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Party quests ("PQ's") are organized quests in which a party of several people must be created in order to enter. Unlike regular quests, they can be done again and again. Party quests are extremely popular because they give items and thousands of experience points.

The first party quest is in Kerning City. A party of 4, ranging from levels 21 to 30, progresses through 5 stages in fewer than thirty minutes by solving puzzles and killing monsters. At the end, a prize is given to each participant; these range from ores, equipment, scrolls, or potions. Only one party can be inside the party quest at any given time on one channel.

The second party quest is located in Ludibrium. A party of 6, ranging from levels 35 to 50, progresses through 9 stages in less than one hour by solving puzzles and killing monsters. The skills specific character classes possess, such as Haste, Heal, Dark Sight, and Teleport, are eminently used to help pass some of the stages. The skills Dark Sight and Teleport are required to complete the accompaniment. Prizes consist of potions, ores, equipment, scrolls, or summoning bags.

Starting a party quest

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Parties must wait before entering the Kerning PQ.

Because only one party can enter at a time in each channel, parties can not enter the quests whenever they want to. In the Kerning PQ, the party leaders must constantly click on Lakelis, or other party leaders may enter before them once the other party has finished. Because the party leader must costantly click on Lakelis, some leaders use an Auto-Clicking hack, although it is clearly illegal.

Often the quests can be difficult enter due to the high popularity of the party quests. Channel 1 would not be recommended if you want to do a party quest. Also, Scania would be the world with the most demand for the party quests, since it has the most people. Khaini is easiest to get into PQ's.

Make sure you have 4 members in your party. You can not do the PQ if there are less than 3 people, and they must not die or quit party/game in order to complete the quest.

Try not to be bored while waiting. If you are not the leader, you may do something else for 5 minutes, but make sure you know what is going on in the game. Leaders should not leave the computer and closely watch. Try to track the party that has just entered and see which stage they are at by locating them (using /find). If possible, you might want to try to send an invite to the party members.

Kerning City Party Quest (1st Accompaniment)

Requirements: Level 21-30

The Kerning City Party Quest is one of the fastest ways to gain experience during levels 21-30. To complete the party quest, one must complete the following stages under the 30 minute time limit.

Party Makeup

Following are suggested party setups for the Kerning accompaniment. Keep in mind that there are many ways to go about selecting a party, depending on what the leader finds is most important.

Party #1 - Offensive Tactic: This party setup allows players to move through the first and last stages of the Kerning accompaniment through brute force.

One Warrior (Level 23+)
Two Rogues (Level 25+)
One Magician (Level 25+)

Party #2 - Defensive Tactic: This party setup is friendlier to people of lower levels who wish to participate in the Kerning accompaniment. Using a Cleric with the Heal skill, lower-level characters can remain in the fray without having to worry too much about death, while with an Assassin having the Haste skill, they can safely escape if they feel they are in trouble.

1 Assassin (Level 30 with Haste)
1 Cleric (Level 30 with Heal)
Any other two people (Level 21+)

Kerning Stage 1

This is the first part of the Kerning City Party Quest/Accompaniment. It is a combat section, where you are asked a question by Cloto and slay monsters based on the answer. Once you have the answer, slay that many Ligators to get that many coupons. When you have obtained the correct amount of coupons, talk to Cloto to receive a pass and give the pass to your party's leader. After all three passes are collected, have your leader click on Cloto, to open a portal to Part 2.

Questions

Level needed to become a Magician: 8 (Stated as "Wizard")
Level needed for any of the other classes: 10
Experience needed to level from 1 to 2: 15
INT needed to become a Magician: 20
DEX needed to become an Archer or a Thief: 25
STR needed to become a Warrior: 35

Kerning Stage 2

This part of the Accompaniment/Party Quest consists of 4 ropes. The objective is to arrange 3 of your members on these ropes to try to find the right combination, while the leader clicks Cloto to determine if the combination is correct. It is wise to have only 1 member move at a time, in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction, as this will prevent confusion. After discovering the correct combination, continue through the portal for yet another puzzle.

