GMS v248 patch notes: KONOSUBA, Heroic worlds and Strawberry Farm

GMS v.248 brought the KONOSUBA collaboration to Maple World, renamed the world groups to Interactive, Heroic and Seasonal, and kept instanced Sacred Power hunting on Heroic worlds. Its February and March 2024 events combined Strawberry Farm EXP, Gold Richie's lowest-unique-number safe game and a new paid track for Fairy Bros' Golden Giveaway. The dates and rules below describe that historical GMS update; these event periods have ended.

KONOSUBA participation and deadlines

The collaboration's overall period was February 21 at 00:00 UTC through March 19, 2024 at 23:59 UTC, following the March 18 date correction. The individual Aqua, Megumin, Darkness and Kazuma activities listed an earlier ending time, March 19 at 00:00 UTC. Both times matter when reconstructing the event: the overall collaboration window did not give an additional day of participation in those four activities.

Characters needed level 101; Zero also needed Chapter 2 completed. The entry quest was [KONOSUBA] The Appearance of a Strange Party in the star notifier. Completing the introductory quests unlocked the guide and activities; all four character activities additionally required [KONOSUBA] About This Great Party. A launch issue delayed the town NPCs until February 21 at 14:00 UTC.

Aqua's town buffs

• Axis Order Evangelism Time

After [KONOSUBA] Hopeless Priest, characters could receive a buff at half past each hour in Henesys, Cernium or Nameless Town. Cernium was the town added by the February 29 correction. Even-numbered hours gave Aqua's Nature's Beauty, which supplied EXP +15% for 30 minutes. Odd-numbered hours gave Axis Order Evangelism Time: STR, DEX, INT and LUK +15; maximum HP and MP +1,500; Attack Power and Magic Attack +15; Boss Damage +15%; and Ignore Enemy Defense +15%.

Receiving at least one buff on ten different days earned the Aqua Medal. The next day's counter advanced at 00:00 UTC, which was also the daily reset.

Megumin's hunting item

The sequence [KONOSUBA] One-Track Wizard followed by [KONOSUBA] The Time of Awakening required 5,000 monsters within 20 levels of the character. It awarded one Strongest Magic per day, transferable within the account and lasting one day. Maps without eligible monsters and special event maps could not supply it.

Using the item activated Megumin's Explosion Magic for ten seconds. Every two seconds it hit up to 20 enemies five times at 1,000% damage, and defeated enemies gave additional EXP. Completing the quest ten times earned the Megumin Medal.

Darkness's automatic revival

[KONOSUBA] Crusader with Strange Eyes granted Darkness's Joyful Sacrifice. A lethal attack in a boss map, including practice mode, automatically triggered a guaranteed revival, restored HP completely and supplied ten seconds of invincibility. The skill had one use per day, resetting at 00:00 UTC. Triggering it ten times earned the Darkness Medal.

Kazuma's timed parchment

• Blank Parchment
• Great Gift Box

After [KONOSUBA] A Person with Only Luck, [KONOSUBA] Small Fortune supplied a Blank Parchment. Keeping it while online for 15 minutes transformed it into Parchment with Know-How Written; handing that in earned a Great Gift Box. Logging out removed either parchment. The quest allowed five completions daily, and 50 completions earned the Kazuma Medal.

The box selected a random reward. The reward pool included Power Elixirs in quantities of 10, 20 or 30, each untradeable and permanent and restoring all HP and MP. Axis Order Soap Detergent also came in stacks of 10, 20 or 30, with a 30-day duration and account transfer; each use added 100 points to a random trait. Spell Trace ×100 appeared twice in the listed pool, both permanent and transferable within the account. The listing did not state reward probabilities, so those two entries do not establish an odds calculation.

Other possible rewards were a 15-minute 2x EXP Coupon, a 15-minute 2x Drop Coupon, Powerful Rebirth Flame, Eternal Rebirth Flame and Hard Cube, each transferable within the account and lasting 30 days. Aqua Totem, Megumin Totem, Darkness Totem and Kazuma Totem lasted ten days and gave all four main stats +20 and Attack Power/Magic Attack +7. The February 22 correction made their transfer rules explicit: account transfer on Interactive worlds and untradeable on Heroic worlds.

