Idols and Totems
Idols at a glance
| What | Three IDOL boxes in the Equipment window, each holding one idol, plus a fourth box for a Versal idol |
|---|---|
| Idols | Golden Idol of Mahavira, Idol of Vigor, Idol of Valor |
| Wear level | 140 |
| Totems from | The Chief Priest in the Shaolin Temple: one Bronze Sutra Totem, Silver Sutra Totem and Gold Sutra Totem per clear |
| Totem limit | Once a week per character, resets Monday 00:00 UTC |
| Run | Party of 1 to 6, level 130 or higher |
| Fusing | Wise Chief Priest in Mahavira Hall, no Vesos cost |
| Fastest idol | 3 weeks |
Idols are worn items with their own three boxes in the Equipment window. They have no look on your character; they only add stats. This guide is for players from level 130 up. It explains what the IDOL boxes are for and how you fill them.
You make idols from Sutra Totems. The Chief Priest gives these once a week when your party beats him at the top of the Sutra Depository in the Shaolin Temple (China). The Wise Chief Priest in Mahavira Hall fuses totems into an idol. Three idols are on offer: one all-round and two supportive.
Different from the original game Idols, Sutra Totems, the idol boxes and the Chief Priest's weekly totems are MapleVerse additions; they are not in the original game. In MapleVerse a single player may take on the Chief Priest, and the run is open from level 130.
The idol boxes
The three boxes in the lower-right corner of the Equipment window are marked IDOL. Pet equipment used those boxes in the original game. MapleVerse keeps pet equipment in the pet's own window, so the boxes now hold idols.
- Find the idol in the Equip tab of your inventory.
- Double-click it. It goes into the first empty IDOL box, the same way a ring does.
- You can wear up to three idols, in any mix (three of the same kind is fine).
- If all three boxes are full, double-clicking another idol does nothing. Take one off first.
- Idols do not change how your character looks.
The fourth box: Versal idols
Beside the three IDOL boxes is a fourth idol box. It holds only a Versal idol, so wearing one never costs you one of your other three. The Versal idol you can earn is the Idol of the First Versalmas (level 100: STR, DEX, INT and LUK +8, Max HP and Max MP +100), the reward for The First Versalmas, the last quest of the Versal storyline. It cannot be traded or sold to shops.
The idols
| Idol | Stats | Fused from | Weekly clears needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Idol of Mahavira | STR +15, DEX +15, INT +15, LUK +15, MaxHP +150, MaxMP +150 | 3 Bronze Sutra Totem + 3 Silver Sutra Totem + 3 Gold Sutra Totem | 3 |
| Idol of Vigor | MaxHP +750, MaxMP +750 | 3 Bronze + 3 Silver Sutra Totems | 3 (3 Gold left over) |
| Idol of Valor | Weapon Attack +6, Magic Attack +6 | 3 Silver + 3 Gold Sutra Totems | 3 (3 Bronze left over) |
- Each idol needs level 140 to wear, and any class can wear them.
- They have 0 upgrade slots, so they cannot be scrolled.
- NPC shops will not buy them.
- If you drop one on the ground, only you can pick it up.
- Fusing costs no Vesos.
Getting Sutra Totems: the Chief Priest
This is the short version. For the fight itself, see Chief Priest.
The run starts from the door at the top right of Sutra Depository 9-10 F. The way up runs from Mahavira Hall through Sutra Depository 1-2 F, 3-4 F, 5-6 F and 7-8 F to 9-10 F.
- You need a party of 1 to 6. The party leader takes the door. Members must be level 130 or higher and standing on 9-10 F on the same channel. Members who don't qualify simply stay behind.
If you cannot start the run, the game tells you why:
- No party: "You are currently not in a party, create one to challenge the Chief Priest."
- Not the leader: "Your party leader must enter the portal to start the battle."
- Another party inside: "The Chief Priest is already being challenged, so you may not enter this place yet."
- The party arrives in a waiting hall. Walk right into the antechamber.
- Each member walks through the antechamber's right-hand door into the boss room alone. The first player in wakes the Chief Priest (level 145, 400,000,000 HP): "The Chief Priest rises from his meditation. The fallen monks stir around him."
