MapleStory Mo Xuan Training Guide Level 1-260
Early game for MapleStory is now considered between Level 1-200 and you should be able to reach Level 200 with around 10-12 hours of regular gameplay. This process is sped up considerably if you have EXP Boosters and other bonuses to aid you in training (see tips below).
For brand new players, this is where your MapleStory adventure begins.
Level 1-10 - Tutorial
The beginning of every MapleStory adventure is a short tutorial for your class. Usually, it introduces the story of that character, so early quests to complete and getting you used to how MapleStory controls work.
Most classes in MapleStory start at Level 1-10 apart from Zero, who starts at Level 100 (but in order to create one, you already need a Level 100 character).
Soak it all in, as the grind is about to begin!
Levels 10-30 - Golem's Temple: Golem's Temple 3
Quests: Follow the main questline on Mo Xuan to unlock your first job advancement.
Mob: Flaming Mixed Golem
How To Get There: Head right from Henesys, 3 maps in you'll find a hidden portal to Golem's Temple Entrance.
The early levels generally consist of doing your classes job quests, which will introduce you to the mechanics of MapleStory and/or a small story regarding your class. Generally, you'll be doing this up until Level 30- but some classes have more freedom.
If you can travel around Maple World, between Level 10-30, head to Golem's Temple: Golem's Temple 3 located at Victoria Island. Here you can grind on Mixed Golem mobs.
If you're strong enough or in Regular Servers, you can also fight Evil Eyes at North Forest: Giant Tree located near Ellinia on Victoria Island. The spawn here is slightly better than Mixed Golems.
Alternative Mobs
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Evil Eye
North Forest: Giant Tree
Lv25~Lv30
Curse Eye
North Forest: Green Tree Trunk
Lv25~Lv30
Ooze Waste
Garbage Dump: Waste Treatment Plant 1
Lv25~Lv30
Level 30 - 40 - Garbage Dump: Shaded Dump Site
Location: Garbage Dump: Shaded Dump Site
Mob: Dumpy Hoodlum
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel to Caravan Refuge.
At level 30, head to Savage Terminal (accessible via your Maple Guide) and head to the map Garbage Dump: Shaded Dump Site to fight Dumpy Hoodlum up until Level 40.
If you're in Regular Servers, you might be better off fighting at Abandoned Offices: Mr. Hazard's Lair 2 (in Savage Terminal) for better EXP or Burnt Land: Wild Boar Land (see below).
Alternative Mobs
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Hazard's Rotten Crony
Abandoned Offices: Mr. Hazard's Lair 2
Lv35~Lv40
Level 40-50 - Burnt Land: Wild Boar Land
Location: Burnt Land: Wild Boar Land
Mob: Wild Boar
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel to directly to the map
Head to Perion and find Burnt Land: Wild Boar Land; this map is quite big but has plenty of spawn of Wild Boar and Terrified Wild Boar.
The spawn of Wild Boars is amazing in this map and there are several hidden teleports in this map to help you navigate it. By now you should be getting into the grove of your second job and hopefully have better mobbing skills to deal with the great spawn here.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
Skeledog
Excavation Site: Excavation Intermission Area
Lv40~Lv55
Alternative Route: Level 30-60 - Theme Dungeons
There are several theme dungeons in MapleStory that you can begin at Level 30. Each one scales with your level, up to Level 60, allowing you to progress naturally and earn really good EXP.
You'll be doing lots of quests in the Theme Dungeons, and they give the bulk of the EXP rather than the mob grinding.
Check out our Riena Strait Theme Dungeon Guide for an idea.
Level 50 - 65 - Swamp: Silent Swamp
Location: Swamp: Silent Swamp
Mob: Copper Drake
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel to directly to the map or Head to Sleepywood and take first map on your right.
Reboot players will find this area quite difficult during Level 50, so it is recommended to get to around Level 60 before tackling this area.
Head to Sleepywood and then to Swamp: Silent Swamp to face Copper Drakes. This is a really fun map as you can just jump down from each platform and then use the hidden portal at the bottom of the map to teleport all the way up.
You can stay in this map until Level 70, but it can start to feel a bit slow.
