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· Challengers World is an event world that supports growth with buffs and items, a superior version of the past Burning World.
· For MapleStory returnees or new users, starting in Challengers World is overwhelmingly advantageous in any situation.
· Even if you have a strong character on the main server, starting anew in Challengers World is much more beneficial in terms of growth experience.

· When playing in Challengers World, as of Season 3, you can receive 2 Legendary Potential Skill Scrolls, 20 Ultimate Union Growth Potions, an Additional Unique Growth Potion, Sol Erda Shards, and more.
· Combining the exclusive EXP buff and boss mesos, you can gain benefits of at least 50 billion mesos, and the benefits are likely to be further enhanced in Season 4.
· Unless your main character's combat power exceeds 100 million, there is a greater than 90% chance that a character newly raised in Challengers World will become stronger than your existing character.

· Even if you already have a strong main character, playing in Challengers World is much more advantageous for increasing meso income.
· Challengers World allows you to create new bossing characters with less investment compared to the main server, and by utilizing seasonal bosses, you can earn 1.5 billion mesos weekly while developing your bossing character.
· If you don't develop a character in Challengers World, you have to give up the growth infrastructure not available on the main server, and you will fall significantly behind other users.

· Challengers World is currently out of season, and Season 4 is scheduled to start on June 18, 2026.
· For efficient growth, it is recommended to build up for Challengers World from the time the video is released until June 18, and then start in earnest.

· The 'Magnetic Pet,' a special mission reward from the Maple Attack event, is an essential item for playing MapleStory.
· Magnetic pets maximize meso acquisition and reduce hunting fatigue, so hunting without one, which severely degrades the hunting experience, inevitably leads to purchasing a magnetic pet.
· The magnetic pet obtainable through the Special Gift is the best newbie reward, allowing you to get an item worth tens of billions of mesos just by logging in.
· The conditions for receiving the Special Gift are attending the Mascot Parade for 12 weeks and defeating 100,000 monsters. Monster defeat can be met with about 6 hours of hunting.
· If you are short on attendance days, you can purchase the Parade Pass to supplement the missing attendance days with Maple Points to obtain the magnetic pet.

· If you dislike spending money, you can exchange mesos for Maple Points through the Meso Market to purchase a magnetic pet.
· Assuming 2,350 Maple Points per 100 million mesos, you can obtain a magnetic pet for approximately 4.5 billion mesos.
· This is an amount that can be accumulated by consistently defeating the Black Mage's Commanders for three weeks.
· However, for beginner MapleStory users (Merinies), acquiring 4.5 billion mesos might be burdensome due to the lack of bossing characters and equipment.

· The most viable way for Merinies to realistically save over 4.5 billion mesos is through gathering.
· Gathering allows you to earn approximately 150 million mesos per hour with almost no entry barrier.
· A character level 101 or higher is required for gathering, and mage classes with good mobility are recommended.
· After learning professional skills at Meister and acquiring gathering skills, aim for Herb Gathering level 10 by creating rare oils.
· By mining Juniper Berry seeds in the Expert's Farm and selling them at the auction house, you can earn about 150 million mesos per hour.
· Gathering at a PC Bang increases your hourly earnings even further with a 120% speed boost.

· In addition to the Maple Attack attendance rewards, you can obtain Challengers World exclusive buffs and Sol Erda Shards from the Summer Countdown event.
· Sol Erda Shards are a precious resource used to enhance 6th job advancement skills, worth over 1.5 billion mesos when 270 are acquired.
· The exclusive EXP and damage buffs for Challengers World greatly aid in hunting and boss battles.
· Arcane Force and Authentic Force are particularly essential for the 'power-up' system that significantly increases final damage. Since Force shortages frequently occur in Challengers World, these buffs are very important.

· One of the most important goals in Challengers World is to quickly defeat the Black Mage's Commanders to liberate the Genesis Weapon.
· Arcane Force greatly helps by significantly increasing final damage during the Genesis Weapon liberation process.
· Without sufficient Arcane Force, you may face significant difficulties in hunting and boss battles.
· A detailed guide on how to liberate the Genesis Weapon will be uploaded later.