March 19 Patch Notes

Here are the patch notes for MapleStory : Idle RPG on March 19.

■ Mannequin System Added

- A new feature has been added that allows you to purchase mannequins, customize their appearance, and apply them to your character and companions.

- You can set the gender of a Mannequin, save Cosmetics and Costume settings to it, and apply the saved appearance to your character and companions.

- When a mannequin is equipped, its appearance will be applied exactly as configured regardless of the character's or companion's gender (all Cosmetics and Costumes).

- You can purchase up to 4 Mannequins.

- The gender of a purchased mannequin can be changed to a different gender using Red Diamonds. When changing gender, the Hair/Face information currently applied to that mannequin will be reset to default. (Cosmetics, Royal Hair, and Royal Face applied before the gender change will be deleted.)

- In the [Menu > Companion] menu, select the Companion you wish to customize, then use the “Mannequin” button to apply a saved mannequin to that companion.

- Different mannequins can be equipped for each companion job.

 ■ Costume Improvements

- The maximum value for Costume inventory effect has increased.

  : Main Stat 1,500 → 3,000

  : EXP Gain 10% → 20%

  : Meso Drop 20% → 40%

- Information regarding the equipable gender of Costumes has been added.

The equipable gender category will be divided into the following four types.

① Equippable by male characters

② Equippable by female characters

③ Equippable by both genders (same appearance)

④ Equippable by both genders (different appearance by gender)

■ Guild Boss Battle

- A new guild event content has been added where two guilds of similar strength are matched 1:1 to battle a boss.

- Defeat the “Evil Snake Brothers” boss to earn points based on damage rankings, with victory determined by the total combined points of all guild members.

- Rewards are distributed to all guild members based on victory or defeat, and individual world rankings are calculated based on damage dealt to the boss, providing additional time-limited buff effects.

■ Participation Requirements

- Available 10 days after server opening.

- If the total number of eligible guilds is odd and 1:1 matching is not possible, the lowest ranked guild will be excluded from participation.

■ Event Period

A total of 3 rounds will be held with the following schedule.

- Round 1: March 20, 12:00 PM – March 25, 9:59 PM (Server Time)

- Round 2: March 27, 12:00 PM – April 1, 9:59 PM (Server Time)

- Round 3: April 3, 12:00 PM – April 8, 9:59 PM (Server Time)

■ Event Rewards

1) Guild Benefits

- Victory Guild Benefits: Guild Boss Battle Victory Buff (EXP Gain +16%, Meso Drop +16% for 7 days), Bonus Potential Cube x10

- Defeat Guild Benefits: Guild Boss Battle Defeat Buff (EXP Gain +7% for 7 days), Bonus Potential Cube x3

2) World Overall Ranking Rewards

■ New Colosseum Season

- New Colosseum seasons begin.

- Starting this season, you can earn an additional 3 ranking points for each opponent defeated, calculated daily at midnight. (Server Time)

- To participate in the Colosseum, the Arena content must be open during matchmaking. Please note that this may differ from the actual content opening time.

■ Event Period

A total of 3 rounds will be held with the following schedule.

- Round 1: March 24, 12:00 PM – March 28, 9:59 PM (Server Time)

- Round 2: March 31, 12:00 PM – April 4, 9:59 PM (Server Time)

- Round 3: April 7, 12:00 PM – April 11, 9:59 PM (Server Time)

■ Fourth Artifact Slot Added

- A fourth slot has been added for artifacts.

- The fourth slot becomes available when the total artifact awakening stage reaches 50.

■ Artifact Chest Acquisition Effects Added

When obtaining an artifact chest, visual effects will now play based on the rank of the artifact that appears.

■ Scroll Consecutive Enhancement System Added

- A Consecutive Enhancement system has been added to make using scroll enhancement more convenient.

- Scroll Consecutive Enhancement can only be performed from a reset state and automatically repeats resets for scrolls up to the 5th slot until the desired success count is achieved. If comparing remaining attempts with the target number shows that reaching the goal is impossible, it will reset immediately.