Kerning Stage 3

This area consists of 5 platforms labeled 1-5, indicated by the number of cats on the stump. The objective is to arrange 3 of your members on these platforms to try to find the right combination, while the leader clicks Cloto to determine if the combonation is correct. It is recommended that you follow this pattern to prevent confusion:

123 - 124 - 125 - 134 - 135 - 145 - 234 - 235 - 245 - 345

Now continue through the portal for the final puzzle area of the Accompaniment/Party Quest.

Kerning Stage 4

The final puzzle consists of 6 barrels labeled 1-6. The objective is to arrange 3 of your members on these platforms to try to find the right combination, while the leader clicks Cloto to determine if the combonation is correct. It is recommended that you follow this pattern to prevent confusion:

123 - 124 - 125 - 126 - 134 - 135 - 136 - 145 - 146 - 156

234 - 235 - 236 - 245 - 246 - 256

345 - 346 - 356

456

Now continue to enter the final stage.

Kerning Final Stage

This is it, the final stage. Once again, it is a combat stage. Here you must kill 3 Curse Eyes, 6 Jr. Neckis (modified with less avoidability) and the King Slime to obtain the passes they drop. The "corner kill glitch" has been fixed, and therefore even if you corner kill the monsters will still drop passes. The first 9 enemies will be easier than the King Slime. Once you have the 10 passes, click on Cloto to finish the main section of the Party Quest.

Note: Sometimes the game is glitchy, and will only spawn 8-9 monsters, including the King Slime. If this happens, your party cannot complete the Accompaniment/Party Quest. Most of the said 'glitches' are because of an earlier problem in which a corner kill would lead to a lack of a pass. The glitches have been dramatically reduced. There is, or was, the chance that if only 8-9 monsters spawned another would spawn after the King Slime. Theres also the large possibility that a party member has your passes.

King Slime

HP: 8000
MP: 100
EXP: 1000 (shared)
Primary Attack: Its primary attack is to jump, causing an earthquake which does 200 or so damage to anyone on the ground within a certain distance. As long as you keep a fair distance away, and have your HP over 300, this attack will not be a problem. (Note to Magicians: If you get hit and you don't have Magic Guard activated, you will likely die.)
Supportive Skill: The King Slime also has a supportive skill, which summons Slimes. As you can most likely one hit them, there will be no difficulty in eliminating them. A large number of Slimes are also spawned when the King Slime is defeated.
The Slimes mentioned above can also drop slime drops. The slimes from the king slime summon do not I think.
Soloing King Slime is often quite useful if you are at least Lv. 26. You'll probably get upwards of 490 exp if you kill it. Remember to ask for permission from your party first though

Kerning Bonus Stage

This Bonus Stage is filled with Horny Mushrooms and Green Mushrooms. It is a good place to train while waiting for your timer to run out, or to prepare for a "rush". Talk to Nella when you wish to leave the party quest. However, if you don't plan to train here, leave quickly so that you can be nice to the next group. The party quest can only be started when you leave, and it is generally rude to stay too long.

Ludibrium Party Quest

Similarily to the Kerning PQ, the stages are beaten by collecting a certain amount of passes by doing specific tasks and only one party is allowed to enter the PQ on any channel. However, there are several key differences between this PQ and the first one. First off, you need a full party (6 members) that are between levels 35 and 50 to get in. It is also a longer to complete PQ with 11 stages rather than 5, and you get an hour to complete it. This is a much more difficult PQ than the Kerning PQ.

To enter the PQ, you must travel to the Eos Tower, found to the left of where you arrive in Ludibrium. The tower has 101 floors and you enter the tower on the 100th floor. Climb up and go through a door to get to the 101st floor. You will find the PQ NPC here; a red stop-sign. You need a party of 6 to enter the PQ. Only 1 party member can die on stages 1 to 8, and the last stage can be finished with no less than 2 people. The party leader must not die at all.

