AcornStory â Sockets and Nebulite

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Welcome to AcornStory, our ongoing guide to getting started in Maple World! The new socket system is a great way to beef up your equipment, but it might seem a little confusing at first. Were offering up a guide on making alien technology work for you!

<div class="hr"/>Socket and Nebulite Equipment Upgrades

Do you feel like youre just not getting enough power out of your equipment? The new Socket system is here to help! Sockets allow you to upgrade your equipment on top of the existing Scroll, Enhancement, and Potential systems by attaching special alien runes called Nebulite that add a variety of stats and enhancements.

To get a Socket installed on your equipment, talk to NPC Bo in one of the major towns and follow his instructions.

To get your hands on Nebulite, aid Icebyrd Slimm in his battle against the aliens invading Masteria. Completing his repeatable quest will also give you Beyond the Stars Coins, a galactic currency that can be traded for Nebulite. Just talk to NPC Pico in New Leaf City to purchase your Nebulite! Some monsters also drop Nebulite boxes, so keep an eye out for them while hunting.

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A socket is a small, magnetized bezel that provides a secure setting for Nebulite. The only man with the know-how and the equipment to install a Socket is NPC Bo, who you can find in most towns. Hes an expert on alien technology.



To add a socket:

1. Open your item inventory and talk to NPC Bo.
   
2. Open the Alien Socket Wrench interface.
   
   
   
   
3. Drag a piece of equipment from your inventory to the Alien Socket Wrench window.
   
   
   
   
4. Click OK to add the Socket or Cancel to back out.
   
5. Not all equipment can be socketed.
   

Bo will have your installation done in a few moments. Socketed equipment has a small, white square on the top-left of its inventory icon. Equipment with empty sockets will also have a message at the bottom of the description to let you know that Nebulite can be added.



Each socket can only contain one Nebulite.

<div class="hr"/>Nebulite

Nebulite is a powerful tool in the alien arsenal and now its all yours! Each of these stones harnesses different elements of the universe, granting boosts like extra Strength (STR), random magic spells, or increased damage against bosses.

Currently, the only reliable source of Nebulite is Pico in New Leaf City, though some monsters have been known to drop them. Icebyrd Slimms quest to save the city from aliens will also provide one, dropped by an important alien monster. His repeatable quest will allow you to collect Beyond the Stars Coins, which can be used at Picos shop to buy more Nebulite.

Like most jewels, Nebulite is graded on its clarity and the quality of its manufacture, from the common D-grade stones, to the ultra-rare A-grade gems. A-grade Nebulite is highly sought after for its extreme boosts in power.

Nebulite Grades

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Nebulite can be upgraded and reconfigured before installation by using an Alien Cube from the Cash Shop. Once a Nebulite has been installed, it cannot be altered.

When you are ready to install a Nebulite on your equipment, follow these steps:

1. Open the Set-Up tab of your Inventory.
   
2. Hover your cursor over the Nebulite to view its stats.
   
3. Double-click the Nebulite to open the Nebulite interface.
   
   
   
   
4. Drag a piece of equipment from your Equip tab into the square in the Nebulite window.
   • The equipment must have an empty socket
     
   • The equipment must match the Nebulite for example, the Nebulite above fits on all equipment except weapons, whereas the Nebulite below fits on weapons only.
     
   
   
   
5. Click OK to attach the Nebulite, or click Cancel to back out.
   
6. Remember, once a Nebulite has been set, it cannot be removed without being destroyed.
   
7. Most Nebulite powers stack with your equipments other stats, including Potentials.
   
8. Passive effects, such as skill activation and facial expression changes, do not stack.
   

<div class="hr"/>Alien Cubes

If you want to upgrade or reconfigure the powers of your Nebulite before you attach it to a Socket, youll need an item that can harness the power of the cosmos. The Alien Cube, available in the Cash Shop, is just the tool for the job. Besides offering new stats to Nebulite, there is also a chance that the Nebulite will gain a quality grade during the reconfiguration!

Alien Cube1,500 NXAlien Workbench Set

1500 NX per. Also, "To get your hands on Nebulite, aid Icebyrd Slimm in his battle against the aliens invading Masteria. Completing his repeatable quest will also give you Beyond the Stars Coins, a galactic currency that can be traded for Nebulite. Just talk to NPC Pico in New Leaf City to purchase your Nebulite! Some monsters also drop Nebulite boxes, so keep an eye out for them while hunting."

