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Abbreviations are often used in chat and other places in Guild Wars 2. The following article aims to document the abbreviations seen most usually. Note that none of these abbreviations are case sensitive in practice, and their appearance in-game will vary accordingly.
- The page does not aim to be all-encompassing, but rather to cover:
- Terms that are likely to be encountered (i.e. if you haven't seen it used commonly in chat, it's probably not well known enough and thus not likely encountered).
- Terms that are relevant to gameplay (e.g. no need to explain meanings of widely known social abbreviations such as "lol")
- Other abbreviations and terms may be found at the following links:
- Abbreviations specific to World versus World may be found here.
- Some other non-abbreviation terms can be found at Common terms or in the Glossary category.
- When adding new abbreviations:
- If the abbreviated and non-abbreviated terms are both common, list both.
- If the term varies in capitalization, just list the most common abbreviation. (e.g. AB instead of Ab.)
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List of abbreviations[edit]
Index: 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
Abbreviation | Meaning | Details |
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A | ||
AA | Auto Attack | Pressing 1 over and over to auto-attack or letting the autoattack chain run through without button press. |
AA | Astral Acclaim | The currency earned from the Wizard's Vault. |
AB | Auric Basin | A zone in Heart of Maguuma, part of the Heart of Thorns expansion. |
AC | Ascalonian Catacombs | A dungeon in Plains of Ashford. |
AC | Arrow cart | A siege weapon used in World versus World. |
ADPS | Alacrity damage per second | Refers to a dps who can support the team with alacrity boons. |
AFK | Away from keyboard | The player is not actively playing, but remains logged in. |
AH | Strike Mission: Aetherblade Hideout | A Strike Mission in End of Dragons. |
Aheal | Alacrity heal | Refers to a healer who can support the team with alacrity boons. |
Alac | Alacrity | A build that can provide and keep 100% uptime of Alacrity on its subgroup. |
AoE | Area of Effect | A skill or gameplay mechanic that affects creatures in a specific radius. |
AotJ / Ashes | Ashes of the Just | The epilogue skill of the Tome of Justice from the Firebrand specialization. |
AP | Achievement points | Points awarded for completing achievements. |
AP | Aetherpath | A specific path of the dungeon Twilight Arbor. |
Apple / Apple tag | Mentoring Badge | A red icon that a player can use to mark their current position on the world map. Commonly referenced as "on apple" or "on my apple tag." |
AR | Agony Resistance | Resistance to the Agony found in Fractals. |
Arah | The Ruined City of Arah | A dungeon located in Cursed Shore. Also refers to the event chain allowing access. |
ASS | Antique Summoning Stone | An item used in creating Generation 3 Legendary Weapons. |
AT | Automated Tournament | The daily and monthly automated Structured PvP tournaments. |
AG / Axe / Axemaster | Kill Axemaster Gwyllion | Refers to the event in Verdant Brink during Night and the Enemy. |
B | ||
BK | Black Kiter | Literally means black kiter, this is the same as Oil Kiter in the Deimos raid encounter. |
BC | Black Citadel | The charr capital city in Ascalon. |
BD | Boon Duration | Derived attribute that increases the duration of all boons applied. Derived from Concentration. |
Bag | Bag of Loot | 1) A ground item, appearing at a player's feet, containing a defeated enemy's loot in World vs World. 2) A negative term for bad WvW enemies, hinting on the spoils they'll leave, also see previous meaning. |
Bal / Ball | Ballista | A siege weapon in World vs World. |
Bio | Bathroom Break | Stands for "bathroom in-and-out", meaning the player has left to use the bathroom. |
BL | Borderlands | Often prefixed with the specific world or color of the Borderlands, e.g. GBL for Green Borderlands or HBL for Home (your server's current color) Borderlands. |
BRB | Be right back | The player is briefly not present, be it physically or with their avatar. |
BS | Banner slave | A legacy warrior build that involved bringing banners to provide unique damage buffs to allies. |
