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MapleStory Night Troupe Midnight Carnival Event Guide (2026) - Mu Lung Garden

August 29, 2025

MapleStory's Night Troupe Event has returned for another year and this time it features the Midnight Carnival in Mu Lung Garden! This event allows players to start boosting their characters in all sorts of ways with plenty of progression rewards, items and EXP boosts.

Previous Night Troupe Events included the Ludibrium Carnival and this year we are headed to Mu Lung Garden with the Paper Stars Festival.

To begin the event, click on the quest event [Night Troupe] Paper Stars Festival. Once inside the Event Map, speak to Spiegelmann (Troupe Leader).

Troupe Coins

Troupe coins

Troupe Coins are the main currency of this event and you can earn up to 300 per day!

You will gain Troupe Points from the various activities available during the event, where 100 points = 1 Troupe Coin.

You can then spend your Troupe Coins in the Festival Decoration area.

Festival Decoration

Festival Map

Event Date: Event Date: August 27th 2025~September 23rd 2025

Like previous years, you can increase your Designer Rank by collecting a cumulative amount of Troupe Coins throughout the event. Your Designer Rank will allow you to unlock a variety of bonuses that are active for the duration of the event.

There are four ranks:

Rank Collect Coins Reward Stat Bonus
Junior Designer 0 Tera Character Burninator
  • All Stats: +10
  • Weapon ATT / Magic ATT: +5
  • Ignore Def: +6%
  • Critical Rate: +5%
  • Critical Damage: +5%
Senior Designer 1,500 Heroic:
Unique Potential Scroll 100%

Interactive:
Equipment Transfer
  • All Stats: +20
  • Weapon ATT / Magic ATT: +10
  • Ignore Def: +12%
  • Critical Rate: +10%
  • Critical Damage: +10%
Veteran Designer 3,000 Hair Transfer
  • All Stats: +30
  • Weapon ATT / Magic ATT: +15
  • Ignore Def: +18%
  • Critical Rate: +15%
  • Critical Damage: +15%
Master Designer 4,500 Mount Transfer
Mu Lung Troupe Medal Coupon
  • All Stats: +40
  • Weapon ATT / Magic ATT: +25
  • Ignore Def: +30%
  • Critical Rate: +20%
  • Critical Damage: +20%

You can also earn various perks by unlocking areas on the Festival Designer Map. These give additional bonuses, but require specific Designer Ranks to unlock.

Festival Designer Skill Skill Bonus Designer Rank Troupe Coins
Combo Kill and Rune Duration (Level 1) Reduces Combo Kill Orb creation requirement to 45 kills. Junior Designer 700
Combo Kill and Rune Duration (Level 2) Rune EXP effect +100%. (cumulative) Senior Designer 800
Combo Kill and Rune Duration (Level 3) Reduces Combo Kill Orb creation requirement to 40 kills. (cumulative) Veteran Designer 900
Combo Kill and Rune Duration (Level 4) Combo Kill Orb EXP +100%. (cumulative) Master Designer 1,000
EXP Increase (Level 1) +5% EXP Junior Designer 700
EXP Increase (Level 2) +10% EXP Senior Designer 800
EXP Increase (Level 3) +15% EXP Veteran Designer 900
EXP Increase (Level 4) +25% EXP Master Designer 1,000
Arcane/Sacred Symbol Increase (Level 1) Receive an additional 1 symbol when doing daily quests Junior Designer 700
Arcane/Sacred Symbol Increase (Level 2) Receive an additional 3 symbols when doing daily quests Senior Designer 800
Arcane/Sacred Symbol Increase (Level 3) Receive an additional 5 symbols when doing daily quests Veteran Designer 900
Arcane/Sacred Symbol Increase (Level 4) Receive a Weekly Boss Clear Count Reset Ticket Master Designer 1,000
Sol Erda Energy/Fragments Increase (Level 1) +100 additional Sol Erda Energy when doing daily quests Junior Designer 700
Sol Erda Energy/Fragments Increase (Level 2) +200 additional Sol Erda Energy when doing daily quests Senior Designer 800
Sol Erda Energy/Fragments Increase (Level 3) +1 additional Sol Erda Fragment when doing daily quests Veteran Designer 900
Sol Erda Energy/Fragments Increase (Level 4) +2 additional Sol Erda Fragment when doing daily quests Master Designer 1,000
Pollo and Fritto’s Bounty Hunt EXP (Level 1) 2x EXP from Pollo and Fritto Bounty Hunting. Junior Designer 800
Inferno Wolf EXP Increase (Level 1) 2x EXP from participating in the Inferno Wolf hunt. Junior Designer 800
Elite Boss Treasure Chest Reward (Level 1) 2x Elite Boss treasure chest rewards Senior Designer 800
Monster Park Clear EXP (Level 1) 2x Monster Park EXP Senior Designer 800
Elite Monster Appearance (Level 1) Additional Elite Monster will be summoned while hunting Veteran Designer 800
Normal Enemy Damage (Level 1) Normal Enemy Damage +30% Veteran Designer 800
Buff Duration (Level 1) Buff Duration +15% Veteran Designer 800
Boss Damage (Level 1) Boss Damage +30% Master Designer 800
Home Furnishing Coin Amount (Level 1) 100% chance to obtain furniture coin through my home shopping Master Designer 800
Sol Erda Energy Upon Defeating Bosses (Level 1) Obtain an additional 100 to 1,000 Sol Erda Energy per boss defeated Master Designer 800

