MapleStory Winter Showcase Scheduled for December 12

MapleStory will hold its 2026 Winter Showcase on Saturday, December 12 at KINTEX in Ilsan, marking a major community event where player choices will directly influence future game updates. The showcase will be broadcast live on Nexon Live and YouTube, with ticket sales beginning Wednesday, December 2 at 20:00. Attendance is limited to characters level 270 and above, though the top 1,000 players across various content categories will receive direct invitations.

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During the showcase, players will participate in interactive voting moments using Maple Hands and the Nexon Live platform to shape upcoming content decisions. The event will also crown the final winners of the Golden Hand Awards, with the player community determining the recipients. These voting mechanisms ensure that the community's preferences directly impact the direction of future MapleStory updates.

Concurrently, MapleStory is launching a collaboration with Blue Archive starting Thursday, November 19 and running through Wednesday, December 16. The event introduces playable Blue Archive characters that players can recruit and develop using event-exclusive currency earned through weekly and seasonal missions. Characters can be leveled to unlock illustration collections that serve as furniture items. Players can form teams of these characters for hunting and boss content, with team composition varying based on changing attribute requirements. Defeating the Damien boss on higher difficulties yields growth materials and cosmetic rewards such as medals.

The collaboration features cosmetic additions including cut-in effects that trigger during sequence activations and official custom illustrations. A Special Supply Pass grants access to Arona's Supply Support, allowing players to earn Credits for purchasing Blue Archive cosmetic items and selecting two outfit pieces. Credits can also be obtained through standard hunting activities. A separate web event offers login and hunting missions where players earn currency to increase character Bond Ranks and unlock emoticons.

Merchandise and collaboration items will remain available for purchase until Wednesday, January 20, with items released in staggered waves rather than all at once. A Winter Countdown event provides various rewards and experience, with day 15 offering a 30-day Combat Suit. Defeating monsters near player level in Special Missions grants 10 Level 200 Growth Potions.

Additional system improvements include cross-world boss party integration with a recruiting status option, an "All Survived" clear condition requiring all party members to survive, and adjustments to weekly boss crystal sale limits and field meso penalties. The Grand Athenaeum received new content called the Book of the Apostles, detailing backstories of Grandis bosses. A new Cosmo Megaphone cash item allows sending messages across all game worlds.