BS | Boneskinner | Used for the strike mission / strike mission boss. |
BS | Boon Strip | Any class that can remove boons from enemies. Used Mostly in Fractals. |
BSW | Bladesworn | The warrior elite specialisation in End of Dragons. |
BU | Backup | A person to step in and complete a particular task or role, only if the original person in charge can't do it. |
BW | Backwarg | Kills the Warg that spawns behind the team in wing 3 escort mission. |
C | ||
CA | Celestial Avatar | The Druid profession mechanic. |
CA | Conjured Amalgamate | The first boss in the Mythwright Gambit raid wing. |
Cat / Cata | Catalyst | The elementalist elite specialisation in End of Dragons. |
Cata | Catapult | A siege weapon used in World vs World. |
Cap | Capture a point | Fully capture a Capture point, either from neutral or enemy team color to friendly team color. Usually used in Structured PvP. |
CC | Crowd control | Skills which hinder the enemies from doing certain actions, usually trying to control their movements. Depletes the Defiance bar |
CD | Cooldown | The time it takes for a skill to be ready to use again. Referred to as Recharge. |
CDPS | Condition damage per second | A build based on condition damage with the main task to deal high damage. |
CF | Chest farming | Exploring the Silverwastes with a group of people to collect as many Lost bandit chests as possible. |
Champ | Champion | A very difficult enemy, intended for a group, indicated on its portrait by a gold outline with crossed swords. |
Chrono | Chronomancer | The mesmer elite specialization in Heart of Thorns. |
Claw / Jormag / CoJ | Claw of Jormag | One of the many champions of Jormag in Frostgorge Sound. This encounter is often confused with the actual Elder Dragon Jormag. |
CM | Caudecus's Manor | A dungeon in Queensdale. |
CM | Challenge Mote / Challenge Mode | An optional "hard mode" for some fractals, strikes, raids, and living world episodes. |
CO | Strike Mission: Cosmic Observatory | A Strike Mission in Secrets of the Obscure. |
CoE | Crucible of Eternity | A dungeon in Mount Maelstrom. |
CoF | Citadel of Flame | A dungeon in Fireheart Rise. |
Com / Comm / Commi / Cmdr | Commander | See also Tag / Taco / Pin / Dorito. |
Condi | Condition | Damage over time or control effect. |
CS | Cursed Shore | Refers to a champion and event farm with a designated commander in Cursed Shore. |
CS | Continuum Split | Refers to the Chronomancer profession mechanic Continuum Split. |
CT | Chest Train | Refers to the Bandit Chest farming period on the Silverwastes map. |
CW | Strike Mission: Cold War | Refers to the Cold War strike mission. |
CW/CCW | clockwise/counterclockwise | Refers to the direction players place the fire mechanic in Qadim the Peerless fight. (aka first left then right from pylon while facing the boss) |
D | ||
DBS | Death-Branded Shatterer | A dragon champion of Kralkatorrik in Jahai Bluffs that spawns a Dragon Chest upon its defeat. |
DC | Disconnect | The player lost connection to the game, usually from manually logging out, internet issues or electricity blackout. |
DD | Daredevil | The thief elite specialization in Heart of Thorns. |
DE | Dragon's End | Refers to the explorable zone in the Cantha and its respective meta event. |
DE / DED | Deadeye | The thief elite specialization in Path of Fire. |
DF | Dragonfall | A zone in Path of Fire, part of the Living World Season 4 episodes. |
Decap | Decapture a point | Neutralize an enemy Capture point but leave it at neutral without being fully captured. Usually used in Structured PvP. |
DH | Dragonhunter | The guardian elite specialization in Heart of Thorns. |
Disc | Discord | A VoIP program for communication |
DoD | Defier of Doubt | Title awarded after successfully completing the Challenge Mode in Sunqua Peak Fractal. Used in Fractals of the Mists Looking For Group to demand that the player has this title. |
DPS | Damage Per Second | A value used to describe how much damage a player or other character is able to deal. Additionally, a group may look for DPS players, which means they are looking for players whose primary group role is dealing damage to the enemy. |
DR | Diminishing returns | Anti-farm code implemented to prevent bots and exploits from disrupting the economy and gaining an unfair advantage over legitimate players. |
