My Analysis on Party Quests

My Analysis on the Kerning PQ (Party Quest)

i) Introduction
ii) Getting Started
iii) Stage 1
iv) Stages 2-4

v) Final Stage
vi) Bonus
vii) QUICK
viii) What if someone dies inside?
ix) Being a RESPONSIBLE leader
x) Thanking YOU!
Introduction

Hello!! It's me again. Nope not the "masqued" stranger but Whytemasque. As you would all know, the Party Quest (PQ) requires you to be at least level 21 and must not exceed level 30 to do (If you are in the middle of PQing, and you level to 31, you can still continue). This quest will help you to level in no time. It'll also help you to get items that can maybe...just maybe be sold for millions. The PQ area is located at Kerning City, near the center of the map. (The place where you can see 3 drain pipes)

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Getting Started

Okay. Firstly, get yourself into a party of 3 other people. That would mean that there would be a total of 4 people in your party. If one of your party members is offline or at a different place (etc. channel, potion shop), they will not be considered as part of the party. Once you have your party all at the same place, or at least the same map, your party leader will click on Lakelis. Not only once, but many times. As the quest goes by the rule 'First come, First serve'. Do not expect to go in immediately after you have found a party, you might have to wait for many hours before you get in.

Track is a term that is used for finding people. In this case, track is to find out what stage is the current party inside the PQ at. Once you've got a name, just type /find (and then the name). Since there would be a lot of people at the PQ area,

Its really quite hard to see who went in, try writing all their names down. Don't need to be neat, just scribble (DON'T DO THIS FOR YOUR EXAMS). You can also try taking a screenshot of the people at the sewage area. I got this idea from sinister34. Still email me if you still have anymore ideas.

Now AC stands for 'auto-clicker.' Try only using this for PQ as it can get you banned (Botting). But many people there alove to cheat so they use 'auto-clicker'. Right now, I am unsure if 'auto-clicker' is allowed in the game or not. I've heard that the newer versions of it are able to work in the game. However, please do not ask me where to download it as I do not use that 'super cheat' program.

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Stage 1

Congratulations! You have finally gotten after a while. In the first stage, you must go to the right until you see Cloto. Talk to her and she will ask you a question. You would then have to kill Ligators, to get the coupons, situated at the top (just climb the ropes and you will see them). Questions are:

Level to become Magician (8 coupons)

Level to become other job (10 coupons)

DEX needed to become a thief or an archer (25 coupons)

STR needed to become a warrior (35 coupons)

INT needed to become a magician (20 coupons)

EXP needed to Level 2 from Level 1 (15 coupons)

This information is from hiddenstreet itself. Please don't sue me. Anyway, once you have collected the correct amount of coupons, talk to Cloto again and she will give you a yellow pass in exchange of your coupons. Note that you must have the correct amount. No more nor less.

Once all of your party members have done the exchanging, drop the passes and pass them to your party leader. Your leader will click on Cloto and a big "CLEAR" sign will appear on your screen. Go through the portal and then to the next map. One more thing, your party leader does not need to hunt anything if they don't want to. Before you shout and curse them, remember that they got you in this and they aren't slackers. If you ask them to help you with the coupons, they would most probably help.

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Stages 2-4

For these stages, it's similar to a guessing game. You must guess the correct combinations to get through. Your party leader will click on Cloto and she will indicate to you whether it's right or wrong.

Stage 2 is a walk in the park. However do note that you cannot hang at the bottom of the rope. Go a little higher, at the top of the rope.

In stage 3, there will be 5 platforms, each platform holding bunnies arranged in the 1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5 order. Go in combinations :

1-2-3, 1-2-4, 1-2-5, 1-3-4, 1-3-5, 1-4-5, 2-3-4, 2-4-5, 3-4-5.

For stage 4, it's pretty much the same thing, just that there will be six barrels. So guess the correct combinations.

1-2-3, 1-2-4, 1-2-5, 1-2-6, 1-3-4, 1-3-5, 1-3-6, 1-4-5, 1-4-6, 1-5-6, 2-3-4, 2-3-5, 2-3-6, 2-4-5, 2-4-6, 2-5-6, 3-4-5, 3-4-6, 3-5-6, 4-5-6.

Always go in numerical order unless you have supernatural powers to tell what the combination is. Once you have gotten the combination, go through the portal and to the final stage.

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Final Stage

In the final stage, you will have to kill 3 curse eyes and 6 Jr. Neckis. Your leader will collect the yellow passes. Once you are done, its time to kill the King Slime. It's a much bigger version of a Slime. It can summons 3 normal slimes when it is about to die, and can do a skill called earthquake, which can take a whole lot of your HP out. However, in order to avoid that massive ton of damage, just jump at the right time. Just be sure you have potions to accommodate the damage. Once it is defeated, you can kill the slimes if you want though many people say that it will give you bad items, which I don't think so. Just ask your leader to get the pass and off you guys go. Pass all the yellow passes to your leader if you have collected any. Your leader will click on Cloto and the portal will be open. Note that you can't go into the portal. Just click on Cloto and she will congratulate you and will enter the bonus stage.

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Bonus Stage

This is a place where people say that maplers always camp, as in stay inside for very long. Try not to do it. Just kill the monsters inside for maybe 2 to 5 mins and wait for the spy's singnal. More of that below.

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QUICK

QUICK does not stand for anything. It's just a word. Ask one of your party members to come out in the bonus stage and ask him/her to go outside and write down the names of the people outside. A minimum of 2 members (including the leader) must stay inside the map. Ever since the introduction of the ability to pass the leader title to someone else, it makes everything easier and increases your chances of getting in again. Let your party leader pass the title to someone else (prefably one that has a fast computer) and him and another member will stay inside the map. Once the actual leader says he is ready, quickly come out and pass him the leader title as fast as you can.
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What if someone dies inside?

Well it really depends who dies in the middle of the PQ. As long as it's not the leader then you can carry on. Your leader will take over the position of the guy that died. But if your leader dies, all of your party member will be immediately sent out of the PQ. And that would be a total waste of effort and time. So make sure your leader has enough pots to stay alive. And if two people die inside the PQ (excluding your leader), you will get kicked out too. Just don't be too happy when your party member dies. However, if the party leader disconnects, the leader title will be passed on to someone else, so no worries.

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Being a RESPONSIBLE leader

Don't be too harsh on any new PQ-er. He or she does not really know how PQ-ing is like. Just survive with that person for maybe 1 or 2 rounds of PQ and the person should be fine. Be patient with that person. Refrain from saying things like "Go away you stupid retarded noob." It's very hurting for that person. This would demoralize that person and well, maybe not daring to do PQ again. I mean come on, everyone makes mistakes.maple story mesos DON'T EVER think that warriors are lousy. I hear people say, "Don't pick warriors. They are lousy. Always miss." Just bear with them. After all everyone needs training INCLUDING WARRIORS. When you, the leader, is in the PQ, be organized. Don't let people get a bad impression of you. Be kind and nice to them and they will like you.

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Thank you for reading!

Achknowledgements

Hiddenstreet staff - Posting this guide
Hiddenstreet - Information help (eg. combinatins)
Fisheye30 - Helped in checking this guide for glitches
Sinister34 - Helped in tracking guide
Mr Victor Zhou - Helped out in the "what if someone dies" part
Sauske808 - Helped in giving some very good information

The rest of you that emailed me with positive and negative feedback.

Thanks!

All right, this is the end of this guide. Thank you for reading it. Same as always, any glitches email me at sellhelp@gmail.com

Your feedback on this guide will be openly invited.

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