Genesis Weapon

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The Weapon Quest UI, which can be opened by clicking on the light-bulb and selecting the [Genesis Weapon] Trailing the Traces of the Black Mage quest.

The Genesis Weapon is a Level 200 Weapon which starts as a Sealed Genesis Weapon, can be awakened in two stages, and is part of the Eternal Set. To obtain the weapon, Genesis Weapon Quests must be completed, with the first quest unlocked upon killing the Black Mage in Story Mode and completing the Level 255 main Limina questline. The act of obtaining the weapon is often called liberation.

The weapon can be further upgraded into a Destiny Weapon, with a new set of missions focused on Level 260+ Grandis bosses.

Quest Overview

Main article: Genesis Weapon Quests

The Genesis Weapon questline can take a minimum of 11 weeks (disregarding Genesis Pass or Boss Reset Tickets) and consists of 14 quests.

Sealed Genesis Weapon

Quest	Completion condition / Rewards
I. After the Destined Battle	Talk to Neinheart after completing the main Limina questline
II. What the Black Mage Left Behind	Reward: Select and obtain one of the Sealed Genesis Weapons that the current character's job can equip. Weapons gained from the 1st and 2nd awakenings will be the same type of weapon as what you select. The type chosen cannot be changed later. Souls applied to the weapon will be reset after the 1st awakening. Zero characters, upon completing the [Genesis Weapon] Power Unbound Stage 2 quest, will obtain Genesis Essence, which can be used to grow a weapon into a Genesis Weapon.
III. Traces of Von Leon: The Lion King	Defeat Hard Von Leon alone. Final Damage is decreased by 90%. Only the Sealed Genesis Weapon, Secondary Weapon, Arcane Symbols, and Sacred Symbols can be equipped. Only the base stats of the equipment are applied. Collect 500 Traces of Darkness.
IV. Traces of Arkarium: The Guardian of Time	Defeat Normal Arkarium alone. Final Damage is decreased by 75%. Only the Sealed Genesis Weapon, Secondary Weapon, Arcane Symbols, and Sacred Symbols can be equipped. Only the base stats of the equipment are applied. Collect 500 Traces of Darkness.
V. Power Draw	N/A
VI. Traces of Magnus: The Tyrant	Defeat Hard Magnus alone. Final Damage is decreased by 50%. Only the Sealed Genesis Weapon, Secondary Weapon, Arcane Symbols, and Sacred Symbols can be equipped. Only the base stats of the equipment are applied. Collect 500 Traces of Darkness.
VII. Traces of Lotus: The Wing Master	Defeat Hard Lotus with a party of two or less, where all members must be undergoing the same quest. Final Damage is decreased by 20%. Final Damage is decreased by 60% for parties of two, and no player can fail the fight. Collect 1,000 Traces of Darkness.

1st Awakening

Quest	Completion condition / Rewards
VIII. Power Unbound, Stage 1	Reward: Grants the same type of weapon obtained from the Sealed Genesis Weapon Box with the following statuses: Scroll/Star Force Enhancement unavailable Random bonus stats applied - the bonus stats and souls are reset upon 2nd awakening Obtain the Tanadian Ruin skill.
IX. Traces of Damien: The Sword of Destruction	Defeat Hard Damien with a party of two or less, where all members must be undergoing the same quest. Death count is reduced from 10 to 5. Final Damage is decreased by 50% for parties of two, and no player can fail the fight. Collect 1,000 Traces of Darkness.
X. Traces of Will: The King of Spiders	Defeat Hard Will with a party of two or less, where all members must be undergoing the same quest. 10% increased damage from enemies. Final Damage is decreased by 50% for parties of two, and no player can fail the fight. Collect 1,000 Traces of Darkness.
XI. Traces of Lucid: Keeper of Nightmares	Defeat Hard Lucid with a party of two or less, where all members must be undergoing the same quest. Use no more than 50 consumable items. Final Damage is decreased by 50% for parties of two, and no player can fail the fight. Collect 1,000 Traces of Darkness.
XII. Traces of Verus Hilla: The Red Witch	Defeat Hard Verus Hilla with a party of two or less, where all members must be undergoing the same quest. Verus Hilla's Max HP will be decreased by 25%. Final Damage is decreased by 50% for parties of two, and no player can fail the fight. Collect 1,000 Traces of Darkness.

2nd Awakening

Quest	Completion condition / Rewards
XIII. Power Unbound, Stage 2	Reward: Obtain a liberated Genesis Weapon with the following statuses: Star Force 22-Star (can't be enhanced) Enhancements completed with 15% scrolls (excluded from Heroic / Reboot Worlds) Unique Potential Epic Bonus Potential (excluded from Heroic / Reboot Worlds) Bonus Stats and Souls are reset Obtain the Aeonian Rise skill
XIV. Lingering Question and Fresh Start	N/A

Traces of Darkness

Traces of Darkness can be extracted by defeating the afterimages of the Black Mage and his minions. Up to 3,000 Traces of Darkness can be accumulated by defeating bosses. Traces of Darkness are divided based on the number of players that entered, even if there are any party members who have completed the Genesis Weapon questline.

