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
- Cap - An upper limit on a value
- Drops - Another word for the loot (items) that a monster leaves behind when defeated in combat
- Idle - To perform a task without input from the player
- Spawn - When an enemy appears and the fight against that instance of the enemy starts
General Game Acronyms
- AE - Error creating thumbnail: File missingAuto 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 Error creating thumbnail: File missingCombat 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 Error creating thumbnail: File missingHerblore
- PP - Prayer Points. More information is available on Error creating thumbnail: File missingPrayer
- SP - Soul Points, used for Abyssal Prayers
- /t - Per Tick, mainly used in Error creating thumbnail: File missingTownship
- 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 Error creating thumbnail: File missingShockwave
Experience
- XP - Experience Points
- MXP - Error creating thumbnail: File missingMastery Experience
- AXP - Error creating thumbnail: File missingAbyssal XP
- PXP or Pool XP - Mastery Pool Experience
Currency
- GP - Gold Pieces, the main currency in the base game and first two expansions
- SC - Slayer Coins
- AP - Error creating thumbnail: File missingAbyssal 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 - Error creating thumbnail: File missingInto the Abyss (Expansion 3)
Skills
- RC - Error creating thumbnail: File missingRunecrafting
- FM - Error creating thumbnail: File missingFiremaking
- WC - Error creating thumbnail: File missingWoodcutting
- HP - Error creating thumbnail: File missingHitpoints
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 - Error creating thumbnail: File missingHardcore Mode
- HCCO - Hardcore Combat Only, a community-created Game Mode in which the player attempts to progress as far as possible in Error creating thumbnail: File missingHardcore Mode without using any non-combat skills
- Maso - Masochism, a community-created Game Mode
Monsters and Dungeons
- BH - Bounty Hunter
- DD - Error creating thumbnail: File missingDragons Den
- VC - Error creating thumbnail: File missingVolcanic Cave
- AGD - Error creating thumbnail: File missingAir God Dungeon
- WGD - Error creating thumbnail: File missingWater God Dungeon
- EGD - Error creating thumbnail: File missingEarth God Dungeon
- FGD - Error creating thumbnail: File missingFire God Dungeon
- ITM - Error creating thumbnail: File missingInto the Mist
- ID or IDE - Error creating thumbnail: File missingImpending Darkness Event
- UW - Error creating thumbnail: File missingUnhallowed 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