MapleStory Ultimate Starforcing Guide 2024

[@jakemadecake]

instructions unclear - i boomed all my items

[@ArcaneLD_MS]

Thanks to this video, I’m finally full 25*! Thanks Duky, I’m no longer homeless & found an NKaling party!

[@tanadponsiratanon4159]

This helps me a lot from getting lost in star forcing gear, thanks so much!!

[@TheBlueDude71]

Thank you, this clarifies alot for me. Between seeing something hit 20 star I had over 20 items boom on me. I'm surprised people saying they boomed something 40 times isn't the norm.

[@PreemSardine]

thank you duky for everything. go west / dreamer has been my favorite event so far. i learned so much about this game.

[@Duky]

thank you for watching my stuff, thats very sweet and im happy to hear that

[@PufhGamer]

Your channel is very good for those who are learning to play, the diverse content clears a lot of doubts for me. I'm still learning English, the way you speak helps me a lot with that too. ty ty

[@mattcee7113]

Things I know about starforcing, make as much meso as possible before a 5/10/15. I always avoid 30% as you can save money to failstack. Now you can 22* both off event and on event. You can boom all your spares on shining. You don’t know if you’re gonna hit until u keep gambling. In Starforcing, the house always wins.

[@MisterTIBS]

Thanks man, way more info than I've seen/heard previously, learnt a bit for sure!

[@kroynix]

"Average costs factors in crazy outliers" 30B in 5/10/15 on CRA, shit went from 17-> 19. Expect the unexpected, Remove Emotion, WAP Everyday until you have enough to get more than the range of cost

[@renatogamarra439]

I really like your videos man I learned a lot and I really appreciate your help to the community, specially with new players. Plus, you’re funny as hell.

[@Duky]

ty bro

[@gamalielferreira8836]

Thanks! I've been waiting a lot for this!

[@WhinyPotato]

Thanks for this! I’m sure my friends are getting tired of me asking all the time what to star things too and what to transfer 😂

[@97BuuKid]

I WISH I COULD LIKE THIS TWICE !! THANK YOU !!!!!!

[@semi59o]

One thing I think a sf guide need, since it helps newbies most, is that how long time it is expected to achieve, as well as the level/cp. Also, it'd be better to compare the priority of sf as well as pot on different items.

[@AllTheseGeese]

I am a new player I started a month ago. Just spent 4 bil starforcing to 17 and going legendary on all my potentials. In the stat sheet my combat power more than doubled from 1.5m to 4.1m. Still a lot of work to do!

[@Reckless_Ng]

Duky is carrying the whole maple community with these vids! Keep pumping bro!

[@Impactframess]

I starforced my tyrant Altair Cape to 24 thanks duky!

[@RayAzul7]

I didn't know about the pap and monocle xpose. Ty

[@Romeokonggo]

Love your videos!!!! Finally some advices that makes sense lol

[@arielgabbay6693]

Thank you, so useful for me ❤

[@ZxChrono]

Been doing hard bosses for 3 months now and 0 arcane boxes have dropped for me, will keep track for a year and see how many I get lol.

[@YourLowest]

before this video i was poor, sad and alone thanks to you im now the owner of a multi-billion dollar company, happy and i have a wife. Thanks Duky.

[@tylerwoods9445]

Instructions unclear, got 20 star absos to start pushing more bosses solo while getting arcanes

[@michaelbell8451]

Ive done hlotus for 6 months on 3 characters and finally got my first blackheart yesterday lol my luck on boss drops is actually horrendous. 1 arcane box off 2 ctene bossers in 1 to 2 weeks lol

[@L1gy-q1b]

Always quit maplestory a month before any starforce event to increase odds 🎉

[@AaronAtondo]

woooo my suggestion made it!

[@henrynguyen7513]

I dont get it I boomed everything and my equipment tab is all grey (empty)

[@spatiacte]

9:50, So when you hit 20* and it booms and you restore it, it'll be 20* again?

