Black Mage Patch Notes (v180)
Dear Maplers,
The time has come for all Maplers to gather our strength and band together.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Ultra Level-Up!
2. Esfera Daily Quests
3. Screen Resolution
4. New V Skills (Available from 5 December 2018)
5. Existing Skill Adjustments
6. Quality of Life Changes (Project VoM)
7. System Updates
8. Miscellaneous Updates
Improved EXP curve and game progression! It is now easier for everyone to level, so go ahead and blaze onwards to 250!
Hyper Skills
Readjustment of level required to obtain Hyper Skill SP. Total amount of SP awarded remains the same
Hyper SP for Passive Skills will be awarded at the following levels:
140
150
165
180
190
Hyper SP for Active Skills will be awarded at the following levels:
140
160
190
Level requirement for Hyper Skills have also been lowered:
Hyper Passive Skills previously unlocked at Level 143 and 149 will now be available at Level 140.
Hyper Passive Skills previously unlocked at Level 155 and 162 will now be available at Level 150.
Hyper Passive Skills previously unlocked at Level 168 and 177 will now be available at Level 165.
Hyper Passive Skills previously unlocked at Level 183 and 189 will now be available at Level 180.
Hyper Passive Skill previously unlocked at Level 195 will now be available at Level 190.
Hyper Active Skill previously unlocked at Level 150 will now be available at Level 140.
Hyper Active Skill previously unlocked at Level 170 will now be available at Level 160.
Hyper Active Skill previously unlocked at Level 200 will now be available at Level 190.
Inner Ability
All three Inner Abilities can now be unlocked at Level 50.
Honor Medals will not drop from monsters below Level 50.
Honor EXP will not be obtained via Level Up until Level 50.
Field Equipment Improvement
Certain equipment sets obtained from field hunting now have a set effect of increased damage dealt to normal monsters, varying from 0% to 20% increased damage.
Affected sets:
Muspell Set (Level 130)
Fensalir Set (Level 140)
Experience Points Adjustment
Required experience to level up to Level 201 ~ 220 has been decreased by 25%.
Mastery Book Availability Adjustment
Previously obtained Mastery Books from completing various contents in the game has been changed to Mastery Boxes. They can be obtained from Theme Dungeons or Level 100+ contents in-game, such as:
Dimension Library
Lion King’s Castle
Fantasy Theme Park
Silent Crusade
Korean Folk Town
Root Abyss
Crimsonheart Castle
Golden Temple
Mastery Boxes obtained will allow the player to choose between increasing their skill levels to 20 or 30, or obtain 500 Spell Traces.
Maple Guide Improvement
Several areas will now be classified as Towns in the Maple Guide system.
Town stamps can now be obtained via new Town quests. New medals can also be obtained for completing all quests in a certain town.
Quest Difficulty and Reward Adjustment
Level 100 to 200 quests have been adjusted to reward up to 2x more EXP than before, and some quests have their requirements lowered to ease completion.
Mu Lung and Herb Town
Recommended level and monster levels for Mu Lung and Herb Town have been slightly increased. Corresponding quests also have a higher required level to start.
V Job Advancement Reward
Reward for advancing to 5th Job has been adjusted. Two different job-specific V Skill Core Gemstones will now be awarded.
Core Gemstone Weekly Quest
A new quest [Weekly Quest] A Reward for My Thorough Investigation has been added. This quest can be completed by completing [Daily Quest] Investigate the Road to Extinction
twice.
[Weekly Quest] A Reward for My Thorough Investigation rewards 3 Core Gemstones upon completion.
[Weekly Quest] A Reward for My Thorough Investigation resets every Monday at 0000hrs.
Monster Park: Chew Chew Island
Chew Chew Island Monster Park map has been added. It can only be accessed by players who have completed the quest [Chew Chew] Goodbye, Chew Chew Island.
Chew Chew Island Monster Park provides a lot more Experience compared to other Monster Park maps.
