MapleStory Classic Monster List: Levels, HP, EXP, and Maps

Quick summary

• The launch roster has 50 regular monsters and 6 bosses, from the Lv 1 Snail to the Lv 80 Jr. Balrog (MapleClassic Wiki). The fan databases list 173 to 275 entries because they include monsters that aren't in this build.
• Use HP per EXP to compare monsters. Lower is better. Jr. Necki (7.0), Stirge (8.0) and Octopus (8.3) are the best regular monsters (our calculation from wiki stats, matching NiaMeowDB's rankings).
• Skip Forgotten Hollow monsters for now. Glowshroom, Raffle, Rafflesia, Rotten Mushroom, Sporewood and five others are in NiaMeowDB, but Nexon's Founder's Access notes say the area hasn't been discovered yet.
• Launch changed EXP for many mid-level monsters. Most Lv 31–62 monsters lost a few EXP from the COT2 test. Tauromacis and Taurospear gained a lot of both HP and EXP (NiaMeowDB change history).
• Some names appear more than once. KPQ, second job test and GM event copies have different stats from the field monster.

Checked against the Founder's Access build on October 13, 2026. Grand Launch is October 21, 2026; see the end of the guide for what may change.

Read a monster's stats

The wiki explains each stat this way (paraphrased):

Stat	What it tells you
Level	How much accuracy you need to hit it. The level gap between you and the monster also changes the EXP you get and the damage you take.
HP	How much damage it takes to kill
EXP	What a kill gives before the level-gap adjustment
HP per EXP	Our calculation. Lower means faster EXP if your damage is the limit.
Weapon attack	How hard it hits you
P.DEF / M.DEF	How much it cuts physical or magic damage
ACC / AVOID	How often it hits you, and how often it dodges you
Weak to	The element that does extra damage. Magicians benefit most. See our elements guide.

Bosses always attack on sight, have far more HP and respawn on a timer. Most low-level monsters won't attack until you hit them (wiki).

To work out how much accuracy you need for a monster, see our accuracy guide. NiaMeowDB also lists "ACC to never miss" for your level on each monster page. For example, Bubbling needs 31 ACC at level 15 and 42 at level 5.

Check every launch monster

Levels, HP, EXP and weaknesses come from the MapleClassic Wiki. Maps come from NiaMeowDB (first two listed). HP/EXP is our calculation.

