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

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

A

AB

Arrow Blow — Archer skill

Advanced Blessing — Bishop skill

AC

Auto-Clicker. Before Nexon's implementation of GameGuard, these programs were one of the most popular way to gain entrance to the Kerning City and Ludibrium Party Quests. Nexon now prohibits their use. Despite the ban, they still are very popular today.

ACPQ

Ariant Coliseum Party Quest

ACS

Arcaneshade (another name for Arcane Umbra)

AF

Arcane Force

AFK

Away From Keyboard

AFMS

Away From MapleStory

AP

Ability Points

APQ

Amorian Challenge Party Quest

AR

Arrow Rain — Ranger skill

Angel Ray — Bishop skill

Aqua Road

AS

Attack Speed

Asi, Asianic

Asianic Bow — Bowman bow

AU

Arcane Umbra (Level 200 equipment set)

Azn

Asian

B

Bagged

Death by another player's summoning bag.

Banditsin (AKA Sindit)

A Rogue that maxes Lucky 7 and makes the second job advancement as a Bandit.

BB

Bow Booster — Bowman skill

Black Bandana

BBM

Black Bean Mark

BC

Black Crystal

Black Cube

BD

Boss Damage ("Damage to Boss Monsters" stat, not Boss' Damage dealt to players)

BF

Bigfoot

BL

Buddy List

BM

Bowmaster (4th job advancement of a bowman.)

the Black Mage

BMM

Blue Mushmom

BMS

Brazilian version of MapleStory

Bomb

Arrow Bomb — Hunter skill

Meso Explosion — Chief Bandit skill

Ursus/Lucid/Chaos Papulatus Skill (bomb inflicts less damage to each person if more people are hit by the same bomb)

Booster

Weapon booster skill — Most classes have a skill to boost their attack speed.

BPot

Bonus Potential

BSP

Blazing Sun Pendant

"B>"

Shorthand used to mean "Buying". For example; "B>Black Crystal"

BW

Blunt weapon (may also be known as a mace)

BWG

Brown Work Gloves — An expensive item due to its 7 slots

C

CB

Chief Bandit — 3rd job advancement of Bandits

Crossbow Booster — Crossbowman skill

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 to use "CC".

CHT

Chaos Horntail

CHTP

Chaos Horntail's Pendant

Clean

An equipment with all of its slots remaining.

CMS

China MapleStory

Coolies

The Coolie Zombies in the Forest of Dead Trees maps deep in El Nath.

CPap

Chaos Papulatus

CPB

Chaos Pink Bean

CPQ

(Monster) Carnival Party Quest

Crimson (AKA CRog)

Crimson Balrog

CRA

Chaos Root Abyss Bosses

CRF

Crimson Resurrection Flame

CS

Cash Shop

Cursed Sanctuary — the map where Jr. Balrog spawns.

Critical Shot — Archer skill

CS EAX

A form of vaccing (see vaccing). This one involves standing in one place while attacking any monster in the screen range.

CSI

Cash Shop item

CWK

Crimsonwood Keep

CWKPQ

Crimsonwood Keep Party Quest

CZak

Chaos Zakum

D

DAB

Decent Advanced Blessing

Dark YnP

Dark Yeti & Dark Pepe combined — Enemy found in Sharp Cliff IV in El Nath

DC

Dark Crystal

Disconnect

Defame

The act of defaming a player

DG

Drop game. A scam-related game in which two (or more) players drop items in turn order to obtain the other players' item(s).

DHB

Decent Hyper Body

DHS

Decent Holy Symbol

Dit

Bandit

DK

Dark Knight — 4th job advancement of the Spearman.

DrK

another shorthand for Dark Knight

DM

Dead Mines — Dungeon of El Nath.

Dom

Dominator Pendant

DR

Dark Ritual — Level 75 Magician staff

DS

Double Shot — Bowman skill

Dark Sight — Thief skill

Double Stab — Thief skill

Devil's Sunrise — Level 90 two-handed sword for Warriors

Drop steal — Stealing the drops of another player's kill if they don't pick it up.