It is recommended to have 2 clerics and a sin/bandit (preferubly a sin) somewhere in your party structure. Sin/bandit for Haste and Dark Sight and Clerics for heal (If one dies then you have a backup). The rest of the party can be whatever your heart desires. Once you are ready, click on the stop-sign to enter. Note that overall, the party requires a player with Teleport, an assassin/archer/banditsin with max range (Keen Eyes/Eye of the Amazon), and an assassin/bandit with Dark Sight. Without all three requirements met, you will not be able to complete the Party Quest.

NOTE: To hit Alishar, the Party Quest boss mob, at least 80% of the time, you will need to have

Level	ACC
35	157
40	140
45	124
50	107

Warriors and Thieves at level 40 will typically have about 80 DEX and 140 LUK/STR. Along with a maxed Mastery skill, the accuracy of Warriors would be approximately 84 and thieves 115 (if max nimble body). This means that warriors will almost always miss Alishar and thieves will only hit it about 65% the time. Bowmen at level 40 will have accuracies of around 125. Therefore, it is imperative for any PQ team to have at least 1 bowman that is above level 40, or a higher level assassin because double stab does too little damage without critical, and savage blow will suffer too much weapon defense penalty.

Ludibrium Stage 1

Enemies: Ratz From Another Dimension (3700 hp, 260 exp) , Black Ratz From Another Dimension (4300hp, 280 exp)

Required classes: Mage OR Thief with max Haste
Completion: 25 passes required to finish this stage. Each monster drops a pass, passes can be Stolen.

Kill, kill, and more kill. This is kind of like a Jump Quest but where you have to fight monsters to claim passes. The monsters are spread all around the map, from the bottom to top. Everyone kills the mice, and the leader collects the passes they drop. Note that they are passes, not coupons. The mages need to teleport to some mice, and any Bandits with Steal should be trying to steal passes. Once all the passes have been collected, click the red balloons to advance to the next stage.

Note: Have 2 people go into the next stage and have 4 others wait. In stage 2 one of the party members needs to attack the 2nd box from the top. Once it breaks, the members in Stage 2 will be teleported to Towers Trap. At this time there should be 4 members in Stage 1 and 2 in Towers Trap. After entering Towers Trap the 2 people will have to party chat to the party and tell the 4 people to enter Stage 2.

Ludibrium Stage 2

Enemies: None.
Etc.: Boxes
Required classes: None.
Completion: 15 passes required to finish this stage.

The 2 members of the party that goes through first should go down to the second box from the top, and break it. Once you're moved to the other map, tell the rest of the party it's okay to come through. All party members should now break the boxes open for passes. After collecting enough passes between Towers Trap and Stage 2 map, double click the Orange Balloons at the top.

Ludibrium Stage 3

Enemies: Bloctopus from another dimension(4900hp,288 exp)
Etc.: Summoning Boxes
Required classes: None
Completion: 32 passes required to finish this stage. Each monster drops a pass, passes can be Stolen.

In Stage 3 you must defeat monsters for the passes. Breaking the boxes will spawn 3 more Blocktopuses. It is recommend sending Warriors, Clerics, and Bandits to the bottom and Ice Wizards, Fire Wizards, Sins and Archers to the top. Bandits should attempt to steal passes. Double click the Yellow Balloons after collecting the passes to advance.

Ludibrium Stage 4

Enemies: Dark Eye from Another Dimension (Room 4,5), Shadow Eye from Another Dimension (Room 1-3)
Required classes: Mage, Non-Mage
Completion: 6 passes required to finish this stage. Each monster drops a pass.

