MapleStory/Glossary

Here is a list of common MapleStory-specific acronyms and shortforms used when discussing MapleStory. For more general terms, see Multiplayer/Glossary.

A

 * AB: — Bowman Skill
 * AC: Auto-Clicker. Before Nexon's implementation of GameGuard, these programs were one of the most popular way to gain entrance into the Kerning City and Ludibrium Party Quests. Nexon now prohibits their use. Despite the ban, they still are very popular today.
 * AE: — Sniper Skill
 * AFK: Away From Keyboard
 * AFMS: Away From MapleStory
 * AP: Ability Points
 * APQ: Amorian Challenge Party Quest
 * AR: — Ranger Skill
 * Aqua Road


 * Asi, Asia, Asianic: — Bowman Bow
 * Azn: Asian

B

 * Bagged: Death by another player's summoning bag.
 * Sindit: A rogue that maxes Lucky 7 and will make the job advancement as a bandit.
 * BB: — Bowman Skill
 * BF: Has two meanings, Boyfriend and Bigfoot, a boss in Phantom Forest.
 * Black Bandana


 * BC: Black Crystal (usually the ore)
 * Bmm: Blue Mushmom
 * Bomb: — Hunter Skill
 * — Chief Bandit Skill


 * Booster: Weapon booster skill — Most classes have a skill to boost their attack speed.
 * BoT: — Chief Bandit Skill
 * "B>": Shorthand used to mean "Buying". For example; "B>Black Crystal"
 * BW: Blunt weapon, also known as a mace.
 * BWG: Brown Work Gloves — One of the most expensive items in the game due to it having 7 slots so you can scroll it up to 21 weapon attack.
 * BMS: Brazilian version of MapleStory
 * BM: Bowmaster (4th job advancement of a bowman.)

C

 * CB: — Bowman Skill
 * Chief Bandit — third job for Bandits


 * CC: Change channel(s). Considered very rude to most people. To change channels means to leave a map (presumably to another channel) that someone is training on to avoid Kill Stealing them.
 * CC Plz: Change channel(s) please. Another way people use "CC".
 * CE: Curse Eyes, found around Sleepywood and Ellinia.
 * Cold Eyes


 * Clean: An equipment with all of its slots remaining.
 * CMS: China MapleStory
 * Comp, Compo:: Mage Third job Skill
 * Coolies: The Coolie Zombies in the Forest of Dead Trees maps deep in El Nath.
 * Coward: A term commonly used in Monster Carnival referring to a party inside whom frequently rejects others outside the room into competing in the Party Quest.
 * CP5: Cloud Park 5, a popular training spot.
 * Crimson, CRog: Crimson Balrog — One of the most powerful monsters in the game.
 * Crus: Crusader
 * CS: — Bowman Skill
 * Cash Shop
 * Cursed Sanctuary, the map where Jr. Balrog spawns.


 * CS EAX: A new form of vaccing to replace the other one. This one involves, however, standing in one place while attacking any monster in the hackers screen range. (or any "loaded" monsters)
 * CSI: Cash Shop Item
 * CWK: CrimsonWood Keep
 * CWKPQ: CrimsonWood Keep Party Quest

D

 * Dark YnP: Dark Yeti & Dark Pepe combined — Enemy found in Dangerous Cliff
 * Dark Crystal


 * Dfame: The act of defaming one or another
 * Dit: Bandit
 * DK: Dragon Knight — third job of the Spearman.
 * Dark Knight — fourth job of the Spearman.


 * Drk: Dark Knight — fourth job of the Spearman.
 * DM: Dead Mines. Dungeon of El Nath.
 * DMT: Drake's Meal Table — Map in the dungeon, contains Cold Eyes, Cargos, and Drakes.
 * DR: Dark Ritual — Level 75 Magician staff
 * DS: — Bowman Skill
 * — Thief Skill
 * - Thief Skill
 * Devil's Sunrise — Level 90 two-handed sword
 * Drop steal — Stealing the drops of another player's kill if they don't pick it up.