Demon slayer - legends class, a warrior

DSE

Decent Sharp Eyes

DSG

Dark Stone Golem — Monster found in Golem's Temple 1

DSI

Decent Speed Infusion

DT

(*)Death Teddy — Monster found in Forgotten Path of Time 3

Dragon Tail — Level 80 Bandit Dagger

E

EFPQ

Ellin Forest Party Quest

EMS

Europe MapleStory

END

El Nath Dungeon

ENPQ

El Nath Party Quest

EoF

Eye of Fire (used to summon Zakum)

EOS

Eos Tower

F

FA

Final Attack — Bowman & Warrior skill

Farming PQ

In Ludi PQ, a party consisting of weak people that can't make it to the boss and repeatedly rush at a certain stage for the EXP

Fizard

Fire Wizard — A Fire/Poison Wizard who gets Fire Arrow first (not to be confused with Blaze Wizard)

FJ

Flash Jump — Explorer Thief skill + other skills that work the same way

FL

Friends List

FM

Free Market

FS

Facestompers

F/P

Fire/Poison Wizard/Mage

G

Gaga

Former event NPC. Daehyun Kang — Former director of Korean MapleStory (2009); Gaga is modelled after him

GFA

Gloves for Attack Scroll (usually referring to 60%)

GK

Gatekeeper — A powerful monster found deep within the Warped Passage.

GL

An official abbreviation for GLobal (WeddingGL, ThemeGL, etc.)

"Good luck."

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/Gamania/Level Up! Games/VinaGame 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

GQ (AKA GPQ)

Guild Quest

Grim

(*)Grim Phantom Watches — High-leveled monsters that are found deep within Ludibrium.

H

HA

Holy Arrow — Cleric skill

HB

Hyper Body — Spearman skill

Hanbyeol Oh (former director of Korean MapleStory (2010-2011?); NPC Inkwell is modelled after him)

HH

Headless Horseman

Hard Hilla

HHG

Henesys Hunting Grounds — The first map to the left of Henesys. A popular map for players just beginning their journey.

Hime

Sleepy Ghosts — A high-leveled monster found deep within Zipangu.

HKMS

Hong Kong MapleStory (CLOSED)

HMag

Hard Magnus

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

Holy Symbol — Priest skill

Hidden Street — A hidden map. (also a popular MapleStory information database www.hidden-street.net)

HT

Horntail — A huge dragon boss in Leafre.

HTP

Horntail Pendant

Horntail pre-quest/Horntail PQ.

HVL

Hard Von Leon

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

Iron Arrow — Bowman skill

Inner Ability

IED

Ignore Enemy Defense stat

I/L, IceLit

Ice/Lightning Wizard/Mage

J

Jaira

Epic/Rare Jaguar mount for Wild Hunters

Jaeger

Gross Jaeger — Level 70 Crossbow

Jeti, J-Yeti

Jr. Yeti — Enemy found just east of El Nath

JMS

Japan MapleStory

JPQ or J>PQ

Joining Party Quest — used when someone wants to join your party for a party quest

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.

Could also refer to Sakura Cellions found near Amoria.

KMS

Korea MapleStory

KMST

Korea MapleStory Tespia (Test Server)

KPQ

Kerning Party Quest

KS/KSed

Kill Steal/Kill Stolen — Kill stealing is when one player kills a monster that another player is fighting, or is about to attack.

L

"L>" or "L/F>"

"Looking for" — Used when shopping. After the ">", players write the name of the item they want.

It could also be used when looking for a player of a certain class for a PQ or boss.

L7

Lucky Seven — Thief skill

Leech(ing)

The act of having a higher-leveled character kill a monster so a lower-leveled character can receive experience.

Level/LV./LVL/LEV

Official references to character level.

LHC

Lionheart Castle, another name for Lion King's Castle

Lith

Lith Harbor

Lizzard

Lightning Wizard — An Ice/Lightning Wizard who gets the Lightning skill first

LKC

Lion King's Castle, a theme dungeon for characters level 115 and above.

