There’s all kind of BIG things to celebrate this year. The Big Bang has
arrived and there’s a whole new world of adventure to explore. The
holidays are here and everyone’s gathering at their favorite places for
fun and enjoyment. What better way to celebrate both than with some Big
Holiday 2x EXP and Drop days!
Enjoy 2x EXP and Drop from 2 – 4 PM Pacific, 5 – 7 PM Eastern on:
- Christmas! December 25, 2010!
- New Year’s Day! January 1, 2011!
The forces of the Black Wings crack down and the heat is on for the Resistance! That sounds like a perfect time for another Hot Time event!
Experience the boiling hotness of Hot Time II at the following time:
Pacific: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:01 PM
Eastern: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 5:00 PM – 5:01 PM
Hours are based on server time as seen on the official MapleStory website.
On Wednesday, December 22, for one single minute, everyone who’s logged into MapleStory will automatically receive a gift box in their inventory.*
Don’t risk the chance of missing the hottest minute of the Resistance update and log in before 2 PM! Then, if you really must leave, wait until you have safely secured the gift box in your inventory.
How hot will this Hot Time be? You be the judge!
This time around, Cassandra’ gift box will contain:
A chance to receive a Timeless weapon, Cash Shop item, or one of the various 60% scrolls!
A chance to win Free NX! If you’re lucky, 5,000 NX! If you’re super lucky, 10,000 NX!
One ultimate SP Reset Scroll!
One Unidentified Love Letter that randomly raises your Fame points!
Worried you might miss this very short event? Then log in early and stay awhile because from 1 – 3 PM Pacific (4 – 6 PM Eastern), we’ll be holding a 2x EXP and Drop event!
* Please make sure you have space in your inventory to receive the item. If you were logged in during Hot Time and were unable to receive the item for any reason, you may still talk to Cassandra from 2:30 PM to 8:00 PM Pacific (5:30 PM to 11:00 PM Eastern) on December 22, 2010 to claim your gift box.
It's the season of celebration and gift-giving. For the citizens of
Edelstein though, the best gift they can receive this year is freedom!
Join the Resistance and spread the joy of Rebellion all over Maple World
with these awesome events!
Resistance Events
1. Support the Underground
(December 20, 2010 – January 18, 2011)
Level up,
rebels! To ensure that you're sufficiently ready to battle the evil
Black Wings, Cassandra will give you either an Energy Charge or a
Resistance Secret Box for every 10 levels you climb.
Note: Quests beneath your level group can still be played during the event.
2. Resistance Support Ring
(December 20, 2010 – February 28, 2011)
Prove your
eagerness to join the Resistance by reaching level 70 and Ferdi from
Edelstein will award you with a Resistance Ring!
3. New World Event
(December 20, 2010 – January 11, 2011)
Popular support
for the rebels is growing! In fact a whole new world called Arcania is
hungering for revolution! Help bring it to them!
New World Settlement Fund
1. Create a character in Arcania and talk to NPC Teo.
2. At your first job advancement, he'll award you 100,000 mesos!
3. At your second job advancement, he'll double the amount, awarding you 200,000 mesos!
New World Level Up
1. Create a character in Arcania and talk to Cassandra.
2. When you reach level 70, you'll receive an awesome bandana!
4. Have Faith in the Future With a Resistance Wedding!
(December 7, 2010 – February 1, 2011)
In these dark
days, it can be hard to believe that better days are coming. When a
Resistance member falls in love with another Resistance member and
marries, they renew their commitment to a future without the Black
Wings! When two resistance members marry, both bride and groom will
receive a pet!
You will receive one of the three pets: Brown Kitty, Black Pig, Dino Boy.
Vive la Resistance!
Holiday Events
1. White Christmas Tree Event
(December 20, 2010 – January 5, 2011)
Not even the
Black Wings can kill the spirit of Christmas! Help decorate a tree in
defiance of the Black Mage and be awarded with gifts!
Here's how to help:
1. Collect Tree Ornaments by killing mobs.
2. Take the ornaments to NPC Little Beak, who will then take you to White Christmas Hill.
3. Give your ornaments to NPC Black-nosed Fur.
When Black-nosed Fur has enough ornaments, the tree behind him will
begin to be decorated until it can hold no more and explode into a
flurry of Snow Crystals.
Collect as many Snow Crystals as you can and trade them for items with NPC Fur Puff or NPC Fur White.
A Lucky few of you will also pick up Golden Snow Crystals, which can be traded for rare items!
2. Shalom! Happyville is Back
(December 20, 2010 – January 5, 2011)
The Festival of
Lights is all about celebrating freedom and it's never been more
appropriate than right now! Enjoy all your favorite holiday events
including the Quest for Torr's Horn! Transform yourself with Cliff's
potion! Mazel Tov!
The Black Wings run wild and the Black Mage is back! Maple World needs
everyone to arm themselves to help the Resistance. Even Gachapon is
getting into the act with two new special weapons to fulfill your
revolutionary needs!
The Special Revolution Staff and Crossbow are available from December 20, 2010, through January 18, 2011, only!
