Table of Contents

1) Legal Info
2) Version History
3) Assassins vs. All!
4) Ability Point Allocation
5) The Beginning: Maple Island
6) Becoming a Thief!
7) Skill Point Allocation <1st Job>
8) Training Areas <1st Job>
9) Class Change: Assassin
10) Skill Point Allocation <2nd Job>
11) Training Areas <2nd Job>
12) Class Change: Hermit
13) Skill Point Allocation + Training Spots <3rd Job>
14) Equipment
15) FAQs, Skill Details, Extras, etc.
16) Suggestion Corner
17) Credits, Finishing Stuff

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1) Legal Info

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without written permission. Use of this guide on any other or as part of a
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NOTE - I am no longer allowing any more sites to use my guide...submitting it
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NOTE - If you see this guide on ANY other sites than the ones listed above,
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This is much appreciated.

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2) Version History

Version 1.0 - The guide is complete to my knowledge. Typos and stuff will be
fixed later on, with another update, because I am le tired. (???)

Version 1.1 - Added suggestions, more typos fixed, cleaned up a little.
(2/4/08)

Version 1.2 - More suggestions, and a note about CPQ in the training section
as well as a note about e-mails at the top. (29/13/08)

Version 1.21 - The only updates you will see are ones with suggestions from now
on, or possibly notes about a new PQ I have tried out. Also, an Archer (Hunter)
Guide is on the way, so expect a decrease in updates. (22/5/08)

Version 1.31 - More suggestions were added and despite myself I allowed another
site to use the guide, though they were very nice about it and curteous. Take
that as a lesson! =) (23/10/08)

Version 1.32 - Added more suggestions. (10/8/09)

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3) Assassins vs. All!

If you're reading this guide, I shouldn't really have to convince you. You've
probably already made up your mind: "The Assassin is the Class for me!" Well,
chances are you're right, considering assassins are one of the most popular
characters. But why are assassins the very BEST, of all the classes in Maple
Story?
Well, out of the three ranged characters, assassins are the only ones who can
consistently jump AND attack at the same time. This is the signature move of
the assassin, and along with looking cool, it allows you to shoot with extended
range, shoot enemies who are right beside you (a bowman would have to move
away, or knockback the enemy) and shoot enemies as you walk, without stopping
to shoot and then resuming your promenade. Assassins also have the best
accuracy, considering LUK and DEX, which both help with accuracy, are our two
main stats. Assassins are a little pricey, depending on what world you choose,
but regardless they are definitely powerful and unique.
Welcome to the world of the Assassin!

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4) Ability Point Allocation

The most important stat for an assassin is LUK, followed by DEX.

When you create your character, chose your hair, eyes, clothes, weapon, etc.
and then pick your name. Finally, it's time to roll. Maple Story is an
incredibly stat sensitive game. If you mess up your stats, your character will
deal much lower damage than others. Unlike you may have thought, while rolling,
the most important stats are STR and INT. You don't use these stats, but you
have to pay attention to them, because if you make them as low as possible when
you roll, your LUK and DEX will be respectively higher. Thus, a perfect roll
would look like this:

STR: 4
DEX: X
INT: 4
LUK: X

That's a 4 in both of your useless stats. Note that this can take a VERY long
time - instead you may wish to simply settle for a 5 in one of them, or even a
5 in both of them. It will not ruin your character, you'll just have 1 or 2
points less in LUK in the end, which isn't a whole lot.

As you level up, your DEX should be your level multiplied by 2, and all other
points should go in your LUK stat. For example, I'm level 25. My DEX should
be 50. If I'm level 40, my DEX should be 80. Here's how I do it. Let's say I've
just leveled to 15 and my DEX is 30, like it should be. I level to 16, and
increase my LUK by 5. I level to 17 and 18, and both times I increase my LUK
only. Then, when I level to 19 and to 20, I increase my DEX both times. The
only exception is leveling to 15 - your DEX is 25 at level 10 so it only needs
to increase by 5 when you hit level 15.

All you need to do is keep your DEX double your level, and make sure
all other points go into LUK. Also note that at level 50, you'll follow the
same pattern as before - increase your LUK at the two last levels. However
since there is no equipment between levels 40 and 50, your DEX will end up
being 90 at level 50. It will be 100 at 60, and 110 at 70, and so on.

CAPPING DEX: Many people have e-mailed me about this, so I decided what the
hell, I'll put a note in about capping dex. To be honest I haven't ever
levelled a thief high enoguh to know about where to cap. My estimate is that
the DEX needed for a Scarab (110, I believe) is about right. You'll probably
get some DEX from equipment, so 105 seems about right. It's better to cap too
low as opposed to too high, as you can always raise it, but it costs money
to lower stats.

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5) The Beginning: Maple Island

In terms of training on Maple Island, thieves are second slowest, right after
bowman and before mage. You'll want to add all your AP into DEX until it
reaches 25, because it will boost your damage slightly. All other points
go in LUK. Go through the cute training grounds where you get dressed up
as an apple, and then exit and start training. You will stay at this map
until you are about level 7, killing green snails - trust me, they are the best
source of EXP at this point. At level 7 or even 8, travel to Amherst and the
surrounding area and do all the quests there. You'll be around level 8 or 9,
and after this you can do whatever you want to get to 10.

