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If you follow these tasks in order that I've listed, I believe you can finish the whole shebang. I haven't finished it since I've died so suddenly. So I don't know if there are any flaws on my list. If you decide to finish the whole thing, let me know how this guide works? I'm sure lots of people finished it already but I couldn't find any guide to finishing this quest without constantly dying. I hope this is helpful to someone!

How did you die so suddenly? If you died near the end of Day 4 you most likely got the wrong order.

I've been following a guide on r/MapleStory (Source: r/MapleStory : We Should Make A Re:Zero Quest Guide.) which seems to have worked for many people:

There are only 2 confirmed paths (so far) that you can take so you don't die at the end of Day 4: ---

In each quest there are death flags.

There are Death Flags for touching maps objects.
Other missions have death flags based on your decision. Here's how to avoid them.

Nexon isn't out of ideas, but in my opinion they're making poor decisions that looks more short-term rather than long term.

A lot of loose ends have been tied rather poorly. If we look at issues such as Kanna's Kishin Shoukan, illicitly gained items/skills/hyper stats, Crimsonwood Keep Party Quest Revamp (it still isn't here), Masteria Through Time, Choco Power! Event, Best Friends Forever (BFF) Event are some of the many problems that we've had.

Viewing end-game content the structure of it is at a major imbalance. Bonus Potentials, Star Forcing Superior Equipment, Nebulites, and Nodestones are lacking availability and affordability within Non-Reboot. Reboot is lacking availability in Nebulites since there is no trading in Reboot. However it may not seem like that because either people in Non-Reboot worlds are continuously throwing money at it or hackers botting to the point where the market or player-base seems that those rates are fair. However it could be much further than the truth.

End-game bosses, I've brought this up before. Clean Empress Equipment won't help you beat Cygnus, and same with Chaos Root Abyss. Potential is the main factor which has become more accessible throughout the years but the randomness is absolutely a pain. Some people can get the best stats and tier within a few cubes. Others may take hundreds if not thousands. The fact that in Non-Reboot you can continue buying it for real money, and those people hacking throws the balances off the scales. There definitely needs to be a revision in the gain for power.

Many players have said avoiding pay-to-win by playing in Reboot is the best solution. I'll agree it is the best solution that is available but otherwise it is running away from the real problem. I find it absolutely crazy that you can continue to drop money until your equipment is perfected while others actually playing the game spends hundreds if not thousands of hours trying to catch up, and they can't. Lets not forget that real-money-trade (RMT) while it is against the End User License Agreement (Updated 22 December 2015), it does exist.

Hacking is still a thing too which imbalances gameplay even more. This can cause revising suggestions such as the limitations of Nebulites or Nodestones to not be taken seriously due to hackers making it seem more obtainable than they actually are. There may be a stance against hacking by the measures taken and the numbers shown each week being thousands but that's simply not enough. There are entire regions worth of botters continuing to hack if you know where to look. There needs to be additional measures taken such as permanently patching full-map attacks (FMA) hacks utilizing certain jobs such as Blaze Wizards, Kinesis, and Blaster. If those hacks cease to exist it will cripple them in the long run.

The Cash Shop is also a huge problem. Many people have expressed over the event of Re:Zero that the crossover equipment being in Re:Zero Surprise Style Boxes and Re:Zero Random Boxes having low rates and most likely you won't obtain them. However I believe that it should extend outside of that. I believe in direct purchase of packages or items which can help increase sales due to there being no risk. Having a weekly sale of items or packages that are permanent will guarantee sale which is already being done, but if it's done with some Surprise Style Items that may heighten the interest or give players a second thought before buying. This can apply to Royal Hairs as well.

In short my main concern is the player power structure and ladder, attainability of certain items or upgrades, hacking/real-money-trade, and the over-usage of random chance. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There's a wide variety that can be done which can slowly rebuild the trust of former, current, and new players. It can't be done overnight but there needs to be action and initiative, not just discussion and planning. Something needs to happen.

The attendance event for Re:Zero is a disaster itself. The rewards for it are not worth mentioning if you're looking for something to increase your stats. It may give some honor, mesos, exp coupons or a buff but that's very minor for events.

I find it sad that the character creation event is limited to Reboot world. There are some people in non-Reboot worlds that would have wanted it as well but that requires a tweaking in rewards.

The Cash Shop is a major cash grab. The majority of items obtained in Re:Zero Random Boxes or Surprise Style Boxes are in fact not Re:Zero items. Many people have stated that the rates are low and not worth the cost. Many have argued that the boxes should only contain Re:Zero items, have their rates higher, or sold separately. The Royal hair with 3 Re:Zero hairs with 3 other hairs is also a disappointment due to above said.

I honestly believe that this crossover was poorly executed and something like this shouldn't happen again.

They should make the Re:Zero Random Boxes, and Re:Zero Surprise Style Boxes have higher chances of getting Re:Zero items. Or make the boxes only give Re:Zero items.

Another option is to make packages or separate items to be bought directly.

This crossover is only going to happen once. Many players expected to obtain many sorts of clothing.

Statless titles from the Event itself is basically giving the middle finger to free players. The low rate of Re:Zero items from Cash Shop is giving the middle finger to players spending real money.

I'm not planning to drop money on something I may or may not get that's such at an abnormal rate. This crossover event so far has been a disastrous cash grab with nothing truly worth in free event content.

As many others have said, it doesn't feel like a crossover if Maple items are thrown into the mix. If it was all Re:Zero related then I would have found it much more acceptable.

But that's still different from what I wanted. If the Re:Zero items were for direct purchase I would have bought all of it in a heat beat.

Due to the current standing of all the Re:Zero items aside from majority of the titles that DO NOT give stats, it feels that this quote unquote "crossover" was more of a money grab than something for players to enjoy. Seeing from a glimpse of the live-stream and the Re:Zero X MapleStory crossover video many people would expect to obtain all sorts of Re:Zero items which I find misleading itself.

Maybe I've overlooked the rewards for Trait Boosters, mesos, and whatever items that may provide a slight advantage to common gameplay to enhance the experience a bit more. But I expected more from a crossover event to obtain exclusive items that may be never sold or obtained again due to licensing issues.

I feel part at fault for not supporting the real issues and instead this, but it doesn't mean that Nexon is off the hook. They're pretty much steering the ship. It's such a shame that this patch event didn't meet expectations.