The Ultimate Beginner Guide By SheenMcBean Hello, it's me again, I hope you enjoyed reading my Meso Guide. I realized it has quite a few typos in it so sorry for the inconvenience :"( I hope you will enjoy reading this guide : ) Contents ~~~~~~~~ 1.0) Starting Off ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.1) Controls ~~~~~~~~ 1.2) What Are Hotkeys? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.3) Game Terminology ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2) Maple Island ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3) What is AP? ~~~~~~~~~~~ 4) What is SP? ~~~~~~~~~~~ 5.0) The 4 Classes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5.1) The Warrior ~~~~~~~~~~~ 5.2) The Magician ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5.3) The Bowman ~~~~~~~~~~ 5.4) The Rogue ~~~~~~~~~ 6) Job Advancement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7) Job Charts ~~~~~~~~~~ 8) Tips ~~~~ 9) Credits ~~~~~~~ 1) Starting Off I suppose you just downloaded Maple Story and wanna PLAY IT! That's what I thought. I thought all you did was make the looks of the character, make a name, and off to maple island!!! Well, unfortunately, that's not true! There are many complex steps to do this! The thing is, you can't just start off without rolling the red die! Each class needs the correct stats in the start or you will be screwed up. For example, a Mage can't have Strenghth or a bowman shouldn't have Intellegence (they are supposed to be dumb :-D) If you don't start right, you won't end right, which means when you are at 3rd job, you'll see other Maplers of your class soaring while you are left behind suffering. I will talk about that later on. 1.1) Controls ~~~~~~~~ Well, the default controls that you start off with is: Alt= Jump Ctrl= Attack F1= Angry Face F2= Happy Face F3= Annoyed face (come people use this face to kiss) F4= Crying face F5= Mad Face F6= Scared/suprised face F7= Disappointed face Scroll Lock= Take Screen Shot S= Stats K= Skills X= Sit on a bench Z= Pick up item/meso I= Check Item Inventory E= Check equipments that are put on R= Buddy List P= Party List G= Guild List Q= Quest List H= Whisper to someone M= Enlarge/Minimize map W= Check world map \= configure controls /find (name) Find that person /invite (name) invite someone to chat with you /trade (name) trade with that pereson /partyinfo checks the party's info : P /partyleave leaves current party When you double-click on an NPC, you chat with him/her/it When you double click on an item, you use it/wear it/ or take it off To drop an item, simply drag the item off your item list To use an upgrade scroll, drag the scroll onto your equipment box, onto the equipment you wish to scroll. The scroll might work, depending on its type (10%, 30% 60% 70% and 100%) WARNING! if a 30% and 70% scroll fails, it has a 50% chance on destroying that item it was used for!!! 1.2) What are Hotkeys? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Hotkeys section are located at the bottom right of the screen. On that little box (the hotkeys sections is like a little box thingy :S), there are the keys: Ctrl, Shift Del, Ins, Home, End, PgUp and PgDown. all you have to do is press one of those keys and the items on it will activate. To set up a hotkey, drag the attack or useable item onto one of the hotkeys. 1.3) Game Terminology Most of these you probably already know. I don't wanna swear or even say something insulting on this guide so inapropriate stuff will apear in stars ;) plz= please wtf= what the f*** wth= what the heck (not commonly used) lol= laugh out loud rofl= rolling on the floor laughing lmao= laughing my a*s out roflmao= rolling on the floor laughing my a*s out stfu= shut the f*** up ty= thank you yw= your welcome afk= away from keyboard brb= be right back brt= be right there NPC= Non Playable Character Here are some stuff that relates to Maplestory track= to find a person (usually used in party quest) ks= kill steal fm= Free Market cc= Change Channels PQ= party quest sin= Assassin dit= Bandit DK= Dragon Knight kms= Korean Maplestory jms= Japanese Maplestory cms= Chinese Maplestory tms= Taiwan Maplestory