2nd Job Advancement Quests in MapleStory Classic World: Warrior, Magician, Bowman and Thief

At level 30, every class gets its 2nd job through the same four-quest chain: talk to your 1st job instructor, carry their letter to a Job Instructor out in the field, collect 30 Dark Marbles in a hidden test map, then bring The Proof of a Hero back home. Only the first two steps pay EXP, 4,780 each (9,560 total, about 10% of a level at 30). The real reward is the job.

The four chains at a glance

The test monsters are special level 30 versions that only live in these hidden maps (718 or 789 HP, 56 EXP each), so they're quick kills for anyone who reached 30.

How the chain works

1. The Next Journey. Talk to your class NPC at level 30. Pays 4,780 EXP.
2. Finding the Instructor. Your class NPC hands you a letter when you accept (you don't need to bring or find it). Walk it to your class's Job Instructor in the field map listed above. Pays another 4,780 EXP.
3. Test of Qualification. The instructor sends you into a hidden map. Kill the monsters there until you have 30 Dark Marbles. The quest text calls them "Black Marbles", but the item you need is Dark Marble. No EXP or mesos for this step.
4. Proof of Qualification. The instructor gives you The Proof of a Hero when this step starts. Take it back to your class NPC, where the quest ends. This last step has no listed reward of its own: the payoff is your 2nd job.

The test map: what we know and what we don't

• Getting in: with Test of Qualification active, go back to your Job Instructor. The data lists a portal named job00 next to each instructor (portal type 1) with no fixed destination. Our inference is that this is the scripted entrance to the test map, but the data doesn't say how it's triggered, so treat that as our reading, not a confirmed mechanic. Each test map has its own copy of the Job Instructor inside.
• Getting out: the data lists no exit portals for the four test maps. Each one's return map is the instructor's field map (West Rocky Mountain IV, The Forest North of Ellinia, The Road to the Dungeon or Construction Site North of Kerning City), which is where you land if you die. How you leave voluntarily (via the instructor inside or otherwise) isn't in the data.
• Spawns vs. how many are alive at once: the maps have 30 spawn points (Warrior and Bowman, 15 of each monster) or 26 (Magician and Thief, 13 of each), but each map's data also sets a monster cap (mob_capacity): Warrior 11, Magician 11, Thief 10, Bowman 18 alive at once. You need 30 marbles, so even if every kill dropped one, you'd run out of live monsters and wait on respawns at least once in the Bowman map and at least twice in the Warrior, Magician and Thief maps.
• Not in the game data: a time limit, an entry fee, how many marbles drop per kill, the respawn timer, and whether marbles you carry out of the map are kept. We haven't tested these yet, so we won't guess.

Which 2nd jobs can you pick?

Each class has its own Dark Marble and Proof of a Hero item, so the links below go to different item pages.

Warrior: The Warrior's Next Journey

Magician: The Magician's Next Journey

Bowman: The Bowman's Next Journey

Thief: The Thief's Next Journey

Is it worth it?

Not optional. This chain is how 2nd job happens, and 2nd job is where your real skills come from. The 9,560 EXP is about 10% of a level at 30 (95,700 EXP to level), so don't plan your leveling around it. Just do the chain the moment you ding, since the test maps are built for a fresh level 30.

Not sure which 2nd job to take? The job advancement guide covers every path, and the class hubs for Warrior, Magician, Bowman and Thief go deeper.

Related: Just hit 30 and wondering what else to do first? See what to do at level 30.