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 fights with you. Unlike pets, they cannot 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 sell items.

PvE – Player vs. Environment – The player fights against monsters and NPCs.

PvP – Player vs. Player – The player fights against another player.

Quests – Tasks you can complete to receive rewards (gold, items, experience).

Raid – Special Boss fights where teams can join forces to defeat a powerful monster.

Resistances – The term describes the defense of your character against the different elements.

RMT – Real Money Trade.

Roll – Used in MMOs and means to roll for an item drop.

Skill – Abilities that your character has, such as healing or dealing damage.

Skill Level – The degree of training of your character’s skill, defined by the number of CP.

Specialist – A more powerful variant of your character. You can choose a specialist from a certain level and develop further.

Specialist Card – Special cards that you can acquire through drops or quests to use a specialist.

SP – Skill Points.

Stamina – Points required to use skills.

Status – Your character’s condition (e.g., HP, MP).

Starter Pack – Items for beginners. They can only be used once per character.

Stat – Statistics of your character (HP, MP, etc.).

Sub-Level – The level you are in when you have exceeded the max level of your base class. You can still gain experience but do not rise to the next level.

Target – A player or monster you are currently targeting.

Time Space – A unique dungeon you can enter at the respective time to complete quests.

Titles – Titles you can earn from quests or PvP.

Town Portal – A spell or skill that teleports you to a town.

Trade – The process of exchanging items between players.

Transmutation – The transformation of an item into another item.

Upgrade – The improvement of an item.

Vain – Enemy in the game.

Vortex – Special event that requires players to solve challenges or tasks.

Vote – Voting for changes to be made in the game or for new items.

Warriors of Light – Special event in NosTale.

World Boss – A boss that can be attacked by all players on a specific server.

World Chat – A global chat available to all players on the server.

XP – Experience points.

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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