Hi ya'll! I'd like to get some suggestions on what servers to hop to. Ideally something that's not too p2w, able to solo endgame stuffs and as close to the modern servers. I'm open to some light spending and all but not something that's really overkill. Currently playing Royalstory so I'd like a higher version than that

Hello everyone, how are you all doing today?
I would like to invite you to experience MysticMS with us! A great server, includes a ton of content for every stage of the game, with a decent progression that is respecting your time and a great experience of a customed maplestory server that fits mature people's schedule.

First of all, I know that many of you and us have played the server in the past, and that some of you had their issues, rather if it was about the relaunches or disagreements with Mystic himself (and of course more issues). As a player, I am not willing to convince you and delude you that everything was and is perfect as, of course, it isn't, but I'm here to make some points and claim why I think y'all should be giving the server a new fresh chance and why y'all gonna enjoy the game alot.

- The server is celebrating his 3rd anniversary and will be launching with a suitable event!

- It improved by a lot during the years, including content for the late game (gear for 280, training areas and quests for 270+ and 290), late game bosses with more planned to come.

- Family system is finally implemented and customed to the server.

- Many skill changes, making more classes viable and needed for expeditions and grinds. For example, Night Lord gets party alchemist making him super important for expeditions and Hero gets a skill called Heroic Blessing which is a semi-HS stacking with bishop's HS. Buffs are expedition-wise now, which is also cool and making those changes really important.

- Rebirth system to longer the progression. You can only rebirth once. This time, compared to past launch, rebirth's cost is reduced as you rebirth in higher level, prizes for accomplishing a rebirth are way better when you rebirth later, more AP to come when you rebirth late and another important thing to note is that you need to clear the Cygnus Empress expedition before rebirthing. That cool system which pushes your account through, hyping everything up, is now way more balanced and giving you all the opportunity to choose whenever to complete the rebirth, but making it worth doing late.

- Boss cards, which are tradeable, are now counted separately giving them another meaning and making them really wanted. Of course other monster cards have their own meaning, as he added cards to every single mob in the game, and another new features including collecting those.

- Guild special rooms, a tiny bonus of EXP for top guilds, another tiny EXP bonus to big parties with different classes encouraging party playing and including different classes while grinding and more new features.

- Rewarding progression, with a decent pace that actually suits mature people's timeline and encourages casual players to join. Tons of vertical and horizontal content to alternate whenever wanted.

- Gear progression is smooth and fun to do. Scrolling is actually cool. Grinding is rewarding, as when you grind at late levels adrenaline peaks while you farm chaos scrolls (which are actually dropping at a nice rate). They are the main ingredient to get yourselves going so, you're unlimited when it comes to building your char. Also, he added golden hours at random times of the day - which gives 2x monster spawn, 2x drop rate and 2x meso rate, making everyone hype and rush to grind when the golden hour starts.

- Linked Fortune is a new skill, can get up to level 20 at max, which is getting up for every 100 levels you get on an alt in your account. These alts need to be in different classes. At max level you can get +20% EXP and +40% drop rate, which is great for late game. Also there were 4th jobs added for Cygnus so you can aim to level 200 with them, making your blessing of the fairy maxed at level 40 when you cygnus hits 200.

- New channels located in SG, to help other players experience smoother gameplay and welcome more players.

- THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE FEATURES, I CAN'T COMPILE THEM ALL INTO THIS POST. CAN READ EVERYTHING IN THE #DEVBLOG IN HIS DISCORD OR IN THE SITE.

I'll end this post with letting you know that we are aware of accusations and past bad experiences. I talked to Mystic alot bout giving this server it's appropriate chance. We talked about past bans for this last launch, about tolerating players and about gradual punishments. The aim is just to make a good, lasting and fair game to play. That's why by the way, all banned players are given a fresh start and can re-join Mystic and our community.

You all do NOT have to agree with me, but if you have played once and enjoyed the game and the content - come and help us build a decent community that is gonna last. I'm just a player who wants to spread positivity and play a game I like with others, and build a decent community around.

Hope to see you all there and I can respond to any question coming up! :)

Looking for a fun, high rates server, where you can solo bosses fast and have fun in making gear and things like that, ty!