In Stage 4 there are 5 different rooms. Every room contains a shadow monster, except room 4 which has 2, each of which drops a pass. Rooms 1-3 feature Shadow Eye from Another Dimension, who have high Weapon defense and low Magic defense. Mages go against those. Rooms 4 and 5 have the opposite, Dark Eye from Another Dimension, who have high Magic defense and low Weapon defense. Everyone else takes them out. Pick your door and tell pq members you are already in the door so they dont come in yours. Another way instead of telling pq members is to drop 10 mesos in front of the door to tell them there is already someone in the selected door. The rooms are completely dark, and only the enemies eyes are visible, so you must wait until they open their eyes in order to hit them. Talking to the Green Balloons after collecting the passes to continue.

Ludibrium Stage 5

Enemies: King Block Golem from another dimension( semi-invincible, 1 exp )
Etc.: Boxes
Required classes: Mage (With Teleport), Thief with Dark Sight (optional but not recommended: Thief with Haste[MAXED or any])
Completion: 24 passes required to finish this stage.

There are 6 individual rooms in this stage. The Thief goes down to room #6 using Dark Sight to pass through Invincible King Block Gollems that are rigged to do about 8000 damage. One mage goes up to to room #1 using Teleport to get there. The mage will need to use Teleport and the Thief will need to use Dark Sight in their rooms to obtain the passes. Everyone else chooses a room and destroys boxes to collect passes (tricky jumps abound). Each room contains four boxes. Once all the passes have been collected talk to the Dark Green Balloon to advance to Stage 6.

Actually, it is possible to kill the King Block Golems. However, to do so, you will need an HP Warrior (A warrior with lots of points in HP) that has max or close to max Power Guard. Since Power Guard never misses, it will damage the King Block Golems. Make sure to lure the Golems to the left side so a Cleric can jump down and heal the warrior. It is risky but rewards about 3000 Experience that is dispersed throughout the party.

Ludibrium Stage 6

Enemies: None
Etc: Numbered Boxes
Required classes: None
Completion: Follow boxes in order to reach the top.

This map contains many boxes in sets of 3 with the numbers 1 through 3 written on each box. Standing on the correct box and pressing UP will teleport you to the next set. Other boxes will teleport you back to the bottom. The balloon NPC will say the order, which doesn't change. The correct order is: 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1. After getting to the top, go through the portal to advance to Stage 7.

NOTE: If that above combo was hard to follow use this format

133 , 221, 333, 123, 111

I personally find that cleaner but your choice

Ludibrium Stage 7

Enemies: Black Ratz, Ratz, Bloctopus, Rombot all from another dimension
Etc.Pass Boxes
Required classes: Assassin or Archer with maxed Keen eyes or Eye of Amazon
Completion: 3 passes required to finish this stage.

The Assasin or Archer (recommended) goes up to kill the enemies by the boxes on the wall on the right, one at a time, or all at the same time if the party wants a challenge. When the pass touches the box, one Rombot will spawn. While the sin or archer is getting the Rombot to spawn, the rest kill the Rombot at the bottom of the map, who can cause a ground-impact and spawn Block Golem monsters. Repeat for all 3 boxes at the top, each Rombot drops a pass. After collecting the passes, talk to the Light Blue Balloon to advance to the next stage.

Ludibrium Stage 8

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Ludibrium PQ

Enemies: None
Etc.: Numbered Boxes
Required classes: None
Completion: Standing on correct combination of boxes

Similar to Kerning Stage 4, except it's 9 boxes and 5 people per combination. Each character apart from the leader stands on a different box. If the characters are standing on the correct combination of boxes, you will be able to progress to the next stage. It is suggested that you begin with characters on boxes 1-2-3-4-5, then continue with 1-2-3-4-6, 1-2-3-4-7, 1-2-3-4-8, 1-2-3-4-9, 1-2-3-5-6, 1-2-3-5-7, 1-2-3-5-8 and so on until you get to the right combination. Check if it is the correct combination each time you try a combination. For people who hate this type of stage it'll be hell for them IF they get a totally random and deep value. So just be patient and make sure you don't skip any number otherwise you will usually end up with either no time left or frustration enough to leave the pq.

