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The following are common terms used during gameplay or discussion. Please note that this is not a complete list.

A

• A>: Auctioning an item.
• AB: Acid Demonstration also known as Acid Demonstration (AD) on other servers.
• Aco: An Acolyte class player.
• AFK: "Away From Keyboard"; used to indicate that someone is not at their computer.
• AFKmist: An Alchemist or Biochemist who goes AFK and lets their homunculus kill monsters for them (often found in Orc Dungeon 2).
• Agi: The Agility stat, or the Acolyte skill Increase Agility.
• Alche: An Alchemist class player.
• AoE: Area of Effect, skills that affect a large area at once.
• AR: Adrenaline Rush.
• AAR: Advanced Adrenaline Rush.
• Asp: Aspersio.
• Ass/Assu: Assumptio.
• Ass Cross: An Assassin Cross class player.
• Asura/Ashura: Asura Strike.
• AV: Arrow Vulcan.

B

• B> : "Buy", commonly used in chatroom names where players are looking for an item(s).
• Battle Build : A build that fights in close combat; usually used on classes which usually do not have this role, such as Priests or, while more rare, Soul Linkers.
• BB: Bowling Bash or Bloody Branch.
• BC: Battle Chant.
• Bless: Blessing.
• Biochem: A Biochemist class player.
• Biolabs: The Somatology Lab dungeon in Lighthalzen.
• Boss: A special type of monster that usually can be distinguished by them having the ability to detects Hiding even if they are not Insect or Demon monsters (which naturally detects Hiding). They also cannot be knocked back.
• Bot: An illegal third-party program that automates various tasks in game, such as leveling, farming, or advertising. Report suspected botting to a Game Master.
• BS: A Blacksmith class player.
• BSS: Benedictio Sanctissimi Sacramenti
• Buff: A type of skill that improve your abilities, the most common of which is Blessing.

C

• Cart: The cart pulled by merchant classes to vend.
• CB: Cold Bolt.
• CCC: Chain Crush Combo.
• Champ: A Champion class player.
• CP: Classical Pluck.
• Crus: A Crusader class player.
• CS: Clashing Spiral.
• CSS: Cicada Skin Shed.

D

• DA: Double Attack.
• DB: Dead Branch: (item database), an item to summon a random monster on the spot (not in towns).
• DB Party: To use many dead branches in one area and therefore collect a large mob of monsters.
• DC: "Disconnect" or Discount.
• DPS: "Damage per second", the average amount of damage a character can do in one second.
• Drop: Item(s) gained from killing a monster.
• DS: Double Strafe.
• DS dancing: To Double Strafe while moving to reduce delay and effectively increase ASPD.

E

• Econ: Economy, the castle stat which determines the number of treasure boxes produced.
• ED: Evil Druid, or its Evil Druid Card.
• EDP: Enchant Deadly Poison.
• Ein: The city of Einbroch or Einbech.
• Endow: Giving a weapon an element using a Sage's endow skill.
• ES: Earth Spike.
• ESL: Evil Snake Lord.
• EXP: Experience Points.
• EXP tap: The act of attacking or taking damage from a monster to increase the EXP it gives.

F

• FA: Falcon Assault.
• FAS: Focused Arrow Strike.
• Falcon: The falcon used by Hunters.
• FB: Fire Bolt.
• FBa: Fire Ball.
• FCP: Full Chemical Protection.
• FD: Frost Diver.
• FFA: "Free for All".
• Fist/Fisting/Fister: Referring to the skill Guillotine Fist or a Monk/Champion character with the skill.
• FP: Fire Pillar.
• FS: Full Support; a character build with the primary purpose of aiding and supporting other characters versus dealing damage themselves. Common Full Support classes include: Priest/High Priest, Sage/Scholar, Dancer/Gypsy, Bard/Minstrel.
• FS: Full Strip.
• FW: Fire Wall.

G

• Game Master: An in-game administrator, with their own unique sprites and abilities.
• GC: Grand Cross.
• Guildie: A member of your guild.
• GD: Guild Dungeon or Gloria Domini.
• GFist: Guillotine Fist.
• GH: Glast Heim, a dungeon west of Geffen.
• GM: See: Game Master.
• GR: Ghostring, a Boss type monster (but not an MVP).
• GR: Ghostring Card.
• GR: Guild Recruiting, usually used in instances such as GR>lvl90+/WoE, which means guild recruiting level 90+ characters for guild siege.
• Grind: The process of hunting for a long time for exp.
• GS: A Gunslinger class player.
• GTB: Golden Thiefbug, or its Golden Thiefbug Card.