[@Duky]

It’ll be 12

[@mizu9000]

Chills 🥶❄️

[@ck615325]

Hey bro can you please make like a (I guess you can call it a motivational video lol) on how not to burn out on learning new bosses. For example Iv been practicing Will for like a month now but i still can't clear it because i just suck at the game. Any advice/suggestions?

[@rsking6120]

1) consider recording a Will attempt so you can watch it later and see what's going wrong for you 2) Don't be scared to ask your class discord or guild for advice! I was always webbing out in p3 because I didn't know you had to run into 2 webs after using moonlight to clear webs until I straight-up asked how to clear webs XD 3) try doing solo practice on a lower difficulty(if possible) so you're not worrying about damage and can focus on learning the boss's attacks and tests. 4) Don't worry about struggling with a boss, especially Will. I think he's the first mechanically intense boss you face in MapleStory, and is a wall for many newer players, my party included! Master the boss at your own pace with the knowledge that learning the boss will both make future attempts easier and prepare you for future bosses

[@ThaBornIdentity]

23:06 the odds of 22ing one piece over 18 all three pieces you have to obviously understand has way more risk doing so. i have never blown up a piece to 18 over trying to just 20* a piece. thats alot.

[@Kenny-vu4gy]

for spare items like CRA, do you tap a fresh equips to 22 or the one you're wearing to 22 and transfer it if it got boomed

[@Duky]

The one ur wearing

[@FreeBoying]

Wait, when transferring fodders to superior gollux, why not go 22>21? For example PB belts to 22 before xfer to sup belt instead of tapping fodders to 21 only then xfer and settle sup at 20 while waiting for more sup back ups?

[@AdmiralPieDog]

i like your guide and video a lot but too bad I didn't play on this server (I play on MapleSEA) which didn't have some of the gears you mention but it's still good video, thanks

[@herochrisx]

Mr Duky! This topic would have a very niche target viewer ship but would you ever make a video on pushing 23*/pushing past triple T6/ double primes?

[@Duky]

i mean i dont wanna say id NEVER do a video on that, but at the moment id rather make videos that more people could find useful. 23 starring, double priming, perfect flaming, almost no one actually experiences that, and honestly i feel that type of spending is going to get fazed out when a new meso sink comes out at some point. It's not really a normal thing to do

[@herochrisx]

@@Duky I appreciate the response! Let’s see what Azmos canyon brings :)

[@heyoitsbrando]

hi there, great video! i have a dumb question: could you elaborate more on why you would never buy an arcane weapon?

[@Duky]

Because you can clear the bosses that drop the weapon for free easily. Also genesis weapon can be obtained without arcane weapon

[@heyoitsbrando]

@@Duky ahh i see gotcha. that makes sense, thank you for the info!

[@omgfaso]

Hey mate. Would u recommend sf'ing a sup pend then transfer to SoS for reg server as well? And if I do, what scrolls should I use on the sup pend before transfering. Should I prime the sup pend first if I don't wanna go through the perfect +6 icog cancer. Or just use regular adv gollux scrolls? BTW ty for your content. It's nice to see someone so committed to help the maplestory community with the so detailed guides your making. I know that takes a lot of time to make the content your coming up with. Keep up with the good work mate!

[@Overdragoon]

Transfer Hammer Superior Gollux Pendants into SoS’s is still the way to go in reg server. A clean Superior Gollux pendant costs less than 1B while an SoS is still in the 15B-20B range. The stats on the Gollux Pendant and SoS don’t matter as you would only care about the stars. So you don’t need to worry about scrolling until the SoS is fully 22*’ed. After transferring and successfully 22’ing an SoS you’d use an ark innocence scroll to reset the scroll slots but keep the stars. From there you can scroll it however you want. For mine I went 1st slot iCoG (+6att) and the rest of the slots were premium accessory scrolls (+4 to +5 att) as that was the best cost-efficient way to scroll it. Also, don’t ever cube an SoS before it’s 22* as transfer hammer removes its potential. Good luck!

[@omgfaso]

@@Overdragoon Can I prime the SoS before I transfer the 22* sup to it?

