MapleStory Classic World shops: what a meso buys

The short answer

The cheap heal and the expensive one are usually the same value per meso. So what the big potion actually buys is inventory slots and fewer keypresses mid-fight - not a better rate. Buy the largest one you can afford to carry, and check the level column before buying a weapon on value alone.

2.00: best HP per meso
1.00: best MP per meso
517: items stocked

Where these prices come from

The asking prices are recorded by hand, in data/npc-shops/. No datamine carries shop stock - the server owns it - so unlike every other number in this section these are somebody’s notes from standing at the counter. What each item does with those mesos is the client’s own: the recovery and the stats come straight off the item rows and are joined to the price by name.

Items stocked

517

across 31 recorded shops the release has

Best HP per meso

2.00

Apple, 20 mesos

Best MP per meso

1.00

Orange, 50 mesos

With a stat on them

weapons and wands worth ranking

HP per meso

Item	Price	Heals	HP / meso	Sold by
Apple	20	40	2.00	8 shops
Egg	30	60	2.00	8 shops
Red Potion	50	100	2.00	8 shops
Fried Chicken	60	120	2.00	4 shops
Meat	80	160	2.00	7 shops
Orange Potion	150	250	1.67	8 shops
Hot Dog	180	300	1.67	3 shops
Dried Squid	180	300	1.67	Max
Pizza	252	360	1.43	4 shops
White Potion	350	500	1.43	7 shops
Hamburger	350	500	1.43	4 shops
Hot Dog Supreme	480	600	1.25	2 shops
Fat Sausage	800	800	1.00	2 shops
Unagi	1,000	1,000	1.00	5 shops
Ice Cream Pop	1,500	1,500	1.00	Valen
Cake	150	100	0.67	2 shops
Mrs. Ming Ming's Stew	480	300	0.63	Raymond
Andre's Seafood Soup	480	300	0.63	Max
Watermelon	1,920	800	0.42	Valen
Ribbon Pig Daydream	500	150	0.30	Max
Orange Mushroom Daydream	500	100	0.20	Raymond

MP per meso

Item	Price	Restores	MP / meso	Sold by
Orange	50	50	1.00	8 shops
Lemon	150	150	1.00	7 shops
Blue Potion	220	200	0.91	7 shops
Salad	220	200	0.91	4 shops
Orange Juice	540	450	0.83	2 shops
Pure Water	1,120	800	0.71	3 shops
Grape Juice	1,260	900	0.71	2 shops
Cake	150	100	0.67	2 shops
Red Bean Sundae	2,250	1,500	0.67	Valen
Mrs. Ming Ming's Stew	480	300	0.63	Raymond
Andre's Seafood Soup	480	300	0.63	Max
Watermelon	1,920	800	0.42	Valen

