Forgotten Hollow Guide - MapleStory Classic

Forgotten Hollow is the first area in MapleStory Classic World that exists nowhere else in MapleStory: a cave system with ten brand-new monsters, new NPCs, and its own questline. The first quest opens at level 39, and just finding the Hollow is a challenge in itself.

The lore

The Hollow is home to a cave fairy named Zelya, who once lived much deeper inside it. Glowshrooms attacked her on a walk and she dropped the map back to her old home; the monsters tore it to pieces. When you arrive she's near the entrance, asking you to gather the fragments.

As you go deeper, you meet Myra, an older NPC who recognizes the corrupted trees roaming the cave (Myewood and Sporewood) as her old companions. She asks you to put them down because she wants them to rest. The Sporewoods are undead. They didn't used to be.

Myra's chain ends by sending you back to Grendel the Really Old in Ellinia. He's visibly shaken by the news. The questline stops there for now, and it reads like the start of a bigger story.

Level range

Forgotten Hollow covers levels 39-59, with the boss at 60. The first quest opens at 39 (Zelya's Map); Myra's chain unlocks at 49.

The new monsters

Ten regular monsters call the Hollow home, plus the boss. Levels, HP, and weaknesses:

Monster	Lvl	HP	EXP	Weakness	Notes
Glowshroom	39	1,464	90	None	Bioluminescent mushroom near the entrance
Raffle	40	1,833	94	Fire	Plant mob, petals are a quest item
Golden Stirge	42	1,365	103	None	Stronger than the regular Stirge
Aqumander	43	2,212	108	Lightning	Ice resistant aquatic salamander
Echopus	45	2,311	117	Lightning	A much stronger cousin of the regular Octopus
Rafflesia	47	2,452	127	Fire (poison resistant)	The Raffle's evolved form
Duskmander	50	2,871	142	Ice (poison resistant)	The Aqumander's dark counterpart
Myewood	54	4,152	168	Fire (lightning resistant)	Ranged attack hits for 539, harder than its melee touch
Rotten Mushroom	56	3,694	190	Holy	Undead. Found deeper in the Hollow
Sporewood	59	5,040	205	Holy / Fire (poison resistant)	Undead, regenerates HP, strongest regular mob in the Hollow

The boss: Rotten Mushmom

Rotten Mushmom is a rotting, corrupted take on the classic Mushmom. She only spawns here.

Boss	Lvl	HP	EXP	Weakness	Notes
Rotten Mushmom	60	84,740	852	Holy / Fire (poison resistant)	Undead. Regenerates 900 HP per tick. 30 minute respawn

Best classes for grinding here

• Magicians own the early Hollow. F/P Mages farm Glowshroom and the salamanders. Clerics wreck the undead: Heal hurts Rotten Mushrooms and Sporewood.
• Warriors can melee the early maps. Myewood's ranged attack hits for 539, its hardest hit, so close the gap rather than trade at range.

Recommended quests

• Zelya's Map (level 39): your introduction to the cave
• Natural Adhesive (level 39): Raffle Petals
• The Road Back Home (level 43): Aqumander and Echopus hunt, rewards Greater earring stat scrolls
• Old Friends (level 49): the start of Myra's chain
• Myra's Old Friend (level 49): connects back to Grendel the Really Old in Ellinia