NX, Leaf Points and the Cash Shop: what is worth buying
What paying does and does not get you, NX against Leaf Points, real Cash Shop prices, packs against singles, the 96-hour rule, and a spending order if you only buy a little.
Every number and name on this page is read live from the game data.
You need no real money for any class, map, party quest or boss. The useful question is whether mesos can do the job. Tradable Cash items sold for mesos in the week to 7 Nov, so a free player may not need NX at all. Before you spend either, ask in chat what the item you want recently sold for. Store listings show only asking prices.
The full catalogue is on the Cash Shop page. Prices below are from the client catalogue.
If you only spend a little
Spend nothing until you know you are staying. If you buy once, buy the Convenience pack. This is our opinion. Nothing here is required, and experienced players lean cheaper rather than earlier.
If you buy once: the Convenience pack. It covers a build mistake and gives you charms.
If you train long sessions: a pet and Auto HP, 6,000 NX, knowing the pet is a 30-day rental. See Pets.
Resets: only when a build is truly stuck, and ask in chat what one recently sold for first. The class guides exist so that you need not.
Two currencies
NX
Leaf Points
How you get it
Bought through your Nexon account. Players report buying through Steam too
Event coupons. The client holds five sizes from 1,000 to 100,000. Nexon's events so far have paid 1,000 and 5,000
Where it works
Shared with main MapleStory
Classic World only
What it cannot buy
Nothing
Essentials packs, which are NX only. Gifting uses NX, from level 12
Maple Points do not carry over. Dated claims, including the Founder's Package, are in What is in the game.
If NX purchases fail through Steam, you are not alone. Players hit errors at launch. Steam support fixed it for some, and buying on Nexon's site worked for one.
Watch out
Your first NX purchase starts a 96-hour Cash item trade restriction. Megaphones are blocked during it as well, for all characters on that account in that world. If you buy NX to resell an item, it will sit for four days.
What actually affects play
Item
Price
What it does
Our view
7,000 NX
Resets all stats, including AP in HP and MP
Only to fix a real mistake. It sold for mesos between players in the week to 7 Nov, so ask in chat what one recently sold for first. Store listings show only asking prices
Channel, world or item announcements, from level 15
Mostly for selling
Is it pay-to-win? No stats are sold directly, and nothing on sale shortens the EXP curve. EXP coupons exist in the client, but the Cash Shop catalogue has no row for them. Still, NX reaches mesos and mesos buy scrolled gear, so money can reach power by that road. Players argue both ways on whether this is fair. We state the mechanism and leave the verdict to you.
Packs or singles
Pack
NX
Limit
Contains
Singles cost
Convenience
9,900
Once per account
SP Reset, AP Reset, Selective 5-slot Coupon, 10 Safety Charms, 10 Super Megaphones
19,000 for the first three alone
Pet Booster
9,900
Once per account
Auto HP, Auto MP, Auto Move, Expanded Auto Move, 30 Premium Pet Food
11,000 for the four skills
Monthly
9,900
Once per world, again after 30 days
20 Megaphones, transparent hat, cape and shoes, 5 Double Item Megaphones, Special Store Permit, Portable Storage, all 30 days
Several contents are not sold singly
Beauty
5,900
Once per account
Mystery Fashion Crate, Mystery Hair Coupon, Mystery Face Coupon
12,500
Packs are for use. Singles are for resale. Every Essentials pack and everything inside it is untradable, so a pack bought to resell earns nothing.
The Convenience pack costs less than two resets on its own, which makes it the first thing to look at if you will spend anything. Pet Booster only pays if you want all four skills. Auto HP alone is cheaper singly.
If you want mesos from NX
Sell singles. Divide the mesos you can get today by the NX price. Store listings show only asking prices, so ask in chat what each recently sold for. Each pet needs each skill only once, so demand for pet skills can run out. Remember the 96 hours.
Crates and looks
costs 3,500 NX, or 35,000 for eleven. It gives one permanent cosmetic, with a 7-day timer on the unopened box. The current pool runs from 4 Nov 8:00 UTC to the start of the 18 Nov maintenance, so older value sums are dead.
Decide before you equip. An unwanted crate item can be traded or turned into stamps by right-click, but only before it is equipped.
Stamps: 1 item gives 1 , and an unopened Signature Style set gives 2. The stamp shop sells an for 20, ten for 200, a for 5 and a for 10. Stamps expire 13 Jan 2027 at 07:59 UTC.
Region rules: players in Belgium, Slovakia and Brazil cannot buy Mystery items. Crate items obtained in the Netherlands cannot leave the account, but can become stamps.
Hair, face and skin coupons cost 1,700 to 7,500 NX. Mystery Hair and Mystery Face coupons are listed until 11 Nov 7:59 UTC. Clothes on sale are 10-day rentals at 700 to 1,200 NX, ending 18 Nov. Beauty Album slots are 16,000 NX for face and 20,000 for hair. Map effects like and are 300 NX, or 3,000 for eleven, and are purely cosmetic.
Not confirmed yet
Whether the 96-hour hold also limits gifting.
Whether items bought with Leaf Points can be traded.
Current crate odds and value after 4 Nov.
The level needed to use an SP Reset.
How much auto-potions are worth in practice. Nobody has tested it.