Three rewards were limited to one acquisition per world: the permanent, account-transferable MapleStory x KONOSUBA Title, Adventurer Guild Chair and KONOSUBA Damage Skin. The title's stats lasted 30 days: all four main stats +10, Attack Power/Magic Attack +10, maximum HP/MP +500, Speed +5 and Ignore Enemy Defense +5%.

The four medals

The March 1 corrections made Aqua Medal, Megumin Medal, Darkness Medal and Kazuma Medal permanent, untradeable entries in the Medal Collection. Each shared these two stat packages.

World selection and Heroic hunting

The redesigned selection screen grouped Aurora, Bera, Elysium, Luna and Scania as Interactive; Hyperion, Kronos and Solis as Heroic; and limited-time worlds such as Burning World and Super Yeti X Pink Bean World as Seasonal. Seasonal appeared only while an event world was active. Hovering a group displayed its description. Kronos and Solis received new icons, while the world-button speech bubble and information above channel selection were removed.

The February 7 Sacred Power clarification retained personal monsters on Heroic Sacred Power maps until further notice. Two players could hunt simultaneously, but a third received no spawned monsters. Elite Monsters, Elite Champions, Elite Bosses, Rune of Darkness and Rune of Riches did not appear. Party play was unavailable: entering while in a party automatically disbanded it.

Death removed a character's personal monsters. Reviving in the same place did not restore ownership; the character had to leave and re-enter. Combo Kill, Multi KO, Bounty Hunter and Inferno Wolf otherwise kept their normal behavior.

Runes continued appearing more frequently across all hunting maps until further notice. Four previous bonuses ended: stronger EXP from rune activation, shorter rune cooldowns, more frequent Pollo/Fritto/Especia portals and extra EXP on leaving Inferno Wolf.

Strawberry Farm EXP and attendance

• Fertile Soil

Spiegelette's Strawberry Farm ran from February 7 after maintenance through February 20 at 23:59 UTC. Eligibility was level 101–259, with Zero Chapter 2 completed. Accepting [Strawberry Farm] Spiegelette's Strawberry Farm through the star notifier or Spiegelette in Henesys, Nameless Town or Cernium enabled Fertile Soil drops from monsters within 20 levels.

The ordinary soil limit was 100 per day per world, shared across characters. Collecting 100 qualified for the once-per-day, per-world attendance reward without consuming that soil. Farm entry cost 20 soil, had no separate world entry-count limit and was solo only. The character receiving the EXP had to enter personally and have the quest accepted.

Each visit offered 500 Ripe Strawberries and a 15-minute timer. EXP scaled with character level through 219 and stayed at that value from level 220 onward. Monster HP scaled through level 259; the stated HP value stayed at level 259 from level 260 onward. Defeating all 500 or exhausting the timer ended the visit.

An early exit with time and monsters remaining preserved progress for the same character until 00:00 UTC. Re-entering continued it, unless the character had reached level 260, which made re-entry unavailable. Paying 20 soil could instead reset that character's progress. A different character could pay 20 soil for its own visit while the first character's saved progress remained until reset.

All attendance days supplied three 15-minute 2x EXP Coupons, transferable within the account and lasting seven days. The additional rewards were:

• Permanent Ripe Strawberry Mount Coupon
• Strawberry Spiegeletteroid Coupon
• Strawberry Farm Outfit Set Coupon
• Strawberry Fork
• Harmonious Strawberry Farm Chair

Gold Richie's Safe: entries, rounds and prizes

Gold Richie's Safe ran from March 6 at 00:00 UTC to March 19 at 11:59 UTC, ending after that day's first round. Characters needed level 101, and Zero needed Chapter 2. [Safe] Gold Richie's Safe started through the notifier or Gold Richie in Henesys, Cernium Square or Nameless Town.

