at 23:59 UTC.

Tisk activities through January 9

The following three activities ran December 13 at 00:00 UTC through January 9 at 23:59 UTC.

Tisk Food Storehouse

Level-101–259 characters, including Burning characters, entered Tisk Food Storehouse through Tooh's Another Food Storehouse / [Identisk] Visit Tisk Food Storehouse quests. One character per day per world could enter, up to three days weekly, resetting Wednesday at 00:00 UTC. A 15-minute visit contained 1,000 Tisk Island Lavalings with level-scaled HP/EXP, affected by EXP buffs. Every 200 kills spawned Tisk Island Sol Erda for additional EXP.

Reaching 260 inside did not stop the remaining kills' EXP, but leaving at 260 made re-entry unavailable. Otherwise an unfinished visit could resume on the same character before 00:00 UTC without resetting its remaining monsters. Clearing 1,000 or reaching the time limit ended the visit.

Tisk Tropical Adventure

Toma's [Tisk Tropical Adventure] Ancient God's Blessing opened Tisk Tangled Forest Entrance. Unpartied Quick Start matched three players; Party Play admitted a party of one to three immediately. Transformed sea otters used A/D for left/right and left mouse for the slingshot, with fixed hotkeys. Defeated monsters dropped stronger attacks good for 20 shots. The team aimed for 50,000 points in 30 minutes; either condition ended the run.

Exiting Tisk Tangled Forest Exit awarded 1,000 EXP Points once daily, up to three times weekly per account. The exit time determined the reward day, so crossing midnight before leaving counted for the new day. Points were shared across the account and redeemed through [Identisk] Use the EXP Points on level-200+ characters, including Hyper Burning, with Zero Chapter 2. EXP stopped scaling at 260. Redemption ended February 6 at 23:59 UTC, later than the minigame's January 9 closing.

Rewarded completions 4/7/10 gave permanent untradeable Golden Slingshot, Diamond Slingshot and the Tisk Sea Otter Hat / Tisk Sea Otter Suit / Tisk Sea Otter Gloves respectively, once per account. Further play after the daily reward gave neither EXP Points nor level EXP. The first player to leave received a ten-minute re-entry penalty; inactivity generated warnings, and two warnings removed the player without rewards and imposed the same penalty. Weekly rewards reset Wednesday at 00:00 UTC.

Toong's Prayer

[Toong's Prayer] Collect Gentle Wind unlocked the Beginner skill, automatically active in eligible near-level hunting maps. Filling the breeze gauge cycled Blow, Gale, Blow, Gale, then Rage, Hurricane, attacking nearby monsters and supplying EXP. The gauge persisted through map changes and daily reset, but attacks ended if the character changed maps/channels or entered Cash Shop.

There were 30 activations daily per character. Only the player saw the attacks, and EXP buffs/death penalties affected the gains. Maps without near-level monsters, level-4 Rune curse and special maps such as Mirror World/Story Mode disabled the skill. The attack portion also could not activate where another player already had Blow, Gale or Rage, Hurricane active, or after the daily allowance.

Coconut Smash and the final Identisk activities

Coconut Smash Challenge ran December 20 through February 6, 00:00 to 23:59 UTC, for level-200+ fifth-job characters. Tobi's Mysterious Coconut Juice quest led to two minutes of preparation, then a two-minute fight against Coconut Turtle over six stages of increasing HP/defense. Entry removed buffs; re-entering from the exit map retained them. Leaving battle early erased the score.

The maximum was 1,150 points daily. EXP was awarded to the participating character once daily, at most three times weekly, with one recipient per day per world. A higher retry score paid the difference in EXP. Daily best reset at 00:00 UTC and the weekly allowance Wednesday at 00:00. Further attempts after the weekly rewards still allowed play without EXP.

Identisk Food Storage, January 10–February 6

Tooh/Obin's [Identisk Food Storage] New Food Storage combined Iden Island Iciclers and Tisk Island Lavalings. One world entry daily, three weekly, offered 1,000 level-scaled monsters in 15 minutes to levels 101–259. Every 200 kills spawned the corresponding Iden Island Sol Erda or Tisk Island Sol Erda. At 300 kills, Ancient God Blessing supplied 20 seconds of attacks and extra EXP, and did not persist through leaving/re-entering.

