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MapleStory
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Developer(s)Wizet
Publisher(s)Wizet, Nexon, Shanda, AsiaSoft, NXGames, and Gamania
Platform(s)Windows 98/ME/2K/XP
Release2002, 2003,2004 and, 2005
Genre(s)MMORPG
Mode(s)MMO

MapleStory is a free 2D side-scrolling MMORPG developed by the Korean company Wizet. It is published by various companies like Nexon (NexonKorea & NexonJapan), NXGames, Shanda, AsiaSoft (AsiaSoft International & AsiaSoft Online), and Gamania. Although gameplay is free, many appearance and gameplay enhancements can be purchased from the Cash Shop for real money. Several versions of the game are avaliable for specific countries or regions, each of which has its own set of worlds.

Current MapleStory versions are MapleStory Global (in English), MapleStory China (in Simplified Chinese), MapleStory Taiwan (in Traditional Chinese), MapleStory Japan (in Japanese), MapleStory South Korea (in Korean), MapleStory Thailand (in Thai), and MapleStory South East Asia/SEA for Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand (in English).

Thai people can play both MapleSEA and MapleStory Thailand. The Korean version was created the first, and thus has the most features. Other versions are currently several months behind.

In the game, players defend the "Maple World" from monsters, as in a typical RPG (Role-Playing Game). Players can interact with others in many ways, such as chat, trades, and parties.

Gameplay

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Screenshot of the game in action

Characters in MapleStory advance by gaining experience points (EXP), leveling up, and collecting various items and pieces of wieldable equipment. The player combats monsters, acquiring money (called mesos or meru in-game) and various items as well as completing quests.

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Image of a character levelling up.
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Image of a Warrior using the skill Power Strike on an Orange Mushroom.
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Image of a Magician using the skill Magic Claw on a Green Mushroom

MapleStory gameplay takes place on "worlds". Players are allowed to create up to three different characters in each world for every account made. Each world, which is identical, is split into up to 20 channels where players can play. One physical server hosts two channels.

The official release version of MapleStory on its Global and Thailand versions takes place in worlds called Scania, Bera, and Broa. The Beta test version takes place in a world called Tespia, which closed indefinitely on 11/16/2005. To play, you must signup for a NXgames passport.

Meanwhile, the worlds in the South East Asian (MapleSEA) server are called Aquila and Bootes. For MapleSEA, "passports" in AsiaSoft Online Pte, Ltd. are given upon signup. Each passport is entitled to three MapleStory accounts, therefore, you can have up to 9 characters in each world in MapleSEA.

MapleStory South Korea (kMS) has eighteen worlds, one being a Beta tester world called Tespia. In this version of MapleStory, "passports" for NEXON Korea Co., Ltd. are given upon signup.

MapleStory Japan (jMS) has six worlds, named Sumomo, Anzu, Khalin, Sakura, Momizi, and Kaede. For this version, "passports" for NEXON Japan Co., Ltd. are given upon signup. In turn, you can use these passports to create accounts for all Nexon-created games.

MapleStory Taiwan (tMS) has three worlds. New users are given passports for Gamania Digital Enterainment Co., Ltd.

MapleStory China (cMS) has 30 worlds, and does not require any kind of a passport to signup.

New Players

New players are sent to Maple Island, a floating island specifically designed to be beginner-friendly. Unlike many other MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft and Everquest, players in MapleStory cannot to choose a character class when they create the character. Rather, every character starts with the class Beginner until they meet the requirements to complete the first job advancement.

Leveling Up

When you have accumulated a certain amount of EXP, your character gains a level. At each level-up, you will receive 5 ability points (AP) to be distributed among the stats of STR, DEX, INT, and LUK as you wish. After you receive your first job advancement, you will also gain 3 skill points (SP) at each level-up to use on various class-specific skills. You will also gain one extra SP every time you get a job advancement.

AP can also be put into Maximum HP (Health Points) or Maximum MP (Mana Points). However, because these stats increase automatically at each level-up, putting points into them is strongly discouraged.

Stat Points

There are four main types of stats, which are necessary to advance through the jobs:

  • Strength (STR) increases the maximum power of melee attacks. It also greatly increases damage for the warrior class.
  • Dexterity (DEX) increases the accuracy, avoidability and minimum damage of all attacks, except magic. It greatly affects the damage of Bowmen.
  • Intelligence (INT) increases the stats magic attack and magic defense. Magic attack affects a magician greatly as their damage and accuracy is based on it, although INT isn't too useful for other classes.
  • Luck (LUK) increases the avoidability and accuracy of all characters, and decreases the EXP lost when a character dies. It greatly increases the damage of thieves.