- An option is provided for the first slot to repeat until success is guaranteed, in which case the first slot will reset until it succeeds.

■ Recommended Options Added to Preferred Options for Potential Options/Abilities

When setting Preferred Options for Potential Options and Abilities, frequently selected options will be displayed as recommendations, and a button has been added to immediately apply Recommended Options as Preferred Options.

■ Preset Convenience Improvements

Various convenience features for presets have been improved.

① Improved by adding simplified notation to reduce excessive scrolling when selecting Preset numbers.

② Added function to dismantle equipment equipped in Presets after unequipping.

③ Improved so that equipment in presets is marked separately in the equipment window

④ Fixed issue where preset equipment stat comparisons always used the chapter idle preset as the baseline

■ Hero Combo Attack Effect Added

Effects have been added for the Hero skill [Combo Attack].

An ON/OFF toggle for these effects has also been added.

■ Auto Battle Pathfinding Optimized

Pathfinding during auto battle has been improved to find routes more efficiently than before.

1) Party Quest Burning UP [Go to Notice]

2) New Semester Power Hour Event [Go to Notice]

3) Bruce's Scroll Crash Course [Go to Notice]

4) Battle Pass Boost

5) Potential Power-Up Festival

6) Zakum Boss Raid Burning Time!

◾ New Royal Hair/Face will be added starting April 2 at 12:00 PM. (Server Time)

◾ Shop Improvements

- Red Diamond products sold in the Normal Shop will no longer be sorted at the front.

■ Server Merge and Server Name Changes

- During the server merge process some servers will be consolidated, and their names will be changed. Please check the [Notice] for detailed information.

- All characters on the servers being merged will be transferred to the merged server.

- The rankings for "Honorable Rocks" earned from clearing guild raids will be reset. Guild raid participation after maintenance will be available from 8:00 PM on March 20.

* In the event of future server merges or other changes, the handling of guild raids and various other in-game specifications may differ.

- Fixed an issue where the Warriors' Rush effect would not reach upper platforms in certain Chapter Breakthrough maps.

- Fixed an issue where the 3rd job companion Shadower's passive skill effect would deal damage before the buff is removed.

- Fixed an issue where equipped face accessories would not display when using emotes.

- The World Chat requirement has been changed from level 20 to clearing Guide Quest 95.

- A button has been added to the summoning artifacts item info popup to immediately check rate info.

- Guidance on result setting rules has been added to the help information area for Hero Power Abilities and equipment slot Potential Options.

- A center message notification has been added when you cannot use basic attack due to insufficient MP.

- Improved so that if you summon an Elite Monster and move to another dungeon, you will receive a refund of the points used for summoning.

- Fixed an issue where you could not obtain a medal if your Star Force decreased without claiming the Star Force achievement medal after achieving it.

- Fixed an issue where the Candle artifact skill effect would disappear quickly in the next wave if you cleared a wave within 30 seconds in party quest battles.

- Fixed an issue where equipment effects from the basic preset would disappear when unequipping items from an equipment preset in certain situations.

- Fixed so that when switching companion presets, the initial cooldown for main companion summoning will not be reapplied if the main companion has not changed.

- Fixed an issue where selections would be saved immediately after selecting a preset number on the preset page.

- Fixed an issue where HP/MP recovery per second would be applied rapidly for a short time when reviving during battle.

- Fixed so that guilds inactive for 3 weeks will not be matched in various matchmaking content.

- Fixed so that the icon applied by the Peach Tree Herb Pouch artifact's increased damage taken effect displays as the artifact icon rather than a generic icon.

- In the Summon/Shop tabs, the ad notification will be displayed with priority over the red dot when ad rewards are available.

- Help information has been added for Guild War, Guild Training Ground, Colosseum, and Medal systems.

- Normal Monster Damage will no longer apply to opponents in the Colosseum.