Here is a list of abbreviations and terms often used in PWI, listed in alphabetical order.
Don't worry about learning all of these in one lump, you don't actually need them all.
Numbers
- 10char - Text added to a forum post to make sure it is over the 10 character minimum length for posting.
- 1K or 1K Streams or 1K City - Thousand Streams City, a city in the Northwest corner of the PW map.
- 1K Woods - Thousand Wood Ridge, an area in the Northern central part of the PWI map.
- 1x, 2x, 3x, etc... - An abbreviated way of indicating a level range. A "4x" character is level 40-49, for example.
- 20/20/20, 202020 - The level 67 "Wraith's Gate" quest, where you have to kill 20 Taurox Captains, 20 Deadmarch Sori, and 20 Deadmarsh Adalwolves. See: Level 67 Quests. Also sometimes used for the higher level similar quests (eg. 79 202020)
- x9 (19, 29, 39, 51, 59, 69, 79, 89, 99) - The various FB dungeons. And yes, 51 doesn't end with a 9. Feel free to do it at 49 and then have to go back once you've got the 51 quests. Also sometimes used to refer to cultivation levels (eg. Kong is a boss for your 59 culti)
A
- AA - Arcane Armor, the armor type that primarily provides magic defense. AA requires many magic stat points and some strength stat points to wear.
- AC - Armor Class or Defense. (Usually 'PDef' in this game.)
- Add(s) - An extra monster has joined an existing battle or ones that follow around a boss or elite monster.
- AE - Area Effect, see AoE.
- AFAIK - As Far As I Know.
- AFK - Away From Keyboard. This means the player is away from his computer.
- Aggro - This means the monsters are mad at you and you've "activated" them to attack you. They are now in the motion of trying to reach and attack you. See Aggro for details.
- Aggro Radius - The radius around the monsters where they will "wake up" and attack you.
- AGI - Agility, an old name for 'Dex'.
- AH - Auction House, the place where you can buy and sell items with other players, available through the Auctioneers in any major city.
- Alt - A character on your account other than your main character or other than the character you're currently playing.
- AoE - Area of Effect. This is a skill that can affect multiple things in an area.
- Arch - Usually means Archosaur, the big city in the middle of the map. May rarely mean Archer.
- ASAP - As Soon As Possible
- Atk - Attack.
- ATM - At The Moment.
- Avatar - Your character.
B
- B>.... S>..... - Buying and Selling; usually found in catshop names. Note: The dots stand for any item name.
- Barb - Barbarian.
- BB - Blue Bubble, the nickname of Regeneration Aura, the priest AoE heal. See also "RB".
- BBL - Be Back Later.
- BG - BattleGround or BackGround.
- BH - Bounty Hunter, the daily quest you get starting at level 40 from the Head Hunter in the center of Archosaur. BHs often take place in FBs, so BH39 would be a Bounty Hunter quest that takes place in FB39 (Gate of Delirium). See Bounty Hunter for details.
- BIDS - Black Ice Dragon Strike, a wizard skill and one of the most damaging single attacks in the game.
- BM - Blademaster.
- BoA - Barrage of Arrows, an archer skill for doing continuous AoE damage.
- Boss - A named monster, much harder than anything else nearby that has better loot and is often the target of quests. (eg. "Farren is the first boss in FB39")
- Boutique - The cash shop used to buy items for the game. Can be accessed by hitting the letter "O" in game.
- BRB - Be Right Back
- BRT - Be Right There.
- BTW - By The Way.
- Buff - A beneficial spell cast on a monster or player. An example of a "buff" is the cleric's PDef buff.
C
- Camping - The act of waiting in an area to hunt a specific thing that tends to appear there.
- Carebear - A somewhat derisive term for a player that prefers to help other players attack monsters rather than attack other players in player vs. player combat.
- Caster - A character that stays on the back row to heal or cast spells on the enemy, such as a Wizard.
- Catshop - The shops set up by players to sell items, usually in the form of a cat standing on its tail, or sometimes as a cow on a treasure chest ("cowshops"). See Consignment Shop for details.
- Char - Your character. In the form "10char" it means "10 characters", used to get past the 10 character minimum for forum posts.
- Cheese - To exploit an imbalance in the game.
- Chi - The yellow bar that's below your health and mana gauge, allows you to use certain skills.
- Co-ords - Co-ordinates, the two groups of three digits visible in the top right corner near the minimap, used to pinpoint any location on the world map.