Exact effects of each stat depend on the player's weapon and class.

It is recommended by most game guides that the various classes should only increase class-specific stats. Warriors should only increase STR and DEX, (with STR the main priority) as they only use physical attacks. Bowmen should also raise STR and DEX, with with DEX the main priority over STR as archery damage is mainly affected by DEX. Magicians, who excel in magical attacks, should increase only INT and LUK (INT being the main priority). Thieves are advised to increase LUK and DEX (with LUK being main priority), although STR dagger thieves (Thieves who use STR dagger) also needs some point in STR.

Skill Points

Every character class has specific skills to invest in. The effects of Skills vary greatly. Skills fall into one of two categories, passive and active skills. Passive skills (such as an Archer's The Eye of Amazon) take effect as long as SP has been placed in the skill. The effectiveness of these skills increases as more SP is added. Active must be used when necessary. There are two types of active skills, attack and enhancement skills. Attack skills tend to do more damage and can be used as the main attacking method (such as a Magician's Magic Claw). Enhancement skills add temporary enhancements to only the character (such as a Thief's Dark Sight) or the character's party (such as a Magician's Bless).

Quests

Quests are tasks that players may perform for N.P.C.'s (non-playable characters) for rewards and experience. Most quests have level requirements (and some have job requirements), and are usually difficult to accomplish for a first time player. You can also receive experience after completing certain quests, and some quests have substantial rewards.

Dying

When your the HP on your health bar (red) reaches 0, you die. This is depicted by a tombstone falling from the top of the screen, and your character becoming merely a head on a ghost-like body. When you die, you are teleported to the nearest town and revived with 50 HP. The amount of MP you are revived with is the same at the time of death. Beginners lose no EXP when they die, which suggests that dying is a cheap and quick way of getting to the nearest town. However, once you make your first job advancement, each death will cost you a certain percentage of EXP depending on the amount of LUK you have. A character cannot fall below 0% EXP of their current level.

The Maple World

Maple Island

This is the "Beginner" island where new players can learn how to play the game. Here, new players can train on low level monsters such as mushrooms and snails located throughout the maps. This island contains 2 towns, Amherst and Southperry. To leave this island, the player needs to take a boat from Southperry to Lith Harbor in Victoria Island. The trip costs 150 mesos, and you cannot return to Maple Island unless you are teleported by a GM (GameMaster).

Victoria Island

There are many towns and training grounds to explore in Victoria. The towns, named Perion, Ellinia, Kerning City, Lith Harbor, Henesys, and Sleepywood, have shops to buy healing potions, scrolls, weapons, armor. Most towns have quests that can be completed for a reward.

It is in Victoria Island that beginners can make a job advancement. To do this, you must be at least level 10 (level 8 for magicians) and have the required stat points for your job. Then, you must go to the city where you will meet a job instructor to help you advance. Warriors go to "Dances with Barlog" in Perion, Magicians go to "Grendel the Very Old" in Ellinia, Thieves go to "Dark Road" in Kerning, and Bowmen go to "Athena Pierce" in Henesys. The overworld of Victoria Island generally contain semi-weak enemies that are easy to kill at a decent level, although there are hidden areas that contain much more powerful enemies for higher level players to train on.

The centre of Victoria Island is a Dungeon, which can be accessed directly from Perion, Kerning City, and Henseys. (You may also teleport directly to the Dungeon by using the VIP cab in Lith Harbour and Ellinia, but you will be quite deep in the dungeon.). The outer areas of Dungeon consist of damp, dark landscape containing semi-weak monsters, as well as a town called Sleepywood. In the town, you can find a sauna, and a path to deeper in the dungeon. You will go pass Ant Tunnel, Evil Eye Caves, Tunnels that lost light, Drake's Meal Table, Sanctuary entrance, and finally the Cursed Sanctuary where the fabled Jr. Balrog, the most powerful monster in Victoria Island, resides.

Florina Beach (Part of Victoria Island)

Florina Beach, an tropical-like island covered with beaches, is located near Victoria Island. To access Florina Island, you must be at least level 20. Then, you can take a boat from Lith Harbor (with a 1,000 meso fee) to the small town of Florina Beach. To the right of the town are four maps full of Lorangs, Lupins, Clangs, and Umtis. Lorangs and Clangs are weak to thunder, so it's a favourite place for Ice/Lightning Wizards to train on.

