Maplestory Ultimate Gear Progression Guide 2024

[@Duky]

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Eternals: You can swap from CRA to eternals even at 17* 3 set if you want. It's just marginally better. 18* 3 set is something i'd recommend people would want to do if they want. But if you happen to 22* the hat for example, you can then double up on kalos/kaling pieces on top and bottom, and it would make it easier to 22 them. So if you choose to roulette your eternals, its technically safer and incremental gains, but it would take much longer to 22. I chose to go for 22* hat immediately so that I can get a big gain off rip and now I can double up on kalos/kaling pieces on top/bottom, thus increasing my odds to 22* them. Look at this handy chart too that compares endgame CRA vs Eternals imgur.com/a/4ghAlWu Quick correction, i said Hard arkarium when i meant normal/easy, you can do easy for the mechantor too. Thanks for bringing it up!

[@danielchu6084]

Can you make oz ring video, explaining how each one works etc? There's not a lot of oz ring guide around so I think it'd be useful for some people

[@papipu389]

i choose 22* way and now im0/10

[@jrdntb]

bro is single handedly carrying modern maplestory guide content, w video goat

[@xStriker188]

As someone coming back to the game for the first time since like 2015, your videos are such an insane help man. Not only teaching me new things, but also covering stuff about the game I didn’t understand back then too. Thanks!!!

[@xprVideos]

yo, you've been pumping out some super useful guides

[@dxdyuunomi7891]

Bro has every guide up to date in this community carrying everything. Literal chills ❤

[@asd-dr9cf]

As a returning player who just hyperburned to 260, and has been following your other guides, I've been looking for an updated progression gear video! This guide touches on a lot of things other guides are missing, so ty. I was wondering why my character struggled so much with bosses.

[@Napkyns]

Man, I can't thank you enough for these guides. Having returned recently after years, they have been paramount to my progression. I just cleared CRA solo for the first time ever... lol.

[@myuutosan]

Big ups I just got back into maple and these guides have been helping me tremendously 🙏 You're way more in depth and accomodating to all players and play styles than most people. Keep it up 👍

[@kumozac]

Highkey following your meso drop video, I don't feel stuck as often. I invested all my meso in 100meso 200drop after 2L WSE and it has been smooth ride all the way and now soloing Hlomien(soon HLuwill). Literally started about 2.5 months ago and got this far because of your W guides. Also appreciate you so so much for answering our question in your stream! Our Thug! 😎

[@jielao978]

Yoo same dude

[@Viktoreee29]

i just don't get one thing... should i have one set for meso/drop and other for pure stats? cant seem to progress without having to starforce/cube another set of rings/pendants.

[@Duky]

Good shit

[@Duky]

Yeah you have two separate sets of gear, training and bossing

[@Dank0fin]

Yo duky, thanks for being a straight g with these videos. I like a lot of your videos and I appreciate your information. I’m now level 230 after getting back into the game and I have a clear understanding of most things thanks to you. Sometimes I keep you videos on repeat incase I don’t understand the concept. After about the 3rd time watching each video I’ve watched from you I get it. Thanks

[@LevelAesthetics]

After watching this video I finally cleared Limbo 🤝

[@DarkMewtwo1994]

Wooo!! The GOAT is back with an almost hour long video about gear progression! Just what i needed to help me get through work! Havent watched it yet but already know you put a ton of time and effort into making the video so keep it up duky! Love your vids man

[@doyoulikemywatch]

I’m a pure solo progression, so not everything was applicable but still I wish this guide existed before I got to hlucid and will!! Great work

[@ToastIsVeryGood]

You’ve made some great videos and this one is probably up there with one of the best I’ve seen, clears a lot of things up for new or returning players. Would’ve helped me out coming back two years ago

[@lindemann3388]

Great detail and easy to follow, Love when you warn about Sw katara i missed that once before.

[@Siao_Pao]

Thanks this was really helpful!! Can we get a SF guide next that shows which fodders to keep to transfer to whatever item 🙏

[@GeneralJerrys]

i catch myself coming back to you duky for guides and such keep it up my guy 💪💪

[@gam1ngfr3ak]

Great video man. Just getting back into Maplestory today as a former Cygnus Knights release era player. You're one of three people who is consistently making good guides that help for more people than level 200+. (maybe this specific video isn't the perfect example of that but regardless). Thanks for this one!