Lv	Monster	HP	EXP	HP/EXP	Weak to	Main maps
1	Snail	45	2	22.5	—	Snail Hunting Ground I, Snail Hunting Ground II
2	Blue Snail	51	4	12.8	—	Snail Hunting Ground III, Right Around Lith Harbor
3	Shroom	62	6	10.3	—	Mushroom Garden, The Hill East of Henesys
4	Red Snail	68	8	8.5	—	The Field West of Amherst, Construction Site North of Kerning City
5	Stump	133	10	13.3	Fire	The Tree That Grew II, The Field South of Ellinia
6	Slime	115	12	9.6	Lightning	The Tree That Grew II, The Forest North of Ellinia
7	Pig	128	13	9.8	—	Thicket Around the Beach II, A Hill West of Henesys
8	Orange Mushroom	142	15	9.5	—	Mushroom Garden, Dangerous Forest
10	Ribbon Pig	172	19	9.1	—	L Forest I, The Forest East of Henesys
11	Dark Stump	236	21	11.2	Fire	West Domain of Perion, East Rocky Mountain IV
12	Octopus	191	23	8.3	Lightning	Damp Tree-Forest, Damp Forest
14	Green Mushroom	233	26	9.0	—	West Rocky Mountain III, Tree Dungeon, Forest Up North IV
15	Bubbling	259	28	9.2	Lightning	Kerning City Subway Line 1, Line 3 Construction Site
17	Axe Stump	371	32	11.6	Fire	The Forest North of Ellinia, East Rocky Mountain II
19	Blue Mushroom	342	35	9.8	—	The Blue Mushroom Forest, The Breathing Rock
20	Mano (boss)	7,420	148	50.1	—	Thicket Around the Beach III
20	Stirge	296	37	8.0	—	Transfer Area, Dangerous Steam
21	Jr. Necki	272	39	7.0	—	Dangerous Croko I, Dangerous Croko II
22	Horny Mushroom	403	41	9.8	—	Ant Tunnel IV, Ant Tunnel III
23	Dark Axe Stump	547	43	12.7	Fire	East Rocky Mountain V, East Rocky Mountain IV
24	Zombie Mushroom	436	45	9.7	Holy	Ant Tunnel III, Ant Tunnel II
25	Wild Boar	510	46	11.1	—	The Land of Wild Boar II, Land of Wild Boar
27	Evil Eye	606	50	12.1	—	The Cave of Evil Eye III, The Cave of Evil Eye II
28	Iron Hog	572	52	11.0	Lightning	Pig Park II, Pig Park
29	Fairy 1	593	54	11.0	Poison	Not in our NiaMeowDB pull
29	Fairy 2	593	54	11.0	Poison	Someone Else's House
29	Fairy 3	593	54	11.0	Poison	Tree Dungeon, Forest Up North VI and VII
29	Fairy 4	593	54	11.0	Poison	The Entrance of Golem's Temple
31	Ligator	853	58	14.7	Fire	The Swamp of Despair I, The Swamp of Despair II
32	Fire Boar	842	60	14.0	Ice	The Burnt Land V, The Burnt Land III
32	King Slime (boss)	16,820	2,400	7.0	—	KPQ final stage
33	Curse Eye	1,001	63	15.9	—	Sleepy Dungeon V, Tree Dungeon, Forest Up North IX
34	Jr. Wraith	982	66	14.9	Fire, Holy	Kerning City Subway Lines 1 and 2
35	Jr. Boogie 1	1,395	69	20.2	—	Sleepy Dungeon V, Land of Wild Boar
35	Jr. Boogie 2	1,395	69	20.2	—	Sleepy Dungeon V, Land of Wild Boar
37	Lupin	1,336	75	17.8	—	Monkey Swamp I, A Look-Out Shed Around the Beach
38	Lorang	1,714	78	22.0	Lightning	A Look-Out Shed Around the Beach, Lorang Lorang
40	Cold Eye	1,894	85	22.3	Fire	The Tunnel That Lost Light I, The Tunnel That Lost Light II
40	Mushmom (boss)	34,440	340	101.3	Fire	Someone Else's House
41	Zombie Lupin	1,774	89	19.9	Holy	Monkey Swamp III, Tree Dungeon, Monkey Forest I
45	Copper Drake	2,595	107	24.3	Ice	East Rocky Mountain VII, Dangerous Valley
46	Tortie	2,671	111	24.1	—	Hot Sand, Lorang Lorang Lorang
48	Shade (boss)	47,000	488	96.3	Holy	Cabin of the Forsaken
48	Wraith	2,350	122	19.3	Holy	Kerning City Subway Lines 1 and 2 (deeper areas)
49	Clang	2,899	127	22.8	Lightning	Lorang and Clang, Clang and Lorang
50	Drake	3,218	133	24.2	—	Drake's Meal Table, The Tunnel That Lost Light I
52	Croco	3,136	146	21.5	Fire	Dangerous Croko II, Dangerous Croko I
55	Malady	2,998	167	18.0	Holy	The Forest of Evil II, The Forest of Evil I
55	Zombie Mushmom (boss)	66,640	668	99.8	Holy	The Grave of Mushmom
56	Stone Golem	5,134	175	29.3	—	Golem's Temple III, The Entrance of Golem's Temple
58	Dark Stone Golem	5,428	192	28.3	Holy	Sleepy Dungeon V, Sleepy Dungeon III
60	Red Drake	5,184	211	24.6	Ice	Dangerous Valley II
62	Wild Kargo	5,057	231	21.9	—	Wild Kargo's Area, Drake's Meal Table
70	Tauromacis	9,328	337	27.7	Ice	Sanctuary Entrance I, Sanctuary Entrance II
75	Taurospear	12,535	429	29.2	Ice	Sanctuary Entrance IV, Sanctuary Entrance III
80	Jr. Balrog (boss)	325,400	2,188	148.7	Holy	The Cursed Sanctuary

Not shown: Tutorial Jr. Sentinel (Lv 1, Maple Island tutorial) and the invincible Lv 200 "Super" monsters. Those appear in jump quests and tests, give 0 EXP and can't be killed (wiki, NiaMeowDB).

