MapleThiefCompendium

Beginner's guide

This guide covers the first hour of a new game: the tutorial, the first hunts around Henesys, the walk to Kerning City and the first job advancement at level 10. The walkthrough follows the story from there.

Overview

A new hero starts at level 1 with 100 meso, five Red Potion, five Blue Potion and a Wooden Club as a weapon. The two potions sit on the short keys on the right of the screen. Levels come quickly at first: level 2 needs 10 EXP and level 10 is reached after 485 EXP in all (EXP and levelling).

The game saves only from the menu (the Bag button, last tab), so save after each step below (saving). The tutorial maps are among the maps where it refuses.

The tutorial

MacArthur teaches the controls on Kerning City Village, one short quest at a time.

  1. Talk to MacArthur: walk up to him and press up on the direction pad, or touch him.
  2. Follow his quests in order: Talking to NPCs, How to do a Quest, How to Jump, How to Climb a Rope or Ladder and How to Go through a Portal.
  3. Go through the portal to Kerning City Village and defeat one Blue Snail for How to Attack a Monster.
  4. Return to MacArthur on Kerning City Village for How it All Began, then leave through the portal to Henesys Village.

Each tutorial quest pays 70 meso and a little EXP, so the hero reaches Henesys with about 590 meso.

Henesys

Henesys Village is the first town. Its shops are Mr. Lee's equipment shop in Kerning City, Perion, and Henesys, kept by Mr. Lee (weapons and armour), and Mr. Wang's consumables shop in Henesys, kept by Mr. Wang (potions, stars and scrolls).

  1. Talk to Chief Stan for Elder's Advice: defeat five Red Snail.
  2. Go west to Western Hill of Henesys, which has seven Red Snails, seven Blue Snails and four Stump. Defeat the five Red Snails; the map's other monsters give EXP and drops for the side quests below.
  3. Return to Chief Stan for the reward (81 EXP, 550 meso and three Red Potions).
  4. On the way, pick up the side quests of Henesys: Pia gives Pia's Play Costume (Tree Branches from Stumps) and Humanoid gives Human Longings (Blue Snail Shells from Blue Snails). Both items drop from the monsters of Western Hill of Henesys.

Before leaving, buy a few more Red Potions from Mr. Wang. Sell what the hunt dropped at either shop.

To Kerning City

Chief Stan's next quest, Find the Dark Lord, sends the hero to Dark Lord in Kerning City Village.

  1. From Henesys Village walk west through Western Hill of Henesys to 3-Way Road-Split.
  2. Take the exit to Kerning City Middle Forest, then go on through Kerning Construction Site to Kerning City Village. Each of these fields has snails and Stumps.
  3. Talk to the Dark Lord. Mrs. Ming Ming in Henesys also gives JM's Music 1, which leads to JM in Kerning City.

Kerning City Village has its own shops: Mr. Lee's equipment shop in Kerning City, Perion, and Henesys again, kept by Mr. Lee, and Mr. Wang's consumables shop in Kerning City, kept by Mr. Wang, which also sells Wolbi Throwing-Stars.

The first job advancement

  1. Take the Dark Lord's Job Advancement Evaluation: defeat ten Stump. Sunset Sky has eight of them and Kerning City Middle Forest six.
  2. Return at level 10 or above. The quest rewards both first weapons, Fruit Knife (a dagger) and Garnier (a claw), and 200 Subi Throwing-Stars, and the Dark Lord gives Advancement 1: Rogue.
  3. Spend the first skill points in the Bag menu's skill tab (skills and buffs). The critical rate rises from 2% to 8% with the advancement.

The choice between claw and dagger comes at the second advancement, at level 30: the claw leads to Assassin, the dagger to Bandit. Star skills need a claw and Bandit skills a dagger (damage).

After the advancement, the Dark Lord's Depart for Perion sends the hero on to Manji in Perion Village.

Tips

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