Request: Generic location guide

Well whatever you do, don't mention mandatory boat rides being a concern or you're likely to be lynched

 

I take a very slow and relaxed tour of the Maple world when I play. It's definitely not efficient way to gain EXP, but I'm lazy when it comes to travelling so I want to get as many quests completed without shuttling back and forth too much. Generally it looks like this:

Lvl 8/10 – 35: Victoria Island
I leave Victoria Island a lot later than most folks do, but mostly because there's a couple of quests that requires me to deliver some quest items to faraway places and I don't like to shuttle back and forth. You've got some letters bound for KFT, Aquarium and Omega Sector, you've got 2 books to deliver (and a third to collect), and so on. I spent some vote cash on expanding my inventory slots so I could hold everything. You WILL BE lugging around tons of quest items so monitor your inventory space carefully.

Lvl 35 onwards: Orbis > Ariant > Magatia
You can speak to Moppie the Dog along the way. (You can gather up some solid horns to patch up the hole in Nautilus too.) I can't remember if there are other quests you can do, but complete or initiate any quests that are available and hop over to Ariant. The Ariant quest line will keep you entertained for a while. You'll have time to visit Orbis for the Queen's Tea quest, and if you've visited Thailand and initiated Ugly's Quest for Beauty, you can finish that on the way too. After that, head for Magatia where there's a couple more quests for you to mop up.

Lvl 40+: Ludibrium
This is when it gets a bit more free-and-easy. Usually I murder some Chronos and find the last Maple History Book to clear up my inventory slots (and collect cogs for Dr Betty), before I deliver my letter to KFT (you can initiate your Librarian quests here too). You can look for the letter in the bottle for Lost in the Ocean and deliver your Aquarium letters if you like, since you'll be heading to Omega Sector eventually. After that, go back to Ludibrium where you can talk to Nemi, Marcel etc. You'll be going to visit all ten Roly-Polys in Eos Tower while killing mobs in the process. In the meantime, you can finish the Dollhouse quest; it's a short quest line that brings you back to Ludibrium toy factory.

While in Eos Tower, remember to hang on to some items like block golem bricks, the Bloctopus Blueprint, and a Bloctopus keyring. You'll need these for some Omega Sector quests. When you arrive at Omega Sector, you can hand over your letter to Dr Kim, as well as finish up some quests here. You can stay at Omega Sector, or mop up more quests in Ludibrium's toy factory. You can also use the warp ticket for a quick trip back to Victoria Island to finish up some quests (gathering solid horns, cogs, mousetraps, speaking to Jay after getting the medal, bringing back food from Aquarium, etc.).

Lvl ???: Korean Folk Town, Aquarium, Orbis (and Florina Beach, El Nath)
By now you can loop back to KFT and Aquarium to finish up on the last of the quests that you set out to do. There are some quests in Aquarium and Orbis that you can clear while you're there, and if you've initiated the Florina Beach VIP ticket quest, you can work on that as well. You can clear the King Clang boss quest while you're there. There are a ton of quests waiting for you in El Nath as well.

After that, you can go back to Victoria Island (since you should see a whole bunch of quests there that mostly requires you to go into Deep Ant Tunnel and beyond). You can also visit New Leaf City, Singapore and Taiwan along the way.

As for World Tour… I suppose you can make a quick trip to these places as and when you feel like it. Thailand and Shanghai are pretty safe, and the Mushroom Shrine's immediate surroundings are fairly tame as long as you don't stumble into graveyards or the Mushdad map.