And if you find yourself injured during
battle with the Black Wings, just set up this Hospital Bed chair and
heal yourself back to full HP!
’Tis the season to be giving, so why not give yourself a happy Holiday Surprise?
Holiday Surprises come in Small, Medium, and Large for the Cash Shop and
contain all sorts of wonderful holiday treats! What can you find? Just
open it and it might contain:
- The discontinued 4-Hour 2x EXP Special Coupon!
- Vega’s Spell (60%)!
- AP Reset!
- Permanent decorative items!
You might find rare items such as:
- Pam’s Song!
- Permanent Kino!
- 30-day Mushroom House: Employee Elf!
- Permanent Pink Bean with pet equips!
These jackpot items are available in all three Small, Medium, and Large
boxes along with all items guaranteed to be worth at least the cost of
the Holiday Surprise you purchased!
Got your eye on some sweet Cash Shop items? Still
hesitant because it’s your first time in the Cash Shop? The
MapleStory’s CashBack Days take some of the sting out your first
purchases!
This holiday season, when you spend NX, you’ll get NX back!
Here’s how it works:
If
you’ve never spent in MapleStory before, just spend 5,000 NX* in the
MapleStory Cash Shop between December 20, and December 31, 2010, and
you’ll get 5,000 NX back!
It’s really that simple. If you’re a new customer, you can instantly double your NX!
- Support for Resistance [12.20.2010 - 01.18.2011]: This event is open only to Resistance characters. Don’t fret though; the items gained from this event can be used by any class on the same account.
o Talk to Cassandra to start the event when you meet the requirement.
o For reaching milestone levels of 30, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100, you will receive an Energy Capsule.
o Receive a special mystery weapon box when you reach level 40. This box can be used by a special certain someone that is arriving in January (wink wink).
- Resistance Leveling [12.20.2010 - 02.28.2011]: Level as a Resistance character and receive a ring when you reach a milestone level.
o Starting 12.20.2010 level a Resistance character to level 70 and receive a Resistance ring.
o The ring has the following stats: all stats +3, HP/MP +30, and Magic ATT +3.
- Happyville [12.20.2010 – 01.05.2011]: The holidays are here! Happyville is full of festivities and of course happiness, so drop by and sip some hot apple cider by the fireplace. Oh, and there are holiday quests for eager adventurers.
o Talk to Rooney in town to be teleported to Happyville. Start the Happyville Christmas event by talking to Thor. Receive random prizes for finishing the quest.
o Accept the quest from Cliff and hunt monsters to drop Rascal Snow. Once you’re transformed you can enter the chimney to find Santa and purchase items from him using Rascal Snow or mesos.
o Talk to Simon to be moved to the Shalom map. Start and complete the quest by talking to Hannah. You’ll be rewarded with random prizes.
- White Christmas Tree [12.20.2010 – 01.05.2011]: The holidays is all about gathering with friends, sharing memories and having a great time. What better way to share a great memory than under the White Christmas Tree!
o This is a collective effort by all MapleStory servers!
o Gather Tree Ornaments by hunting all types of monsters.
o When you’re ready, turn in the Tree Ornaments to Black-nosed Fur. If you don’t have a magical reindeer sleigh to fly you to White Christmas Hill, talk to Little Beak instead. He can be found in all major towns.
o When enough Tree Ornaments have been turned in the tree will shower the map with Snow Crystals and rare Golden Snow Crystals.
o You can use the Snow Crystals and Golden Snow Crystals to buy limited supply items from the NPCs Fur Puff and Fur White.
Golden Snow Crystal Prize List
Snow Crystal Prize List
- New World Event [12.20.2010 – 01.11.2011]: The Big Bang update is so big that we needed new worlds to contain it. During this event users who level on the new servers will receive special gifts.
o Users in the new world who makes a 1st jb advancement will receive 100,000 mesos after completing the quest given by Teo.
o Users in the new world who makes a 2nd job advancement will receive 200,000 mesos after completing the quest given by Teo.
o Users who persevere and make it to level 70 within the event time will receive a custom bandana to commemorate the event. (STR +18, DEX +18, INT +18, LUK +18, Weapon DEF +180, Magic DEF +180, Accuracy +25, Avoidability +25, and Hands +10.) Bug fixes/Changes/Known Issues - Truckers, Galloperas and numerous monsters were awarding more EXP than intended. The EXP awarded for killing them has been tuned to be in line with monsters of the similar level. - Winning the Sea of Fog PQ no longer grants more EXP than shown. - Players should no longer disconnect when using Spouse Chat. - Players should no longer be sent to Ariant when exiting the Free Market if they entered from Magatia. - Players should no longer be sent to NLC Town Center when exiting the Free Market if they entered from Ariant. - The Musical Chair should once again recover HP for the user. - Players should no longer become stuck when they enter the map The Last Castle Tower after defeating the Prime Minister. - Many of Zipangu’s maps have had their art adjusted for 1024x768 resolution. - The music should no longer loop when fighting Palpulatus. - It is true that Duey will no longer offer his services. We threw him a great retirement party and he’s now sipping lemonade on an island off the coast of Florina Beach.
