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Server Rates: 2x EXP l 1x MESO l 3x QUEST EXP l NO 2x EXP/DROP Cards | NO PAY2WIN l NO CUBES
MapleLegends is compatible with WINDOWS, MAC, AND LINUX. Guides can be found on Discord and the forums!
MapleLegends contains skill changes for balancing reasons! For more info click here
History: The development of MapleLegends began in August 2014 with the goal of creating the most nostalgic and functional pre-Big Bang MapleStory gameplay experience to date. Our development, production, and execution have attempted to resemble GMS 2008 as preciously as possible, with many of our features and NPC text matching GMS exactly. MapleLegends moved from Alpha into Closed Beta in December 2014, from Closed Beta into Open Beta in late January 2015, and officially went live on April 1st, 2015.
MapleLegends has gone through many, many changes, and is now over 8 years old. While it is no longer *exactly* like GMS was, it now has many custom Quality of Life changes, balancing tweaks to make every job more exciting to play, tweaks towards AFK leeching, tweaks towards "HP washing", and more. MapleLegends will remain to provide a great experience for those that want to go back in time, but also provide something for the people that stay. That way, MapleLegends can live on for many more years, and is now older than what the official "pre-bb" MapleStory ever was!
Features: MapleLegends has numerous features with many never before seen in any pre-Big Bang server to date. These include, but are not limited to: Cash Shop interfaces (gifting, storage, rings, pets, every item working), Merchant Interfaces (Owl of Minerva, GMS Fredrick/Hired Merchants), Mini-Games (Omok, Match Cards), Skills (every skill working), Quests (every quest working), Party Quests (Henesys, Kerning, Ludibrium, Ludibrium Maze, Orbis, Herb Town/Pirate, Guild Quests), and much much more. All of our content is tested countless times before being released, so you will know that you are experiencing a high-quality and polished product when exploring the world of MapleLegends.
Region-Friendly: In addition to the maps from GMS, MapleLegends also offers access to fully translated maps, monsters, and quests that were only available in other MapleStory regions. This brings nostalgia to players who played other MapleStory Regional Servers as well. For example, MapleLegends currently has Shanghai and Thailand from MapleSEA, along with Taiwan (Ximending) and Night Market from MapleStory Taiwan. The MapleLegends team will continue to work hard to bring new content that is nostalgic for people all around the world.
Stability: While lag may be part of a nostalgic experience, MapleLegends sees this as an aspect that negatively affects gameplay. This is why we offer you one of the most stable servers to date. MapleLegends has a record uptime of 54 days without lag spikes, crashes, or server freezes. Stability is one of the most important goals at MapleLegends, since we want players to be able to play the game smoothly. To achieve this, we have a dedicated server and a very polished server code to ensure that the server allows for hundreds of players to play without interruptions.
No Pay2Win: While we are an old MapleStory server, we do not offer any "Pay2Win" content. All the players are equal and there are no advantages between a donor or a regular user. We do not offer cubes, potential cubes, or any other item that has ruined the current MapleStory. MapleLegends has all "NX" equips available in-game for free and available for all users, with the exception of a few items available to donors. These items are cosmetic only and do not give any advantages.
No Vote2Win: Vote2win is a term in the Private Server community where the rewards from voting on GTOP is so good that you can quit for months while still voting and come back with a lot of stashed rewards and Mesos. In MapleLegends there's no such thing, so playing is better rewarded than voting. Voting on MapleLegends is for cosmetics, owls, and other small things. Also, cash items cannot be traded like the original game, which means that rewards from voting cannot be exchanged for Mesos. By doing this we reward people actually playing our server, and also make people that vote multiple times not have a huge benefit. Gachapon Tickets cannot be bought from the Cash Shop, and only drop from mobs in 2 tiers.
No Hackers: MapleLegends is powered by a functional anti-cheat, making sure no hackers or cheaters enter the server for long periods of time. MapleLegends has been a proud hacker-free server for over 2 years, and every person that attempts to use memory editing tools, or ways that provide unfair advantage gets easily stopped before it affects the game. That way, you can play in peace without seeing constant hacking activity.
No RWT / No Real World Trading (RWT) / No Real Market Trading (RMT): MapleLegends provides the strongest and most protection against any sort of Real World Trading. Since 2022, we have stopped 95% of all the Real World Trading activity among all the publicly available services, as well as private services. As such, almost every active Real World Trading service, middleman, or private seller has closed their service and moved on to different servers. We take Real World Trading very seriously and take any actions towards anyone attempting to do so. When playing in MapleLegends we make sure you will NOT be overtaken by someone that pays a seller thousands of real-world currency in order to get ahead of the other.
Skill balancing: While v0.62 is a great Old School version it had a lot of balancing issues. MapleLegends offer skill balance changes that altered the values of a few skills. Paladins are very usable and not the worst job and Shadowers can use Boomerang Step of hills, unlike the real game around the time. For all information about our skill changes click here and look for the 'Skill Changes' category.
Community: Due to our low rates we have one of the most mature and friendly communities out there, ready to help you out and play together with you. If you begin your journey into MapleLegends alone, expect to make new friends very quickly.
Conclusion: MapleLegends is the solution if you've been wishing that you could re-experience pre-Big Bang MapleStory in its prime. To learn even more about our server, please visit our website and join today: www.maplelegends.com