MapleSaga Ironman Guide Hello and welcome to the MapleSaga Ironman Guide. What is Ironman? In MapleSaga, Ironman is a game mode focused entirely on self-sufficiency. This means: - No parties or Party Quests - No trading with players, including their merchants in the Free Market - No access to your storage, Gachapon, VIP dungeons, and MiuMiu's traveling store - Only looting drops from mobs you've killed Why Ironman? Consider Ironman mode as playing MapleSaga on hard-mode. It's a fun way to test your Maple knowledge and challenge yourself without relying on other players' help. In this mode, it's all about the grind and no shortcuts. Getting Started To begin the Ironman Challenge, create a character and head to the Amherst Weapon Store. Inside, you'll need to find the Broken Iron Fragment hidden in a box located in the top-right corner, behind the roof and pipes. Refer to the images below for guidance: Once you have the Broken Iron Fragment in your inventory, you are ready to leave Maple Island and embark on your Ironman adventures! The Grind As mentioned earlier, self-sufficiency is crucial in this game mode, so looting everything becomes essential. I recommend getting a pet to accompany you on your adventures. Start hunting for weapons, equipment, scrolls, potions, and more. Check out the MapleSaga library (HERE) to see which mobs drop your desired items. Quests can also be extremely helpful in obtaining specific scrolls and weapons, so make sure to utilize them as well. Raiding Unlike normal raids where parties gather and talk to the raid NPC, the Ironman has to be summoned differently. To be summoned, the Ironman must meet the level requirements for the raid (e.g., Level 95 for Scarlion & Targa) and be waiting outside. The raid host or any party leader can then invite the Ironman by typing "we summon (your IGN)" in all chat. Once you've been summoned as an Ironman, you'll receive a notification. After that, you can talk to the corresponding NPC to enter the raid. Joining a raid as an Ironman grants an additional badge drop at the end. For Ironman characters without prior raiding experience, it's best to wait outside until the raid is complete. Each raid can only have a maximum of one Ironman summoned, but an Ironman can be summoned into multiple ongoing raids simultaneously. Upon redeeming a badge, you will receive the corresponding coin (e.g., Hera Coin from Scarlion & Targa raid), which you can then exchange for rewards. Please refer to the reward tables below for more details. Below is the comprehensive list of items exchangeable for reward coins. Please note that the stats of items are randomized, so you may need to make multiple exchanges to get your desired stats. Rewards Spoiler: Artemis Coin - Papulatus & Pianus Raid [Mastery Book] Advanced Combo Attack 20: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Divine Charge 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Holy Shield 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Elquines 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Ice Demon 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Ifrit 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Sharp Eyes 20: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Dragon's Breath 30: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Hamstring Shot 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Blind 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Venomous Star/Venomous Stab 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Taunt 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Ninja Ambush 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Ninja Storm 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Dragon Strike 30: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Energy Orb 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Demolition 30: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Snatch 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Elemental Boost 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Battleship Torpedo 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Bullseye 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Monster Magnet 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Power Stance 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Brandish 20: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Guardian 30: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Holy Charge 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Mana Reflection 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Big Bang 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Infinity 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Infinity 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Fire Demon 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Bow Expert 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Phoenix 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Marksman Boost 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Piercing Arrow 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Frostprey 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Shadow Shifter 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Shadow Claw 30: 10 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Boomerang Step 30: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Super Transformation 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Snatch 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Wrath of the Octopi 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Rapid Fire 20: 5 Artemis Coin [Mastery Book] Hypnotize 20: 5 Artemis Coin Spoiler: Hera Coin - Zakum & Scarga Raid [Mastery Book] Power Stance 30: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Heaven's Hammer 