Weapon attack per meso

Weapon	Type	Needs level	For	Attack	Price	Attack / 1k mesos
Wooden Club	Weapon	-	All	19	50	380.0
Sword	Weapon	-	All	17	50	340.0
Hand Axe	Weapon	-	All	17	50	340.0
Razor	Weapon	5	All	23	500	46.0
Fruit Knife	Weapon	8	All	23	1,500	15.3
Steel Pipe	Weapon	10	All	29	3,000	9.7
Triangular Zamadar	Weapon	10	Thief	28	3,000	9.3
Long Sword	Weapon	10	All	27	3,000	9.0
Double Axe	Weapon	10	All	27	3,000	9.0
Leather Purse	Weapon	12	All	31	3,800	8.2
Pole Arm	Weapon	10	Warrior/Bowman/Thief	35	5,000	7.0
Mace	Weapon	15	Warrior/Mage	34	5,000	6.8
Wooden Staff	Weapon	10	Mage	20	3,000	6.7
Crossbow	Weapon	10	Bowman	32	5,000	6.4
Sabre	Weapon	15	Warrior	32	5,000	6.4
Battle Axe	Weapon	15	Warrior	32	5,000	6.4
Wooden Mallet	Weapon	10	Warrior/Bowman/Thief	32	5,000	6.4
Spear	Weapon	10	Warrior/Bowman/Thief	32	5,000	6.4
Red Brick	Weapon	15	All	31	5,000	6.2
Wooden Wand	Weapon	10	All	18	3,000	6.0
War Bow	Weapon	10	Bowman	30	5,000	6.0
Field Dagger	Weapon	15	Warrior/Thief	30	5,000	6.0
Wooden Sword	Weapon	10	Warrior/Bowman/Thief	30	5,000	6.0
Metal Axe	Weapon	10	Warrior/Bowman/Thief	30	5,000	6.0
Triple-Tipped Zamadar	Weapon	17	Warrior/Thief	34	5,800	5.9
Square Shovel	Weapon	17	Warrior/Thief	36	6,200	5.8
Iron Ball	Weapon	15	Warrior	40	7,000	5.7
Battle Crossbow	Weapon	15	Bowman	37	7,000	5.3
Fork on a Stick	Weapon	15	Warrior/Bowman/Thief	37	7,000	5.3
Sapphire Staff	Weapon	15	Mage	25	5,000	5.0
Emerald Staff	Weapon	15	Mage	25	5,000	5.0
Composite Bow	Weapon	15	Bowman	35	7,000	5.0
Hardwood Wand	Weapon	15	All	23	5,000	4.6
Hard Briefcase	Weapon	20	All	39	10,500	3.7
Iron Mace	Weapon	20	Warrior/Mage	39	10,500	3.7
Coconut Knife	Weapon	20	Thief	38	10,500	3.6
Viking Sword	Weapon	20	Warrior	37	10,500	3.5
Machete	Weapon	20	Warrior/Thief	37	10,500	3.5
Pointed Shovel	Weapon	22	Warrior/Thief	41	11,700	3.5
Stinger	Weapon	22	Warrior/Thief	39	11,700	3.3
Mithril Axe	Weapon	25	Warrior	45	13,500	3.3
Plunger	Weapon	25	All	44	13,500	3.3
Hunter's Bow	Weapon	20	Bowman	42	13,500	3.1
Eloon	Weapon	25	Warrior/Thief	42	13,500	3.1
Square Hammer	Weapon	20	Warrior	42	13,500	3.1
Studded Polearm	Weapon	20	Warrior	42	13,500	3.1
Forked Dagger	Weapon	27	Thief	45	14,700	3.1
Fusion Mace	Weapon	25	Warrior/Mage	41	13,500	3.0
Iron Dagger	Weapon	25	Thief	40	13,500	3.0
Two-Handed Sword	Weapon	20	Warrior	40	13,500	3.0
Balanche	Weapon	20	Bowman	39	13,500	2.9
Old Wooden Staff	Weapon	20	Mage	30	10,500	2.9
Mountain Crossbow	Weapon	25	Bowman	47	16,500	2.8
Broadsword	Weapon	25	Warrior	45	16,500	2.7
Two-Handed Axe	Weapon	25	Warrior	45	16,500	2.7
Battle Bow	Weapon	25	Bowman	44	16,500	2.7
Wizard Staff	Weapon	25	Mage	35	13,500	2.6
Iron Axe	Weapon	20	Warrior	35	13,500	2.6
Heavy Mace	Weapon	15	Warrior	40	16,500	2.4
Sky Blue Umbrella	Weapon	27	All	33	14,700	2.2
War Hammer	Weapon	30	Warrior	49	22,000	2.2
Reef Claw	Weapon	30	Thief	48	22,000	2.2
Gladius	Weapon	30	Warrior	47	22,000	2.1
Cass	Weapon	30	Warrior/Thief	47	22,000	2.1
Fireman's Axe	Weapon	30	Warrior	47	22,000	2.1
Mithril Pole Arm	Weapon	30	Warrior	55	26,000	2.1
Scimitar	Weapon	30	Warrior	53	26,000	2.0
Garnier	Weapon	10	Thief	10	5,000	2.0
Metal Wand	Weapon	20	All	21	10,500	2.0
Eagle Crow	Weapon	30	Bowman	52	26,000	2.0
Mithril Maul	Weapon	30	Warrior	52	26,000	2.0
Forked Spear	Weapon	30	Warrior	52	26,000	2.0
Ryden	Weapon	30	Bowman	50	26,000	1.9
Blue Axe	Weapon	30	Warrior	50	26,000	1.9
Steel Titans	Weapon	15	Thief	13	7,000	1.9
Ice Wand	Weapon	25	Mage	24	13,500	1.8
Mithril Wand	Weapon	30	Mage	27	22,000	1.2
Steel Igor	Weapon	20	Thief	17	14,100	1.2
Meba	Weapon	25	Thief	19	16,500	1.2
Adamantium Guards	Weapon	30	Thief	23	27,600	0.8

Per thousand mesos rather than per meso, because a weapon costs three orders of magnitude more than a potion and a column of 0.02s tells you nothing. The level column is what makes this list usable: the best value on it is usually a weapon you cannot lift yet.

Magic attack per meso

Item	Needs level	Magic attack	Price	Magic / 1k mesos
Wooden Wand	10	27	3,000	9.0
Wooden Staff	10	24	3,000	8.0
Hardwood Wand	15	34	5,000	6.8
Sapphire Staff	15	31	5,000	6.2
Emerald Staff	15	31	5,000	6.2
Metal Wand	20	41	10,500	3.9
Old Wooden Staff	20	38	10,500	3.6
Ice Wand	25	48	13,500	3.6
Wizard Staff	25	45	13,500	3.3
Mithril Wand	30	55	22,000	2.5
Sky Blue Umbrella	27	12	14,700	0.8

The other side of the counter

This page is about what a shop charges. What a shop pays is a different question and a more dangerous one, because some of what you would sell is something a quest wants: the keep list works out which. The full stock of every recorded shop, and every item’s own vendor price, are on the items pages.