Explorers

JobStory

Explorers (Adventurers)
DestinyAwakeRED
Hometown	Maple Island
Race	Human
Affiliations	Sugar, Tess, Olive, Rondo Athena Pierce Maple Alliance
Enemies	Black Mage Black Wings
Status	Alive
Name (Other Servers)
KoreaMS	모험가 (Adventurers)
ChinaMS	冒险家 (Adventurers)
TaiwanMS	冒險家 (Adventurers)

Explorers comprise the very first branch of character jobs available in MapleStory. Consisting of Warriors, Magicians, Bowmen, Thieves, and Pirates, their five individual modes of gameplay set the foundation and became the core archetypes of classification for all subsequent jobs to come. They are the main group of Maplers who fought in the general effort against the Black Mage and his horde of evil monsters, with the Cygnus Knights, Heroes of Maple, and other Maplers later joining them to lead the battle against the Black Mage. Explorers are given their own storyline in the RED Update, which was remastered in the Destiny Update.

Beginner

Beginners are the first Explorer job in MapleStory. All new players who are in the category of "Explorers" start the game as Beginners on Maple Island. At level 10, Beginners may make their first job advancement and become either a Warrior, Magician, Bowman, Thief, or a Pirate. Though Beginners are not considered one of the five character classes available for job progression within the Explorers, some people choose to remain as a Beginner past the first, second, or even third job advancement periods. They do this for a variety of reasons, the main one being that it is a challenge to take a Beginner that far.

Perma-Beginner

Permanent Beginners, also known as Perma-Beginners, are Beginners who choose not to make a job advancement. They get several perks, including no EXP-loss upon death and plenty of respect after reaching a certain level. However, disadvantages to being a Perma-Beginner include having less HP and MP (Health and Mana Points), lack of skills, and very limited access to equipment. Their build is similar to that of a Warrior's so they rely mostly on melee weapons, but they will also never hit as high as most Warriors. It is hard to level up as a Perma-Beginner since a majority of quests are job-restricted, and it is harder to take down most monsters than other characters.

Special

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"Special" or "Elite" Explorers are jobs that fall under one of the five classes but aren't available through conventional means. To access these jobs, one must choose them individually from the character creation screen. As of yet, these elite explorer jobs are only available to Bowmen, Thieves, and Pirates and they all have their own lore created to set the stage for why and how they're different from their traditional counterparts. Aside from that lore, however, they tend to follow the general Explorer storyline introduced in the RED Update.

Another aspect that sets them apart from the rest of the Explorers, the Cygnus Knights (save for the Mihile job) and most Resistance jobs, is that while the player is free to choose the look, style and gender of the special explorer, there are canonized interpretations of these specific characters, an aspect drawing more from character types like Heroes, Sengoku, Nova, Zero and Kinesis. The only exception to this possibly being the Dual Blade, though one could argue that the intent is to tell the story of a singular Dual Blade.

Bowman

• Pathfinder

Thief

• Dual Blade

Pirates

• Cannoneer

Story

Main article: Explorers/Story

On Maple Island, a young Beginner grew up reading stories of the First Explorer, a hero who had quelled the primordial chaos of the world long ago. One day, the Beginner found a glowing maple leaf fallen off the Maple Tree while they read about the First Explorer. Soon after, they met a girl named Sugar, who was reading the same story about the First Explorer, which ended with a prophecy of his successor inheriting his will in a time of great chaos. After befriending the Beginner, Sugar suggested that they become an Explorer, though the Beginner was hesitant, believing themselves to be nothing special. After Sugar helped them build confidence, the Beginner reluctantly decided to travel with Sugar to Victoria Island.