LMPQ

Ludibrium Maze Party Quest

LoWB/LoWB2

Land of the Wild Boar — a Hidden Street located just east of Perion

Land of the Wild Boar II — a Hidden Street in the East Domain of Perion

LPQ

Ludibrium Party Quest

Ludi

Short for the Ludibrium area of Ossyria

Lycan/Lyco

Lycanthrope — Enemies found in Wolf Territory III and IV in El Nath

M

Macis

Tauromacis — An enemy found near the Cursed Sanctuary. Also spawned by 3rd job advancement bosses.

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.

MapleSEA

MapleStory SEA

Maze/Maze PQ

Ludibrium Maze PQ

MB

Mortal Blow — Ranger and Sniper skill

MC

Magic Claw — Magician skill

Monster Carnival

Meister Cube

Miracle Cube

MCC

Master Craftsman Cube

MCPQ

Monster Carnival Party Quest

MDEF

Magic defense

MDT

Master Death Teddies — Monster found in Lost Time, a Hidden Street off Forgotten Path of Time 3

ME

Meso Explosion — Chief Bandit skill

MG

Mix Golem

Magic Guard — Magician skill

Meso Guard — Chief Bandit skill

MM

Mushmom — Boss monster found in 'Someone Else's House', a Hidden Street located near the taxi cab in Henesys.

Monkey Magic - Cannon Shotter Skill

MMM

Mega Monkey Magic - Cannon Shotter Skill

MP

Mana/Magic Point(s) — A substance that enables a player to cast and perform magic (skills). MP is indicated by a medium-sized bar that is light-blue in color, located at the very bottom of the screen, next to the HP bar.

MP3

a map in Singapore best known for its Jr. Selkies and Slimies, both of which offer high experience.

MPQ

Magatia Party Quest (not to be confused with CPQ/MCPQ).

MS

MapleStory

MSEA

MapleStory SEA

Mushdad

[[Blue Mushmom — It's referred to as Mushdad, since there already is a mom (Mushmom)

N

Nath

El Nath

NLC

New Leaf City

NPC

Non-Player Character (Shop/Quest characters)

(verb) The act of selling an item to a shop NPC instead of to another player.

NX

Nexon

Usually used to refer to Nexon Cash. Nexon Cash is 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

Olympus — Bowman bow

"OMG Spear"

Omega Spear — level 80 Warrior Spear

OPQ

Orbis PQ

OS

Omega Sector

Ossy

Ossyria

P

Pang

White Pang — A monster found east of El Nath, commonly in Wolf Territory 3-5

Pap

Papulatus — Boss deep within Ludibrium's Clock Tower.

PB

Pink Bean

PC

"Price Check" — used to get an idea for what the average price of an item is.

Purple Cube

PG

Power Guard — Fighter and Page skill

Pizard

Poison Wizard — A Fire/Poison Wizard who uses pure Poison (very uncommon skill build)

PKB

Power Knock-Back — Hunter and Crossbowman skill

Poly

Polyfeather Hat (Bowman)

Pots

Potions

PPQ

Pirate Party Quest (AKA Herb Town PQ)

ppl2pass

People to pass, on rankings.

PQ

Party Quest

PS

Power Strike — Warrior skill

private server

PT

Party — Party members can share part of EXP gained from other members (see training). Any member of the party can pick up mesos or items dropped by monsters killed by other members.

PT Leech

Party Leech (PTL) is where someone is in a party who doesn't kill any monsters, but still gains EXP from the party.

PW

Phantom Watch, a monster at the bottom of Ludibrium's Clock Tower.

Phoenix Wand, a level 78 Magician Wand.

Q

QP

Quest progress

Quitter

A term referred to someone who quits a party quest.

R

"R>"

"Recruiting"

RC

Red Cube

Recharge

Recharging a persons stars or ammunition.

Repot

Refilling potions at the nearest store (usually a town).

Rocks

A somewhat common term used for both Summoning Rocks and Magic Rocks, which are used in some high level skills.

Rog

[[Jr. Balrog/Crimson Balrog — If heard on the boat to Orbis, from Ellinia, then it is referring to the Crimson Balrogs.