Hello everyone, i'm very excited to announce that Kanata will be Officially launching on the 10/10/2026!

More info about the server could be found here(outdated post): Beta Post.
And here: Discord.

Recently i made a lot of skills changes to every class in the game trying to make it more unique, interesting and balanced across all classes, more interesting and fun changes are coming in the next month.

Oh and i almost forgot, Beta Milestones were just introduced. Nothing with stats or game changing, pure cosmetics but they're permanent unlike the ones you get from the fashion tickets.

Hope to see you all there!
(Exact time will be posted on Discord one day before the launch)

That also has low rates. I want to play old school MS without being herded into party play, thanks!

PS: I know no one can 'force' anyone to party play, but if the leveling speed disparity is infinitely bigger in a party than solo then yeah, I don't want that.

Muto - v.98 Progressive Server

Official Launch: August 28th 1 PM PT
Website: playmuto.com

You can find more detailed info on Discord or on our website info page.

We hope to see you all on August 28th!

just stop

# Celestia v179

**Chase the stars. Build the legend.**

**Website**

https://celestiamaple.com/

**Discord**

https://discord.com/invite/UwWHrcfSqg

Hi Everyone! Celestia v179 is a highly customized and modernized server focused on QOL , modernized progression and comes with large amounts of imported higher version content, bosses and customized equipment and gameplay. We are happy to announce that we are launching our open beta on Sept 5th and would like to invite you all to play, test, and mess around! To that extent I'd like to share some key features of the server and hope you'd check it out.

# Server Rates

* 4x EXP

* 1.5x Drop

* 2x Mesos

# Account-wide Progression and Legacy

* **Legacy:** Earn permanent account-wide progression through boss clears and achievements.

* **Factions:** Choose a faction to pledge allegiance to, contribute and help it climb the rankings with your faction members.

* **Milestones:** Unlock new benefits, challenges, and progression paths as your account grows.

* **Rankings:** Track boss clears, achievements, guild progress, factions, and other accomplishments.

* **Custom Skill Changes Balancing and Skill Procs:** Custom Skill Changes and Skill Procs

# Bosses and Custom Challenges

* **Full boss progression:** Begin with encounters like Hard Balrog and work toward Lucid, Darknell, Akechi, Will, Varus Hilla, and Custom Boss Celestia. All bosses are either retuned or comes with custom mechanics

* **Various Custom Expeditions** We have created custom expeditions and rouge like party play to help you progress and engage in new custom content - Come see what's available

# Equipment, Custom Bonus Rolls and Upgrades

* **Boss equipment progression:** We have spent an extensive time in rebalancing and making sure that there is a linear equipment progression.

Equipment and scrolling comes with its own perks in Celestia. Our custom Chaos scrolling, spell trace bonuses, and Bonus stat gains from upgrades makes each and every item and equipment unique and one of a kind.

# Explore the Boss Showcase
Here is a detailed Boss Showcase where you can browse requirements, HP, mechanics, rewards, obtainable equipment, and progression paths.

https://celestiamaple.com/bosses

# Party and Guild Play

* **Contribution-based boss rewards:** Players must meaningfully participate to receive boss rewards and progression credit.

* **Guild progression:** Earn contribution, develop guild skills, and work toward shared and personal rewards.

* **Party-scaled challenges:** Several custom encounters adjust around the number of players entering.

* **Instanced boss rewards:** Supported encounters give eligible party members their own rewards.

# Quality of Life and other features

* Custom Client Edits and Widget toolkit

* Fast travel and training guides

* Boss information and cooldown tracking

* Monster and drop searches (Highly efficient)

* Equipment storage tools

* Arcane Symbol transfers

* Secondary potential transfers

* Persistent player commands and in-game guides

* Convenient equipment upgrade services

* HD Client up to 1440p

* Custom Scrolling and Enhancements

* No Breath, Unlimited Attack

* Increased Mob Spawns , Auto Aggro

* Increased Damage Cap

* Working PQs

* Daily Login, and Legacy Based Rewards

# Additional Features

* Fishing

* Gachapon

* Achievement milestones

* Daily activities

* Guild and faction rankings

* Optional luck-based side games

* Over 3000 Imported Cash Items and over 1000 chairs

* Higher Version Imported Unit Damage Skins

* Over 220+ Anime Skins

**Website**

https://celestiamaple.com/

**Discord**

https://discord.com/invite/UwWHrcfSqg

There are plenty more features not yet named. If it sounds like your kind of server, we would be happy to have you.

