Updates

15 Dec 2015

M.I.B Event Notes for December 2015



TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. M.I.B Codename: Defrost Series of Events
2. Special Hair Makeover Event
3. Return of Happyville
4. Honey? Honey! Event
5. New Year’s Rice Cake Soup
6. Lady Blair’s Dream Express Season 2



1. M.I.B Codename: Defrost Series of Events



  MIB Codename: Defrost – Frozen & Hot Hero  



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Event Period: Ongoing til 26th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

• Accept the quest ‘[Event] MIB Frozen Hero? Hot Hero?’ from the MIB Coin Icon. After accepting your quest, you will be determined whether your account is COLD or HOT by checking the nametag given to you, located at the left side of your character IGN

Rewards will also be given out according to the respective conditions of the account:

Hot Hero
• Condition: Maple accounts that are active from 16th September 2015, 0600hrs – 11th November 2015, 0600hrs (GMT+8)
• Items Obtained: ‘Passionate Hot Hero’ title and Frozen Hero’s Energy skill

Returning Frozen Hero
• Condition: Maple accounts that are inactive from 16th September 2015, 0600hrs – 11th November 2015, 0600hrs (GMT+8)
• Items Obtained: ‘Returning Frozen Hero’ title and an Ice Hat Coupon

Overnight Frozen Hero
• Condition: Maple accounts that are newly created during the event period
• Items Obtained: ‘Overnight Frozen Hero’ title and an Ice Hat Coupon

Hot and Cold Special Effects & Bonuses
• If you are a Hot Hero, you will obtain the Frozen Hero’s Energy skill, which can be casted near a Frozen Warrior
• Upon a successful casting, the Frozen Hero will receive a buff from the Hot Hero’s skill, while the caster will receive a Cold Box
• If you have a Frozen Hero in a party, you will gain a 5% additional EXP boost!
• You can stack the EXP boost by inviting even more Frozen Heros, but the boost will be capped at 20%



  MIB Codename: Defrost – MIB Briefcase & Shop  



Event Period: Ongoing til 2nd February 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

Keep an eye out for MIB briefcases which are dropped from hunting monsters within your level range! There’s a bunch of items to be obtained such as M.I.B coins, which can be used for purchasing items in shops such as the Agent I M.I.B Shop, as well as shops found in the Korean Folk Town and Happyville events!



  MIB Codename: Defrost – Best Friends Forever  



Event Period: Ongoing til 26th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

Do you wanna be the best of friends? Accept the quest ‘[Event] MIB Want to be Friends’ from the M.I.B Coin Icon to begin your journey.

Participation Conditions
• Head around Maple World and look for your significant other Hero
• Establish your friendship by being account buddies
• After which, you can then become Best Friends by right clicking the other player and selecting the ‘Best Friend’ option
• Only Account Buddies can be Best Friends

Note:
• Once registered, you cannot add any other players to be your Best Friend
• Best Friends are on account level,

Rewards: MIB Coins, Hot and Cold effect (when the BFF are close to each other), can proceed to the following quest, ‘[Event] MIB When Colds Meets Heat’



  MIB Codename: Defrost – When Colds Meets Heat  



Event Period: Ongoing til 26th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

• Upon completing the ‘M.I.B. Want to be Friends’ quest, accept the quest ‘[Event] MIB When Colds Meets Heat’ from the M.I.B Coin Icon
• Agent I will be giving you a leveling quest depending on your level, which upon completion will net you and your best friend with some rewards

• Rewards: Friendship Glowing Stormy Growth Secret Remedy and Friendship Glowing Gift Box

Note:
• Friendship Glowing Stormy Growth Secret Remedy can only be used by players between level 100-199



  MIB Codename: Defrost – Road of Guildmates  



Event Period: Ongoing til 26th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

• Aside from friends, guilds will also be apart of the M.I.B event participation
• Accept the quest ‘M.I.B. Road of Guildmates’ from the M.I.B Coin icon / NPC Heracle from the Guild Headquarters
• The quest will be completed once you join a guild, it is also accepted if you are already part of a guild

