Make sure you disable pet loot

what a cute small detail!

The Mark of the Beta Quest lil video teaser thing was well done and gave me a few laughs.

They launched with 40 channels as well, well done Nexon!

I'm sure problems will come up but the world feels a little more alive like how it used to.

But man i am happy and in nostalgia bliss!

1080p things were too small to comfortably see. Enlarge feels better because actions are so close to char anyways.

The Autism is strong.

How many of y’all’s bain of existence is this guy right here right now.

Be careful when using hair salon in classic maple, it doesn't work the same way as in retail maplestory. When you change your hairstyle to one in your saved salon slots it swaps out that save slot for your currently equipped hairstyle, effectively deleting the hairstyle from your salon unless you save it again. This makes it very easy to delete hairstyles you didn't intend to delete if you use a hair coupon. In retail even if you swap to a hairstyle that is saved in your salon it still keeps that hairstyle in that salon slot. Anyways be careful out there... also damn you nexon give me back my vivacious waves!!! Video attached to show how it works.

Do we know if stumpy still spawns here in East Rocky Montain V or is it the hidden room in Parched Land?

EDIT: Can confirm Stumpy boss spawns in Parched Land.

Their monster sounds+excavation site music is so nostalgic.

I was sad he wasn’t in EA but happy to see it was added today! Happy release day!

🍋A Degenerate Gamer's Guide to Surviving Maplestory Classic World's Grand Launch🍋

~ By Hashtag (:

(Originally put together on Google Drive, so please forgive any weird formatting, also additional Chapters to be added shortly ;-; )

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🍋 A Little Background Before We Begin Worship 🍋

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Reddit and really just about anywhere nowadays can very quickly become toxic echo chambers full of people complaining to anyone who will listen. That was me, 10 days ago when I made a reddit post complaining about bots at Florina Beach. And that there were no maps to train, or that we desperately needed additional channels, KPQ was broken, and a million other very legitimate reasons to be upset.

We are a community of grown adults looking forward to killing virtual snails and mushrooms for hours on end, and will GENUINELY enjoy it. I'm smiling and laughing as I write this about how degenerate of a community we are. It takes a special kind of person to be this passionate about a kids game.

And yet, here we all are. You're on reddit reading a guide called 🍋'The Holy Book of Lemons'.🍋

And what's worse is I spent far FAR too many hours putting this together for you. Because that's what it's all about. (: This is a soft spot, a safe place, a happy place and this is my way of cherishing this stupid game. By helping others enjoy and make the most of it.

With all that out of the way, as a final act of redemption and to cleanse myself of my sins, I want to put a little positive energy back into this community as we head toward something I'm very VERY excited about. We can all finally hear that 'boing boing boing' micky mouse hand click 'Login' and bathe in the nostalgia of Maple's BGM while killing slimes and drinking a beer or wine since we're now old motherfuckers. We've come such a long way and time flew so fast. ;-;

That's enough yapping. Onto the degenerate gamer guide I cooked up with the zero brain cells I have left.

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🍋 The Holy Book of Lemons 🍋

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🍋Sacred Table of Contents🍋

• Book I - The Book of Preparations : Thou Shalt Be Ready
• Book II — The Book (ing) out of Maple Island
• Book III — The Book of Numbers: 20 Channels, A Million KSing Savages are Unleashed Into the Wild
• Book IV - The First of Many Blessings from Hashtag the Degenerate
• Book V - A Comprehensive Guide to Lemon Independence
• Book VI — Get Rich Quick Quests!
• Book VIII — The Beginner's FAQ

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🍋 Book I — The Book of Preparations : Thou Shalt Be Ready🍋

Before Launch Day:

• Have 5-20 character names picked out. Reality Check : You won't get the first, or 10th name you had in mind. Someone has already chosen that Grant name you thought nobody wanted. Don't spend an hour on the character loading page thinking up whether you really want to settle with xXGrantsXx and have backups for your backups. Save yourself the heartache.
• Deep clean the house. Pet the wife. Meal prep for the family. Stock the fridge. Buy some beer(or wine). You're a grown adult preparing to spend hours hitting snails and mushrooms. Be a considerate degenerate.
• Bookmark your resources:
  • MeowDB / NiaDB — quests, items, and historical market coverage
  • MesoWatch — Free Market Prices (Live)
  • OSMS Data Explorer — Datamined monster and item information.

That's it. Just get the boring shit (and life responsibilities!) out of the way so you can enjoy the game.