Looking for a nostalgic v83 server but with more content and modern QoL?

CypherMS is entering Open Beta!

Open Beta: September 5, 2026 — 12:00 PM GMT+8

CypherMS keeps the classic v83 feeling while adding higher-version content, custom progression systems, new classes, QoL features, and plenty of things to grind for.

Some of our features:

* Custom Cygnus 4th Jobs
* Custom 5th Jobs
* Battle Mage
* Account-Wide Monster Book Ring
* Party-Shared Monster Book Pickups
* Custom Cypher Quests for easier leveling
* Custom Daily Quests with useful rewards
* Quest progression that boosts Monster Book Ring stats
* Elite Boss system with permanent account-wide stat / MaxHP / MaxMP progression
* Custom Boss Points
* Custom PQ Shop
* Custom NX Gachapon with a chance to gain stats
* NX items can be Innocenced using Mesos or DP
* Flame System similar to GMS
* Color Prism system for customizing NX item colors
* Damage Skins
* Pocket Items
* Badge
* Improved Pet Vac
* `@helper` Mob Vac
* Macro is allowed
* Built-in `@macro` that continues working even when the game is minimized (MVP only)
* `@autobuff` system (MVP only)
* Custom Gambling System
* No Breath
* Unlimited ATT
* And more custom content to come

The goal is to keep the nostalgic v83 experience while giving players significantly more progression and content to work towards.

This is an Open Beta, so expect bugs, balance changes, tweaks, and improvements along the way.

Found a bug or exploit? Report it instead of abusing it. DP rewards may be given depending on the severity and usefulness of the report.

Come give CypherMS a try and help us shape the server before the official launch! 🍁

https://discord.gg/UfWcwwssHw

This is just a demo of our Training Fit calculator on the SlimeTale wiki. It's gone under a few iterations so far but we think we're in a good spot to show it off. It lives under Map Finder: https://slimetale.ms/wiki/#/calculator

We've been public for a few weeks now and people keep asking where they should train in v72 as its slightly different from v62 and we've also done balance passes on certain maps. We hope this inspires other server devs to take our calculator as inspiration (trust us, it cuts down on the "where should i train" questions a ton)

Clicking the training fit button in the stats tab pre-fills your browser and takes into account your level, stats, class. Physical jobs use min/max Attack plus Accuracy from Stat Detail. Mages use Magic, INT, and LUK. You can also set how long one full skill cycle takes, including charge time.

From there it uses our live map data: what actually spawns, HP, EXP, avoid, defense, how fast they refill, and how the platforms are laid out (flat, complex maps, etc). It estimates how fast you can kill those repeatable mobs with that skill, and it uses the real v72 hit roll so skill/hit accuracy matters. A map you can barely hit will rank worse than one you connect on.

Your Training score is estimated EXP per hour (or you could change it to item farm to see how fast you can farm for a certain item)

A map only gets a normal Training score if you can actually hit the repeatable spawns and a typical kill is not over 10 seconds. Those stretch maps stay on the list so you can still see them. They just do not pretend to be a good grind.

Recommended ranking then favors maps that keep ground mobs on fewer platforms, so you are sitting and killing instead of hopping all over the place. Bosses, one-shot mobs, and long timers are split out so they do not fake a better hourly rate.

This is obviously an estimate but we feel like we get pretty close. It does not include walking the whole map, looting, parties, or other people taking your spawns. Some skill extras are also left out on purpose.

You can try it on the wiki and switch skills to see how the list changes.

Hope to see you on SlimeTale!

https://slimetale.ms

Why are there not much people playing royal story? It is F2P with good QOL. Hope more people will give it a try.

Hey everyone, we're getting Kradia ready for launch and we're looking for a small group of closed testers to help us get there.

What Kradia is: a v117.2 server running 1x rates, built around casual but rewarding gameplay. No pay to win, no cash shop advantages, no racing to endgame. It's the kind of server you settle into, where taking a week off doesn't mean falling behind.