• Rewards: Silver Guild Word Bubble Ring (30 Days), Guild Contribution Pouch

MIB Guild Benefits! (Daily)

• Accept the daily quest ‘[Daily] Guild Benefit!’ from the M.I.B Coin icon / NPC Heracle from the Guild Headquarters
• The participant must have a guild to accept/finish the quest
• Obtain the required Contribution Points to finish the quest

• Rewards: MIB Coins, Contribution Pouch

Note:
• Daily Quest can only be done once per day during the event duration

Guild Boosts

The following Guild bonuses are in effect during this event period as well:

• Guild Support items (G Potions and Guild’s Blessings) will be given out daily instead of every Monday during the event period



  MIB Codename: Defrost – Operation Name: Crash!  



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Event Period: Ongoing til 26th January 2015, 2359hrs (GMT +8)

• Between 1pm to 10pm each day, a Giant Ice Cube may spawn in Henesys or Leafre. Fight together with everyone to defeat it!
• You can only use the Normal Attack button to hit the Giant Ice Cube. When successfully defeated, it will drop Ice Cube Gift Pouches (which you can open for prizes), M.I.B. Briefcases, Scroll Traces, mesos, and potions.

Note:
• If you fail to break it, the Ice Cube will disappear and you will need to wait for another one to spawn again



  MIB Codename: Defrost – Maple Contents Book  



Event Period: Ongoing til 26th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 13+, Zero must complete Chapter 2 to participate

You can access the Maple Contents Book by clicking the Maple Content Book icon. Here, you can see many different contents of MapleStory! Each content has 3 stages to clear, each one providing its own reward upon completion:

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If you complete every single content, you will gain 200 M.I.B Coins!



  MIB Codename: Defrost – Attendance Check Event  



Season 1 Event Period: Ongoing til 15th December 2015, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Season 2 Event Period: 16th December 2015 (after Server Check) ~ 19th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

Click the Calendar Icon to get a prompt indicating an available Attendance event and its guide
Once per day during the event period, Cassandra will stamp on your attendance after you helped her with her request. Tangyoon will ask you to defeat 300 monsters on your level range and gain 30 Star Points by playing Star Planet Games for her attendance event quests.

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Attendance Rewards for Seasons 1 & 2



  MIB Codename: Defrost – Return of Korean Folk Town  



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Event Period: Ongoing til 12th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

Korean Folk Town has returned although not the entire area but you’ll be able to visit the town and do the quest by accepting the quest ‘Korean Folk Town Returned’ from the the M.I.B Coin Icon

Complete Daily Quests once a day per character during the event duration to receive rewards such as special tickets to access some games to get mesos, Scroll Traces, M.I.B. Coins and etc.

You can purchase items from NPC Mr. Noh using M.I.B. Coins.



2. Special Hair Makeover Event



Event Period: 2nd December 2015 (after Server Maintainence) ~ 15th December 2015, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

Accept the quest [Event] For Everyone’s Beauty from either NPC Big Headward or the Star Icon on the left side of the screen.

Daily Special Hair Makeover

Once a day, you can receive this quest from NPC Big Headward where he will give you a random hairstyle that sticks onto your character for up to 20 minutes, before reverting back to the previous hairstyle. You will receive an Unlimited Hair Makeover Stamp.

Understanding Beauty

If you have expanded the daily hair makeover, you can keep getting your temporary hairstyle changed by accepting this quest, where you will be tasked to collect 10 Attractive Rose from monsters within your level. Each turn in grants you an additional Unlimited Hair Makeover Stamp.

