Hello.

This time, the theme is plogging, with a focus on activities you can enjoy while exploring the game world.

With that in mind, this guide covers MapleStory's long-established Explorer medal quests, which are currently available only in Maple World regions and award medals and Artifact Points upon completion. You can complete them quickly using the Premium Teleport World Map feature.

How Explorer Medal Quests Work and What to Keep in Mind

These regional Explorer quests begin automatically when you enter a qualifying area, so there is no need to accept them beforehand. Once you have met all the requirements, speak to the NPC Dalair in town to complete them.

One important limitation is that you cannot check which maps you have already visited: aside from the message displayed when you first enter a qualifying map, there is no record you can consult. You can only check the number of areas registered for each medal quest.

For this reason, I recommend setting aside enough time to complete these quests in one sitting whenever possible, since stopping partway through means you will have to retrace your route from the beginning.

An Essential Feature for Collecting Explorer Medals

Exploring each map on foot at least once is certainly a worthwhile approach, but if saving time is your priority, make sure to activate the Premium Teleport World Map feature on the World Map.

With this feature active, you can teleport once every 10 seconds, making it far more convenient than the usual 5-minute interval.

You can access this feature through Daily Gifts or MVP benefits, or pay 500 Maple Points to use it for 1 day.

Medal List and Rewards

As mentioned, the rewards include a medal for each region and Special Artifact Points. The full list is below.

• Beginner Explorer: Explore Victoria Island: 500 EXP

• Sleepywood Explorer: Explore Sleepywood: 500 EXP

• Victoria Explorer: Obtain the two medals above: 1000 EXP

• El Nath Mountain Explorer: Explore Orbis & El Nath: 500 EXP

• Ludus Lake Explorer: Explore Ludibrium, the Clocktower Lower Floor & Fantasy Theme World: 500 EXP

• Undersea Explorer: Explore Aqua Road: 500 EXP

• Nihal Desert Explorer: Explore Ariant & Magatia: 500 EXP

• Mu Lung Explorer: Explore Mu Lung & Herb Town: 500 EXP

• Minar Forest Explorer: Explore Leafre: 500 EXP

• Ossyria Explorer: Obtain the six medals above: 1000 EXP

• Maple Explorer: Obtain the Victoria Explorer and Ossyria Explorer medals: 1000 EXP

• One Who's Touched the Sky: Visit 5 locations: 500 EXP

Although the medals are not useful for their stats, you can now select a medal's appearance separately, so any designs you like can still serve a cosmetic purpose. Completing all the quests awards a total of 7500 Artifact EXP.

Below, you can see each region's medal design and the requirements for obtaining it.

[Beginner Explorer]: Explore 20 areas on Victoria Island

You can earn the Beginner Explorer medal by visiting 20 areas on Victoria Island.

The areas you need to visit are marked with arrows on each map, so you do not need to know their names as long as you follow the marked locations on the World Map. However, seeing the names together gives an interesting sense of each region's naming style, so I have included them below for reference.

• Perion / Ash-Covered Land

• Gusty Peak / Excavation Site

• Kerning City / Line 2 <Area 3>

• Transfer Area / Wandering Morass

• Lith Harbor / Henesys

• Blue Mushroom Forest 2 / Humming Forest Trail

• Golem's Temple Entrance / Six Path Crossway

• Nautilus / Ellinia

• Ellinel Fairy Academy Lobby / Tree Trunk Nest 2

• Chimney Tree Top / Gold Beach Resort

[Sleepywood Explorer]: Explore 10 areas in Sleepywood

You can earn the Sleepywood Explorer medal by visiting 10 areas in Sleepywood.

All the required locations beyond the town of Sleepywood follow a single, linear route through to the final location.

• Sleepywood / Cave Cliff

• Cold Cave / Cave Exit

• Another Door / Temple Entrance

• Collapsing Temple / Endless Hallway

• Balrog Temple / Forbidden Altar

[Victoria Explorer]: Obtain all 2 Victoria Island exploration medals

Obtaining the 2 medals above qualifies you for the Victoria Explorer medal.