Level 65-75 - Orbis: Stairway To The Sky I
Location: Orbis: Stairway To The Sky I
Mob: Lioner, Grupin or Cellion
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel to directly to the map
Orbis is next up and you can head to Orbis: Stairway To The Sky I to fight the Lioner, Grupin or Cellion mobs. The spawn rate here is amazing, but the map doesn't have any good teleporters so if your class doesn't have an up jump, you might find it hard to clear.
This map becomes available in your Maple Guide around Level 70, but Regular server players can head here earlier or if you have enough damage.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
White Fang
Ice Valley II
Lv65~Lv80
Guard Robot
Verne Mine: Shaft 4
Lv70~Lv85
White Desert Rabbit
Outside East Entrance of Ariant
Lv70~Lv85
Level 75-90 - Sunset Road: The Desert Of Serenity
Location: Sunset Road: The Desert Of Serenity
Mob: Sand Rat
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel to directly to Sahel 2 and then use the portal on this map to enter. Alternatively, use the Pantheon Dimensional Mirror to fast-travel to Ariant.
At the late 70s, you'll want to head to Ariant and travel to the map Sunset Road: The Desert Of Serenity. This small horizontal map is easy to attack all the monsters on and by now you should be using your third job skills to help clear quickly.
75 might be too early, but definitely come here around Level 80.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
Sand Rats
Sunset Road: Sahel 2
Lv80~Lv90
Level 90-100 - Leafre: West Leafre Forest
Location: Leafre: West Leafre Forest
Mob: Rash
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel.
There are two routes you can take at around Level 90.
If you have enough damage or in Regular servers, you'll want to travel to Leafre: West Leafre Forest and fight the Rash mobs. This is probably the first Burning Field map you'll come across too, giving you extra boosted EXP.
If you find these mobs too tricky, you can alternatively go to Magatia Research Institute: Lab - Area C-1 and take on Roid mobs.
Alternative Mobs
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Roid
Magatia Research Institute: Lab - Area C-1
Lv85~Lv100
Saitie
Hidden Street: Authorized Personnel Only
Lv85~Lv100
Level 100 - Zakum
Your first boss and the source of a quick free couple of levels!
Zakum can be accessed directly from the Maple guide under the Boss Tab. You can clear him once per day, and if you go in with a Rune or a 2x EXP buff, you're always guaranteed at least 1 free level.
Zakum can also drop some useful equips, so it's well worth doing. At level 100, the boss should be a breeze!
Level 100-110 - Ludibrium: Toy Factory
Location: Ludibrium: Toy Factory <Apparatus Room>
Mob: Robo, Master Robo
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel.
At Level 100, you can head to Ludibrium: Toy Factory <Apparatus Room> to fight Robo and Master Robo mobs. Some players like to stay here even longer as you start learning your 4th job skills.
Reboot players might want to stay at Leafre: West Leafre Forest until Level 105 before heading to Master Robo mobs.
Alternative Mobs
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Blood Harp
Leafre: Sky Nest II (Starforce Map)
Lv100~Lv115
Level 110-135 - Korean Folk Town: Black Mountain Entrance
Location: Korean Folk Town: Black Mountain Entrance
Mob: Moon Bunny
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel.
Korean Folk Town: Black Mountain Entrance is a favorite map and the whole Korean Folk Town area is great for leveling from Level 120-130.
At Level 125, there is a quest to hunt down 120 Moon Bunny mobs that gives you a ton of EXP. You can also find quests in all the other maps around KFT that just require hunting mobs as if you were training, helping gain a few quick levels.
You can eventually end up at Korean Folk Town: Goblin House, which is the best map in KFT. This map is better for Level 130.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
Yellow King Goblin
Korean Folk Town: Golbin House
Lv125~Lv135
Samiho
Korean Folk Town: Fox Ridge
Lv125~Lv135
Dark Yeti and Pepi
El Nath: Sharp Cliff 4
Lv120~Lv130
Level 130 - Golden Temple Questline
If you want to take a break from grinding, why not do the Golden Temple quest line.
Most of the quests just require you to hunt mobs and they give a bunch of EXP helping you reach Level 140. Accept the quest [Golden Temple] Noi More Tourists to be auto-teleported to the Golden Temple.
Level 135-155 - Kerning Tower: 2f Cafe <3>
Location: Kerning Tower: 2f Cafe <3>
Mob: Grape Jelly Juice, Enraged Espresso Machine
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel.
At Level 135, you should be strong enough to take on the Kerning Tower mobs. There are several maps you can train on here.