[@Duky]

💝

[@Warmleaf]

managed to keep even a professional like myself entertained for the whole hour W

[@Draogntamer5]

Holy my favorite maplestory yapper ty for saving my work day

[@wetdragon]

thanks to you, i finally am able to clear end game bosses (nkalos)

[@Obey18]

Been looking for a video like this for a week. Duky the only reason I have any idea what I’m doing

[@classicrockdude7508]

Thanks so much for the help, after trying to play maple again since 2010ish its very helpful!

[@jaeseohan]

look at humzy wumzy man so inspirational. Bro is helping my grandma cross the street, feeding the poor, donating to charities, all while making comprehensive guides on maplestory.

[@Viruxs29]

Another banger guide. As a newer maple player appreciated muchly, thank you.

[@kimminji-0705]

bro Duky this is the perfect video for starting off man. Thanks a bunch

[@supaswag5927]

Best maplestory KZbinr , keep it up bro! Streams are great too.

[@jomarjops]

Tnx for this video duky.. really helps a lot to new players like me

[@gloriousliar8747]

W Duky doing nexon's job. Great series man i hope more people pick the game up

[@merpins]

Petition for weekly boss reset to be on Sunny Sunday instead of Wednesday.

[@Duky]

pls no

[@user-wl7cj2nm8j]

Man, i learn a lot ngl, im a bit lost in the game, but your tutorials help me a lot, thanks❤

[@beliddell7308]

This video is wonderful, thanks so much man

[@Mushtaq741]

After watching this video I have gone 9 set pitch 5 set eternals. Thank you duky

[@DarSotelo]

I was about to say. Would be nice for you to make a guide about gear and here we are xd

[@malcolmgraves2428]

I recently rejoined maplestory- would have quit again if not for your videos. So much I should have learned years ago but didnt. Thanks man.

[@secularteejay]

I have 2L Crit on Ranmaru gloves with a 9% INT line for my Bishop. Those aren't going to be replaced until that 2L crit is matched on the AbsoLab gloves. I had one line of crit damage on them but after I made my meso and drop gear, I had several red cubes left and threw them at my gloves and boom I got 2L crit.

[@ananmaus3177]

thanks for your help!

[@franciscom.bodinho2219]

As a player who play only solo on bosses, the route i had to take after 265 was WAAAAAAAAY different than the route presented on the guide. Great Guide btw

[@kimbubble2727]

Thanks so much!

[@bigdna5561]

i have followed the game and i am now very powerful

[@henrypoh7389]

Also, for new players. You can claim the Budding Sprout Title from the Guide tab when you reach certain levels, that title will give you another 30 starforce that allows you to train at higher SF maps! Black Bean marks also drops from Normal Pink Bean, I got 2 on my mules and none on my main :(

[@kaizeo]

omg thjanks to this im now FULL 3L AND FULL 22 TYTYTY

[@brunooterodeleon2343]

Just what i needed

[@comeatmebro14]

Hey Duky thanks for the video, much appreciated! I was wondering if you could add chapters on the timeline for the different levels to make it easier to refer back to? Keep pooper pumping the great content my guy!

[@Duky]

Is that different from timestamps? I’ll see

[@hepha8280]

Btw i wouldve loved if u had also inclueded 1-2 farming „sets“ with what Acces u would recom ( ik u have a video on that, but wouldve been nice for the completion of the guide)

[@mkwsoxfan]

I feel it may be valuable to add my experience returning to maple for the 3rd time. I'll leave out my pre big bang experience, and start by saying my second stint was right at height of potentials, all of your progression in terms of damage was through potentials, namely % stats, that isn't necessarily the case any more. What I mean is getting a good default flame, and scrolling/enhancement of items is 100% easier and better for raising you damage without a crazy grind. Like the video states those early boss accessories are nearly best in slot, many of them don't get replaced until you're fighting the 10 hardest bosses in the game. My point is don't worry about moving up a tier to a new item when the game is giving out copious amounts of items during events. I'm in reg server and saw this events miracle time and thought "ok I NEED to get my equips to legendary or I'll never get another opportunity" but my the end of the event my legion/links/level raised so much that they're nearly obsolete and I'm ready to go to the next tier of items (and solo the bosses to acquire them). So the TLDR is they're handing out a ton of burning characters, growth potions, exp coupons, and really good equips (ones you won't replace for a while) just by logging on. So don't think getting on to grind levels on your main is the only way to progress,

