The Year Of The Fire HorseNew Updates! It is now 2026. This marks 10 years of running MapleSaga, it has been great spending time with you all. Whether it's been hosting events or seeing you guys enjoy new features, it has been a joy for me! During the recent Christmas holidays, I have been restless. I've read a lot of ideas in many suggestion threads posted by players, and have come up with some new content that I would like to create in this year - the Year Of The Fire Horse. The Year Of The Fire Horse is seen as a time for breakthroughs, bold action, reinvention, and shaking off old patterns, demanding courage and movement. Very Important Note: The following points below are not all the ideas/changes for the new year. There are still ideas out there that have not been written here, because they are still in the planning stage. New Chaos Horntail PrizesThe Final Trial More prizes for Chaos Horntail will be added this year. Jack Of All, Master Of NoneRed Magicians A new Ironman mode will be added called Red Magicians. Red Magicians have the ability to change between three different jobs. You are given much freedom on MapleSaga to pick between jobs - but not this time! Fate will decide which 3 jobs you are assigned (every account has a unique combination and you can only "re-roll" by making a new account). These 3 jobs include: A Melee Class One of: Fighter, Page, Spearman, Bandit A Magician Class One of: F/P Wizard, I/L Wizard, Cleric A Ranged Class One of: Assassin, Hunter, Crossbowman The max level for Red Magicians is Level 150. They do not have access to 4th job. Note that it is not possible to get the Bandit and Assassin jobs in the same combination. They are mutually-exclusive (you may only get one or the other). For example: Some players may get a combination of Fighter & Cleric & Assassin. This means that they'll have access to Combo Attack, Heal, Teleport and Flash Jump. Additional Ironman Changes: - Ironmen will not be allowed to participate in Chaos Horntail - Ironmen will be able to participate in Pink Bean and other boss rushes I regret this already...Savages! A new Ironman mode will be added called Savages. Not everyone can be as smart as the average Magician... Savages are Magicians that use a new class of weapon called Enchanted Maces. Unlike other jobs, Savages are not allowed to choose their AP distribution - nature chooses for them! They gain 35 STR, 1 DEX and 4 INT per level. This means that they get 40 AP per level, 35 more than any other job. However, savages are savages after all, they aren't very smart. They don't possess the capability of getting past 2nd job, it's a pity! Your style, your storyStyle Savers Style savers are a concept for newer versions of MapleStory. They're a way to save your hair/face/skin. This is a convenient way to save those SBC hairs that you've spent billions of mesos to get, so that you don't have to "re-roll" for them again in the future. To obtain these style savers, you'll have to defeat some difficult Chaos bosses! P.S. we might get some new SBC hairs this year too! Shared Loot, Shared LaughsNew Party Quests I plan to add Chaos Orbis PQ and Chaos Ludibrium Maze PQ. These will share the same prize pools as the existing Chaos Party Quests. The boss mechanics will be designed to encourage the participation of the most marginalized classes in MapleSaga. Sealing The DealArf! Arf! New maps will be coming to SealStory, in addition to SealStory bossing! Band together with other seals and defeat classic MapleStory bosses to learn seal skills such as Tuna Mastery and Seal Warrior! Also, a new fishing, mining and foraging system will be added to SealStory, and will be SealStory-exclusive! Glutton For Punishment?Every Jump Matters I plan to add a jump quest that was inspired by a game called Only Up. One mistake, and you'll be falling to the bottom! Free Market Boss SpawnsRun Away! As you guys know, I will rarely spawn bosses in the Free Market - this would usually only be for Halloween or Christmas. I would like to increase the frequency of these boss events, but currently the loot distribution mechanic is very primitive. The loot distribution mechanic will be updated so that the boss will drop as many prizes as the amount of people who participated in defeating it. Every prize will be tagged by one player's name, so that each player is only allowed one prize when the boss is defeated. The prize boxes that these bosses drop will also include the chance to win chairs, limited edition label/quote rings and even mounts. Hopefully with this more fair loot mechanic, we can have more fun boss events! Smells like a bad decision...Find My Undies! On every Saturday mornings (server time), I will be hosting Find My Undies again. See you there! Improved Holiday EventsLet's Get Festive Holidays are obviously very important times for our community. I will be looking into ways to improve the events for Halloween, Christmas and other holidays this year. In ClosingHappy New Year! There are other changes that are planned, but they did not merit to be put in this post. I will continue to post development updates on this thread as the year progresses. Stay tuned for more information, and happy new year! - GMAlex
January 18th, 2026 Update Ironmen can now participate in the following party quests/boss rushes: Chaos Amoria Party Quest Chaos Kerning City Party Quest Chaos Ludibrium Party Quest Crimsonwood Keep Boss Rush Sleepywood Boss Rush Temple of Time Boss Rush Time Chamber Boss Rush Ironmen will receive White Scrolls instead of Gachapon Tickets (Mount) or mounts when opening prize boxes that would otherwise reward Gachapon Tickets (Mount) or mounts Ironmen will not be able to move "Parcel of Goods" into their Cash Shop Improved the Find My Undies event GM tools for smoother event management