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{{#metadesc:Aramia's Maple Tree on Maple Hill: how Warm Sunlight drops, how the whole world grows one tree, what the bloom drops and the other quest-givers on the hill.}}
{{Glance|title=Aramia's Maple Tree at a glance
|Where|[[Map:Maple Hill|Maple Hill]], through the [[NPC:Dimensional Mirror|Dimensional Mirror]] (no level limit)
|Host|[[NPC:Aramia (Maple Hill)|Aramia]]
|You give|[[Item:Warm Sunlight|Warm Sunlight]] ("Warm Sun"), any amount at a time
|Warm Sunlight drops|4% from every monster you hit, no quest needed
|Goal|3,000 Warm Sunlight from all players together
|Progress|Ask Aramia for the status (shown as a percentage)
|Reward|A shower of free-for-all drops on the hill: Warm Sunlight and the [[Item:Under the Maple Tree...|Under the Maple Tree...]] chair
|Repeats|Endlessly; the tree starts again after every bloom
|Available|All year
}}
'''Aramia's Maple Tree''' is a shared event on Maple Hill. [[NPC:Aramia (Maple Hill)|Aramia]] is growing a Maple Tree with sunshine, and players bring her [[Item:Warm Sunlight|Warm Sunlight]] ("Warm Sun"), which monsters drop. Every gift from every player goes into the same tree. It grows through stages as the world's total rises. At 3,000 it bursts with sunshine and showers the hilltop with prizes, then a new sapling sprouts and the count starts again.

<div class="mv-gallery">[[NPC:Aramia (Maple Hill)|Aramia]] [[Item:Warm Sunlight|Warm Sunlight]] [[Item:Under the Maple Tree...|Under the Maple Tree...]]</div>

{{Quote|Please gather all the Warm Sun that you get from the monsters...|Aramia}}

{{Changed|The Maple Tree was a limited-time anniversary event in the original game. In MapleVerse it runs all year, and the whole world grows one shared tree that keeps its progress.}}

== Getting to Maple Hill ==
* Use the [[NPC:Dimensional Mirror|Dimensional Mirror]]. It stands in most major towns (see [[Event Places]]), and Maple Hill is one of its "Event Areas" choices. There is no level limit.
* The way out is the portal on the hill. It takes you back to the town where you used the Mirror, or to [[Map:Lith Harbor|Lith Harbor]] if it cannot tell.
* On Maple Hill you cannot change channels, read a town scroll or open the Cash Shop. Summons, Mystic Door, mounts and mini-games do not work there. There are no monsters on the hill.

== Warm Sunlight ==
* The item is [[Item:Warm Sunlight|Warm Sunlight]], an Etc item that stacks to 9,999. Aramia calls it "Warm Sun".
* '''Where it drops:''' every monster, for every player who damaged it. Each of those players rolls for themselves: 4% per monster, which is on average one Warm Sunlight every 25 kills. A Warm Sunlight that drops for you is yours alone to pick up.
* '''No quest needed:''' unlike the other event items, you do not have to accept anything first. It drops from monsters of any level, and your own level does not matter.
* '''Exceptions:''' nothing drops in the Mu Lung Dojo or in the few party-quest areas where monsters drop nothing.
* [[Event Places#Jack's Beanstalk|Jack's Beanstalk]] in Fairytale Land also takes it. The [[Item:Jack's Warm Sunlight|Jack's Warm Sunlight]] that Jack hands out there is a different item: Aramia does not take it.

== Giving Warm Sun to Aramia ==
# Talk to [[NPC:Aramia (Maple Hill)|Aramia]] on Maple Hill. If she shows a menu first, choose "Plant the Maple Tree".
# After her greeting, choose "Here, I brought the Warm Sun."
# Enter how many to give. The box starts at everything you carry, and you can lower it. Entering 0 gives nothing, and she says "Please come back with some Warm Sun."
# She thanks you: "Thank you for the Warm Sun." Your Warm Sunlight is used up and added to the world's tree.
* You must be standing on Maple Hill with Aramia to give.
* Giving pays nothing directly: no EXP and no item. The reward is the [[#When the tree blooms|bloom]].