Kerning Tower: 2f Cafe <3> is great between Level 135-150, however, if you have 80 Starforce points, you can also take on the mobs in Kerning Tower: 2f Cafe <4>
If you're finding it really slow, at Level 140 you can also do the Kerning Tower questline for some extra EXP.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
Enraged Espresso Machine
Kerning Tower: 2f Cafe <3> (Starforce Map)
Lv140~Lv160
Chief Oblivion Guardian
Time Lane: Road to Oblivion 4
Lv140~Lv160
Level 155 - 165 - Stone Colossus Exploration Site: Colossus West Road 2
Location: Stone Colossus Exploration Site: Colossus West Road 2
Mob: Mantis, Blood Mantis
How To Get There: From Leafre, head to Minar Forest: Forest: Crossroad.
Stone Colossus is a relatively ignored area in MapleStory but it has a couple of great training maps. It can be accessed from Minar Forest (Leafre).
This map is very fun to train in compared to Kerning Tower and all its platforms. You have two mobs spawn here: Mantis and Blood Mantis.
Reboot Players can stay here until 170 before heading to Omega Sector.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
Mutant Snail
Henesys Ruins: Henesys Ruins Market
Lv150~Lv165
Level 165-180 - Omega Sector
Location: Omega Sector: Corridor 202
Mob: Gray Luxury Saucer
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel.
Omega Sector was revamped back in 2017 and now contains a new area called the Mothership. Here is one of the best maps to train at until 190 on Reboot Servers (180 on Regular Servers).
Corridor H01 requires starforce of 140. If you can't hit the starforce, then head to Corridor 202 instead.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
Official Knight C
Knight Stronghold: Armory 1 (Starforce Map)
Lv165~Lv180
Level 180 - 200 - Twilight Perion
Location: Twilight Perion: Deserted Southern Ridge / Forsaken Excavation Site 2
Mob: Swollen Stump, Sinister Rocky Mask
How To Get There: Use Maple Guide to fast-travel.
The final area to train is in an area called Twilight Perion. You can find decent training spots from around level 160 here, allowing you to alternatively skip Mantis and Omega Sector mobs and just train here.
At Level 180, you can head to Twilight Perion: Deserted Southern Ridge and fight Swollen Stump. There are lots of mobs on this map, the only downside is it's quite big.
At around 190, you then want to head to Forsaken Excavation Site 2, which is a popular map that many players train on. It can also be a bit of a grind these level 10 levels.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
Swollen Stump
Twilight Perion: Deserted Southern Ridge
Lv180~Lv190
Level 199-200 - Free Level Scrayard Quest
At level 199, you can obtain a free level by completing the simple Scrapyard Haven prequests. There's about 4 of them, and only require killing around 3 mobs. Take's less than 5 minutes.
The quest you want can be found in your Quest Lightbulb icon called: (Lv.190) [Haven] A New Home. The video below shows you how to complete it:
Level 105 - 200 - Monster Park
You can enter Monster Park up 7 times a day (2 for free, 5 require an entry ticket that costs Mesos in Reboot World and NX in Regular Servers).
You can easily gain a few levels from Monster Park as each area has a different level range all the way up to level 230.
Plus, you can use any of the Monster Park Coins you receive to buy Monster Park Potions for training too!
At Level 200, you get to advance to 5th job and learn a bunch of new skills. Check out the V-Matrix guide for more information. From here on out, you'll be training in an area called Arcane River, which is comprised of several different zones.
You'll also get access to Arcane Symbols at Level 200, allowing you to get a huge damage boost.
At level 260, you get to take the Maplestory 6th Job Advancement.
Level 200 - 210 - Cave of Repose: Below the Cave
Location: Vanishing Journey
Mob: Tranquil Erda
At Level 200 and advancing to fifth job, you get access to Arcane River. Each area is level restricted, and the first area is called Vanishing Journey. You have to first complete a pre-quest for 5th job, which takes you throughout Vanishing Journey maps.
The best map for training is Cave of Repose: Below The Cave. However, you do need Arcane Force of 60 in order to hit 100% damage, and 90 Arcane Force to hit 150% damage.
You can get some Arcane Force from Hyper Stats that can get you up to the 60 mark. You can also get 20 Symbols by completing the Reverse City questline at Level 205.