[@Overdragoon]

@@omgfaso yes. If you specifically want to prime scroll it you have to scroll the SoS itself with prime scrolls BEFORE you transfer hammer. The reason being that prime scrolls can destroy your item so you have to use shielding wards along with them. And these cannot be used on items that have more than 12 stars. If you’re planning to icog/x scroll/v scroll you can do it either before or after

[@xJarlaxle]

Pro tip: Have billions upon billions of mesos for this

[@vonduckman]

I always watch your videos, but sometimes i get a little confused since i'm playing in reg and things sometimes are different there. In case you can comment these difference while making some points would be really helpful 🙏. Also I have a question that maybe you can answer in another video, happens that with this starforcing and booming, i know that your potentials change when you transpose items, but i'm not sure how this happens if i have an item and boom and i already have some lines in legendary. If I already have an item in 17* with leg potentials then is no good to traspose items from lower lvl and higher stars on it since it will loose potentials or something like that?. Cheers, keep the good work!

[@sylverzenki]

I wanna reiterate the settling on 21 on some gear until you have back ups to full send 22* besides Pitchies items... 22 star that shit dont be weird.

[@Nano-pf4zf]

Honestly, I'd rather just hope that nexon will make it easier to starforce up to 20 stars like they did with 15. Even if the meso cost goes up a lot for it. The rng for starforce past 17 is so bad. A lot of people, including myself, have never even reached 20 stars because of how bad the rng is for starforcing equips. I get better rng chances in cubing than starforce.

[@moondoggy9015]

W upload yet AGAIN

[@jrshogun]

Check points should be applicable to boomed items

[@Legend14-2]

Thank you for the video. I still dont understand how safeguard works? Can the Item still boom with safeguard on? If not, why dont we use it for rare items? When do i get the trace? How can i convert the trace back to normal? Do i always get a trace on boom? Does the Item keep the pot on boom? Does it keep the flame on boom? Does it cost meso to get the Item back? Please make a boom guide 😅

[@Duky]

You can safeguard up to 17 and it won’t boom. Costs 2x meso tho. Flame and pot stay if u boom. It just goes back to 12 and u need another spare

[@kinesis6758]

Isn't sweetwater pendant a late game option? Compared to daybreak or dominator, it's not hard to get spare parts, has an extra star att from sweetwater transpose, plus it's lvl 160 so each line of potential has 1% more stat. I think those should be enough to compensate the terrible flame lines.

[@neri757]

What happeneds with the values from the scrolls i put on the item? Does it transfer also?

[@zakeriaabdi693]

I am actually thinking of 17/18 star Eternal instead of 22 CRA because I really hate booming. Clean Eternals are like 8 billion in my server.

[@milom3799]

if i rolled 3L on my sup ring, pendant and earrings (ikr wtf) do i just fodder into it and reroll pot in the future or wait for more coins for more spares?

[@CraigEmpson]

Big disagree on not going past 17 on arcane weapon, if you have plenty of spares then its sure worth it to use some and try for some gains, I used my 21* weapon for months before I libbed, its not as if I spent 100B to get it above 17. Going by that logic you could say its not worth ever star forcing anything except end game gear as those items will be replaced.

[@Duky]

yea exactly! Why invest in temp gear? Starring Arcane past 12 is lowkey trolling too, you could have used that money you spent on literally anything else that is perm

[@CraigEmpson]

@@Duky My weapon was 'temp' for months until I libbed, and definitely helped me clear bosses faster/easier in that time, score higher culvert, punch king scores etc, very much worth it for a couple billion investment in my opinion. I lack in the hands department, so extra damage is always nice.

[@4ners-u6m]

if you're supposed to transpose 16* pap mark -> sweetwater. Why can't you transpose at a higher star for higher stats? (e.g.transpose a 17* pap mark -> sweetwater)

[@Duky]

cuz the sweetwater is higher level and u want as many stars from that item going from 15-22 as possible. Higher level items get more per star

[@jordancannon97]

I don’t understand, why would you 22* a non potted item? Like when he mentioned total control, you’re going to scroll the one you’re wearing and get pots on it right? Why 22 clean ones?