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🍋 Book II — The Book (ing) out of Maple Island🍋

Your First Day in MapleStory Classic

Once you get in, take it all in. Relish the moment. Have some fun (: Holy shit, we're really back.

Listen to the BGM. Read the chat. Flame some noobs.

Remember to bind NPC Chat to Y. NPC Chat on Y. Spread the word. If there's anything you get out of this, it's to put NPC Chat on Y.

There is only Windia and 20 channels (as of writing this) Accept it, make peace with it and move on. The faster you get past this fact, the more energy you can put into other shit like merking shrooms.

Once you reach level 10 and made it to Lith Harbor: pick a class you actually want to play. Who cares about what you read on reddit about clerics nerfs or how warriors are basically homeless since they aren't a ranged class. Don't listen to those idiots on reddit, what do they even know? Am i just a random idiot on reddit telling you what to do? Who knows.....

Walk everywhere. Explore. I've walked to every single map on Victoria island. I've stalked and followed random people into hidden streets I forgot even existed. Keep taking the suspicious holes in the trees to eventually get one hit by a zombie monkey with a completely unavoidable banana attack. You haven't truly lived until you've lost XP a few times.

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🍋 Book III — The Book of Numbers: 20 Channels, A Million KSing Savages are Unleashed Into the Wild🍋

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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors snail.

KSing sucks, and unfortunately for you there are going to be a metric TON of people KSing you.
But the thing is.....YOU are the KSer / map crasher. How far back are we going to go with claiming that two inch part of the map is yours or your partys? Who gets to make the rules for mob etiquette? And who enforces these rules?

It all sounds kind of stupid but when we complain about 'other people'....Im sorry to say but the only logical conclusion I can come up with is that WE are these 'other people' we complain about.

We are ALL the the reason it's crowded. There was 9 people on a map and now you're the 10th. Everyone is playing the same game, fighting over the same map on limited channels. Get over it and move on, you'll have more fun that way.

My personal experience though, I'm genuinely still having a fucking ball (:

On Tutorial Island I rushed the snail shell throwing ability to level 3 and was using red snail shells to KS the noobs around me.

Step 1 : Secure yourself a red snail shell (Heavy competition, GL noobs)
Step 2 : Use said red snail shell to KS red snails from said noobs.
Step 3 : Receive a red snail shell for doing most damage.
Step 4 : Rinse and repeat, GG you've won the game.

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🍋 Book IV - The First of Many Blessings from Hashtag the Degenerate 🍋

My launch day was two weeks ago and all the secret prep I had in advance went out the window when nobody was able to get onto the servers for 4-5 hours after it was 'available'. By the time I got on, every single spot on the map, on every map, on every channel, was filled with rats. I mean other kind players.

I personally spent an unreasonable amount of time scouting for specific sections and platforms of each Map where you might actually get to play the game on launch day. So you have a chance at getting a small advantage and zoom through the early levels a few minutes faster. I've read all the guides you may have on where to train. Trust me, there's 5 people camping that spawn 30 minutes before you could even login. So this is just for you degenerates who read this guide, some super juicy secret meta spots (i believe) are priceless during the first few days. You're welcome ❤️

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MY SUPER SECRET SPOTS FOR LEMON WORSHIP

For some reason it's bugging for me on mobile and some people aren't able to see the images. See below :
Hand-Picked super secret training spots for Launch

L Forest III

RATING : 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋

My #1 pick for dodging all the rats. Keep it to yourself. I'm going to be patrolling my territory.

L Forest II

Rating : 🍋🍋🍋🍋

If you can't find a spot at L Forest III, this map is pretty good. Top Platforms of the map I predict will be less contested.

L Forest I

Rating : 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋

Another one of my amazing spots. Not on any guide that I saw on Early Access Launch Day. While everyone is at the 'super secret' pig beach, you're at L Forest I because you're a real gamer.

Three Way Split Road 

Rating : 🍋🍋 (Potentially 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋)

One of the most visited maps during Day 1. It is the intersection of Kerning, Hene, and Lith. Also home to Pig Beach 'secret hidden portal'.

I think your best bet is to avoid the crowd, and go to the top right of the map. There's no portal there (Unlike the other quadrants of the map) and so people have no reason to explore. Also that middle platform on the right? Only accessible from the top right.

Bottom left may have glitched spawns - doesn't spawn pigs.

Beach Hunting Ground 

Rating :

🍋 (Magicians, Arrow Throwers, Subi Chumps)

🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋 (WARRIORS)

Mobs get stuck in the pits, which is extremely annoying for anyone ranged (mages, bowman, star throwers), however this is a 5 lemon training spot in my opinion for warriors. This is where lemons are made into lemonade.