Hunting monsters within 20 levels supplied up to 400 Safe Tickets daily per world, shared between characters. [Safe] Gold Richie's Daily Quest separately required 2,000 eligible kills and awarded 100 tickets plus two 15-minute 2x EXP Coupons. It was available once daily per world, and its tickets did not count toward the 400 hunting limit.

A guess cost 100 tickets. Round 1 ran from 00:00–11:59 UTC and round 2 from 12:00–23:59 UTC. Duplicate submitted numbers were excluded; the smallest remaining unique number won. If none remained, that round had no winner. For example, submissions 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 22, 44 and 152 made 2 the winning number because both 1s were disqualified.

Each round permitted 15 guesses, without repeating a combination already registered by that player in the round. Participation was restricted to one world per round: submitting in Scania prevented entering Bera until the next round.

• Special Outfit Set Selection Box B
• Special Outfit Set Selection Box C
• Special Outfit Set Selection Box A

Prize selection boxes, special hair-selection coupons, Petite Luna full-set coupons and the level-200 22-star enhancement were transferable within the account and lasted 30 days. Star Planet Unit Damage Skin was permanent and account-transferable.

Outfit boxes offered the following permanent, account-transferable set coupons. Redeeming a set coupon produced a permanent, untradeable outfit set.

Each special hair selector offered a permanent, account-transferable collection coupon. Its final hairstyle coupons were permanent and untradeable.

• Special Hair Selector Coupon A
• Special Hair Selector Coupon B
• Special Hair Selector Coupon C

The Petite Luna sets contained Oberon/Titania/Petite Pico (1st), Victory/Glory/Lil Pony (2nd), or Dusk/Dawn/Lil Glowy (3rd). Each individual pet coupon was permanent and account-transferable. The resulting pets were untradeable, lasted 90 days and could be revived with Water of Life. Petite Luna set effects were unavailable on Heroic worlds.

New Year's Home furnishings

The Home event ran February 7 after maintenance through February 20 at 23:59 UTC. It required level 200, the Home tutorial and, for Zero, Chapter 2. [Home] Querencia Greets the New Year could be completed once per world. Changing its participating character during the scenario required Reset quest progress in My Home and starting again on the new character.

After the story, the Caretaker could shop for a Large Eastern Furnishings Pack in nine hours or a Small Eastern Furnishings Pack in six hours. Both could yield duplicates. Unique furnishings advanced collection rewards; collecting 25 unique New Year's furnishings unlocked the quest for the Eastern-Style Home Expansion Blueprint, allowing a three-story Eastern-Style Home. [Home] Always a Festive Mood! additionally awarded Special Indoor New Year Celebration Fireworks.

The fireworks supplied animation and sound on a one-hour cooldown. Folding Mirror Dressing Table toggled between open and folded states; Quiet Indoor Garden played bamboo animation and sound. Classic Pipa changed the background music, with the February 14 list giving Arisan, NightMarket, Letter, Korean Folk Town and Golden Temple.

• Traditional Kiln Equipment
• Kitchen Knife Hanging Cooking Shelf
• Eastern Large Bed
• Classic Round Window
• Quiet Indoor Garden
• Large Celadon Ceramic
• Large White Porcelain Ceramic
• Eastern Modern Partition
• Eastern Floor Light
• Incense Burning Shelf
• Folding Mirror Dressing Table
• [Scroll] Orange Mushroom
• [Scroll] Hoyoung Coming Through!
• [Scroll] Sengoku Warrior Off to Battle!
• [Scroll] Words of Wisdom
• [Scroll] Epigram of the Heart
• Eastern Tea Table
• Simple Tea Ceremony Table
• Simple Tea Ceremony Cushion
• Eastern Modern Window
• Leafy Bamboo Pot
• Eastern Modern Bed
• Cabinet for Yin-Yang Harmony
• Eastern Hanging Lantern
• Bonsai Table
• Come, Blessings!
• Indoor Lotus Lantern
• Classic Pipa

Burning World Leap and the end of Jett advancement

Burning World Leap opened February 7 after maintenance and closed before February 22 maintenance. Up to five Burning World characters could move, whether or not they had a Burning effect, provided they were level 150 or higher; Zero also needed Chapter 2. Mover in the Burning Leap Zone handled the transfer.

