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{{Glance|title=At a glance
|Applies to|Seasonal and event collect quests (Valentine's Day, Mark's BBQ, Happyville, anniversary and similar)
|Drops from|Any monster, but only for you, and only while the quest is open
|Stops when|Your bag holds as many as the quest needs
|Event window|None: these quests are open all year round
|Drop coupons|Double your own chance (not from bosses)
}}
'''Event Quest Item Drops''' explains where the collect items of the seasonal quests come from. Most of them are not on any monster's normal loot list: they fall from ''any'' monster, but only while you have the quest accepted and still need the item. If you hunted "everything around your level" and saw nothing, the usual reason is that the quest was not accepted yet.

{{Changed|In the original game these items dropped from every monster in the world during a limited event window, for everyone. In MapleVerse there is no calendar: every event quest stays available, and the drop switches on for you personally when you accept the quest.}}

== How it works ==
# Accept the quest from its giver (see the table below). The drop does '''not''' start before this.
# Kill any monster, on any map. Each kill rolls once for every item the quest still needs.
# When your bag holds the full amount the quest asks for, that item stops dropping for you.
# Hand the quest in. Completed one-time quests never drop their items again.

{{Note|One event item drops for everyone with no quest at all: [[Item:Warm Sunlight|Warm Sunlight]] for [[Aramia's Maple Tree]], 4% from every monster you hit.}}

In a party every member rolls from their own quest, at their own drop rate, and the drop is decided for each member separately, so a party mate who has not accepted the quest gets no quest items.

== The real drop rates ==
Quest items are ETC items, and in MapleVerse ETC items drop at '''twice''' the base rate. The percentages in the table are the real chance per monster killed, after that doubling. A few quest items are not ETC items (the Alphabet Soup Pasta letters and the Lucky Dish are setup items; Small Stories is a use item) and keep their base rate. Rates are the same for every monster, so low-level monsters you can kill quickly are the efficient choice.

=== Your drop rate counts ===
Your own drop rate multiplies the chance of these event items (the [[Item:Lupin Eraser|Lupin Eraser]] works the same way) and of quest items that drop from monsters. Your drop rate is made of:
* a 2x drop coupon from the [[Cash Shop]], while it is active,
* a Super Beginner's own QoL Mastery, and the Beginner's Luck aura of a Super Beginner in your party,
* your Family's drop-rate bonus.

For example, an event item at 4% per kill drops at 8% for you while your 2x drop coupon is active.
* Every player rolls at their own rate. A party member with a coupon gets the higher chance and a member without one keeps the normal chance. Someone else's coupon or Family bonus never raises your chance.
* '''Bosses are the exception:''' when a boss dies, quest and event items roll at the normal chance for everyone.
* A map's own drop rate and world-wide drop-rate events do not change the event items on this page.
* [[Item:Warm Sunlight|Warm Sunlight]] is not boosted; it stays at 4%.
* Each kill rolls on its own. A long run of kills with nothing is bad luck, not a hidden limit, and the item still stops dropping once your bag holds what the quest needs.

{{Changed|In MapleVerse your 2x drop coupon, Super Beginner drop bonuses and Family drop bonus raise your chance at quest and event items, each player at their own rate. Boss kills use the normal chance.}}

