Where should I be training?
The question MapleStory has always answered badly. Levels 1 to 50, bracket by bracket, with the maps worth standing on and the mobs you will find there.
Level 1–10
Map Area Mobs L Forest I Victoria Road Snails through Ribbon Pigs The Tree That Grew II Victoria Road Slimes, Stumps, Dark Stumps Construction Site North of Kerning City Victoria Road Red Snails to Dark Stumps You have one melee attack until level 10, so this stretch is about getting through it rather than optimising it. Pick whichever map is least crowded.
Level 11–15
Map Area Mobs Line 1 <Area 1> Kerning City Subway Bubbling West Rocky Mountain III Victoria Road Green Mushroom, Axe and Dark Axe Stumps Tree Dungeon, Forest Up North IV Victoria Road Green Mushroom, Slimes First bracket where your job actually matters. Ranged classes can hold a platform; melee wants the tighter Victoria Road maps.
Level 16–20
Map Area Mobs Dangerous Steam Dungeon Stirge, Horny Mushroom, Zombie Mushroom Transfer Area Kerning City Subway Stirge 1st Accompaniment <Bonus> Hidden Street Green and Horny Mushrooms The bonus stage is Kerning Party Quest's reward map — worth running the PQ for it once you hit 21.
Level 21–25
Map Area Mobs Ant Tunnel III Dungeon Horny and Zombie Mushroom Deep Ant Tunnel I Dungeon Broader spread including Jr. Boogie Ant Tunnel Park Dungeon Evil Eye, with mushroom support Kerning Party Quest unlocks at 21 and adds roughly 10–30% EXP on top when you have a party. It is the single biggest rate change in the early game.
Level 26–30
Map Area Mobs Deep Ant Tunnel I Dungeon Horny and Zombie Mushroom, Evil Eye, Jr. Boogie Ant Tunnel Park Dungeon Evil Eye and lower-level mushrooms The Cave of Evil Eye III Dungeon Nearly pure Evil Eye Push to 30 and take your second job. Everything gets easier the moment you do.
Level 31–35
Map Area Mobs Line 2 <Area 1> Kerning City Subway Jr. Wraith Line 1 <Area 2> Kerning City Subway Jr. Wraith The Burnt Land V Warning Street Fire Boar, Lupins Undead territory. Clerics start pulling ahead here and do not stop.
Level 36–40
Map Area Mobs A Look-Out Shed Around the Beach Florina Road Lorang, Lupin support Lorang Lorang Florina Road Lorang Monkey Forest II Victoria Road Lupin and Zombie Lupin The last bracket before Forgotten Hollow opens at 39. Worth pushing straight through.
Level 41–45
Forgotten Hollow opens at 39Map Area Mobs Forgotten Entrance III Shallow Passage Glowshroom, Raffle, Curse Eye Monkey Swamp III Hidden Street Zombie Lupin Tree Dungeon, Monkey Forest II Hidden Street Zombie Lupin Forgotten Hollow proper. This is new content — nobody has a twenty-year-old optimal route for it, so the first weeks after launch are genuinely open.
Level 46–50
Map Area Mobs Line 2 <Area 2> Kerning City Subway Jr. Wraith and Wraith Line 2 <Area 3> Kerning City Subway Wraith Line 1 <Area 4> Kerning City Subway Wraith Wraiths to 50, or stay in the Hollow — it runs to 59 and the mobs keep scaling with you.
Routes reflect the closed online tests. Spawn density and EXP rates can be retuned before Grand Launch, and Nexon has not published launch rates. Everything here gets re-checked against the live game once the servers are up.