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Paralyze 20: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Chain Lightning 20: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Blizzard 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Genesis 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Sharp Eyes 30: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Bow Expert 30: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Hurricane 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Marksman Boost 30: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Snipe 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Venomous Star/Venomous Stab 30: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Smokescreen 20: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Barrage 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Achilles 30: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Blast 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Enrage 20: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Berserk 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Holy Shield 30: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Meteor Shower 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Angel Ray 20: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Concentrate 20: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Triple Throw 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Assassinate 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Time Leap 20: 3 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Air Strike 20: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Rapid Fire 30: 6 Hera Coin [Mastery Book] Battleship Cannon 20: 6 Hera Coin Spoiler: Apollo Coin - The Boss Raid Frontier Battle Helm: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Mage Helm: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Sentinel Helm: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Chaser Helm: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Skipper Helm: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Battle Boots: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Mage Boots: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Sentinel Boots: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Chaser Boots: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Skipper Boots: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Battle Hands: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Mage Hands: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Sentinel Hands: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Chaser Hands: 4 Apollo Coin Frontier Skipper Hands: 4 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Enrage 30: 15 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Heaven's Hammer 30: 7 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Paralyze 30: 15 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Chain Lightning 30: 15 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Elquines 30: 7 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Ifrit 30: 7 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Angel Ray 30: 15 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Concentrate 30: 15 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Frostprey 30: 7 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Taunt 30: 7 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Ninja Storm 30: 7 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Smokescreen 30: 7 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Time Leap 30: 7 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Elemental Boost 30: 7 Apollo Coin [Mastery Book] Air Strike 30: 7 Apollo Coin Spoiler: Hades Coin - Horntail Raid Frontier Battle Suit: 6 Hades Coin Frontier Mage Suit: 6 Hades Coin Frontier Sentinel Suit: 6 Hades Coin Frontier Chaser Suit: 6 Hades Coin Frontier Skipper Suit: 6 Hades Coin Frontier Battle Cape: 6 Hades Coin Frontier Mage Cape: 6 Hades Coin Frontier Sentinel Cape: 6 Hades Coin Frontier Chaser Cape: 6 Hades Coin Frontier Skipper Cape: 6 Hades Coin [Mastery Book] Blast 30: 3 Hades Coin [Mastery Book] Meteor Shower 30: 3 Hades Coin [Mastery Book] Genesis 30: 5 Hades Coin [Mastery Book] Hurricane 30: 3 Hades Coin [Mastery Book] Snipe 30: 3 Hades Coin [Mastery Book] Maple Warrior 20: 9 Hades Coin [Mastery Book] Barrage 30: 3 Hades Coin Spoiler: Zeus Coin - Castellan Toad Raid Pensalir Battle Mail: 5 Zeus Coin Pensalir Mage Robe: 5 Zeus Coin Pensalir Sentinel Suit: 5 Zeus Coin Pensalir Chaser Armor: 5 Zeus Coin Pensalir Skipper Coat: 5 Zeus Coin Pensalir Battle Cape: 5 Zeus Coin Pensalir Mage Cape: 5 Zeus Coin Pensalir Sentinel Cape: 5 Zeus Coin Pensalir Chaser Cape: 5 Zeus Coin Pensalir Skipper Cape: 5 Zeus Coin Firestorm: 5 Zeus Coin Iceblitz: 5 Zeus Coin [Mastery Book] Advanced Combo Attack 30: 3 Zeus Coin [Mastery Book] Brandish 30: 5 Zeus Coin [Mastery Book] Berserk 30: 3 Zeus Coin [Mastery Book] Blizzard 30: 3 Zeus Coin [Mastery Book] Triple Throw 30: 5 Zeus Coin [Mastery Book] Assassinate 30: 3 Zeus Coin [Mastery Book] Battleship Cannon 30: 3 Zeus Coin Spoiler: Ares Coin - Chaos Zakum Raid Pensalir Battle Boots: 3 Ares Coin Pensalir Mage Boots: 3 Ares Coin Pensalir Sentinel Boots: 3 Ares Coin Pensalir Chaser Boots: 3 Ares Coin Pensalir Skipper Boots: 3 Ares Coin Pensalir Battle Gloves: 3 Ares Coin Pensalir Mage Gloves: 3 Ares Coin Pensalir Sentinel Gloves: 3 Ares Coin Pensalir Chaser Gloves: 3 Ares Coin Pensalir Skipper Gloves: 3 Ares Coin Nimbus Sword: 6 Ares Coin Axe of a Thousand Blades: 6 Ares Coin Golden Slice: 6 Ares Coin Execution Blade: 6 Ares Coin Weeping Spirit Sword: 6 Ares Coin Smoldering Spirit Axe: 6 Ares Coin Mace of Ruin: 6 Ares Coin Final Wind: 6 Ares Coin Pelting Rain: 6 Ares Coin Soul Expansion Bow: 6 Ares Coin Mind Expansion