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

• Drops - Another word for the loot (items) that a monster leaves behind when defeated in combat
• Spawn - When an enemy appears and the fight against that instance of the enemy starts

General Game Acronyms

• AE -
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  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
• KPH - Kills per Hour, a metric that allows
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  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
• Pots - Potions, a collection of items made with
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  Herblore
• PP - Prayer Points. More information is available on
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  Prayer
• SP - Soul Points, used for Abyssal Prayers
• /t - Per Tick, mainly used in
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  Township
• 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
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  Shockwave

Experience

• XP - Experience Points
• MXP -
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  Mastery Experience
• AXP -
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  Abyssal XP
• PXP or Pool XP - Mastery Pool Experience

Currency

Main article: Currency

• GP - Gold Pieces, the main currency in the base game and first two expansions
• SC - Slayer Coins
• AP -
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  Abyssal Pieces, the main currency in the Into the Abyss Expansion
• ASC - Abyssal Slayer Coins

Expansions

• TotH - Throne of the Herald (Expansion 1)
• AoD - Atlas of Discovery (Expansion 2)
• ItA -
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  Into the Abyss (Expansion 3)

Skills

• RC -
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  Runecrafting
• FM -
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  Firemaking
• WC -
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  Woodcutting
• HP -
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  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 -
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  Hardcore Mode
• HCCO - Hardcore Combat Only, a community-created Game Mode in which the player attempts to progress as far as possible in
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  Hardcore Mode without using any non-combat skills
• Maso - Masochism, a community-created Game Mode

Monsters and Dungeons

• BH - Bounty Hunter
• DD -
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  Dragons Den
• VC -
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  Volcanic Cave
• AGD -
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  Air God Dungeon
• WGD -
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  Water God Dungeon
• EGD -
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  Earth God Dungeon
• FGD -
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  Fire God Dungeon
• ITM -
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  Into the Mist
• ID or IDE -
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  Impending Darkness Event
• UW -
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  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

Enhancement Slots

• L - Left (1 / Circle)
• M - Middle (2 / Triangle)
• R - Right (3 / Square)

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