NosTale Glossary

by Falagar / Articles, Misc. Guides / 21 Sep 2017

Accessories (Jewelry) – You can add options via Cellons to your jewelry. They will boost certain attributes of your character.

Account / Acc – Your very own account, please keep any data of it safe!

Adventurer – You begin the game as an Adventurer in NosVille. Later on, you can choose between 3 classes: Swordsman, Archer, or Mage.

AFK – Away from Keyboard.

Aggro – Monsters that attack your player on sight are considered “aggro” or aggressive. Whenever a player attacks a friendly monster, that monster will turn aggro.

Akt 1 – 5 – Different worlds in the game.

AOE – Area of Effect – An attack that causes damage in a certain area.

Arena – PvP map.

Ban – Excluded from the game because of a violation of the terms and conditions.

Baron Berios – Boss from the Light Familyraid.

Battle Potion – Pvp mode gets enabled for your character – can be used on any map.

Basis-SP – Points needed to use a Specialist Card. This bar gets refilled every day.

Betting- By betting, you can improve the level of a rare weapon or armor. The success is based on probabilities.

BoA – Blessing of Ancelloan

Boss – A powerful monster – you have to build a team in order to defeat it (e.g., raid team).

Bot – A computer-controlled character or an external program that performs automated actions (e.g., Level Bot, Minigame Bot). The use of bots is strictly forbidden and will lead to a permanent ban.

BRB – Be Right Back

Buff – A positive effect that enhances your character.

Calvin Coach – NPC that teaches you Skills in NosVille.

Cash Item – An item purchased from NosMall.

CC – Card Carrier

Channel – A game world (or server) is divided into different channels to distribute the workload.

Chat Window – This allows you to communicate with other players in the game.

Cheater – A player who obtains benefits by illegal means (e. g. Bot Programs).

Class Points / CP – These are required to learn skills. Every time you rise to one job level, you receive 2 CP (Max. 160 CP).

Classes – In NosTale, you have three different classes: mage, swordsman, and archer. You must be at least level 15, and job level 20 to you choose a class.

Client – A computer program that requests data or information from a server.

Combination – Resistances can be combined at Malcolm mix to achieve a higher elementary defense or other attributes. The success is based on probabilities.

Contribution Points – Reward for battles with enemies in Act 4. Needed to enter the family raids in Act 4.

Critical Hit / Crit – A critical hit causes more damage than usual.

Crystal – In some missions, you’ll find crystal balls. Some of them open doors; others attract monsters that you’ll need to defeat.

Dark Castra / DC (raid) – The boss from the Dark Castra Raid.

Debuff – A negative effect that affects your character.

Dignity – This value influences the general purchase price from NPCs. You can increase your dignity by defeating monsters close to your level or finish Time Spaces. Defeat will decrease your dignity.

Disconnect/dc- Involuntary separation of the network connection, you get kicked off the server.

Drop – Items that drop from defeated monsters.

Effects – Positive or Negative status changes.

Elements – There are four different elements, which are: fire, water, light, and shadow.

Emoticons – Strings from normal punctuation, which simulate a face and are intended to illustrate the moods and emotional states of the writer. At present, there are numerous NosTale images, faces with different moods. Certain key combinations you can activate and thus show the other players at your current mood. (Alt + “letter”)

Equipment / Equip – Items that your character wears (e.g., Weapon, armor, …)

Experience – Progress of your character (based on level).

EXP – Experience points

Event – A special time in the game (e.g., Halloween Event)

Faction – There are two factions in Nostale (Angels and Demons), which compete against each other in Act 4. A player must belong to a family or a group to participate in the mass PvP at Glacernon. You can also enter individually.

Family – A guild.

Fairies – You increase your elemental attack when they accompany your character. Fairies are fit to the four elements fire, water, light, and shadow. You can level up until they reach their maximum potential (70%).

Farming – Repeated collecting and searching for items or gold

FC – Frozen Crown.

Ginseng- Xysenshrub Raid

God Mode – A Game Master’s skill that makes him/her invulnerable.

Gold – The currency in the game

Grinding – Defeating monsters over a longer period (often of the same type) in order to level up.

Groups – Up to three players can form a group together and tackle missions. (Also called Party)

Highscore- You can obtain a Highscore in Time Spaces; you can also use the Highscore Board in NosVille.

HP – Health Points

Icebreaker/ IB – PvP event, which starts several times a day.

Ignore – If you have problems with other players, you can ignore them by using the Blacklist function.

Imba – short for imbalanced, characters that are clearly superior to another are often referred to as “overpowered.” Also, equipment or entire families can be considered “overpowered.”

Ingame / IG – You are currently in the game.

Instant Battle / IC – PvE event, which starts several times a day.

IRC – Short for Internet Relay Chat, a chat system that is used by the NosTale team for support. The official NosTale channel can be found at #nostale.UK.

Jelly- Mother Cuby Raid

Job level / JLv – Is required to use certain skills and Specialist.

KFC – Chicken King raid (or Kentucky Fried Chicken…)

Kick – Automatic log-off from the server for unfair play, insults, etc.

Lady Calvina – Boss from the Water Familyraid.

Lag – Interruptions in the flow of the game due to technical problems (e.g., link failure between the server and client). Lags create delays in the game.

Land of Death – Family Dungeon, which is only open at certain times of the day. Is mainly used for leveling.

Leveling – Earn experience points to level up by questing or defeating monsters.

