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All MapleStory Classes And Jobs

July 3, 2024

MapleStory started out with only 4 different classes to choose from, which could be job advanced into different branches as you leveled up. Today, there are over 40 different jobs and classes you can play, with more being released all the time. Choosing the right class and job for you can be difficult, but not to worry, MapleStory allows players to have over 40 different character slots on their account, and any progress you make leveling up a character goes towards your Legion bonus.

The first classes released in MapleStory were the Explorers. This included: Warrior, Mage, Thief and Bowman. These four jobs had different job branches you could take at the first job advancement, giving a combined total of 10 different end-game jobs (3 warriors, 3 mages, 2 thiefs and 2 bowman).

Check out our new MapleStory Class Tier List.

The first new classes introduced after the main explorers was Pirate, who was a brand new Explorer class that could either be a Buccaneer or Corsair.

Then came Cygnus Knights, who had a level cap of 120 (they now share the same level cap as every other player) but with 5 different job paths.

Since then, MapleStory have release many new classes but none of them have different branches to choose from. There are different groupings of classes that share the same Cash Shop Inventory (allows players to move their cash items between those classes of that group).

Check our our MapleStory Training Guide to help find the fastest maps to level up your characters. You can also view our MapleStory Progression Guide on what the best equipment to get is.

Job Advancement Levels

For most jobs, the first job advancement is level 10, second is level 30, third is level 60 and 4th is level 100. 5th job starts at level 200.

Explorers

1st Job 2nd Job 3rd Job 4th Job
Warrior Fighter Crusader Hero
Spearman Berserker Dark Knight
Page White Knight Paladin
Magician Cleric Priest Bishop
Wizard (Fire&Poison) Mage (Fire&Poison) Arch Mage (Fire&Poison)
Wizard (Ice&Lightning) Mage (Ice&Lightning) Arch Mage (Ice&Lightning)
Rouge Assassin Hermit Night Lord
Bandit Chief Bandit Shadower
Archer Hunter Ranger Bowmaster
Crossbowman Sniper Marksman
Pirate Brawler Marauder Buccaneer
Gunslinger Outlaw Corsair
Special Explorer
Dual Blade Blade Recruit ~ Blade Acolyte Blade Specialist ~ Blade Lord Blade Master
Cannoneer Cannoneer Cannon Trooper Cannon Master
Jett
Pathfinder

Cygnus Knights

Released in 2009, the Cygnus Knights were originally capped at level 120. They had a major revamp in Patch v.156 Cygnus Awakening.

Resistance

The Resistance Classes first started with the release of Wild Hunter and Battle Mage in 2010.

Heroes

The Heroes Classes first started with the release of Aran in December 2009.

1st Job 2nd Job 3rd Job 4th Job
Mercedes
Aran
Phantom
Luminous
Evan
Shade

Sengoku

The Sengoku classes come from the Japanese version of MapleStory.

1st Job 2nd Job 3rd Job 4th Job
Kanna
Hayato

Nova

The Nova classes began with Kaiser, releasing in 2012.

1st Job 2nd Job 3rd Job 4th Job
Angelic Buster
Kaiser
Cadena
Kain

Flora

Ark was the first Flora Class to be released in patch V.196 2018.

1st Job 2nd Job 3rd Job 4th Job
Ark
Illium
Adele
Khali

Anima

Anima classes are MapleStory characters that part-animal!

1st Job 2nd Job 3rd Job 4th Job
Beast Tamer
Hoyoung
Lara
Lynn

Other

These classes don't particularly belong to a group of classes. They may well be updated in the future to have new jobs added to their class branch though!

1st Job 2nd Job 3rd Job 4th Job
Zero
Kinesis

Discussion

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Please add Cygnus Skill guide thanks since Mhile is hard to play from 10>200 without skill guide
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will you be making skill builds for the Cygnus Knights any time soon?
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Yep! Once we've finished the Resistance Classes we'll move onto the Cygnus classes.
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