DR | Divinity's Reach | The human capital city in Kryta. |
DRM | Dragon Response Mission | Destroyer fighting instanced mini-missions released as part of The Icebrood Saga chapter 5, Champions. |
Dragon | Claw of Jormag Tequatl the Sunless The Shatterer |
Often confused with Elder Dragons, these three lieutenants are often referred to as dragons, due to their shape. |
DS | Dragonstorm | Refers to the Dragonstorm instanced world boss accessible through the Eye of the North. |
DS | Dragon's Stand | Refers to the explorable zone in the Maguuma Jungle and its respective meta event. |
DSD | Deep sea dragon | A community nickname for Soo-Won prior to the release of End of Dragons. See Common terms for others. |
DT | Danger Time | A chronomancer trait that boosts critical chance against slowed enemies. |
DT | Dry Top | A high-level zone found in Maguuma Wastes, accessed through Brisban Wildlands. |
Dudu | Druid | The ranger elite specialization in Heart of Thorns. |
DwD | Dances with Demons | Title given upon completing Sunqua Peak Fractal on Challenge Mode with no members of your party dying. Usually seen in the Fractals of the Mists Looking For Group section, to demand that a player has this title. |
E | ||
EA | Empower Allies | A Warrior Master trait in the Tactics line. |
EB / EBg | Eternal Battlegrounds | The central map in World vs World. Location of Stonemist Castle. |
Ecto | Glob of Ectoplasm | A max-level crafting material, only acquired by salvaging rare or better level 68+ items. |
Ele | Elementalist | One of the eight core professions which wears light armor. |
Engi | Engineer | One of the eight core professions which wears medium armor. |
EoD | End of Dragons | Referring to the third Guild Wars 2 expansion, End of Dragons. |
EotM | Edge of the Mists | A sort of overflow map for World vs World. Events grant rewards and achievements but do not count toward the Mist War score. |
EotN | Eye of the North | An upgradable base for The Icebrood Saga living story arc. |
Epi | Epidemic | A Corruption Utility skill for the Necromancer. |
ess | Unstable Cosmic Essence | Trophy for 100 CM fractal. Usually seen/wanted to be pinged in Fractal LFG's to show a players' experience. See also KP. |
EWP | Emergency Waypoint Tactic | WvW tactic to provide emergency waypoint, useful to summon players from different other WvW maps to guard invaded objective. |
EXP | Experienced | Often seen in LFG (such as fractals) where a group wants an experienced player who knows the fractal. |
F | ||
F&P / P+F | Fractal Potion & Food | Often found in the LFG when looking for fractals or dungeons. Players in this group are expected to use potions and food for their run. |
FA | Fresh Air | An Elementalist trait. |
FB | Firebrand | The guardian elite specialization in Path of Fire. Specific build variations can we written as HFB or QFB for Heal Quickness or CDPS Quickness Firebrand respectively, for example. |
FGS | Fiery Greatsword | An Elementalist elite skill. |
FotM / Fractals / Fracs | Fractals of the Mists | A dungeon in Lion's Arch. |
FC | Full Clear | Commonly seen in the raid and strike lfg when people want to clear an entire raid wing or all strikes. |
FS | Forging Steel | A strike mission. |
FPS | Frames Per Second | Denotes the number of frames per second that the client is currently able to render. Can be observed in the options menu. |
Frogs | Kill Cotoni and Huetzi | Refers to the event in Verdant Brink during Night and the Enemy. |
G | ||
Gar / Garri | Garrison | The large central keep in a World vs World borderland. |
GG | Good Game | Said when content has been cleared or a competitive match has ended Refers to the /gg chat command. Typically said in chat to tell others in your group to use /gg on themselves. |
GH | Guild hall | Guild halls are areas designed for guilds. |
GH | Mordant Crescent Great Hall | Refers to the Sunspear Uprising meta event in the Domain of Istan. |
GitV | Gazed into the Void | A title rewarded by completing the achievement End of Dragons: Gaze into the Void — In the Xunlai Jade Junkyard Strike Mission with challenge mode active, defeat Ankka while she has 6 or more stacks of Power of the Void. (5 ). |
GM | Guild Mission | Guild activity which members can do together. Rewards the participants with Guild Commendations. |