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6) Becoming a Thief!

Once you hit level 10 travel to Lith Harbor using the ship in Southperry, for
150 mesos. Take the taxi to Kerning City, and enter the Fusion Bar. At the
bottom, beneath the...washroom (!?) is the Dark Lord. Talk to him and he'll
make you a rogue, as long as your DEX is 25, which it should be if you followed
the AP Allocation Section. Please, it's R-O-G-U-E, NOT R-O-U-G-E. That is the
colour red in French. So many people make this mistake and for some reason
it annoys me, so please, it's rogue. Your HP and MP are increased, along with
your base attack. He'll also give you 1 SP. Where should you put it?
Well...we'll find out in the next section.

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7) Skill Point Allocation <1st Job>

So you've got these awesome things called skills. Without skills, you are
nothing. Every time you level up you'll gain 3 SP. You can put it anywhere
you like, but there's a few recommended paths. I've listed them here.

BUILD 1
This build is for the NON-FUNDED thief. This is either your first character
ever, or it's your first character on a seperate world. This is the classic
non-funded thief build, and I find it works very well.

Level 10: Lucky Seven +1
Level 11: Nimble Body +3
Level 12: Keen Eyes +3
Level 13: Nimble Body +3
Level 14: Nimble Body +3
Level 15: Nimble Body +3
Level 16: Nimble Body +3
Level 17: Nimble Body +3
Level 18: Nimble Body +2 (MAX), Keen Eyes +1
Level 19: Keen Eyes +3
Level 20: Keen Eyes +1 (MAX), Lucky Seven +2
Level 21: Lucky Seven +3
Level 22: Lucky Seven +3
Level 23: Lucky Seven +3
Level 24: Lucky Seven +3
Level 25: Lucky Seven +3
Level 26: Lucky Seven +2 (MAX), Disorder +1
Level 27: Disorder +2, Dark Sight +1
Level 28: Dark Sight +3
Level 29: Dark Sight +3
Level 30: Dark Sight +3

For those of you who prefer a simple word format, it goes something like this:
Lucky Seven > 1, Nimble Body > 3, Keen Eyes > 3, Nimble Body > MAX,
Keen Eyes > MAX, Lucky Seven > MAX, Disorder > 3, Dark Sight > 10

Okay, I lied. Really, this build is slightly different from the typical,
non-funded thief build. Usually, you'd max Nimble Body before even touching
Keen Eyes. However, due to my personal taste, I like putting 3 points on Keen
Eyes to get that little bit of extra range, which I find really helps with
training. You don't need to, you could just max Nimble Body, then add to Keen
Eyes afterwards if you so wish.

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BUILD 2
This build is for the funded sin. Once again, like the above build, I gave
myself 3 points of Keen Eyes (which I can't live without) before starting
Lucky Seven. This time, you'll miss out on 6 points, and you'll max Lucky Seven
2 levels later. You can modify this build and simply max Lucky Seven first if
you want to.

Level 10: Lucky Seven +1
Level 11: Nimble Body +3
Level 12: Keen Eyes +3
Level 13: Lucky Seven +3
Level 14: Lucky Seven +3
Level 15: Lucky Seven +3
Level 16: Lucky Seven +3
Level 17: Lucky Seven +3
Level 18: Lucky Seven +3
Level 19: Lucky Seven +1 (MAX), Keen Eyes +2
Level 20: Keen Eyes +3 (MAX)
Level 21: Nimble Body +3
Level 22: Nimble Body +3
Level 23: Nimble Body +3
Level 24: Nimble Body +3
Level 25: Nimble Body +3
Level 26: Nimble Body +2, Disorder +1
Level 27: Disorder +2, Dark Sight +1
Level 28: Dark Sight +3
Level 29: Dark Sight +3
Level 30: Dark Sight +3

For those of you who prefer a simple word format, it goes something like this:
Lucky Seven > 1, Nimble Body > 3, Keen Eyes > 3, Lucky Seven > MAX,
Keen Eyes > MAX, Nimble Body > MAX, Disorder > 3, Dark Sight > 10

The overall outcome of these two builds is exactly the same. It all depends on
when you max Lucky Seven. Funded sins max it earlier since they can afford
the MP cost, while unfunded sins don't start it until the 20's.

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8) Training Areas <1st Job>

This section is for where I think you should train during the first job.
Training is the most important thing in Maple Story - without it, we'd
all be level 1. More importantly, training is also the worst thing in Maple
Story, for most. It gets boring, hard, annoying and tiring. But we all have to
do it at one time or another, and finding the places with the best EXP at that
level is the entire objective of this section!
Two things before we begin - I've listed the hidden streets for non-funded sins
but for funded sins the only ones I listed are the really hard to find ones.
You should know your way around the MS world, if you're funded.
I've also put the main monster you will be training on at the bottom of each
section in ALL CAPS - this is to summarize the paragraph, in a few words.
Enjoy!