Boss Map Death EXP Penalty
EXP Penalty for dying in certain boss maps have been removed:
Balrog
Easy Horntail
Normal Horntail
Chaos Horntail
Temple of Time Field Bosses
Spawn time for the Temple of Time Field Bosses have increased.
Theme Dungeon Field Bosses Entry Limit
Multiple parties can now enter the following boss maps at the same time:
Gold Beach
Golden Temple
Lion King’s Castle Towers
Nearest Town Scrolls
Upon completion of the 1st Job Advancement, the Maple Administrator will now provide 10 Return Scroll – Nearest Town.
Todd’s Hammer
The Todd UI will now show more relevant information when they cannot be extracted and display a reason why they cannot be extracted.
A checkbox can be selected to only show items that can be extracted.
Daily quests for Esfera is now available. Receive Arcane Symbol: Esfera from Daily Quests!
More daily quests can now be immediately completed for players who have completed Esfera’s Story quests.
After completing Esfera story quests, up to 2 rounds of Spirit Savior can be completed immediately, receiving rewards based on the highest score achieved on the same day.
After completing Esfera story quests, 2 daily quests will be requested by Jean in the [Daily Quest] For the Stability of Moras, with the final quest awarding 4 Symbols
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An additional resolution has been added to the game. 1280×720 resolution can now be selected if the monitor/system can support it.
High Resolution Beta Testing has been added. The resolutions 1920×1200 and 1920×1080 can now be selected in the options if the monitor/system can support it.
Should there be any issues faced while using the High Resolution setting, it is recommended that you switch back to 1366×768 or below.
Available 5 December onwards
Each job now has their 3rd V Skill, each allowing all Maplers to push their characters to the limits!
Newly advanced characters after 5 December will receive 3 respective V-Skill Core Gemstones. Existing characters can acquire the new V-Skill Core Gemstone via a quest.
Skills across all classes have received slight adjustments.
Explorers
Archmage (Ice, Lightning)
Lightning Sphere: Cooldown time increased from 60 to 75 seconds.
Thunder Break: Cooldown time increased from 30 to 45 seconds.
Bishop
Holy Magic Shell – Cooltime Reduce: Skill has been removed.
NEW! Holy Magic Shell – Enhance: Increases Damage Reduction by 5%.
Prayer: Final Damage Boost (at Level 25) has been reduced from 70% to 40%.
Final Damage Boost will now fully apply to the caster.
The amount of INT required for every 1% Final Damage Boost has been increased from 1,500 to 2,500.
Night Lord
Mark of Assassin: Throwing Stars’ Attack Boost will now be applied.
Mark of Night Lord: Throwing Stars’ Attack Boost will now be applied.
Viper
Serpent Screw: Energy consumed has been adjusted to 85 regardless of charge.
Energy Consumption Reduction when attacking Boss enemies has been increased from 60% to 70%.
Now consumes 60 energy per second regardless of attack.
Knights of Cygnus
Night Walker
Steadfast Shadow: Amount of times character position can be swapped with the shadow has been increased from 1 to 3 (at Level 25). There is a 0.5 seconds cooldown between summoning the shadow and swapping locations.
Heroes
Aran
Maha’s Brandish: Now stacks combos.
Mercedes
Sylvidia: If used while Elemental Ghost is active, will now have increased final damage accordingly to Elemental Ghost summoned.
Resistance
All Resistance
Infiltrate: Will now be dispelled upon using a summon skill.
Blaster
Charge Mastery: Bullet will not be reloaded automatically when using a charge skill mid-air.
Hurricane Blaster: Maintains Combo Focusing maximum stacks while using skill.
Mechanic
Mech Armor: Tank: Critical Rate boost has been decreased from 50% to 30%.
Over Tuning: Additionally adds 20% Critical Rate.
Homing Missile System Research: Now requires Level 15 Advanced Homing Missile instead of Level 10.
Nova
Kaiser
Advanced Tempest Blades: Increased effective range by 25%.
Guardian of Nova: Differences in casting behaviour due to different Final Form colour configuration has been standardized.
