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Contents 1 Free Market 1.1 Free Market rooms 1.2 Stores 2 Marriage 3 NPC 4 Transportation 4.1 Transcontinental 4.1.1 Instant trips 4.1.2 Non-instant trips 4.2 Between areas 4.2.1 Instant trips 4.2.2 Non-instant trips 5 Cash Shop 6 World

[edit] Free Market

The Free Market is a central trading post where players can trade with other users, purchase items from player vendors, and set-up personal stores.

[edit] Free Market rooms

There are 22 separate rooms in the Free Market. In each room, players may set-up their personal stores. There are four rows of rooms, each row styled after a different city:

• First row: Henesys
• Second row: Ludibrium
• Third row: Perion
• Fourth row: El Nath

[edit] Stores

Players can set-up personal stores that they can fill with items they wish to sell. Store permits can be purchased in the Cash Shop. Other players can then browse their wares and purchase items at their leisure. All purchases will give the Mesos directly to the vendor.

There are various types of store permits that can be purchased in the Cash Shop. They range from regular permits to seasonal permits that are decorated according to the season. Colored stores are also available. Finally, players can purchase the Mushroom House Elf, which is an NPC that will sell players' items without them having to be present.

Regular permits display a window identical to that of Omok and Match Card windows. Seasonal and colored permits are larger, and look more like the traditional lemonade stand.

[edit] Marriage

The Traditional Chinese Marriage system is only available ChinaMS and TaiwanMS. The wedding ceremony is held at Peach Blossom Island (accessible via monk NPCs in Henesys, Orbis and Ludibrium). In order for the couple to enter the ceremony hall, players will need to wear a Crush Ring (purchased from the Cash Shop), and marriage clothes (Western clothes can be purchased from an NPC on Peach Blossom Island with Mesos, or players that wishes to be more traditional, Chinese clothes can be purchased from the Cash Shop). You can also now be married in Maplestory Global at Amoria. Currently in MS Global you can't be married in Peach Blossom Island.

The marrying couple may also invite friends to attend the ceremony by sending invitation cards (available in the Cash Shop). After the ceremony, both players will receive a Diamond Ring as proof of the marriage. The ring is vital to the marriage system, because if one of the players loses the ring, they will be unable to divorce.

Marriage can help the couple to heal HP and MP 3 times faster than normal healing rate while they are on the same map.

GlobalMS has released its own marriage system based on western culture, the ceremony is held in a new exclusive area called Amoria. It will be located outside of Henesys and requires various quests, including the getting a wedding ring and the blessing of the parents. Unlike other versions, players have a variety of wedding rings they can try to make. Each of these rings carry various statistic bonuses and are also upgradeable via upgrade scrolls.

[edit] NPC

Non-player characters, or NPCs, are scripts in MapleStory that can interact with players, though they are not players themselves. NPCs have various functions: some give quests, some are vendors, while others serve no purpose at all.

NPCs are found mostly in towns, though some are located in hunting grounds.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Transcontinental

The following transportation methods will take you across continents.

[edit] Instant trips

• Maple Island Ship: This instant one-way trip transports Beginners from Southperry to Lith Harbor for 150 Mesos. If you have done a specific quest on Maple Island, the trip is free. In ChinaMS, players can take the ship back to Southperry for a larger fee.
• Florina Beach Boat: This instant trip transports players from Lith Harbor, Orbis, or Ludibrium to Florina Beach and vice-versa for 1,500 Mesos; however, with a VIP Ticket to Florina Beach, the trip is free.
• Leafre Portal: This instant trip transports players from Ellinia to Leafre and vice-versa. The cost is one Magic Seed, which can be obtained at Leafre.

[edit] Non-instant trips

• Orbis Ship: This 10-minute trip, departing every 15 minutes, transports players from Ellinia to Orbis and vice-versa. The fee varies based on level and version; it is usually higher than 5,000 Mesos. While riding, Crimson Balrogs may attack the ship. Players are advised to take shelter in the cabin if the attack occurs.
• Ludibrium Train: This 5-minute trip, departing every 10 minutes, transports players from Orbis to Ludibrium and vice-versa. The fee varies based on level and version; it is usually higher than 6,000 Mesos.
• Singapore Plane: This 5-minutes trip, departing when activated by npc, transports player from City with NPC warper to Singapore Fee is 20,000 Mesos

[edit] Between areas

The following transportation methods will take you between different areas.

[edit] Instant trips

• Victoria Island Taxis: These taxis, located in Henesys, Kerning City, Perion, Ellinia, and Nautilus Port, take players to other towns on Victoria Island for a price. The prices vary from 800-1200 mesos, depending on the departing and arriving towns chosen. There is also a special VIP taxi in several towns that take players on a one-way trip to Ant Tunnel Park. Beginners get a 90% discount on all taxi fares.
• Return Scrolls: These scrolls can be purchased from potion shops in the towns around Victoria Island. They generally cost less than the taxis at about 500 mesos each and can be used anywhere on Victoria Island. Note: If you are on a different continent than Victoria Island, be warned that the scrolls will not work there. You must be on Victoria Island for the scrolls to have any effect.

[edit] Non-instant trips

• Ludibrium Elevator: This 1-minute trip, departing every 10 minutes, transports players from Helios Tower: 99th Floor to Helios Tower: 2nd Floor for free.
• Leafre Bird: This 5-minute trip, departing every 10 minutes, transports players from Orbis to Leafre and vice-versa.
• Mu Lung Crane: This 1-minute trip, departing instantly, transports players from Orbis to Mu Lung and vice-versa.
• Ariant Genie: This 5-minute trip, departing every 10 minutes, transports players from Orbis to Ariant and vice-versa.

[edit] Cash Shop

The cash shop is an in-game store that sells various game items for Nexon Cash, A-Points, and Maple Points. Real-life money is used to purchase Nexon Cash or A-Points. Purchasable items include equipments, stores, megaphones, and pets.

The Cash Shop can be accessed by clicking the cash shop button on the bottom menu bar.

[edit] World

Worlds are the servers in which people can create their maplestory characters. Each user is able to create 3 characters per world, but more characters can be added using a specific Cash Shop item. At the game's release, each world had 20 channels to chose from to play within, but due to unspecified reasons, the Maple Story staff has reduced that number to 19, or in the case of Demethos, 13. When in game, the user has the option to change channel, or "cc." This is most frequently used for the Party Quest, where each channel allows a different group of people to participate. Many users will "Channel Surf" in attempts to find a channel where the quest is currently vacant.