Effects

There are 14 different Effects in nostAlgic that A can collect. Effects provide an ability when equipped, altering A's appearance and capabilities. The effects are scattered in various places across the dream world. Collecting them all is the goal of the game.

This page lists all of the different effects in nostAlgic, along with their locations and instructions on how to get them.

Effects

Cow Hat

（うしハツト）
Wear a stylish hat.
Appearance: A wears a stylish hat with black and white markings, similar to the color of a cow's fur.
Action: (Shift) A jumps in the air and the bell around their neck rings.
Location: Obtained from the cow in the Milk Room of Breakfast World.
Practical Uses: None.

Camera

（カメラ）
Take pictures with the Shift key.
Appearance: A wears a camera around their neck.
Action: (Shift) A takes a picture, stopping the background music and most moving objects, including chasers.
Location: Obtained in the Pink Seabed from a silver platter north and slightly west of the entrance from the Glass Forest.
Practical Uses: It is useful in areas with chasers in, because it stops their movement and allows you to traverse the area safely, provided camera is still equipped, and you do not press shift again.

Zero Gravity

（無重力）
Become weightless.
Appearance: A begins floating above the ground weightlessly.
Passive Effect: A can walk over certain tiles.
Location: Found in Pastel Space by interacting with the puppet and strings roughly north of the entrance from Tricolor Park.
Practical Uses: It is useful for crossing into the space areas of Pastel Space, which is required for getting the Unicorn effect. In version 0.03, it was needed to get the Long Hair accessory.

Fruit Knife

（フルーツナイフ）
Handle with care!
Appearance: A wields a fruit knife in their right hand.
Action: (Upon interacting with certain objects) A slashes the interacted object with the fruit knife.
Location: Obtained in the Juice Sea next to the Nexus door after draining juice from the area. In previous versions, it could be found in Sunset Tiles Path.
Practical Uses: Can be used to attack and kill NPCs.

Carnation

（カーネーション）
Return to the Nexus with the Shift key.
Appearance: A's head becomes a carnation.
Passive Effect: None.
Location: Found in Scarred Mirror World from the large carnation flower to the southwest of the entrance.
Practical Uses: Can be used to return to the Nexus quickly without waking up. Useful for otherwise inescapable areas, such as Confection World or the isolated areas you are sent to after being caught by a chaser.

Comet

（ホウキ星）
Ride a speedy comet.
Appearance: A rides on a flying comet.
Passive Effect: A's movement speed increases, traveling at double their walking speed.
Location: Obtained from the blue ball-shaped NPC in Cold Forest, just to the west of the Nexus entrance.
Practical Uses: Can be used to traverse the dream world much more quickly.

Drawing

（おえかき）
Be like a drawing.
Appearance: A turns into a scribble.
Passive Effect: None.
Location: Obtained in the house found in Paper Plane World southwest of the entrance by going up the stairs and interacting with the drawing kid.
Practical Uses: None.

Tree

（木）
Become a tree.
Appearance: A turns into a tree.
Passive Effect: None.
Location: Found in Sleeping Garden after interacting with a semitransparent A. In older versions, it could be found in Needle Patchwork after interacting with the girl in her room until the background changes to a tree (the girl has to be walking around, not floating) and then leave the room. Interact with the big tree with the pillows.
Practical Uses: None.

Ribbon

（リボン)
Tie a ribbon.
Appearance: A ties their hair into a ponytail using a bright green ribbon.
Passive Effect: None.
Location: Found in Confection World after eating all of the confections scattered throughout the world, going into the candy tin next to entrance, and interacting with the red figure on top of the ribbon. In previous versions, it could be found in Vegetable Farm.
Practical Uses: None.

Fork

（フォーク）
Become a fork.
Appearance: A's head is replaced by a fork, as well as a fashionable bow tie.
Passive Effect: None.
Location: Found in Nursery Room by interacting with the fork that can be found south of the entrance from the Four Cats Path.
Practical Uses: None.

Fry Pan

（フライパン）
Hold a fry pan. Appearance: A wears a big apron, and holds a frying pan on their right hand.
Passive Effect: None.
Location: Found in Breakfast World by interacting with the giant frying pan that's right next to the Milk Room found in this world.
Practical Uses: None.

Unicorn

（ユニコーン）
Become a unicorn.
Appearance: A turns into a blue-haired white unicorn, with their shirt turning blue in the process.
Passive Effect: None.
Location: Found in Pastel Space by interacting with the unicorn found directly left to the south end of the island (note that getting there requires the Zero Gravity effect).
Practical Uses: None.

Pillow & Nightcap

（枕とナイトキャップ）
Zzz...
Appearance: A wears a pink nightcap, and carries a pillow of the same color.
Passive Effect: None.
Location: Found in Sleeping Flowers after turning off the lights by sleeping on the northeastern bed of the cluster found at the left of the entrance, and interacting with the Tree of Dreams.
Practical Uses: None.

Clock Hand

（時計の針）
Let clock hands come out of you.
Appearance: Diagonal clock hands of multiple colors come out of A's head and body.
Passive Effect: None.
Location: Found in Clock Giant's House by interacting with the Clock Giant.
Practical Uses: None.

Equipping Animations

Cow Hat
Camera
Zero Gravity
Fruit Knife
Carnation
Comet
Drawing
Tree
Ribbon
Fork
Fry Pan
Unicorn
Pillow & Nightcap
Clock Hand

Removed Effects

Photographer

(カメラマン)
Appearance: A wears a camera with a long strap around their shoulder.
Passive Effect: None.
Action (Shift): The screen flashes white with the sound of a camera shutter.
Location: Automatically in inventory at the start of the game.
Practical Uses: None.
Was replaced by Camera effect.

Box Cutter

(カッターナイフ)
Appearance: A wields a box cutter, also could be called a utility knife.
Passive Effect: Some NPCs run away from A.
Action (Shift): Makes a knife-sharpening sound.
Location: Found by interacting with a knife on a pillow in Crystal Caves.
Practical Uses: Can kill NPCs and activate events or chasers.
Was replaced by Fruit Knife effect.

Radio

(ラジオ)
Appearance: A has green hair, a yellow shirt, and red pants. They have a speaker for a face and an antenna for an ear(?). They also have an F (or what could be a dial) on the back of their shirt along with still having an A on the front.
Passive Effect: None.
Action (Shift): A current flashes through A's body, and then depending on the dream world A is in, the radio appears to pick up different loud noises and plays them constantly until Shift is pressed again.
Location: Found by interacting with a small portable radio in Footprints World.
Practical Uses: None.
Was replaced by Receiver effect.

Clock

(時計)
Appearance: A looks like a grandfather clock.
Passive Effect: None.
Action(Shift): The clock spins and A returns to the nexus.
Location: Clock Giant's House
Practical Uses: Can be used to return to the nexus quickly.
Was replaced by Carnation effect.

School Uniform

(制服)
Appearance: A wears a school uniform.
Passive Effect: None.
Action(Shift): None.
Location: Bright School
Practical Uses: Can reveal NPCs hidden in one of the rooms in the Bright School.

Long Hair

(長髪)
Appearance: A grows long hair.
Passive Effect: None.
Action(Shift): None.
Location: Can be found by interacting with A's mother in bed after navigating Scarred Mirror World and Wavy Mirror Hallway.
Practical Uses: None.