Night Troupe Sage Ticket

Sage Ticket

Event Date: Event Date: August 27th 2025~September 23rd 2025

Each week you can choose a different Night Troupe Sage Ticket. 

  • Path to Sagehood - EXP Rewards
  • So Gong’s Martial Spirit  - Sol Erda or Nodestones

Defeat enemies near your level to fill up the gauge and you'll get 30 Troupe Points, plus a bonus effect based on which ticket you chose.

Path to Sagehood will activate an 60 second EXP buff based on your Designer Rank:

  • Junior - 350% EXP
  • Senior - 400% EXP
  • Veteran - 450% EXP
  • Master - 550% EXP

mini Boss

So Gong's Martial Spirit will summon a mini-boss in the map that when defeated will drop either Sol Erda / Sol Erda Fragments or Nodestones depending on whether you have completed 5th Job Advancement or 6th Job Advancement.

Designer Rank 6th Job 5th Job
Junior +10 Sol Erda Fragment / +300 Faint Sol Erda Energy +20 Nodestones
Senior +15 Sol Erda Fragment / +400 Faint Sol Erda Energy +25 Nodestones
Veteran +20 Sol Erda Fragment / +500 Faint Sol Erda Energy +30 Nodestones, +5 Experience Nodestone
Master +25 Sol Erda Fragment / +600 Faint Sol Erda Energy +35 Nodestones, +5 Experience Nodestone

Mysterious Decoction

Decoction

Event Date: Event Date: August 27th 2025~September 23rd 2025

Select the quest [Night Troupe] Mysterious Decoction to start this event or speak to Mr. Do.

For this event, you need to collect Common Medicine Bundles and Quality Medicine Bundles that drop from monsters near your level.

You can then use the medicine bundles to obtain ingredients, which can then be combined to create special buffs. A buff will last for 7 days and is automatically applied to your character upon using it.

Below you can see what each Ingredient can grant:

Ingredient Type Buff Notes
Jujube Fruit Common Bundle Attack Power & Magic ATT  
Eastern Licorice Common Bundle All Stats and HP/MP  
Fine Maple Leaf Powder Common Bundle Critical Rate  
Ginger Common Bundle Normal Enemy Damage  
Taiga Root Common Bundle Ignore Defense  
Millenia Bellflower Quality Bundle Boss Damage  
Giant Black Hood Mushroom Quality Bundle EXP Obtained  
Everlasting Peach Blossom Branch Quality Bundle Buff Duration  
Magical Medicine - Provides an unpredictable effect when added to the elixir Costs 300,000,000 Mesos.

Lanterns Bright with Wishes

Lantern

Event Date: Event Date: August 27th 2025~September 23rd 2025

Speak to Lilishu and accept the quest [Night Troupe] Lanterns Bright with Wishes Guide to start the quest.

Here you can choose to launch one of three different lanterns for special bonuses. Each buff lasts for 1 hour.

You can also pay 10,000,000 mesos to Mr. Ku to set off another Lantern but you won't gain any buffs for this one.

Lantern Effect Limit
Peach Lantern EXP Obtained +15%
Normal Enemy Damage +15%
Once per day
Bear Lantern Attack Power & Magic ATT +15
Boss Damage +15%
Ignore Defense +15%
Once per day
Golden Lantern +300 Troupe Coins for 3,000 Maple Points 3x Per day (per world)

Do Gong's Mystic Bond

Event Date: Event Date: August 27th 2025~September 23rd 2025

Speak to Do Gong and accept the quest [Night Troupe] Do Gong's Magic Transfer to start the event.

Here you can select a Trainee character (the one you'll most likely be playing) and another character between level 200-259 as your Inheritor.

Now when you train on your selected Trainer character, your Inheritor will also gain EXP too! You'll need to login to the Inheritor character to have the EXP applied before the event is over.

Upcoming Events

The following events will also be made available at specific dates. Check out the V262 patch notes for details:

Moonlit Mu Lung Dojo - September 3rd

Herb Town Boat Bash - September 3rd

No Gong’s Acuity Training - September 10th

Mysterious Fortune Sticks - September 17th

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