[@mkwsoxfan]

Example, I grinded up money to buy my superior gollux equipment with good potentials/flames from the auction house. Meanwhile the event gave out hundreds of flame rerolls, potential scrolls, cubes. Only for me to find out a gollux set item scrolled with the gollux shop special scrolls would raise my range far more than any potential that's not 2 line legendary or better.

[@PizzaCologne3]

4-5k Your main stat can get you at least the first 3 door CRA, next is the challenging Alaskan Bull Worm, upgrade your gear/link skills close to 6-8k stat. preferred Epic/unique on each item. EQ can stay in Epic Secondary & Emblem you want upgrade unique with attack %

[@142crystal]

"Don't starforce your tyrant equips at all." Is the best piece of advice anyone can ever give, just ignore the 5* tyrant cape I use please.. it took two weeks of 6.5bil each week and plenty of spite.

[@handkc12]

My man, you skipped out on my boy Hard Ranmaru. To those of you who don't know, Hard Ranmaru drops Susanoo or Amaterasu sets depending on your class, this is important because these are 150 lv sets. You can actually transfer your starforce and Epic potential over to Absolab set from your Pensalir set instead of using your Legion Epic scrolls and spending your money on starforcing again. You only want to do this on shoulder, gloves, cape and shoes. I would actually recommend using Amaterasu or Susanoo shoulder instead of wasting starforce or epic scroll on the one from Magnus, since you can only trasfer it if the shoulder from Cygnus, which it rarely drops.

[@daehomango10000]

I've been telling people that Curbrock's shoulder and ring are BIS!

[@sinbadtheprophet]

Damn this is good content

[@alphonselee3564]

Amazing! could you also go in details about potential and cubing progress for these equips

[@iGimmie]

I thought he did. He talked about using the black cubes you get that just randomly drop. That gets stuff to epic grade. At this point I got like 1 line of % stat. Then when you get to like CRA, ABS id consider getting stuff to Legendary and 2 line. Brilliant cube to Legendary and then use the blue glow cubes to get 2 line. The rings you can pot you pretty much try to L grade when you can cause it's hard to find rings you can pot. He has a drop gear guide. Dom Pen and Mech/Chaos HT and Zak face and eye I pretty much also got to L grade for drop meso gear.

[@shadowergoat]

Great content 🔥

[@Retskrid]

I recommend using empress equips over pensalir and using ranmaru equips for preparation to upgrade to abso with transfer hammer

[@ShadowRod1988]

Yep, this is definitely getting bookmarked

[@bllllood]

Easy HT Necklace + Small chance at ring.....Normal HT Necklace + average chance at ring(40%) + small chance at earrings(25%)........Chaos Horntail Necklace + high chance at ring(70% + average chance at earrings(50%)......these are estimated rate base on my observation but not the exact %

[@Duky]

Where did u get this information

[@ZzLugiazZ]

You can get all 3 items on normal horntail. Chaos just gives the chaos pendant instead of the normal one

[@michaelbell8451]

Great guide. To this day i still havent gotten angel ring, twilight mark, or daybreak in the 3 months ive been killing bosses. My luck is terrible even with 400% drop T.T

[@cukl3856]

super useful

[@unknown-vo3di]

great video. very informative

[@rizasaika4094]

Let’s go 🔥

[@jonathanwaller5431]

Appreciate the vid man

[@PreemSardine]

thanks this is a great video

[@score5458]

Ty for mentioning the reasons why people are stuck at abso stage. Thats me currently im stuck and can barely do normal lucid in a 6 man pt

