Beat the Heat Quest Guide
| Level | 1 to 25 (Easy), 26 to 45 (Medium), 46 and up (Hard) |
|---|---|
| Start and end | Maple Administrator, in 20 towns including Southperry, Henesys and Lith Harbor |
| Stages | Three per difficulty; each stage must be finished before the next |
| Reward | EXP and Watermelon (10 to 50 per stage) |
| Repeat | Once per character each |
| Event window | None: open all year |
Beat the Heat is the Maple Administrator's summer training event. You pick up the quest that matches your level, and each of its three stages asks for kills and a collection. The reports were that the second stage of each difficulty never showed its items: the "Present Box for Training" that it asks for would not drop.
The three difficulties
| Stage | Easy (levels 1 to 25) | Medium (26 to 45) | Hard (46 and up) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Defeat 20 Orange Mushrooms and 50 Red Snails. 800 EXP, 10 Watermelon. | Defeat 20 Sentinels and 50 Jr. Sentinels. 36,000 EXP, 25 Watermelon. | Defeat 20 Ultra Grays and 50 Plateons. 48,000 EXP, 40 Watermelon. |
| 2nd | Bring 10 Blue Present Box for Training. 1,000 EXP, 15 Watermelon. | Bring 10 Yellow Present Box for Training. 24,000 EXP, 30 Watermelon. | Bring 15 Green Present Box for Training. 33,000 EXP, 45 Watermelon. |
| 3rd | Defeat 25 Blue Mushrooms and 25 Axe Stumps and bring 30 Bubbling's Huge Bubble. 3,700 EXP, 20 Watermelon. | Defeat 25 Jr. Lioners and 25 Dark Leattys and bring 30 Leatty Furball. 51,000 EXP, 35 Watermelon. | Defeat 25 Luster Pixies and 25 Lioners and bring 30 Grupin Tail. 99,000 EXP, 50 Watermelon. |
The kill lists and ordinary drops (Bubbling's Huge Bubble from Bubbling, Leatty Furball from Leatty, Grupin Tail from Grupin) are normal. The only special item is the Present Box in stage 2.
The Present Boxes
The Present Box for Training does not belong to any one monster. It drops from any monster while the stage 2 quest is open and you still need it: 5% per kill for the Blue and the Yellow box and 7.5% for the Green box. See Event Quest Item Drops.
Related quests in the same line
The Maple Administrator offers these in a fixed order. Finishing each one opens the next, so a later quest may be missing until you finish the earlier one:
- Beat the Heat <Easy> 1st Stage
- Beat the Heat Project: Beginner Stage 1 (level 8 to 29): 100 Squishy Liquid, 500 EXP, 30 Red Potions; Stage 2 follows it: 100 Pigs and 80 Octopuses, 1,000 EXP
- Cleaning Up the Sea! (level 8 to 40): smash the wooden crates on the Florina Beach maps for 10 Sea Trash, 800 EXP, 10 Oolleung Squid
- Beat the Heat <Medium> 1st Stage
- Beat the Heat Project: Intermediate Stage 1 (level 30 to 69): 100 Leatty Furball, 45,000 EXP, 30 White Potions; Stage 2 repeats daily
- Cleaning Up the Sea!! (level 41 and up): 20 Sea Trash, 31,000 EXP, 20 Oolleung Squid
- Beat the Heat <Hard> 1st Stage
- Beat the Heat Project: Advanced Stage 1 (level 70 and up): 100 Ice Backbone, 280,000 EXP, 30 Mana Elixirs; Stage 2: 60 Werewolves and 10 Lycanthropes, 350,000 EXP
Stages 2 and 3 of each difficulty follow their first stage and are not part of the line.
Common problems
- "The Present Box never drops."
- Fixed. Accept the stage 2 quest first. The box is the only item that does not come from a particular monster.
- "I cannot find the quest for my level."
- Easy ends at 25, so a level 26 character gets the Medium line. Check the order above.