== How the tree grows ==
* One tree for the whole world. Every player's gifts, on every channel, add to the same total. The total is kept even when nobody is around.
* Everyone on Maple Hill sees the tree grow when a gift moves it to the next stage. A big gift that moves it several stages at once shows one stage per second. Players who arrive later see it at its current size.

'''Stages''' (the count restarts from 0 after every bloom):

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | World total of Warm Sunlight
! scope="col" | Aramia's status shows
! scope="col" | The tree
|-
| 0 to 999 || 0% to 33% || a small sapling
|-
| 1,000 || 33% || grows a stage
|-
| 1,500 || 50% || grows a stage
|-
| 2,000 || 66% || grows a stage
|-
| 2,500 || 83% || grows a stage
|-
| 3,000 || 100% || the full tree bursts with sunshine, then a new sapling sprouts and the count goes back to 0
|}

The status rounds the share down to a whole percent.

* Each 1% on the status is 30 Warm Sunlight. On average a full tree takes about 75,000 monster kills across all players, at one Warm Sunlight per 25 kills.

{{Note|Warm Sunlight given past the 3,000 mark is used up by that bloom; the next tree starts again from 0.}}

== Checking progress ==
* Talk to [[NPC:Aramia (Maple Hill)|Aramia]] and choose "Please show me the current status on collecting the Warm Sun."
* She answers with "Status of the tree's growth" and a percentage, for example 50%.
* Only the percentage is shown, not the exact count. Multiply the missing percent by 30 to estimate how much Warm Sunlight is still needed.

== When the tree blooms ==
The bloom happens on Maple Hill, on the channel of the player whose gift reached 3,000:
# The tree reaches full size and bursts, and a new sapling sprouts.
# An announcement goes out: "&lt;Channel N&gt; Maple Hill : The amount of {Warm Sunlight} has reached the limit!" (N is that channel's number.)
# About 10 seconds later the line "The tree is bursting with sunshine!" appears over Maple Hill, and flowers drift across the map for about 30 seconds.
# Prizes fall on the hilltop around the tree in three waves, 5, 15 and 25 seconds after that line. That is roughly 15, 25 and 35 seconds after the announcement.

* Each wave fills 10 to 14 spots around the tree. Each spot gives one of these:

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Prize
! scope="col" | Chance per spot
|-
| [[Item:Warm Sunlight|Warm Sunlight]] || 10 in 15 (about 67%)
|-
| [[Item:Under the Maple Tree...|Under the Maple Tree...]] (chair) || 2 in 15 (about 13%)
|-
| nothing || 3 in 15 (20%)
|}

* On average one bloom drops about 23 Warm Sunlight and 4 to 5 chairs in total, from about 34 spots over the three waves.
* The bloom drops belong to nobody. Anyone on Maple Hill on that channel can pick them up, whether or not they gave Warm Sun. Like all drops, they vanish after 3 minutes.
* The Warm Sunlight from the bloom can be given straight back to Aramia for the next tree.
* [[Item:Under the Maple Tree...|Under the Maple Tree...]] is a white chair that celebrates the 4th anniversary. Sitting on it recovers 35 HP and 10 MP every 10 seconds.

{{Tip|Watch Aramia's status. When it nears 100%, wait on Maple Hill on the busiest channel, or bring the last Warm Sunlight yourself so that the bloom happens on your channel.}}

{{Warning|You cannot change channels on Maple Hill. If the tree blooms on another channel, you will only see the announcement. To reach its prizes, leave the hill, change to that channel and come back through the Dimensional Mirror. Like all drops, the prizes vanish after 3 minutes.}}

== Others on Maple Hill ==
Several characters whose quests had nowhere else to be found also wait on the hill, along its bottom floor below Aramia.