Destinations were Aurora, Bera, Elysium, Luna and Scania within the character's region. Characters could split between eligible worlds. An unused slot was consumed when available; an empty slot was not otherwise required unless the destination already had the maximum character count, in which case a character had to be deleted there first.

Sunlight Coin Shop, Wind Coin Shop and Meso Shop quantities followed the destination world's limits after transfer. Sunlight and Wind Coin balances also became the destination world's balances. Coins could not be spent in the Burning Leap Zone, so their spending deadline was before February 7 maintenance.

The character had to leave or disband its guild. Mover offered guild/alliance disbanding, and the Guild UI also allowed leaving. Equipped items, ordinary inventory and mesos moved with the character. Cash Shop Inventory, Storage, Auction House and mail contents did not; they needed to be moved into inventory beforehand. Meso Market trades had to finish first because mesos or Maple Points committed there did not transfer. Characters left behind at the deadline were removed together with their mesos, items and cash items.

Jett's open-advancement period also ended. Remaining Jetts became Explorer Beginners, Jett Legion blocks were removed from presets, and Jett Secondary Weapons and Star Dust stopped being obtainable. Existing secondary weapons stayed. Jett moved out of Explorer rankings into frozen Classic Jett rankings. The existing Beginner ranking remained, with an additional Beginner ranking excluding former Jetts.

Fairy Bros' Golden Giveaway and Special Pass

The giveaway ran February 7 after maintenance through June 11 at 23:59 UTC. [Golden Giveaway] The Bros are Back opened it to level-101 characters, with Zero Chapter 2 completed. One cumulative hour logged in on an eligible character made that day's check-in available, but attendance required pressing check-in. Rewards were once per account and the free track awarded a prize every seventh attendance.

A Golden Pass cost 3,000 Maple Points for one missed attendance. It could cover only incomplete days through the previous day, with the available count shown in the event window. The separate Special Pass cost 29,800 Maple Points and added rewards on each week's third attendance.

Except where specified otherwise, the free-track outer coupons and vouchers below were transferable within the account and lasted seven days.

• Lil Wonky
• Lil Wonky's Leaf
• Lil Wave
• Lil Wave Wings
• Water of Life
• Fairy Bros' Face Selector Coupon Voucher
• Fairy Bros' Hair Selector Coupon Voucher
• Skin Coupon
• Magnificent Growth Potion
• Custom Title
• Mystery Color Change Coupon
• Custom Colorblend Eye Color Coupon
• Elite Knight Set Coupon
• Elite Knight Weapon Coupon
• Elite Knight Dual Swords

Every Special Pass reward was transferable within the account and lasted seven days.

• Magnificent Growth Potion

Magnificent Growth Potions required level 200, gave one level at 200–249 and EXP at 250 or higher. Extreme Growth Potions could give up to ten levels at 141–199, with higher starting levels reducing the likelihood of larger gains, or EXP at 200 or above. Characters under Burning effects could not use either potion.

Sunny Sunday and Spell Trace Fever

Sunny Sunday required level 101 and Zero Chapter 2, and each date below ran 00:00–23:59 UTC in 2024.

• Fertile Soil
• Mysterious Monsterbloom

Spell Trace Fever increased equipment-upgrade success rates for all levels on Interactive worlds only. Its UTC windows were February 23, 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00; February 24, 02:00–04:00, 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00; and February 25, 02:00–04:00.

Combat, quest and interface fixes

These corrections describe the February 2024 GMS update.

• Insanity III
• Lightning Orb
• Vol D'Ame
• Breath of Divinity
• Erda Fountain
• Genesis Fan
• Ishtar's Ring
• Soul Eclipse
• Gale Barrier Boost
• Shadow Bite Boost
• Poolmaker Boost
• Revenant Boost
• Chococo's Ribbon
• Sugar's Ribbon
• Bonny Rabbit
• Organic Wondercookie
• Concentrated Premium Water of Life
• Primrose Face Chair
• Translucent Skirt
• Mr. Newname
• Cute Sea Otter Chat Ring