Chaos is a large update which contains class revamps, Professions, a new area, and a new boss. Ever since the arise of the Black Mage, the world has been thrown into greater chaos, thus Maplers must rise to become stronger through three different sequences. Like Big Bang, the update comes in 3 patches.
Skills Updates
All classes were revamped.
Gate to the Future
Characters Lv.160 and above can travel from the Temple of Time to the new Gate to the Future.
All classes were revamped.
Gate to the Future
Characters Lv.160 and above can travel from the Temple of Time to the new Gate to the Future.
- The gate leads to new areas including Henesys Ruins and its surrounding areas as well as Dark Ereve, which includes the Knight Stronghold and the new Cygnus Expedition.
- You will find older versions of several NPCs you may already know in the present.
- There are many new quests involving these areas. The quests are optional, though you must complete certain ones in order to participate in a Cygnus Expedition.
- Areas in Dark Ereve and the areas around Henesys Ruins contain giant, mutated versions of low level monsters from the present.
- The Knight Stronghold is packed with Cygnus Knight enemies that have the same skills as Cygnus Knights you can create, but are much more powerful than any Cygnus Knight in the present.
- The Knight Stronghold is filled with party play areas, which will be familiar to many players who have explored Lion King's Castle before. When defeating enemies in these party play areas, you gain 50% bonus EXP for every extra member you have in your party who are present, up to 250% bonus EXP for a party of six.
Cygnus Expedition
Empress Cygnus is the boss enemy of the new area. She is the most powerful enemy in the game as of this update.
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Voiceovers
Mystery Mastery Books
Many monsters now drop these in place of specific Mastery Books. Double click on it to receive a random Mastery Book.
Traits
The traits system has been implemented to allow you to look at its basics before the Age of Artisans update arrives, when you will be able to do even more to develop your character's traits. Traits allow you to increase certain abilities of you characters, and they can be leveled up. The traits are: Ambition, Empathy, Insight, Willpower, Diligence, Charm. You can view your traits in the Character Info menu or in the Production Skill menu if you are Lv.30 or above. The Production Skill menu is defaulted to the B button.
Here are some ways to raise your traits.
- While fighting Empress Cygnus during a Cygnus Expedition, she and her five Chief Knights--Mihile, Oz, Irena, Eckhart, and Hawkeye--have voiceovers.
- In Lion King's Castle, Von Leon, Ifia, Luden, and Jenn have voiceovers.
Mystery Mastery Books
Many monsters now drop these in place of specific Mastery Books. Double click on it to receive a random Mastery Book.
Traits
The traits system has been implemented to allow you to look at its basics before the Age of Artisans update arrives, when you will be able to do even more to develop your character's traits. Traits allow you to increase certain abilities of you characters, and they can be leveled up. The traits are: Ambition, Empathy, Insight, Willpower, Diligence, Charm. You can view your traits in the Character Info menu or in the Production Skill menu if you are Lv.30 or above. The Production Skill menu is defaulted to the B button.
Here are some ways to raise your traits.
- Ambition: Increase it by hunting boss monsters.
- Empathy: Increase it by harvesting herbs (Age of Artisans).
- Insight: Increase it by mining (Age of Artisans).
- Willpower: Increase it by participating in party quests.
- Diligence: Increase it by crafting (Age of Artisans).
- Charm: Increase it by gaining fame or equipping Cash equipment.
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Ardentmill Ardentmill is the town where you can learn harvesting and crafting professions, and where you can purchase items related to these professions. You can reach Ardentmill by using the portal labeled "Crafting Town", which is located in most towns. |
Important NPCs:
Professions
Requirement: Lv.30 or higher with 2nd job advancement
You will gain Fatigue Points while performing profession skills. If your Fatigue Point meter fills up, you won't be able to use profession skills again for a little while. You can reduce your Fatigue points by using certain potions sold by Nack in Ardentmill or by using a Fatigue Reset Coupon from the Cash Shop. Your Fatigue Points will also reduced by five each hour, and they will be completely reset to 0 each day at 12 AM.
Traits
The professions system gives you more ways to expand your character's traits. Traits allow you to increase certain abilities of you characters, and they can be leveled up. The traits are: Ambition, Empathy, Insight, Willpower, Diligence, and Charm. You can view your traits in the Character Info menu or in the Production Skill menu if you are Lv.30 or above. Each trait has 100 levels. Here are some ways to raise your traits.
Item Pot and Imps
- Grant is the village elder, who allows you to learn professions.
- Saffron teaches Herbalism.
- Cole teachese Mining.
- Ally teaches Alchemy.
- Gere teaches Smithing.
- Intaglio teaches Accessory Crafting.
- Nack sells items necessary for crafting and tickets to the Secret Herb Patch/Mine.
- Ramsey and Angelica sell new recipes.
Professions
Requirement: Lv.30 or higher with 2nd job advancement
- There are two categories of professions: harvesting and crafting.
- There are two harvesting professions: Herbalism and Mining.
- There are three crafting professions: Alchemy, Smithing, and Accessory Crafting.
- Learning Herbalism is a requirement before you can learn Alchemy.
- Learning Mining is a requirement before you can learn Smithing or Accessory Crafting.
- After learning a profession, you can unlearn it through that profession's master. Your level of mastery in that profession will return to zero if you choose to unlearn it.
- Herbalism allows you to gather seeds and flowers which are located in Saffron’s Secret Herb Patch in Ardentmill and some hunting maps. It also allows you to use those to create items needed for Alchemy.
- Mining allows you to gather ores which are located in Cole’s Secret Mine in Ardentmill and some hunting maps. It also allows you to refine ores to create items needed for Smithing and Accessory Crafting.
- Alchemy allows you to create buff potions and transformation potions using herb oil.
