Magician

For the classification of Magicians, see Category:Magicians.

Explorer Magician
Information
Class / Branch	Explorer / Magician
Main Stat	Intelligence (INT)
Primary Weapon	Wand or Staff
Secondary Weapon	Shield or Magic Book
Hit Points / Mana Points	Low / High
Job Instructor	Grendel the Really Old

Name (Other Servers)
KoreaMS	마법사 (魔法師, Mabeopsa)
TaiwanMS	法師 (Fǎshī)

Explorer Magician is one of the five class archetype job introduced to MapleStory. Explorer Magicians make use of unrivaled magical power to attack foes from a variety of ranges, usually in the interest of backing up comrades and keeping foes from all directions at a safe distance.

Three types of Explorer Magicians exist: Magician (Fire, Poison), Magician (Ice, Lightning), and Bishop.

When the player reaches Level 10 as a Beginner, aspiring Magicians will be sent to the Magic Library in Ellinia to talk to Grendel the Really Old, who will advance the player to a Magician. The player will be given an HP and MP boost, as well as a basic magician weapon.

Upon reaching Level 30, Magicians will be given the choice to advance to a Wizard (Fire, Poison) (eventually becoming Arch Mages (Fire, Poison)), Wizard (Ice, Lightning) (eventually becoming Arch Mages (Ice, Lightning)), or Cleric (eventually becoming Bishops).

Job Branch

A Magician (Fire, Poison) combines the elements of Fire and Poison to apply DoT (damage over time) to their enemies, while gaining additional damage as they maintain multiple sources of DoT.

A Magician (Ice, Lightning) combines the elements of Ice to freeze / slow down enemies and Lightning to shock enemies.

A Bishop uses Holy elemental attacks to heal allies while also specializing in party support, granting various damage and utility boosts to allies.

All 3 Explorer Magicians can choose to wield a Wand or a Staff.

Job Advancement Tree
1-10	10-30	30-60	60-100	100-300
Novice	1st Job	2nd Job	3rd Job	4th Job & above
Beginner	Magician	Wizard (Fire, Poison)	Mage (Fire, Poison)	Arch Mage (Fire, Poison)
		Wizard (Ice, Lightning)	Mage (Ice, Lightning)	Arch Mage (Ice, Lightning)
		Cleric	Priest	Bishop

Open Advancement

The Open Advancement system was introduced during Part 1 of the RED update. It allows Explorers to switch jobs in their class by paying a certain amount of mesos, which increases based on your character's level as well as the number of times you have previously used the Open Advancement system; as an alternative, players can use Job Advancement Coins (obtained via special events), which will take priority over the meso cost.

Features and Rules

• Players must be an Explorer, at least level 101 and have made the 4th job advancement.
• One can only change jobs once a day.
• One can only change jobs in their specific class (e.g. a Bishop can switch to a Magician (Fire, Poison) or a Magician (Ice, Lightning), but a Bishop cannot switch to a Corsair).
• All Skill Points are reset upon switching.
• Mastery Books used before switching will be reset.
• V Skills (Skill Nodes and Boost Nodes specific to that class) will be locked and unable to be used, but they will not be removed.
• After switching classes, a Level 100 weapon box for that class is received.

Gallery

Artwork

Original Magician artwork

Transition Magician Artwork

Magician (Male) artwork after Maple Island revamp, also I/L artwork

Magician (Female) artwork after Maple Island revamp, also F/P artwork

Bishop artwork

Magician artwork after Jump!

Magician artwork in TaiwanMS' promotional teaser for Explorer revamp

Magician artwork after RED

Current Magician artwork after Awake

Arch Mage (Fire, Poison) artwork for MapleStory M

Arch Mage (Ice, Lightning) artwork for MapleStory M