Ossyria *Orbis, Aqua Village, and El Nath*

To reach Ossyria, players must take a boat from the magician town of Ellinia. Depending on your current level, the trip can cost anywhere from 3000 to 20000 mesos. The ship departs every 30 minutes in GMS, and every 15 minutes in JMS/KMS/CMS. However, you must get into the waiting room of the ship 1 minute before departure time, shown on the dock. While in transit between Victoria Island and Ossyria, one of the strongest monsters in MapleStory, the Crimson Balrog, may attack the ship. Only characters strong enough to survive the attacks and interested in battling the Crimson Balrog should stay on the main deck. Lower-levels should enter the cabin, or risk being killed.

Currently in Ossyria, there are two towns, Orbis and El Nath. The boat will take you to Orbis, a city that seemingly floats in the clouds. Monsters such as Pixies, Cellions,Lioners,Grupins, and Nependeaths can be found there. Also, in the jMS/kMS/cMS versions, you can create or join a guild in the guild building, a luxurious-looking building located through the upper-left platform in Orbis. (Also, the guild building, which is vacant right now, is a favourite places for in-game weddings to take place in.)

El Nath, the snowy town, can be reached by going through the 20 floors of Orbis Tower, which contains monsters such as Sentinels, Leattys, and Jr. Pepes. The roads in El Nath are "slippery", and may cause your character to slide around. This can be remedied by using the snowshoe of your class. Also, the El Nath area (excluding the city and the Holy Stone map) decreases your HP by 10 every 5 seconds, because of the "cold". Magic Guard will not work in this situation, so theres is only one way to prevent this - you must visit the El Nath Potion Shop and purchase Red Bean Soup, which provides 5 minutes of protection against the cold weather. The third job advancement must be made through one of the four chiefs of El Nath. You can find monsters such as Leattys, Pepes, Hectors, White Pangs, Yetis, and Yeti-and-Pepes in El Nath.

If you keep going past El Nath, a dungeon can be found. It's avaliable only to players above level 50, and is full of powerful monsters. In the El Nath Dungeon, players can find Dark Yetis, Werewolves, Lycanthropes, Zombies, Flyeyes, Cerebes (Cerebi?), and Bains. Past all these monsters is a shrine in which the most powerful monster of all, Jakum, can be summoned.

Also Aqua Road (currently released only in kMS) is located below Orbis Tower. It is an underwater world that requires an "oxygen cape". If it is not worn, you will lose 10 hp every 5 seconds. If you go deeper into the ocean, you will find yourself in a village under water. Inside the village is a shop selling weapons/armors half their normal price.

Ossyria *Ludibrium and Omega Sector*

Ludibrium, a toy-themed town, is currently released on the South Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Taiwanese versions of MapleStory. To get to Ludibrium, you must ride a flying train from Orbis Station. The toll is 3000 mesos per ticket. Ludibrium is actually part of the Ossyria continent. The ship departs every 15 or 30 minutes, but you must to arrive in the waiting room of the train 1 minute before departure time, shown at the dock. Unlike the flying ship from Ellinia to Orbis, no monsters will show up during the ride to attack you.

There are two towns in this area of Ossyria: Ludibrium, and Omega Sector (also known as Earth Defense Base). Like in Ossyria, you can go down to the Earth Defense Base by going down a tower called the Eos/Dibrium Tower in Ludibrium. However, this tower is 100 stories tall, rather than 20. There are many quests in Eos/Dibrium Tower, like "The Lost Guard". If you complete this quest, you get 20 Eos/Dibrium Tower scrolls. You need three of them to fully descend the Eos/Dibrium Tower.

Other Eos/Dibrium Tower, Lubridium includes maps and training grounds such as the Toy Factory, the Time Trail, the Cloud Terrace, the Sky Terrace, and Terrace Hall. In Ludibrium, the castle monsters aren't very stong. However, if you go deeper into the Time Trail and Toy Graveyard, you will find some of the strongest monsters in MapleStory.

On the 101st floor of the Eos/Dibrium Tower, there is a party quest for characters from level 35-50. It requires 6 people, and has 9 stages in total. At the end of the quest, there is a bonus stage with many boxes. You have only one minute to break open as many boxes as you can. These boxes release lots of meso and various items/equips. As a final prize, an NPC will reward you with an item.

