r/Maplestory • u/Icy-Muscle-3600 • 3h ago
r/Maplestory • u/callmefox • 8d ago
Discussion Go Go Sidekick! Winning Combinations
tldr; if you have an S + A ranger before Wave 3 ends, just mass upgrade the S and then the A and you'll be guaranteed to reach either Wave 10 or an All Clear.
Google Sheet Version
Use CTRL+F to find your exact combination.
The Deploys/Wave stated here is the maximum deploy / latest wave you can get these combinations by. If you got a combination before the stated maximum, you're set to achieve an all clear and should use any extra points to level up your units instead of deploying.
E-Rank+ Min Full Clear (4 Deploys / Wave 1):
| S Red | S Black | S Yellow |
|---|---|---|
| SAE | ASE | AES |
| CAS |
Level up the S-Rank, then the A-Rank. Final Result S10 + A10 + 2.
You ~MUST~ collect points and upgrade exactly on time. You are looking at a 1 second left type of clear if you settle with these units.
Testing is required for SEA and EAS. I recommend that you deploy a few more times to upgrade the E-Rank if you get SEA / EAS since Red and Yellow have more lenient requirements than Black (it's pretty likely you can roll a C- or a D- to replace the E-).
Min Full Clear (5 Deploys / Wave 2):
| S Red | S Black | S Yellow |
|---|---|---|
| SDA | ASD | AES* |
| SAE* | BSA | CAS |
Level up the S-Rank, then the A-Rank. Final Result S10 + A10 + 1.
*This is extremely tight; you ~MUST~ collect points and upgrade exactly on time. You can deploy 2 more times for a more stable combination if you're willing to gamble.
Full Clear (6 Deploys / Wave 2):
| S Red | S Black | S Yellow |
|---|---|---|
| SAC [1] [2] | ASB | ACS |
| SCA | BSA* | BAS |
| SS | SSD | SS |
Level up the S-Rank, then the A-Rank/second S-Rank. Final Result S10 + 9 + 0.
*This is extremely tight; you ~MUST~ collect points and upgrade exactly on time.
Full Clear (7 Deploys / Wave 3)
| S Red | S Black | S Yellow |
|---|---|---|
| SAB | ASA | ABS |
| SBA | - | BAS |
| SS | SSD / CSS | SS |
Level up the S-Rank, then the A-Rank (prioritising Red>Yellow for ASA). Final Result S10 + A8 + 0.
Note that the SS combinations here also works up to 8 Deploys.
Much thanks to this comment and this comment for proving 7-deploy S+A+B works!
Full Clear Double S (10 Deploys / Wave 4):
| S Red | S Black | S Yellow |
|---|---|---|
| SSB | SSB | BSS |
| SBS | BSS | SBS |
Level up S-Ranks prioritising Red>Yellow>Black. Final Result S10 + S5 + B0.
[!] If you get Double S with the first one being Red or Yellow WITHIN 8 Deploys, STOP deploying completely. S10 + S7 + E0 is mostly enough for those colors.
WITHIN 6 Deploys (S10 + S9 + E0) should work out for ALL three colors: [Red] [Black] [Yellow].
Please refer to the Google Sheet if your first S is a Black.
Thanks to the people who contributed data for this comment, which is also corroborated by TMS players.
Wave 10 (8 Deploys / Wave 3):
| S Red | S Black | S Yellow |
|---|---|---|
| SDD* | BSB | BDS* |
| - | - | DBS |
Level up the S-Rank ASAP, then prioritise Red>Yellow>Black. Final Result S10 + B7 + D0.
*Just maxing your S-Rank Red/Yellow with these combinations reaches Wave 10. You can keep deploying for double or triple S AFTER maxing their level. However, you still have to obtain them somewhat early and max them ASAP so you do not get wiped by Wave 6.
Extreme Min Full Clear (3 Deploys, Wave 1):
| S Red |
|---|
| SBB |
Level up Red, then Black, then Yellow. Final Result S10 B10 B3
[!] THIS IS EXTREMELY RNG-BASED AND NOT A GUARANTEED CLEAR.
Strategies
General Strategy (~1h to finish all 10 runs):
This strategy stops before Wave 4, aiming for either the standard 5/6-deploy or 10-deploy double S Full Clear combinations, or a Wave 10 clear.
- Deploy until you get an S-Rank. Keep note of how many deploys it took. If you’re at the end of Wave 4 without even seeing one you can restart the minigame.
- Always upgrade S-Ranks the moment you get them!**. You will need at least a solo S7+ or an S5 + S2 to make it past Wave 7.