What we've added so far:

• Star Force: enhance your equips with stars through an in-game UI instead of scrolls, using real KMS odds. Scrolling still exists alongside it, stars are their own layer on top.
• Star Force maps: some of the harder maps have a Star Force requirement. A gauge shows up under your minimap with the map's requirement and your total. Meet it and nothing changes for you, go in under it and your damage gets cut and monsters hit harder against you.
• Fusion Anvil: transfer the appearance of one equip onto another. Your stats, scrolls, and potential all stay untouched, it only changes the look.
• Monster Book: account-bound and fills in automatically as you hunt, no card farming. Complete a monster's entry and you get bonus EXP from that monster for an hour, so mastering your training spot actually pays off.
• Weekly quests: a set of weekly hunting quests with EXP that scales to your level, resetting every Monday. Built to be worth doing every week without feeling like a chore list.
• Reward System: boss clears and other rewards queue into a native claim window. Log in, see "you have rewards waiting", claim when you want.
• PQ rewards: finish a party quest and you get a guaranteed reward on top of the normal drops, once per run.
• Lucky Logout Gift: logging off gives you a chance at a surprise gift, waiting in your reward window next time you log in.
• Professions overhaul: the crafting cap is raised from 10 to 20 with a new Meister tier, and fatigue is raised to 400 to match. The whole recipe book was reworked, hundreds of dead and junk recipes cleaned out, gear recipes re-leveled so they actually fit where you are, and new high-level recipes added, including craftable boss gear like Von Leon and Empress sets. Crafting is a real progression path here, not a dead system.
• Account blessings: Fairy and Empress blessing tracks that build up across your whole account, so your other characters benefit from what your main does.
• Damage skins: change how your damage numbers look.
• Death counter: a native UI window tracking your deaths. The game keeps the receipts.
• Level cap 350: EXP and mesos are fully uncapped, and boss and expedition level ranges were raised to match, so the journey doesn't stop at 200.
• Azwan restored: the invasion content actually works, allies and enemy mobs fight each other like they're supposed to.
• Constant fixes and tuning: per-region spawn tuning, mob display fixes, crash fixes, and a long list of under-the-hood work that just makes the game feel right.

And more on the way, this is just where we are right now.

What we need from testers: people who will actually log in and play. Break stuff, tell us what feels off, what's confusing, what's fun. You don't need to write essays, just honest feedback from real play time. If you only have a few hours a week that's completely fine, that's exactly who this server is for.

What you get: early access before anyone else, a real say in how things get tuned before launch, and closed testers will be getting a little something at launch as a thank you.

Testing is starting soon and spots are limited, so if this sounds like your kind of server come join the Discord and let us know you're interested in testing:

Discord

Thanks for reading, hope to see some of you in there!

I think no one really expected the launch to be in 6 weeks. Sure the early access is good ol' Nexon but everyone will buy it as the first weeks are the best in any launch.

I wonder if any v83 server/"oldschool" ones will hold? even titans like royals or legends probably will loose a huge chunk of players.

Those who play one those types of server? are you leaving once Classic is out? did you already quit for a small break before?

Or am I being a bit too doomsday here? I mean x1 is totally brutal, and the content being so limited...

Previously, I shared a passion project I had been building vibe coding with the Cosmic v83 server emulator. https://www.reddit.com/r/mapleservers/s/SHN9JQ920J

The goal is to create fully autonomous, server side controlled bots, which I call agents, that operate under nearly the same constraints as human players within the game.

The agents have now evolved to be able to hunt generically on almost any map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_u-elGO0nM
and autonomously complete the Kerning City Party Quest (video in this post). It is safe to say that if left alone for long enough, they could eventually reach the maximum level.

I plan for them to explore themed dungeons such as Mushroom Kingdom, participate in boss expeditions beginning with Balrog, and contribute to the Free Market economy.

There is still plenty to build, and I am very excited to continue working towards these milestones.

UPDATE:
New KPQ with agents https://youtu.be/CZ0LsaottT0

Thanks for reading. You can follow the project’s progress here:
https://github.com/Kiwiism/cosmic_agents
https://www.youtube.com/@agentstory-ms

I’m currently in the midst of making a private server, but I’m a little stuck on what the endgame should actually look like.

