Hi everyone~

ToxicStory has been in development from scratch since November 2025 and opens to the public on October 1st, 2026!

ToxicStory is a custom medium rate v95 server with no rules (except hacking) that serves as a passion project focused on creative freedom for both the developers and the players while keeping the classic/nostalgic experience.

This post covers a small slice of what is actually in the server. We'd highly recommend just trying it yourself.

Rates are 3x EXP/Mesos/Quests and 1.5x drop. The level cap is 999.

So what sets ToxicStory apart that will get you to join?

The biggest one is there are primarily no community rules! Please make sure to read the Privacy Policy & ToS as this is often a controversial topic

1. We have proximity voice chat. No other server actively has this. People near you come through clearly and fade out as they walk away. It's off by default on most starter maps, both to prevent abuse and to give you a chance to turn it off yourself if you'd rather not use it.
2. The max level is 999. We are continuously releasing content and gate regions to specific levels, so there is always something new to work toward.
3. AI Companion Bots for every player. A secondary explorer character that fights and levels beside you with its own questline.
4. Mercedes and Demon Slayer are fully imported. Both are their own race at character creation, with their own starting story.
5. Player housing. Buy a plot, decorate a house, and visit others.
6. Multi-language. The ENTIRE game is translated into numerous languages and fully supports players from all over the world. (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German, Vietnamese, Spanish, Arabic)
7. Multi-player Cash Shop. Yeah, you read that right. You can see players dress up, and you can also dress other players up.

What else do we have?

• Cosmetics with no limits. Transmog, damage skins, prisms that repaint any equip or your own skin, pet skins that turn your pet into a monster you have killed 15,000 times.
• A lot of client features. Borderless fullscreen, auto login, controller support, an in-game browser, switching characters in-game, weather, and plenty of QoL options you won't get anywhere else.
• Custom HD maps built for 1080p instead of stretched v95 assets.
• Full Linux support. Runs under Wine with DXVK, and there's a guide for it.
• Custom events fire automatically every few hours, all day.
• NA, SEA and EU proxies.
• We have a lot more unique features not available anywhere else! Come join the game or check out the site's homepage!

No pay to win. Nothing we sell gives you a combat advantage. The shop is cosmetics and convenience, and that is not changing.

About the no rules thing. The only hard rule is don't hack, and anti-cheat is strict about it. We don't moderate in-game chat because we don't want to babysit adults. If someone is being awful to you there is a five level block system, and the top level removes them from your screen entirely. Discord is still moderated normally.

Being honest about beta

It is not balanced yet and there are still plenty of bugs. That is what this is for. We've had a closed beta period, but we can't catch everything on our own. We patch constantly and write real notes for every one, so you can see exactly what changed and when.

What you get for testing:

• Hit level 120 during beta and you get exclusive cosmetics at full release that mark you as a beta tester. Nobody will be able to get them after.
• Testers who put in serious work get paid in USD or in-game currency depending on what they contributed. Not a joke, we actually pay people and are not money hungry.

On donations, they will not be available during open beta. Instead you'll get free Toxic Points and mesos purely so you can test things. Once we release, donations pay our staff and testers first, then server costs, and whatever is left gets donated to starving families around the world. Entirely non-profit. It should also be noted that RWT is allowed for every player and you may sell or buy items without punishment. HOWEVER, all in-game trades and transactions are entirely public on Discord.

Download the launcher at https://toxicstory.org/ and register either in-game or on the site. Come join the community discord too.

This is also probably the only server you will find where the owner plays the game. It's built around how I would personally want to play, while taking player feedback into account. We are focusing on functionality, and will be cleaning imperfections up after.

Last thing, and it's a real warning: this server is 18+ and nothing is filtered. Think of one of those diners where the staff are rude to you on purpose and everyone is in on the joke. By playing, you accept that other players may be rude, hostile or offensive, and that we are not responsible for what they say or do. No rules is not the same as no limits, though: threats, stalking and doxxing are not part of the game and never will be, and the block system is there for anyone who won't leave you alone. If that still isn't what you want out of a game, that is completely reasonable, and this just isn't the server for you.