Remaining monsters and time were saved on the same character until 00:00 UTC; re-entry did not consume another entry. Reaching 260 inside allowed finishing, but leaving above 259 prevented returning. All kills completed or the timer ending exited the player; the week reset Wednesday at 00:00 UTC.

Identisk Hunting Adventure, January 10–February 6

Oshik's The Ancient God's Blessing Returns opened Where Summer and Winter Dance. Quick Start matched three unpartied players; Party Play allowed one to three. The team selected Warrior, Shaman and Hunter without duplicates, with an unchosen role assigned automatically after 30 seconds.

• Sea Otter Roar
• Sea Otter Spell: Nor'easter
• Sea Otter Archery: Rapid Fire
• Sea Otter Song

Skill hotkeys could be rebound in play and were shared across account characters. The team needed 50,000 points within 30 minutes. Leaving Identisk Calm Border paid 1,000 EXP Points, once daily and three times weekly per account, on the exit day's record. Redemption followed the same level-200+, Hyper Burning, level-260 scaling cap and February 6 deadline as the earlier adventure.

Six rewarded completions gave the permanent untradeable Baby Sea Otter Hat once per account. A clear within 180 seconds earned the permanent untradeable Identisk Warrior / Identisk Shaman / Identisk Hunter medal for the selected role; doing so on all three earned Identisk Veteran Hunter. Best times were recorded per role per account, each medal reward was once per account and had to be claimed before February 6 at 23:59 UTC. Early-leave and two-warning inactivity penalties were ten minutes, with no reward after removal. The weekly record reset Wednesday at 00:00 UTC; further daily play did not pay more points.

Dance of Sun and Wind, January 10–February 6

Oran and Toran's [Dance of the Sun and Wind] Oran and Toran unlocked the hunting skill. Three hundred near-level kills filled Dance Energy, triggering the Dance of Sun and Wind: Oran and Toran attack/dance followed by Dance of Sun and Wind: Identisk Resident. The attacks supplied EXP, were visible only to the player and followed EXP buffs/death penalties. Thirty activations per character per day were allowed.

Changing maps/channels or entering Cash Shop interrupted an active attack. Near-level-monster absence, level-4 Rune curse and special maps disabled the base skill; another player's active dance or reaching 30 activations additionally blocked the attack skills.

Identisk Festival's fifteen missions

Tomo's [Identisk Festival] Twin Island Festival ran January 10–February 6. Fifteen preparation missions unlocked one per day at 00:00 UTC and had to be completed in order, but previously unlocked unfinished missions could be caught up at any point during the event. Each required 1,000 monsters within 20 levels; special-map monsters such as Mirror World/Story Mode did not count. Progress/history and once-only rewards belonged to the account.

Unless specified, rewards were account-transferable for seven days.

• Festive Identisk Chair
• Enki Gift Box
• Lil Enki
• Small Clam
• Bright Cube
• Magnificent Growth Potion

Lil Enki was revivable with Water of Life. Completing mission 15 unlocked [Identisk Festival] Tomo's Reward: another 1,000 near-level kills for a seven-day, account-transferable 30-minute 3x EXP Coupon, once daily per account. A once-per-account hidden mission gave a seven-day Okya & Tobi Pet Set, account-transferable, containing untradeable 90-day revivable Okya & Tobi and permanent untradeable Smaller Clam equipment.

Sacred Symbol Selector choices included Sacred Symbol: Cernium, Sacred Symbol: Arcus, Sacred Symbol: Odium, Sacred Symbol: Shangri-La, Sacred Symbol: Arteria and Sacred Symbol: Carcion, with permanent untradeable symbols. Karma Black Rebirth Flames went to an available Use-tab scroll bag when claimed.

Identisk Sunlight Coin Shop

Toya's shop ran November 15 after maintenance through February 11 at 23:59 UTC. It required the exploration quest and used Basic Exploration's Sunlight Coins. Weekly stock reset Wednesday at 00:00 UTC. In the tables, Regular/Burning means Aurora, Bera, Elysium, Luna, Scania and Burning World.

Enhancement-tab items were account-transferable for ten days except the stated permanent or untradeable rewards.