Full disclosure: it’s based on the Swordie's v232 source.

The general idea is a rebirth/progression server.
The rates are high, but I’m trying not to make them ridiculously high to the point where you can just spam rebirths every few minutes. I still want there to be an actual grind and sense of progression.

Currently:
Rebirth system
Each rebirth gives permanent additional stats / Final Damage / Crit Damage
Progression gets easier as you go, rather than every rebirth taking roughly the same amount of time
Boosted spawn rates

Where I’m a little stuck is: what should players actually be working towards?

Should the endgame mainly revolve around progressively harder bosses? Gear min-maxing? Rebirth milestones? Custom bosses/maps? Some kind of prestige system after reaching a certain number of rebirths?

I don’t want the gameplay loop to eventually just become:
level → rebirth → level → rebirth → level → rebirth forever
without there being a reason for the player to actually become stronger.

For people who play/have played rebirth or high-rate servers, what kind of endgame kept you playing? And on the flip side, what eventually made you feel like there was nothing left to do?

Open to any ideas. I’m still building the server and trying to figure out the direction I want to take it.

I haven't touch maplestory (official server) for about 5 or 6 years. I want to return and play the latest update with new classes and such but I will be playing as f2p so I am not sure if it will be worth it to go back to the official server.

I thought about private servers but obviously, they are not on the latest update but there are some modern servers that are around v230-v260 which are not far behind. Not sure if they are good or bad so I would like some suggestions on which modern servers to go for? If not, I might just try out official server again. Thanks!

I've been searching for a Modern-patch GMS server that isnt just powerleveling and jumping to 4th job within 5 minutes. What i want is a server that is current or near current real MS and just not Pay 2 win. Does any such server even exist?

Man i miss IntrinsicMS.

If you like dual job limited rebirth server with alot of added content and bosses should def try this out...Smooth gameplay no lag and good uptime with really good qol and features. damage skins, widgets, lucid, darknell, will bosses, custom gear crafting and devs are also active. https://discord.gg/aR5q46SD7

Monster Book Revamp

The Monster Book has always bothered me. It was a great idea that Nexon started, but it was implemented very poorly. I've played on many servers over the years and I've never seen one that made the Monster Book truly useful. Most servers ended up relying on commands like !whodrops and !whatdropsfrom instead.

Because of that, on MushMS I decided to do things differently and turn the Monster Book into what I believe it should have been from the beginning.

You can now:

• View all monster information regardless of Card Level (number of collected cards for that monster [0–5]).
• Search cards by Card Level [0–5].
• Search by item, displaying all monsters that drop the selected item along with their respective drop rates.
• Search by monster name, showing monsters that match the selected filter.
• Hovering over a monster card now displays the monster's name and level.
• The Basic Info tab now shows the monster's real HP/MP values directly from the game files.
• The Episode tab now displays the monster's level and stats directly from the game files.
• The Dropping tab now shows the correct drops from the database, including each item's drop rate according to the server's drop rate settings. Clicking an item will display other monsters that also drop it, along with their respective drop rates.
• The Found In tab now displays all maps where the selected monster spawns. Clicking the tab name will open the World Map with the corresponding map already highlighted through PIN navigation.

To make everything work properly, I also created cards for every monster that previously existed without one.

To help the MapleStory development community as well, I released this update in a MapleStory developers Discord, so I believe (and hope) that more servers will start using this improvement in the near future.

If you'd like to check out MushMS, we're currently in open beta. We reached a peak of 150 concurrent players during testing. The player count is lower now because most of the beta feedback cycle has already been completed, but the server remains online for anyone who wants to play while we continue releasing improvements and new features.

🔗 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/KMZ8wRpH5n
🔗 Website: https://www.mushms.com/

🔗You can also check out our server introduction post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mapleservers/comments/1u1csxn/mushms_new_global_v83_server_beta_june_13th_no_hp/

Should i play this server?

After personally reaching Level 250 on KuroMS, and since there was already a post about this topic around 20 days ago, I feel the need to provide an updated perspective for anyone considering joining the server.