Lever – Is usually necessary to open locked doors in Time Spaces.

Loot – Term for items that are dropped by defeated enemies.

Looting – Term for picking up items from defeated monsters or, in a negative way, picking up items from other players.

Lord Hatus – Boss from the Dark Familyraid.

Lvl – Level

Maintenance – Server Maintenance, we are currently working on resetting or updating the server. You cannot access the server at this time.

Malcolm Mix – NPC in NosVille, brew potions for materials, combines your resistances for you, and upgrades your specialist cards.

Master Morcos – Boss from the Fire Familyraid.

Mimi Mentor – Important NPC in NosVille; she can change your profession or make you create a family.

Mini-Games – Mini Games in Miniland, where you can get hold of valuable items.

Miniland – Your virtual home, where your NosMates are gathered. Here you can build buildings, create gardens, play minigames, and store items. And of course, you can also invite all your friends into your Miniland.

Minimap – This shows the position of the character on the map.

Mount – An item that makes your character move faster (e.g., Magic carpet, Magic scooter).

MP – Mana Points

NosBasar- An auction house where you can buy items from other players and sell items to other players.

NosDollars – The currency of the Item Shop

NosMall – The item shop of NosTale. Here you can buy special items for NosTale such as costumes, vehicles, pets, and much more.

NosMates – The general term for pets and partners. NosMates, you are actively in the fight to the side.

NosTale – The Free Anime MMORPG

NosVille – The village where you begin the game as an adventurer.

NPC – Non-Player Character, a computer-controlled character.

Overpowered/OP – Equipment that is too strong in relation to others is considered to be overpowered.

Partner – A partner is an NPC that accompanies you and fight with you. Unlike pets, they can not be captured. You can obtain partners by completing Time Spaces. You are also able to give your partner equipment and resistance.

Pets – Animal companions that you can capture or obtain through random boxes.

Potion / Pot – Item that recovers your MP or HP.

Potting – The continuous use of potions.

Private Shop – A shop that a player can open to selling items.

Production Points – These are used to mini-games to play NosTale. With every game, you consume production points, but they are charged on a daily basis.

PSA – Private Shop Area

Pulling – Trying to make monsters approach you by walking closer or using a ranged weapon.

PvE – Player versus Environment, fight against computer-controlled opponents

PvP – Player versus Player, battle against other players

Quests – Missions that you have to accomplish to get further in the story. In the game, a difference is made between main and side quests. The latter is irrelevant to the story’s progression. If you complete these, you get extra experience points and items.

Quest Helper – Gives you information about your current main and side quests. You open it by pressing [O].

Quick Slots – You can place objects and Skills in the Quick Slots to easily use them by pressing a quick key.

Raid – A team activity of up to 15 players with the aim to defeat a powerful enemy (Boss Monster).

Raid Seal – Item required to open a raid. You get it by completing special Time Spaces.

Raid Team – The team that gets together to defeat a boss monster.

Rankings – Here are all the players and families are listed, sorted by level, reputation, and achievements in PvP. You can see the rankings on the NosTale Website.

Rainbow Battle / RCB – Several times a day held PvP battle, putting two teams of 10-15 members against each other.

Resistance – You can reduce the damage of elemental attacks. NosTale provides shoes and gloves to support resistance. When you combine different resistances, you can achieve higher elemental defense.

Respawn – Refers to the reappearance of defeated enemies or other players when they were defeated.

RL – An acronym for Real Life.

Reputation – You need a certain reputation for being able to use

Specialist Cards. You can improve this by defeating Time Spaces. You can also gain a reputation by defeating other players in Frozen Crown.

Shell – Can be attached to weapons and armor to add certain attributes.

Skill Points – Received when your Specialist card gains job levels. It can be distributed to various attributes in order to make your Specialist stronger.

Speaker – With this Cash Item, you can send a message to the whole channel.

Specialist Card / SP card – Each class has four separate specialist cards that fit the various elements. In addition, there are four fun specialists cards. All SP cards can be acquired by quests or raids.

Specialist Points – Any attack with an SP card requires specialist points. If you are out of SP Points, then you cannot use your SP card anymore. You can still use it if you have Extra SP Points. The Specialist Points don’t decrease with “Fun” SP Cards.

Stats – Abbreviation for Statistics, This means that the attributes of a character (e.g., the values for hit points, magic points, attack, defense, etc.).

Stunning – Put an opponent out of action for some time. (e.g., Blackout)

System Options – Offers you the opportunity to adjust graphics, sound, and notifications.

TeamSpeak / TS- A voice conferencing software that allows users to communicate over the Internet.

Time Spaces – Missions to be completed within a given time. They are important if you want to advance in the story. There are also special Time Spaces where you can get hold of seal for raids or valuable items.

Titus Trip – NPC, which you can meet in any city in NosTale. He can take you into the Arena.

Upgrading – Upgrade your equipment to improve your attack or your defense. The success is based on probabilities.

User Interface / UI – Allows control of the game (e.g., through buttons, quest window, quick slots) and shows different character and monster information and the bar for experience points.

Warehouse – This can be built in your Miniland and serves for the storage of items. With the warehouse, you can trade your items over to your other characters on the same account.

Wedding – In NosTale, you can get married.

Falagar

He is the founder and editor of Magic Game World. He loved gaming from the moment he got a PlayStation 1 with Gran Turismo on his 7th birthday.

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