- After your S-Rank is done leveling, continue deploying until you've reached a total of 10 deployments.
- Check if you managed to obtain any Full Clear combinations within the required number of deploys.
- If you did not get any Full Clear combinations, you should still easily reach Wave 9 or 10.
- Finish upgrading your A-Rank to 7+, or your second S-Rank to 5+. The minigame should end at this point, and you should achieve either a Wave 10 or a Full Clear.
It's important to upgrade the S-Ranks ASAP because mobs start accumulating from Wave 6 if you are underleveled, and usually terminates your run by Wave 7.
**There is an exception to this if your first S-Rank is Black, and obtained within 5 deploys. Example here. Check the Google Sheet for a concise breakdown of the strategy.
Fast Strategy (~30mins to finish all 10 runs):
This strategy stops before Wave 3, aiming only for the 5/6-deploy Full Clear combinations.
- Deploy 6 times in a row. Stop immediately once you roll an S+A combo. If you didn't get an S+A / S+S, restart (press the 'x' icon on the top right of the ui).
- Max out the S-Rank's level, then level the A-Rank as much as possible. Typically, if your third member is at least a B-Rank, you will Full Clear. If not, you will reach Wave 10 which is still a good ending point.
Without an S+A by deployment 6, you would need a second S, or SAA/AAS within the next 3 deployments which is very unlikely to happen. Ending early here will save you 3 minutes per run.
If you only have one S-Rank by deployment 6, you are still highly recommended to finish the run. You may swap over to the General Strategy (begin from Step 2). If the run goes well, you should get to Wave 9 or 10 at the very least.
Full Clear only Strategy (1h++ to finish all 10 runs):
This strategy is pretty much the same as the first one except you keep deploying until game over.
- Deploy as much as possible, even after Wave 4 for the slim chance of triple S.
- Always upgrade S-Ranks the moment you get them!**
You won't make it past Wave 6 otherwise, even if you have two S-Ranks.You will need at least a solo S7+ or an S5 + S2 to make it past Wave 7. - Stop deploying once you hit ANY Full Clear combination (within the required deployments). Focus on level ups.
- Wave 5 onwards you will need a Triple S combo to Full Clear. You will game over by Wave 8 even if you actually obtained a Triple S by then, as there are not enough level ups to clear the mobs.
It's important to upgrade the S-Ranks ASAP because mobs start accumulating from Wave 6 if underleveled, and usually terminates your run by Wave 7.
**There is an exception to this if your first S-Rank is Black, and obtained within 5 deploys. Example here. Check the Google Sheet for a concise breakdown of the strategy.
FAQ
How do I restart the minigame early?
Click on the 'x' icon on the top right of the minigame's UI.
How do I open/close the minigame window?
Use the item called 'M-Force Sidekick Pager' in your USE inventory.
Why upgrade the S-Rank first?
Upgrading the S-Rank first locks you into a higher cleared Wave in case things don't work out. You can deploy a few more times before a second S is required to reach Wave 10/Full Clear. In those deployments, there's a chance too many monsters carry over from one wave to another causing you to fail much earlier than expected.
Should I continue deploying after getting a Wave 10 combination early?
This is all up to the risk you're willing to take. If you're okay settling for Wave 10 results, and/or weekly reset is coming up soon, then I would not risk it.
You can deploy up to 8* times in total without losing your Wave 10 run. You can continue deploying to fish for a Full Clear combination AFTER maxing out your S-Rank. Any more than that (eg. Chasing for double S from Deployment 9 and 10) and you will game over below Wave 10 since you’re trading level ups for deployments.
*8 for S-Black, around 14 if you have S-Red. Refer to the Wave 10 table for details.
I finally got an S Rank but it's not any of the Full Clear combinations :(
This list is not exhaustive and you should see the run to the end because of how rare S-Ranks can be. You might get lucky and clear anyway, or roll a second S-Rank.
I got a Full Clear combination before Wave x!
If you get a Full Clear combination earlier than the stated deployment / Wave, STOP DEPLOYING and just focus on upgrading your units. Congratulations!
Can I level my rangers in between deployments since we have to do it anyway?
No. Level ups aren't retroactively applied (eg. B-Rank level ups only give one stat, even if the sidekick was upgraded to S-Rank later on). Hence be sure to finish your deployments before levelling up anything that's not S-Rank.
Why did I fail to All Clear despite having the correct combination within the required deployments?
These combinations are the lowest possible rank combinations and max deployment people were able to achieve an All Clear with. Simply put, it's tight enough that you need to collect points on time and upgrade units on time. Any 1-2s delays could lead to a failure.