GM | Game Master | Refers to a game developer or moderator. Sometimes used to refer to any ArenaNet employee. |
Golem / Alpha / Omega | Siege Golem | A mobile siege weapon in World vs World. |
Gor / Gors | Gorseval the Multifarious | The second boss in the Spirit Vale raid wing. |
GPH | Gold per hour | The amount of gold earned by some farming method if all loot is converted to gold. |
GotL | Grace of the Land | A Druid Grandmaster trait. |
GS | Greatsword | A two-handed melee weapon used by Warriors, Guardians, Rangers, Mesmers and Reapers. |
GTG / G2G | Good to go / Got to go | Interchangeably, the state of being ready or needing to leave based on context. |
GW / GW1 | Guild Wars | The original Guild Wars installment. Sometimes inaccurately used to refer to Guild Wars 2, if the 1 is omitted. |
H | ||
HAD | Heal Alacrity Druid | Refers to a support variant for Druid. |
HAM | Heal Alacrity Mechanist | Refers to a support variant for Mechanist. |
HAT | Heal Alacrity Tempest | Refers to a support variant for Tempest. |
HB / HFB | Healbrand / Heal Firebrand | Refers to a support variant for Firebrand. |
HK | Hand Kiter | Refers to a specialized role used in the Deimos encounter in Bastion of the Penitent. |
Holo | Holosmith | The engineer elite specialization in Path of Fire. |
Home | Home instance | Upgradable instanced area within capital cities. Parties can be invited to one of their members' home instance to gather resources from the unlockable nodes. |
HoT | Heart of Thorns | Referring to the first Guild Wars 2 expansion, Heart of Thorns. |
HotM | Heart of the Mists | The main hub for Structured PvP. |
HotW | Honor of the Waves | A dungeon in Frostgorge Sound. |
HP | Hero Point | A character currency used to progress characters through training skills and traits. |
HS / HSc | Heal Scourge | Refers to a support variant for Scourge |
HT | Strike Mission: Harvest Temple | A Strike Mission in End of Dragons. |
I | ||
IA | Improved Alacrity | A chronomancer trait that improves alacrity. |
IBS / TIS | The Icebrood Saga | Refers to the fifth Living World season. In LFG often refers to the strike missions released during the season. |
IBS 3 / easy 3 | Icebrood Saga (easy) 3 Strikes | Used by groups that do the 3 strike missions Shiverpeaks Pass, Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen and Fraenir of Jormag. |
IBS 5 | Icebrood Saga 5 Strikes | Used by groups that do the 5 strike missions Shiverpeaks Pass, Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen, Fraenir of Jormag, Boneskinner and Whisper of Jormag. |
ICD | Internal Cooldown | Used mainly for trait and skill systems, and indicate that a particular trait/skill enters an internal cooldown before producing its effect. For example, the skill Meteor Shower has an ICD of 0.5sec, it means each meteor will only produce damage once every 0.5sec, if the meteor hits a target and the cooldown is up the damage will simply be negated. |
Inc | Incoming | Used in World vs World to indicate that the enemy is approaching. |
Ini / Init | Initiative | The skill cost mechanic for thieves. |
IP | Internet Protocol | Each instance/shard of every zone in the world has its own unique IP address, which can be determined by typing /ip. Players will sometimes list their map IP when many instances of the same map are running at once, like during a meta event. |
J | ||
JP | Jumping puzzle | A platforming puzzle with a chest reward at the end. |
JW | Janthir Wilds | Referring to the fifth Guild Wars 2 expansion, Janthir Wilds. |
K | ||
KC | Keep Construct | The third encounter in the Stronghold of the Faithful raid wing. |
KO | Strike Mission: Kaineng Overlook | A Strike Mission in End of Dragons. |
KP | Kill proof | Often used in high level fractal and raid LFGs; usually items unique to the content, such as a decoration token or unique gear. Players asking for kill proof in an LFG message want joining players to link the items or gear in chat using shift+click. |
L | ||
LA | Lion's Arch | One of Tyria's cities, which connects all other major cities together. |
Lab / Laby | Mad King's Labyrinth | Refers to the map available during the Halloween holiday event, the Mad King's Labyrinth. |
Largos | Twin Largos (Nikare and Kenut) | The second encounter in the Mythwright Gambit raid wing. |
LB | Longbow | A ranged weapon used by Warriors, Rangers and Dragonhunters.
