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This keyword is Arbor Day, and the focus here is on tree- and plant-related elements that appear in games.

Plants, and trees in particular, have many memorable and visually striking qualities, so MapleStory makes extensive use of them across many different areas. In this article, I have gathered related examples from the World Archive.

To start, this post brings together notable regions that make use of trees, along with monsters related to trees and plants. Relevant items mentioned in each entry are also included so they can be viewed together.

Victoria Island, centered around a gigantic tree trunk

Six Path Crossway is located at the exact center of Victoria Island, and from here players can travel to major areas such as Henesys, Ellinia, Kerning City, Lith Harbor, Nautilus, and Perion.

At the center of this area stands a gigantic tree trunk. Its scale is enormous, with a station leading to another continent above and a route down to Sleepywood below.

I do not clearly remember how large a role this tree trunk played in MapleStory's story itself, but it also brought to mind the server selection screen from the game's early days. Back then, the login presentation moved the camera upward, and when someone stitched those images together, the result was this one massive tree trunk stretching all the way up, which left quite a strong impression.

The current default server selection screen is also quite appealing, but even now that gigantic trunk still stands out as especially well designed.

In contrast to the bright upper section, the inside of the trunk leads into the dark region of Sleepywood.

The atmosphere of the Sleepywood Hotel, built inside the tree, is especially notable.

The interior is also rendered beautifully. It is a little disappointing that only the sauna room exists and no guest rooms were implemented.

By contrast with the hotel interior's sense of comfort, the background of Sleepywood feels almost as oppressive as the snowy mountain backdrop of El Nath.

There are also two regions near this trunk, shown above, and these areas also make striking use of tree-based motifs.

Below are World Archive investigation records for monsters related to trees and plants.

Stump : Tree Branch

Axe Stump : Firewood

Dark Stump : Leaf

Dark Axe Stump : Axe and Stump's Tear

Ghost Stump : Sapling

Smirking Ghost Stump : Smirking Ghost Stump Doll

Stumpy

Jr. Cactus : Tree Branch

Cactus : Tree Branc

Royal Cactus :

Deo : Desert Dew

Samdanji : Tree Branch

Old Bellflower Root : 100-Year-Old Bellflower Root

Bellflower Root : Bellflower Root and Bellflower Root Prince Wooyang

Giant Bellflower Root

Rumo : Rumo's Leaf

Triple Rumo

Sprout Flower Pot : Sprout

Morning Glory Flower Pot : Morning Glory

Plump Flower : Plump Flower Seed Oil and Plump Flower Stem

Poison Flower : Poison Flower Leaf

Palm Tree Slime : Tree Branch

Dangerous Ruins Assault Soldier B : Plant on Head

Flower Fish : Brilliant Petal

Nependeath : Nependeath Seed and Nependeath Honey

Dark Nependeath : Dark Nependeath Seed

Flora : Flora Petal and Oil-Moistened Seed

Dark Flora : Dark Flora Petal and Oil-Dampened Seed

Thank you for reading.