Bruce agonizes over how to reach his daughter Ayan (in Perion!). Mrs. Ming Ming gives him cooking advice. He bakes Bruce's Special Cake. YOU deliver it across Victoria - Henesys to Perion. Emotional father-daughter arc, citizenship contribution.
It seems like Bruce, your neighbor living in Henesys, has
something on his mind.
Bruce has been agonizing over how to reach his daughter -
who lives in Perion (as Ayan, the Perion resident from
the L11 Andre's Request area). Mrs. Ming Ming gives him
cooking advice: bake a cake, send it with a courier.
YOU are the courier. The cake travels Henesys -> Perion
in your inventory.
Rewards
EXP
3,752 EXP total across 4 steps772 (Bruce Dilemma) + 772 (Ming Ming Advice) + 1,104 (Cooking Ingredients) + 1,104 (Father's Love delivery) = 3,752 EXP. Tutorial-tier per step but 4x the citizenship contribution.
Citizenship contribution points (all 4 steps)Every step contributes to your Henesys Citizenship rank. Full 4-quest completion is one of the largest citizenship-XP hauls in the L17 tier.
Liven's take
Bruce's Cake For His Daughter is Classic
MapleStory's most understated cross-town narrative.
Bruce lives in Henesys. His daughter Ayan lives in
Perion. They haven't spoken in a while. Bruce bakes
a cake as a peace offering. Mrs. Ming Ming (Bruce's
Henesys neighbor) gives him the cooking advice.
YOU are the courier.
The 4-quest arc
506036 - Bruce's Dilemma (Bruce, Henesys).
Bruce agonizes over how to reach his daughter.
Rewards 772 EXP + 347 mesos.
506037 - Mrs. Ming Ming's Advice (Mrs.
Ming Ming). You seek advice on Bruce's
behalf. Mrs. Ming Ming advises: express his true
feelings through a homemade dish. Rewards 772 EXP.
506038 - Bruce's Cooking Ingredients
(Bruce). Bruce needs ingredients to make
the dish. Gather them. Rewards 1,104 EXP + 10 Blue
Potions.
506039 - A Father's Love for His Daughter
(Bruce). Bruce hands you his homemade
Bruce's Special Cake. Deliver it to Ayan in Perion.
Rewards 1,104 EXP + 10 Blue Potions.
THE cross-narrative reveal: Bruce = Ayan's father
This chain retroactively reframes Ayan's
L11 arc. When you first met Ayan in Perion at
L11 during Andre's
Request, she was just a peripheral Perion tribeswoman.
Now at L17 you learn she has a FATHER in Henesys who
misses her. And later at L48 she's
leading Perion
town defense - a woman with her own life, her own
responsibilities, and now a mended relationship with
her Henesys father via YOUR cake delivery.
All 4 quests in this chain contribute to your Henesys
Citizenship rank. Along with the
Community Board
greetings and
Chief Stan's
Past chain, Bruce's chain is one of the largest
citizenship-contribution paths in the L17 tier. See
the Citizenship System
Guide for the full breakdown of contribution paths
and their rewards.
Community-maintained data dashboard extracted directly from the Classic World CoT 2 client. Provides 163 skills with per-level stats + PNG icons, 712 items + 1,199 equipment with icons, 187 monsters with animated sprites, 348 crafting recipes with ingredients and meso costs, 322 quests with chains and rewards, and full patch notes. GitHub-mirrored so the dataset survives even if the live dashboard goes down.
Confirmed facts
CoT 2 contains 163 skills across 25 classes (datamined Aug 11 2026)
CoT 2 contains 348 crafting recipes across 6 disciplines
CoT 2 contains 322 quests organized into chains by region
CoT 2 contains 712 non-equipment items and 1,199 equipment items
Warrior 1st job in CoT 2 has 6 skills including new 'Precise Strikes'
Archer 1st job in CoT 2 dropped 'Blessing of Amazon' and added 'Power Knockback'