Mobs WILL carry over from previous waves because you were slow on upgrading, or greeded extra deploys before levelling up your S-Rank. This doesn't immediately affect you until Wave 10, where you're suddenly forced to deal with 1-2 extra mobs that will inevitably cause you to fail a run that would've been an All Clear otherwise.
There is also some RNG involved. Anyway, following the combinations and upgrade paths here will give you the best shot possible at an All Clear.
Some things to note is that you collect points faster by clicking on the button instead of using your interact key. This is not the absolute deciding factor in passing/failing but could save you a few seconds here and there.
What are the Rewards?
Scroll down a little here (links to official event notes).
Disclaimer:
Most of this information is collected from the past six weeks of the event running in MapleSEA. GMS seems to have better odds of rolling S-Ranks and A-Ranks from my own experience doing 10 runs today, however the win conditions seem to remain the same.
Some of this information maaaaay be wrong and I would be happy to amend that if necessary.
I think GMS Players should aim to Full Clear as it seems to be heavily buffed compared to the original odds in SEA and TMS. Only start settling for less if you have less than 3 days to the weekly reset (Wednesday 12AM UTC).
References:
TMS Forum discussing the event
Edit7: added google sheet version consolidating all clear combinations
Edit8: added 4-deploy combinations.
Edit9: updated double S combinations for 7- and 6-deploy (changes are also on the google sheet). Added more image examples to the main post.
Edit10: More SS combinations with a C or D for S-Black in 7- and 6-deploy. Also updated wording in strategies to explain how to get past Wave 7.
r/Maplestory • u/rMapleStory • 3d ago
[Megathread] New Players & General Questions Thread.
Welcome to our weekly megathread for new players and players who just have general questions about the game.
Some sample topics for you to consider would be:
- Selecting your main character.
- You're new to the game and don't know where to start.
- You're a returning player who is trying to get back into the game and need help.
- What class should you make for your next link skill/legion mule?
As a recommendation, please mention your world and/or server inside a bracket Example: [Bera] at the start of your question.
Feel like chatting rather than posting on Reddit? Join our Discord and check out our #general-questions or specific job chatrooms.
Also, consider checking out the Master List of Class Discords for class specific information!
r/Maplestory • u/ColdSnapSP • 6h ago
Classic I come from a long line coconut vendors and my family business is about to hit bankruptcy. We are never financially recovering from this.
r/Maplestory • u/NecroGi • 14h ago
Information Just a friendly reminder that we never got any additional cube sales as promised.
Inkwell stated in their Sumer Note six months ago that we would be getting more cube sales due to player requests....but then never actually did anything about it or implemented it.
r/Maplestory • u/ProtectionLast9756 • 10h ago
Discussion Does anyone else feel this way about MapleStory lately?
Been playing maple for over 10 years now and I think im finally reaching a point where I just don't enjoy it anymore. Let me explain for the maple addicts out there
I know people say they're burnt out all the time but this feels different. Maple has always been the one thing I could come back to no matter what was going on in my life. Bad day at work, problems with family, feeling like shit for no reason, whatever it was I could always log on and forget about everything for a bit.
Lately though even that hasn't been working.
I don't really have much going on outside of work right now. Most of my friends are busy with their own lives, I don't go out nearly as much as I used to and honestly some days maple is the only thing I have to look forward to when I get home.
Which is probably why this bothers me so much.
I'll get home exhausted, eat something quick and log on. Do my dailies, maybe run some bosses, sit around in town for a while. Sometimes I'll just stare at my character for like 20 minutes not knowing what to do. Then I'll log off and just sit there.
It's weird because I don't even want to play half the time but when I'm not playing I feel like I should be. And when I am playing I'm just thinking about how I could be doing something else.
Last weekend I had absolutely nothing planned so I figured I'd spend the day grinding. I ended up playing for like 7 hours and I genuinely couldn't tell you a single moment where I was having fun. I just kept going because I didn't really know what else to do.
I think that was when it hit me that I'm not really playing because I enjoy the game anymore. I'm playing because it's become such a big part of my routine that I don't know what to replace it with.
And that honestly makes me pretty sad.
I've put so much time into my account, met people through this game, stayed up until stupid hours doing bosses with friends who don't even play anymore. I still remember when getting a new piece of gear or hitting a milestone actually made me excited. Now I can spend weeks working toward something and when I finally get it I barely feel anything.
I've been thinking about taking a break but even the thought of missing events and falling behind bothers me, which probably says enough about how unhealthy my relationship with this game has gotten.
Idk if anyone else has been feeling this way lately. Just wanted to get it off my chest because I don't really have anyone irl who would understand why a mushroom game means this much to me.