- CoF - The Cube of Fate, a level 40+ "game" of skill, wits, and chance, that also acts as a free shortcut to Archosaur via. any Khatru Pup or Adventure Assistant NPC.
- CON - Constitution, an old name for the Vitality stat.
- Crit - Critical hit, a hit which does your Rage Damage, normally 200% damage. It may also refer to your critical hit rate.
- CS - Crazy Stone, a daily quest that begins at level 30.
- CTD - Call to Duty, the level 19, 29, 39, etc. FB quests. Also the Tabs for those quests. See Call to Duty for details. (Also 'crash to dekstop', though 'DC' is a much more common phrase here.)
- Cube - The Cube of Fate, a level 40+ "game" of skill, wits, and chance, that also acts as a free shortcut to Archosaur via. any Khatru Pup or Adventure Assistant NPC. Sometimes seen in verb form, i.e. "I'm Cubing to Arch now."
- Culti - Short for 'Spiritual Cultivation'; referring to both your characters cultivation level (which unlocks various skills) and the quest chains to get there.
- CV - Crescent Valley, an old name for Lunar Glade.
D
- DC - Disconnected, usually due to some glitch, lag spike, or bad connection.
- DD - Direct Damage or Damage Dealer. This is a skill that does all of its damage in one hit rather than spreading its damage over time or the squad-role of using such attacks.
- Debuff or De-Buff - A negative spell cast on a unit that makes it less powerful. An example of a "debuff" is the Venomancer skill "Soul Degeneration".
- Devs - The programmers and other developers of PW in China.
- DEX - Dexterity, a stat.
- Ding - An announcement, "Hey guys! I reached a new level!"
- DMG - Damage.
- DoD - Dragon of the Depths, a mid-level cultivation boss. Found by itself to the East of Misfortune island, or in a pair following the Nightspike Bloodguard (a.k.a. Mantavip Scout) South of Misfortune.
- Doll - An old nickname for the Guardian Angel, which used to look like a cupie doll, but was renamed Guardian Scroll and changed to look like a scroll. May also refer to Shadow Doll, a World Boss.
- DOT - Damage Over Time.
- DPS - Damage Per Second.
- Drops - The items dropped by a thing when you kill(ed) it.
- DQ - Dragon Quest (and the items used for the Dragon Quest). A series of repeatable quests starting at level 20 which can earn you mounts, high level molds, and other rewards. See Dragon Quests for details.
- DW or DWP - Dreamweaver Port, a city on the Southeast corner of the main landmass. Dreamweaver is also the name of one of the servers.
E
- Elite - When referring to a monster, one that's definitely stronger than usual but not particularly a boss. Elites have flared borders around the box that shows their name and HP bar.
- EA - Elven Archer, a.k.a. archer.
- EP - Elven Priest, a.k.a. cleric.
- EXP - Experience Points.
F
- FB - Fuben (副本, Chinese for "duplicate object" or "copy of", better translated here as "instance"), the instanced dungeon quests you usually receive at levels 19, 29, etc...
- FC, FCC - May mean Frost City / Forgotten Frostland, a high level dungeon in the Northwest part of the map. FC may also mean Secret Frostcover(ed) Grounds.
- FF - Either Forgotten Frostland (see "FC" above) or Fox Form, the alternate form that Venomancers can take once they get the skill.
- FH - Full Health.
- FM - Full Mana/Magic.
- FQ - Friendship Quest.
- FTL - For The Loss or For The Lose, a sports or game term.
- FTW - For The Win, a sports or game term.
- FUBAR - Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition.
- FYI - For Your Information.
G
- GA - Guardian Angel, the old name for Guardian Scrolls when they looked like cupie dolls.
- Gamma - One instance of Rebirth (See: RB)
- Gank - Player vs. Player. To attack another player while they're trying to fight a monster. Or... when a party attacks a lonely player, usually to PK (Player Kill) him.
- GF - Usually "Good Fight", but may also mean "girlfriend".
- GG - Good Game.
- GJ - Good Job.
- GM - Game Moderator, Game Master, or Guild Master, usually the first one in PWI.
- Grats or Gratz - Congratulations.
- Griefer - A person who purposely tries to annoy or anger other players.
- Grinding - Staying in the same area fighting the same types of monsters for a very long time for the purposes of gaining EXP, SP, coins, or drops.
- GS - Guardian Scroll, a Boutique item that prevents EXP loss (and item drops if PKed) upon death.
- GTG - Got To Go.
- GUM - Gang Up on Monster.