• Special Potential Stamp
• Arcane River Droplet Stone
• Stone Origin Droplet
• Tenebris Expedition Ring Enhancement Scroll
• Awake Ring

Growth-tab entries used the following restrictions. A dash in the purchase-limit column means no purchase limit was stated for that entry.

• Mysterious Monsterbloom
• Hyper Teleport Rock Coupon (1 Day)
• 8-Slot Recipe Bag Coupon
• 8-Slot Production Bag Coupon
• 20-Slot Scroll Bag Coupon
• 40-Slot Soul Bag Coupon

VIP Buff selected either EXP Obtained +15% for 30 minutes, or STR +15, maximum HP/MP +1,500, Attack/Magic ATT +15, IED +15% and Boss Damage +15% for 60 minutes; either buff item was account-transferable for one day. Monster Life Gem coupons had to be used again after moving to the Cash tab to reach the farm's Use inventory. Character-slot coupons could not be bought with slots already maxed, but the purchase interface could still sell more coupons than the remaining expandable slots; the stated daily stock limit did not prevent that overpurchase.

Wind Coins: boss eligibility, resets and shop

Nora awarded Wind Coins for weekly bosses, including party clears; daily and monthly bosses did not count. The weekly cap was 1,200 per world, shared across its characters. Leaving before the clear or being dead when it happened prevented the coins. A player who left while the surviving party cleared could not re-enter that weekly boss to reclaim the opportunity.

For bosses with a reward box, a party member had to strike it. The listed box-requiring encounters were Chaos Pierre/Crimson Queen; Normal/Hard Lotus and Damien; Guardian Angel Slime (listed as Normal/Hard in this condition); Easy/Normal/Hard Lucid and Will; Normal/Chaos Gloom; Normal/Hard Darknell and Verus Hilla; Princess No; Normal Akechi Mitsuhide; Normal/Hard/Extreme Chosen Seren; and every Kalos/Kaling mode. One party member's strike sufficed. The payout table below listed Chaos Guardian Angel Slime at 300 coins.

Boss-clear records reset Thursday at 00:00 UTC, so outstanding coins needed claiming first. Shop weekly stock reset Wednesday at 00:00 UTC. The shop itself remained open November 15 after maintenance through February 11 at 23:59 UTC.

All shop items were account-transferable for ten days unless their separate exception is stated.

• Bonus Glowing Cube
• Arcane River Droplet Stone
• Stone Origin Droplet
• Karma Incredible Chaos Scroll of Goodness 60%
• Ark Innocence Scroll 100%
• Sacred Symbol: Cernium
• Sacred Symbol: Arcus
• Sacred Symbol: Odium
• Sacred Symbol: Shangri-La

Identisk Meso Shop

Bruce's shop shared the November 15–February 11 window and exploration eligibility. Scroll purchases went to an available Use-tab scroll bag. Unless specified, consumables were account-transferable for ten days, and limits were per world.

• Karma Incredible Chaos Scroll of Goodness 60%
• Dragon Pop Headband
• Rookie Bobble Heart Band Coupon
• Manji Outfit Coupon
• Lania Outfit Coupon
• Star Magic Student Set Coupon

Star Magic Student Set chose Star Wizarding Student's Uniform or Star Witching Student's Uniform; either could be equipped by any gender. Both included Star Magic Student's Hat, Star Magic Student's Shoes, Star Magic Student's Aura and Star Magic Student's Cane. Event Android Selector offered permanent shop-capable Verus Hillaroid, Willroid, Serenoid or Alliance Commander Cygnusroid. They were account-transferable on regular worlds and untradeable on Reboot.

Instanced Sacred Power maps after December 13

The December 12 correction removed instanced Sacred Power hunting from regular worlds on December 13 after maintenance and retained it on Reboot through the listed February 6 end. Unknown Energy in Grandis, from Edea, required level 260 and A Divine Power.

On Reboot, monsters remained personal, with two simultaneous hunters and no spawns for a third. Elite Monsters/Champions/Bosses and Rune of Darkness/Riches did not spawn; entering while in a party disbanded it. Death erased personal monsters and required leaving/re-entering even after an in-place revival. Combo Kill, Multi KO, Bounty Hunter and Inferno Wolf otherwise remained available.