Tempest Blade: Devastate: Increased effective range by 25%.
Angelic Buster
Energy Burst: Duration of Invincibility has been adjusted from 10 seconds to 6 ~ 10 seconds.
Spotlight: Will now be installed in a fixed position based off 1366×768 resolution rather than based on the player’s current screen size.
Child of God
Zero
Advanced Rolling Assault: Visual effect of blades will now match attack range.
Joint Attack: Beta’s first and third attacks’ number of attacks have been increased from 4 to 8 (at Level 25).
Damage dealt has been decreased from 6500% to 3250%.
Flora
Illium
Crystal Ignition: Number of attacks has been increased from 3 to 4.
Changes that our players have asked for have been made into reality! Earlier this year, we have held a Voice of Maplers Project where players submitted various feedback. We are pleased to inform that some feedback have already been implemented into the game, alongside various Quality of Life updates.
Prices of Mastery Book 20 and Mastery Book 30 have been decreased.
Resurrection Flames will now be available in specific Event Shops.
The Innocent Scroll and Ark Innocent Scroll available in the Equipment Enhancement system will now provide appropriate descriptions when they cannot be used.
Sale price of Return Scroll – Nearest Town has been decreased.
Skill window size has been expanded to view more information at once.
Damage Skin window size has been expanded.
The average stage of Burning Field after a normal weekly maintenance has been increased to a minimum of 5.
A daily/weekly quest icon has been added on the left side of the screen. Daily/weekly quests will be categorized into this icon instead of the normal quest lightbulb.
Information/Guide quests are now displayed in blue colour to allow users to easily distinguish between them and regular quests.
Travel time on intercontinental travel ships has been decreased.
Frito’s Steal the Chicken Eggs! now has less stages.
Cutscenes will now be more immersive and will no longer show titles, medals, pets, androids, etc. Quest completion and several other sound effects will also not be played while in cutscenes.
Certain weapon sprites have their positioning adjusted to cover less of the character image.
Item Link feature is now available in chat.
– Click the item link button in the chat window and click on the respective item to display.
Keyboard Configuration can now be removed by double clicking on the icon.
New shortcut keys has been added.
– Battle stats can now be started and stopped with a hotkey.
Character start location in Spirit Savior has been changed.
Items with an expiry within 24 hours will now flash red in the inventory, cash shop inventory, and storage.
Maximum items per slot for Magic Powder items has been increased to 9000.
Capturing monsters no longer require lowered HP to capture.
Search function has been added to the Cash Shop Inventory.
Character limit has been increased for certain megaphones.
New system options have been added.
– Buddy Chat can be toggled in the Chat/Invitation tab
– Avatar Megaphone display on the top right of the screen can be toggled in the Game tab
– Skill sound effects and other sound effects have been separated in the Sound tab
Game Related
Demon Avenger’s damage formula has been adjusted to increase the damage dealt by Demon Avenger in Ursus.
A 30 minute re-entry cooldown has been added for Chaos Papulatus.
Guild Alliance Masters will now only be allowed to leave the Alliance after transferring their Alliance Master position to another Guild Master. Guild Alliances that currently do not have any Alliance Masters will automatically assign one of the Guild Master as the Guild Alliance Master.
Can no longer use pets in Ardentmill and the entry/exit maps of Flag Race.
Certain Achievements known to affect performance have been restricted.
– Combo Kills
– Meso Acquire
– Ring Equipment Acquire
– Defeating Monsters
Channel Restriction Function has been added. The maximum amount of players that can log onto each channel will now be limited. Please access another channel in that case.
Accessible channels for Aquila, Bootes and Cassiopeia has been increased to 30.
Accessible channels for D2J has been increased to 36.
World ranking and job ranking view has been removed from the Character Selection Screen.
The wishlist on the Character Information window has been removed.
Maximum Damage Skin slots has been increased to 30.
A 1 second cooldown will now be applied when registering, collecting, or buying items in the Auction House.