- GV - Godless Valley, the old name for Valley of Reciprocity in Rebirth.
H
- HA - Heavy Armor, the armor type that primarily provides physical defense. HA requires many strength stat points and some dexterity to wear.
- Heiro - A name for the HP or MP charms, usually gotten from the Boutique.
- Herb - Any material that can be used for production at an apothecary.
- Herc - Baby Hercules, a tough Venomancer ground pet, created using cash shop items.
- HH - Either "Holy Hall", an old name for Twilight Temple, the level 60+ dungeon, or "Head Hunter", the NPC in the center of Archosaur that hands out the Bounty Hunter quests at level 40+.
- HOT - Heal Over Time. (Ironheart Blessing, for example, heals over a short period.)
- HP - Hit Points or Health.
- HT - Heaven's Tear, a centrally located city. Heaven's Tear is also the name of one of the servers.
- Hybrid - A character build that is not focused entirely on one purpose but instead multiple purposes. A wizard that wears heavy armor would be an example.
I
- IDC - I Don't Care.
- IDK - I Don't Know.
- IDTS - I Don't Think So.
- IH - Ironheart Blessing, a clerics main heal over time (HOT) spell.
- IHB - Ironheart Blessing, same as IH, but less commonly used.
- IIRC - If I Recall Correctly.
- IMO or IMHO - In My (Honest/Humble) Opinion.
- Inc - A short warning of "incoming" danger.
- INT - Intelligence, an old name for "Mag".
- Inv - Usually short for either "Invite" or "Inventory".
- IRL - In Real Life.
J
- JK or J/K - Just Kidding.
K
- Kiting - A style of combat in which a player continually stays out of combat range of an enemy, usually by running from it, while simultaneously causing damage to it.
- KoS - Kill on Sight.
- KS - Kill Steal. Stealing or trying to steal another person's kill, by finishing the monster off after they attacked it first. Frowned upon.
L
- LA - Light Armor, the armor type that provides a balanced mix of magical and physical defense. LA requires a moderate amount of both strength and dexterity stat points to wear.
- LF - Looking For...
- LFG - Looking For Group.
- LFM - Looking For More.
- LFP - Looking For Party.
- LG - Lunar Glade.
- LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off.
- Log - When you log off; disconnect from the game.
- LOL - Laughing Out Loud or Lots of Laugh. This abbreviation indicates something is really funny. It's pretty cliche nowadays though.
- LoM - Low on Mana.
- Loot - The treasure from a monster that has been killed or from a chest, or the act of taking such treasure.
- LoS - Line of sight. As in "No LoS to target" meaning "I can't see the damn thing". The ability to target with TAB makes this rarer now.
- Lost - City of the Lost, a.k.a. Lost City, the home city of the Untamed race. Lost City is also the name of one of the servers.
- Lunar - A high level dungeon accessed from the castle flying above King's Feast, also the gear acquired from there.
- Lurer - Person who lures monsters for the party, usually the Venomancer, but Zeal genies with Earthflame are also commonly used.
- Luring - One of the players in a party heads out and leads one or more of the monsters back to the party so that the party can attack the monsters. The idea is to prevent too many monsters from attacking at once. See Venomancer Luring for more.
- Lv or Lvl - Level.
M
- MAG - Magic, a stat.
- Mage - May mean Wizard or any magic user in general.
- Mana - Magic Points.
- Mats - (Raw) materials used for the crafting skills.
- MDef - Magic Defence. A group name for metal, fire, water, earth, and wood resistance, used to reduce damage from various types of magical attack.
- MG - Human Magician, a.k.a. wizard.
- MMO or MMOG or MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online (Role Playing) (Game).
- MOB - An old programming acronym of Mobile Object Block. Mobs are all computer controlled characters in the game.
- MP - Magic Points or Mana Points, used for most skills, it's the blue bar below your health bar.
- MT - Main Tank, or rarely Magic Tank, a tank that's good against magic damage.
N
- Named - A special monster that is usually stronger than surrounding monsters with possible special abilities and item drops, usually a boss or an elite.
- Necro(ed) - To bring a dead forum thread back to life; a practice which is generally frowned upon. Unless you're the OP and have a good reason, you usually shouldn't reply to threads that have been inactive for a month or more.
- Nerf - To downgrade, to be made softer, or make less effective. "X has been nerfed."
- Newbie - A term that sometimes means new player. Newbie is also used to suggest that a player is not very good.
- Newb - Short for Newbie. See above.
