WarriorSTR · Melee fighters with the highest HP
MagicianINT · Spellcasters
BowmanDEX · Ranged attackers
ThiefLUK · Fast and evasiveHow to Leave Maple Island in MapleStory Classic World (and What to Finish First)
To leave Maple Island, walk east to Southperry and talk to Shanks, the boat captain. He takes you to Lith Harbor on Victoria Island for 300 mesos. The trip is one-way: there's no boat back, so finish every Maple Island quest first. Conveniently, the island's quests pay exactly 300 mesos between them.
Before you board: finish all ten Maple Island quest lines, especially Pio's (it gives The Green Relaxer chair) and Mai's (mesos for the fare). Then Southperry → Shanks → 300 mesos → Lith Harbor. 1st job comes at level 10 on Victoria Island.
The route across Maple Island
Every character starts as a Beginner on Maple Island (Nexon). Your first quest giver, Heena, stands at Mushroom Town - West Entrance; from there you walk east through the snail fields, pass through Amherst, and end at Southperry on the docks. The quest givers line the route in order:
| Where | NPC | Quest | Level | Reward (game data) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mushroom Town - West Entrance | Heena → Sera | Borrowing Sera's Mirror | 1 | 2 EXP |
| Mushroom Town | Roger | Roger's Apple | 1 | teaches the Use tab |
| Mushroom Town | Nina → Sen | What Sen wants to eat | 1 | 3 EXP |
| East Entrance to Mushroom Town | Todd | Todd's How-to-Hunt | 1 | 10 EXP, 3 Eggs |
| Snail Hunting Ground I | Sam | Sam's Suggestion (10 Snails) | 1 | 30 EXP, 5 Eggs |
| A Split Road | Maria → Lucas | Letter for Lucas + reply | 2 | 120 EXP, a random Skullcap or Headband |
| A Split Road | Mai | Mai's Training + final training | 3 | 200 EXP, 150 mesos, 20 Eggs |
| Amherst | Pio | Pio's Collecting Recycled Goods | 5 | 100 EXP, 150 mesos, The Green Relaxer |
| Amherst | Rain | Rain's Maple Quiz (7 parts) | 5 | 490 EXP total, 10 Oranges |
| Southperry | Biggs | Biggs's Collection of Items (10 Blue Snail Shells, 1 Orange Mushroom Cap) | 3 | 120 EXP, Fruit Knife or Razor |
Mai's final training and Pio's quest are the only two Maple Island quests that pay mesos: 150 each, which is the 300 the boat costs. Anything you pick up from monsters is your safety margin.
What to finish before you leave
- Pio's quest, for the chair. The Green Relaxer restores an extra 30 HP every 10 seconds while you sit. One community guide notes this is the only place to get it. If Pio's boxes are camped, the Sky-blue Wooden Chair in Lith Harbor does the same job for mesos.
- Rain's quiz. Seven short questions, 490 EXP and 10 Oranges. Easy level-up fuel.
- Biggs and Lucas for your first equips: a Fruit Knife or Razor, and a Skullcap or Headband.
- Mai's two trainings for the fare money.
- Spend your AP on purpose. AP doesn't reset when you take your 1st job, so put points into the main stat of the class you plan to play. See starting stats and AP.
There's no Storage Keeper on Maple Island, so you can't bank anything here, and anything you leave behind stays behind.
Taking the boat
Talk to Shanks at the Southperry dock and pay 300 mesos. Community sources agree on the fare and that the trip is one-way. One adds that Shanks only sails once you're level 7, and that most players arrive around level 8 after finishing the island's quests. There is no ferry back to Maple Island.
Your first stop: Lith Harbor
You land in Lith Harbor. Pick up the level 8 starter quests before heading inland:
| NPC | Quest | Level | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil | Phil's Call | 8 | 188 EXP, 245 mesos, 8 Red + 8 Blue Potions |
| Olaf | Olaf's First Training (8 Stumps, 8 Slimes) | 8 | 124 EXP, 277 mesos, 8 Red + 8 Blue Potions |
| Olaf | Olaf's Second Training (8 Pigs, 8 Orange Mushrooms) | 8 | 124 EXP, 277 mesos, 3 Return Scroll - Nearest Town |
| Teo | Teo's Weird Hobby + Even Weirder Hobby | 8 | 124 EXP, 277 mesos each, plus Fried Chicken, a Sniper Potion and Lemons |
Then train to level 10 and take your 1st job: Warriors at Perion (Dances with Balrog), Magicians at Ellinia (Grendel the Really Old), Bowmen at Henesys (Athena Pierce), Thieves at Kerning City (Dark Lord). Getting around: how to travel Victoria Island. Job details: job advancement guide. Where to level: training spots 10 to 30.