Founders are two weeks ahead
Founder's Access opened Oct 6 and those characters carry over. Until the Oct 15 patch, kills from burn and bleed damage gave double EXP and drops.
NexonGrand Launch · Oct 21, 2026
ClassicWorld
Unofficial field guide · updated Oct 21, 2026Old-school MapleStory is back as its own game. It's Maple Island and Victoria Island only, with four jobs, a level cap of 100, no 3rd job yet, and a few systems the original never had.
- 4jobs
- Lv. 100level cap
- 2ndhighest job
- 6bosses
- 3characters per account
Mesos 0Kills 0
Tap a monster. Everyone can land critical hits in Classic.
Before you log in
Six things that catch people out on day one.
Each fact says where it comes from:
Nexon Nexon's own posts
Fan recap fan write-ups of the Oct 17 stream
Player-tested measured by players in the beta
Community Board
New accounts can't trade yet
Trading unlocks 24 hours after a character on your account reaches Lv. 15.
NexonOnly 3 characters
That's the limit per account. Deleting a character has a waiting period before it's gone.
NexonNo 3rd job yet
The cap is Lv. 100, but jobs stop at 2nd job. Nexon is reworking 3rd job, Orbis and El Nath before they return.
NexonMegaphones need Lv. 15
It was Lv. 10 before launch. Megaphones already in your inventory keep the old requirement.
NexonOnly NX is shared
Maple Points, MVP perks, character names and items stay in regular MapleStory. Bans apply to both games.
NexonSince Founder's Access
Founder's Access ran from Oct 6. Comparing its notes with today's shows what launch adds and what got fixed along the way.
- NEWHousing in Henesys and Kerning City
- NEWStumpy joins as the 6th boss
- NEWExcavation Site in Perion
- NEWLie Detector Test and the Truth Booth
- CHANGETrade lock on new accounts
- CHANGEMegaphones need Lv. 15
- CHANGEKerning City PQ on channels 3–12 (was 3–6)
- CHANGEKorean (beta) added. Chat only accepts English, Spanish and Korean charactersOct 15
- FIXBurn and bleed kills gave double EXP and dropsOct 15
- FIXCoconuts sold to shops for 145 mesos, now 10Oct 8
- FIXBandit's Steal worked even on missed attacksOct 15
- FIXCleric's Heal reached too far and worked without enough MPOct 8
- FIXShops opened during Dark Sight were invisibleOct 15
- FIXThe Lucky Day effect blocked 100% scrollsOct 15
- SAIDBusy training maps, with players competing for spawns
- SAIDLogin queues. One video describes 2-hour waits
- SAIDToo few channels for the crowd
- SAIDBots and macro users in popular maps
- FIXNexon did move Kerning City PQ off channels 1 and 2 because they were too busy NexonOct 8
The first four come from reviews, videos and Steam comments, so treat them as unverified. Expect launch day to be at least as busy, since the game is now free for everyone.
Victoria Island
At launch, the whole world is Maple Island and Victoria Island. Pick a place on the map to see what's there.
Field bosses
Six bosses at launch. Players report they respawn about every hour, and Jr. Balrog every 3 hours. Player-tested
Pick a job
Four Explorer jobs and two advancements. Pirates aren't in, and 3rd job is still being reworked.
Level journey
Drag the slider to see what opens up as you level. The job shown follows your pick above.
30
Lv. · jobFighter
Crafting skill cap
6 / 10Crafting level N needs character level 5 × N. Player-tested
Party EXP bonus
+30%Approximate, by party size. Player-tested
New in Classic
Systems the original game never had. Forgotten Hollow and Citizenship were built just for Classic World.