Boss	Traces of Darkness Awarded
Normal Lotus Normal Damien	10
Easy Lucid Easy Will	15
Normal Lucid Normal Giant Monster Gloom	20
Normal Will Normal Guard Captain Darknell	25
Normal Verus Hilla	45
Hard Damien Lotus (Hard and Extreme)	50
Hard Lucid Chaos Giant Monster Gloom	65
Hard Will Hard Guard Captain Darknell	75
Hard Verus Hilla	90
Black Mage (All difficulties)	600

List of weapons

A full list of Genesis Weapons is listed by class in corresponding Eternal Set pages.

• Eternal Set (Warrior) Weapons
• Eternal Set (Magician) Weapons
• Eternal Set (Bowman) Weapons
• Eternal Set (Thief) Weapons
• Eternal Set (Pirate) Weapons

Genesis Pass

Starting in the Assemble / Every Little Thing Every Precious Thing Update, the Genesis Pass will be available to purchase for approximately 3 months, allowing players to reduce the difficulty and time required to liberate a Genesis Weapon. The Genesis Pass can be purchased for 30,000 NX (Maple Points and Reward Points cannot be used) in GlobalMS. The pass cannot be traded or refunded, and can only be purchased up to 1 time per account (2 times in non-KMS regions). Characters with the Genesis Pass will have it indicated in the Character Info UI.

Requirements

• Level 255+ characters who have the quest [Genesis Weapon] Traces of Von Leon the Lion King in progress or completed, and the quest [Genesis Weapon] Power Unbound, Stage 2 not completed

The Genesis Pass provides the following benefits:

• 3x the Traces of Darkness obtained from Bosses
  • If a weekly or monthly boss was cleared during the same week or month that the Genesis Pass was used, the remaining Trace of Darkness will be provided retroactively.
  • The maximum amount of Traces of Darkness will remain at 3,000
• Party Size Increased
  • The missions from Lotus to Verus Hilla can be attempted in a party of up to 6 players that have the Genesis Pass.
  • The penalties for each mission, including the Final Damage reduction in a party of 2 or more players, will still be applied.
• When fighting bosses that can reward Traces of Darkness, the Power of the Adversary Buff is granted:
  • Attack Power / Magic Attack: +20
  • All Stats: +20
  • Boss Damage: +10%
  • Ignored Enemy Defense: +10%
  • Max HP/MP: +1,000
  • Arcane Power: +150
• Upon receiving the Genesis Weapon, you will receive a Magnificent Commander's Soul Box, which allows you to choose a Boss and receive a guaranteed Attack Power or Magic Attack Soul. Players can choose from The following Bosses:
  • Magnus, Lotus, Damien, Lucid, Will, Darknell, or Verus Hilla
• The effect of Power of the Adversary will remain until specific date even if the player finished the Genesis Weapon liberation.

History

The Genesis Weapon system was first introduced with the v.202 Black Mage: New Beginning Patch released in January 22, 2019 as a mean to provide content for end-game players. Over the years, the liberation progress and the quests has underwent significant changes.

• Some mission conditions were changed:
  • The Traces of Will: The King of Spiders missions had a condition where the time limit was reduced from 30 to 20 mins. This locked many classes from doing this quest, as the damage cap at that time was 10 billion and such classes simply did not have enough damage lines to keep up with Will's HP. Some Explorer classes coped with this limit by changing their job using the Open Job Advancement system to change their class into a class that can deal more lines per minute.
  • The Traces of Verus Hilla: The Red Witch mission required the player to fight all 4 phases of Verus Hilla.
  • Those missions' conditions were changed to their current conditions during the RISE: Promise of the Guardian Update.
• Each mission required the player to, in addition of killing the corresponding boss, defeat the Black Mage by killing the Genesis Crux at the end. Since the Black Mage is a monthly boss, the liberation process was significantly longer, with the average time lasting as low as 8 months assuming the player have the means to defeat the Black Mage every month.
  • Until the MapleStory: Dreamer|Dreamer / GO WEST! Update, the player needed to collect Black Mage Remnants dropped from Genesis Crux. It was changed so killing the Genesis Crux alone will suffice.
  • This condition was entirely removed during the NEXT / Stargazer Update, with the Traces of Darkness collected from Black Mage and his minions allowing players to complete the liberation process much faster.
• The unique UI for the Genesis Weapon questline was added in MapleStory: Dreamer / GO WEST!.
• The Genesis Pass system was added during the MapleStory: Assemble / Every Little Thing Every Precious Thing Update.
• The first player to acquire a Liberated Genesis Weapon in GlobalMS was Bane, a Demon Slayer from Bera.
• Despite the weapon being unable to be enhanced by scrolling or Star Force (effectively preventing one from destroying it, aside from physically tossing it on the ground), in JapanMS the player was able to completely destroy their weapon because of how their unique Soul Weapon system worked (see Trivia). This forced the players to restart the Liberation process several times through the [Genesis Weapon] Weapon Reissue quest every time a Soul enhancement failed.
  • This was changed in the NEXT Update, with the Soul Weapon destruction chance being removed, albeit with the success rate being lowered from 25% to 15%.