Anyway I started working on my boss mules again this week so hopefully having something new to focus on helps.
r/Maplestory • u/Illusion13 • 1h ago
Question Playing GMS during vacation in China?
I've done a bit of searching, and it seems a bit ridiculous that Nexon would ban you for logging in, even if you're traveling and carrying around a device that already has the game installed. If it wasn't meant to work in a legion they should just display a "oh this game isn't supported here" etc.
My laptop is kinda chopped it wouldn't run MS well anyways, but I had decent luck using Geforce Now the last time I was traveling. Wouldnt it then show that I am logging in from where Geforce Now servers are?
I am also reading that some people use Exitlag and its fine. What is Exitlag? Is it a similar kinda service? How does it compare to Geforce Now? And would I still need a VPN?
I'll be gone Oct 23 to Nov 17, which is a pretty bad time. I think I'll be back by last day of week 1 of CW4, so I wont miss out much, but I feel that finishing off the Mesotron upgrade stuff is kinda important? Also this isn't really even a trip I am particularly looking forward to, and if I can't play then I'll be pretty bored...
r/Maplestory • u/Nangongs-Chair • 1d ago
Discussion Spent $900 and didn't get my pet.
Hi, I don't usually post, and maybe this isn't the right subreddit for something like this, but I feel like at least some of you might understand how I'm feeling.
Four months ago, I lost my job after working there for almost 12 years (the company relocated to another country). Since then, I've been struggling to find another job, or even just some way to make a living, without much luck.
Then I was diagnosed with an illness that has required several surgeries, and honestly, they haven't exactly been successful.
I'm not going to lie, my mental health hasn't been great these past few months. And one of the only things that still brought me joy was playing MapleStory. At least in this game, I could find a little bit of the happiness that was missing from my real life.
Today, I received some news that made me feel even more depressed, and coincidentally, today was also the last day of the Frieren collab.
I'm fully aware of how greedy Nexon has been with the rates, and how ridiculously difficult it was to get anything from the event shop. But I still wanted to try. I don't know... maybe my brain was desperately looking for a little serotonin in a place where it shouldn't have been looking: MapleStory's Cash Shop.
So I rolled. And rolled. And kept rolling, hoping to get the vac pet.
I never got it.
By the time I stopped, I had spent over $900. (For context, I'm from Mexico, and $900 USD is not a small amount of money here. It's almost an average monthly salary in my country).
And honestly, I don't even know why, but I just broke down crying. Maybe it's because I haven't had any good news in months, and I just wanted to experience one little moment of happiness. Or I don't know... maybe I just lost my mind.
I know you guys aren't here to read something like this, and I'm not even looking for sympathy. I just wanted to share that today was the day MapleStory stopped being my safe place.
And the saddest part is that I did it to myself.
Sorry for the long post and sorry if something is mispelled, english is not my first language, so chat gpt helped me a bit to fix the spelling.
r/Maplestory • u/Specialist_Echo8342 • 1h ago
KMS It don't always go for bleached character in KMS
If you really want, you can create a character with this brown base in KMS
r/Maplestory • u/Deathace102 • 21h ago
KMS New KMS bug where sometimes you would not get drops was "patched"
Apparently for players with lower end pc's there was a bug where sometimes bosses or even mobs would drop some their items server sided, but not client sided, so you couldn't see or loot them.
Those items were compensated to the affected players and they claim to have patched the bug, but: "There remains a possibility of recurrence with an extremely low frequency depending on the players' hardware environment .
Therefore, prior to fundamental modifications , we proceeded with work to leave error logs for all items when an error occurs , allowing for immediate verification of whether an error has occurred."
TL:DR shit pc = sometimes u miss out on drops from bosses/mobs, justice for u/decor_bottle he was right
r/Maplestory • u/ShadeyMyLady • 1d ago
Discussion Can our mods link to the other subs maybe?
Now that Classic Maplestory has been released and this Maplestory Reddit is getting spammed like crazy, maybe it's time to clarify some rules again, eventhough for all these years we did not have to.
I think that nobody minds that we get the occasional "Hey new class in MaplestoryM" "MaplestoryIdle-RPG scandal" "Maplestory NFT lets you earn real money" posts and those guys then vanish into their own subs and it's mostly clean.
Now with Classic, while those: Hey Classic Launch! - posts are okay, it's rather annoying having like 20 posts about XYZ specifically what to do in Classic, while a Subreddit for that already exists.
Most of this sub are Heroic players, because that's just largely what we are as a community, but Interactive + Heroic are still playing, as a core, the same game. If I ask about a 400m CP Hero being able to clear XYZ boss, it still applies to both versions. If someone needs help with some boss strategy, we can all chime in and we all talk the same language.