Certain characteristics of specific jobs will now not be visible when riding certain mounts.
Skill Related
Kaiser’s cast delay when using Guardian of Nova while in Final Form has been decreased
Kaiser’s cast delay when using Inferno Breath has been decreased
Illium’s Crystal Control can now be used with the Up Arrow key to instantly move the crystal to the character’s current location
Kanna’s Kishin Shoukan has been adjusted to match overseas services spawn delay benefit.
Final Attack Skills’ attack formula will now use the same attack range of the skills that activate them
Known Fixes
An error where the average level of guilds with users who logged in via the Offline Mode function was lower than it actually is has been fixed.
An error where Essence of Twilight and Brilliant Essence of Twilight could not be obtained from Mysterious Veins and Legendary Veins has been fixed.
An error where searching through guilds would cause the login status to switch from offline to online has been fixed.
An error where the Rune of Zeus would not proc after changing channels has been fixed.
An error where the location of the Weapon Merchant and Armour Merchant in Nautilus Harbour was incorrect has been fixed.
An error where the client will sometimes crash upon exiting Ursus has been fixed.
An error with completing Dimension Library’s Chapter 4/5 with a full inventory has been fixed.
An error where the Black Heaven Blockbuster could not be completed properly has been fixed.
An error where Haven Daily Quest showed an incorrect location has been fixed.
An error where the client might crash when a skill was used on Dragon Rider has been fixed.
An error where the Darkness status could be dispelled by using Capture Mode has been fixed.
An error where the client will crash when Dual Blades use certain skills has been fixed.
An error where the Golden Apple reward window will be shown when using less than the minimum Golden Apple Pieces required has been fixed.
An error where equipping pets on an Angelic Buster will let you choose between modes has been fixed.
An error where the skill voice will sometimes not be played when using a skill and jumping in Kaiser’s Final Form has been fixed.
Known Skill Fixes
An error where the effect of Marksman’s Additional Bolt did not correctly apply to True Sniping, Split Arrow & Erda Nova has been fixed
An error where Mechanic’s Critical Rate would incorrectly be changed to 50% while in Mech Armor: Tank has been fixed
An error where Dark Knight’s Beholder Shock did not have a skill sound has been fixed.
An error where Paladin could not move when cancelling Grand Cross buff has been fixed.
An error where using Flame Wizard’s Infinite Flame Circle might cause the client to close has been fixed.
An error where Dark Sight would be incorrectly cancelled while changing maps has been fixed.
An error where Inner Ability Passive Skill Level +1 applied to certain V Skills has been fixed.
An error where Hero’s Combo Instincts’ Space Cracks would charge Combo Counters has been fixed.
An error where Night Walker’s Shadow Spear effect did not appear correctly has been fixed.
An error where Spider in Mirror incorrectly activated in Dark Sight and Ultimate Dark Sight states have been fixed.
Journey of Destiny
Alone we might fail, but together… we will prevail!
Content Open: 14 November 2018 (After Patch)
Requirements: Level 61+ (Zero classes must complete Story Chapter 2)
How to Start: Click on the Alliance Icon on the left side of the Screen & accept quest [Black Mage] Approaching Fated Time
Ereve calls for aid! We should heed their call and work together with Ollie and the Knights of Cygnus to investigate the cause of the distress…
Content Details
Discover the story that follows after the happenings in Esfera, the Sea of Beginning. A new story is about to unfold, as we head on through the Journey of Destiny alongsiede the Maple Alliance
The Alliance Outpost is the starting point for the Tenebris Expedition. This quest must be completed before proceeding with the rest of the Tenebris Expedition
Upon completion, the following will be available:
– Access to the Outpost
– Desire Gauge (for more details refer below
– Warrior Alliance Rank
– Change in Maple World: Alliance’s Support
– Defence Mission: Scattered Desire
Brimming with Desire? Great!