RRF

Rainbow Resurrection Flame

RSP

Rising Sun Pendant

Rush

To exit a Party Quest quickly, in an attempt to get back into the PQ multiple times in a row.

S

"S>"

"Selling"

SA

Soul Arrow — Bowman skill

Sader

Crusader

Sanc

the Sanctuary Entrance found deep in Sleepywood

SB

Slash Blast — Warrior skill

Savage Blow — Bandit skill

SC

Server Check — time allocated for Nexon to make fixes and add Cash items to the

game. Players aren't able to connect during these times.

SE

Sharp Eyes - a fourth job archer skill.

SF

Star Force Enhancement

SG

Stone Golems

Singapore

SI

Speed Infusion

Sin

Assassin — Referring to them as "Ass" only causes confusion and flame wars.

SinDit

Rogues who max Lucky 7 in 1st job and chooses Bandit in their 2nd job advancement.

Skeles

Skelegons

Sleepy

Sleepywood (also see SW)

SMC

Super Miracle Cube

Smuggling (Smug)

The act of taking a PQ item out of a PQ illegally.

Sniping

Attacking a monster from an a platform unreachable by the monster, to prevent taking damage.

SP

Shadow Partner — Hermit skill

Skill Points

Spears

Taurospear — Enemy found near the Cursed Sanctuary.

SQPT

Squid Party — Usually referring to Lethal Squids.

SR

Shining Ray — Priest skill

ST

Spell Trace

STDs

Straw Target Dummy — Found in the Training Grounds east of Mu Lung.

SY

Sunyoung Hwang — Former director of Korean MapleStory (2014-2015); Coordinator is modelled after him

SW

Sleepywood — The town at the center of Victoria Island

a MapleStory fan site/forums www.sleepywood.net

T

"T>"

"Trading"

Tauros

Tauromacis/Taurospears — Monsters that reside in the Cursed Sanctuary.

THMS

Thailand MapleStory

Track

(verb) Repeatedly using the /find command on a player to follow their movement, often used in PQs to determine a party's current location within the PQ.

Train

(verb) 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 — Night Lord skill

TWMS

Taiwan MapleStory

TY

Thank You

V

V2k

Vaulter 2000 — Bowman bow

Vaccing

Vacuum — a hack that brings all monsters in a map to a specific location.

VC

Violet Cube

Vending

Going AFK while using a Shop Permit to sell items while inactive. (i.e. overnight)

Vic

Victoria Island

Vikings/VK

Spirit Vikings — monsters found deep within Ludibrium's Clock Tower.

VKPT

Spirit Viking party — A party formed to kill Spirit Vikings for their EXP or drops.

Gigantic Spirit Vikings — monsters found deep within Ludibrium's Clock Tower.

VMS

Vietnam MapleStory

W

W/G or WG

Work Gloves

WK

White Knight — 3rd job advancement of Page

Won Ki (current director of Korean MapleStory (2015-); Wonki Kang (Wongi Gang). NPC Wonky the Fairy is modelled after him)

WS

Wolf Spider — A monster found in New Leaf City, inside of Big Ben.

WW

Werewolf — A monster found in Wolf Territory I and II

X

XBow

Crossbow

XBowman

Crossbowman — Archer who specializes in Crossbows.

XFer

Transferring items.

Y

YC

Yellow Cube

Yepe, Yepi, YnP

Yeti & Pepe combined — An enemy found in Ice Valley II in El Nath.

YW

You're welcome

Z

Z(1-4)

Refers to the Forest of Dead Trees maps in El Nath (from I to IV).

ZB

Zombie — Coolie Zombies found deep in the El Nath mountains.

Z-Diamond

Zakum Diamond

Z-Helm

Zakum Helmet

ZLupin

Zombie Lupin

ZMM

Zombie Mushmom

Z-Run

A large group of people who defeat Zakum, usually to obtain Z-helms and skill books; many guilds offer Zruns for a high price.

ZS, ZShroom

Zombie Mushroom