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LC / LCM / LM | Strike Mission: Temple of Febe | Refers to the Legendary Challenge Mode of the Temple of Febe Strike Mission. |
Ld / LD / ld | Legendary Divination | Item previously acquired from bosses in Path of Fire raids, was used in the creation of the legendary ring Coalescence. |
Levi / LEVI / levi | Fend off the leviathan | Refers to an epic and event farm in Seitung Province. |
LF | Life force | Resource pool for Necromancers. |
LFG / LF#M / LFT | Looking For Group Looking For # More Looking For Team |
Used to search for party members (usually for dungeons, fractals, raids and strike missions). |
LFR | Looking For Raid | Poster is looking to join a raid. |
Li / LI / li | Legendary Insight | Item acquired from bosses in raids, used in the creation of legendary armor and the legendary ring Coalescence. |
LI | Low Intensity | Used to describe character builds with a very low input required to function, often useful for players with various disabilities. |
LNHB | Leaves No Hero Behind | Refers to the title gained from completing the T4 Shattered Observatory CM fractal without a single party member dying. Usually seen/wanted in Fractal LFG's to show a players' experience. |
LS / LW | Living World | Refers to the Living World update structure between expansions. |
LT / Lieut | Lieutenant | A "rank" inside a Squad with elevated permissions. Can only be assigned by the squad's Commander. |
M | ||
Mat / Matri | Kill the wyvern matriarch | Refers to the event in Verdant Brink during Night and the Enemy. |
Mats | Crafting material | Materials used in Crafting. |
Matt | Matthias Gabrel | The final boss of Salvation Pass. |
Maw | The Frozen Maw | The meta event and world boss event in Wayfarer Foothills that takes place every two hours. |
MC | Mystic Coin | Refers to Mystic Coins which are often used as an alternative to Coins. |
Mech | Mechanist | The engineer elite specialization in End of Dragons or their summon, Jade Mech |
Meta | Meta event | Refers to connected chains of dynamic events that take place in a certain map. |
Meta | Metagame | The most effective builds or party/squad compositions of the moment. |
MF | Magic Find | Attribute that increases chance of higher-quality loot from defeated foes. |
MF / Forge | Mystic Forge | An interactive object in certain places around Tyria and the Mists used to acquire and gamble with various recipes. |
MO | Mursaat Overseer | 2nd boss of the Bastion of the Penitent raid wing. |
MO | Mike O'Brien | Co-founder and former president of ArenaNet. |
MP | Mastery point | An endgame progression element available in any one of the expansions. |
MS | Meteor Shower | Elementalist fire staff skill with a large radius and long recharge. |
N | ||
NA | Nightmare Aspect | Seen in Fractal LFG, a title earned for completing the Silent Surf fractal's challenge mode. |
Necro / Nec | Necromancer | One of the eight core professions which wears light armor. |
NM | Normal mode | Normal mode, that is without activating the challenge mote. Often used in strike missions. |
Node | Resource node | A gathering location to mine, harvest, or chop to acquire ore, cooking materials, or wood. |
O | ||
Obby / Obsi / Obi | Obsidian Shards | A rare crafting material which is needed for Ascended equipment and Legendary weapons. |
OLC | Strike Mission: Old Lion's Court | A Living World Season 1 Strike Mission. |
OOC | Out of Combat | Mainly used so party members can heal or teleport/revive at a waypoint. |
OP / Op | Overpowered | Used to describe something too powerful. |
OW | Open World | The explorable zones in the world map that are open to all players. |
P | ||
P1 / P2 / P3 / P4 | Path 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 | Used by Dungeon groups to indicate which of the explorable paths they're doing. |
Pala | Palawadan, Jewel of Istan | Meta event in the Domain of Istan. |