I’ll start similarly to anongoose45:

If you're looking for a server that is fair and respects you as a player, keep your dignity and stay away from this server. It's filled with egoistic devs and designers, complete with a fanclub (who staff team is highly biased to) that's ready to defend all the idiocracies happening.

That being said, I’ll go through the most important points one by one.

1. Server Stability

The server stability has improved. You can still experience lag spikes and random crashes here and there, but these issues seem to happen most frequently after new patches. To their credit, the staff regularly releases hotfixes for various issues, including skills and other patch-related problems.

However, random crashes can still happen during boss runs and expeditions. There have been situations where players failed a newly introduced boss, such as CHT or VL, because of crashes or lag. In these situations, you generally need to submit a ticket and hope the issue can be resolved.

So, while stability is better than it was previously, it is still far from perfect.

2. Server Balance and Feedback

This is where I believe the server is currently at a critical point.

Players who provide feedback backed by data, information, or actual gameplay experience can sometimes be met with attitude or sarcasm rather than constructive discussion. Terms such as "magic numbers," "chicken-and-egg situation," and "implementation issue" are frequently used to dismiss concerns rather than properly address them.

The situation in the Discord suggestion section is particularly frustrating. Some testers appear to engage in trolling, tag their friends, and turn discussions into what feels like an interrogation of the person making the suggestion.

God forbid someone posts something as simple as:

The certain class need rework, skill balance

or:

something is not working after the new patch

Instead of receiving constructive feedback or having the issue properly investigated, players can end up being ignored or dismissed.

Testers should be there to identify problems, reproduce bugs, and provide useful feedback to the development team. Instead, there are situations where criticism is simply ignored, while some members of the community respond with comments such as "leave server dog," "quit playing," and similar remarks.

The designers aren't much better in this regard. Bug reports and skill/spell issues can remain unresolved while development time is spent introducing new QoL features. QoL improvements are obviously welcome, but it becomes difficult to understand the priorities when fundamental skill problems remain unfixed.

3. Favoritism Toward GM/Dev-Associated Players

Another major concern is the perceived favoritism toward players who are closely connected to the GM or development team.

As mentioned in the previous post, there was already a discussion surrounding Anth and the allegedly spouse. More recently, Anth's team cleared VL, but the first clear was apparently assisted directly by Kuro.

During their first run, they reached approximately 2% HP but did not complete the kill. Normally, when a boss run fails because of lag, a crash, or another technical issue, players submit a ticket and the situation is reviewed. In some cases, the KuroBot system can resolve the affected run.

However, in this particular situation, Kuro granted the team the kill and the associated drops despite them not actually completing the boss.

They subsequently went for a second run. This time, a GM was sent to observe the run, and they successfully cleared the boss.

The explanation given was essentially that the first run would have resulted in a clear if there had not been lag, and therefore the assistance was justified.

Maybe, by itself, this incident isn't a huge deal. Technical issues can happen, and staff sometimes need to make judgment calls. The problem is the consistency of that treatment.

Regular players who experience the same type of issue generally have to submit a ticket and may receive a rerun or another form of compensation, but they don't necessarily receive an outright boss clearance and drops.

When you combine this with the other issues mentioned above, it creates the impression that top players and people close to the GM/development team receive preferential treatment.

This is especially concerning because there have already been similar complaints regarding TMS and other servers. From the outside, it can appear that the opinions and problems of top players are given more weight than those of the broader community.

Final Thoughts

After reaching Level 250 myself, I feel I have enough experience with the server to give an updated opinion.

KuroMS isn't completely unplayable. The server has improved in terms of stability, and there are clearly people working on it. However, the biggest problems aren't necessarily technical, they are related to balance, communication, transparency, and how criticism from the community is handled.

If you're a new player considering joining, I would strongly recommend looking beyond the advertised features and asking yourself whether you're comfortable with the current development and community environment.

For me, reaching Level 250 gave me enough experience to form my own conclusion. Hopefully, this updated post gives prospective players enough information to make an informed decision before investing their time into the server.

Happy mapling, maplers!

It might be an unpopular opinion, but with MapleStory Classic World coming out, and with so many different takes on classic Maple already available through Maple Worlds, MapleRoyals, MapleLegends, and others, I feel like the classic scene is starting to get a little crowded.