 * DSG: Dark Stone Golem — Monster found in Sleepywood Dungeon III, IV, V and Golem Temple 3
 * DT: Death Teddies — Monster found in Forgotten Path of Time 3
 * Dragon Tail — Level 80 Bandit Weapon

E

 * EE: Evil Eye — Monster found in the Dungeon
 * EEC(1-4): Evil Eye Caves 1-4.
 * EMS: Europe MapleStory
 * EOS: Eos Tower
 * END: El Nath Dungeon
 * ER: — Dragon Knight Skill
 * — Priest Skill


 * ET: Evil Tale — Level 58 Magician Wand
 * EW: Evil Wing — Level 65 Magician Staff

F

 * FA: — Bowman & Warrior Skill
 * — Skill for Fire Wizards


 * Farming PQ: In Ludi pq and in new server with not too many pros (ie: Bellocan), these types of partys consist of weak people that will not go to the boss and repeatily rush at a certain stage for the exp
 * Farrow: — Skill for Fire Wizards
 * Fizard: Fire Wizard — 2nd Job for Magicians
 * FJ: — Hermit Skill
 * FL: Friends List
 * FM: Free Market
 * FoG: Forest of Golem — Hidden street in Sleepy Dungeon V, with Dark Stone Golems and Mix Stone Golems
 * F/P: Fire/Poison Wizard/Mage

G

 * GC: — Bowman Crossbow
 * GG: Good Game or Got Gamed, normally used after a Monster Carnival match or a game of omok.
 * GK: Gatekeeper — A powerful monster found within the Warped Passage.
 * GL: An official abbreviation for GLobal (WeddingGL, ThemeGL, etc.)
 * Glitch PQ: A rush pq that takes advantage of a glitch to gain more exp. One primary example is smuggling items from a pq. However most glitches in pqs are now patched.
 * GM: Game Master — The employees of Wizet/Nexon/Asiasoft who strive to maintain order in MapleStory. Easily identifiable by the GM symbol above their heads.
 * Guild Master — The leader of the guild.


 * GMS: Global MapleStory
 * Grim: Grim Phantom Watches, high-level monsters that are found in Ludibrium.
 * GPQ: Guild Party Quest (EX. Sharenian GPQ)

H

 * HA: — active skill available only for magicians, specifically clerics, in which a 'holy' or 'divine' arrow is fired at any surrounding enemies and foes. This inflicts a great deal of damage upon undead monsters, when this skill has been maxed.
 * HB: — Spearman Skill
 * HH: Headless Horseman
 * HHG: Henesys Hunting Grounds — The first map to the left of Henesys.
 * Hime: Dreamy Ghosts
 * HKMS: Hong Kong MapleStory: a regionalized version of the game.
 * HP: Health/Hit Point(s) — the amount of life, or health, a player may have. Acquiring damage may result in the decreasing of health/hit points, while consuming any type of health-providing products may result in the increasing of health/hit points. HP is indicated by a medium-sized red bar that is located at the very bottom of the screen right to the left of the MP bar.
 * HPQ:
 * Henesys PQ
 * Herb Town PQ


 * HS: — Priest Skill
 * Hidden Street: a popular MapleStory database website.


 * HT: Horntail: A huge dragon boss in Leafre.
 * HTP
 * Herb Town PQ
 * Horntail pre-quest/PQ.


 * Hybrid: A class which can use 2 different weapons efficiently. (A spearman who uses both spears and polearms, or a bandit that uses luck and str daggers).

I

 * IA: — Bowman Skill
 * I/L: Ice-Lightning Wizard/Mage

J
Joining Party Quest, used when someone wants to join your party for a party quest
 * Jaeger: Gross Jaeger — Level 70 Crossbow
 * Jeti, J Yeti: Jr. Yeti — Enemy found east of El Nath
 * JMS: Japan MapleStory
 * JQ: Jump Quest
 * JRog: Jr. Balrog
 * JPQ or J>PQ

K

 * KB: Knockback — Ability to knock an enemy back by doing more than a certain amount of (monster dependant) damage.
 * KFT: Korean Folk Town — A town located near Ludibrium.
 * Kittens, Kitties: Jr. Cellions/Jr.Lioners/Jr. Grupins — Enemies found in Garden area of Cloud Park.
 * KMS: Korea MapleStory
 * KPQ: Kerning Party Quest
 * KS/KSed: Kill Steal/Kill Stolen — Kill steal is when one user kills a monster that another user is fighting, or is about to fight.