Across all worlds' hunting maps, runes spawned more often, gave enhanced EXP and had shorter cooldowns; Pollo/Fritto/Especia portals appeared more often, and leaving Inferno Wolf paid more EXP for the event period.

Home Maplemas and December 25 gifts

Home Maplemas ran December 13 after maintenance through December 26 at 23:59 UTC. It required level 200, the Home tutorial and Zero Chapter 2. The initial [Home] Decorate a Beautiful Maplemas House! quest was listed separately at level 61 and once per account, followed by [Home] Winter Is Here, once per world. The December 13 correction let players who completed the 2022 Maplemas story shop immediately without repeating it. Switching the active scenario character required resetting My Home quest progress and restarting.

Twenty-three unique Maplemas furnishings earned Soft Snowman Bed; 25 unlocked a three-story Maplemas Hut blueprint. Kenneth's Blueprint Box sold additional appearances for Querencia Coins. The three-story hut added a lower-floor chimney interaction at the fireplace. Caretaker shopping took nine hours for the Large pack or six hours for Small; both could repeat items.

Ten shopping trips earned Elaborate Maplemas Tree. On December 25, 00:00–23:59 UTC, clicking that tree or Decorated Maplemas Tree supplied Maplemas Neighborly Gift. Placing it by clicking a friend's tree gave Exchanged Maplemas Gift, account-transferable for one day, containing a 30-minute 3x EXP Coupon usable through December 31 at 23:59 UTC and 1,000 EXP to one trait.

• Maplemas Reindeer Ornament on Brick Pillar
• Maplemas Wreath Ornament on Stone Pillar
• Snow Twinkle Window
• Maplemas Friends
• Reindeer Garland
• Monster Garland
• Maplemas Dinner Table
• Dinner Table Chair
• Waiting for Santa Bed
• Antique Phonograph
• Querencia's Winter Snow Globe
• Hot Chocolate Cart
• Happyville Poster
• Merry Mapledays Poster
• Gifts and Gatherings Poster
• Maplemas Chandelier
• Maplemas Ornament Shelf
• Maplemas Tree Garland
• Maplemas Cushion Corner Sofa
• Red Berry Pine Twig Fireplace
• Checkered Rocker
• Maplemas Candle Table
• Baking Table
• Potted Poinsettia
• Merry Maplemas Poster
• Cozy Winter Poster
• Maplemas Winter Camp Poster

Maplemas Chandelier toggled its light. Querencia's Winter Snow Globe changed exterior weather to snow. Antique Phonograph offered Jazz versions of Querencia, A Much Needed Break, El Nath, Login Theme, Cygnus Garden, Ludibrium, Ariant and Training Forest. The Donation Kettle accepted mesos; the highest donor received Querencia Donor, a permanent untradeable medal with DEX +10, maximum HP +20 and Speed +10. Donation rankings reset monthly.

Rudi and the Giant Tree, December 20–26

Level-101 characters with Zero Chapter 2 could accept [Maplemas] Rudi and the Giant Tree through the notifier or Rudi in Henesys, Nameless Town and Leafre. Collecting 100 Small Baubles from monsters within 20 levels earned Permanent Maplemas Ball Mount Coupon, account-transferable for seven days. A once-per-world hidden mission gave Permanent Maplemas Stocking Mount Coupon with the same restriction. The event itself was once per world.

After accepting the quest, the nearby Gift Box sold the following. Cosmetic/mount coupons were account-transferable for seven days and yielded permanent untradeable cosmetics.

• Maplemas Light Hairband
• Lovely Maplemas
• Permanent Maplemas Star Mount Coupon
• Pink Bean Snowball Fight Chair
• Yeti Snowball Fight Chair

Legendary Blue Dragon, January 1–7

The New Year event ran January 1 at 00:00 UTC through January 7 at 23:59 UTC for level-101 characters and Zero Chapter 2, per world. Dragon Expert in Henesys, Leafre or Cernium Square, or [Legendary Blue Dragon] Resurrection of the Dragon, opened it. Supreme Blue Dragon gave one Blue Dragon Egg daily, up to seven. Hunting near-level monsters could supply only nine Blue Dragon Eggs in total, alongside Golden and Red eggs.