- Nix - Blazing Phoenix, a tough Venomancer air pet, created using cash shop items.
- N00b - An incredibly uncool way to say newb. Don't use it.
- NP - No Problem.
- NPC - Non-Player Character, this is a computer controlled character.
- Nuke - High damage in one hit or a skill that does the same, usually a magic attack.
O
- OHT - Old Heaven's Tear.
- OMW - On My Way.
- OoM - Out of Mana. People say this to let their party know they are out of mana and can't cast any spells, especially healing.
- OP - Can either mean Original Poster or Original Post in forums, or OverPowered when discussing a class, skill, or item.
P
- Paper Clip or Paperclip - A nickname for the level 70+ daily World Quest (the first item you get in WQ is the Paper Clip).
- Pat - Patrolling monster.
- PC - Player controlled Character or Personal Computer.
- PDef - Physical Defense, a statistic granted mainly by armor, for resisting melee attacks.
- Pet - A NPC controlled by a player such as a Wolf. Only Venomancer pets can attack.
- PK - Player Kill or Player Killer.
- Plz - Please.
- PM - Private Message, to whisper a message directly to a single player. This is done by sending a chat message like "/name text", where "name" is the player's name, and "text" is what you are saying to that player. Clicking on a name in the chat window adds the "/name " part for you. The text shows up pink for people in your friend list and blue for anyone else.
- Pop - Repopulation, often used as a shortened term for the re-spawn of monsters or farmable materials. (E.g. "After being farmed, most mats have 10 minutes until they pop.")
- Port - Teleport (using the teleport NPC, or Khatru pup, or Illusion stone or... whatever.)
- Pots - Potions, generally referring to any item that can be consumed to give you HP, MP, chi, or some sort of buff or protection.
- Proc - Activate. Example: A weapon with a special effect will "proc" every so often.
- PST - Please Send Tell. Indicates that the person speaking wants to receive communication directly by whispers.
- Psy - Psychic.
- Pull - Luring a single monster out of a group of monsters. See Venomancer Luring.
- Puller - Person who pulls monsters for the party.
- Pulling - One of the players in a party heads out and leads one or more of the monsters back to the party so that the party can attack the monsters. The idea is to prevent too many monsters from attacking at once.
- Pure - 100%, for instance a character with a "pure dex" build should have all its stat points put into dexterity. The build is still considered pure if strength is added, but only enough strength to equip low-requirement gear for the player's level.
- PvE - Player vs. Environment. Combat between players and computer controlled opponents.
- PvP - Player vs. Player. This means for one player to attack another player.
- PW - Perfect World.
- PWE - Perfect World Entertainment, the company that controls the "International" version of Perfect World.
- PWI - Perfect World International, the American version of Perfect World, and the game this wiki is for.
- PWMY - The Malaysian version of Perfect World.
Q
- QQ - Meant to look like two eyes crying like: Q_Q. Usually seen in a reply when someone thinks someone else should quit crying or complaining about something.
R
- Raid - A raid is a large-scale attack on an area by a group of players.
- RB - Either Red Bubble, the nickname of Heaven's Wrath, the priest AoE attack buff, or Rebirth, part of the name for four instanced dungeons you get to by using Rebirth X Orders (where "X" is Alpha, Beta, Gamma, or Delta), the first of which you can access starting at level 40 .
- Res - Resurrect.
- Respawn or Re-Spawn - A monster that has been killed has spawned (been created) again. A "respawn point" is the area where it will reappear when it comes back to life or resets its position.
- Req - Requirement or prerequisite.
- Rez - Resurrect.
- RL - Real Life, outside the game.
- ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing.
- Runner - Mobs that run away from melee attacks. Usually it's best to get the tank on the other side of runners so that they run into the group, rather than away from it. (E.g. "Careful, that one's a runner!") The term may also refer to "walkers" that move by running instead of walking.
- Rush - When the tank attracts the attention of all the mobs so that everyone else can run past.
S
- S>..... B>.... - Selling and Buying; usually found in catshop names. Note: The dots stand for any item name.
- Sin - Assassin.
- Small Pets - An animal following the player around. While this does not directly influence the player or monsters, it is cool to have around, especially the rare ones. Usually called "all class pets" or "baby pets". See Baby Pet Guide for details.
- Spawn(s) - The location or process of monsters appearing when they are created in the world.
- SP - Usually Spirit Points, used to learn new skills. SP is gained from killing monsters and doing quests, but unlike EXP you do not lose SP upon death. SP may also be short for Secret Passage, the location of FB29, Qingzi, Dismal Shade, and Silver Frost.