Hmm.

chance to break the item?

I'm actually okay with this system. All in favour of sockets completely replacing potential?

can you cube sockets outside of the itme? So you can upgrade it before you set it?

Also wondering if you can buy the highest order ones with coins o_O

So you can transform your D rank nebulite into C rank and so using the cubes?

Or you can hunt them. I like this system. I just hope Monster Book shows who drops what.

If I can't socket my Lionheart gear. Imma kill a bitch.

can you cube sockets outside of the itme? So you can upgrade it before you set it?

That's the way it MUST be done. Once the socket is full, that nebulite is gone.

I'm actually okay with this system. All in favour of sockets completely replacing potential?

I'm definitely in favor of sockets over potential, purely for the fact that you know what bonus stat you'll get BEFORE you attach it to the equip.

Wonder how hard / tedious the repeatable quests is. Also, I wonder if you get a RANDOM nebulite from Pico, or if he's like a regular store where you can just buy a Grade A provided you have saved a lot of coins.

Yeah going to let everyone else tests this first before I use it on my own gear. lol

Wonder how long it will take them to add more sockets, this system reminds me a lot of Diablo 2's socketing system and that could have up to 6 sockets for weapons...

From other posts by Nexon, it seems you buy low quality/basic ones from the NPC by trading in coins.

I'm guessing when they say some monsters can drop nebulite boxes, you get a randomized nebulite when opening those boxes?

Wonder how long it will take them to add more sockets, this system reminds me a lot of Diablo 2's socketing system and that could have up to 6 sockets for weapons...

Inb4 Multiple Sockets and Nebulite Words

ohgod BOTD.

I just hope the droprate is good. Then it'll be perfect.

I just hope the droprate is good. Then it'll be perfect.

indeed, so far this system works exactly how i thought i'd work, i'm expecting the nebulite boxes that can be dropped to be separated by rank, kind of like monster cards.

"A rank nebulite box"
"S rank nebulite box"

etc.

From other posts by Nexon, it seems you buy low quality/basic ones from the NPC by trading in coins.

I'm guessing when they say some monsters can drop nebulite boxes, you get a randomized nebulite when opening those boxes?

Most likely this. I imagine only D or C being sold via NPC, MAYBE B but definitely not A.

If I had to guess drop rate, it's probably close to a potential/EE scroll dropping. That would make it common enough but not flood the market nor make it impossible to get.

Edit: @Shinku: I don't remember seeing any nebulite stuff in the extraction, but if it's there maybe the chance of something popping up is in the client (like other random boxes e.g. Ani Box). I feel though it'll be 1 box and it'll give you any type of nebulite. I'm hoping for different ranked boxes as well but I doubt it. Hopefully the boxes are tradeable so it's sort of like the MMB system.

Edit2: Credit to @iAmFear

No chance of getting exactly what you want. Behold, the nebulite box.


Nebulite Box
Contains a random Nebulite.

These are what drop from monsters.

Not finding any probability data, so, it's all in Nexon's hands.

In addition, there are 419 Nebulites, 307 not including S Rank.
112 S Ranked
80 A Ranked
98 B Ranked
94 C Ranked
35 D Ranked

No Nexon, I actually do feel like I'm getting enough power out of my equipment.

At least this system seems more NX-less friendly.

thanks kasool, read this thread first, so i just found that out.

i'm liking nebulite uses the set-up system, FINALLY AN USE FOR THAT WINDOW!

and that "not feeling you're getting enough power out of your equipment" yes nexon, i don't feel enough power out of my equipment, but for the wrong reasons

For these few hours, for the first time, AcornStory is a potentially reliable source.

Diffusers are pretty punitive if you mistakenly shove a C or B grade Nebulite in a final weapon (which some people will since it's a new system and they want to try it out). So basically it's a case of being damn careful about what you shove in your sockets unless you like NX.

i'm liking nebulite uses the set-up system, FINALLY AN USE FOR THAT WINDOW!

But... event items, and, most importantly, my chairs ;_;