Pat / Patri | Kill the Wyvern Patriarch | Refers to the event in Verdant Brink during Night and the Enemy. |
PBAoE | Point Blank Area of Effect | Refers to area of effect attacks that are centered around the player, sometimes referred to as player-based area of effect. |
PDPS | Power damage per second | A build based on Power damage with the main task to deal high damage. |
PHIW | Play How I Want | A tag for groups where players are not required to run (popular) meta classes. (see meta) |
PI | Perfect Inscriptions | A Guardian Grandmaster trait that improves their Signets and share the passive effects with their team. |
PoF | Path of Fire | Referring to the second Guild Wars 2 expansion, Path of Fire. |
PoI | Point of interest | The points of interest (little squares) that are required for map completion. Alternatively, a former show about the game. |
Port / Portal | Portal | A circle in the ground that teleports players to another location, usually chosen by another player. |
Pot | Potion | A consumable which grants effects that are helpful against a specific type of NPC enemy. |
PPK | Points Per Kill | Points awarded towards war score per enemy players killed in World vs World. |
PPT | Points Per Tick | Points awarded towards war score every 5 minutes for locations controlled in World vs World. |
Pre | Pre-event | Events that are part of an event chain and lead to a particular, sought after event. Pre is rarely used for precursor weapons. |
PS | Phalanx Strength | A build-defining Warrior Grandmaster trait in the Tactics line. |
PUG / Pugs | Pick Up Group | A group of randomly matched players. |
PvD / PvDoor | Player versus Door | Players attacking gates with their weapon skills in World versus World to break them faster. |
PvE | Player versus Environment | The gameplay mode which solely focuses on pitting players against AI-controlled enemies. |
PvP / sPvP | Player versus Player | The gameplay mode which solely focuses on pitting players against other players. |
PvX | Player versus anything | A PvX player is a player who enjoys doing both PvE and PvP. Similarly, a PvX guild is a guild which does both PvE and PvP. |
Q | ||
QB / QFB | Quickness Firebrand | Refers to a support and CDPS hybrid variant for Firebrand. |
QDPS | Quickness damage per second | Refers to a dps who can support the team with quickness boons. |
Qheal | Quickness heal | Refers to a healer who can support the team with quickness boons. |
QQ / Rage / Salt | Crying / Lashing out | Used for pointing out sore losers or players complaining about events, battles or teammates. |
Q1 / Qadim 1 | Qadim | The third boss of Mythwright Gambit raid wing. |
QtP / Q2 / Qadim 2 / QTPie | Qadim the Peerless | The third boss of The Key of Ahdashim raid wing. |
R | ||
r / r? | ready | Used in chat for ready checks, on occasions where the game does not provide a built-in ready tool. |
rc? /rc | Ready Check | Used in chat for to ask for a commander to do a Ready Check. Or if a member of the squad forgot to answer it. |
Rec / Recs | Recommended Fractals | Refers to a set of daily fractal achievements. |
Ren | Renegade | Refers to the Path of Fire elite specialization for the Revenant profession. |
Rep | Represent | Representing a guild. |
Rev | Revenant | A profession introduced in and available by owning Heart of Thorns. |
Rez / Res | Revival | Refers to the act of reviving a player from downed or defeated state. |
RI | Righteous Indignation | An WvW NPC effect that grants invulnerability against damage of all sources and provides a significant damage boost. |
RI | Righteous Instincts | A Guardian Grandmaster trait that significantly increases critical chance and generates might. Used in opposition to Perfect Inscriptions. See also PI. |
RIBA | Red-Indigo-Blue-Amber | A casual-oriented Silverwastes event farming method referring to the order of event-tagging. |