Kerning City Middle Forest I

During Early Access, most people traveled through here without staying to farm mobs. 

Kerning City Middle Forest II

During Early Access, most people traveled through here without staying to farm mobs.

Kerning City Middle Forest III

During Early Access, most people traveled through here without staying to farm mobs. 

Kerning City Construction Site

Most players trained at the higher platforms, and from what I recall nobody was killing stumps and snails here - they were killing octs at the top for the Kerning quests.

Rating : 🍋🍋

Sunset Sky

Rating : Potentially 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋

Could be another meta read but it’s right next to Kerning. Give it a try, was able to train here before people found out. 

🍋 Book V - A Comprehensive Guide to Lemon Independence🍋

Give a noob a lemon and they'll ask for another.

Teach the brother supply and demand and they'll offer to sell you the first lemon at a 40% markup.

Unlike early access players, you don't necessarily have to be meso poor on day 1. Given the fact we're all adults and can decide for ourselves how we want to play the game, if you choose to buy NX to fund mesos here's the way I would go about it.

P2W

(DISCLAIMER, THE CONTENTS IN THIS CHAPTER MAY BE BLASPHEMOUS TO SOME PLAYERS. CONTINUE WITH CAUTION.)

The best and most consistent way to convert your NX into mesos is by buying 'Selective 5-slot Coupon' in the Cash Shop. Nexon has made it so that things you purchase in the Cash Shop are One-Time Tradable. After its been traded, the person who purchased said Cash Shop item can no longer trade/sell it.

I made the distinction for 'Cash Shop' item and 'NX' items.

NX Equips received from the Founders Mystery Fashion Crate can be traded an unlimited amount of times. Those items become untradable once EQUIPED.

I took screenshots of each item currently available in the Cash Shop so you can view them before actually logging in-game.

In-Game Cash Shop

Currently Selective 5-slot coupons go for around 40,000 mesos, and cost 5,000 NX to purchase. You'll get roughly 8k mesos for every 1k NX (We'll discuss first day fluctuations and predictions in a separate chapter.

Personally, I think spending 5-10k on NX to sell 1-2 selective 5 slots is more than enough to get you to 21+ (Where you can start KPQ and really be meso positive when training). Spending money for NX will save you a lot of headache (in my opinion) in the early game.

The reason being is because you will be contested by everyone and their mom. In every single map. For every single mob. That means you will spend a set amount of mana killing mobs for a just a fraction of the exp you would typically get if it wasn't launch week. Same amount of mana for less XP, means quest rewards and potions that typically would sustain you through levels 10-15/21 won't progress you as far as it typically would.

So plan for it. Counting up MeowDB Quest Tracker, you'll get ~120 blue potions, 55 lemons, 20 cakes, and a bunch of other fruit and goodies to keep you sustained for a while.

Now what happens when you're out of potions and mesos, and don't want to buy NX?

F2P Section (Making Mesos)

(DISCLAIMER, THE CONTENTS IN THIS CHAPTER MAY BE BLASPHEMOUS TO SOME PLAYERS. CONTINUE WITH CAUTION.)

Here's where I'd start with ways to make mesos early game.

1. Check MesoWatch. Browse ETC items and sort by volume to get a feel for what people are actually buying and what you can farm.
2. Check MeowDB and OSMS Data Explorer for where those drops come from.
3. Find monsters you can kill consistently without taking a lot of damage (HP pots cost money) or spending mana (monsters you can kill with your basic attack).

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Book VI — 🍋 Get Rich Quick Quests!🍋

Jane and the Mushroom

Level 20+
Rewards you a random 60% Weapon Atk Scroll

Proof of Companionship

Level 21+
WRewards you a random 60% Earing Stat Scroll

Vicious **+ A Carpenter in My Own Right!**Level 25+
Rewards you a Two-Handed Weapon Crafting Catalyst

Not Ready to Go Home Yet
Level 27+
Rewards you a (Class specific) 60% Earing Stat Scroll

Rowen the Fairy and the Cursed Doll

Level 36+ 

Rewards you either a Glove for Attack 60% or Glove for Magic Attack 60% (Random 50/50 chance for either)

Book VIII — 🍋 The Beginner's FAQ:🍋

Questions I've seen frequently on the Maple Classic Discord or Subreddit, or questions I had myself before launch. Not organized in any particular order, answered by yours truly.

