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 -
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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. Due to the increase of initial bank slots to 20, this can also be called 20B.
• AR - Ancient Relics Mode
• 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