River | River of Souls | The second encounter in the Hall of Chains raid wing. |
Rota, rot | Rotation | A sequence of actions performed by players to achieve a desired outcome. Often a skill sequence. |
RP | Role Playing | Where players act out their character's attitude, actions and speech within the game setting. |
RR | Righteous Rebel | Often used to indicate a variant of a condition Renegade build which will provide alacrity |
S | ||
SA | Shadow Arts | Shadow Arts is a core specialization for the thief that focuses on survival, defensive abilities, and stealth. |
SAB | Super Adventure Box | An 8-bit platformer inspired mini-game. |
Sab | Sabetha the Saboteur | The third boss in the Spirit Vale raid wing. |
SAK | Special action skill/key | Additional skills which can appear above the skill bar during certain fights. |
Sam / Sama | Samarog | 3rd boss of the Bastion of the Penitent raid wing. |
SB / Behe | Shadow Behemoth | Epic nightmare boss in Queensdale, that appears on a fixed schedule. |
SB | Short bow | A ranged weapon used by Rangers, Thieves and Renegades. |
SB / SPB | Spellbreaker | Warrior elite specialization featuring dual daggers, interrupts, and heavy boon removal. |
SB / Slb | Soulbeast | Ranger elite specialization featuring mainhand dagger and pet merging. |
SE | Sorrow's Embrace | A dungeon in Dredgehaunt Cliffs. |
SH / Desmina | Soulless Horror | The first boss in the Hall of Chains raid wing. |
Shrek | Strike Mission: Cosmic Observatory | Refers to Strike Mission: Cosmic Observatory or Dagda. |
Shroud | Death Shroud | Refers to the necromancers profession mechanic. |
Sloth | Slothasor | 1st boss of the Forsaken Thicket raid wing. |
SM / SMC | Stonemist Castle | The main fort in the Eternal Battlegrounds. |
SotO | Secrets of the Obscure | Referring to the fourth Guild Wars 2 expansion, Secrets of the Obscure. |
SP | Strike Mission: Shiverpeaks Pass | Refers to the strike mission. |
sPvP | Structured PvP | PvP mode which allows competition on an even footing. Available in the Heart of the Mists. |
Stab | Stability | Boon that prevents players from being affected by hard crowd control effects. |
Statues | Statues of Grenth | The third encounter in the Hall of Chains raid wing. |
StM | Seize the Moment | A Chronomancer major Grandmaster trait that provides quickness for each clone shattered. |
Sup(s) | Supply | A currency that allows a player to construct siege, deploy a trap (environmental weapon), or repair a damaged gate or wall. |
SW | Silverwastes | Refers to activities in Silverwastes - typically either doing meta events, doing meta bosses, or a Lost Bandit Chest train. Often accompanied with XX%, indicating how far along the map is towards the meta boss events. |
T | ||
T1 / T2 / T3 / T4 | Tier # | One of the 4 difficulty tiers in the Fractals of the Mist. Often used as a synonym for the daily fractal achievements on the respective tier. |
TA | Twilight Arbor | A dungeon in Caledon Forest. |
Tarir | Battle in Tarir | Referring to the meta event in Auric Basin which involves the defense of the Exalted city of Tarir. |
TC | Twisted Castle | An encounter in the Stronghold of the Faithful raid wing. |
TD | Tangled Depths | A zone in Heart of Maguuma, part of the Heart of Thorns expansion. |
Tetrad | Kill the tetrad of Mordrem champions | Refers to the event in Verdant Brink during Night and the Enemy. |
Teq / Taco | Tequatl | The world boss Tequatl the Sunless. |
TM | Treasure Mushroom | Events in HoT maps that have a daily rare chance of rewarding Invisible Boot Box. |
TOF / ToF | Strike Mission: Temple of Febe | A Strike Mission in Secrets of the Obscure. |
TP | Trading Post | An in-game tool for buying and selling loot, accessed by default with O. |
TP | Teleport/TP to Friend | Portal Entre, Teleport to Friend or skills with similar mechanics. |