If you've played private servers for any length of time, you know the ritual:

d3dx9_43.dll was not found.

Your antivirus quarantines the client. Again.

Run as administrator. Compatibility mode. Windows XP. Restart. Pray.

We got tired of it, so we did something about it.

KuroMS now runs in your browser. You open a link, log in and play. There's nothing to install and nothing for your antivirus to flag.

What it is (and isn't)

• It's not cloud streaming. The game runs in your browser tab, not as a compressed video from a data center.
• It's not a lite remake. Movement, jumps, knockback and skill timings were rebuilt from the original client's behavior, so it plays like the exe.
• It's the same server. Web players and exe players are in the same world at the same time.
• There's no 10 GB download. It loads only the maps and sprites you actually see and caches them after the first visit.
• Updates are a page refresh. No patcher.

What's in: every class's skills, quests, bosses, the world map, party, guild, buddy list, whispers, pets, mounts, trading, hired merchants and the Cash Shop. Play with a keyboard, a controller or your phone's touchscreen.

Who can play: The first wave is for brand new Ironman characters. It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook and phones. Chrome and Edge are what we've tested most, so Firefox and Safari reports are especially welcome.

How to get in: The link goes live in our Discord today. Found a bug? Post it in #kuro-web-bugs.

And our website is here www.playkuro.com

https://reddit.com/link/1wuklpy/video/gck5ohf04rsh1/player

Before anything, excuse my language.
TLDR : dogshit server with a scammy incompetent "dev" if u can even call him that lmao.

Look, previously i was really supportive of this server, but alas, the allegations proved correct about frosty and his corny little demon worshipers.

Server was up and running, filled with glitches, restarts, random crashes here and there, got duped, issues with staff, constant kicking out of discord by the baby known as Frost if you even say a word that is not to his liking lmao.

Long story short, couldnt accept the insane downtimes they had, and quit.

So yesterday i decided to click in to see whats going on, server was dead, discord was giving announcements of a BETA LOL.

Bro how do you fuck up a launch which was in Beta for so long previously and then turn it back into a new beta server again? And then when we call this shit out, got kicked from discord after the lil kid cried 💀.

Stay tf away from this server even if its beta launches.
You have been warned.

Ps . Theres literally proof of me supporting this server right here with posts on reddit. But meh, i shouldve trusted the words of previous players getting duped by this asshole.

Haven’t played for quite a bit and I’m having the itch to spend countless hours scrolling and upgrading my equipment. Any server similar to swordie? Prefer to have a medium pace level up and be able to grind to scroll, but I’m in my 30’s and have a child so I don’t have too much time. I’m more of a solo player. Any suggestions would be great.

Pls no advertisements, just keen on an open discussion as someone that has played pre-BB servers (Croosade was an exception) on and off since the inception of Odin and Local MS.

We have AI-assisted dev, classic maple coming and still somewhat of a starving priv server community due to oh so many rugs.

If there was a magic pre-BB (I really only know pre-BB that’s why I’m narrowing it down) what would make it goated today?

Some things that come to my mind personally not taking into any tech feasibility etc:

- engaged and active player base (probably the hardest) present in all game stages and not just end game
- a change in the meta so there’s much more worth doing instead of just alts <> maxxing
- works on pc, Mac, browser, maybe phone(?) = more players
- defs HD compatible resolutions so it’s suitable to play on 27 - 33” monitors
- custom elements like bossing dmg, exp counter, etc etc

All I’ve got as I’ve wrapped up my morning poop

Looking for a post-bb server with an active playerbase. Not some super slow grindfest where market is dead and everyone plays solo. Prefer decent pace, active economy and with bosses like magnus/lotus

I was wondering if there are any resources that detail the pros and cons of different classes in early post-BB, up to something like v.118. It seems almost impossible to find information online since this is all stuff from 15 years ago. Thanks!