Combat and scrolls
Players measured most of these in the closed tests. Nexon hasn't published the formulas, so treat the numbers as close, not exact.
| Mechanic | Original | Classic World |
|---|
Monster defense is a percentage. Damage is multiplied by 100 ÷ (100 + DEF), so Mushmom (DEF 15) takes 87%. Fighting above your level costs about a third of your damage at 10 levels up. Player-tested
Dying costs EXP. A Safety Charm prevents it. The EXP curve looks like the original's, and the level table already runs to Lv. 120. Nexon Player-tested
Pumpkin Basket
One-handed Sword · Halloween reward
- Attack speed
- Fast
- Weapon ATT
- +27
- Speed
- +3
- Enhancements left
- 7
- Successful
- 0
Classic uses old-style scrolls. Each try uses one of the item's enhancement slots, and Chaos scrolls can destroy it. Try your luck on the Pumpkin Basket from the Halloween event.
Player-tested rates
Nexon hasn't published how many stats each tier adds, so this only counts successes. It assumes a failed scroll still uses up the slot, as in the original.
What's next
Dates come from the MapleStory Fest stream on Oct 17. Nexon hasn't posted a written recap, so these rely on fan write-ups that agree with each other.
Oct 21 · today
Grand Launch
- Housing, the Lie Detector Test, Stumpy and the Excavation Site
- The Journey Begins and The Marks We Leave Behind events
- Free to play for everyone
Nexon
Oct 28
Halloween
- Malady's Halloween Candies quest and the Pumpkin Basket
- Orange Slimes invade Henesys, Ellinia, Kerning City and Perion
- Both run until Nov 18
Nexon
Nov 18
Forgotten Hollow
- A new area for Lv. 39–59 with a new field boss, Rotten Mushmom
- Enter from the Tree Dungeon near Ellinia or deep in Sleepywood
- Moon Bunny's Rice Cake PQ (Lv. 11+) for a limited time
Fan recap Nexon's own notes say "November".
Dec 9
Guilds and Happyville
- Create guilds in Lith Harbor, with a guild mark. Guild houses come later
- A new Forgotten Hollow party quest for Lv. 41+
- Happyville returns with Christmas events
Fan recap
Early 2027
3rd job test server
- 3rd job was playable in August's closed test, then pulled to rework the progression
- The live release has no date yet
Nexon Fan recap
No date
Ossyria and the first raid
- Orbis and El Nath return after their rework
- Archon, Classic World's first boss raid
- Pirates weren't mentioned at all
Fan recap
Launch events
Dates are in UTC, with your local time where the hour matters. Everything here is from Nexon's release notes.
The Journey Begins
Oct 21 18:00 – Nov 18 23:59 UTC · Lv. 10+
Accept the quest from Maple Administrator, collect 30 Maple Leaves from Lv. 10+ monsters, and hand them in once a day per account. Missing a day doesn't reset your count.
Tap a day to stamp it as claimed. Stamps are saved in this browser only.
| Date | Event | How to win | Your time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22 | Jump quest | Finish the course in 15 minutes. Haste and Teleport are off. | |
| Nov 6 | Coconut Harvest | Two teams, 5 minutes, melee only. Harry sells melee weapons on the map. | |
| Dec 19 | Up and Up | Climb three stages of ladders and portals in 6 minutes. Wrong portals send you back. |
Talk to Paul when the Event Door opens. Everyone gets an Event Trophy. You can't enter if you already hold a Scroll of Secrets or joined a GM event in the last 24 hours.
Win a GM event→Scroll of Secrets→Chun Ji, Kerning City Construction Site→Magic Box→Mr. Pickall→Random prize
Cash Shop
Nexon says Classic won't sell anything that raises stats or speeds up leveling. This is what's for sale at launch. 1,000 NX is about US$1.
Convenience
Cosmetics
Mystery crates can't be bought in Belgium, Slovakia or Brazil.
- EXP coupons
- Cubes and Potential
- Anything that raises stats
Nexon's stated policy. None of these appear in the launch listings. Nexon
The grey areaPet auto-potion and auto-pickup skills are only sold for NX. They don't add stats, but they make grinding much easier.
Leaf PointsA Classic-only cash currency you earn from events. Founders got 11,000 in their first week. NX is shared with regular MapleStory, Leaf Points aren't.
Founder's PackagesSales ended Oct 14. Buyers must claim their items from the in-game mailbox by Nov 30.
Sources
Compiled on Oct 21, 2026, a few hours before launch.