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MapleStory Classic World release date
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The short answer
Grand Launch is Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC). Founder’s Access opened 6 October for Orange Mushroom and Zakum Package owners.
- 11:00 AM PDT
- both doors open
- 18:00 UTC
- the same hour in UTC
- 13 days
- to Grand Launch
The dates
| Step | Date | Away | What actually happens |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founder’s Package on sale | 2026-09-02 | passed | Three tiers of commemorative cosmetics drawn from MapleStory’s early years, the upper two carrying entry to Founder’s Access. |
| Founder’s Access | 2026-10-06 | passed | The first step into live service, for Founders only. Characters and progression made here carry over into Grand Launch. |
| Grand Launchthe date | 2026-10-21 | 13 d | Open to everyone, Founder’s Package or not, with content Nexon says has not been shown before. |
Founder’s Access and Grand Launch both open at 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC). “Away” counts calendar days in UTC rather than 24-hour periods, so it does not flicker between a reader loading the page late at night and again in the morning.
Questions
When is the MapleStory Classic World release date?
Grand Launch is Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC), open to everyone. Founder’s Access opened 15 days earlier, on Tuesday 6 October 2026 at the same hour, for owners of the Orange Mushroom Package or the Zakum Package.
Nexon: Ossyria Exploration Report (the dates)Nexon: Classic World FAQ (the hour)
What time does Grand Launch start in my time zone?
11:00 AM PDT on 21 October, which is 18:00 UTC, 2:00 PM EDT, 8:00 PM CEST and 4:00 AM AEST on 22 October. Founder’s Access opened at the same hour on 6 October.
When does Founder’s Access start, and who can play it?
It opened on Tuesday 6 October 2026 at 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC), for owners of the Orange Mushroom Package or the Zakum Package; the Snail Package does not include it. Characters and progression made in Founder’s Access carry over into Grand Launch.
The Founder’s Packages, tier by tierNexon: Founder’s Access release notes
When does the Founder’s Package sale end?
The sale closes at 11:59 PM PDT on 14 October 2026. The packages are sold only through Nexon and Steam.
Which platforms is MapleStory Classic World on?
Windows and macOS, through the Nexon Launcher or Steam.
What is the level cap?
Level 100 in Founder’s Access, by Nexon’s release notes for it. The 1st job advancement is at level 10 and the 2nd at level 30, and 2nd job is the last one.
How many classes are there?
15 in the Public Release client: the Beginner, the four 1st jobs (Warrior, Magician, Archer and Rogue) and ten 2nd jobs (Fighter, Page, Spearman, F/P Wizard, I/L Wizard, Cleric, Hunter, Crossbowman, Assassin and Bandit).
Is there a 3rd job at launch?
No. Nexon held 3rd Job Advancement back from launch to rework it, and the Public Release client has none of the 70 3rd job skills Closed Online Test 2 had. This site keeps the ten 3rd job classes and their skills from that test as a record, each marked CoT2.
What Nexon held back, and whyNexon: Ossyria Exploration Report
Are Orbis and El Nath in the game?
Ossyria opened four days into the second test and will not be in the launch build. Nexon is reworking the content structure and the progression flow around it, and says it arrives gradually later. The Public Release client bears it out: not one of Ossyria’s 92 maps is in it.
In the client now
Founder’s Access runs on the Public Release client, and this site reads that client now. What the Public Release added leads with housing, a home in Henesys and one in Kerning City, and a new boss, Shade, which the bosses guide lists beside every other boss in the client. The client changelog has every row that moved since Closed Online Test 2.
Where these came from
Each date is taken from the announcement itself rather than from a second-hand report of it. That is the difference between this page and most of the others answering the same question: a date on a fan site with no link behind it has usually been through three hands.
- The dates
- Ossyria Exploration Report, 2026-08-21, by Hanbyeol Oh (Inkwell), Chief Product Officer, Global MapleStory
- The hour
- Nexon’s Classic World FAQ, 2026-09-29
What is not on this page
- A server list, or queue estimates. Neither is announced and neither is in the game’s files.
- What Grand Launch adds on top of Founder’s Access. Nexon says it brings content that has not been shown before, and nothing more yet. The news feed has every announcement with a link to the post it came from.
More guides
- What is MapleStory Classic World?6 min
- Forgotten Hollow, from CoT2CoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.6 min
- Party quests, checked against this build8 min · Lv 21+
Beginner guide: your first levels8 min · Lv 1-10- What's new in the Public Release7 min
Housing: a home of your own8 min