Guide — Nomen Ipsa

Getting Started

Nomen Ipsa is an action RPG where you fight bosses, earn renown, and climb the leaderboards alongside other players.

After creating an account and logging in, you can create up to three characters, each with a different vocation. Choose a server region and jump straight into the action.

Quick start

Download and install the client.
Create an account or sign in with Steam.
Create a character and pick your vocation.
Join a world and start fighting.

Characters

Each account supports up to three characters. Characters are tied to a specific server region and cannot be transferred.

Your character accumulates renown over time — this is the primary measure of your progress and is displayed on the leaderboards.

Character stats

Stat	Description
Level	Increases as you earn experience from battles.
Renown	Lifetime prestige. Never decreases.
Gold	Currency. Spent in the shop and on upgrades.
Bounty	Points earned by completing daily and weekly bounties.

Vocations

When creating a character, you choose a vocation that determines your playstyle. Vocations cannot be changed after creation.

Vocation	Role	Playstyle
Warrior	Tank / Melee	High durability, fights up close. Excels at holding boss attention.
Ranger	Ranged DPS	Attacks from a distance. Fragile but deals consistent damage.
Mage	Burst DPS	Powerful spells with cooldowns. High risk, high reward.
Cleric	Support	Heals allies and buffs the party. Scales well in larger groups.

Combat

Combat in Nomen Ipsa is real-time. You move your character, aim skills, and react to boss telegraphs. Every fight has a timer which affects your final score.

Damage types

Physical — blocked by armour. Most warrior and ranger attacks.
Magical — reduced by resistance. All mage spells.
True — bypasses all defences. Rare. Usually from boss abilities.

Difficulty modifiers

Each boss encounter can be started on Easy, Normal, Hard, or Elite difficulty. Higher difficulty multiplies the score you earn but also increases boss health and damage.

Bosses

Bosses are the core of Nomen Ipsa. Each boss has a set of phase-based attacks and a unique arena.

Defeating a boss earns you a Boss Battle score based on your total time, difficulty, and party size. Solo kills at Elite difficulty rank highest.

Boss phases

Most bosses have two or three phases triggered at health thresholds (e.g. 70% and 30%). Phase transitions are accompanied by a brief invulnerability window — use it to reposition.

Tips

Watch the telegraph animations. Every lethal move has a wind-up.
Don't stack — most AoE patterns target the group's centroid.
Phase transitions reset aggro. Tanks should taunt immediately.

Parties

You can fight bosses solo or in a party of up to four. Leaderboard scores are tracked separately per party size, so a duo kill only competes against other duo kills.

Party roles

There are no forced roles — you can bring four warriors if you want. However, mixed parties tend to clear faster and earn higher scores.

Credit

Score credit is shared equally among all party members who were alive at the kill. A member who disconnected before the kill receives no credit.

Bounties

Bounties are optional objectives that reset on a daily or weekly schedule. Completing them awards Bounty Points

Bounty types

Daily — simple tasks like "kill a boss on Hard or higher" or "deal 50,000 damage in a single fight". Resets at midnight UTC.
Weekly — more demanding, e.g. "win 10 boss fights" or "complete a fight without any party member dying". Resets every Monday.

Leaderboards

Leaderboards are updated in real time after each scored event. You can filter by server, category, boss, and party size.

Category	What it measures
Renown	Lifetime renown accumulated by your character.
Boss Battle	Fastest kill of each boss per party size and difficulty.
Time Attack	Most kills in a timed session.
Gold Held	Highest gold balance ever recorded.
Gold Earned	Total gold earned across all time.
Gold Spent	Total gold spent across all time.
Bounty	Cumulative bounty points.