[@MakerMods]

Can’t you just craft dom pendants? I get they’re hard to drop but I feel like no one talks about the fact that you could craft it unless I’m missing something lol

[@Duky]

very expensive to craft, most ppl wont be able to

[@stefanmadrax]

What do i do with my estella earrings. Do i push it to 20?

[@SopGuap]

Very nice :)

[@DrDulicious]

If my gear is already 17*+ and I'm trying to go higher, is it still better to wait for 5/10/15? Or is 30% off useful in that case?

[@Duky]

51015 is better

[@Yangbo]

If you boom something to xfer to like a sup gollux pendant, do u start over from dom pendant again or just trace the spare and starting there?

[@ucngominh3621]

start over, it gollux pend is 1 month of gollux

[@Galhir]

WHat about SW pendant? I currently have enough for the tattoo but I was going to save up for the pendant. Is there an ideal order for SW equips of most important to least important to get?

[@Duky]

u can get it sure if u want, i just think the others are less out of ur way to get. I talked about the SW items in the face/eye part

[@IceonRose]

I just spent 36bil on one cra item during the 51015... boomed about 21 times, went from 20* to 17*. I'm officially traumatized lol I'm only sf off event now 💀

[@HosakaBlood]

i never boom 40cape but i burned 80b on a cra top like 4-5 years ago never got to 20* once

[@mvrzl]

Very useful

[@OfficialOlue]

Thank you for the video! Just a question, is it ok to settle my zerk at 19 if i currently lack tm spares and its sitting at 17?

[@Duky]

yea just know ur gonna have to tap it 22 at some point

[@junghounbae8722]

what do you think about transferring shiny red meister symbols to twilight marks to get it to 19*?

[@Duky]

Not worth unless ur settling 19 and only have one twilight

[@GahlicNoodles]

Ight now we need a Scrolling guide.

[@PugDoAugustoBackes]

When i destroy my equip and i want to transfer the start to a new one it says my item is locked,and says to unlock it first, what doest that mean?

[@ZiyangLiu-mu8bg]

What would you recommend you 22* first? Or should I slowly climb all my equips from 17-22

[@Duky]

go by how many spares you have of items. The reason people do CRA first to 22 for example is cuz they have like 50 backups of each

[@charlesiphone5765]

Do i get my gear to 3L before i mess around with star force?

[@neyceg2485]

Hey man, good clear video thank you! Just wondering, for transposing the pap to sweetwater, is it still worth it if I've already got +16 sweetwater with legendary pot? I just got a pap drop today lol...Or should I just starforce my sweetwater to +17 and beyond?

[@hijere]

Hey Duky, thanks for the informative video, it was just what I needed the most, always helpful and I appreciate it. But now I have a question since they just released the sunny Sundays events with the 30% and 5/10/15 on different Sundays. What would be the best approach to maximizing gains/meso cost for both events? What’s the best approach on how to star for each event respectively?

[@Duky]

use 30% off to get 15*, 51015 to get anything higher

[@hijere]

@@Duky Thanks my man!

[@aaronou4565]

i did solo lomian for almost 2 year,.... the pitch never drop

[@RuTo94]

is Estella earrings not worth tapping to 22 or just use it as drop gear?

[@Duky]

you can if u want

[@tackywacky99]

People tend to think being lucky is normal and normal losing rates are unlucky. Same as people gambling

[@AndreGuzmanXS]

Never clicked so fast

[@duckieman69]

Calculator is good for estimating but would still depend on luck

[@TheLaughingMan283]

WHAT ORDER SHOULD I STARFORCE MY ITEMS IN DUKY? IM UNABLE TO THINK BY MYSELF

[@Duky]

go by how many spares you have

[@RamRevivo]

cant you just get all 140 items to 23 stars to then transfer to the desired 150 item for then it will have 22 stars?