mssea= Maple SEA gms= Global Maplestory 2) Maple Island ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Right after you make your character you will be teleported to a place called Maple Island. When you come there, there will be a Maple Administrator and she will tell you the controls (which I have already wrote for you because I'm nice) There will be many NPCs there with quests to do. try to do all the quests in Maple Island. When you are lvl 10 (8 for mages), you should go to South Perry, which is located South-East of Maple Island (I think lol). In South Perry, there will be a guy on the left called Shanks. Talk to him and he will let you go on his ship for 150 mesos, which you probably have by now. If you say yes, you'll go on his ship and be teleported to Lith Harbour, your very first step on the amazing Victoria Island! (You should take a screenshot right now). This is where the adventure begins... 3) What is AP? ~~~~~~~~~~~ AP, a.k.a. abiliy point, is something you get every time you level. When, you level up, you get five of these amazing points! You can use this for either STR, DEX, INT or LUK. Every class needs a main stat and a secondary stat. Warriors have STR as their main stat and DEX as their secondary stat. Here is what each stat does: STR: The Max damage you do, this increases HP when you level by even more DEX: Increases Accuracy and Avoidability and raises the minimum damage INT: Increases Magical attack and MP Recovery LUK: Increases Avoidability and Max damage, also lowers with the exp you lose when you die 4) What is SP? ~~~~~~~~~~~ SP is the short form for SKill Points. Whenever you level uo, you get 3 of these points! However, you can only obtain these points when you have a job, so don't get upset if you don't get them at first! Once you get a job, every time you level, you get 3 SP. There are many skill trees for SP, so you don't waste these valuable points! You can find a skill tree in any of the guides on hidden-street. Also, each class has its on unique skills. When you get to 2nd job advancement, you will have a totally new skill book with much cooler skillz! 5) The 4 classes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, there are four classes in Maplestory: Warrior, Mage, Bowman and Thief. To get to each of these classes, you have to be lvl 10 (lvl 8 for mages) with a requirement of a stat. Also, in the next stuff below, for the formula, make sure your stats are evened out first, before you actually use the formula. If your a Mage and it tells you to add 4 INt and 1 LUK, make sure your LUK is 3 more than your lvl first! 5.1) The Warrior ~~~~~~~~~~~ Req: lvl 10, 35 STR Stats to start off with: STR: Doesn't really matter DEX: Doesn't Really matter INT: 4/5 LUK: 4/5 Warrior stats formula: DEX= 2 times your level. (e.g. lvl 10. 20 DEX) Every level, add 2 DEX and 3 STR Strong, big and muscular, that's what warriors are! They have powerful Melee Attacks, but no ranged attacks. At the very beginning, warriors outpower all classes, until level 20. That's when the mages start get stronger and starts to KS warriors. But in the late 20's, the warriors start to get more powerful. I once saw a level 28 warrior do 700 damage! warriors can achive that with many scrolled weapons and armours. warriors have the strongest armour in the game and the most health in the game. a warrior in the same level as a Magician easily has 4 times for HP! 5.2) The Mage ~~~~~~~~ Req: lvl 8, 20 INT Stats to start off with: STR: 4/5 DEX: 4/5 INT: Doesn't really matter LUK: Doesn't really matter Mage Stats formula: LUK= 3 more than your level. (e.g. lvl 8, 11 LUK) Every lvl, add 4 INT and 1 LUK I love this class! Mages start out very strong and are weaker in the end. But at the beginning, Mages ROCK!!! They have the best spell at the beginning to me which is magic claw it hits the enemy 2 times and does like 200damage each time if you maxed it! Mages have the most mp of all classes but the least hp. But when you get magic guard which absorbes some HP and makes you lose mana instead so you will not die so easily! Choose mage if you want fast leveling, but not that good at the end. 5.3) The Bowman ~~~~~~~~~~ Req: lvl 10, 25 DEX Stats to start off with: STR: Doesn't really matter DEX: Doesn't really matter INT: 4/5 LUK: 4/5 Bowman Stats formula: STR= 5 more than your level (unless your a crossbowman, then your STR should be equal to your level) Every lvl, add 1 STR and 4 DEX The Bowman is very hard to level at the beggining. At the beginning,a level 27 Bowman might only do as much damage as a level 23 mage. But as you get to 2nd job,Bowman will be REALLY good at like level 50. Bowman also have the most variety of skills of all classes. They have so much skills that are debated on wheather they should be used or not because all the skills are very useful! The archer community in forums are the most friendly. Pick Bowman if you want slow lvling, but it will payed off in the end. 5.4) The Thief ~~~~~~~~~ Req: lvl 10, 25 DEX Stats to start off with: STR: 4/5/6 DEX: Doesn't matter INT: 4/5 LUK: Doesn't matter Thief Stats formula: Well, there isn't really a correct way. When your lvl is _1 _2 _3 (_stands for a number eg _1 can be 21)you add LUK When your lvl _4 and _5, add DEXWhen your lvl _6,_7 and _8, add LUK and when your lvl _9 and _0, add DEX, this goeson until lvl 49. At lvl 50, keep adding LUK until lvl _8 and _9. Thief stats are confusing to add because it keeps changing. Also, you may be thinking "wtf is wrong with this guy!" What does he mean by 4/5/6?? Well, if you have STR, your going to be a STR bandit. I don't really know the formula for STR Bandits, but I think you should add 2 STR per 10 lvls. 0_o 6) Job Advancements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Throughout the guide, you may be thinking of what is a JOB ADVENCEMENT? Well, a job advancement occurs when you're lvl 30 or 70 or 120. It's best to do the advancement when you're exactly lvl 30 or 70 or 120 because you will be missing out on some SP! Lvl 120 job advancement hasn't come out yet and I don't know when it will. when you get a new job, you get better skills and cooler skills. 7) Job Charts ~~~~~~~~~~ Just a reminder, 4th job is not out yet! 1st WARRIOR --------------------------------------- | | | 2nd FIGHTER PAGE SPEARMAN | | | 3rd CRUSADER WHITE KNIGHT DRAGON KNIGHT | | | 4th HERO PALADIN DARK KNIGHT 1st MAGICIAN --------------------------------------------- | | | 2nd FIRE/POISON WIZARD ICE/LIGHNING WIZARD cLERIC | | | 3rd FIRE/POISON MAGE ICE/LIGHNING MAGE PRIEST | | | 4th FIRE/POISON ARCH MAGE ICE/LIGHNING ARCH MAGE BISHOP 1st BOWMAN ---------------------------------------- | | 2nd HUNTER CROSSBOWMAN | | 3rd RANGER SNIPER | | 4th BOW MASTER CROSSBOW MASTER 1st THIEF ----------------------------------------- | | 2nd ASSASSIN BANDIT | | 3rd HERMIT CHIEF BANDIT | | 4th NIGHT LORD SHADOWER 8) Tips Ah, the most important section... Well, here are some tips... Try not to beg, it will only make people defame you and call you noob. Olny beg if you know that person you're begging to or he's your buddy. Also, don't play drop games!!! You will lose at least once and you will be PISSED! That once happened to me before and boy did I get MAD! I actually reported that dude and I got suspended for a while :-P. Also, as a noob, try to make some good friends. Get friends that you actually like and that won't trick you into selling something really cheap just to rip you off!!! You can go to www.basilmarket.com for a price list. Don't get a friend that will try to leech off your potions. Don't try calling anybody a noob. They will get mad at you and tell people to defame you! When someone is to KSing you, don't swear and call them nasty things. If you do, they will behave even worse and will annoy you a lot! Instead, try to talk to them nicely and say cc plz in a nice tone (have an F2 face). If they don't agree, you can always try to invite them to your party and that way you can't really Ks each other. By doing that, you might earn a few fame too! Well, those were some tips I thought were useful. 9) Credits - Wikipedia - hidden-street - Wizet Thank you for reading my guide. By SheenMcbean Copyright This guide cannot be used anywhere else besides hidden-street.net This guide can only be copied for personal use. Thank you!