Pick the best monster for your level

Here are the three lowest HP-per-EXP regular monsters in each band. That's the best payoff if your damage is what limits you. Spawn counts, map layout and your accuracy matter just as much, so check our training guide before you settle on a map.

Level band	Best HP/EXP (our calculation from wiki stats)	Watch out for
1–10	Red Snail 8.5, Ribbon Pig 9.1, Orange Mushroom 9.5	Snails give little EXP per kill, so they're best right after Maple Island
11–20	Stirge 8.0, Octopus 8.3, Green Mushroom 9.0	NiaMeowDB lists Green Mushroom as immune to poison
21–30	Jr. Necki 7.0, Zombie Mushroom 9.7, Horny Mushroom 9.8	Iron Hog has 500 P.DEF on both databases, so it's a poor physical target
31–40	Fire Boar 14.0, Ligator 14.7, Jr. Wraith 14.9	Fairies have 500 M.DEF (wiki), so they're a poor magic target
41–50	Wraith 19.3, Zombie Lupin 19.9, Clang 22.8	NiaMeowDB says Wraith regenerates 50 HP per tick
51–62	Malady 18.0, Croco 21.5, Wild Kargo 21.9	Malady is weak to Holy, so it suits Clerics
70–75	Tauromacis 27.7, Taurospear 29.2	Both have a Lightning magic attack and are weak to Ice (NiaMeowDB)

Example: a level 22 Thief's choice is Jr. Necki at 272 HP for 39 EXP, or Horny Mushroom at 403 HP for 41 EXP. That's about 45% more HP for 5% more EXP, so Jr. Necki pays better per hit as long as you can reach the Dangerous Croko maps.

Know what changed at launch

NiaMeowDB's change history compares each monster's COT2 test values with the launch build:

Change	Monsters (NiaMeowDB)	What it means
A little less EXP at launch	Ligator 59 → 58, Curse Eye 66 → 63, Jr. Boogie 74 → 69, Lupin 82 → 75, Cold Eye 94 → 85, Zombie Lupin 99 → 89, Copper Drake 117 → 107, Croco 155 → 146, Stone Golem 183 → 175	Older EXP-per-hour numbers from the test overstate these maps a little
More EXP and HP	Tauromacis EXP 300 → 337 and HP 5,610 → 9,328 (test 2 to launch). Taurospear EXP 350 → 429 and HP 6,258 → 12,535.	They pay more per kill but take about twice as long to kill
Boss retuning	Mano's attack went from 101 to 252 between tests. Jr. Balrog's HP went from 138,840 to 325,400.	Old boss guides underestimate both
Small accuracy and knockback tweaks	Most monsters under level 30	Small changes to how often they hit you

Decode monsters with the same name

Variant (NiaMeowDB)	Level	Stats compared with the field version	Where
Ligator (KPQ)	21	778 HP, 68 EXP (field: Lv 31, 853 HP, 58 EXP)	KPQ first stage
Jr. Necki (KPQ)	25	765 HP, 80 EXP	KPQ last stage
Curse Eye (KPQ)	29	1,186 HP, 94 EXP	KPQ last stage
King Slime (KPQ boss)	32	16,820 HP, 2,400 EXP; revives as 11 Slimes	KPQ final stage
Second job test copies	30	718–789 HP, 56 EXP (Evil Eye, Zombie Mushroom, Curse Eye, Horny Mushroom, Cold Eye, Blue Mushroom, Fire Boar, Lupin)	Job advancement test maps
GM event bosses	Same as field	Same HP; avoid 4. King Slime gives 240 EXP.	Only during GM events

The KPQ stages are in our KPQ guide. The field bosses (Mano, Mushmom, Shade, Zombie Mushmom, Jr. Balrog) are in our bosses guide.