- Squishy - Characters that are easily killed or being in a state where you are easily killed. Usually those with low HP and low physical defense.
- Stack - To put several copies of something (usually a heal-over-time or damage-over-time) on at once, or a number of identical items placed in a single inventory slot, to conserve space. Only certain items can be stacked.
- STR - Strength, one of your four statistics.
- Subber - The person who pays the Ultimate Substances used to enter some areas of Twilight Temple.
T
- Tab - The "Call to Duty: X" tablet items you get for an FB run every 10 levels or so, starting at level 19, or level 29 for Tideborn (see Call to Duty for details), or the act of using them at the pillar (e.g. "Safe to Tab now?"). May also refer to the TAB key, which can be used to select targets.
- Tank - A melee character that can take a lot of damage, or playing that role in a squad. In PWI this is often, but not always, a barbarian.
- Taunt - Related to Aggro. An ability that allows a player to pull the attention of a monster off of another player and onto him or herself.
- TB - Tideborn.
- Tele - Teleport. Each main town or city should have a Teleportation Master, if you speak to them once it will permanently reveal that area with a waypoint. By speaking with a teleport master you can travel between cities instantly for a certain amount of coins.
- Threat - Related to Aggro. This is what a character "gives off" to generate or draw monster aggro.
- Thx - Thanks.
- TL;DR - Too Long; Didn't Read. A rude but otherwise pointless statement of one's own laziness.
- Toon - A name for player characters in the game.
- Train - To lead monsters into another player. This is not a desired behavior.
- TT - Twilight Temple, a level 60+ dungeon. It's broken up into chapters and sub-chapters, so TT 2-3 would be the third part of the second chapter of Twilight Temple. See Twilight Temple for details.
- TW - Territory Wars, a somewhat weekly event where guilds fight to gain or keep control of territories on the map.
- Twink - A low level character who has been made more powerful by higher level characters, usually by getting stronger armor and weapons than the character would normally have at such a low level.
- TY - Thank You.
- TYVM - Thank You Very Much.
U
- Uber - German slang for 'super', originally meaning 'over'; exceptionally powerful.
- US - Ultimate Substance, an item used for making some other items or to do most Twilight Temple (TT) runs. It takes 5 Fine Lumber, 5 Refined Steel, 5 Rubstone Powder, and 5 Anthracite to make one US at the Twilight Forge: Materials found in both Arch and TT. See Twilight Temple for details.
V
- Vendor Trash - An item that only a vendor/merchant would buy.
- Veno - Venomancer.
- Vent - Ventrillo, a commonly used voice-chat utility.
- VIT - Vitality, a stat.
W
- W/... - With "something". For example, "sword w/str bonus" would mean a sword with a strength bonus.
- W/E - What Ever.
- W/O - Without.
- Walker - A monster that wanders around, rather than staying put. Usually also a warning "Look out, here comes an add".
- WB - Usually either means Welcome Back or World Boss, one of the tough "Level [?]" (150) bosses found around the world in PWI. May also mean WereBeast, a.k.a. barbarian.
- WC - Short for either "World Chat", the gold text messages shown in the chat window sent using teleacoustics, or "Wrong Chat", what you say after you sent a message to the wrong chat group (like accidentally sending something to forum chat that was meant for squad chat.)
- WF - WereFox, a.k.a. venomancer.
- Wine - Items that can be used to get rid of most of the non-boss mobs in an FB. Wine is either manufactured or purchased from Mister Tso in West Archosaur. Wines are rarely used until around FB59 or FB69.
- Wiz or Wizzy - Wizard.
- WQ - World Quest, a daily quest starting at level 70.
- WTB - Want(ing) To Buy.
- WTH or WTF - What The Heck/Hell/other curse words.
- WTS - Want(ing) To Sell.
- WTT - Want(ing) To Trade.
X
Y
Z
- Zen - The pre-gold currency used in PWI. 100 zen = 100 silver = 1 gold. Usually $1 US = 100 zen = 1 gold, unless there is a bonus offer of some sort. See Gold for details.
- Zerg - A combat strategy where a large group of players rush in at the target. Seen as a simple-minded strategy that requires no skill.
- Zhen or Zhenn or Zhenning - A special type of grinding whereby people stand in place using AoE and a "runner" pulls mobs into the effect.
Gathered from the forum (source), which gives initial credit to Aran.