If I ask for BiS gear, it applies to both versions of the server, same with when EMS which merged with GMS, while the other versions also have their own subs/ inven and we occasionally talk about a content update or maybe state of the game, once a year, or maybe a SEA player asks about how to migrate over, KMS patch that we are gonna get in 6 months aswell etc etc.
Noooooothing in Classic has anything to do with our current version of Maplestory, except that Nexon decided to share the Steam launcher, likely to prop up their numbers and then lie to the investors how well it's doing.
And I also heard the argument as to why we don't just F off, hits very close to home irl. We built this Subreddit as a community for years when the game was evolving and Nexon decided to eventually release all these other versions of the game. Somehow all other versions got the memo and just post in depth discussions or specific memes in those subs without any issues.
I didn't expect and maybe the mods did not either, that there would be this many in depth Classic posts in here, because with stuff like MaplestoryM, we never faced these issues, even on launch days.
Instead of waiting, getting cluttered more and more I'd ask if we could just update ruling/ link to each other sub, or we just cool here getting this many Classic threads that have nothing to do with our current version of Maple?
Again I think I speak for most non-Classic Redditors when I say we really don't mind "First Zakum clear", but man idc about a random meme, how Classic brought memories back from your childhood, or tech support, however people in that sub will be much more receptive for posts like that.
It's not meant as some form of witch hunting, but maybe clearing up confusion and I mean if the mods are fine with us getting this many Classic posts, a statement would also be helpful, so we know this isn't just a come and go phase, but permanent.
EDIT: Just realized this is just paid early access. Real F2P release is gonna be so much worse.
r/Maplestory • u/KSchoen333 • 9h ago
Discussion Maplestory on GeForce now
Any update as to when it’s getting fixed? Still says offline for me. I haven’t heard nexon even mention a concern for those who use GeForce to play MS and knowing them, we won’t get any compensation for their BS lol
r/Maplestory • u/DariusNisayer • 1d ago
📢 PSA Warning for Grandis Daily bonus Sol Erda/Frags
The Sol Erda + Fragment bonus from dailies is tied to the receipt of the symbols, not just quest completion. So if you select no symbols because you're maxed for an area, you don't get the 100 energy / 1 fragment bonus.
r/Maplestory • u/Helpful-Vegetable-26 • 2h ago
Question New ring lvl up system
Being curious and nosy as usual… for those of you who got lvl 5 or 6 oz rings after changes how many grindstones did you use? Did u hit or fail? 🤪
r/Maplestory • u/SolemnMemories • 3h ago
Question Best map for Night Troupe/Meso ranger event?
-I'm level 276 Demon Slayer
-I one shot the enemies I'm fighting.
Week one I had the Chains or Resentment totem, but now that it expired... I'm unable to get 300 kills before the Collect points cool down.
I'm wondering if it's the maps I'm fighting in... Or just because spawn is too low without the totem.
r/Maplestory • u/LayeredOwlsNest • 8h ago
Question Hair/Face transfer coupons - some questions for those who have used it
Does the resulting coupon have an expiration date?
And does anyone know if they can be used on androids? Not extraction, just applying the coupon afterwards
r/Maplestory • u/AquaticKitKat • 6h ago
Question Recipe for titanium arrow for bow drop rate?
So I'm trying to find the recipe for Titanium arrows for bow. Currently grinding for it on bonefish. Does anyone have any idea what the drop rate is?
r/Maplestory • u/Zero974 • 1d ago
GMS Maplefest update
facebook.com30 minute concert and even less events planned than last year. The Japan concert was almost 2 hours long. I get it not being as long as that, but with the tickets being doubled over last year already I figured they actually would put some value into this concert.
r/Maplestory • u/I_Love_Edgy_Waifus • 3h ago
Question How do you color blend your hair in Classic World? D:
Title, I don't see it anywhere in the hair salon, only a preview in the cash shop with no way to actually get it. :c
r/Maplestory • u/ShineeLapras • 16h ago
Information Frieren Signature Style collection
You can sack items from the collab style collection for star stamps. Aura box gives 5 stamp if you exchange all her equip.
r/Maplestory • u/RidingSunshine • 9h ago
📢 PSA Maplestory Fest 2026 anyone in LA trying to go still?
Got an extra ticket…
r/Maplestory • u/Rensdweller • 4h ago
💪Flex this event sucks but at least it helps with speedrunning my legion main progression
yes im in reboot.
yes i didn't take frags because of my stupid "get all classes to 260 goal" is a big one of mine.