In the Omega Sector, there are a large number of quests to be completed. These quests are mainly given by the Mesorangers, the MapleStory version of the Power Rangers. All monsters found in this area are "aliens".

Jipang

Jipang is jMS-exclusive area. The only two ways to Jipang - one is to take a "bird taxi" on top of Kerning City, the other is to use a potion/scroll, sold in the Shouwa Town sauna. There are two towns located in Jipang - Mushroom Village and Shouwa Town.

In Mushroom Village most of the stores sell food. Also, found in the villiage is the Mushroom Shrine. If you go a bit deeper past the shrine, you will find a hidden street area - Graveyard Road. It contains a lot of dark and undead of monsters.

Shouwa Town has a lot of rare items on sale - but at very high prices. There's also a sauna, hair salon, andhospital. Also, in the center of the city, you can find Yakuza Mansion, a huge mansion full of scores of strong monsters and bosses that very few people dare to enter. In the mansion there are five bosses: Gunboss, Anego (Female Gunboss), Bodyguard A, Bodyguard B, and Grandpa Gunboss.

Happyvile (Event Town)

A Christmas town in the MapleStory world. There are three ways to get to Happyvile - in Ellinia, in El Nath, and in Ludibrium. You could only get to this place during the month of December. In this town, NPC sells Christmas ornaments and letters that can be hung on gigantic trees located throughout the city.

Marriage Town (Event Town)

This town is available exclusively in the Chinese version of MapleStory. Happy couples can get married in the temple in this town, decorated lavishly with Chinese traditional ornaments. The marriage reflects many similarities with Chinese traditions. In this town, NPC's sell wedding overalls, such as a wedding dress and a tuxedo, and various cakes.

Character classes

Main article: MapleStory character classes

All characters begin the game as Beginners. Once players have gotten their characters to the appropriate levels and meet the stat requirements, they are able to complete the first job advancements and choose new jobs. There are four choices for the first job: Magician, Bowman, Thief, and Warrior. All of the jobs require a minimum level of 10 except for the Magician, which requires a minimum level of 8. Each job also has different stat requirements which are discussed below. This choice decides the class of the character and all future job advancements will merely refine and strengthen this initial choice. It should be noted that once a character has chosen a certain job, it cannot be changed.

Once players reaches level 30, they are able to complete the second job advancement. After completing a quest consisting of collecting 30 dark marbles in a given location, players are given the option of selecting their specialities and changing to the second job. The classes that are made available this time differ based on the class chosen at the first job advancement. Thieves will be given the option of choosing between becoming Assassins or Bandits. An Assassin's weapon of choice is a claw with throwing stars, whereas the Bandit's weapon of choice is a dagger. Magicians will be give the option of choosing between becoming Clerics with healing and Holy based attacks, or Wizards with either fire/poison or ice/lightning attacks. A Bowman can choose to become a Hunter with a bow, or a Crossbowman with a crossbow. Finally, a Warrior can choose between becoming a Page who specializes in blunt weapons or swords, a Spearman who uses spears or polearms, or a Fighter who uses swords or axes. Each class has its own merits and disadvantages. With each new job advancement, new skills are introduced to the player.

At level 70, characters can once again change their job at the Mystics' Hut in El Nath of Ossyria. Unlike previous job advancements, the player is not given a choice for their third job. Thieves who became Assassins become Hermits, but Thieves who chose to become Bandits become Chief Bandits. Magicians who chose the Cleric path become Priests and Wizards of both types become Mages. Hunters become Rangers and Crossbowmen become Snipers. Lastly, Warriors who became Pages, Spearmen, or Fighters become Knights, Dragon Knights, and Crusaders, respectively.

At level 120, the character can again change classes and become even more powerful. However, 4th job advancements have not yet been implemented in any versions of the game.

Job Progression
First Job Second Job Third Job Fourth Job
Beginner Warrior Fighter Crusader Hero
Page Knight Paladin
Spearman Dragon Knight Dark Knight
Magician Wizard (Fire/Poison) Mage (Fire/Poison) Arch Mage (Fire/Poison)
Wizard (Ice/Lightning) Mage (Ice/Lightning) Arch Mage (Ice/Lightning)
Cleric Priest Bishop
Archer Hunter Ranger Bow Master
Crossbow Man Sniper Crossbow Master
Rogue Assassin Hermit Night Lord
Bandit Chief Bandit Shadower

Cash Shop

Since playing MapleStory is free, the developers of MapleStory introduced Cash Shop to generate revenue. This is a virtual shop where players can buy items using real money. However, most items do not give bonuses to the character. The items sold in the Cash Shop include Clothing items, Haircut Coupons, Pets and many more.