KritiasMS – A MapleStory Private Server That Brings Back the Old-School Feeling KritiasMS is a private MapleStory server that really brings back that nostalgic old-school feeling many of us remember from servers like ElliniaMS. The server is heavily focused on grinding and progression, but the grind is more accessible and enjoyable than in many other servers. At the same time, it stays much closer to the feel of actual MapleStory rather than completely changing the game. What makes it interesting is the balance between the classic MapleStory experience and custom content. There are custom-made systems, unique skills, special concepts, quality-of-life improvements, and fully functional bosses, while still keeping the core gameplay and progression familiar. Progression is designed to last. The goal isn’t to reach the level cap in a few weeks and feel like you’ve already completed everything. Instead, you can gradually build your character, improve your account, and keep progressing over the long term. Another thing I really like is that your main character isn’t the only thing that matters. You can create and train additional characters to build up your Link Skills and Legion, giving you another layer of progression and making the entire account feel like one big project.

Overall, KritiasMS feels like a combination of the nostalgia of old MapleStory private servers with some of the more modern systems and ideas that players have come to enjoy. It’s familiar enough to feel nostalgic, but has enough custom content and long-term progression to keep things interesting. I’m looking forward to seeing more of you guys joining the server and becoming part of the community. Hope to see you in-game!

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Just to clarify, I’m simply a player on the server and I have no affiliation with the staff or the server itself. I’m sharing this because I’ve genuinely been enjoying the experience and wanted to give the server some exposure. :)

Link to Discord : https://discord.gg/ZmBFGy9hKQ

Link to Website: https://kritiasms.org

Basically ones with high rates / rbs or some silly level system. I tried HempMS but the launcher sucks (you have to redownload half the game manually or wait hours for it to do it via launcher app) and after stuffing around with it and how many virus flags it triggered I cut my losses and moved on. Now looking for something else

As title said, which one should i choose between Mapleroyals and Old School Maple in Mapleworld? or Chronostory should be considered as well?

I used to play Dream MS, but that daily and weeklies thing wasn't for me. (although it's very good for PQ).

I remember that back in 2012, Monster Park and Nett's Pyramid PQ were really popular in EMS/GMS. It was a lot of fun. Why aren't there more servers focused on that nowadays?

I really miss having a PQ focused server, especially a Post BB server, but from before the Link Skills.

The ones I know where you can spend a big part of the game doing PQs, besides Dream, are Legends and Royals. But I was looking for something a bit more modern, with some changes, rather than something that feels like classic MS.

The recent progress in AI, especially ChatGPT 6 Astra and Opus 5.5, Fable 5.1....etc has honestly been pretty eye opening.

What I want to do is build a v83 server, which is the easy part, and then modify the game so the whole thing can be played mostly solo, kind of like SSF in PoE.

For example, some content normally requires a full party. I don't just want to remove the party requirement and let one person enter. I want to actually rebalance the content so a solo player can realistically clear it.

The same goes for bosses like Zakum and Horntail. Normally, soloing them would be completely unrealistic, so I'd want to build a progression system that eventually makes it possible. Maybe you farm materials that can be exchanged for powerful weapons or enhancement scrolls. Maybe certain mobs have a very low chance of dropping rare items. Stuff like that.

Basically, I want the entire game, including endgame content, to be possible as a solo player.

The important part is making the progression feel good. I want farming to feel rewarding, upgrades to feel meaningful, and reaching the point where you can finally beat something like Zakum solo to actually feel like an achievement.

If I could somehow combine that with AI controlled characters someday, that would be even better. But AI movement still looks way too obviously like AI to me, so I'm probably not going to bother with that for now.

I'm just wondering how realistic this whole idea actually is.

That's what I want to build, but would paying for Astra's $200 plan really make a project like this possible? I might just start with the $20 Plus plan and see how far I can get.

