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This is a guide to some of the terminology used in-game which is specific to Asheron's Call. For more general terms, see Multiplayer/Glossary.

AB
Town of Ayan Bakur, located in the Direlands of western Dereth
AC
Asheron's Call
Aggro/aggro
Aggression, to "notice" or attack a player/npc
alchy
alchemist
Camping
Waiting for treasure/monster to re-spawn.
carebear
non-PK player, variations: o.O
Component, Comps
Items used to cast spells.
Decal
a third party application used in conjunction with various "plugins" to enhance play, Turbine has a neutral stance on this program, not bannable unless the plugins used break the CoC or ToS
Dereth
The main Island in Asheron's Call.
Direlands (AKA Dires) - A much harder area of dereth found in the west
FC/Fast Cast
refers to a break animation technique employed by some players who use the mage class, can make war spells cast at a faster rate
Gear
a long-dead third party program which was a hack that allowed users to run exceedingly faster than normal, often resulted in the user being banned
Mage
A character who uses magic
Melee
A character who uses melee weapons
ML
refers to Marae Lassel, an island north-west of Dereth, requires Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty expansion to access it
Mule/Pack Mule
A secondary character created for the purpose of storing items.
Oldschool
older players or older items, anything that was before the first expansion pack Dark Majesty or the early years after AC's initial release
pots
potions
PP/Pre-Patch
refers to items before they were "patched", these items are no longer attainable in-game in the pre-patch form and are usually considered more valuable
Pyreals
Money, the currency in Dereth.
reds
PKs
Rubber-band
When "lag" causes a character to spring back backwards/forwards, typically happens when the ac servers have become unstable.
teth
Fort Tethana, a large city located in the Direlands in western Dereth
Toon
short for character
vet
veteran or long-time player