Database

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Level Cap & EXP Table

Every 2,500 Total Levels there is a level gate: 9,999, 12,499, 14,999, 17,499 and so on, with no end. At a gate your EXP holds at the edge of leveling until you have enough Ascension Points (AP) (500 AP at the first three gates, 1,000 AP from 17,499 on; up to half of it can be earned in the 249 levels before the gate); the next level-up breaks through, AP goes back to 0 and you get a permanent +1% Rare Drop Rate per gate cleared. Nothing is lost while you wait.

AP comes from voting, Pink Zakum, @boss, Trials, the Dice Board, @craft, Silver/Gold Boxes, fishing and time online. It counts at a gate, and up to half of it from 249 levels before the gate. See Ascension Tiers for every source and daily maximum, and type @ascension (or @levelcap / @levelprogress) in-game to see your progress.

No more @bonus requirements and no level-based @bonus cap: every level can reach the 99,999% maximum (125,000% with a DP rate buff). Wearing a Firestarter Ring inside a burning @instance raises the EXP maximum to 110,000% (only when no DP rate buff is active - the DP buff wins).

EXP Table & Difficulty Curve

Levels 1-200 use the standard MapleStory EXP table. One exception: levels 30-120 cost half the normal amount of EXP to level up - a permanent discount across that whole 90-level stretch.

Total Level 200 and up switches to a formula-based curve instead of a fixed table (it has to - the numbers involved get far too large for a lookup table long before you reach the level range the gates above talk about). On top of that base formula, a difficulty multiplier scales how much extra EXP each range demands: