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A new event featuring Dave The Diver has been added to MapleStory for the second part of the Stargazer Patch V261! This guide will go over all the quests and rewards you can earn by participating in this limited time event.
The Dave The Diver Event will last from July 16th-August 26th 2025 (40 days~)
To get started, open the event tab and select the quest Dave The Diver and you'll be teleported to Gold Beach Resort and eventually end up on the Boat.
Blue Hole Exploration
Every day you can participate in the Blue Hole Exploration by speaking to Dave at the main event map (Boat).
To participate, you must first defeat 1,000 monsters near your level to gain an entry. When you first start this event, you get one entry that is considered a tutorial version.
Inside the Blue Hole Exploration mini-game, you play as Dave The Diver and your aim is to hunt as many fish as possible. Throughout the level are different types of fish that you can defeat using your weapons.
In the bottom left corner is your Oxygen Tank- you must return to the surface before this runs out else you'll fail the run and lose anything you have caught.
You return to the surface by swimming upwards.
Once you complete a Blue Hole Exploration, you'll then automatically be taken to the Bancho Sushi Event.
How to Catch Fish
Catching fish is the main aim of the game! To do so, you'll need to swim up to them and kill them.
Small fish can be killed easily using your Melee weapon (left click). Bigger fish will need additional firepower from your Primary Weapons.
Certain fish can also be harpooned and dragged towards you.
To fire using the fire, right click to aim and then left click to fire.
You can only hold a certain amount of Fish based on your Inventory Weight limit. You can upgrade this via the Phone and upgrading your Waterproof Box. If you go over this limit, your movement speed will start to decrease.
If you get hit by certain fish, they'll deal damage to you and you'll lose Oxygen Air Supply.
Items
During the mini-game, you can find Treasure Chests that contain items to help you survive for longer.
You can find new weapons inside a Weapon Box. Weapons found are only temporary, and are only usable during the current dive. To upgrade your weapons permanently, use the Phone UI and select Weapon Shop.
There are three types of weapons:
- Melee
- Harpoon
- Rifle
You can find special items inside an Equipment Box:
- Oxygen Capsules -Â Restore 50% oxygen
- Underwater Scooter -Â Temporarily boosts swim speed
- Rifle Enhancement Kit -Â Temporarily increases firearm damage
- Emergency Pager -Â Call for an Escape Pod to immediately complete an exploration
- Ammo Box -Â Replenish ammunition for all weapons
- Air Tank -Â Restore 100% oxygen
- Escape Pod -Â Immediately complete an exploration
Upgrades
You can permanently upgrade your gear using the Phone icon in the bottom left corner of the screen on the Boat.
You can spend any Gold you have earned from Blue Hole Exploration and Bancho Sushi rewards.
iDiver
| Name | Description | Max Level |
|---|---|---|
| Air Tank | Increases the max air level with each upgrade | 5 |
| Diving Suit | Increases the depth at which you can dive | 5 |
| Waterproof Box | Increases the weight of items you can hold | 5 |
| Fins | Increases movement speed | 5 |
Duff's Weapon Shop
| Name | Option | Max Level |
|---|---|---|
| Underwater Rifle | Increases damage of the Underwater Rifle | 5 |
| Red Sniper Rifle | Increases damage of the Red Sniper Rifle | 5 |
| Old Harpoon Gun | Increases damage of the Old Harpoon Gun | 5 |
| Dive Knife | Increases damage of your Dive Knife | 5 |
Codex
The Codex, which can be viewed from the Phone icon, shows you all the fish you have manage to capture during an expedition.
Completing a row of fish will give you a special reward you can claim once on a character.
There are a total of 40 fish to capture.
| Row | Fish | Reward | Option |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Tang Clownfish Longfin Batfish Red Lionfish Striped Catfish |
Sushi Hat Selector Coupon | option content |
| 2 | Titan Triggerfish Fried Egg Jellyfish Starry Puffer Green Humphead Parrotfish Whitetip Reefshark |
Dave's Casual Clothes Package Coupon | Â |
| 3 | Smooth Hammerhead Copper Shark Yellowfin Tuna Bluefin Tuna Marlin |
At the Beach with Dave | Â |
| 4 | Thresher Shark Clown Frogfish Harlequin Hind White Trevally Great Barracuda |
Bancho's Hotel Chef Package Coupon | Â |
| 5 | White Spotted Jellyfish Coral Trout Dusky Grouper Atlantic Anglerfish Humboldt Squid |
Diver Bean and Pink Dave Chair | Â |
| 6 | Longnose Sawshark Zebra Shark Sailfish Comb Jelly Sea Toad |
Cobra’s Hawaiian Outfit Package Coupon |  |
| 7 | Red Bream Dumbo Octopus Blobfish Fangtooth Cookiecutter Shark |
Revolving Sushi Chair | Â |
| 8 | Frilled Shark Rhinochimaeridae Megamouth Shark Pianus (left) Pianus (right) |
Dave the Diver Android Selector Coupon | Â |
| 9 | All Fish | Blue Hole Aquarium Chair | Â |
Bancho Sushi Mini Game
The Bancho Sushi Mini Game will become available as soon as you complete a dive in the Blue Hole Exploration.
The aim of this game is to serve meals to customers that turn up at the Bancho Sushi restaurant.
Setting Menu
Before you start, you can set the menu of items served. By default two items are available that don't consume a menu slot:Â Norimaki and Green Tea.
You add items to your Menu based on the Fish you have captured from the Blue Hole Exploration. You can also upgrade the meals so that they increase the amount of Gold they give when served.
Hiring Staff
You can also hire staff members by pressing 2.Â
Staff members can either help out in the Kitchen (prepare meals faster) or in the Restaurant (help serving meals). Press CTRL to open up the applicant list.
They cost Gold to be hired and you unlock more slots by progressing with the Dave The Diver Chapters.
| Name | Area | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Mushroom | Kitchen | 400 |
| Hogul | Kitchen | 20,000 |
| Amerly | Kitchen | 25,000 |
| Robo | Kitchen | 30,000 |
| Pink Bean | Kitchen | 50,000 |
| Jayce | Dining Area | 100 |
| Enki | Dining Area | 2,000 |
| Robo-Server | Dining Area | 7,500 |
| Mrs. Ming Ming | Dining Area | 30,000 |
| Onyx | Dining Area | 30,000 |
| Mu Gong | Dining Area | 100,000 |
Mini-Game
The mini-game is fairly simple. Customers will approach the bar and ask for a meal, indicated by the icon above their heads. You must then collect the meal from the chef in the kitchen (right side).
You use the spacebar to take a meal from the kitchen to the customer. If you don't do it quick enough, the customer will leave and you won't get any Gold for that meal.
Some meals require pouring Green Tea, which requires you to fill up a cup to a specific limit.
You must also make sure the kitchen has Wasabi at all times, which you can fill up by clicking the Wasabi icon in the Kitchen.
You also can clear up finished meals by tapping A and D for extra gold.
At the end of the round, the gold will be given to you so you can spend on upgrades.
Dave The Diver Chapters
If you open up your Phone UI, you'll be able to view what Chapter you're currently on and the task needed to complete in order to advance to the next chapter.
Completing chapters rewards you with Diver Tokens and also other bonuses to help with the mini-games.
There are a total of 10 Chapters to complete:
| Chapter | Requirement | Reward | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enhance Air Tank to Lv. 2 | Diver Token x10,000 | Bancho Sushi: Increased Expected Customers: 9 |
| 2 | Hire more than 1 Hall Staff | Diver Token x20,000 | Bancho Sushi: Hall Staff Placement: 1 Blue Hole Exploration:Â Whitetip Reefshark |
| 3 | Hire more than 1 Kitchen Staff | Diver Token x20,000 | Bancho Sushi: Increased Expected Customers: 13 Increased Menu Slots: 5 Kitchen Staff Placement: 1 |
| 4 | Enhance Diving Suit to Lv. 2 | Spiegelette’s Golden Tomato Punch King One-Time Entry Pass (x1) | Increased Menu Slots: 6 Blue Hole Exploration: Striped Catfish |
| 5 | Enhance Diving Suit to Lv. 3 | Diver Token x20,000 | Bancho Sushi: Increased Expected Customers: 15 Blue Hole Exploration: Copper Shark |
| 6 | Hire more than 2 Hall Staff | Diver Token x30,000 | Bancho Sushi: Hall Staff Placement: +2 Bancho Sushi: Increased Expected Customers: 18 Blue Hole Exploration: Yellowfin Tuna Blue Hole Exploration: Bluefin Tuna |
| 7 | Enhance Diving Suit to Lv. 4 | Spiegelette’s Golden Tomato Punch King One-Time Entry Pass (x1) | Bancho Sushi: Increased Expected Customers: 22 Blue Hole Exploration: Zebra Shark |
| 8 | Enhance Diving Suit to Lv. 5 | Diver Token x50,000 | Increased Menu Slots: 7 Blue Hole Exploration: Smooth Hammerhead |
| 9 | Hire more than 2 Kitchen Staff | Diver Token x50,000 | Bancho Sushi: Increased Expected Customers: 25 Bancho Sushi: Hall Staff Placement: +2 Blue Hole Exploration:Â Marlin Blue Hole Exploration:Â Sailfish Blue Hole Exploration:Â Humboldt Squid Blue Hole Exploration:Â Mirror |
| 10 | Defeat Pianus | Spiegelette’s Golden Tomato Punch King One-Time Entry Pass (x1) | Bancho Sushi: Increased Expected Customers: 30 Blue Hole Exploration: Thresher Shark |
| Epilogue | Complete all 10 chapters | DAVE THE DIVER Medal | Â |
Token Shop
The Token Shop can be accessed by using the Phone icon at the Boat event map.
The Token Shop uses Diver Tokens, which you can earn by completing Chapters for the Dave The Diver Event.
| Item | Quantity | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced EXP Voucher | 9999 | 30 |
| VIP Booster | 300 | 2,000 |
| Extreme Growth Potion | 100 | 500 |
| Typhoon Growth Potion | 2 | 25,000 |
| Magnificent Growth Potion | 2 | 50,000 |
| EXP Voucher | 5000 | 25 |
| Sushi Hat Selector Coupon | 1 | 1,500 |
| Dave's Casual Clothes Package Coupon | 1 | 4,500 |
| At the Beach With Dave | 1 | 10,000 |
| Bancho's Hotel Chef Package Coupon | 1 | 4,500 |
| Diver Bean with Pink Dave Chair | 1 | 5,000 |
| Cobra's Hawaiian Outfit Package Coupon | 1 | 4,500 |
| Revolving Sushi Chair | 1 | 5,000 |
| Dave the Diver Android Selector Coupon | 1 | 7,500 |
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