Stamp Exchange

Collect stamps to exchange them for the following items!:

• Unlimited Hair Makeover Potion (require 1 x Unlimited Hair Makeover Stamp) – random hairstyle obtained from potion is temporary and will only last for 20 minutes, before reverting back to the previous hairstyle – hairstyle cannot be saved in the Beauty Salon UI

• Mass-market Unlimited Makeover Hair Coupon (require 5 x Unlimited Hair Makeover Stamp) – random hairstyle obtained from NPC Headward is permanent – hairstyle can be saved in the Beauty Salon UI

• Premium Unlimited Makeover Event Hair Coupon (require 15 x Unlimited Hair Makeover Stamp) – random hairstyle obtained from NPC Headward is permanent – able to obtain more advanced hairstyles compared to the Mass-market Coupon – hairstyle can be saved in the Beauty Salon UI

• Choice Unlimited Makeover Event Hair Coupon (require 100 x Unlimited Hair Makeover Stamp) – chosen hairstyle obtained from NPC Headward is permanent – hairstyle can be saved in the Beauty Salon UI



3. Return of Maple Happyville



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Event Period: 9th December 2015 (after Server Maintainence) ~ 5th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

Happyville returns with a touch of nostalgia! Take the quest ‘Happyville Returned’ to visit Happyville. This little Christmas themed town is filled with things to do!:

• Slay the Returned Crimson Balrog
• Visit the old newbie hunting spots
• Purchase old unique equipment with MIB coins!
• And of course, the annual tree decorating with friends!



4. Honey? Honey! Event



Event Period: 23rd December 2015 (after Server Maintainence) ~ 5th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

The Honey Butterfly returns! Click on the Honey Jar Icon on the left side of the screen to begin!

This event will provide you with a permanent butterfly mount that can fly while you’re in towns! All you need to do after is to customize your butterfly mount!

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To customize your mount, all you need to do is just the following:

• Fill up the Honey Jar UI with honey points, gained from killing monsters within your level range
• From the Honey Jar Icon, select the quest “[Honey? Honey!] Play With Honey Butterfly And Adorn It!”
• Decorate each part of the Butterfly as you wish until you get the look that you want!
• While decorating, don’t forget to fill up the hearts at the top of the UI
• Every 10 Honey Jars spent is equivalent to 1 heart filled
• Each day, starting from the bottom, you can obtain each title whenever you select ‘Receive Gift’ after filling up the hearts
• You get to keep your pretty mount after!



5. New Year’s Rice Cake Soup



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Event Period: 23rd December 2015 (after Server Maintainence) ~ 5th January 2016, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Minimum level requirement: Level 33+

Ever wanted to be a chef in MapleSEA? Then here’s your chance to do it! Look for NPC Tangyoon in the Event Map and help collect ingredients for him!

• Collect ingredients for NPC Tangyoon in the Event Map each day, up to 15 times.
• A different reward is given at every 5th, 10th and 15th turn in. You get MIB coins on top of the normal turn-in reward as well.
• Complete 30 turn-ins for a “Rice Cake Soup Conoisseur” medal
• Complete 150 turn-ins for a “Slurp Rice Cake Soup Competitive Eater” medal
• The stats on the medals obtained from this event are not permanent



6. Lady Blair’s Dream Express Season 2



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Season 1 Event Period: 11th November 2015 ~ 17th November 2015, 2359hrs (GMT +8)
Season 2 Event Period: 23rd December 2015 ~ 30th December 2015, 2359hrs (GMT +8)

• For a limited time during the event period, you will be able to transfer most cash items between your characters within the same world.

Just follow these simple steps:

1. Enter the Cash Shop.
2. Pick an eligible item you would like to transfer to a different character, and ensure that it is in your Cash Inventory/Wardrobe.
3. Right-click the item.
4. Click the ‘Transfer’ button.
5. Select the recipient of the item from the drop down.
6. Click the ‘OK’ button.

The selected item will now appear in the other character’s Cash Inventory/Wardrobe the next time you login to that character.

Note:
• You can only transfer cash items between characters in the same world.
• All jobs are able to transfer cash items between each other.
• Cash Item Tranfer between two Explorers will still be the same as they already share their Cash Inventory
• There are a few items that are not able to be transferred
- Shop Permits and Hired Merchants
- Friendship and Couple items