There are 123 combinations in total: 12345, 12346, 12347, 12348, 12349, 12356, 12357, 12358, 12359, 12367, 12368, 12369, 12378, 12379, 12389, 12456, 12457, 12458, 12459, 12467, 12468, 12469, 12478, 12479, 12489, 12567, 12568, 12569, 12578, 12579, 12589, 12678, 12679, 12689, 12789, 13456, 13457, 13458, 13459, 13467, 13468, 13469, 13478, 13479, 13489, 13567, 13568, 13569, 13578, 13579, 13589, 13678, 13679, 13689, 13789, 14567, 14568, 14569, 14578, 14579, 14589, 14678, 14679, 14689, 14789, 15678, 15679, 15689, 15789, 16789, 23456, 23457, 23458, 23459, 23467, 23468, 23469, 23478, 23479, 23489, 23567, 23568, 23569, 23578, 23579, 23589, 23678, 23679, 23689, 23789, 24567, 24568, 24569, 24578, 24679, 24689, 24789, 25678, 25679, 25689, 25789, 26789, 34567, 34568, 34569, 34578, 34579, 34589, 34678, 34679, 34689, 34789, 35678, 35679, 35689, 35789, 36789, 45678, 45679, 45689, 45789, 46789, 56789.

NOTE The Boxes work in a diagonal pattern example to get to 8 you'll have to go from 1 to 4 to 8 or 4 to 8. If you are a beginner at Ludibrium PQ let the other members handle it and you will slowly catch on.

Ludibrium Crack on the Wall

Ludibrium PQ Boss: Alishar
Summoned By Alishar: Chronos, Platoon Chronos, Master Chronos
Required classes: Ranged hitter with maxed Keen eyes or Eye of Amazon, Cleric with maxed Heal highly recommended
Completion: Obtain Key Ring from Alishar

Alishar

HP: 125000
MP: 2500
EXP: 4800 (shared)

This is a very difficult and long boss fight. Having a Cleric in the party is very highly recommended. If the party members are all level 50 then it isn't required, although it will make the fight much easier. A ranged person kills the Black Ratz to open the box and Alishar will spawn. If there is a Cleric in the party, they should begin spamming heal. Everyone else attacks the boss and tries to stay alive. Based on his health, the boss will spawn different types of Chronos. Near 3/4 HP he will spawn regular Chronos, at 1/2 HP he will spawn either Chronos or Platoon Chronos, and when he is near death, he will spawn Master Chronos along with Platoon and regular Chronos. Clerics are able to damage these with heal as well, though it will slow down their healing of party members. While fighting the boss, characters may be afflicted with various status ailments. Everyone will need either Eyedrops and Holy Water or only All-Cure potions. Mages dont have to worry about losing accuracy so they only need Holy Water, though All-Cure potions work as well. When he dies, he drops a Key Ring. The leader should pick that up, and talk to the Purple Balloons to exit.

The combination of party members can greatly affect the difficulty of beating Alishar.

Combination 1: Healer Combo - This one is for people who don't mind taking slightly longer or shorter on Alishar due to the fact that with two clerics you can split the party up on two sides with a spearman on the left and hunter/crossbow(wo)man on the right with clerics healing both sides.

2x Cleric - Level 38+
2x Assassin - Level 38+
1x Spearman - lv. 40+ with Hyperbody or else replace with a Bandit also lv. 40+
1x Crossbowman/Hunter - Level 38+

Combination 2: Fast Destroyer - This Combination is to speedily move through Alishar due to the Multihitters and the high power hitters.