I'm on mobile and I cant see the images. Where are they?
Hand-Picked super secret training spots for Launch

Which class levels the fastest in the early game?

Anything but Warrior. You'll get KS'd by everyone and their mom and laughed out of parties. You will have to spawn camp one poor stump and hit shift every 7 seconds until…..the hype dies? Or your mental health shatters and you complain on reddit.

Just kidding, but in my opinion with the current state of the classes, it's all pretty even. Every class has their own niche which is pretty balanced.

For example, there is elemental weakness. Clerks (HP merchants) - good with the undead. Guess what? Farming undead is a great way to make money, and you dont need to waste money on HP pots. 5 lemons for Clerks.

IL / FP - Not the strongest class before level 30 (even until level 35, when you have your skills leveled and can compete with the Sins and Hunters at that level range). But once you hit level 40? The elemental weakness at some maps and mobs make you the most efficient farmers (I'm lookin at you Fire Hogs / Iron Pigs etc). You outperform in every category (mobility, mobbing, damage) at that stage. You just have to get there

Warriors? I honestly don't know.....I'm degenerate but I still have a few brain cells in my back pocket ya know? I'm tryina to have a little fun at least.

Which class is the cheapest to train and easiest to fund without buying NX?

Warrior. Actually STR scrolls and equipments are extremely cheap compared to their counterparts (I.e i was about to buy Earring 60% Str scrolls for 75k each, when Luk was going for 130k. Find the silver lining, and play your niche. There's pros to every class, take some time to find it.

I've found a spawn or two that I have to myself, but there's a better spot on the corner of my screen with no one there. Should I move to that spot?

You know that thing where you’re about to get into a line but you look to your left and that one seems to be going faster? Don’t do it. It’s fucking bait. When you find a map with 1-2 spawns that are yours, guard that with your life. Defame, curse, prefire, whatever the hell you need to do to protect your territory. Stay there until you've collected enough resources (maybe 10-20k worth)

How do I navigate the world map, use portals, and travel between towns?

Walk. For the first week, save your mesos and skip the taxi and Return Scrolls unless you actually need them. Play the game like its meant to be played and walk.

The spots you have listed are all contested. Where else can I train???

Deal with the cards that are delt and just keep walking and exploring until you find a few inches on your screen where you dont see another player and there is a stump, shroom, snail, or whatever seems vulnerable and you can smack. Rinse and repeat.

Where can I buy affordable HP and MP recovery items?

Any pot shop. You’re lookin for HP recover at a 2:1 rate (heals 2 health for 1 meso), and MP recovery at a 1:1 rate (Lemons and Meat are the gold standard).
If they're sold out, just change channel and keep changing channels until a new shipment of fruit comes.

Leveling and meso poverty

How do I balance EXP per hour against meso profit and potion costs?

Easy. Ask yourself, did you buy NX? Then go for XP. If not, you got nothing to balance. You have to penny pinch and squeeze every bit of mana out of your lemons as possible. No alternative.

Is solo training or party training faster?

Personally im never joining a party. The first time you get your scroll or wooden top looted by HairyPotter is the last time you will join a party. You have been warned.

All kidding aside, at this stage of the game partying up is almost required. You get I believe 40% bonus XP and the more people in the map, the higher the mob density of spawns.
Things I would keep in mind however is, you can and will likely have your loot 'stolen'. We're all hard wired, if we see a scroll - I don't care whose it is, I'm runnin right there and pressing Z. If it's a DEF scroll (99% likely it is) ill apologize and trade it to you. That's just how we're wired haha - but I've really had my Wooden Top jacked by a party member on like day 4 and it left such a sour taste in my mouth. But that's my cross to bear.

Is questing worth doing for EXP, or is grinding more efficient?

Quest until you got no more quests. Then kill some pigs until you level and then do those quests that pop up.

Which early-game quests offer worthwhile potions, mesos, equipment, or other rewards?

Every single one of them. Stop asking questions and get back to it. CHOP CHOP. SHROOMS TO KILL. TREES TO DOWN.

How can I reduce MP consumption and avoid wasting skills while grinding?

MeowDB has really good guides, personally I read through the whole site to get a good foundation and it was well worth the time spent. Tldr focus on mob hit breakpoints. I.e generally it’s better to farm something you can kill in 1 spell (1 iteration of mana cost), vs 2 spells vs 3 spells.

I'm a mage and have spent all my mesos on MP recovery. How do I recover financially?

