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.

what a cute small detail!

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

Make sure you disable pet loot

But man i am happy and in nostalgia bliss!

Hey guys, just wanted to put this out there so nobody else falls for this bullshit.

Joined a KPQ party listed as "RUSH" (fast clear, no bonus/loot). Whole run was fine, but two guys in the party kept typing in Korean, and something felt super fishy about how they were acting.

I screenshotted the chat and threw it into a translator after the run... and yeah, they were literally plotting the whole time to trick us and hog the bonus stage for themselves.

Here’s what they were saying in Korean:

1. RAVENER: "We need to pretend it's a rush party"
2. RAVENER: "Just a bit" / "Before going into the bonus stage..."
3. AkiHayakawa: "Someone is here, I think they noticed lol" / "There's one person" / "MOVE"
4. RAVENER: (then switches to English): "I'm playing from Korea and my game just froze, leave the party plz"

So their plan was to bait people in with "Rush", and right before entering the bonus map, pretend the game froze due to lag from Korea so everyone would leave, letting them take all the bonus loot for themselves.

Pretty pathetic stuff.

Watch out for RAVENER and AkiHayakawa. Avoid partying with these guys if you see them around.

TL;DR: Two guys advertised a KPQ Rush party, then pretended their game froze at the end so everyone would leave and they could hoard the bonus stage. Watch out for RAVENER and AkiHayakawa.

After seeing the server issues and constant maintenance during Early Access, I was honestly impressed by the Grand Launch.
40 channels available, no issues creating an account or connecting, and I could just log in and play.
As a system administrator, I know how much work goes into keeping things running smoothly under heavy load, so I really appreciate seeing a launch handled this well.
Big thanks to Nexon for the work! 💙
Happy Mapling, everyone! 🍁

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.

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!

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

Waiting for my friends to come back from work so we can all start this nostalgia journey. But here's the very first thing I did.

TEAM GRANT PIG LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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?

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!!!

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

Hey guys,

Just a heads up that there are plenty of overlooked crates in the minimaps accessed via The Field West of Amherst.

I saw huge crowds fighting for the items in the town, but completed the quest myself within a couple of minutes by just moving out the map. I got both of mine from 'In A Small Forest.'

Man the game is a grind! Who knew getting to level 10 and 15 even took a good amount of time. But I’m loving it and taking my sweet time with all the grinding and side questing. Had no login issues or server problems at grand launch, and although maps are still quite full (especially near towns), it’s fun seeing the game so alive in every single channel including with player shops. It’s reminiscent of the peak Scania days in 2005-2008 during major event times.

Whenever I notice the bustling towns and sheer amount of players hustling, grinding, questing, exploring, begging for mesos, helping newbs out, and chilling, all running around as little red dots on my minimap, it reminds me of how many of us are reliving our childhood and fulfilling the dream of experiencing this game again (with first time mapler friends as well), and it’s awesome. I think Inkwell/Nemi and team deserve credit for delivering on this experience and on their vision for what classic should be so far. They are intentionally keeping updates slow and encouraging deep content exploration.

I’m happy with just the Victoria Island availability right now because it makes me really re-explore this island (which is truly massive btw) and take in all the maps, towns, and hidden streets at my own pace without feeling overwhelmed with content and quests as a casual player.

The game feels smooth and server tick rate looks great too. I haven’t touched MS since ~2010 so my nostalgia for the game runs deep, and I’m happy to say my expectations have been beyond met. This really is like classic+ maplestory, and I’m hyped for further updates too.

Also not sure if it’s the potion drop rate increase, quest rewards changing, or warriors getting buffed but haven’t had to buy any potions myself yet, so my mesos are looking good too.

So far 10/10 experience for me! Shout out to the higher level founders who dropped stuff for us newbies yesterday too!

Anyways thanks for reading and LMK how your experience has been so far (outside of bot complaints and crowded maps 😅)

And remember this was never a game we thought would exist again just 2 years ago, so enjoy it while you can!

Happy mapling everyone 🍁 F2

Hey guys, I made a guide outlining most of the basics of playing bandit and put it on a one page site for people to reference as they start leveling up today!

shinybanditguide.pages.dev

I stream daily (will be live later today) so feel free to pop by and ask questions if you have them. Level 63 atm, aiming for 66 tomorrow.

Open to feedback! My only guides previously were on Google docs lol.

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.