MapleStory/Glossary

Here is a list of common 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 Maple Story
 * 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.
 * Banditsin: A rogue that maxes Lucky 7 and will make the job advancement as a bandit.
 * BB: - Bowman Skill
 * 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.
 * "B>": Shorthand used to mean "Buying". For example; "B>Black Crystal"
 * BW: Blunt weapon, also known as a mace.

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 Maple Story
 * Comp, Compo:: Mage Third job Skill
 * Coolies: The Coolie Zombies in the Forest of Dead Trees maps deep in El Nath.
 * 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

D

 * Dark YnP: Dark Yeti & Dark Pepe combined - Enemy found in Dangerous Cliff
 * Dark Crystal (usually the ore)


 * 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.


 * 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
 * Devil's Sunrise - Level 90 two-handed sword


 * 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 Maple Story
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 Maple Story. Easily identifiable by the GM symbol above their heads.
 * Guild Master - The leader of the guild.


 * GMS: Global Maple Story
 * Grim: Grim Phantom Watches, high-level monsters that are found in Ludibrium.

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
 * HHG: Henesys Hunting Grounds - The first map to the left of Henesys.
 * Hime: Dreamy Ghosts
 * 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 (can be referred to Herb town PQ as well)
 * HS: - Priest Skill
 * Hidden Street - www.hidden-street.net


 * HTPQ: Herb Town 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
 * IGN: In-Game Name - Used when requesting another person's character name when not in the game
 * I/L: Ice-Lightning Wizard/Mage

J

 * Jaeger: Gross Jaeger - Level 70 Crossbow
 * Jeti, J Yeti: Jr. Yeti - Enemy found east of El Nath
 * JMS: Japan Maple Story
 * JQ: Jump Quest
 * JRog: Jr. Balrog

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 Maple Story
 * KPQ: Kerning Party Quest
 * KS: Kill Steal - Kill steal is when one user kills a monster that another user is fighting, or is about to fight.

L

 * L>: Looking for
 * L7: - Thief Skill
 * 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.
 * 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 Pang - 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.
 * PKB: - Hunter and Crossbowman skill.
 * Pls, Plz, Pl0x: Please - common for "noobs" to say, especially when someone wants you to change channels or begging for mesos.
 * Poly: Bowman Polyfeather Hat
 * 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 memebers can pick up any mesos or items dropped by monsters killed by other memebers.
 * 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.
 * 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.

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.
 * Sleepy: Sleepywood
 * Smuggling: 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


 * sp?: Signifies that the person is not certain of a word's spelling. Ex. That was one wierd (sp?) monster.
 * 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".
 * Spam: The act of entering text rapidly and repeatedly, as in spamming
 * The act of doing a skill or another action rapidly and repeatedly, as in spam trade or spam heal

T

 * Tauro's: Tauromacis and Taurospears, two quite high leveled monsters that reside deep in the SleepyWood Dungeon.
 * THMS: Thailand Maple Story
 * 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 Maple Story
 * "T>": Shorthand used to mean "Trading"

V

 * V2k: - Bowman Bow
 * Vac: Vaccum 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.

W

 * W/G or WG: Work Gloves
 * WK: White Knight - The Third Job for page
 * Wuss: A common term referred to a person who quits a party during a PQ or a GQ without explanation.
 * 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