Cash shop items are mainly for looks, and can only be obtained through the Cash Shop itself. Other than fancy equipment that the players can wear, some other items from the Cash Shop can also grant the players special abilities, such as negating the experience points lost from dying and giving players a 2x EXP gain bonus (this is currently not available in MapleStory Global, and likely will not be added). Pets can be useful apart from looking cute, mainly through the fact that they can be trained to pick up items and mesos for their owners, speeding up your training process.

Players who are not able to afford these items due to real life monetary constraints, would trade the in-game currency, mesos, for the Cash Shop items. Scamming is likely to happen in such cases, which is why trading of in-game items for Cash Shop items is a bannable offense.

Cash items for sale are available in the Cash Shop. The currency of Cash Shop is Nexon Cash/points. These are purchased outside of MapleStory through the Nexon corporation. Paypal is the only accepted method in MapleStory Global, although Wizet has stated that they will soon implement direct credit card transactions. Additionally eChecks are currently not being accepted

In MapleSEA's case, in addition to credit card payment (through PayPal), it has also released Prepaid cards that are sold at a fixed price of SGD$10.50 (approximately USD$6.30) per 10,000 A-points (which can be used to convert into MapleCash).

Mini-Games

There are three mini-games that can be played between three MapleStory characters. They are called Omok, Match Cards, and Pachinko.

Omok

Omok is a remake of a classic Japanese game named Gomoku. This game seems very similar to tic-tac-toe except that the board is much larger, and you must get 5 in a row rather than only 3. Consequently, a lot more strategy is involved. The game follows the standard rule, which requires exactly five stones in a row (more does not count), and the Three and Three rule, which states that you cannot make two unblocked rows of three stones in one move.

Match Cards

This is also known as the game concentration. Match cards games can be opened in 3x4, 4x5, and 5x6 versions. The flip side of the cards contain images of MapleStory monsters which players take turn matching.

Pachinko

Pachinko (exclusive mini game for MapleStory Japan）is a popular game in Japan. It is a one player game. To play Pachinko you need to buy Pachinko balls (coins) in the Cash Shop and to play it, you have to be in a Pachinko store which is located in Kerning City, Shouwa Town, and Ludibrium. In order to win you need to try get the Pachinko balls in a mushroom hole below a slot. When you get it in, the slot will start. Sometimes an angel or a lady will try to help you move the monsters in the slot. The chart of winning table is: Strige, Mushroom, Blue Snail, Chopiter (=400 balls), Red Snail, Jr. Boogie, Jr. Wraith, Jr. Sentinel (=600 balls), Jr. Cellion (=1,000 balls), and the Jackpot, Jr. Bulldog (=1,500 balls). Also there are prize you can win if you got the amount of balls.

Game Issues

Scamming is rather common in MapleStory, as in most MMORPGs. The most usual scamming type is tricking new players into buying items for several times their original value.

In a similar fashion, players dare other players to drop valuable items and then uses an "autoloot" macro (a macro that clicks a key on the keyboard very quickly for you, in this case the pick-up key) to automatically pick up items dropped, thus stealing the item. This was later addressed by the MapleStory Global staff to be the "drop game". In an older variation of the drop game, the player being scammed would be told to drop an item and type /mapclone, /mapsuperitem, or /map100 et cetera, causing the server to kick the user (and in some cases crash the client), allowing the other player to take the dropped item. Recently Wizet has added a loader called GameGuard created by nProtect to protect the MapleStory client from modification. This autoloot program has been blocked by GameGuard.

Another common scam is "tab tab space enter", how this works, is once you enter a trade screen, the person will tell you to show them a rare item, and try to get you to press this combination of keys, thus, making you trade it. The defence, of course, is not to do this.

Botting is a common problem in MapleStory, when the players are idle, but they have bots to use skills or train while they are away. It is considered unfair as it gives advantage to those who bot than those who don't. Many people will also use a Auto Clicker to get into a Party Quest. If a GM (Game Master) finds out that a certain player has been using an Auto Clicker, he will ban the player for a set amount of time. This botting program has been blocked by GameGuard as well.