== Which quests use this ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | Quest
! scope="col" | Accept from
! scope="col" | Level
! scope="col" | Item (amount needed, chance per kill)
|-
| [[Quest:Valentine's Day : Heart Chocolate|Valentine's Day : Heart Chocolate]]
| Ace of Hearts
| 8
| White Chocolate x1 (4%); Dark Chocolate x1 (4%); Heart Box x1 (4%); Gold Ribbon x1 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:Chocolate Stick of Love|Chocolate Stick of Love]]
| Ace of Hearts
| 13
| Mythical Flour x1 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:White Day: Strawberry Candy|White Day: Strawberry Candy]]
| Ace of Hearts
| 8
| Strawberry x3 (4%); Wooden Skewer x1 (4%); Sugar x1 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:Mardi Gras Throws|Mardi Gras Throws]]
| Gaga
| 8
| Mardi Gras Bead Necklace x10 (5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Summer Break: Mark's BBQ - Start|Summer Break: Mark's BBQ - Start]]
| Mark
| 8
| Charcoal x10 (5%); BBQ Sauce x10 (5%); Maple Raw Meat x10 (5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Summer Break: Mark's BBQ.|Summer Break: Mark's BBQ.]]
| Mark
| 8
| BBQ Sauce x30 (15%)
|-
| [[Quest:Summer Break: Mark's BBQ..|Summer Break: Mark's BBQ..]]
| Mark
| 30
| Charcoal x30 (15%)
|-
| [[Quest:Summer Break: Mark's BBQ...|Summer Break: Mark's BBQ...]]
| Mark
| 70
| Maple Raw Meat x30 (15%)
|-
| [[Quest:A New Heart, A Fresh Start|A New Heart, A Fresh Start]]
| Cassandra
| 8
| Empty Bottle of Perfume x5 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:A New Heart, A Fresh Start!|A New Heart, A Fresh Start!]]
| Cassandra
| 30
| Chrysanthemum x5 (4%); Empty Bottle of Perfume x7 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:A New Heart, A Fresh Start!!|A New Heart, A Fresh Start!!]]
| Cassandra
| 70
| Empty Bottle of Perfume x10 (5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Santa Cat's Gift Preparation|Santa Cat's Gift Preparation]]
| Maple Claws
| 13
| Blue Gift Box x25 (12.5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Disappeared Santa Encyclopedia|Disappeared Santa Encyclopedia]]
| Rooney
| 25
| Santa Encyclopedia No.1 x1 (4%); Santa Encyclopedia No.2 x1 (4%); Santa Encyclopedia No.3 x1 (4%); Santa Encyclopedia No.4 x1 (4%); Santa Encyclopedia No.5 x1 (4%); Santa Encyclopedia No.6 x1 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:In Preparation for the Party|In Preparation for the Party]]
| Cliff
| 
| Rascal Snowpiece x50 (25%)
|-
| [[Quest:Anniversary : Birthday Present (Red)|Anniversary : Birthday Present]]
| Maple Administrator
| 
| Birthday Present (Red) x1 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:Anniversary : Birthday Present (Blue)|Anniversary : Birthday Present]]
| Maple Administrator
| 31
| Birthday Present (Blue) x1 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:Anniversary : Mark's Quest|Anniversary : Mark's Quest]]
| Mark
| 
| Birthday Candle x10 (5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Beat the Heat Easy - 2nd Stage|Beat the Heat <Easy> - 2nd Stage]]
| Maple Administrator
| 
| Blue Present Box for Training x10 (5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Beat the Heat Medium - 2nd Stage|Beat the Heat <Medium> - 2nd Stage]]
| Maple Administrator
| 
| Yellow Present Box for Training x10 (5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Beat the Heat Hard - 2nd Stage|Beat the Heat <Hard> - 2nd Stage]]
| Maple Administrator
| 
| Green Present Box for Training x15 (7.5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Armi's 1500-Day Anniversary Fireworks|Armi's 1500-Day Anniversary Fireworks]]
| Aramia
| 10
| Fuse x5 (4%); Powder keg x5 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:Bamboo Bokjori and Lucky Pouch|Bamboo Bokjori and Lucky Pouch]]
| Maple Administrator
| 
| Lucky Dish x5 (2%)
|-
| [[Quest:Cassandra's Maple Scarf|Cassandra's Maple Scarf]]
| Cassandra
| 13
| Small Stories x100 (25%)
|-
| [[Quest:Cassandra's True Feelings?!|Cassandra's True Feelings?!]]
| Cassandra
| 13
| Lucky White Monkey Doll x10 (5%)
|-
| [[Quest:The Girl's Old Iron Sword|The Girl's Old Iron Sword]]
| Ayan
| 
| Ragged Steel Sword x1 (4%)
|-
| [[Quest:Thief School Admission Letter|Thief School Admission Letter]]
| Cassandra
| 
| Dark Lord Stamp x10 (5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Perfect Pitch - Level Up Event|Perfect Pitch - Level Up Event]]
| Gaga
| 70
| Perfect Pitch x10 (0.5%)
|-
| [[Quest:Cassandra's Gift|Cassandra's Gift]]
| Cassandra
| 13
| Maple Leaf x800 (60%)
|-
| [[Quest:Madam Ming Ming's Ancestral Rites Table|Madam Ming Ming's Ancestral Rites Table]]
| Maple Administrator
| 15
| Jujube x13 (3.25%); Pear x5 (2%); Persimmon x7 (2%); Chestnut x9 (2.25%); the Apple is bought
|}