{{Changed|In the original game Maple Hill only held the Maple Tree. In MapleVerse these characters, whose own homes were never part of the world, wait for you on the hill instead.}}

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Who
! scope="col" | Quest
! scope="col" | What to do
! scope="col" | Reward
|-
| [[NPC:Jill|Jill]] || [[Quest:Game On! Best Buy (4969)|Game On! &lt;Best Buy&gt;]] (level 20, daily) and its follow-ups || Hand her an [[Item:Allowance|Allowance]] from [[NPC:Mom and Dad|Mom and Dad]] ([[Game On Daily (Dinner Fixins)]]) || a [[Item:MapleVerse Game Card - 100 points|MapleVerse Game Card - 100 points]] (95%) or [[Item:MapleVerse Game Card - 250 points|MapleVerse Game Card - 250 points]] (5%); one Game Card per account per day across all vendors
|-
| [[NPC:Naomi|Naomi]] || [[Quest:Naomi's Invitation 1|Naomi's Invitation 1]] || Accept, then talk to her again || [[Item:Event Ticket (Regular)|Event Ticket]]
|-
| [[NPC:Naomi|Naomi]] || [[Quest:Naomi's Invitation 2|Naomi's Invitation 2]] || Bring 100 [[Item:Magic Crystal|Magic Crystal]]s. Any monster drops them (50% per kill) while the quest is open || none
|-
| [[NPC:Mr. Kit Kat|Mr. Kit Kat]] || [[Quest:Graham Cracked|Graham Cracked]] || Bring 50 [[Item:Graham Cracker|Graham Cracker]]s. Any monster drops them (25% per kill) while the quest is open || 2 [[Item:Banana Graham Pie|Banana Graham Pie]]
|-
| [[NPC:Cesar (Night Market)|Cesar]] || [[Quest:The Ariant Fighting Tournament|The Ariant Fighting Tournament]] || Accept, then report to [[NPC:Cesar (Battle Arena Lobby)|Cesar]] in the [[Map:Battle Arena Lobby|Battle Arena Lobby]] (see [[Ariant Coliseum]]) || 10 [[Item:Warrior Potion|Warrior Potion]]s
|-
| [[NPC:Shadow|Shadow]] || [[Quest:The Puppeteer's Invitation|The Puppeteer's Invitation]] (Aran only, level 22, after [[Quest:Second Assignment, Completed!|Second Assignment, Completed!]]) || It pops up as a lightbulb, so you do not need to visit him. Finish it with [[NPC:Tru (Lith Harbor Info Shop)|Tru]] in Lith Harbor || continues the Aran story
|-
| [[NPC:Tristan's Spirit (Maple Hill)|Tristan's Spirit]] || Mu Young's Mysterious Note story || Can't be started at the moment || &ndash;
|-
| [[NPC:Ryden|Ryden]] || [[Quest:Shiba's Story (dbq2360)|Shiba's Story]] || Can't be started at the moment || &ndash;
|}

* Jill's follow-ups are numbered 2 to 5. Each needs an Allowance and is level 20. All of her quests pay from the same one-card-per-account-per-day limit.
* Naomi's Invitation 1 and 2 can each be done once per character. Naomi's Invitation 2 itself gives no reward.
* Mr. Kit Kat keeps the 50 Graham Crackers. Graham Cracked can be done once per character.
* The Ariant Fighting Tournament can be done once per character, with no level requirement.

== Common problems ==
* '''No Warm Sunlight drops.''' It is 4% per monster, so about one per 25 kills, and dry streaks happen. You must hit the monster yourself. Nothing drops in the Mu Lung Dojo.
* '''"Please come back with some Warm Sun."''' You entered 0 or carry no Warm Sunlight.
* '''You gave Warm Sun but got nothing.''' Giving has no direct reward. Prizes come only when the world's tree blooms, as drops on Maple Hill.
* '''The tree bloomed but you got no prizes.''' Prizes fall only on the channel where the last gift was given, and only for about half a minute. They vanish after 3 minutes, and anyone on Maple Hill on that channel may pick them up.
* '''Where is the Golden Maple Leaf?''' The bloom does not drop Golden Maple Leaves, and Aramia's quest ''Armi's Golden Maple Leaf'' can't be started at the moment.
* '''Is this the Aramia from Henesys?''' No. The Aramia in Henesys Park gives the anniversary quests (see [[Anniversary Quest Guide]]). The tree is Aramia on Maple Hill.

== See also ==
* [[Event Places]]
* [[Events]]
* [[Anniversary Quest Guide]]
* [[Event Quest Item Drops]]
* [[Game On Daily (Dinner Fixins)]]
* [[Giant Cake]]

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[[Category:Guides]]