Sly's Acorn Collection
Autumn has arrived in Maple World, and the adorable Sly is gathering delicious acorns for the Halflingers!
Join forces with Sly to collect baskets full of acorns.
Use your collected acorns to activate the Sly's Cheer EXP buff, or trade Acorn Pouch Coupons on the Marketplace to enjoy a bountiful autumn season!
📅 Event Period
- September 17 (After Maintenance) – October 14, 23:59 (UTC)
✅ Eligibility
- All Minted Characters of level 65 or above
👉 How to Participate
- Accept the "Sly's Acorn Collection" quest through the Event Notifier or by speaking with NPC Sly in Henesys.
- Upon accepting the quest, you will receive an ‘Acorn Basket’ - event exclusive item - directly in your inventory.
- Move to a hunting field containing monsters near your level and use the Acorn Basket to activate the dedicated UI, where you can freely choose between Collect and Consume modes to proceed with the event.
※ The Acorn Basket UI will remain open and active even when you move between town maps or level-range monster fields. However, if you enter a field that is outside your character's level range , the event UI will automatically be deactivated. Returning to a level-range monster field will allow you to reactivate the UI.
- Both Collect and Consume modes share a combined daily limit of 10,000 monsters near your level.
- The benefits of collecting and consuming acorns apply for up to a total of 10,000 monsters near your level defeated per character daily. Defeating any monsters beyond this daily limit will not affect the event counters.
- The daily defeat limit resets every day at 00:00 (UTC).
※ The Acorn Basket, Acorn Pouch, and Acorn Pouch Coupon are event-exclusive items that are only valid until the end of the event on October 14, 23:59 (UTC). Please make sure to use them within this period.
[How to Use the Acorn Basket]
- Collect Mode
- While Collect mode is active, you will gather 1 acorn for every monsters near your level you defeat.
- In addition to hunting monsters near your level, you can also use an Acorn Pouch Coupon to replenish acorns.
- Once you collect 5,000 acorns, you can use them to craft an Acorn Pouch Coupon.
- Consume Mode
- While Consume mode is active, your daily ‘Monsters Left Today’ counter will increase by the number of acorns consumed during your hunts.
- Consuming your collected acorns to use the Sly's Cheer skill will activate an EXP buff.
※ You can possess up to a maximum of 1,000,000 Acorns, and cannot acquire any amount exceeding this limit.

🎁 Rewards
[Acorn Pouch]
- You can acquire this item by using an Acorn Pouch Coupon.
- Upon use, you can instantly replenish 5,000 acorns.
※ Any unused Acorn Pouches can be exchanged back for an Acorn Pouch Coupon by speaking with NPC Sly.

[Acorn Pouch Coupon]
- This is an FT item that can be crafted by consuming 5,000 collected acorns, and can be freely traded in the Marketplace.
- Using this coupon will grant you 1 Acorn Pouch.
- You can craft up to 3 coupons per day per account.

[Sly’s Cheer EXP Buff]
- You can acquire the Sly's Cheer EXP buff to enhance your hunting efficiency by consuming collected acorns.
- Select your desired Boosting Level in Consume mode and click the [Start] button to activate the bonus EXP buff.
※ The bonus EXP buff stacks additively with any other active EXP increase buff effects.

| Boosting Tier | Bonus EXP Rate | Acorns Consumed per Defeat |
| Sly's Cheer Lv.1 | +40% | 0 |
| Sly's Cheer Lv.2 | +70% | 1 |
| Sly's Cheer Lv.3 | +120% | 3 |
| Sly's Cheer Lv.4 | +160% | 6 |
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