Eight eggs of one type summoned its dragon at the Dragon Altar. Blue could be summoned once daily and twice over the event, Gold once daily and Red three times daily. All seven daily Blue gifts were needed for two Blue summons. The spent eggs became Dragon Egg Gifts, selecting rewards from their respective pools, and summoning Blue also gave the permanent account-transferable Legendary Blue Dragon Chair.

Unless specified, rewards/coupons were account-transferable for ten days. Regular-world-specific entries also applied in Burning World.

• Magnificent Growth Potion

Blue's Magnificent coupon yielded an untradeable seven-day potion. Its symbol selector yielded account-transferable seven-day symbol coupons. Golden's Sacred selector offered only regions whose story the character had completed. Growth-potion level ranges and Burning exclusions followed the rules described under Identisk Exploration.

Zero creation and Reboot Hyperion opening rewards

Zero creation ran December 13 after maintenance through February 6 at 23:59 UTC in all worlds, including Burning. It required an existing level-100 character in the same world.

Reboot Hyperion's opening rewards ran November 15 after maintenance through February 6 at 23:59 UTC, once per account and only for characters created there during that event. Characters needed level 30 and Zero Chapter 2. New World Emergency Supply! opened the milestone rewards. Unless specified, consumables/coupons below were account-transferable for seven days.

• Hyperion Ring
• Karma Star Force 12-Star Enhancement
• 1-of-3 Event Ring Selector Coupon (Legendary) Set

The elixir coupons yielded permanent untradeable elixirs, rocks were untradeable for seven days, charms untradeable for 30 days, entry tickets untradeable for one day and circulators untradeable for seven days. Hyperion Ring was permanent, untradeable, unique-equipped and level 100: main stats +10, maximum HP/MP +20, Attack/Magic ATT +10 and Defense +10, without Potential eligibility.

Boss Accessory Box gave the six permanent pieces listed under Step Up, becoming untradeable when equipped. The level-160 selector offered level-120 permanent untradeable unique-equipped Reboot Tenebris Expedition Ring (Complete), Glory Guard Ring: Justicar or Reboot Awake Ring (Lv. 4). The level-200 Legendary set offered seven-day account-transferable coupons for those same rings, Event Ring Exc. Leg. Potential Scroll 100% and Event Ring Exclusive Solid Cube ×30.

Chu Chu Island Set chose the male-only Chu Chu Cafe Polo or female-only Chu Chu Cafe Dress, plus Sweet Headband, Fruit Leaves, Sour Slippers and Slurpy Ribbon Bracelet. Equipment was permanent and untradeable, while individual stat effects lasted 30 days: overall Defense +300; headband and Fruit Leaves each main stats +30 and maximum HP/MP +1,500; slippers Speed/Jump +50; bracelet Attack/Magic ATT +30. Three pieces gave main stats +5, Attack/Magic ATT +3 and maximum HP/MP +250; five gave +10, +7 and +500 respectively.

Jett's mandatory advancement and February deadline

The Jett transfer period ran July 27, 2023 after maintenance through February 7, 2024 after maintenance. Fourth-job-or-higher Jetts could choose one of 15 Explorer jobs. Since November 15 maintenance, a remaining Jett logged into Jett's Spaceship: Spaceship Cockpit and had to speak to Maple Administrator and complete advancement to leave. At the final deadline, non-participating Jetts became Beginners and Jett achievements moved to History.

The quest showed a cutscene, job selection and confirmation before converting equipment, stats and skills. Equipped items' main stats, bonus stats, scroll/Star Force enhancements, Potential and Bonus Potential converted to the chosen job's primary stat. Converted gear kept Star Force level and trade attributes, including an existing Platinum Scissors of Karma status. Temporary equipment was excluded. Other job-restricted gear changed enhancement values without changing its job restriction.

Only equipped items converted, except sealed/unsealed Genesis weapons in inventory. Dual Blade received a choice of Shadow or Charm rather than a Katara. Magnificent Soul Attack converted to Magic Attack for a Magician. Cannoneer transfer was unavailable while Susano-o's Baleful Blaster was equipped.