1x Cleric - Max Heal or level 45+
2x Warrior Classes - Spearman or Fighter recommended
1x Assassin - Level 40+
1x Bandit - With savage blow doing at least 3 hits
1x Crossbowman/Hunter - Level 40+ with Iron Arrow/Arrow Bomb would be so usefull here

TIP: Before killing the ratz you should have someone go all the way to the right and then kill ratz, that way, the person can backstab alishar without getting hurt or inflicted by any status

Ludibrium Bonus Stage 1

Time limit: 60 seconds!
Etc: Money Boxes <Drop mesos between 10 - 60 and also drop bonus prizes>

Everyone choose a direction and heads that way, up or down. Break boxes as fast as you can, you should be using a "fast" or "faster" weapon. The boxes shoot out mesos (usually less than 50 mesos per coin), and various potions. A full list of drops can be found below.

However, note that unlike the Kerning PQ, other parties can enter the first stage once the timer is on 50 seconds. Hence, on a crowded server like Scania, it may be a good idea to skip the stage entirely to attempt to get back in before anyone else.

NOTE: I doubt you can skip this stage however since my party never has unless you forgo the 5k expierence from clearing Crack on The Wall stage.

Ludibrium Bonus Stage 2

Time limit: None

When you're ready to leave, climb to the top and talk to the NPC. You'll get your prize for finishing the PQ, and you'll be returned to the PQ Lobby in Eos Tower, where you can try the PQ again If no one got in while you are in the bonus stage

Prizes

Equips

Any color Justice Cape (Level 55)
Any color Napoleon (Level 50)
Skull Earrings
Red hearted earrings

Use Items

100 White Potions
100 Blue Potions
10 Elixirs

Scrolls

60% Bottomwear DEF
60% Bow ATT
60% Claw ATT
60% Crossbow ATT
60% Cape DEX
60% Cape INT
60% Cape LUK
60% Cape STR
60% Cape HP
60% Earring INT
60% Glove DEX
60% Helmet DEF
60% Helmet HP
60% Overall DEF
60% Overall DEX
60% Overall INT
60% One-Handed Axe ATT
60% Two-Handed BW ATT
60% Polearm ATT
60% Shoe DEX
60% Spear ATT
60% Staff MATT
60% Topwear DEF
60% Wand MATT
100% Glove ATT

Etc. Items: (Numbers may vary)

Aquamarine Ore (15)
Black Crystal Ores (3-6)
Diamond Ores (4)
Garnet Ores(15)
Gold Ores (5)
Mithril Ores (12-15)
Sapphire Ores (12)
Silver Ores (15)
Steel Ores (15)
Topaz Ores (15)
Screws (55)

Bonus Stage Prize

Pop Soda (2000 HP)
Watermelon (1000 HP + 1000 MP)
Red Bean Sundae (2000 MP)
Orange Juice (450 MP)
Grape Juice (900 MP)
Sunrise Dew (4000 MP)
Sunset Dew (5000 MP)
Power Elixirs (Full HP/MP)
Napoleon (any color)
Skull Earrings
Red Heart Earrings
Blue Moon Earrings
Yellow Umbrella

EXP Chart

EXP is awarded for completing each stage. Throughout this entire PQ you can accumulate 30,309 exp just for clearing all the stages, plus the experience from killing monsters. In truth you earn about 10 ~ 20% when your lv. 42 ~ 45 and around 5 ~ 8% when your lv. 46 ~ 50 however for an average of 40 minutes of training that's actually pretty good seeing as some people just don't know how to train until they are higher levels.

Stage 1: 2100 EXP
Stage 2: 2520 EXP
Stage 3: 2940 EXP
Stage 4: 3360 EXP
Stage 5: 3779 EXP
Stage 6: 0 EXP
Stage 7: 4620 EXP
Stage 8: 5040 EXP
Stage 9: 5950 EXP

Tips to get into pq

Failiure Track: When you lose, not everyone should go out. Only one will go and see if people are outside, then the person will write down the peoples name and tell the others to get out and if they miss, they at least got a track to use.
Guild or buddy track: Track your guild members and friends
AC: This is cheating and is against the rules, but so many people use it its not really enforced. Use it if you really want.