L

 * L>: "Looking for" - used when shopping. After the ">", players write the name of the item they want.
 * L7: — Thief Skill
 * Leech(ing): The act of having a higher-leveled character kill a monster so the lower-leveled character can receive some experience. Three ways to accomplish this (for the lower-leveled character): -Be within a five-level range of the monster -Be within a five-level range of the higher-leveled character -Deal some damage to the monster itself
 * Level/LV./LEV: Official references to character level.
 * Lith: Lith Harbor
 * Lizzard: Lightning Wizard — 2nd Job for Magicians
 * LMPQ: Ludibrium Maze Party Quest
 * LOWB (2): Land of the Wild Boar — located just to the right of Perion, in a Hidden Street, or Land of the Wild Boar II, located in a Hidden Street at the East Domain of Perion.
 * LPQ: Ludibrium Party Quest
 * Ludi: Short for the Ludibrium area of Ossyria, or the town with the same name.
 * Lycan/Lyco: Lycanthrope — Enemies found in Wolf Territory III and IV

M

 * Macis: Tauromacis — An enemy found on the way to Jr. Balrog
 * Mass Defame: The act of defaming a character multiple times by either using alternate characters, or calling upon one's friends to defame the character.
 * Maze PQ: Ludibrium Maze PQ
 * MB: — Ranger and Sniper Skill
 * MC: — Magician Skill
 * MDT: Master Death Teddies — Monster found in Lost Time, a Hidden Street off Forgotten Path of Time 3
 * ME: — Chief Bandit Skill
 * MG: Mix Golem
 * — Magician Skill
 * — Chief Bandit Skill


 * MM: Mushmom — Boss monster found in 'Someone Else's House' <--(Hidden Street located near taxi cab of Henesys.)
 * Mushdad: this is the monster Blue Mushmom. it is called mushdad because there already is a mom (mushmom).
 * MP: Mana/Magic Point(s) — A type of substance that enables a player to cast and perform magic, as in skills. MP is indicated by a medium-sized bar that is light-blue in color, located at the very bottom of the screen right beside the HP bar, while one is running the MapleStory program.
 * MP3: a Singapore map famous for the Jr. Selkies and Slimies, both of which offer rather high experience. Used by characters that can mob, usually
 * MPQ: Magatia Party Quest, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH MCPQ.
 * MCPQ: Monster Carnival Party Quest
 * MS: MapleStory
 * MSEA: MapleSEA

N

 * Nath: EL Nath
 * NLC: Short term for New Leaf City
 * NPC: Non-Player Character. (Shop/Quest characters)
 * Act of selling an item to a shop NPC instead of to another player.


 * NX: A short version of Nexon.
 * Nexon cash, used to purchase items in the Cash Shop of some MapleStory versions (other versions, such as MapleSEA, use a different name for this currency).

O

 * Oly: — Bowman Bow
 * "OMG Spear": Omega Spear, level 80 item


 * OPQ: Orbis PQ
 * OS: Omega Sector
 * Ossy: Ossyria

P

 * Pang: White Fang — A monster found outside El Nath, commonly in Wolf Territory 3-5
 * Pap: Papulatus — Boss deep within Ludibrium's clock tower.
 * PC: Price Check, used to get a feel for what the price of a (usually rare) item is.
 * PG: — Fighter and Page skill
 * Pizard: Poison Wizard — Fire/Poison Wizard who uses pure Poison. Very uncommon build. Becoming more popular because of Pizards' ability to train on high level monsters (Death Teddies, etc) at low levels (50+).
 * PKB: — Hunter and Crossbowman skill.
 * Poly: Bowman Polyfeather Hat
 * Pots: Potion
 * PPQ: Herb Town Party Quest — Pirate PQ
 * PQ: Party Quest
 * ppl2pass: People to pass, on rankings.
 * PS: — Warrior Skill
 * PT: Party. Party members can share part of EXP gained from other members (also known as Training). All members can pick up any mesos or items dropped by monsters killed by other members.
 * PT Leech: Party Leech(PTL) is who join a party do not kill but gain EXP from party.
 * PW: Phantom Watch, a strong monster at the bottom of Ludibrium's Clock Tower.
 * Phoenix Wand, a level 78 magician's weapon.

