MapleStory 

“Meso & Mastery Guide” 
~ Beginner Guide ~ 

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 Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Beginner Guide

Chapter 2: Warrior Mastery Guide

• Warrior Meso Guide

Chapter 3: Magician Mastery Guide

• Magician Meso Guide

Chapter 4: Bowman Mastery Guide

• Bowman Meso Guide

Chapter 5: Thief Mastery Guide

• Thief Meso Guide

Chapter 6: Meso Guide

Chapter 7: Hidden Warp Guide

Chapter 8: Leveling Guide

Chapter 9: Group Quest Guide

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 Introduction 
Welcome to the MapleStory Meso & Mastery Guide. First let me start off by
telling you a little about this guide. While using this guide whether it is the
Meso section, class sections, or leveling sections, you’ll be able to make
Mesos. I made this guide for all players of MapleStory, it doesn’t matter if
you are just starting or if you’re a veteran player this guide will have
something in it for everyone. Like anything in life this isn’t a get rich quick
scheme, making mesos takes time and work although if you are willing to
put forth the effort the rewards will be great. You do not have to worry
about breaking any of the rules in MapleStory for this guide follows all the
rules and Terms of Service of MapleStory.

Chapter 1: Starting the Journey

When you start MapleStory you do not start off as any particular class. You
start off as a beginner, although before you even make your character you
want to know which class you are going to be ahead of time. When you
original make your character you’ll be able to roll a pair of dice that will
randomly generate your stats. It is important to know which class you plan
on becoming so you can receive the stat layout that will work best for you
and your class.

Stat Reference

STR (Strength) - Determines Melee Attack Power

- Determines Accuracy and Avoidability.

DEX (Dexterity) - Bowman’s Attack Power

INT (Intelligence) - Determines Spell Accuracy & Magician Attack Power

LUK (Luck) - Determines Avoidability & Thief’s Attack Power

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 Choosing your Class

Choosing your Character

This is going to be one of the most important decisions when you start your
character. You will need to decide which class you are going to want to
play.

Leveling Rates
Early Levels Mid Levels High Levels
Warrior Fast Slow Slow
Magician Moderate Fast Fast
Bowman Slow Moderate Fast
Thief Moderate Moderate Slow

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 Most Po
owerful / Most Week Cla
asses
Leevels Most Powerful Leasst Powerrful
1 - 10 Pre–WWarriors Pre
e-Magician ns
100 - 20 Warrior Prre-Banditss
200 - 30 Magicians Prre-Banditss
300 - 70 Assaassins Bandits
70
0 - 120 Wa
arrior/Bow
wman/Herrmit M
Magicians

Once you
y hit aro ound 120 all classe
es start to even out and it Ge
ear/weapoons
will playy a very big asses’ power. Even
b factor in your cla n while levveling
20 – 12 20 having the top gear
g and weapons
w w be a big
will b part off how
powerfful your ch haracter iss.

The neext four pa

ages below w is a brie
ef discusssion of eacch of the 4 classes
and the
e Pros and d Cons off each one e. When you
y do de ecide whicch class thhat
you are
e going too become then it is time to fin nally creatte your ch
haracter.
When you
y create e your cha aracter yoou are goiing to wannt to use the
t dice
generaate a few times
t till you
y come up with a stat combo that will best fit
your cla
ass.

Ch
haracter Creation
C D
Dice Roll

Warrior
U U Mag
U gician U Bowman
U n U Th
Uhief U

o not have
You do e to get yo
our dice ro
oll to look exactly likke this bu
ut similar. I
would try
t and geet a 9 or 10 in your characterrs main sttat. Such as a
Bowma ould want to try and
an you wo o 10 in DEX.
d get a 9 or

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 Warrio
ors
Warriorrs are meelee fighters. They do
d not use e range likke other
classess and can only hit their targe
et up close
e. Warriorrs have the
most health and defense in the gam me which makes th hem able to
t
with staand taking
g hits from
m enemiess. While warriors
w ca
an dish ouut
a lot off damage per hit the
ey alwayss have to be
b within melee
range which
w cann become plain and d boring at times.

Pros:
• Have the highesst HP and Defense off all 
classees
• Choicce of 5 different weapon types..
• Can cchoose bettween 1 haanded and 2 
handed weapon ns.
• Receiive nice AooE skills succh as Slash
h Blast.