- Time limits: 15 minutes from entering for someone to wake him, then 30 minutes from the moment he rises. If time runs out first, everyone is sent back to Sutra Depository 9-10 F with no totems.
- Dying sends you to the antechamber. You stay in the run and can walk back in.
- When he falls, his Fallen Spirits fall with him. The time limit stops, so there is no rush to leave.
- To collect the totems: walk out of the boss room (the door on its left side) into the antechamber. Then take the antechamber's exit door, on its left. When you step out you get one Bronze Sutra Totem, one Silver Sutra Totem and one Gold Sutra Totem, with the notice "You received the Chief Priest's totems."
Warning Totems are given only when you leave through the antechamber's exit door after he falls. If the time ran out first, nobody gets totems.
- Every party member still in the run when he falls gets totems, including anyone who was in the antechamber at that moment. Each member collects them by walking out through that exit door.
- Once a week per character. The week resets every Monday at 00:00 UTC. If your character has already had totems this week, the notice says "The Chief Priest's totems are given only once a week." You can still fight him and help your party as often as you like. His normal drops (Dark Token, scrolls, jewels, the Chief Priest Demon Orb) are not limited.
- Full ETC inventory: the notice says "Your ETC inventory is full, so you could not take the Chief Priest's totems." You get nothing from that clear. The week is not used up, so you can clear him again the same week. Make room in your ETC tab before you leave.
- If the party is disbanded before he falls, the run ends and everyone is sent out.
- In the waiting hall itself you cannot use potions or other stat-changing items. Summons, Mystic Door, mounts, changing channels and town scrolls are blocked in the whole run.
Fusing idols: the Wise Chief Priest
Go to Mahavira Hall in the Shaolin Temple and talk to Wise Chief Priest. He is also the leader of the Mount Song Tamer Hall. He says:
The Chief Priest kept a totem on every floor of the Sutra Depository... Bring me his totems and I will fuse them into an idol for you.— Wise Chief Priest
- If he has a quest or a Tamer Hall option for you, choose Fuse totems into an idol from his menu. Otherwise the fusion menu opens straight away.
- Pick the idol: Golden Idol of Mahavira, Idol of Vigor or Idol of Valor (in that order). He names the totems it needs and asks "Shall I fuse them?"
- Say yes. The totems are taken and the idol goes into your Equip tab: "There. Wear it with care."
- Short of totems: "You need 3 ... Sutra Totems ... The Chief Priest only parts with them once a week..." He lists the exact totems the idol needs.
- No room in Equip: "Your EQUIP inventory is full. Make some room first."
- Fusing has no level requirement, no Vesos cost and no weekly limit. Only the totems are limited.
How long it takes
Each weekly clear gives one Bronze, one Silver and one Gold Sutra Totem, so:
| Goal | Totems used | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| One Golden Idol | 3 Bronze, 3 Silver, 3 Gold | 3 |
| One Idol of Vigor | 3 Bronze, 3 Silver | 3 |
| One Idol of Valor | 3 Silver, 3 Gold | 3 |
| Vigor + Valor | 3 Bronze, 6 Silver, 3 Gold | 6 |
| Three Golden Idols | 9 of each | 9 |
| One Golden + Vigor + Valor | 6 Bronze, 9 Silver, 6 Gold | 9 (Silver is the limit) |
Tip Every idol needs Silver totems, so Silver is always what runs out first.
Totems
| Totem | Kind | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze Sutra Totem | Etc | up to 9,999 |
| Silver Sutra Totem | Etc | up to 9,999 |
| Gold Sutra Totem | Etc | up to 9,999 |
- NPC shops will not buy them.
- If dropped, only you can pick them up.
- Totems never expire.
Common problems
- "I beat him but got no totems." The totems are given only when you leave through the antechamber's exit door after he falls. If the time ran out first, nobody gets totems. If you already had totems this week, the notice says so.
- "Second clear this week gave nothing." Totems are once a week per character, reset Monday 00:00 UTC. Another character of yours can collect its own.
- "My ETC was full." Nothing was given and the week is still open. Clear him again after making room.
- "I can't put the idol on." You need level 140, and a free IDOL box.
- "Where are the IDOL boxes?" In the Equipment window, the three boxes in the lower-right corner. The fourth box beside them is only for a Versal idol.