Aida, Valley of Loren & Crywolf

Aida is a classic hunting ground for characters above level 130. The Season 9 notes list it at level 130, or 150 to warp in. Karutan has an exit that leads here.

• Monsters: Death Tree, Forest Orc, Blue Golem, Witch Queen, Hellmaine, Bloody Orc, Bloody Death Rider and Bloody Witch Queen.
• Hellmaine drops the Hell-Miner Horn for the first part of Priest Devin's 3rd class quest.
• The safe zone of Aida is one of the places with a Jewel of Pandora mining area, visible while you hold a Pandora Pick.
• During a Golden Invasion a Golden Stone Golem can appear in Aida.

The Valley of Loren is the map where Castle Siege takes place. Its exits lead to Lorencia, Crywolf and the Land of Trials. The community guide notes that a guild must register hours ahead, with a Dark Lord guild master of level 200 or more and at least 20 members.

The Land of Trials cannot be reached with the move command or the M key. The only way in is through a gatekeeper NPC, and the guild that won Castle Siege decides who may hunt there; the castle lord and its alliance enter freely. If you die inside, you return to the entrance in the Valley of Loren. Monsters: Axe Warrior, Lizard Warrior, Poison Golem, Queen Bee, Fire Golem and Erohim.

The Fortress of Crywolf sits in the south-east of the Valley of Loren, entered at (164,35). It is the front line where humans and elves hold back Kundun's army; its rough terrain makes it a natural stronghold, and the war there has stalled. Kundun ordered Lemuria to send troops to break the deadlock, which leads to the Crywolf defense event. The community map list gives level 100 for the map.

Monsters: Hammer Scout, Lance Scout, Bow Scout, Werewolf, Balram, Soram, Death Spirit, Dark Elf and Balgass.

Behind Crywolf lie two linked maps, Balgass' Barracks and Balgass' Resting Place. They need level 350 and are open only to characters doing the matching quests, as part of the road to Master Level. In Priest Devin's quest line the second part, Infiltration of the Barracks of Balgass, asks for level 400 and sends you to hunt the barracks' monsters (see 2nd & 3rd Class Quests).

• Barracks: Balram, Death Spirit and Soram (hero versions).
• Resting Place: Dark Elf, Death Spirit and Soram.

In the part of Aida where forbidden magic was once used, a dimensional rift was found where dark magic is still at work. The plants and animals there turned black or white, so people named it Gray Aida, and warriors of the MU Continent began to explore it step by step to clear the dark magic. It opened in Season 16 Part 2 (January 25, 2022).

• It is an elemental hunting ground: the monsters that appear there carry an element (see the Elemental System).
• The monsters have excellent and critical damage rate resistance, damage absorption and debuff resistance.
• The map has a Safe Zone; if your character dies or the connection drops, you come back there.

Main drops: Excellent Manticore Armor and the Excellent Socket Necklace.

An Elite Zone Flag stands at the entrance of the Elite Zone inside Gray Aida. The Elite monsters there use an Elite Skill and an Elite Debuff option: whenever they damage you, the debuff lands every time (100%) and hurts you. Like bosses, they cannot be affected by things such as Divine Punishment, and a Guardian with the Elite resistance option softens their debuffs.

Besides the normal loot of the map, Elite monsters have drops of their own. A few of them have a weekly cap that resets every week.