Other Party Quests/Bosses

Zakum

Location: El Nath, Last Mission : Zakum's Altar
Summoning Requirement: Eye of Fire

This quest is not in the Europen version of MapleStory.

This quest involves a giant stone boss at the end of The Caves of Trial. The boss has eight arms which all need to be eliminated in order to take out the main body, you also have to fight the main body three times. To kill Zakum you need a party of at least level 100 people, with a good mix of classes, especially priests. This boss is considered the toughtest boss in all of Maple Story, excluding the Japanese version of Maple Story. In the global version it has only been reportedly beaten legitimitally (without using hacks) on the servers Bera and Scania. It is said that the only global server without any kill is Windia (legit or hacked).

Tips

You may enter the room with Zakum only once a day. The leader of the party has to go in last.
An Eye of Fire is required to summon Zakum, which can be received from the Zakum Dungeon Quest.
After all the arms are down, Zakum uses begins summoning monsters (Puco, Pachu, Punco, Cuzco, Opachu)and drains your HP and MP to 1.
Zakum gives millions of exp when defeated.
The people who go in must have a certain level of accuracy, it is however recommended that you go to Zakum at level 100.
Zakum will be easier to kill if the healing and status arm (third from top, left and right) are destroyed first. Healing arm (third from top at right) heals Zakum 50,000 to 55,000 hp about every 30 seconds.
Meso explosion may cost lots of mesos but can save lots of time if you leave the physical arms and get chief bandits to drop mesos while people kill the remaining arm.

Pianus

Location: Aqua Road, Aqua Road : Pianus's Cave
Summoning Requirement: Wait for 8 hours or less

This quest is not in the Thai, South East Asian and Europen version of MapleStory.

A giant fish named Pianus lies deep in the aqua dungeon inside a cavern.

Pianus can shot out a beam across the map and drop tons on players.

It also has the ability to summon Blood Boom, which do not move at all. They usually reside on platforms, possibly to knock off Assassins and Bowmen with their high damage. Blood Blooms may also explode when attacked, like Jr. Effies, but in this case they can do up to 8,000 damage with their explosions! Other than that, it can also cancel out all of a character's power-up skills, causing the character to activate them again.

Tips

Second Pianus can be spawn if the first Pianus is not defeat with in 8 hours or less. The second Pianus has 6 million less hp, does less damage but can dispel.

Papulatus

Location: Ludibrium, Ludibrium : Origin of Watch Tower
Summoning Requirement: Piece of Cracked Dimension

This quest is not in the Thai or Europen version of MapleStory.

A ghost plant named Papulatus lies deep in Ludibrium with a robot clock.

Protecting Ludibrium is a highly difficult quest which requires at least level 80++ characters to fight. Upon accepting the quest, one must fight the Gatekeeper and receive the Ludibrium Medal, which is a key to enter the power generating room of the clock tower, where Papulatus resides. Papulatus clock is like a Yeti-and-Pepe combination. It has an insanely lot of HP, and has an active and inactive mode. When it is inactive, the whole clock sits still, everything retracts and nothing much can be done about it. It cannot attack anybody, and neither can anybody attack it.

It also has the ability to summon High Darkstars and Low Darkstars, which move rarely or do not move at all. They usually reside on platforms, possibly to knock off Assassins and Bowmen with their high damage, and can explode for massive damage. Other than that, it can also cancel out all of a character's power-up skills, causing the character to activate them again.

Tips

When the main clock is defeated, Papulatus itself ejects from the clock and begins to fly around the map. It also has to be killed for the quest to be complete. This time, the weapon and magic stats are higher compared to the clock, but it has a much lower HP.
A Piece of Cracked Dimension is required to summon Papulatus, which can be received from the saving Ludibrum Quest.
For chief bandits. If you have good mesos explosion, before the papulatus is summoned, it is wise to drop mesos before the papulatus comes out. Also use the opportunity of the inactive mode to drop more mesos.