Hello.

This article is a “recap”—a brief review and summary of what has happened.

MapleStory has offered brief overviews of players’ content achievements on its official website,

https://maplestory.nexon.com/promotion/event/2025/20251213/event01

and shared glimpses of past updates in its New Year’s letter, giving us a chance to look back.

For this article, I have put together a slightly more detailed month-by-month recap of the major updates, focusing on their main themes. Since the December update is still so recent, I have covered only January through November. Looking back, I was surprised by how recent some updates were—and how long others had already been around.

Q1: What updates arrived in January–February 2025?

The updates announced at December’s NEXT showcase began rolling out.

• Event theme: <Dawn Star Banquet>

• New content: «Legion Champion> & <Champion Raid>

• New boss: <Baldrix>

• Weekly boss crystal sales limit changed to 90

• Improvements including the removal of the daily Link Skill transfer limit

• Official support for Direct X 11

• Cross-world boss system added

• Party reward distribution system added

• Emoticon improvements

• Medal UI improvements

• Maple Auction integration added to Maple Hands

• Event theme: <Carcion Octo Festa>

• The golden octopus made its first appearance...

• Event: <Champion Double Up>

Q2: What updates arrived in March 2025?

• Event: <Champion Challenge>

• <Carcion Octo Festa> continued

• Round 2 of the golden octopus event

• A Star Force revamp no one expected: the cap was raised to 30 stars

• Destiny weapon liberation quests added

• Attack patterns improved for bosses from Damien through Baldrix

• <HEXA Stat> 3 added

• Ring of Restraint adjusted so its area remains active even after the player leaves it

• Grandis world map replaced

Q3: What updates arrived in April 2025?

• 22nd anniversary event <Campus Life>, with a Maple University theme

• 22nd anniversary in-person event held alongside it

• Event: <Haste MAX>

• Combat experience improvements

• Comprehensive UI revamp

• New content: <Maple Home>

• Intense Power Crystal prices and Azmoth Canyon difficulty adjusted

• MVP system revamp

• More cosmetic item slots added

• Golden Hammer system removed

• Full voice acting added for Arcane River

Q4: What updates arrived in May 2025?

• Additional 22nd anniversary event <Club Fair>: a minigame relay

• Event <Tower of Dimensions>: a challenging obstacle course

• Event: <World's Best Punch King SEASON 3>

• Pre-summer event: <Summer Countdown>

• Cash Shop UI revamp

• Follow-up UI fixes

• <Grand Athenaeum>: Book of the Commanders added, among other updates

Q5: What updates arrived in June 2025?

• <ASSMEBLE> showcase

• <Challenger World> Season 2

• <Genesis Pass>

• New class: <Ren>

• Event theme <Twilight Eve>: cooperative events (the “fill it with sand” activity), among others

• Feature added to reset skill cooldowns when entering boss battles

• <Buff Sequence> added

• All weekly content resets aligned to Thursday

• Instancing added to fields at level 60 and above

• Pendant of the Spirit adjusted so its effect applies immediately when equipped

• Item Pot (Imp) system removed

• Storage revamp

• <Bounty Hunter> system removed and replaced with the <Treasure Hunter> system

• <Rune of Blessing> added

• Collector's Elixir added

• Keyboard controls added as another way to revive characters after death

Q6: What updates arrived in July 2025?

• Event: <Gold Richie's Golden Safe>

• Event <에버니아 Grand Trading Company>: an alpaca version of the golden octopus event

• <Ascent Skills> added

• Mobile remote access system added: <NEXON LINK>

• Improvements to some of Ren’s skills

• <Treasure Hunter> and <Rune of Blessing> improvements

Q7: What updates arrived in August 2025?

• New boss: <The First Adversary>

• Event <Frontier Pass>: effectively a follow-up to <Challenger Pass>

• Event <Blooming 에버니아>: Season 2 of “fill it with sand”

• Limit of 12 weekly boss clears introduced

• Boss rewards adjusted, including Pitched Boss drop rates and Eternal fragment drops

• Friends UI and chat window options UI revamped

Q8: What updates arrived in September 2025?

• Event theme: <Maple Hideout>

• Event: <Victoria Adventure>

• Event <Rock Star Rock Spirit!>: a Flame Box (alphabet) event

• Event <The Spirit of Hangul>: an event for customizing medal names

• New Epic Dungeon: <Nightmare Paradise>

• <Plasma Heart> added to the Boss Coin Shop following the removal of <Black Heart>

• 4th slot opened for <Legion Champion>

• <Red Account> system added

Q9: What updates arrived in October 2025?

• Wild Hunter remaster

• Wild Hunter remaster event: <SAVAGE>

• Event <Camila's Autumn Store>: a cosmetic item shop

• Halloween event: <Night of the Yeti>

• Content rewards adjusted: changes to Intense Power Crystal prices

• New content <World Archive>: a collection catalog feature

• Potential Stamp system removed

• Notification icons added to Fusion Anvil items in the Auction House

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Q10: What updates arrived in November 2025?

• Event theme: <Monster Park Mayhem>

• One-Punch ManXMapleStory collaboration

• Event: >Winter Countdown>

• 5th Job Advancement process streamlined

• Requirements for skipping story quests in areas before Tallahart removed

• HEXA Matrix Reset Scroll added

Thank you for reading. Wishing you a healthy 2026.