The Alphabet Soup Pasta quests from the [[Maple Administrator Holiday Foods Quest Guide|Maple Administrator]] work the same way: each letter the word needs drops from any monster at 2% per kill while the matching quest is open.

Perfect Pitch has its own guide: [[Perfect Pitch Quest Guide]].

== Items that are not drops ==
Some items on these shopping lists are '''bought''', not dropped. Looking for them on monsters is the second most common reason for "it never drops".

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Item
! scope="col" | Where to buy
! scope="col" | Price
|-
| [[Item:Dry Treat|Dry Treat]]
| [[NPC:Rudi|Rudi]] in [[Map:Happyville|Happyville]], or [[NPC:Kiriwing|Kiriwing]] in [[Map:Crossroads of Ereve|Crossroads of Ereve]]
| 200 Vesos
|-
| [[Item:Warm Milk|Warm Milk]]
| [[NPC:Dr. Faymus|Dr. Faymus]] in [[Map:Kerning City Pharmacy|Kerning City Pharmacy]]
| 1 Veso
|-
| [[Item:Heart Box|Heart Box]]
| [[NPC:Coco|Coco]], in most major towns
| 1,000 Vesos
|-
| [[Item:Gold Ribbon|Gold Ribbon]]
| [[NPC:Coco|Coco]]
| 1,500 Vesos
|-
| [[Item:Basket|Basket]]
| [[NPC:Coco|Coco]]
| 3,000 Vesos
|-
| [[Item:Cover Material|Cover Material]]
| [[NPC:Coco|Coco]]
| 1,500 Vesos
|-
| [[Item:Chocolate|Chocolate]]
| Many town stores
| about 3,000 Vesos
|}

Three more are one-off rules:
* [[Item:Gwin's Bag|Gwin's Bag]] drops from the [[Monster:Iron Boar|Iron Boar]] (level 45) at every kill, but only while [[Quest:His Bag|His Bag]] is open. [[NPC:Manji|Manji]] in [[Map:Perion|Perion]] offers it after [[Quest:A Story Carried by the Wind|A Story Carried by the Wind]] (from John in Lith Harbor). Look in [[Map:Iron Boar Land|Iron Boar Land]] and the [[Map:The Burnt Land III|Burnt Land]] maps.
* The [[Item:Picture of Rudolph|Picture of Rudolph]] comes from hitting the camera tripod on the highest roof in Happyville (see [[Happyville Quest Guide]]).
* The Mardi Gras feathers are quest rewards, not drops (see [[Mardi Gras Throws Quest Guide]]).

== Common problems ==
; "Nothing drops."
: Check the Quest Log: the quest must be listed under In Progress. Then check that your ETC tab has a free slot. A full tab turns the item away ("You cannot get the item because your inventory is full.").
; "It stopped dropping."
: Your bag already holds the full amount. Hand in the quest.
; "The quest is not offered."
: Several event givers hand out their quests one step at a time. See [[#Event quest order|Event quest order]] below.
; "The giver shows a quest light bulb but has nothing."
: Fixed. The light bulb and the menu now use the same list.

== Event quest order ==
[[NPC:Cassandra|Cassandra]] and the [[NPC:Maple Administrator|Maple Administrator]] had so many event quests that a new character found around 25 under each of them. MapleVerse therefore puts them in lines. Finishing ''any'' quest of a step opens the next step. A step you can never start (you are above its level cap, or it belongs to another job) is skipped once the step before it is done. A step you have in progress still blocks the next one: finish it first.