Content Open: 14 November 2018 (After Patch)
Requirements: Level 61+ (Zero classes must complete Story Chapter 2)
How to Start: Complete the Alliance Outpost Questline
Pushing forward in the Journey of Destiny, Maplers must collect and contribute their Desire. With the new content/event style Desire Gauge, players can contribute their desire alongside other Alliance Members of Maple World to gain Alliance Medals. As the Desire Gauge fills, the next step to take should become clearer…
Content Details
Once the Alliance Outpost map has been unlocked, players can collect Desire to fill the Desire Gauge via numourous activities/events that will happen throughout the Black Mage Patch
Desire can also be obtained at a certain rate by staying in the outpost upon obtaining a Wishes of the Alliance skill from NPC Grendel in the outpost
A maximum of 10,000 Desire per day per character. Players will be unable to obtain any more Desire upon reaching the maximum limit.
Lucky… Lucky… Lucky!
Content Duration: 14 November 2018 (After Patch) ~ 20 November 2018, 2359hrs
Requirements: Level 61+ (Zero classes must complete Story Chapter 2)
How to Start: Click on the Alliance Icon onthe left hand side of the Screen & Accept Quest [Black Mage] Heroes Gathering
Reward Claim Period: 21 November 2018, 0000hrs ~ 4 December 2018, 2359hrs
Reward Eligibility: Must complete the specified quest within the Content Duration period
Now Recruiting: Maple Alliance! Everyone above Level 61 is eligible to join, and who says your hard work won’t pay off here? Upon completing the Alliance Outpost Questline and joining the Alliance, Empress Cygnus will be providing a form of support to all players, and a lucky few might walk away with big prizes!
Content Details
The Alliance Outpost Questline must be completed within the Gathering of Heroes content period in order to be eligible for rewards
Rewards obtained are limited to once per MapleID
Should rewards not be claimed during the Reward Claim Period, the reward boxes will not be available any more
You will receive a total of 4 Boxes:
– Heroes Gathering Pet Box
– Heroes Gathering Beauty Box
– Heroes Gathering Item Box
– Heroes Gathering Money Box
Each box will contain a guaranteed set of rewards, and a raffle chance to obtain special items!
Available Rewards
Heroes Gathering Pet Box
100% Guaranteed Reward:
Petite Nineheart Pet Coupon
→ Coupon = 3 days
→ Pet = 90 days
Petite Nineheart Pet Equipment Coupon
→ Coupon = 3 days
→ Pet = 90 days
Raffle Rewards:
Premium Water of Life x3
→ Coupon = 3 days
→ Item = Permanent
Scuba Ducky Pet Coupon
→ Coupon is tradeable (pet is not)
→ Coupon = Permanent
→ Pet = 90 days
Harp Seal pet Coupon
→ Coupon is tradeable (pet is not)
→ Coupon = Permanent
→ Pet = 90 days
Von Bon of Hot Summer Day Pet Coupon
→ Coupon is tradeable (pet is not)
→ Coupon = Permanent
→ Pet = 90 days
Ice Knight Pet Coupon
→ Coupon is tradeable (pet is not)
→ Coupon = Permanent
→ Pet = 90 days
Package of 1st Heores Pet
→ Coupon is tradeable (pet is not)
→ Coupon = Permanent
→ Pet = 90 days
Package of 2nd Heroes Pet
→ Coupon is tradeable (pet is not)
→ Coupon = Permanent
→ Pet = 90 days
Full Package of 3 Petite Commanders’ Pets
→ Coupon is tradeable (pet is not)
→ Coupon = Permanent
→ Pet = 90 days
Full Package of 3 Miracle Lucid Pets
→ Coupon is tradeable (pet is not)
→ Coupon = Permanent
→ Pet = Permanent
Package of Wonderberry Black Label Series 1 Pet
→ Coupon is tradeable (pet is not)
→ Coupon = Permanent
→ Pet = 90 days
Heroes Gathering Beauty Box
100% Guaranteed Reward:
Hero Collection Royal Hair Coupon
→ Coupon = 3 days