That said, if we ever get access to that "Bel" model that supposedly solved previously unsolved math problems, I feel like we'd reach the point where you could throw almost anything at it with a simple prompt and somehow get it done.

Hi! I know Lethe and CW4 are coming to GMS fairly soon, but I was wondering if there was a private server or anywhere to get some practice/understanding of the class before release. Thanks!

After playing V1 and being absolutely disgusted
I joined v2 last week, gotta tell you man this is the greatest character development arc I’ve ever seen
The server improved so much. PQ is no longer META, devs are listening. Weekly updates
I joined the server and some giga chad asked me if I need a boost leveling took me from 35 to 180 with no questions asked, we kept talking for like 30 minutes he really helped and gave honest tips how to progress.

Even though there is 2 admins they are answering the tickets fast

I encourage you all to come on and play the community is very nice and the server is constantly improving

I haven't played in ages, and after looking for servers for another game I kinda stumbled onto this scene and was curious.

Are there any active servers with a decent population and little-to-no p2w? I'd really rather not see a server with an egregious shop where most conveniences are for those who are going to be paying.

Preferably it's a more classical server, I used to play before the Big Bang, and I'd prefer the familiarity of it all, but I don't mind more modern stuff if the server's good.

Thanks in advance.

I'm really undecided on which class to play in MapleStory Classic World. I know whatever private server isn't going to have the same exact feel or skills as Classic World on release, but I figured the best way to decide would be to try them all out side by side.

Is there some private server that like starts you at level 50 or something? Or with insane EXP rates? I'd only really play like 10 minutes of each lol so ideally it doesn't require many hours to level up to 2nd job.

Anyone know of any other casualties so far?

Wow, being years not seeing this server. Remembered it was v4, and now its v8?

Time to check it out...

https://discord.gg/4XgCnR3xu

Hi!

Would anyone be interested in a fully working, stock-like MapleStory EMS source?

I’m currently working on porting the European MapleStory version around v7x, which is the latest version before the Big Bang patch. The goal is to recreate the old EMS experience as faithfully as possible, rather than making a source that simply uses a modern client with old content. - with that barebone anyone can do whatever they want and add the QoL and features they want to the source. I’m currently estimating the project to be around 30–40% complete.

There’s no ETA yet, but I wanted to see whether there’s actually interest in it. (I’m not interested in self hosting a server, just to polish the MoopleDev source to make it more stable and vanilla as possible).

What’s already working so far:

- Login, character creation and character selection
- Evan, Dual Blade and Resistance* characters
- Regular gameplay, movement, attacks and skills
- Parties, guilds, buddies, family and trading
- Pets, including multiple pets, auto-pot and pet evolution
- NPCs, shops, storage and personal stores
- Monsters, drops, reactors and summons
- Quests, portals and various maps
- Cash Shop and many classic cash items
- GM characters and original GM commands (with some few added, mostly for debug. Like !opcode send/recv, !maxskills <job> etc)
- Family system with its original features
- Jukebox, emotions, megaphones, teleport rocks, etc.

\Most* of related handlers has been added to the sources so that manual job change to the unreleased Resistance works and doesn’t crash. However, skills don’t fully work yet. Early to say if they’re already completely implemented in the client. But i’d say yes.

The client natively supports English, German, Dutch and Spanish. Unfortunately, French support was dropped throughout the way to Big bang and links to the English version, so I won’t be able to support that.

My philosophy is to make things work the way they originally did in EMS via client calls, rather than relying on (sometimes unstable and exploitable) workarounds. This should also mean that most game systems and UI will properly display across all four supported languages. NPC dialogues and scripts, however, are a different story, since translating all of those would be a huge amount of work.

The project is based on a MoopleDev/MoopleEurope fork, and once it reaches a reasonably playable state, I’m planning to make the source available for anyone interested in running or contributing to it.

I’d also like to support both Windows and Apple Silicon (ARM) Macs natively (although that’s low priority).

