Dear Metas, Following Lunar Oracle, the Visional Wheel is about to turn, landing on a new anomaly: Starfall Inversion, in which a massive, inverted star draws near Nalcott!
Starfall Inversion Introduction A colossal, shattered star looms in the heavens, its gravitational tides sweeping across Nalcott. Under their aberrant influence, objects and structures on the surface begin to rise uncontrollably. Yet, amid the chaos lie hidden challenges, treasures, and lots of fun! Are you ready to ascend into the sky?
Planned Period: Late May – Late September Affected Scenarios: Manibus, Evolution's Call, Prismverse's Clash, The Way of Winter (not including novice scenarios)
Lunar Oracle Rule Adjustments 1. Survival Environment and Gameplay Adjustments The inverted star will approach Nalcott daily from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM (in-game time, about 30 real-world minutes), unleashing immense gravitational tides. Under their influence, structures on the surface will be pulled skyward, creating extraordinary aerial exploration zones in some settlements. Use the floating energy rings to swiftly traverse the sky, uncover mysterious Star Advent Loot Crates and Unstable Aggregates, and collect special materials known as Gravity Crystals—but beware of gravity-warped Deviants! When affected by the gravitational tides, you will enter a unique low-gravity state known as Stellar Levity, allowing for higher jumps, extended airtime, immunity to fall damage, and significantly increased Load capacity. Additionally, new formulas will let you craft items that further enhance your aerial exploration and mobility (see below). As a Meta-Human, you will quickly adapt to the low gravity, mastering a devastating plunge attack. Perform a melee attack from high altitude to quickly descend in your aimed direction until you hit something or land. Deviations still struggle to unleash their full power in the skies, but fear not—there are lots of available footholds.
2. Combat Updates Starfall Inversion will also introduce new gear sets and mod suffixes, as well as some Cradle adjustments. a) Gear Set: Gravity Tide Set 1 piece: Increases jump height. 2 pieces: Increases Magazine Capacity. 3 pieces: Take reduced DMG from Deviants while airborne, and gain a DMG boost after mid-air movement. 4 pieces: Even larger damage boost after mid-air movement. b) Mod Suffix: Downstar Applicable Mods: Pants and Shoes Suffix Effect: When attacking units below you, you gain Crit DMG, Elemental DMG, Weapon DMG, and Status DMG buffs. c) Cradle: Some Cradle effects will be adjusted to fit the new Visional Wheel season
3. Survival Changes During a Starfall Inversion, you can obtain Gravity Crystals by opening Star Advent Loot Crates in surface settlements, collecting Unstable Aggregrates in the sky, or defeating gravity-warped Deviants. Gravity Crystals can be used to craft special items or construction parts after unlocking the requisite formulas. a)Survival Items Gravity Neutralizer: A mysterious device, the product of Rosetta research or Mayfly grit. It can be toggled on or off at will. If enabled during a Starfall Inversion, you can hold Jump in mid-air to hover in place., or automatically hover while using ADS or OTS. Gravity Tuner: Zero gravity can be inconvenient. The Gravity Tuner temporarily nullifies the anti-gravity effects of a Starfall Inversion. Use it again to disable its tuning effect. The Gravity Tuner is fully reusable. There are also lots of other convenient item formulas and recipes to be discovered!
b) Construction Parts Anti-Gravity Foundation: A special floating foundation that can support other structures. Can be built in your territory or other buildable areas, allowing you to bring your dream floating city to life. Note that Gravity Crystals are not refunded when demolishing Anti-Gravity Foundations. (Anti-Gravity Foundations are similar to ceilings and compatible with all ceiling wallpaper cosmetics.)
c) Vehicles During a Starfall Inversion, vehicles gain increased jump height, extended airtime, and will not lose Durability from high-altitude falls.
d) Starfall Treasures Open Star Advent Loot Crates for a chance to obtain special items, recipes and formulas, four types of gravity-warped animals and their skins, and six types of gravity-warped Deviations. Collect Unstable Aggregrates for a chance to obtain mods with the Downstar suffix and the Gravity Tide set or individual pieces.
4. Starfall Collection Event Collect Gravity Crystals to unlock wonderful rewards, including new weapon skins, charms, avatars, collection items, and more. There is a weekly cap on Gravity Crystals that count toward event progress. After reaching this cap, event progress will be limited. During the event, Gravity Crystals can also be used to redeem items and rewards from past Visional Wheel seasons, but redemption limits apply.
5.Schedule for Other Scenarios After this update, servers with the Visional Wheel tag will automatically change to Starfall Inversion. All Lunar Oracle phenomena will stop completely, and special items (such as Lunar Whispers) will no longer drop. Since zero gravity affects PvP combat balance, most PvP scenario servers will not feature the Visional Wheel tag. For a fair and balanced PvP experience, choose a server without the Visional Wheel tag. But if you're bored of regular combat, try a Visional Wheel server. Starfall Inversion is unavailable in the new scenario undergoing beta testing.
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We will be performing a scheduled minor patch starting on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM PDT (10:00 AM EDT / 4:00 PM CEST / 12:00 AM AEST May 16). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 4 hours, concluding around 11:00 AM PDT (2:00 PM EDT / 8:00 PM CEST / 4:00 AM AEST May 16).