You don't. Delete your character and remake. You clearly haven't been reading the Lemon Testament. (Okay, seriously: go farm pigs or stumps sell your ores)

Equipment

Where should I obtain level 15–25 equipment—NPC shops, monster drops, crafting, or other players?

Just buy from NPC shops, stop being cheap. You’ll spend more time looking to save 1000 mesos buying your level 15 gear off a noob than it takes to just kill a few more stumps or pigs.

When should I replace my weapon or armor, and which upgrades are actually worth the mesos?

Honestly only weapon gives a reasonable increase in damage, everything else is kinda fake.

Kerning Party Quest

What is KPQ, and what level do I need to participate?

Level 21. Yes, I'm sure. No, you can't join at 20.

Where do I start KPQ, and which channels support it?

Currently ONLY channel 3,4,5,6,7. Also, channel 3 kerning serves as a pseudo FM.
EDIT : They have increase KPQ to be available for Channel 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12!
Flowers and credit where credit is due!

Why can't my party enter KPQ? How do capacity limits, instances, and waiting work?

For some dumb reason (see out of stock lemons above) the INSTANCED party quest that everyone looks forward to as a noobie has a limited amount of instances.

Is KPQ better than normal grinding for leveling or making mesos?

YES.
There are currently two ways to KPQ. First is staying for bonus. At the end of KPQ you can choose to spend roughly 20 minutes in an instanced map with 4 platforms of mobs. This means your party can train uncontested for that duration, pretty nice.

Second way is rushing KPQ. Finish KPQ as fast as possible, get the reward chest at the end, and rinse and repeat. Great for mesos.

Pets

How do pets work, and how can I obtain one for looting?

To use auto mana + HP, go to equipments tab, then ‘Deco’. Put your mana pot in Pet MP, and HP pot in Pet HP.

Can I use multiple pets, and which pet-related purchases are worth it?

No. One pet only. Sadly.

Additional Information and Maplestory Economy Predicitions to be added..... ;-;

🍋Praise Lemons🍋

~Additional information to be added, wanted to make the current available guide out since we're all waiting for the patch~

The game has been amazing but I just want to say we need chat channels ASAP!!! I know some have said we should just be able to filter the smegas, but i actually like being able to see them. The issue is I can't read my party/buddy/whisper/all chat because there's so much going on!! Inkwell please!! You gave us more channels! It's time for CHAT channels!!!

15,000 house 10,000 storage box 10,000 storage box slot... and you still have to pay to deposit!?

So I logged into CH1 yesterday and and landed right on Jay in Henesys. There was a stream of people headed towards Pig Beach. Ending up partying up with these randoms, exchanging Town Scrolls, getting lost outside Perion, and just having a blast. A little expedition team we were.

Super nostalgic gaming experience with some of these OG Maplers.

My favorite moment of the two week Early Access.

With the skill changes to Swordsman: https://www.nexon.com/maplestory/news/maintenance/46800/completed-scheduled-grand-launch-october-21-2026

• HP Recovery from items: +5–20% → +20–50%
• Iron Body: Weapon DEF: +5–25% → +20–40%

Is it worth investing skill points into them? Or is the damage build, maxing Power Strike and Slash Blast still the way to go?

WAITED 20 YEARS FOR THIS MOMENT. SEE EVERYONE IN GAME TODAY!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

eyy this is just a joke - everybody have fun...i'm prob gonna be crashing out before 2nd job but looking forward to seeing classic with all its messy shenanigans

For those of us that have been playing Maplestory for the last 21 years, either in interactive or heroic, we know and understand that meta changes every 1-2 updates and events.

Class damage charts, class rankings, etc. change all the time and so often that it doesn't matter what you play because that class will spend time at the top of a damage chart, then in the next update move down to the middle, and a next update move to the bottom. Rinse and repeat. There's no non-kms classes like Hayato, Kanna, and SHINE in classic maple so you don't have to worry about being outdone by them.

The game is barely officially launching today(except for those of us that had founders), it'll take time for new metas to develop, for game culture to form, for devs to figure out how the classes feel and play solo and in party. Data needs to be collected, but every class will have its time under the sun.

Either way, you won't even stick to your class if you don't enjoy it. Like people, were not 9 year olds anymore. We are 30+ year old adults with careers and an income, were too old to be trying to hyper maximize and min/max every single tiny aspect of whats supposed to be an enjoyable hobby.

If the class you play eventually isn't for you, well congratulations you at least have a higher level meso and item mule to fund your next char. So none of your progress is wasted.

Best of luck friends