Train / KTrain | Train | A great amount of players using the strength of numbers to achieve a task with little difficulty. May in particular apply to Karma Train (capturing camps/objectives/towers/keeps in WvW or EotM in a cycle to acquire a constant stream of karma, experience, and loot) Champion Train (circling a set amount of places where Champions spawn to kill them efficiently for loot, or swarming an event to make more of them spawn) or sometimes Fail Train (staying at a place farming an event or an event chain that restarts faster or is more lucrative when failed). |
Taxi / Ferry | Taxi | Referring to moving players to a particular instance of an explorable zone |
Treb | Trebuchet | A siege weapon used in Player vs Player and World vs World. |
Trio | Protect the caged prisoners | The 2nd encounter in the Salvation Pass raid wing, which contains 3 individually weaker bosses. |
TS | TeamSpeak | A third party tool mainly used for voice communication. |
TT | Triple Trouble | Referring to the Three-Headed Wurm world boss. |
TL | Twin Largos (Nikare and Kenut) | The second encounter in the Mythwright Gambit raid wing. |
U | ||
UF / UFE | Unstable Fractal Essence | Item acquired from completing Nightmare Fractal, Shattered Observatory Fractal, or Sunqua Peak Fractal with challenge mode active. |
UM | Unbound Magic | Refers to the Living World Season 3 global map currency Unbound Magic. |
V | ||
VB | Verdant Brink | Refers to the explorable area in the Maguuma Jungle and often its associated meta events. |
VG | Vale Guardian | The first boss in the Spirit Vale raid wing. |
Vet | Veteran | Refers to a veteran rank NPC, indicated by a bronze border on its portrait. |
Vindi | Vindicator | The revenant elite specialization in End of Dragons. |
Virt | Virtuoso | The mesmer elite specialization in End of Dragons. |
VitV | Voice in the Void | Refers to the title gained from completing all achievements in the Hall of Chains raid wing, also known as Silencer. |
VM | Volatile Magic | Refers to the Living World Season 4 global map currency, Volatile Magic. |
VW | Vinewrath | Refers to the boss of the meta event that follows The Breach in the Silverwastes. |
W | ||
W1 / W2 / ... / W8 | Wing # | Commonly seen in the raid LFG to refer to one of the raid wings based on the order released. |
WB | Welcome Back | Return greeting after being Away From Keyboard. |
WB | Willbender | The guardian elite specialization in End of Dragons. |
WB | World boss | A special kind of event that gives a daily reward at the end of an event chain culminating in the battle against a powerful enemy. Some of them are on a precise schedule. |
WoJ | Strike Mission: Whisper of Jormag | Refers to the strike mission and its boss, Whisper of Jormag. |
WP | Waypoint | Allows fast-travelling across the map. |
WTB | Want to buy | Often seen in the LFG, a player wants to buy something. |
WTS | Want to sell | Often seen in the LFG, a player wants to sell something. |
WV | Wizard's Vault | An new in-game system used to collect rewards from daily quests and purchase items with Astral Acclaim. Replaces the old Log-in Rewards system. |
WvW | World versus World | A form of Player versus Player that pits three worlds against each other in a weekly match. |
X | ||
X/X | Weapon set | Format: Mainhand/Offhand. Example: D/P is short for dagger/pistol. With no off hand it's D/X. With two-handed weapons like Greatsword it's just "GS". |
XJJ | Strike Mission: Xunlai Jade Junkyard | A Strike Mission in End of Dragons. |
Y | ||
Yak / Dolly | Dolyak | An animal in Tyria. Most commonly used to refer to supply caravans in World vs World and The Silverwastes. |
Z | ||
Zerg / (Map-)Blob | Zerg | Massive group of players. A zerg is any group above 10-15 players, Blobs are generally maxed out squads of 40-50 ppl, or more. |
Zerk / Zerker | Berserker's | A widely-used stat combination improving purely strike damage attributes (power, precision and ferocity), or a character wearing such equipment. |