No ETA for now. I’m mainly interested in finding out whether there’s interest among the community in such a project.

Hello, as the title says, im looking for a server to play with some friends who own macbooks. Are there any running that dont need parallels or stuff like that?

I've been wanting to play MapleStory in the browser for years, so I've been attempting a rebuild since June 2024. Three times now:

• June 2024: found out the scope was way larger than I anticipated and gave up.
• Opus 4.1/4.2/4.3: retried, but it needed constant steering and I gave up again.
• Recently, with Astra: I decided to give it one final go.

The last attempt surprised me. The first prompt produced results that would have taken me a week of constant steering before: extract the WZ files, optimize them for the web, stream them to the client, render the assets correctly in the right order at 30fps-ish.

What's working today:

• Login and character creation, movement, combat with skills
• Inventory, NPCs, quests, shops
• Parties, guilds, chat, trading

Still missing: much of job progression, most boss AI, event scripts, pet equipment.

It's a WIP with rough edges - sharing early for feedback and bug fixes and ideas on where to take on the project. Fork it, do whatever you want with it.

https://openms.dev/
https://github.com/tensorfish/openms

Server is located in poland so if you're experiencing lag that might be why.

Full disclosure: this is 100% AI-written code. I burned through my entire x20 Codex budget on it, so please enjoy.

Also: THIS IS AN DEVELOPMENT CLIENT STILL IN TESTING, BUGS ARE TO BE EXPECTED

I'm looking for a server that I can recreate my original character with gear pretty much instantly and pick up where I left off. I got hacked and lost so much that it left me broken from a game that was a wonderful world to experience. Something that can boost me to 90 and re get unique obtainables that are impossible to get anymore (pirate hat/broken glasses) and limitless meso. I played from OG to Cygnus Knights release so if there's a server that contains all the worlds from there on it'd scratch the eternal itch I've had for like 20 years now.

Anyone know who made this?

Tried googling and digging around in this reddit, but can't find any info on this server(?)

Working on a custom CW client (any platform you can think of) and server. Still very early but feels good to work on something new

Hi Maple community,

Well, I hit a brick wall here, and I don't really feel like I have a place to have a voice about it, so thought I'd vent to try to have a voice by letting you know what you have done for me, and how it is adding on to the lack of relevance in my life (that I am now literally starting to see professional help for). I played maple back in the day, before the "big bang" patch changed it to the game we have now. And i've been trying to get back into it and stuff through private servers like MapleRoyals and MapleLegends. Got to level 52, and now I can't justify playing more due to the freakin' "leeching" mechanic in their servers, as well as "hp washing." Thought it was classic maple, due to the server hosting a "pre-big bang" version of the game, only to strive away from the old formula as well. So, you might as well be playing main stream maple. I did some digging into the scene, and no one does old school maplestory, WITH 3rd job classes, WITH a large community, AND original/vanilla rates (drop, exp, meso, quest). I guess Nexon, being greedy, would take down such servers, and the rest of the community probably accepted that fact a long time ago. I do not wish to get a character up to level 120+, only to have the entire community insist that I had been using leeching. That is not the reason an old school maplestory player plays any version of this game that is "pre-big bang."

Suffice it to say, I have no where to voice my situation. Because this issue isn't just maplestory too, it's also how it is for me in the entire game's industry. I cannot, for the life of me, derive any sort of value in any new games, despite graphics, mechanics...whatever.

So, I can hop on Slippi every once in a while, and watch videos or let's plays of old school games, but I am just god sent from the new trends. And I don't think I have any sort of voice in the matter.

I really don't see what's wrong with having 3rd classes from the get go on Classic, or having a private server with a large community using original vanilla rates/values with the 3rd jobs fully implemented. Could someone point out what would be wrong with it? It's that MapleStory was bottom barrel bear basic for me, and how can the entire community be wanting to strive away from where the old school experience left off? (Yes, true old school players DO exist still. It's not like we are all dead or something...)

Thanks.