[El Nath Mountain Explorer]: Explore 10 areas in the El Nath Mountains

You can earn the El Nath Mountain Explorer medal by visiting 10 areas across Orbis and El Nath, with 7 areas in Orbis and 3 in El Nath.

The required locations are divided into 7 areas in Orbis and 3 in El Nath.

• Orbis / Strolling Path

• Stairway to the Sky 2 / Cloud Park 6

• Orbis Tower Entrance / El Nath

• Cold Field 1 / Sharp Cliff 1

• Forest of Dead Trees 2 / Dead Mine 4

[Ludus Lake Explorer]: Explore 10 areas in Ludus Lake

You can earn the Ludus Lake Explorer medal by visiting 10 areas in Ludus Lake, with 8 in Ludibrium, 1 in the Clocktower Lower Floor, and 1 in Fantasy Theme World.

You can reach Hidden Tower through the hidden portal on the 4th floor.

• Ludibrium / Toy Factory <Main Process 1>

• Toy Factory <Process 2> Zone 4 / Crossroad of Time

• Lost Time <1> / Hidden Tower

• Helios Tower Library / Helios Tower 93rd Floor

• Deep Inside the Clocktower / Fantasy Station <2>

[Mu Lung Explorer]: Explore 10 areas in Mu Lung Garden

You can earn the Mu Lung Explorer medal by visiting 10 areas in Mu Lung Garden.

You can reach Goblin Forest 2 through the hidden portal in Goblin Forest.

• Mu Lung / Snake Area

• Territory of Wandering Bear / Peach Farm 1

• Goblin Forest 2 / Isolated Swamp

• Practice Field: Advanced Level / Herb Town

• Red-Nose Pirate Den 2 / 100-Year-Old Herb Garden

[Nihal Desert Explorer]: Explore 10 areas in the Nihal Desert

You can earn the Nihal Desert Explorer medal by visiting 10 areas across Ariant and Magatia.

To enter the secret passage connecting the Zenumist and Alcadno laboratories, you need to progress roughly halfway through the Magatia questline, up to and including the quest in which you receive the password from Phyllia. Allow about 10 minutes to reach this point.

• Ariant / White Rock Desert

• The Burning Sands: The Tent of the Entertainers / Red Sand Desert

• Sahel 1 / Magatia

• (Alcadno) Lab - Center Gate / Lab - Area C-2

• (Zenumist) Lab - 2nd Floor Hallway / Lab - Secret Basement Path

[Undersea Explorer]: Explore 10 areas in Aqua Road

You can earn the Undersea Explorer medal by visiting 10 areas in Aqua Road.

• Aquarium / Snowy Whale's Island

• West Sea Junction / Red Coral Forest

• Deep Sea Gorge 1 / Grave of a Wrecked Ship

• Two Palm Trees / East Sea Junction

• Dangerous Sea Gorge 1 / Mushroom Coral Hill

[Minar Forest Explorer]: Explore 10 areas in Leafre

You can earn the Minar Forest Explorer medal by visiting 10 areas in Leafre.

• Leafre / Cranky Forest

• Manon's Forest / Griffey's Forest

• Sky Nest Entrance / Dragon Forest Entrance

• Wyvern Canyon / The Dragon Nest Left Behind 1

• Dangerous Dragon Nest / Cave of Life

[Ossyria Explorer]: Obtain all 6 exploration medals for the Ossyria continent

Obtaining the 6 medals above qualifies you for the Ossyria Explorer medal.

[Maple Explorer]: Obtain the Victoria & Ossyria Explorer medals

Once you have obtained all the medals above, you can claim the final Maple Explorer medal.

[One Who's Touched the Sky Medal]: Visit the five locations below

You can earn the One Who's Touched the Sky medal by reaching the designated locations, independently of the requirements above. As the medal's name suggests, all these locations are high above the ground.

• Kerning City: On top of the crane in the upper-left corner of the map

• Perion: Next to Manji in the upper-right corner of the map

• Ellinia: Next to the small stump at Chimney Tree Top

• Nautilus: On top of the pelican's beak in the upper-right corner of town

• Orbis Tower: To the right of the goddess statue at the entrance

Thank you for reading.