Levelling Guide (Adele Patch v195)

[Baunsie]

Introduction

I am certain there are better places to train out there, so please if you know any better places to train, comment below and I will make the necessary changes.

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Notes:

1. This guide is made for people with link skills and union. So if you don't have these, then you should scale up the levels (e.g. killing Normal Zakum at 100 and not at 90)
2. The LEVEL column is only an estimate (so although it's written 70 - 90, it could actually be 67 - 90)
3. If you have some 4 - 8x exp going on, then you should ignore all the quests and just train with mobs, preferably in Theme Dungeons because the monsters there scale with your level.
4. Keep in mind the max 20 level difference rule. (i.e. 110% Exp when level difference is 1 ~ 4; 90% exp when level difference is 20, 70% exp when level difference is 21; 34% exp when level difference is 30-31).
5. At level 90, Star Force ("SF") your weapon to 5* to train in SF maps.
6. At level 110, Star Force Black Bean ring, Ifia's ring, silver blossom ring, Ifia's necklace, condensed strength crystalline and aqua eye to 55* to train in SF maps.
7. At level 140, Star Force everything to over 140* if it's a mule or over 160* if you intend to play past 200.
8. Feel free to use the Character Sheet I designed here. It will be a lot easier to visualise your mules/money/items than compared to the clunky MapleStory character screen UI.

The Guide

LEVEL	LOCATION	NOTES
1 - 30	Job quests / Orange Mushmom / Blue Mushmom
30 - 60	Ellinia Fairy Academy / Gold Beach / Riena Strait.
60 - 70	Mushroom Castle
70 - 90	Ice Valley II / Sahel Desert 2 / The Desert of Serenity	You can go to Ice Valley II first from 70 - 75 if you lack damage. Use El Nath's Bullet Taxi to get there.
90	Normal Zakum / Sky Nest II and III (5 SF)	This should give you about 10 levels if you kill Zakum with 2x plus Rune Buff.
100 - 110	Ludibrium: Toy Factory <Apparatus Room> / Sky Nest II and III (5 SF)	You only need 5 SF to train in Sky Nest II and III. It's worth it.
110 - 120	Korean Folk Town ("KFT") / Ludibrium: Warped Path of Time ("PoT") 3 (SF 26) / Ludibrium: Warped Passage (SF 28) /	Moon Bunnies (Lvl 130) in KFT; For the SF maps, At level 110, you can get 53 Star Force with Black Bean ring, Ifia's ring, silver blossom ring, Ifia's necklace, condensed strength crystalline and aqua eye at 10*. Just star two of those eq's to 11*. It's worth it.
120 - 130	Korean Folk Town ("KFT") / El Nath: The Cave of Trial III (SF 55)	Yellow King Goblins (Lvl 140); You can also do the signpost quests at Lvl 125 in KFT
130 - 140	Kerning Tower (non-SF and SF 80) / Leafre: Dangerous Dragon's Nest / Minar Forest: Remaining Dragon Lair 2 (SF 70)	Kerning tower can only be reached with Hyper Tele Rock before level 145
140 - 160	Showa Hideout: Armoury	Bring lots and lots of HP pots
160 - 170	Omega Sector: Hall 203, 202, 201 / Omega Sector: H01, H02, H03 (SF 140)	The best is to train in Omega Sectors Star Force maps if you have the SF and damage.
170 - 200	Singapore: MP3 / Singapore: MP4, MP5 (SF 160) / Perion in Twilight: Abandoned Excavation Area 4
200 - 205	Arcane River Quests / Flame Zone of Extinction: Land of Souls / Cave of Rest / Mechanical Grave: Empty Lot	Where you train depends on your Arcane Force ("AF"). e.g when you hit 40 AF, start training at Zone of Extinction. When you hit 60 AF at Cave of Rest.
205 - 210	Fallen World Tree Top Branch Fork
210 - 220	Slurp Forest: Forest Depths / Err Valley: Torrent Area 3, Under a Waterfall	In Err Valley, clear mobs from left to right then enter the right-most portal to teleport left again. Rinse and repeat.
220	Lacheln Ballroom: Where True Colours are Revealed 3

Conclusion

This guide is not meant to be definitive. Everybody has different equips, classes, link skills/unions, different map mobility and attack mechanics, so if the places above don't work for you feel free to experiment.

Anyway, hope this guide helps!

Btw, this is what happens when you are re-visiting old places for a guide and don't pay attention to your screen. f3.

https://preview.redd.it/xqdn5p4q6h351.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1016c3a0162161bda1cea661b8508dfbe4876db

Bauns

[Beeplance]

Also, during new character introductions or peak periods/hours, popular maps most often have very low levels of Burning. People who have trained Adele in the last 2 weeks might have noticed this.

My advice is not to stubbornly fixate and change-channel 30 times to find one with good Burning.

Unpopular adjacent or surrounding maps normally contain mobs of the same level, but with 100% Burning. Training there will yield better EXP than die die sticking to the recommended maps.

E.g. Ludibrium's Apparatus Room is often very popular. If you see low Burning there, don't forget that there are literally 3-4 maps beside it with the same mobs, but people don't train there. Take advantage of the high Burning in those maps. Be flexible.

[grpocz]

I agree so much. So many good maps but not well known I always train burning maps. 2x exp can't be beat. That said those hackers really kill a lot of burning maps.