[@bllllood]

depend on your skills set and how good your groups perform ....i triple lined(imperfect lines(main stats + all stats)) to get trough N-Lucid..... for N-Lucid the average group success require 10M from each party members(60M CP total) and thats also assuming all of them have 8k legion...her P1 being the worse..drop you 1 shot mob on top of your head to which u can't react usually)...... but if you can gather a full elite team 6M CP from each member is probably possible....i'am sure duky can give you a more accurate average than me for the CP requirement.....as for Will well...P2 is his worse phase..although P3 is nasty if webs gets outta control...i killed my first N-Will yesterday with 41M CP on my Khali XD(joined a 5 man group)(i bought an Arc Umbra weap with Lucid stones which boosted dps insanely high, made all further runs nicer)...i dont got carriers for her hard version XD....well a friend carried me twice for Hard Lucid but i struggled for my 5% dps b4 i got that arc umbra weap upgrade XD...haven't been carry again since though

[@score5458]

@@bllllood oh yeah even though im in a guild that does hard bosses i dont get carried i soloed all the way to lomien and feel that jump between lomien and luwill is so high. Im sitting at 13.6m CP rn with 8.6k Legion im still getting familiar with the mechanics however it feels pretty tough i 2 shot mobs in cernium as well with some external buffs. Im 2 lime stat as well on most equips. I have 262 kain and 260 DW and both are stuck at the same stage. I do have 17 stars and everything that duky mentioned in the video but still feel weak for luwill.

[@iGimmie]

TY KING

[@ThisisGlorious]

Duks, thanks for the amazing content yet again. Quick question tho how would you go about replacing the rings if you got let’s say 2 event rings and they got legendary potential, at what point do you consider moving to meister and GA?

[@Duky]

As soon as you get them and 17* pretty much

[@fujitora7559]

such a good video omg

[@hepha8280]

I love your guide, i binged a lot of em. Can i ask u a question? Im brand new to this game. Unfort i started when there were only 2 days left on the hyper burning event. Im currently sitting at the level 213 and am trying to get some gear. Should i put my main aside and do dailys event for resources and focus on legion/ link skill for the time being and wait till theres another burning event?

[@Duky]

Yea that’s fine

[@ItsSeech]

Log on maple, wish I had something to watch, AYYY

[@anthonyz3400]

Killed my first Gollux and walked out without hitting the heart.

[@Sillzx]

Great video man - really Appreciate all the information you give. Question: is it possible to do bosses solo and not in a party at that point? Years ago someone “forgot” to turn off pet and got all the loot and it caused guild disband. Is shared loot still a think or is boss loot in reboot individual loot? First clear this week for hard Magnus and got chaos CRA done. Might not be much for some but, solo and haven’t played since pink bean normal was end game was some big wins. Trying for chaos vellum by end of weekend.

[@Duky]

you can solo everything up to nkalos/nkaling in this game so far. Most people don't do this and get hardstuck hlucid/bm

[@Sillzx]

@@Duky is this due to RNG from gear or is this just lack of motivation to push on?

[@Milhound]

I have to say that to follow the guide solo there just simply isn't any way you're downing CRA with the gear provided. Its my hard cap at the moment. I'm around 300K Combat Power with full Necro, Magnus shoulder, and the other accessories from the video, but I cant move the HP bar of the Chaos mobs, and die in 1-2 hits. ~4400 Legion full links

[@Duky]

Keep doing arcane river dailies and ursus, the money and damage you get from dailies will allow you to clear

[@mtgplayer8385]

Instructions unclear, submitted a ticket to nexon saying ducky said there was a hard arkarium and I can't find it. Also unlocked my pocket slot and can't put anything in it because we have fake pockets as women or such small pockets no way a holy cup is fitting in it. On a serious note the one problem I have been trying to solve for years that this video does not touch on playing this game on and off as a daily story player, is I think my problem is not enough bossing mules only have 2.5 bossers and make 4b a week so I am stuck at a point of taking a full month to try to get 16b for 1 chance to bring arcanes from 17 to 20. So I play for about 6 to 9 months and get maybe 1 upgrade then quit because at that rate it would take me a decade to reach that 1 char close to end game.

[@Duky]

you got this migu

[@nickcanales5702]

Chills

[@claudinelover199]

Idk if you have a guide for seren yet but much appreciated if u can!