Level 205 - 210 - Reverse City - Hidden Research Train
Location: Reverse City
Mob: Strong Seeker T-Drone Model A, Strong Seeker T-Drone Model B
Reverse City is a stop-gap between Vanishing Journey and Chu Chu Island. You can find some really nice maps to train in from levels 205 to 210, especially if you find Vanishing Journey to be crowded.
Reverse City questline takes around 30-60 minutes to complete and rewards you with 20 Arcane Symbols to use, which is pretty good for new players starting out.
Level 210 - 220 - Slurpy Forest: Slurpy Forest Depths
Location: Chu-Chu Island
Mob: Ripe Wolfruit, Angry Flyon
Once you arrive on Chu Chu Island, the best map to train in is Slurpy Forest Depths. This map has great spawn, is super compact and small and offers hidden portals to get you around the map faster.
Some players like this map so much, they even train here until 225!
Level 220 - 225 - Lachelein Ballroom: Revelation Place 3
Location: Lachelein
Mob: Insane Masquerade Citizen, Angry Masquerade Citizen
Revelation Place 3 is one of the best maps in the whole of Lachelein to train on. It does have some awkward platforms, but it has great spawn and by now your character should be getting deep into their 5th job so that they can mob really well.
It does require Arcane Force of 210 to hit 100% damage. If you're maxing out your Arcane Dailies and still find yourself with low AF, you might want to consider staying at Slurpy Forest Depths for a few more levels.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
Gallina
Lachelein Night Market: Chicken Festival 1
Lv220
Dreamkeeper
Lachelein Clocktower: Nightmare Clocktower 2F
Lv225
Level 225 - 230 - Arcana: Cavern Lower Path
Location: Arcana
Mob: Befuddled Spirit
At Level 225, you gain access to Arcana, which includes some of the best maps to train on up until 250.
However, at level 225 you might have really low Arcane Force and so hitting the mobs might be a little tricky at first. Make sure you do your Arcane Dailies as often as possible and get to the magic number of 360 Arcane Force to hit 100% damage against the mobs.
CLP is one of the easiest maps to train on with high mob density and a nice small compact map to move around.
Level 230 - 240- Morass: Shadowdance Hall 2
Location: Morass
Mob: Blue Shadow
Once you unlock Morass at Level 230, you'll find that Shadowdance Hall 2 is quite a big map, but it's also very horizontal, so expect do a lot of jump-spamming. The map's spawn rate is quite high compared to CLP, so this is now preferred over CLP unless you have access to Frenzy Totem.
Alternatively, you can stay in Arcana and go to some of the other maps in The Deepest Part of The Cavern.
Alternative Mobs
Try these other areas for great EXP!
Anguished Spirit
The Deepest Part of the Cavern - Upper Path
Lv230-240
Mournful Spirit
The Deepest Part of the Cavern - Upper Path
Lv230-240
Aranya
Esfera: Mirror-touched Sea 2
Lv235-240
Level 240 - 250 - Sellas: Star-Swallowing Sea 1
Location: Sellas
Mob: Lilli Borea
If you like crazy bright blue colors then Sellas might be the next place you go to train. It has lots of great maps with high amounts of mobs, but with a few more platforms than Arcana. If your class has great mobility and map control, then you might get better rates at Sellas.
Sellas unlocks at Level 240.
Level 245-250 - Moonbridge: Void Current 3
Location: Moonbridge
Mob: Crushing Glare, Burst Glare
Moonbridge unlocks at levels 245 and one of the better maps to train at is Void Current 3. They also drop Familiar Cards, so this is a great chance for Reboot players to finally start farming a decent Familiar.
You can also try Void Current 1, which is a smaller more compact map.
You'll need 730 Arcane Force to hit 100% of your damage here.
Level 250-255 - Tenebris: Labyrinth Of Suffering Core 6
Location: Tenebris, Labryinth Of Suffering
Mob: Silent Scout
The Labyrinth Of Suffering doesn't have too many good maps, so you might be better off staying at Moonbridge until you unlock Limina.
You should do some Battle Analysis at this point to find the best rates; Labyrinth Of Suffering Core 6 is one of the most recommended maps.
Level 255-275 - Limina: End of the World 1-5
Location: Limina
Mob: Forberion, Ascendion
Your journey to 275 is in sight with Limina unlocked at level 255. There are plenty of maps in this area that are good to train on, but this is one of the most popular with its great spawn and small map size.