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Revision as of 17:13, 22 September 2022

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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
MapleStory
MapleStory cover
Developers
Wizet
Publishers
Nexon
Shanda
Asiasoft
Gamania
Level Up! Games
Release dates
Windows April 29, 2003
Taxonomy
Series MapleStory
MapleStory guide on StrategyWiki
MapleStory on Wikipedia
MapleStory
MapleStory 2003
MapleStory 2 2018

Key points

Different versions in different regions
Regular servers are Pay-to-win. Faster progression. However, in many regions, a new server has been officially created that allows for players to earn all of the pay-to-win items through gameplay.
Runs well on low end machines

General information

Official Maplestory Forum
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website MapleStory Global (North America, Oceania and Europe)
Windows
Steam
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MapleStory Global (North America, Oceania and Europe)
Windows
Official website MapleStory Korea
Windows
Official website MapleStory Japan
Windows
Official website MapleStory China
Windows
Official website MapleStorySEA (South East Asia)
Windows
Official website MapleStory Taiwan
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
MapleStory Starter Pack Steam version only. No longer available.
Windows
MapleStory Value Pack Steam version only. No longer available.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/216150/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphical settings.
Graphical settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Max resolution of 1920x1080. Also supports 16:10 with 1920x1200.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Borderless Window is partially supported and it will be available only if the screen's resolution is the same as the game's resolution.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Enabled by default; toggle-able.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Controller settings.
Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Mouse is only used to navigate menus.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller options are limited to stick defaulting to movement and some game actions being rebindable to a button. An external application is recommended for better controller support.
Controller sensitivity
No pressure-sensitive gameplay.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Button prompts
Game has fixed button prompts. They do not change even if you change keyboard bindings.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Some newer cutscenes feature English speech, but most of the game is text only

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Anti-cheat GameGuard, HackShield, XIGNCODE3 Removed GameGuard on Ver0.92 on April 28, 2009, replaced by HackShield and then replaced with XIGNCODE3 anti-plug-in software. Only in Chinese version?

System requirements

Windows[1]
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Windows 7 (KB3033929 is required)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 3450
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card
Other Broadband Internet connection


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References