[@Duky]

I do

[@HazaFromNextDoor]

im sad you did not mention papulatus mark and its uses to transpose? not sure if this is relevant and how other equips may be included in the process of transposing. PS> thank you for being a light in this old mushie game

[@Duky]

I feel it’s not that important. You can just get a black bean mark or sw monocle for way less effort, and they’re both more than good enough until magic eyepatch. If you do happen to get a pap mark, you can tap to 22 if you want, or transpose it to monocle at 16. Both are fine

[@netanelk]

Do you have this information in a doc or somthing? For future reference. Thanks for all those videos!

[@Duky]

i dont sry, the vid is it D:

[@nim4721]

When you record these videos are you doing it while streaming? I find it a bit strange that you are looking to the side instead of the camera

[@Duky]

I’m not streaming when I do it, but I have a rly bad habit of looking at my OBS on my side to make sure that what I’m showing on the screen is actually being captured by OBS. My greatest fear of someone noticing has come true 😭

[@beezley]

Wtf man. Just did the 6th job for the 2nd time in total and the 1st time in reboot now. I am still stuck on the lvl 140 equip. Hard bosses are so fucking hard and annoying. the lag of this game while in boss fights is just unbareable.

[@mattpepe609]

The Lebron James of maplestory

[@Duky]

Goat for this

[@petersall1055]

W Glaaze

[@CLOUDBENJI]

When you get to the point where you are trying to get clean pots, should you be using the purple cube exclusively (the one where you choose the pot)? I can’t imagine having a decent pot and using bright cubes to try getting a perfectly clean pot. Also how much on average does a perfect pot take meso wise? I feel like I wanna start working on a perfect pot secondary and emblem but not sure how much to expect.

[@Duky]

Blue cubes, 100s of bils

[@finessookay875]

BIG W

[@SopGuap]

would have been nice to let people know how to pivot into Eternals, like what different starforce levels you can equip all 3 of them. Aka 18-18-18 | 22-17-17 with 12, 9, 9 potential and what flame (idk if these are correct, just giving context)

[@aLittlePal]

35:00 taco casually droning at the background is so funny

[@aockrewshi7480]

I wish that burning didnt have an expiration period tied to the current event. Like I just got back into the game and burned a char and the game is like "You can have burning...for 5 more day. Have fun :)" It sucks. I wish burning lasted however long it lasts (2 months?) starting from the time you first burn your character. :\

[@alphaaladdin]

I feel like the accessories come before the CRA set at 220

[@Linkinbr]

W vid as always

[@kyanitesb8619]

thank you for the guides, love from israel ^^

[@MrAerial182]

Im a returning player...god so much have change from 2012

[@Yangbo]

Thanks for the detail guide. You gave gear checkpoints for clearing bosses in party play but how much stronger do you have to be to clear solo/duo?

[@Duky]

Uhhh prob will make a whole vid on that

[@LeConcerto]

I dont really understand why buying an Arcane weapon is a bad idea. What do you use in the meantime? Fake Absolab? Because the mesos you'd spend getting even 2L Leg on a real Abso is like 20-40% if the cost of the Arcane wep, yet Abso is so much weaker. Do you allow yourself to be weak for months just to save 10-15b?

[@Duky]

Use the money you would on other gear besides weapon. I promise if you upgrade your other gear to even just 18*, it’ll be a better and longer term investment than upgrading to an arcane weapon. The problem with buying arcane weapon is you are using 2 armors worth of droplets to buy something that gets replaced. You can clear literally everything in the meantime with just abso weapon too. And you need many armors to 22* them. It literally makes no sense to buy it. And then ultimately it drops anyways from doing bosses

[@iGradient]

You are very good looking

[@Duky]

😳😳😳

[@brianzhu5457]

hey duky, great guide, is there anywhere to use the eternal set below 22 stars? like 3 set 19 stars or something like that, thanks.

[@Duky]

You can do 3 set 18* and it’s stronger, I’ll make a pinned comment about eternals

[@brianzhu5457]

@@Duky really, thanks, how much stronger in terms of CP?