Another problem that has become more common recently is keylogging. The keylogger records all keystrokes typed by the person and sends a log back to the hacker who then uses that username and password to log in to that account and steal everything. However, Keyloggers need to be installed into your computer for it to work, so watch what you're running.

There are also some people who scam about faming (the act of increasing one's fame) since players cannot trade fame in a secure trading window. One will ask to buy or trade fame with other players, under the condition that the other player will fame them first. When the scammer receives the fame he/she will then leave without finishing the trade. There is not much you can do about this, although fame is generally considered not very important anyway.

A second issue about fame is "mass defaming" (particularly on MapleSEA but not restrictive to MapleSEA alone). When one person wants to "mass defame" another character, he/she calls upon his/her lesser characters, friends, and friends' lesser characters, to defame the character (a character may only fame or defame once per day, and may only fame or defame the same person once per month), causing the victim to lose a plural amount of fames. Although fame is not too important in the game (as it can literally be "bought" for a decent sum of 7k), some players threaten others to mass defames in the hope of intimidating others to do what they want, particularly to drive away other characters in the same training area. In MapleSEA, since it is the latest to be released, this kind of incident usually happens in job-specific maps (as neither Jipang or Ludibrium is open in MapleSEA) such as Ant Tunnels (where Clerics of 35-40 usually go to for mass-"healing" of Zombie Mushrooms for experience). The number of incidences of mass-defaming is expected to fall after MapleSEA launches more maps for South East Asian players, particularly job-specific ones as Ant Tunnels.

In the Cash Shop, there is a feature "Gift". A player can buy that item and give it to another player. Players would trade in-game items for the Cash Shop items, and at many a time, would get scammed. The person with the Cash Shop item would ask for the in-game item first, and promise that he will give it to the other player after he receives the in-game item. After he gets it, he would run away or log out without giving the other player the Cash Shop item. It is difficult to catch such scammers, as trading of Cash Shop items are deemed illegal, and players who get scammed dare not report them. Therefore, do not trade Cash Shop items. Any user caught doing this will be banned if they are caught.

Another issue is the existence of fake GMs. These characters are ordinary players who imitate names of GMs and claim to have GM powers. Some of the names include but are not limited to Wiznet, GlVl, GMDiddy022 and names with MK in the end. They pretend to be GMs and ask for your money, items, or your password. They threaten to ban you if you don't give them what they want. There are many ways to find out if a character is a GM. GMs always have the floating "GM" sign on top of their character. They always type in a distinctive blue text. You cannot look at their player information. If you do find a fake GM, alert a real GM by using a special feature called "Alert GM" which you can access by right clicking on the character.

There is a feature called "Alert GM". You can right click on a character and click Alert GM. You will see a window pop out that lets you choose the situation you want to alert this person for. You can only alert a GM once a day. As much as possible, only alert GMs if you are sure someone is hacking or scamming the game because too many false alerts could result in penalties (such as getting banned for a certain amount of time)

The latest security measure implemented by Wizet is the "Security PIN" feature. A keypad will appear on the screen and the user has to click on the numbers with their mouse to access their account. It has been implemented so that keyloggers are not able to steal the password from an account. The numbers change position as well so that tracking the mouse will not reveal the PIN number either.

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Official Websites
Official Message Boards/BBS/Forums
Fan's Websites
  • BasilMarket - Item auctioning website [MapleStory Global & MapleStory SEA].
  • Hidden Street - Library of game information [MapleStory Global & MapleStory SEA].
  • Mapletip - Source for Maplestory with guides and an item database [MapleStory Global & MapleStory SEA].
  • Happy Mapling - Library of game information [MapleStory Global].
  • Sauna - Library of game information [MapleStory Global].
  • A Drop of Maple - Library of game information [MapleStory Japan].
  • Omega Sector - Library of game information [MapleStory Japan].
  • eNet MapleStory - Library of game information [MapleStory China].
  • Global Game Making - Patch information and pictures in Korean [MapleStory South Korea].
Fan's Message Boards/BBS/Forums
  • Sleepywood - Message board with extensive Free Market [MapleStory Global].
  • MapleSource - Message board [MapleStory SEA].
  • Maple2 - Library of game and Message board in Thai [MapleStory Thailand & SEA].
  • Perionch1 - A English message board for any type of Maplestory game, Mainly Global].
  • Gamezizon - Large MapleStory Message Board [MapleStory South Korea].
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