[@Duky]

No, 23 is almost impossible to hit

[@RamRevivo]

@@Duky got it :)

[@bobhogen8831]

dumb question but you cant safeguard items after 17 right?

[@Duky]

yea u cant

[@bobhogen8831]

@Duky thank you appreciate all your content. Keep up all the good work king!

[@bobhogen8831]

Also do you think it's worth risking the boom on ghost ship exo badge past 17 I don't think I will regardless but thought I'd ask your opinion.

[@5onic]

So if I transfer pendent to gollux pendent at 21 and I fail to 22* so it goes back to 20* do I 22* another DOM then transfer back 21* gollux pendant?

[@Duky]

you can if you want, id just tap cuz im lazy

[@Warmturkeysandwich]

why is 5/10/15 better than 30% off? is there something I'm missing?

[@Duky]

Guaranteed 15-16 saves u more money

[@Warmturkeysandwich]

@@Duky oh ok thanks 👍

[@antimagicsword]

Thanks

[@asd-dr9cf]

How do you transpose? I thought there was only transferring?

[@Duky]

its shown in the video

[@itloog3594]

do you have a guide for sacred force, im playing kr server

[@kaizeo]

omg just got my first 22

[@vgtgoat]

Why not pensalir cape to zak cape to abso cape? Just like boot and gloves.

[@Duky]

You can if u want

[@vgtgoat]

@@Duky Okay, just thought there might be some caveat I didn't know. Thanks for your videos! I reference this one like every day.

[@WatZyAnAmE]

I used 4 bil last event failed so many times I just accepted bad luck and left at 18 stars for my fafnir

[@JayFlare]

Chills

[@npaul-]

hey duky, do you have any tips on getting lucky?

[@Duky]

i dont think ive ever been lucky once in my life /s

[@npaul-]

@@Duky beep beep the cap meter is going off

[@pophaha1373]

If I have a 17 star pap mark, do I transpose to a monocle and just keep staring the monocle instead?

[@Duky]

no, if its 17, you can either tap and hope it fails to 16 and then transpose, or try and get the pap mark to 22

[@Rainliberty]

...as someone who has many many mules with 17* arcanes and 22* cra. You most definitely can not solo c slime lol

[@Duky]

i think if ur cra is 22, and have 5 set arcane at 17, rest of ur gear is 17, around 2 line equips, prob between lv 260-270, u can solo cslime. Assuming you have legion too

[@hongxiangong8670]

When is best and worst mage class vid coming out? Love your energy tho!

[@Duky]

waiting on phil to comeback from vacation

[@yagor2675]

Cool vid. I'm at ~120m cp pre-lib rn, almost full 21* with some 22* but not wearing any pitched yet. I have like 8 different pitched equips in my inventory (2 zerks, 2 sos, 2 eyepatches, 1 endless terror, 1 dreamy belt) - seems likely to me that if I star all of these, at least one of them should probably hit 22* right? At this point, would you invest meso in getting gollux set / kanna's treasure / twilight mark all from 21 to 22 or would you rather use the meso for pitched attempts? Leaning on the former

[@Duky]

former

[@rblrzr]

I cant star my pensalir to 22 help

[@LNTutorialsNL]

Don’t invest in Pensalir, if you want to go beyond 15* get at least CRA/Arcane

[@SonRush1]

Dont listen, off event is best event. ❤

[@motivationwijnen1150]

That comment about bullying people for only having Endless Terror at 19* 🤣🤣🤣

[@JayFlare]

I need a winter jacket

[@Duky]

LOL

[@TejashPatel-z2r]

For the monocal (ignore my spelling), can you sf beyond 16 before transposing? Like what if i went to 17* and then transposed to the monocal?

[@Duky]

it must be exactly 16

[@danielsambrano3845]

what happen with the potential when trasnfering?

[@Duky]

goes back to epic

[@enlevee]

W video

[@Sketches8]

What’s the point?

[@JayFlare]

🥶 ⛄️ ❄️

[@malcolmgraves2428]

I just boomed my house