Alphabet Soup Pasta Quest Guide
| Level | 8 or higher (Chuseok versions) or 13 or higher (Back to School versions) |
|---|---|
| Start and end | Maple Administrator, who stands in 20 towns including Southperry, Henesys and Lith Harbor |
| Words | MAPLESTORY, WIZET and NEXON |
| Letters | Drop from any monster at 2% per kill each, while the matching quest is open |
| Repeat | Once per character each |
| Event window | None: open all year |
Alphabet Soup Pasta is a letter-collecting event. You gather single-letter pasta from monsters until you can spell a word, then hand them in to the Maple Administrator. There are six quests in all, because each of the three words comes in two seasonal versions. The report was that no letters dropped at all; that was true for two of the four quests that existed at the time, and all six now work.
The six quests
| Quest | Level | Letters needed | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuseok Event: MapleStory | 8 | M, A, P, L, E, S, T, O, R, Y (10 letters; M and S are "Special" letters) | 4,800 EXP and a Scroll of Secrets |
| Back to School Event : MapleStory | 13 | The same ten letters | 2,400 EXP and 10 of a random ore, such as Gold Ore or Diamond Ore |
| Chuseok Event: WIZET | 8 | W (Special), I, Z, E, T | 5,300 EXP and a Scroll of Secrets |
| Back to School Event : WIZET | 13 | The same five letters | 2,700 EXP |
| Chuseok Event: NEXON | 8 | N (two), E, X, O | 3,600 EXP and a Scroll of Secrets |
| Back to School Event : NEXON | 13 | The same five letters | 1,800 EXP |
How to do it
- Accept the quest from the Maple Administrator. The letters only drop while the quest is open.
- Kill any monsters. Each pasta letter your quest still needs rolls separately at 2% per kill. A full MAPLESTORY set takes roughly 150 kills on average; the short words take far less.
- The letters stop dropping once you hold what the quest needs. A repeated letter (the two Ns in NEXON) must be held twice.
- Hand the letters to the Maple Administrator. For the Chuseok versions you also need a free ETC slot for the Scroll of Secrets.
Which version do I get?
Both a Chuseok and a Back to School version exist for each word, with different level starts (8 and 13) and different rewards. They are offered as steps of the Maple Administrator's "Maple Holidays" line, so you will see the MAPLESTORY pair first, then WIZET, then NEXON (see event quest order). Finishing either version of a word opens the next word.
The three words are shown in capital letters in the game on purpose: you spell them from the letters.
Common problems
- "None of the letters drop."
- Accept the quest first. Fixed for all six quests; before, only two of the four then-existing quests had drops.
- "I have all letters but the Administrator will not take them."
- Check your inventory space, especially for the Chuseok versions (the Scroll of Secrets).
- "A letter keeps dropping though I have it."
- It only stops once you hold the number the quest needs; other letters the quest needs, or a second quest's letters, keep rolling.