Q

 * Quitter: A term referred to someone who quits a party quest. (Another word for Wuss)
 * QP: Quest progress.

R

 * Repot: Refilling potions from the nearest store (usually a town).
 * Recharge: Recharging a persons stars or ammunition.
 * Rocks: A somewhat common term used for both Summoning Rocks and Magic Rocks, which are used in some high level skills.
 * Rog: Jr. Barlog/Crimson Balrog, mainly Crimson Balrog if heard on the boat to Orbis.
 * Rush: To exit a PQ in attempt to get in the second time(or more) in a row.
 * R>: Recruiting

S

 * SA: — Bowman Skill
 * Sader: Shortened and common name to refer to Crusaders.
 * Sanc: Sanctuary Entrance series of maps.
 * SB: — Warrior Skill
 * — Bandit Skill


 * SC: — Bowman Crossbow
 * Server Check — time allocated for Nexon to make fixes/add items to the game, without players able to log on


 * SG: Stone Golems/Singapore.
 * Sin: Assassin character class. Referring them as "ass" obviously caused confusions and flame wars.
 * SinDit: Rouges who maxes Lucky 7 in 1st job and chooses bandit as 2nd job class.
 * Skeles: Skelegons.
 * Sleepy: Sleepywood
 * Smuggling (Smug): The act of taking out a PQ item without losing it by taking advantage of a lagging computer.
 * Sniping: Attacking a monster from range to prevent taking damage.
 * SP: — Hermit Skill
 * Skill Points


 * Spears: Taurospear — Enemy found on the way to Jr. Balrog.
 * SQ: Squids. This could either refer to Black Squids or Lethal Squids, both known for the paltry magical damage they deal.
 * SQPT: Squid Party. Usually done for Lethal Squids.
 * SR: — Priest Skill
 * SW: Sleepywood — The town or the web site www.sleepywood.net
 * "S>": Shorthand used to mean "Selling".
 * STDs: Straw Target Dummies. Found in Basic Training Ground in Mu Lung and is considered a very good leveling spot from level 50 to about 70.

T

 * Tauros: Tauromacis and Taurospears, two quite high leveled monsters that reside deep in the SleepyWood Dungeon.
 * THMS: Thailand MapleStory
 * Track: Repeatedly using the /find command on a player to follow their movement, often used in PQs to determine a current party's location.
 * Train: If somebody ask for train, it means who want to party with players in higher level and gain much EXP from it. For an effective training, it is suggested to party with player at least 5 level higher than you. But you should note that if the trainer kills monster not for your level, you may not gain any EXP.
 * TT: Triple Throw 4th Job Night lord skill
 * TWMS: Taiwan MapleStory
 * "T>": Shorthand used to mean "Trading"

V

 * V2k: — Bowman Bow
 * Vac/Vaccing: Vacuum Hacks, brings all monsters to a specific location. Wizet bans players who do this.
 * Vending: Going AFK while using a Shop Permit to sell items while inactive. (i.e. overnight)
 * Vic: Victoria Island
 * Vikings: Spirit Vikings, high-level Ludibrium monsters.
 * VK: Spirit Vikings.
 * VKPT: Spirit Viking party. A party formed to kill Spirit Vikings.
 * Gigantic Spirit Vikings, high-level Ludibrium monsters near Spirit Vikings.


 * VMS: Vietnam MapleStory

W

 * W/G or WG: Work Gloves
 * WK: White Knight — The Third Job for page
 * WW: Werewolf — Enemy found in Wolf Territory I and II
 * WS: Wolf Spider- A monster found in New Leaf City.

X

 * XBow: Crossbow
 * XBowman: Crossbowman — Archer who specializes in Crossbows.

Y

 * Yepe, Yepi, YnP: Yeti & Pepe combined — Enemy found in Ice Valley II in Ossyria.

Z

 * Z(1-4): Refers to a specific Forest of Dead Trees map, from I to IV.
 * ZB: Zombie.
 * Z-Helm: Zakum Helmet.
 * ZLupins: Zombie Lupins.
 * ZS, ZShroom: Zombie Mushroom
 * ZMM: Zombie Mushmom
 * Zrun: A large group of people who defeat Zakum, usually to obtain Zhelms and skill books; quite a few guilds offer Zruns for a certain amount of mesos