{{Changed|The original game had no order between these events, because they ran in different years. The lines below are a MapleVerse addition.}}

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Line
! scope="col" | Giver
! scope="col" | Steps, in order
|-
| Cassandra's Kitchen
| [[NPC:Cassandra|Cassandra]]
| Reclaiming Park Cheomji's Watermelon; Madam Mingming Craves Watermelon; Cassandra's Jajangmyeon; Cassandra's Maple Scarf; Cassandra's True Feelings?!; Jajangmyeon Made by Cassandra; Cassandra's Jajangmyeon for Singles
|-
| A Fresh Start
| [[NPC:Cassandra|Cassandra]]
| A New Heart, A Fresh Start; Making Pure Perfume 1; Making Pure Perfume 2; A New Heart, A Fresh Start! ; To Fool a Liar; Making Pure Perfume 3; A New Heart, A Fresh Start!! ; To Fool a Liar (second); Making Pure Perfume 4
|-
| Cassandra's Friends
| [[NPC:Cassandra|Cassandra]]
| The Admission Letter of your own job (Warrior, Magician, Thief or Bowman); Lonely Gaga; Lonely Estelle; Catch the Golden Pig!; Year of the Pig Transformation; Cassandra's Latest Information; A Landscape with a Rainbow; Monster Extermination for the Children; Kenta's Request; A Gift for Haetnim
|-
| Beat the Heat
| [[NPC:Maple Administrator|Maple Administrator]]
| Beat the Heat <Easy> (stage 1); Beat the Heat Project: Beginner Stage 1; Cleaning Up the Sea!; Beat the Heat <Medium> (stage 1); Beat the Heat Project: Intermediate Stage 1; Cleaning Up the Sea!!; Beat the Heat <Hard> (stage 1); Beat the Heat Project: Advanced Stage 1
|-
| Maple Holidays
| [[NPC:Maple Administrator|Maple Administrator]]
| Nella's Hanbok; Chuseok Greetings for Ayan; Elma's Nitpicking; Easter Basket (2006 or later copy); Anniversary Birthday Present (Red or Blue); the three Alphabet Soup Pasta words in turn; Halloween Day Candy Wrapping!; New Year Event: HappyNewYear; Madam Ming Ming's Ancestral Rites Table; Making a Ghost Costume!; Bak Cheomji's Ritual Table; Making a Mummy Costume!
|-
| Maple Tales
| [[NPC:Maple Administrator|Maple Administrator]]
| MapleStory 3rd Anniversary Bonanza; Attack of the Monsters; The Secrets Behind the Mundane Statue; Exams Over! Happiness Begins!; Greeting 'Unclench Your Fist and Stand Up'; An Exciting World Tour; Icarus's Lost Invitation; Manji's Tale of Adventure; Analyzing the Hacking Data; News of Baikin's Return; Exams Over! Happiness Begins!!; Lilin's Present 1; Ericsson's Tale of Adventure; Gwyn's Adventure Tale; Exams Over! Happiness Begins!!!
|}

Quests that already have their own prerequisites (the later stages of Beat the Heat, Lilin's Present 2 and 3), quests that start from a held item, the Chuseok kitchen quests, and the entry quests of other storylines (Lunar World, the Haunted Mansion, the Baby Bird, Agent W) are offered as before.

== Quest tracking ==
Open the Quest Log, select an in-progress quest and press the '''Quest Alarm''' button to track it on the right side of the screen. A green check marks a tracked quest, and pressing the button again untracks it. Up to five quests can be tracked at once; a sixth is refused without a message. Every quest that asks you to hunt or collect something shows its progress in the Quest Log as have/need, for example "Rocky Mask 12/300".

== See also ==
* [[Ace of Hearts Quest Guide]]
* [[Mark's BBQ Quest Guide]]
* [[A New Heart, A Fresh Start Quest Guide]]
* [[Happyville Quest Guide]]

[[Category:Quest Guides]]
[[Category:Event Quests]]