On the boat ride, the two of them encountered three others hoping to become Explorers - Tess, Rondo, and Olive. After arriving, the five split off and met with their respective job instructors, with the Beginner officially becoming an Explorer. Soon after, the Explorer received a report stating that Olive was wanted for stealing an important treasure - the Seal Stone of Victoria Island. After learning that the Seal Stones had been created by the Heroes to both seal the Black Mage and restore broken continents, the Explorer began investigating and found Olive in Ereve, who claimed that she had been framed by Baroq the Master of Disguise. The Explorer reported back to Athena Pierce, who sent the five Explorers to the Verne Mine in order to find more information about the Seal Stone. After infiltrating the Verne Mine with Rondo, the Explorer recovered the Seal Stone and brought it back to Athena Pierce.

Soon after, Athena and the Explorer traveled to the Temple of Time in order to check the seal on the Black Mage. There, the residual power of the Adversary within the Explorer's maple leaf allowed the Gate of the Present to open to them alone. Inside, they found that the Black Mage's seal had severely degraded as a result of one of the five Seal Stones powering the seal cracking. The Explorer attempted to fix the seal with the Seal Stone of Victoria Island, though the Black Mage awakened and used his power to shatter the cracked Seal Stone, breaking the seal and allowing him to escape.

Finally free from the seal, the Black Mage used his powers to destroy Maple Island, causing black, unquenchable fire to burn the land. The Explorers rushed back home, where they learned that the Explorer had inadvertently let the Black Mage free. Tess immediately blamed the Explorer for their actions, causing them to lose their confidence in themselves. Believing that they didn't deserve to be an Explorer, they attempted to flee the island with the other refugees. Just then, however, they all discovered Sugar being attacked by the Black Mage's Shadow at the burning Maple Tree, which Sugar was fervently trying to protect. With Sugar's life force being connected to the tree, Sugar slowly began to weaken as the tree burned down.

Though the Explorer knew that Sugar could tell that they wanted to run away, they were surprised to know that she also believed in them. As their resolve to protect Sugar strengthened, the mysterious voice of the First Explorer spoke to them and helped them hone their determination. Because of the strength of their willpower, the residual power of the Adversary within the maple leaf was awakened, allowing the Explorer to defeat the Black Mage's Shadow. With no way to put out the black fire, the Explorer took out the Seal Stone of Victoria Island and focused on their determination to save Sugar, allowing them and their friends to use its divine power to repair Maple Island. The Explorer was then brought to the Erda Flow, where they met the Goddess of Maple World, who revealed that she had manifested as Sugar in order to stop a great darkness. Though she claimed that Sugar's journey was at an end, she thanked the Explorer for stepping up in order to protect their home. After returning back, the four Explorers decided to make Maple Island their unofficial home and began training to grow stronger and realize their full potential.

Gallery

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  Previous Explorer class selection button (pre-2025 UI revamp)
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  Beginner Artwork
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  Current Beginner Artwork
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  Original Explorers Artwork
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  Current Explorers Artwork (Destiny)
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  Previous Explorers Artwork (AWAKE)
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  Previous Explorers Artwork (RED)
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  Beginner artwork for MapleStory Idle RPG
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  NPC Portrait of an Explorer Beginner (Male)
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  NPC Portrait of an Explorer Beginner (Male)
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  NPC Portrait of an Explorer Beginner (Male)
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  NPC Portrait of an Explorer Beginner (Male)
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  NPC Portrait of an Explorer Beginner (Female)
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  NPC Portrait of an Explorer Beginner (Female)
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  NPC Portrait of an Explorer Beginner (Female)
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  NPC Portrait of an Explorer Beginner (Female)

Videos

MapleStory - RED Animated Intro

Explorers introductory video

DESTINY | 2021 겨울 쇼케이스 2차 티저 - 모험가 리마스터

메이플스토리 DESTINY - 모험의 서(書)

메이플스토리 X AKMU | WE ARE ALL ADVENTURERS (모험가 테마곡)

메이플스토리 X AKMU | WE ARE ALL ADVENTURERS 30"

[MapleStorySEA] Explorer Remaster Teaser!

[MapleStorySEA] An Explorer's Destiny

【新楓之谷】冒險之書