H

• HD: Heaven's Drive.
• HL: Holy Light.
• Homun: A homunculus.
• HP: A High Priest class player or Hocus-pocus.
• HSCR: High Speed Cart Ram.
• HW: A High Wizard class player.

I

• IC: Improve Concentration.
• IR: Impressive Riff.
• IW: Ice Wall.

J

• JT: Jupiter Thunder.

K

• KE: Kyrie Eleison.
• KH: Kiel Hyre Dungeon accessed through the Kiel Hyre Quest.
• KoS: "Kill on sight", usually referring to PvP.
• KS: "Kill Steal"; the act of killing/damaging the monster another player is fighting on purpose.
  • Alternate: Kafra Shop.

L

• LB: Lightning Bolt
• LHZ: Lighthalzen.
• Link: A Soul Linker's Spirit skill.
• Linker: A Soul Linker class player.
• LK: A Lord Knight class player.
• LoV: Lord of Vermillion.
• Lou/LY: The Luoyang field outside of the town where many players level off Mi Gaos.

M

• MA: Meteor Assault.
• Mag: Magnificat.
• Mage: A Magician.
• Mammo: Mammonite.
• MB: Magnum Break.
• ME: Magnetic Earth or Magnus Exorcismus.
• Merc/Merch: A Merchant class player or a mercenary.
• Mob: To collect an unusually large group of monsters.
• MR: Magic Rod or Martyr's Reckoning.
• MS: Meteor Storm, Magic Strings, Mental Strength, Mental Sensing, or a Whitesmith class player.
• MVP : Most Valuable Player, also can means some special monsters that gives you special "MVP" reward for killing it.

N

• NB: Napalm Beat
• NG: "Need Guild". A player in search of a guild.
• NP: "Need Party". A player in search of a party.
• NPC : Non-Playable Character.

O

• OC : Overcharge.
• OD2: A low/mid range dungeon: (Orc Dungeon 2)
• OH: Orc Hero, or its Orc Hero Card.
• OI: Occult Impaction.

P

• Party: A group of players that are hunting together and can share experience points.
• Peco: The monster Pecopeco, or one mounted by Knights or Crusaders.
• PR: Party Recruiting.
• Pron: The city of Prontera.
• PvM/PvM: Player versus monster combat.
• PvP/PvP: Player versus player combat, see PvP and WoE.

Q

• Quag: Quagmire.

R

• Rares: Rare items, such as cards or equipment only available from monster drops.
• Res: Resurrection.
• Respawn: To return to a save point after dying.
• RS: Rapid Smiting.
• RTB: Raging Trifecta Blow.

S

• S> : "Sell", used in chatroom names where the player is selling an item(s).
• Sac: Sacrifice.
• Sader: A Crusader class player.
• Sanc: Sanctuary .
• SB: Sonic Blow.
• SC: Stone Curse or Signum Crucis.
• SD: Soul Destroyer.
• Sensing: The Wizard/Sage skill Sense, or the Ensemble Skill, Mental Sensing.
• Sewers: A dungeon west of Prontera, also known as Culverts.
• SG: Storm Gust.
• Sin: An Assassin class player.
• SinX: An Assassin Cross class player.
• SL: A Soul Linker class player, or the actual Soul Link (Spirit skills).
• Slave: A player that does not receive any experience while hunting, but simply supporting the party.
• SN: A Super Novice class player.
• SP : Spell Power or Spell Points.
• SP Reco: Increase SP Recovery.
• Spirit: A monk's spirit sphere or, a Soul Linker's Soul Link.
• Support (Role): Request a supportive player (such as a Priest) to be passive and just buff/Heal the party.
• SS: Soul Strike or "Screenshot".
• Suff: Suffragium.
• SW: Safety Wall.
• Swordie: A Swordsman class player.

T

• Tank: To have a player, usually with higher AGI or VIT, to absorb the attacks by a player.
• Tele: To Teleport or use a Fly Wing.
• Thief: a Thief
• TI: Turtle Island.
• TK: A Taekwon Kid class player.
• TKM: A Taekwon Master.
• THQ: Two-Hand Quicken.
• TM: see TKM.
• TS: Thunder Storm or Teamspeak.
• TSS: Throw Spirit Sphere.
• TU: Turn Undead.

U

• UG: Underground Dungeon, below the Clock Tower in Aldebaran or below the Thief Guild in Pyramid near Morocc.

V

• Valk:
  • Valkyrie Realms (WoE Castle Area)
  • Valkyrie Randgris, the MVP
• Vend: Setting up shop by a Merchant with the Vending skill.
• Vent: Refers to Ventrilo, a popular voicechat program.

W

• WB: Water Ball.
• Wiz: A Wizard class player.
• WoE: War of Emperium, guild versus guild combat.

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