Trendy Royal Comestic Coupon
→ Coupon = 3 days
Raffle Rewards:
Dye Luxury Coupon & Skin Care Coupon
→ Coupons = 3 days
Seran Hair Coupon (F)
Round Hair Coupon (M)
Pure Bobbed Hair Coupon (F)
Maze Hair Coupon (M)
Mina Hair Coupon (F)
Chess hair Coupon (M)
Lady Blair Hair Coupon (F)
Bling Guardian Hair Coupon (M)
Bling Mystique Hair Coupon (F)
Master Label Series 4 Hair Coupon (Select one)
→ Coupon is tradeable
Heroes Gathering Item Box
100% Guaranteed Reward:
Damage Skin – Shinsoo Coupon
→ Coupon = 3 days
→ Coupon is inter-account tradeable
White Spear Chair
Three 3x EXP Coupon (15 mins)
→ Coupon = 3 days
→ Coupon is inter-account tradeable
Raffle Rewards:
20 Suspicious Additional Cubes
200 Core Gemstones
→ Tradable
Sun Chair
→ Tradable
Unique Potential Scroll 100%
→ Tradable
Lucidroid Coupon
→ Tradable if unused
Legendary Dominator Pendant
→ Tradable if unused
Legendary Papulatus Mark
→ Tradable if unused
Gem Bird Mount (Permanent) Coupon
→ Tradable
Augmented Will’s Soul
→ Tradable
12* Star Force Enhancement Sroll for level 160+ Coupon
→ Tradable
Legendary Absolabs Equipment Full Package
→ Tradable if unused
Heroes Gathering Money Box
100% Guaranteed Reward:
1,000 Mileage
Raffle Rewards:
3,000 Maple Points
30,000 Maple Points
50,000 Maple Points
100,000 Maple Points
500,000 Maple Points
1,000,000 Maple Points Coupon
300 Million Mesos
500 Million Mesos
1 Billion Mesos
5 Billion Mesos
10 Billion Mesos
Change in Maple World
Support is both the easiest and hardest thing to provide.
Content Open: 14 November 2018 (After Patch) ~ 27 November 2018, 2359hrs
Requirements: Level 61+ (Zero classes must complete Story Chapter 2)
How to Start: Complete Alliance Outpost questline
Now that you are a part of the Maple Alliance, get ready for fiercer battles, and at the same time build rapport with your allies. When you need assistance, the Alliance will fully support you and back you up in this time of need!
Content Details
Upon spawning an Elite Monster, 1 of 3 support will be provided by the Alliance
– Elite Monsters will also drop 100 Desire
Only players who had completed the Alliance Outpost questline will be able to trigger this feature
Alliance Support will only last for 30 seconds every instance
Alliance Support has a cooldown of 3 minutes
Support will disappear upon changing channels or maps
Defence Missions
What do you mean you’ve lost it?!
Content Duration: 14 November 2018 (After Patch) ~ 27 November 2018, 2359hrs
Requirements: Level 61+ (Zero classes must complete Story Chapter 2)
How to Start: Talk to NPC Athena Pierce at the Outpost and accept quest [Alliance Quest] Defense Mission: Scattered Desires
What is the difference between a responsible Alliance Member and an irresponsible one? Responsible Alliance Members don’t scatter their stuff around. That being said, you, the very definition of Responsible with a capital R, can now seize this golden opportunity to gather Scattered Desire from the wilderness of Maple!
Content Details
After accepting the quest from NPC Athena, you will be given an “Ember of Desire”
The Ember of Desire can be installed in any monster map with monsters within your level range
There is no limit to the amount of Embers installed in the same map
Each person can only install 1 Ember at a time
Upon installing the ‘Ember’, you will be required to collect a certain amount of Desire Fragments dropped from level range monsters
You can only obtain a maximum of 10,000 Desire per day (in accordance to your desire gauge)
Should the provided ‘Ember of Desire’ be discarded, another one can be obtained by talking to NPC Athena (remember, responsibility!)