Flag monsters that aren't in the launch build

• Forgotten Hollow: Glowshroom (Lv 39), Raffle (40), Golden Stirge (42), Aqumander (43), Echopus (45), Rafflesia (47), Duskmander (50), Myewood (54), Rotten Mushroom (56) and Sporewood (59). NiaMeowDB lists them on Shallow and Deep Passage maps. Nexon's Founder's Access notes say Forgotten Hollow "hasn't been discovered yet," and the wiki's launch roster leaves them out.
• Rotten Mushmom (Lv 60 boss) and Crimson Balrog (Lv 100) are on NiaMeowDB but not in the wiki's launch roster. NiaMeowDB gives Crimson Balrog no map, though it describes the boss as appearing on the ship to Orbis.
• Monsters from other regions, such as Trixter, Jr.

Choose a database for drops and maps

Database	Count it shows	Strengths	Limits
MapleClassic Wiki	56 in the launch table, plus tutorial and test monsters	Launch-only roster, every stat in one table	Sorts by column, but few maps per row
NiaMeowDB	184 (rank lines such as "#171 of 184")	Maps with spawn counts and respawn timers, launch changes, accuracy targets	Includes Forgotten Hollow and variants
MSCW Guidebook	178	Quick level, HP and EXP list	Includes Ossyria monsters
planet-helper	183	Drops and hunting maps	Same over-count
henesys.gg	275	Built from launch client data, with a Boss/Undead filter	Includes entries it marks "not in Classic World"

Drop lists aren't final yet. NiaMeowDB marks its MS Classic drops as community-sourced, with player votes. It also shows a separate MSEA reference list from old MapleSEA tables, which it calls historical reference only. henesys.gg only shows a player-reported drop once three players confirm it. Treat drop rates you see quoted as unverified.

If you're returning, on an alt, or leveling fast

• Played old Victoria Island? Most monster names and maps match, but stats were retuned at launch. Use the launch table, not old MapleSEA or GMS numbers.
• Leveling an alt? Use the band table to pick monsters, and the EXP table to see how many kills a level takes.
• Short on time? Our MapleStory Classic hub and powerleveling page list FullBoosts' service categories. Check the rules below first.

Want a hand with this?

If you would rather skip the grind that goes with this, MapleStory Classic powerleveling services are listed on FullBoosts. Read Nexon's Terms of Service before you buy any service from anyone, FullBoosts included — a marketplace listing isn't publisher permission.

What may change at Grand Launch

This guide describes the Founder's Access build as it was on October 13, 2026. Re-check these against Nexon's Grand Launch notes on October 21: whether crafting still stops at craft level 8, whether Forgotten Hollow, Orbis and third jobs stay closed, KPQ channel limits, NPC shop stock, and any Founder's Access-only events or packages mentioned here. Nothing here assumes a closed area or feature will open.

FAQ

How many monsters are in MapleStory Classic at launch?

The MapleClassic Wiki's launch table has 50 regular monsters and 6 bosses, plus tutorial and invincible test monsters. Fan databases list 173 to 275 because they include monsters that aren't in this build.

Which monster gives the best EXP for its HP?

Among regular field monsters, Jr. Necki has the lowest HP per EXP at 7.0 (272 HP, 39 EXP). Next are Stirge at 8.0 and Octopus at 8.3 (our calculation from wiki stats).

What is the highest-level monster at launch?

The Lv 80 Jr. Balrog boss. The highest regular monster is the Lv 75 Taurospear (wiki).

Are Forgotten Hollow monsters in the game?

Not yet. Nexon's Founder's Access notes say Forgotten Hollow hasn't been discovered, and the wiki leaves its monsters out of the launch roster.

Why are there two King Slimes?

The KPQ boss gives 2,400 EXP. A GM event copy gives 240 EXP (NiaMeowDB).

Are monster drop lists accurate?

Not fully. NiaMeowDB's drops are community-sourced, and its MSEA list is historical. henesys.gg needs three player reports before showing a drop.

Did monster stats change at launch?

Yes. Most Lv 31–62 monsters give slightly less EXP than in the COT2 test. Tauromacis and Taurospear give more EXP and have more HP.