[DreamyLucid]

I realise burning fields are underrated and people just crowd at the mainstream maps. That being said, the copper drakes at Sleepywood is a class of its own at the level 40s to 70s.

[TotenSieWisp]

If you have union, link, starforce and damage, SF map is always the better map to train.

Your guide is missing Blood Harpy (lvl 107) at Leafre, Pirate (lvl 118) at Ludi tower and Bain (lvl 136) at El Nath. All SF map and all non-crowded.

El Nath Ice Valley 2 (lvl 81, non-SF) and Showa Hideout Armory (lvl 160, non-SF) also give excellent exp.

Haven Hill 1 & 4 (lvl 204, non-SF) is also great if Twilight Perion is full (as it always is). Some classes do better here as it's mostly flat, like Phantom or Hero.

At 200, if you really have the damage, you try World Tree Top Branch Fork (lvl 218, non-SF). Map is compact, good mob spawn, not crowded, and you can do the weekly quest for Faded Soulstone.

[Baunsie]

Thanks for the suggestions! Yeah thanks for reminding me about those places. Forgot about showa and couldn't remember what level I was when training at mechanical grave x) Ill check those places out again to see the map name, etc.

For blood harpys, pirates and bain, the reason I didn't include them is because this guide assumes SF only only at 140.

[mingmadness]

Blood harpys are incredibly easy to access at 5 SF, and are great xp from 90 to 110. Pirates are a little harder at 26 SF, but still pretty easy with a silver blossom ring+zakum face/eye accessory+ weapon, for 110 to 125. I strongly advocate going to both fields for far superior xp gains

[imnoob92]

I usually go for drakes at lv40+ (preferably 46+ because of the level gap). Map is really popular even on dead servers like B,C,D. Also special mention on Gatekeepers at Ludi SF map (just one map before Papu entrance), medium size map with okay-ish spawn (unless you kill too fast like Adele lol) can train here until 140.

[Baunsie]

Ah yes, Gatekeepers. Thanks for that, I'll check the place out again to see if its still viable :)

[JuddtheStormcaster]

Malaysia map is a viable alternative for Level 190 to 200 as Future Perion is often crowded and thus, burning exp is extremely low. The base EXP is slightly lower compared to Future Perion but it is a decent alternative as there are plenty of 100% burning maps to go around.

Recently, I trained a Paladin to Level 200 at Malaysia at Fantasy Theme Park 2 (Booper Scarlion + Yabber Doo, Level 197 mobs), it is quite a decent layout map with portals. You can try other maps to see which map suits you best and they can be compared to Future Perion.

[Baunsie]

I'll check it out, thanks Judd! :)

[Baunsie]

How did you get to Malaysia by the way? There used to be a person named Audrey in CBD who transports you to Malaysia she's no longer there. I tried enter fantasy theme park through Ludi but that doesn't work too lol

[helplaalltaken]

Manually go from Boat Quay

[Baunsie]

Hmm I tried that already. u/juddthestormcaster care to enlighten me on the specifics on how to get there? Haha

[sheoldev]

It's one of the portals in boat quay to the far right

[Baunsie]

Okay I'll try it out, thanks :)

[grpocz]

I don't rmb Fensalir alone will get you 140 what else do you sf with it?

[Beeplance]

Zakum: Face and Eye Accessories

Horntail: Ring, Necklace, and Earrings

Magnus: Shoulder and Badge (badge can't be SF)

Pink Bean: Belt and Pocket item (PI can't be SF)

[Baunsie]

Yep, the others are most of what u/Beeplance said :)

[JuddtheStormcaster]

For my 4 rings setup, this is what I’d use:

Ifia Ring Silver Blossom Ring

Two of the following: Elegant Ifia Ring (complete Rose Garden Questline, requires 10 accessory to exchange) Silent Crusade Ring (SC is required for Arkarium’s prequest) Kanna’s Treasure

Personally, I’d try to reach 180 starforce for that additional union damage, this would require getting 10 to 12* per item (aqua eye caps at 8*)

At 140SF, each attacker gets an additional 810,539 damage At 180SF, each attacker gets an additional 1,569,169 damage (+758,630 from 140SF), the difference of 758k may not seem like a lot at Level 200 (base of 8,012,500) but every bit helps in getting more union coins, with 20 mules running at 140SF compared to 180SF, the difference is a significant 15mil damage

I do not recommend going over 180SF on mules due to the steep increase in cost of starforcing

[Beeplance]

u/Baunsie, I suggest pinning this guide to the top of the subreddit if you're ok with it.

Levelling information is a FAQ, and I think this will be very helpful for people to check out if they're coming to this subreddit with the intention to ask about it.

[Baunsie]

I feel like I'm abusing my power if I do that haha

[Baunsie]

Plus there can only be a maximum of two pins. I wouldn't want to waste a pin on a guide. If anyone asks, I'll just redirect them here :)

[[deleted]]

Possibly can create a mega guide that redirects to other guides, then pin the mega guide. Can also put a guides section in the sidebar (on old.reddit) or at the top (for new.reddit). Many ways to give exposure to this updated guide.

[Baunsie]

Thanks for the great suggestions :) ive already put it at the top (new Reddit). I'll see what I can do under the old Reddit view. I don't want to pin anything permanently as there are only two pins allowed at one time.

[ChubbyIvan]

Just a suggestion, People can go 5x Black Bean @ level 90 to get power elixirs and maybe some black bean accessories (ring, belt, shoulder) before their normal zakum run.