• Genesis Pistol
• Sweetwater Shooter
• Susano-o's Baleful Blaster
• Susano-o's Lupine Baleful Blaster
• Terminus Raider
• Eternal Pirate Hat
• Susano-o's Helm
• Eternal Pirate Coat
• Eternal Pirate Pants
• Susano-o's Armor
• AbsoLab Pirate Shoes
• Arcane Umbra Pirate Shoes
• Susano-o's Shoes
• Tyrant Altair Boots
• AbsoLab Pirate Gloves
• Arcane Umbra Pirate Gloves
• Susano-o's Gloves
• Tyrant Altair Gloves
• AbsoLab Pirate Cape
• Arcane Umbra Pirate Cape
• Susano-o's Cape
• Tyrant Altair Cloak
• AbsoLab Pirate Shoulder
• Arcane Umbra Pirate Shoulder
• Eternal Pirate Shoulder
• Susano-o's Epaulet
• Susano-o's Belt
• Tyrant Altair Belt
• Mitra's Rage: Pirate
• Billy Figurine
• Schrodinger At The School Infirmary
• Arcturus Fist
• Princess No's Orion Fist
• Onyx Maple Claw
• Frozen Maple Claw
• Maple Treasure Fist

Skill and Boost Nodes converted to Experience Nodestones according to each node's level and accumulated EXP, with enough Nodeshards to recreate/enhance nodes to their previous levels. Shared Skill and Special Nodes stayed in V Matrix; core fifth-job skill nodes converted to the new class. Owned Familiars' main-stat and Attack/Magic ATT Potential bonuses converted to the selected job's corresponding stats.

Each transferred Jett received the following untradeable seven-day coupons: Character Name Change Coupon; Jett Basic Outfit Coupon, yielding a permanent untradeable male/female outfit with Jett Cape, Jett Shoes, Jett Outfit (M) or Jett Outfit (F), and Jett Hat; Permanent Anti Gravity Cycle SFF-X Mount Coupon, yielding its permanent untradeable mount; and Cerberus Symbol Coupon, yielding the permanent untradeable Jett job-symbol cash effect.

Once all Jetts in the world transferred, a once-per-world reward supplied Trace of Jett, account-transferable for 365 days, preserving the maximum link effects of all stats and Attack/Magic Attack +35 and Legion Critical Damage +6%. It also supplied Magnificent Growth Potion; Growth Potion Selector Coupon choosing eight 200–209 potions, four 200–219 potions, two 200–229 potions or one Typhoon Growth Potion; Nodestone ×100; Symbol Selector Coupon (Arcane ×100/Sacred ×20); and ten 15-minute 3x EXP Coupons. These other rewards were account-transferable for seven days.

The required Jett count was fixed when the event started. Deleting a Jett afterward did not satisfy its transfer, and one unfinished Jett prevented the shared reward. Jetts were excluded from ranked content/events after the transfer event began. Website rankings moved Jett from Explorer into frozen Classic Jett rankings; the old Beginner ranking remained alongside a new one excluding converted Jetts. Jett Core Aura Package, Supernova Dust, Condensed Supernova Dust, Stellar Cosmic Dust Solidifier and Cosmic Dust Shifter had left Cash Shop on August 9, 2023.

Sunny Sunday and Spell Trace Fever

Sunday eligibility was level 101 and Zero Chapter 2, with each date running 00:00–23:59 UTC.

Spell Trace Fever applied at every level on Aurora, Bera, Elysium, Luna and Scania. The first period used December 22 at 08:00–10:00/18:00–20:00 UTC, December 23 at 02:00–04:00/08:00–10:00/18:00–20:00, and December 24 at 02:00–04:00. The second used January 26 at 08:00–10:00/18:00–20:00, January 27 at 02:00–04:00/08:00–10:00/18:00–20:00, and January 28 at 02:00–04:00.

Combat, quest and presentation fixes

• Bonus Potential Cube
• Blood Prison
• Hoblin Warrior Mark
• Contaminated Tear Face Accessory
• Glory Wing Cape
• Holy Kindling
• White Night Outfit

The December 13 known issue could strand players in a Home Maplemas cutscene. Restarting the client was the stated temporary workaround; that issue was still listed as unresolved in these notes.