Times:
Thursday, May 15, 2025 PDT (UTC -7): 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT (UTC -4): 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CEST (UTC +2): 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM AEST (UTC +10): 12:00 AM - 4:00 AM May 16
What will be unavailable:
All MapleStory game servers.
Changes and Updates:
MapleStory will be updated to v.259.3.0.
Resolved an issue where players were not able to obtain rewards from Xiao Xiao's Level-up Support on a newly created Mo Xuan character if earlier reward tiers were claimed previously on a separate and deleted Mo Xuan character.
Resolved an issue causing players to circumvent chat bans by using the Fast Character Switch feature.
Resolved an issue where Xiao Xiao's Level-up Support displayed Arcane Symbol Selector Coupons as a reward for reaching Lv. 200.
Resolved an issue where Divine Art: Crashing Earth's Cooldown would be reduced only when Heir of the Divine's Reincarnation feature was inactive and not while it was active.
Resolved an issue where the Lynn job would appear as Jianghu when viewed in the Character Select screen and the Switch Character UI.
Resolved a text issue where the Victoria Cup Completion Box would incorrectly show granting a Lovely Sugar Set Selector Coupon instead of a Mushroom Garden Set Selector Coupon.
Resolved an issue where other Mo Xuan characters are visible during a cutscene.
Resolved a text issue where the 'Ultimate Collab' buff would list the incorrect names from the event.
Resolved a text issue where Arwen is labeled as Lania within the Ultimate Collab UI and description.
Resolved an issue where the Magnificent Growth Potion did not indicate the correct amount players would receive for the 19th check-in within the Victoria Cup Stamp Book UI.
Resolved an issue where Mo Xuan's Secondary Weapon would show in a blank tab when trying to purchase one from NPC Neville.
Resolved an issue where NPC Diddimus would appear incorrectly within the Azwan opening cutscene.
The sun is shining bright and there's no better time to hit the water with a speedboat race for the Victoria Cup against your fellow Maplers!
PDT (UTC -7): Tuesday, May 13, 2025 5:00 PM - Tuesday, May 27, 2025 4:59 PM
CEST (UTC +2): Wednesday, May 14, 2025 2:00 AM - Wednesday, May 28, 2025 1:59 AM
AEST (UTC +10): Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:00 AM - Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:59 AM
How to Participate
Select the ‘[Victoria Cup] Boat Racing’ quest from the Event List and click ‘Participate’ to enter the Victoria Beach Entrance.
Alternatively, you can talk with Camila located in the Victoria Cup Main Stadium then head to Valerie to start Boat Racing!
Requirements: Lv. 101 and above characters who have completed the ‘[Victoria Cup] Start Homecoming Mission’ quest (Zero characters that completed Story Quest Act 2).
You will be playing against 8 other players but you must not be in a party!
The player that reaches the finish the fastest wins the race.
You will acquire Collection Points and Racing Points based on the game results!
You can check out your Collection status through the Collection Book!
How to Play
Upon getting matched into a game, you can select your boat.
If you leave midgame or if you do not play within a certain amount of time, the game will be processed as a fail and all characters within the account cannot enter another game for 10 minutes.
The mini-game starts when all participants have selected their boat.
Keyboard Keys
Effect
Up Arrow
Boat moves forward
Down Arrow
Boat moves in reverse
Left Arrow
Boat turns left
Right Arrow
Boat turns right
Left/right arrow key + SHIFT
Left/right drift
CTRL
Use Booster
R
Return to middle of course
You can fill your gauge by drifting.
Be advised that any collision will result in the cancellation of your drift gauge's fill process.
Once your gauge is full, it will change into a booster item.
You are capped to 2 booster items and cannot fill them once they are full.
The first player to cross the finish line triggers a countdown for the remaining boat racers to finish!
You can earn Collection Points and Racing Point based on the game results.
Rank
Collection Points Obtained
Racing Points Obtained
1st
300
7
2nd
300
5
3rd
200
4
4th
200
3
5th
150
2
6th
150
2
7th
150
1
8th
150
1
Victoria Boat Racing Rewards:
Cumulated Racing Points
Reward
Tradability/Duration
10
Maple Helmet Selector Coupon: Open to choose from the following:
Pink Bean Helmet: Untradable, Permanent.
Yeti Helmet: Untradable, Permanent.
Orange Mushroom Helmet: Untradable, Permanent.
Slime Helmet: Untradable, Permanent.
Rock Spirit Helmet: Untradable, Permanent.
Tradable within world, 7-day duration.
60
Boat Mount Selector Coupon: Open to choose from the following:
Permanent Victoria Water Taxi Mount Coupon: Tradable within world, 7-day duration.
Permanent Puro's Ice Whale Mount Coupon: Tradable within world, 7-day duration.
Permanent Dyle Ski Mount Coupon: Tradable within world, 7-day duration.
Permanent Tortie Boat Mount Coupon: Tradable within world, 7-day duration.
Permanent Swims with Bulls Mount Coupon: Tradable within world, 7-day duration.
Permanent Mini Nautilus Mount Coupon: Tradable within world, 7-day duration.
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Once you reach Act 2 of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and leave Old Lumiere, you'll have to decide which Axon enemy you want to fight first before going on to try to destroy the Paintress. Players will have the option to fight either Visages or Sirene, two main Axon bosses located on different islands accessible in Act 2. You'll have to fight both of them eventually if you want to advance the main story, and while both bosses pose a unique challenge, there's a recommended order to take them on in terms of difficulty level.
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