Unlike my cleric guide, I've decided to completely divide the funded and
non-funded sins, considering funded sins are SO popular. The non-funded section
is right here, while the funded section is just below it.

--NON-FUNDED ASSASSINS--

Levels 10-14

For these levels, you'll want to stick with slimes. They're the best experience
at this point, and they don't have a ridiculous amount of HP. There are many
places to train on slimes, the very best I find is Henesys Hunting Ground I,
any old channel. Find an empty spot or a spot with one person and kill to your
heart's content. The spawn is excellent here, although it can get a little
crowded. If you find it too much, the other option is the Slime Tree. This is
at a map that is the 3rd map south of Ellinia. At the far left side there are
trees that have black holes in them - press the up arrow at these, and
soon you'll find the Slime Tree. It can also get crowded, but not as much as
Henesys Hunting Grounds.

> SLIMES

Levels 15-19

You'll want to train at Orange Mushrooms now. For levels 15 and 16, the best
place is one map south of Kerning City - Kerning City Construction Site.
For levels 17, 18 and 19, you'll want to be at Henesys Hunting Grounds once
again. At level 15 or 16 you won't be able to compare with other maplers that
are training with you (they'll all KS you), and if you are alone chances
are you won't be able to keep up with the spawn here anyway. At level 17-19
you should be able to handle it though.

> ORANGE MUSHROOMS

Levels 20-24

The best option here is Pig Beach. This is a Hidden Street that's a bit hard
to find, so I'll explain. Look at your world map, and find the map "Split Road"
which is where the roads from Henesys, Kerning and Lith Harbor meet. I'm
assuming you're coming to Pig Beach from Henesys, so you're starting on the
rightmost side of the area. Travel until you see the last ladder, which will
be at the leftern side. Go up it and travel a bit to the right, and you'll
see a patch of yellow flowers. Press up here and you'll be at Pig Beach.
This is another crowded map, but try the top right platform, or bottom middle,
because these are less crowded. You'll find Pigs and Ribbon Pigs here.

> PIG BEACH

Levels 25-30

Here, the absolute best option is to PQ at Kerning. No I won't explain how,
because that's explained in many other guides. PQ stands for Party Quest, a
special kind of quest you'll do in a party of four people, at Kerning City.
You COULD have done this at level 21, but most people prefer members that are
level 25+, so not many people under 25 get in. It's very fun, and by far my
favourite thing in Maple Story is Party Quests. If you really HATE Party Quests
the other option here is Green Mushrooms at Henesys Hunting Grounds, and later,
at level 28 or so, the Ant Tunnel or Wild Boars.

> PQ, or GREEN MUSHROOMS, ANT TUNNEL and WILD BOARS

--FUNDED ASSASSINS--

Levels 10-15

The best option is Orange Mushrooms here. From 10-13 you'll want to stay at
the hunting grounds west of Kerning City, but at 14 or so you can switch to
HHG I. You may even want to do slimes for the first 1-2 levels, if Orange
Mushrooms are too slow.

> ORANGE MUSHROOMS

Levels 16-22

Here, Pig Beach is definitely your best bet. At 16-18, you probably won't be
able to take the spawn at the main area. At 19 or 20, you can migrate there and
probably take most people who attempt to steal that spot. You may wish to leave
here a bit earlier than 22.

> PIG BEACH

Levels 23-25

This is an awkward set of levels. Most likely you'll want to do Green Mushrooms
at the top of HHG. You may even want to do Ant Tunnel, but it's a tad early.
Regardless, Green Mushrooms are probably the best.

> GREEN MUSHROOMS

Levels 26-30

Here, PQ is your best bet. You have a chance to get some good items, although
since you're unfunded, those probably won't have a huge effect on you. If you
don't want to PQ, Ant Tunnel is your best bet. In fact I'd suggest it later on.

> PQ or ANT TUNNEL

You've finally reached level 30. It's time to become a REAL Assassin!

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9) Class Change: Assassin

Unlike the first job advancement, this time you don't just go and say I WANT
THIEF NAO and he'll make you an assassin. You've got to pass a test. First talk
to your buddy the Dark Lord. He'll tell you to go to a Thief Instructor. Travel
two maps north of Kerning, and go to the very top of the map to find the
instructor.
Before entering, make sure you have enough HP/MP potions and stars. It won't
take too long but have at least 4 sets to be safe - although you should have
over that anyway.
He'll send you to a strange map. You'll see Cold Eyes and Blue Mushrooms. They
drop Black Marbles - you need 30 of these. The map is INCREDIBLY annoying to
train at because there are tons of obstacles (eg. piles of bricks), but you'll
live. Once you've collected 30 of the marbles, click the instructor again to
exit and you'll acquire the Proof of a Hero. Return to the Dark Lord and he'll
make you an assassin!
Along with increased HP and MP, you'll get a fresh new set of skills, a new set
to go along with your new job (which personally I find ugly, but meh) and of
course 1sp, which is yours to spend. Find out how to best spend that valuable
point in the following section.

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