- Smithing allows you to create weapons and armor using refined ore. You can eventually learn how to make an Android companion.
- Accessory Crafting allows you to create equipment items such as rings, pendants, and shoulder accessories using refined ore.
- Using your profession earns you experience in that profession in order to raise its mastery level. Higher levels of mastery enable you to harvest or craft better items.
- Some items for further crafting can't be made. Some can be bought from Nack, Ramsey, or Angelica in Ardentmill, others are dropped by monsters.
- The Production Skill menu is set to the [B] key by default.
You will gain Fatigue Points while performing profession skills. If your Fatigue Point meter fills up, you won't be able to use profession skills again for a little while. You can reduce your Fatigue points by using certain potions sold by Nack in Ardentmill or by using a Fatigue Reset Coupon from the Cash Shop. Your Fatigue Points will also reduced by five each hour, and they will be completely reset to 0 each day at 12 AM.
Traits
The professions system gives you more ways to expand your character's traits. Traits allow you to increase certain abilities of you characters, and they can be leveled up. The traits are: Ambition, Empathy, Insight, Willpower, Diligence, and Charm. You can view your traits in the Character Info menu or in the Production Skill menu if you are Lv.30 or above. Each trait has 100 levels. Here are some ways to raise your traits.
- Ambition: Increase it by hunting boss monsters. Effect: Increases your Attack for Battle Mode.
- Empathy: Increase it by harvesting herbs. Effect: Increases your Max MP and your Quest EXP.
- Insight: Increase it by mining. Effect: Increases your Accuracy and Avoidability and allows you to check the Hidden Potential of items without using a Magnifying Glass.
- Willpower: Increase it by participating in party quests. Effect: Increases Weapon Defense and Magic Defense, and builds resistance to abnormal status effects.
- Diligence: Increase it by crafting. Effect: Increases scroll success rates and doubles profession mastery gain.
- Charm: Increase it by gaining fame, equipping Cash equipment, changing your hair or face style, or changing your hair, eye, or skin color. Effect: Gives quests to add a Pocket slot to your Equip Inventory, to gain special items, and to gain Facial Expression Cash Item. You can purchase Pocket Items from Nave in Henesys Market.
- Raising your level in a trait will eventually unlock quests that will reward you with medals specific to that trait.
Item Pot and Imps
- The shortcut for your Item Pot is the [Y] key by default.
- The Item Pot can contain herbs, ore, or an Imp that can be obtained from monsters over Lv.20.
- There are two types of Imps: Orange Imps and Gemstone Imps.
- Double click an Imp in your item inventory to raise it in an Item Pot.
- Imps grow by eating equipments that are of a level similar to you or by eating monster drops.
- Feeding an Imp will raise its Closeness for a set duration.
- You can gain rewards by successfully raising an Imp. Better rewards are given for higher Closeness points.
- Double click on the fully grown Imp to put it in your item inventory.
- When your Imp gets sick, you can purchase a cure from Nack in Ardentmill.
Battle Mode
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There are two modes available:
Battle Mode Gameplay
Champion and Rage
Battle Mode - Capture the Flag
Battle Mode Rewards
- Free-For-All: Everyone battles each other, with unlimited lives during the battle. Time Limit: 10 minutes - Minimum Players: 4, Maximum Players: 8
- Team Match: Two groups battle each other, with unlimited lives during the battle. Time Limit: 10 minutes - Minimum Players: 6, Maximum Players: 12
- You cannot enter Free-For-All while in a party.
Battle Mode Gameplay
- Battles begin after the minimum number of participants has entered the map.
- To leave a battle map before a battle is over, click the Leave Room button that is located where the Cash Shop button normally is at the bottom of the screen.
- There are objects that may help or harm you in some of the battle maps.
- Different effects will appear depending on the damage.
- When your HP reaches 0, you will revive in the safe area and start the battle again after three seconds.
- You are restricted from using regular potions and other items in your inventory while in battle maps.
- * Unique items regularly spawn in battle
- Picking them up immediately uses them. There are lots of different items; most help you, but some can hinder you.
- Be careful of the Random Boxes, with the question marks on them. They can temporarily double the scores you earn, grant invincibility, transform you into a monster, or lower your HP or MP.
Champion and Rage
- Periodically, the system will name the first place character as [The Champion].
- A star will appear on top of the character's head if chosen. If he can survive for a minute, he can get extra EXP and points.
- Players who defeat the champion in less than one minute can get extra EXP and points.
- Upon the fifth revival of the Champion, he will get a Rage buff that raises ATT and DEF for two minutes.
Battle Mode - Capture the Flag
- Requirement: Lv.30 or above
- Capture the Flag is a new, Global MapleStory-exclusive match type in Battle Mode, which takes place through Battle Square. Talk to Maximus to get there. He is in most towns.
- Talk to Crawson in Battle Square to compete in Capture the Flag.
- 6-12 players can compete.
- A match lasts up to 10 minutes.
- The first team to successfully capture and score with the opposing team's flag three times wins, ending the match (in the Legend tier, your team must score five times to win).
Battle Mode Rewards
- Score points by defeating your opponents. Higher scores will give more EXP and BP (Battle Points).
- BP can be traded in for Gallant Emblems through the BP Exchanger in Battle Square.
- Gallant Emblems can be used to purchase various items from Larson in Battle Square, including various accessories, Mystery Scrolls (using one gives you a random scroll), and Mystery Recipes (using one gives you a random crafting recipe).
- Gallant Emblems are also required ingredients for some crafting recipes.
- Many of the items sold by Larson give bonus Battle Mode ATT.
- Larson also sells basic arrows and crossbow arrows for mesos in case you're running low.
- A character's Battle Mode rank is displayed next to "Rank" in the Character Info window.
- You can check you Battle EXP and current Battle Points in your Character Stat window.