HubCW
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How to use HubCW

HubCW is the Free Market board, price check and game database for MapleStory Classic World. This page walks you through everything, from your first search to your first trade.

1. Getting started

You can browse listings, check prices and use the whole game database without an account. You need a free account to post listings, message members, leave feedback and enter the giveaway.

  1. Sign upClick Sign up at the top right. Pick a username (3-16 letters, numbers or _), enter your email and a password of at least 8 characters, or use Continue with Google or Continue with Discord.
  2. Add your characterOpen Settings from the menu under your name and fill in your IGN, job and level. Buyers use your IGN to find you in game, and the giveaway needs it.
  3. Pick your pictureYou start as a random Beginner, like a new character in game. To show your own, click Edit character in Settings and upload a screenshot of your Equip tab: HubCW reads your gear and draws your character. Rather be a monster? Pick one in Settings, then Use my monster instead on the character page.
TipForgot your password? Use Forgot password? on the login page. The reset link works once and lasts an hour.
2. Search & check prices

The search box at the top of every page finds items, monsters, maps, NPCs, quests and skills as you type. Press / to jump to it. Pick an item to open its price page.

Reading a price page

Price Check is built from completed trades, not asking prices, so it shows what items really sell for.

Price nowThe median of the last few days of sales. The ▲ / ▼ next to it is the recent trend.
Median (90d) & typical rangeThe middle price over 90 days, and the range most sales fall in.
Lowest ask & highest bidThe cheapest item for sale right now (on HubCW and in Free Market stores) and the best buy request.
Price by stat rollFor equips: what each stat roll sells for, so a 7-attack glove isn't priced like a 5.
NoteEquip prices count clean (unscrolled) items only. A scrolled item can be worth a lot more, or less.

Sales come from HubCW listings marked sold and from sold-out slots seen in Free Market stores. Each trade in Recent trades says where it was seen.

Get a PM when an item shows up

On any price or item page, use the item alert box. Choose Someone is selling it (optionally at or below a price) or Someone wants to buy it (at or above a price), then Set alert. HubCW notifies you (the bell in the top bar) when a matching listing goes up. You can have up to 50 alerts and manage them in My shop.

3. Buying
  1. Find the itemOpen the Market. Search, pick a category, or open More filters for job, level and price. Each listing shows how its price compares with the 30-day median.
  2. Check the listingThe listing page shows the seller's real stats next to clean stats, the price check, and the seller's rep. Click their name for their feedback.
  3. Claim it or ask a questionClick I'll take it to buy at the asking price. The seller is told and the listing is held for you for 24 hours. To haggle or ask first, use Message on HubCW or post an offer under Replies & Offers.
  4. Meet in gameIf the seller gave an IGN, Copy whisper copies a ready-made /w line for them. Check the Find me channel and room. Trade through the trade window.

Not ready yet? Click Watch to save a listing to your watchlist in My shop.

Can't find it? Post a buy request

Click + Sell, switch the toggle to Buying, and say what you'll pay. Sellers who have it click I have it. Browse other people's requests under Buy requests.

4. Selling

Click + Sell in the top bar (or the big Sell button on phones).

  1. Paste a screenshotPress Ctrl+V with a screenshot of the item's tooltip, drop the image in, or click to browse. HubCW recognises the item and fills in its stats. No screenshot? Use Or search for the item.
  2. Check the statsFor equips, enter the real stats and slots left. Gray numbers are the clean values: Fill in clean stats copies them in. Buyers see how your roll compares.
  3. Set your pricePrices are per item. You can type shortcuts like 850k, 1.2m or 3b. Choose Fixed price, Or best offer or Taking offers, and set the quantity for stackable items. The Quick fill chips offer the median sale and lowest ask.
  4. Say where to find youUnder More details, add your IGN, channel and room, and an optional description. Then click Post listing.
ShortcutLogged in, you can paste an item screenshot on any HubCW page and it opens a filled-in listing.

Keeping it visible

  • Bump moves your listing back to the top, once every 6 hours.
  • A listing not bumped for 14 days expires. Click Relist to bring it back.
  • You can have up to 40 active listings and up to 4 images on each. Manage them all in My shop.
5. Finishing a trade

Marking trades as sold is what powers Price Check for everyone, and it's how you earn rep.