[@cheezstikz7754]

This fake ab main didnt mention the evolving soul ring

[@chickenpork5444]

Hello once again Duky, not sure if you'll comment on this but I was wondering what to do. So I got lucky and managed to get an arcane weapon from lucid AND got enough coins to buy something from the lachelein shop. So first thing I was wondering is what should I buy from the shop first? because the star force event is really close and I want to just starforce the arcane gear that I got. Second thing I was wondering is should I even use the arcane weapon and whatever gear I buy because of the abso set bonuses. Sorry if this was a lot to read, I just a had a few questions about progressing

[@Duky]

Buy arcane glove and use it with the weapon when you get it to 17 and pot them

[@chickenpork5444]

You DA GOAT 🙏😭

[@NvrBst]

Is "Overalls" really that bad a choice now-a-days? I agree super end game CRA was better than arcane overalls, but, who's going to super endgame their CRA now with Eternals (aka special scrolls, end game flames, triple lines, 22* etc)? Lets assume mid investment, 17SF, med flames, 2 line leg pot, 1 line epic bpot, arcane overall/hat vs cra top/bot/hat e.g.: Overalls: same: has x2 the base stats, x2 the star force, higher scroll slots (not quite x2 but close) Overalls: boons: lv200 vs lv150 lv diff (higher base stats, higher SF bonuses, higher pot bonus (just 1% per line), better set effect) CRA Top/Bot: boons: x2 potential bonus, x2 SF bonus, ~4 extra scroll slots, ?lucky weapon genesis bonus? When it comes down to it, the higher lv overall boons cut out a lot of the cra top/bot boons: CRA Top/Bot Boons: * 4 extra scroll slots == 20 stat for 15% ST (your not x-scrolling/prime/etc anymore) * stats w/ x2 SF bonus is extra 9 atk + 104 stat * pot bonus is extra 11%+8%+3% stat * set bonus is extra 20 stat Overall (+Level Diff) Boons: * set bonus is extra 10 atk + 10 IED Hat Level Diff Boons: * level diff is extra 11 atk + 54 stat + 10 IED + 3% stat by time you lib your likely working on eternals already, so, in essence, after you combine/cancel everything out, it's basically 12 atk + 20 IED (overalls) vs 19% stat% + 90 stat (CRA). Don't get me wrong CRA is still a bit better, but, it isn't "that" big a diff, and overalls are less hassle/cheaper in a lot of ways (don't need to pot a 2nd item, SF price is basically the same, less scroll slots to star trace, 1/2 the cubes/flames to buy, 1/2 the booms, etc). IMHO it isn't a "bad" choice for a main, your eventually switching to eternals anyway especially now-a-days when KMS is changing the game to basically starts at lv260; saving the meso and taking a 19% stat dmg hit is probably going to work out for you in the long run, less meso wasted when you eventually throw the junk gear on a boss mule == more meso you can use to upgrade your BiS equips. EDIT: another argument would be ame-no-uzume set vs absolab, they are in essence the same (ame gets x2 set bonus from weapon, and weap is identical to absolab weap stat/lv wise, weap is really all that matters at that level), and the other ame equip are much easier to get vs absolab (ranmaru, daily, basically free). Personally, if I see an aketchi weapon when I make a boss mule (or helping a new friend) in AH, it's usually super cheap, i'd just go ame, else i'd go absolab).

[@Duky]

There’s no circumstance overall is better

[@chickenpork5444]

Hey duky, not sure if you mentioned it but should i use a 17 star abso cape instead of the magnus cape? (2 stars)

[@Duky]

Abso

[@chickenpork5444]

@@Duky thank you 👍

[@SaizouProduktions]

To bad i just Quit (again) Great Video tho!

[@chinlbc]

The problem is yeah I can 17* mid gears and going for hard pt bosses I still get red dot with 9k legion and ied: 95 boss dmg: 280/300

[@Duky]

prob need to learn how to play class better and learn the boss more

[@ShadowRod1988]

Is princcess no bugged? Each time I reach the fight with the guardian with the eels, the skulls just dissapear and the guardian takes quite a while to spawn. Then, when I reach the princcess it gets laggy and it dcs me saying I was using a suspicius program

[@Duky]

I’ve never heard of this sorry