Cons:
• No Ran
nged Attackks
• Low am
mounts of M
MP
ble damagee (damage varies a lo
• Unstab ot)
• Low accuracy & A
Avoid abilitty

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 Magicians
Magiciaans are th
he Magic powers
p off MapleSttory. Theyy are not
able to melee buut weld daamage by the use ofo their po owerful
spells and
a insane power thatt they posses
p att high leve
els. They
are aboout to do a monstroous amount of dam mage to mu ultiple
enemie es at once
e at high le
evels.

Pros:
• High damage during 1st class adv. 
• Multiiple attackk spells – Magic Claw
M
• High Amounts o of MP
• Can u
use Magic Guard as fform of 
defen
nse to takee damage

Cons:
• Low Heaalth and Defense
• Not ablee to Meleee
• Magic GGuard takes up a lot o
of mana
• Very hard to mastter certain types of 
attacks

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 Bowm
man
The Bo owman cla ass is a ve
ery fun cla
ass to play. They do damage e
from affar with their bows and crosssbows. Th hey are abble to
knock foes
f backk with eachh attack while
w delivvering pow
werful
blows ono them. As a Bow wman you will receiive powerrful multi
fire atta
acks and be able to o kill enem
mies witho
out even being
b near
them.

Pros:
• High Daamage outp put
• Can attaack from afar
• Very uncommon cclass (Weapons and 
Armor aare cheapeer in most ccases)
• Knock b
back abilityy
Cons:
C
• Unstable ddamage till job 
advancem ments
• Not able too Melee
• Takes longg to level until second
d and 
third class advancem ment
• Does not hhave high H HP or high MP 
compared to warriorrs and magges

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 Thief
A thief is a very under esttimated class. Not many m peoople reallyy
know how
h to plaay a thief their
t first time
t arounnd. You may
m not th hink
so but a powerfu ul thief is able
a to doo an insanne amountt of dama age
as theyy get highe er levels. Thieves are very fun f to oncce you get
good at them. Yo ou will have the choice to usse range attack
a as a
thief orr use mele ee attack. Either wa ay a thief is a very fun
f class to
play tha at will take
e some tim me to master.

Pros:
• Extreemely fastt attacks
• Rangge or Melee
• The aability to jump attacck
• High accuracy and avoid d ability

Cons:
• Low HPP and Defeense
• Dagger Thieves take a whille to level
• Assassiins cost a llot of meso
os to 
operatee
• Thievess are very abundantt

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 Maple Islan
nd
Now th hat you ha
ave chosen your cla ass and yoou are rea ady to sta
art levelingg it’s
off to Maple
M Island as a beginner. Here
H you will start off
o as a be eginner cllass
and levvel your way
w up to level
l 10 where
w you can then n advance e to the claass
that you actually
y want. Thhere are feew key strrategies thhat you want
w to foccus
on whille on Mapple Island that will help
h you become
b ann all around Mapler.

• Start building your stats towaards your cclass that yyou plan 
on becommming oncce you get off Maple Island
S
Stats

• If this is yyour first M
MapleStoryy Character completee quests 
and get aa fell for ho ow they woork.
Q
Quest

• You wantt to collectt items such as Blue SShells and 
Mushroo oms so you u can earn a little bit of Mesos ffor you 
Collect will need
d to purchaase a cab riide off of M
Maple Islan
nd.

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When you
y first lo ogin you will
w be given a view w of the keey configu
uration. Th
his
is the default
d settup for pla
aying Map pleStory although
a y can ch
you hange it any
a
time byy hitting th
he Key config shortcut button n on your screen. You
Y will th hen
be ablee to setup every one of your skills and d all the ke
eys to anyy
configuuration thaat you wou uld like.

Once you
y have youry keyb
board setuup how yo ou’ll then have to ta
ou like it yo alk
to Seraa, she will ask you if
i you wouuld like to enter the Tutorial Zone.
Z If th
his
is your first time playing MapleStor
M ry I would suggest doing
d it, or
o if you’reea
Maple Story Veteran it’s always
a fun
n to see your
y charaacter dressed up in a
ridiculo
ous leaf coostume orr whateve er kind of costume
c h is in.
he

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Once you have finished with that bazaar tutorial you’ll be transported to
Maple Island. On Maple Island you’ll want to complete some quests and
level up to 10. If you look at the map all you have to do is walk from left to
right through 5 zones and you’ll end up at Perry where you can then take a
ship off Maple Island, although before you do that you’ll want to get yourself
use to the controls of the game and complete a few quests that will help
you reach level 10 and prepare you for Victoria Island

Maple Island Quest

When you first arrive on Maple Island you can complete a series of quests.
If you plan on doing them, you must do them while on Maple Island for
once you reach level 10 and leave you cannot go back.

