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This article’s keyword is game communities, and its purpose is to introduce communities related to games. With that in mind, it covers communities where newer players can check new MapleStory information, along with useful sites that make use of MapleStory’s API.

Communities players often turn to when looking for information

There are many MapleStory-related sites and boards, including Inven, DCInside, and FMKorea. They all have one thing in common in that they are places where MapleStory players gather, but each site has a slightly different atmosphere, so if you plan to use one regularly, it is important to spend some time looking around first and find the one that suits you best.

For most people, the main reason for seeking out a community is to find new information. Because of that, the period right after the Test World opens is usually when traffic spikes the most. At that point, posts move so quickly that it can be difficult to sort through information no matter which site you use, so if you want to check new updates as quickly as possible, it is relatively convenient to visit the MapleStory Inven free board and look through posts in the “Test Server” category or posts that made it into the highly recommended section.

What is [MapleStory Partners]?

MapleStory Partners is a system launched alongside MapleStory’s OPEN API, and it refers to sites built using that open API. You can go to the official page through this link.

The OPEN API was first provided with the [DREAMER] update in winter 2023. Even before then, there were already sites that provided MapleStory-related information, but from that point onward, official data became available for use. As a result, the number of related sites increased, and developers were also able to strengthen their sites in various ways through better use of data, making them even more useful overall.

There are currently 16 officially registered sites in total, and even if a site is not one of the ones discussed in this article, they were all created with a great deal of effort, so it is worth visiting the page, reading each site’s introduction, and using whichever ones fit your needs.

[Converted Main Stat] : https://maplescouter.com/ko

“The Converted Main Stat service calculates almost all in-game spec-related values that are not reflected in MapleStory’s concepts of ‘main stat’ or ‘combat power’ according to a set standard, and provides a new indicator that shows roughly what level a given user’s spec is at.

In addition, based on this new indicator, it offers various conveniences such as advice on the level of content you can challenge, including boss attempts and Mu Lung Dojo climbing, measurement of actual changes in spec when your setup changes, optimization of Hyper Stat and Hexa Stat allocation, recommended routes for Hexa Core enhancement, and more.

It also provides content that can give users a greater sense of achievement while playing MapleStory, such as weekly converted-stat rankings, Extreme Suu in100 rankings, and a badge system granted when certain conditions are met and a nickname is searched.”

Converted Main Stat is an index that had already been developed and provided back when the game did not even have a separate in-game measure like combat power. Although it is not an official metric, after the open API made it much more accessible, it has effectively become more widely used among players than the official indicator itself.

Terms derived from it, such as hwan-san, hekhwan, and temhwan, which indicate a character’s strength, along with ratio, which is used to estimate the likelihood of clearing a boss, are now used not only in-game but also across communities, YouTube, and nearly every other MapleStory-related space, so they are essentially required knowledge for regular play.

At present, checking your own values is very simple: you just visit the site and enter your nickname.

You can also enter another player’s nickname to view the same type of information, which is why, as shown above, the current rank 1 player consistently appears near the top of the search results.

After entering a nickname, you can check that character’s “boss ratio” through the Analysis&Optimization tab and the Efficiency/Boss Cut section. These values are commonly used when recruiting for boss parties or looking up other players’ clear records. You can also search by class and combat power, but if you search by class together with a boss’s ratio, it becomes easier to find related videos, posts, and reference materials.

As the official description and menu above also show, this site provides a variety of additional guidance, including efficient enhancement, item upgrade order, Hyper Stat and Link optimization, and Union optimization, so using it as a reference can make your play both more efficient and more convenient.

[Meaegi] : https://meaegi.com/

“Search Maple information with Meaegi! Check a wide range of information such as a character’s equipment, outfit, and skills, as well as character information and outfits from past dates.

You can also view used cube/reset histories and Star Force enhancement histories cleanly at a glance. In addition, it provides class analysis helpful for character growth, main/sub-main character lists, a recommended nickname generator, coin prices that change daily, various statistics and rankings, and the latest Maple news, so visit Meaegi and take a look!”

Meaegi is, at its core, a site where you can check the features introduced in the official description above.

By entering a character’s nickname in this way, you can check a wide range of information. That also includes things like the character’s history, which can be viewed quite conveniently.

In addition to those functions, one of Meaegi’s main strengths is its dressing room feature. This page lets you preview cash items and equipment on a character, making a process that previously required separate steps much simpler, and newly added items are also updated quickly after patches, so it is particularly useful if you are interested in outfit coordination.

It also provides a damage skin simulator, which is useful as well, since damage skins can look quite different in the UI than they do when actually used in-game.

[MapleRoad] : https://mapleroad.kr/

“The MapleRoad site was created so that the many individual sites made by skilled creators can be gathered in one place and checked easily, and it also provides its own services that can be used in various ways through nickname searches.

Each site can be found more easily through search or bookmarks, and popular sites as well as newly created sites can also be checked easily by using categories.

Its own provided services include an experience efficiency calculator based on character information (nickname search), a farming/hunting experience calculator, an EXP coupon experience calculator, a Punch King content acquisition experience calculator, and pages that can be usefully applied to MapleStory such as one where Sunday Maple event information can be checked in real time. Through the various site links shared on MapleRoad and MapleRoad’s utility pages, try improving your MapleStory play experience more easily and conveniently!”

Like Meaegi, MapleRoad also lets you check character-related information while providing a number of useful functions.

It offers many useful features, but one particularly notable strength is that it lets you see the efficiency of a wide range of complicated experience-related items at a glance.

If you simply enter a level or nickname, you can see at a glance how much experience various methods such as growth potions, EXP exchange tickets, sauna, and farm provide for that character.

You can also check each category separately in this way, so it can be used as needed.

[Sunday Maple at a Glance] : https://sundaymaple.netlify.app/

This site does not use the open API, but as its name suggests, it is a useful place to check Sunday Maple at a glance.

As shown here, it has been updated steadily every week from 2023 up to the present, so it is easy to browse the full list.

You can also easily check which effects appeared and how often, since clicking the relevant category highlights it directly in the table.

[Maple Tools - Boss Profit Calculator] : https://maple.ygh.kr/crystal

Lastly, the Boss Profit Calculator on the Maple Tools site is widely used because it lets you easily check your weekly Intense Power Crystal total while taking weekly boss limits into account. Bosses that are commonly handled as grouped entries, such as 검밑솔 and 하세이칼, can be entered immediately, and you can also register multiple characters, which makes it convenient to use.

Thank you for reading.