Bow: 6 Ares Coin Fist of Malice: 6 Ares Coin Bloodstained Quaker: 6 Ares Coin Baleful Blaster: 6 Ares Coin Miscellaneous: Medals: - Beginner Ironman: Reach level 10 on an Ironman character - Junior Ironman: Reach level 30 - Veteran Ironman: Reach level 70 - Superior Ironman: Reach level 120 - Master Ironman: Reach level 180 to obtain medal and unlock +3 Prestige Things to Note: - Spend 50 Million mesos for a random chair via Gachapon in FM (untradable/undroppable) - Utilize VIP teleport rocks for quick travel (Ex. NLC to repot) - See your progress and compare with others using the rankings available at: https://maplesaga.com/ironman-rankings Frequently Asked Questions: Can IMs interact with other players? In terms of chatting and joining a guild, yes. Can IMs attend GM events and Guild Wars? Yes. Can IMs use 2x coupons? Yes. Can IMs equip NX? Yes. Can I raid on one character and mule Ironman on another on the same account? Yes. Please have one of the two party leaders summon you. Can IM participate in RM raids? Yes, but only for fame and exp. No rewards. Can IM participate in more than one raid at one time? Yes, as they can be summoned to multiple raids separately. How many IMs can join any one raid? Only one. What happens when an IM joins a raid? One additional badge will drop. Can IMs drop rewards obtained through raids? No. Can IMs obtain Zak Helmets, Horntail Pendants, etc.? Yes, and like all characters, the rate is not 100%. Does the IM have to be summoned before the boss is spawned? No. The IM can be summoned and also enter the raid at any point BEFORE the boss dies. Can IMs get married? As of now, no, since marriage requires characters to form a party and IMs cannot form parties. Can IMs be a Blessing of Fairy character and vise-versa? Yes, though at the moment they're not able to obtain Trialblazer Ring (Level 3). So keep that mind. Can IMs participate in end-game PQs such as CWK/Neo/SPQ? As of right now, no. Can IMs HP wash? To be confirmed shortly. Feel free to post any questions below and I'll update the guide when I get the chance. Good luck grinding! Cheers ~
If only this forum post was made sooner. Hahaha! Amazing guide! Also, thanks for helping me figure this out yesterday!
Thanks for the guide. Some quick questions: What is the endgame equipment set a+I weapon usually used by an Ironman? Do Ironman need washing since they can't party for Hyper Body? How do I get NX? I want to buy 2x cards to train but voting only gives the dungeon pass thing that I can't use as an Ironman. Thanks.
You use nx cash you get from voting to buy 2x exp ticket in cash shop. It’s 2k nx I believe. Which Ironman do you want to play? You can’t go full wash as Ironman and also you won’t be able to get funds to wash out. Maybe... the most you can do is perhaps wash a dark knight, but even that will still be quite tough( you need to earn 200m+ just for washing the Ironman)
I am an assassin trying to plan my endgame equipments and also uncertain how to wash on an ironman and how much INT I need + how much HP I need / what equips and weps are the endgame for me?
what i can suggest if you want the hp, get from mount? or scrolling a set of HP equipments helps (doesnt really help LOL).
I'm sorry but I don't really see the point to wash an IM. Monsters won't kill you unless you have no more pots or if you try to kill the area bosses like Big Foot, Anego, Kacchu) But again, I don't even see the point doing these as an assassin, since you won't have any extra buffs, like SE (Sharp Eyes), or MW20/30 (Maple Warrior) it will take forever. Maybe doing raids? I never saw any IM doing a raid, they come in, log off and then, log in at the end, to take up the badge. True If you wash = using INT gear, adding INT stat. Which means you will legit do 0 DMG (or almost 0). Since you can't be in a party as an IM, you can't be leeched... So you can get a Mount HP BUFF with the Pirate Treasure doing PPQ (Pirate Party Quest) or from buying the items in the Free Market (Players Store). Since you are an IM (IronMan) you can't either do PPQ and buying items in the Free Market. I assume PPQ requires a Party, which you're not able to have/make so you can't have this ETC... and as Lucks said I guess that is the best suggestion Here the guide of the Mount HP Buff if you're interested for another character : https://forums.maplesaga.com/index.php?threads/mount-hp.11628/ Conclusion: You can't wash an IM and IMO it would be a waste of mesos (and it's pointless). You can still play an assassin, I do not see any problems with being unwashed. Hope it helped, have fun
1) Thanks. It sounds like my only hope would be HP scrolled equips since I can't PQ correct? 2) What sort of content am I locked out of as an Unwashed Ironman Assassin that I otherwise would've been able to try out as a Washed Normal Assassin?
You're welcome, yes it's correct you can't do PQs: Can't also get married and have a friendship ring since you need to be in a party. (which both have a HP Buff available, here the guide: https://forums.maplesaga.com/index.php?threads/crush-friendship-ring-hp.11639/) Area Bosses should be hell to kill (since no extra buffs) + you can't survive to Anego (Female Boss) Slap and Big Foot/Kacchu Body touch/Magic Attack, can't get leech, can't tank magic of some bosses until you're very high level (i.e Castellan Toad, Chaos Zakum deals like +/- 10k Magic, of course the body deals more but just don't touch the body) and you would be raiding without any buffs...-sad- I think that's all haha, well IronMan is the "hardcore" mode as Lucks said previously. If anyone got more ideas, feel free to share, thx
basically i think ironman can only grind monster to level. bosses are just meant for you to be summon in and get those coin to exchange a little items you can get.