  1. Mark it soldOn your listing, fill in the final price and the buyer's HubCW username or in-game name (IGN) under Mark as sold, then click Done. If the buyer clicked I'll take it, their name is already filled in.
  2. The buyer confirmsIf the buyer claimed the listing, the trade is confirmed straight away. Otherwise they see Did this trade happen? and click Yes, confirm trade (or No, this wasn't me).
  3. Leave feedbackBoth sides then get a Leave feedback prompt for 60 days: +1, neutral or -1, with a short comment.

Trade fell through? Click Release to free a hold, or Close to take the listing down without a sale.

6. Rep, fame & safety
Trade repThe total of a member's feedback. It can only come from confirmed trades, one rating per trade, and it can't be changed later. The rated member can reply once.
FameThe ▲ / ▼ on a profile, like in game. You can fame one member a day, and the same member once every 30 days.

Trading safely

  • Check the other member's rep and feedback before a big trade.
  • Always trade in game through the trade window, and check items and mesos before you confirm.
  • Mesos only. Real-money trades, account selling and piloting get you banned. HubCW staff will never ask for your Nexon login.
  • Something wrong? Use Report on the listing, or Report this member on their profile.

Read the full market rules.

7. Messages & notifications

The chat button in the top bar opens your messages. Start a chat with Message on any listing or profile, or search for a member by name or IGN.

  • Enter sends and Shift+Enter adds a new line. Sending an empty box sends a 👍.
  • Attach, paste or drop up to 4 photos per message. The 🙂 in the message box adds emoji.
  • Hover a message to react or reply to it (on phones, long-press it). A reply shows the message it answers; click that to jump back to it.
  • Paste a link to a HubCW listing and it shows as a card with the item, price and whether it's still for sale.
  • On a computer, chats open as small windows at the bottom of the page, so you can keep browsing.
  • A new message plays a short ding, and a new notification a softer chime, unless you're already looking at that chat. The 🔊 button at the top of your chat list (or the notifications list) turns sounds off and on for that browser.
  • The ⋯ menu (or the member's name in a chat window) lets you block or report a member, or delete a conversation (it's only removed for you).

The bell next to it holds your notifications: item alerts, replies to your listings, trade updates, feedback, fame and giveaway news. A number on the bell means something new; click it to see the latest (on phones it opens the full list), or open all notifications.

8. Database & tools

The Database comes straight from the Classic World client and covers Maple Island and Victoria Island.

ItemsStats, who sells or drops them, and the real Classic World stats learned from listing screenshots.
Monsters & MapsHP, EXP and where each monster spawns; every map's monsters, NPCs and exits.
QuestsEvery quest, plus the Quest ETC guide: all the ETC items quests ask for, by level range.
Jobs & SkillsEvery Explorer 1st and 2nd job skill.
CraftingRecipes for each profession, and which ones are most profitable right now.
CitizenshipTown grades, daily quests and weekly donations.

Tools

  • Where should I train? Enter your level to see the best monsters by EXP per HP, and how many kills to level up.
  • EXP Calculator works out how far you are from a target level.
  • Scroll Simulator lets you try scrolling an item without losing real scrolls.

In Discord

Add the HubCW Discord bot and type /price and an item name in any chat. It also answers /listings, /movers, /item, /mob and /train.

9. Weekly giveaway

Every Wednesday at 00:00 UTC, one member wins a prize. You earn entries just by using HubCW that week:

What you doEntriesCounts up to
Post a listing (each different item)15×
Leave trade feedback for someone you traded with22×
List an equip with a tooltip screenshot that teaches Classic stats13×
Invite a friend: they sign up with your link and post a listing, feedback or screenshot23×

Your account must be at least 3 days old and have an IGN set. The winner gets a message and has 7 days to claim on the giveaway page, where you'll also find your entries and your invite link.

10. Phone, dark mode & keys
  • On a phone, the bar at the bottom of the screen has Market, Prices, Sell, Database and Tools.
  • Dark mode: click the moon / sun button in the top bar. HubCW follows your device's setting until you choose.
/Jump to the search box
↑ ↓ EnterPick a search suggestion
EscClose menus and suggestions
Ctrl+VPaste an item screenshot to sell it (when logged in)
← →Flip through a listing's screenshots
Questions

Is HubCW free?

Yes. Accounts, listings and every tool are free.

Does HubCW handle the trade?

No. HubCW helps you find each other; the trade itself happens in game, face to face.

Why doesn't the database list monster drops?

Drop tables live on the game servers, not in the client. Item pages show drops that have been seen on stream.

Why is my listing gone from the market?

It probably expired after 14 days without a bump. Find it in My shop and click Relist.

Can I change my username?

Yes, in Settings. Your old profile link keeps working.

Still stuck?

Email us at [email protected].