MapleStory Classic World: How to Prepare for 3rd Job Advancement

To prepare for the 3rd job advancement in MapleStory Classic World, level your character to 70, allocate every second-job skill point, and secure at least one Refined Dark Crystal alongside a surplus of mesos and recovery potions. Advancing to third job unlocks major party and mobbing abilities, but progression halts immediately if you lack required materials or leave unassigned skill points.

Level 70 Requirement and Skill Point Rules

Reaching Level 70 is mandatory before you can trigger the 3rd job questline in El Nath. The Level 60 to 70 bracket has a steep experience curve, making meso-efficient grinding maps with high monster density preferable over high-level targets that drain your potion supply.

Before talking to your instructor to start the advancement:

• Assign all accumulated 1st and 2nd job skill points.
• The advancement NPC rejects any character with unspent skill points.
• Ensure points are placed into your required masteries, boosters, and core buffs. Misplacing points into obsolete skills requires reset scrolls to correct before you can advance.

Material and Meso Checklist

Stockpiling quest materials and currency before reaching Level 70 prevents delays and avoids inflated Free Market prices.

The Refined Dark Crystal is consumed upon starting the Holy Stone's test. Keep a second refined crystal in your inventory or storage as insurance in case you fail a question.

Step-by-Step Advancement Walkthrough

The advancement involves traveling between El Nath and Victoria Island, defeating a solo boss, and answering a lore quiz.

1. Speak to your 3rd Job Instructor in El Nath: Locate your class instructor (Tylus for Warriors, Rene for Bowmen, Robeira for Magicians, or Arec for Thieves) in the El Nath Chief's Residence to receive the quest.
2. Visit your 1st Job Mentor on Victoria Island: Return to Victoria Island and talk to your original class instructor, who will send you to the Door of Dimension.
3. Defeat the Dimension Clone: Enter the portal alone. You must fight a clone of your 1st job mentor.

• Party members cannot enter this chamber.
• The clone deals high touch damage, casts ranged spells, and spawns minions.
• Ranged jobs should use map platforms to kite; melee jobs should use stuns and knockback to disrupt cast animations.
• Loot the Black Charm upon winning.

1. Acquire the Necklace of Strength: Hand the Black Charm to your 1st job mentor to receive the Necklace of Strength.
2. Locate the Holy Stone in El Nath: Travel through the Sharp Cliff maps to find the Holy Stone.
3. Pass the Lore Quiz: Give the Holy Stone one Refined Dark Crystal to begin the five-question test covering MapleStory lore, monster items, and game systems.

• Answering incorrectly fails the trial immediately.
• Failing requires you to turn in another Refined Dark Crystal to restart.

1. Complete the Advancement: Return the resulting quest item to your 3rd job instructor in El Nath to receive your new job title and initial skill points.

Terrain Preparation for El Nath and Dead Mine

Third job unlocks expanded training zones in the El Nath mountains and the Dead Mine, such as Forgotten Hollow and the Forest of Dead Trees.

• Equip Snowshoes: Snow and ice terrain causes continuous character sliding, disrupting attack spacing and pushing you into monster clusters. Equip snowshoes or spiked footwear before grinding in these zones.
• Stock Travel Scrolls: Keep a stack of Return to El Nath scrolls to quickly restock supplies without walking back through mountain maps.
• Prepare for Undead Spawns: Dead Mine maps are populated by Undead monsters like Coolies and Zombies. These mobs are weak to Holy damage, making Clerics and Priests valuable duo partners for fast leveling on launch day.