Glossary
Similar to most games, the Melvor Idle community uses a number of abbreviations and shorthand names. This page contains a list of several terms you may see mentioned along with a brief definition for each:
Glossary
General Game Terms
- AE - Auto Eat, sometimes referred to as AE1, AE2, or AE3 for each of the available tiers
- BIS - Best In Slot, refers to Equipment that is the best in a given slot (e.g. Helmet) for a particular task
- DPS - Damage per Second
- DR - Damage Reduction
- Tx - Tier x, often used for potions (Tier 1, 2, 3 and 4) or the level equipment requires to be worn (see T90)
- T90 - Tier 90, which is referencing weapons with a requirement of skill level 90: Tidal Edge, Ocean Song and Shockwave
- XP - Experience Points
- MXP - Mastery Experience
- PXP or Pool XP - Mastery Pool Experience
- Pots - Potions, a collection of items made with Herblore
- PP - Prayer Points. More information is available on Prayer
- KPH - Kills per Hour, a metric that allows Combat equipment/loadouts to be compared in terms of the average number of kills of a particular Monster that is achievable within an hour while using said loadout
- SC - Slayer Coins
Expansions
- TotH - Throne of the Herald (Expansion 1)
- AoD - Atlas of Discovery (Expansion 2)
- ItA - Error creating thumbnail: File missingInto the Abyss (Expansion 3)
Skills
- RC - Runecrafting
- FM - Firemaking
- WC - Woodcutting
- HP - Hitpoints
Game Modes
- 12B - 12 Bank Slots, a community-created Game Mode where the player sticks with the initial 12 bank slots and never acquires more
- HC - Hardcore Mode
- HCCO - Hardcore Combat Only, a community-created Game Mode in which the player attempts to progress as far as possible in Hardcore Mode without using any non-combat skills
- Maso - Masochism, a community-created Game Mode
Monsters and Dungeons
- BH - Bounty Hunter
- DD - Dragons Den
- VC - Volcanic Cave
- AGD - Air God Dungeon
- WGD - Water God Dungeon
- EGD - Earth God Dungeon
- FGD - Fire God Dungeon
- ITM - Into the Mist
- ID - Impending Darkness Event
- UW - Unhallowed Wasteland
Equipment
- ARoM - Ancient Ring of Mastery
- ARoS - Ancient Ring of Skills
- CCI - Clue Chasers Insignia
- Crown - Crown of Rhaelyx
- DJav - Dragon Javelin, an item commonly mass crafted for its Money Making potential
- DL - Diamond Luck, usually suffixed with the "Tx" notation. DL T4 would stand for Diamond Luck Potion IV
- FEZ - Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
- Signet or Signet Ring - Aorpheat's Signet Ring
Prefixes
- (S) - Silver trimmed: an upgrade to base game untrimmed melee armor
- (G) - Gold trimmed: an upgrade to base game (S) melee armor. Adds DR.
- (U) - Upgraded: an upgrade to ranged armor
- (I) - Iridium trimmed: an upgrade to TotH untrimmed melee armor
- (P) - Palladium trimmed: an upgrade to TotH (I) melee armor
- (B) - Barrier: an upgrade available for some base game and AoD armor
- (C) - Crystal: an upgrade available for some (B) gear
Suffixes
- (u) - unstrung: a bow that needs a string
- (m) - Unholy Mark: applies Mark stacks in combat and grants access to Unholy Prayers
- (a)/(b) - the two halves of Aorpheat's Signet Ring
Weapons and Shields
- Ancients - Ancient Magicks
- DFS - Dragonfire Shield
- ELS - Earth Layered Shield
- CB - Cloudburst Staff
- DSD - Darksteel Dagger
- TE - Twin Exiles or Tidal Edge
- OS - Ocean Song
- SS - Stormsnap or Sandstorm Ring
- TGS - Terran Godsword
- RGS - Ragnar Godsword