[Complete] Scheduled Game Update - August 27, 2014

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[Complete] The maintenance is complete as of 11:45 AM Pacific. Cash items in your inventory have been extended to cover the amount of time the game was unavailable.

[Update 2] The maintenance has been extended by another 30 minutes. The expected end time is 12:00 PM Pacific (3:00 PM Eastern).

[Update] The maintenance has been extended by 30 minutes. The expected end time is 11:30 AM Pacific (2:30 PM Eastern).

We will be performing a scheduled game update beginning on August 27, 2014. It will last approximately 6 hours.

Thanks for your patience!

Time: Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Pacific: 5 AM - 11 AM
Eastern: 8 AM - 2 PM


What will be unavailable:

• All MapleStory game servers.
  
• Website login and the billing system will be unavailable from 5 AM - 10 AM Pacific.
  

Changes and Updates:

• MapleStory will be updated to v153.
  
• Equipment that received a Potential rank downgrade from the Bounty Hunter event's Master Craftsman's Cubes will be reverted to its rank from before the downgrade.
  
• Characters on which the downgrade bug occurred will be given back the cubes they used on the downgraded equipment after the downgrade.
  
• Characters on which the downgrade bug occurred will receive the following item through the gift box notifier as a special present: Epic Potential Scroll 100\%, Unique Potential Scroll 80\% (x2), Red Cube (x5).
  

Installer:
The v.153 full client installer is available for download. If you experience issues while using the regular downloader, please click to download the four files listed below. You must save these files to the same folder. Then simply run the MapleStorySetupV153.exe file to install MapleStory normally.

• MSSetupv153.exe
  
• MSSetupv153.z01
  
• MSSetupv153.z02
  
• MSSetupv153.z03
  

If you encounter any problems, please let us know in our Technical Support forums.

Manual Patcher:
The v.153 manual patcher is available for players who currently have v.152 installed.

1. Download the manual patch by clicking this link: ManualPatcherv153.exe
   
2. Double-click on the patcher.
   
3. Select the folder where the game is installed. For most players, this folder is C:NexonMapleStory
   

If you see this message: "maplestory.exe not found," MapleStory must be located in a different folder. Please select the correct folder.