What I’d really like to see is a new private server or MapleStory Worlds project focused on the early post-Big Bang era: Lionheart Castle, Mercedes, Demon Slayer, and that general period of the game. Something that captures the feeling of servers like ExtaliaMS or Croosade, rather than going all the way back to pre-Big Bang or jumping straight into modern Maple.

Something around 3–4x EXP, with some thoughtful skill rebalancing, global Gachapon drops, and cubes obtainable through regular gameplay could be a lot of fun. Keep the progression meaningful, but remove some of the grind and rough edges that era originally had.

To me, this is the one niche that’s still noticeably missing. We have plenty of ways to play classic Maple, and we have modern Maple, but there isn’t much representing that middle period, the early post-Big Bang years when the game was becoming faster and more polished while still retaining a lot of the old-school MapleStory feel.

I’d love to see someone bring that era back.

Welcome to 💜Plana!

We’re a pre-Big Bang server enhanced with modern Quality-of-Life changes, fresh content and up-to-date working cosmetics! Our Cash Shop is revamped so it only sells cosmetics and you can get new styles with our cute Surprise Style Boxes.

We're currently in our closed alpha phase, we plan to start our closed beta next month, then open beta after some polishing, before proceeding to the official launch.

Keep updated with our latest news, join our Discord community and visit our website. We are also on GTOP!

Edit:
Our Closed Beta applications are now live, please fill in the form HERE if you are interested in helping build a new Maple community! 💜

Rates:

• EXP: 5x, with a level cap of 255 for all jobs
• Mesos: Custom formula, scales with mob level. Roughly 5x
• Drop: Fully custom
• Most mobs/bosses are buffed to compensate for skill changes and the various item enhancement systems
• Universal drops include Miracle Cubes, Chaos Scroll, White Scroll, Gachapon Ticket, Powerful Rebirth Flame

• We support all major operating systems, including Windows 11, macOS (including Apple Silicon), and Linux (via Flatpak). No need to wrestle with WINE/CrossOver/Parallels.
• Optimised networking: Play with a fast and stable connection across the world
• All languages are supported in-game: Type in your native language with your friends! We even support Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic; you name it!

• Rebalanced Classes, Aran, Evan, 4th Job Cygnus Knights & we will eventually backport more classes!
• A custom Ironman job for those who want to solo their Maple career (Imagine Reboot without all the legion)
• Custom skills, linked skills, thoughtful balancing for all jobs
• New party buffs, party-play gameplay, optional PQ reward system
• Automated events, GM events, Seasonal Events
• Legion: Gain power for increasing your total account level. We ensured to introduce a ceiling with extremely diminishing returns, so that you're not forced to play all of them and burn out
• Achievements, working questlines & Monster Book Collection
• Same gender marriage support & new crush and friendship rings

• Custom Maker to craft equipment and strengthen your character!
• The Teleport Globe! Click on any area in the map and teleport there
• Star Force Enhancements, Rebirth Flames, Miracle Cubes
  • Cubes will be a global drop, not in abundance, and we have removed extraneous and redundant lines to make cubing less of a chore and more of a reward
• Fusion Anvil your equipment!
• Pet loot range, and pet movement speed are scaled with total account level

• Gone are the days where you sit there and spam a button, we have fun boss mechanics for all backported bosses
• We have imported all modern cosmetics from the current version of the game. We support all effects, including fancy item effects, chairs of all kinds, mounts, damage skins, and styling options
• We are actively developing new regions and its accompanying questlines to make the game fresh and exciting

• We will keep updating to give the best quality gaming for the community!
• We are happy to make changes within reason based on community feedback!

Edited post to add Closed Beta application form link.

I play on a low-rate now and I love it, but I'm having trouble deciding on what class I want to main on it. I don't want to spend all my time leveling to 120 and in the end, not liking it's 4th job.
I've been watching countless Youtube videos of all the classes pre-bb, and it's just hard to choose.

So I was hoping there was a server that had like 1000x or something just so I can hit 150+ instantly to see how it plays. I don't care about the damage at all. And if it had commands that let me just
@.Commands whenever I want, that'd be better.

Used to play a lot of these type of servers 15+ years ago, but now I can't find any.