Name Borrowing the Mirror Difficulty Easy

Place Maple Island: Mushroom Town
You first need to talk to Heena, then go right of the 
same map and talk to Sera. Get the Mirror from here 
and Return it to Heena. 
Reward 1 EXP • Heena • Sera

Name Roger and the Apple Difficulty Easy

Place Maple Island: Mushroom Town
Talk to Roger in front of the house. He’ll then cut 
your hp in half. Take the three apples from him and 
eat them to cover full strength. Talk to him when 
finished. 
¾ Reward EXP  • Roger

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Name Nina and Sen’s Dinner Difficulty Easy
Place Maple Island: Mushroom Town

Find and talk to Nina. Go to here Mushroom house 
on the same map and talk to Sen. Once done return 
to Nina and tell her what Sen wants. 
• Nina • Sen
Reward 3 EXP

Name Todd’s How to Hunt Difficulty Easy

Place Maple Island:
Find Todd and talk to him. Defeat 1 Jr. Sentinel and  Todd & Peter
retrieve the sentinel’s Shellpiece. Find peter in the 
upper right hand of the area and talk to him twice. 
¾ Reward 10 EXP 

Name Bigg’s Collection of Items Difficulty Easy

Place Maple Island: Southperry
Find Bigg in Southperry. He will then have you collect 30 
blue snail shells and 10 orange mushroom caps for him. 
Collect the items and then return to him. 
 
• Biggs 
Reward Razor Edge Dagger or Fruit Knife & 30 XP 

Name Letter to Lucas Difficulty Easy

Place Maple Island: Maple road
Past the hunting ground you will find Maria on top of 
a ladder. She will ask you to deliver a letter to Chief 
Lucas of Amherst. Take the letter and use the portal 
to head east towards Amherst. Deliver the letter to 
Lucas in front of the department store. He will then 
have you take a letter back to Maria.  • Maria • Lucas
Reward 10 EXP & a Random Hat

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Preparing to Leave
Before you leave Maple Island you want to make sure that you have gotten
down the feel of the game. Make sure you are comfortable with the key
configuration and you understand how quests work. Once you leave Maple
Island you will then be ready to complete your first Job Advancement and
become the class you’ve been looking forward to.

How that you are ready to leave go to south Perry and talk to
Shanks. You will have to pay him 150 Mesos and board the ship.
The ship will then take you to Victoria Island. As a beginner you
can travel around easily and inexpensive but once you choose
your first job the price of traveling will increase.

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 Victoria Island

As a beginner you can now take a cab ride to any of the major cities.
Depending on which job you choose to become you will need to go to that
city to advance in that job. In order to advance to your first job you must
level 10 (level 8 for Magicians), once you have met the level requirement
and you are ready to advance please head to your class’s desired location
and speak to the NPC to advance from the chart below.

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 Required Character to
Job Key Stat City Location
Level see
Shrine of Dances with
Warrior 10 Strength Perion
Warriors Barlog
Grendel the
Magician 8 Intelligence Ellinia Magic Library
Really old
Bowman
Athena
Bowman 10 Dexterity Henesys Instructional
Pierce
School
Thieves’
Thief 10 Luck/Dex Kerning City Dark Lord
Hideaway

Now that you have complete your first job advancement you are ready to
start leveling and making Mesos. Each job is divided into sub-jobs in which
you can advance to once you reach a required level. In the next chapter we
are going to break down each of the main 4 jobs and all of their sub-jobs.
You have some time now to decide which sub-job you are going to branch
off to but it is a very good idea to know which one you plan on advancing to
so you may spec your character in a way that will best fit your next job
advancement. For every level you will be receiving skill points and ability
points. Once you have decided which sub-class you are going do you will
then want to distribute your skill points and ability points accordingly to that
sub-class.

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