This guide is a comprehensive list of various acronyms, abbreviations, and terms that players will encounter in Guild Wars 2. If an acronym is missing from the list, feel free to leave a comment down below and I will add it. Using the Finder Function (such as CTRL + F on Windows) will be your friend with this guide. General Game GW2 - Guild Wars 2 GW - Sometimes GW1. Guild Wars, the original game. HoT - The Heart of Thorns expansion PoF - The Path of Fire expansion EoD - The End of Dragons expansion SotO - Secrets of the Obscure expansion JW - Janthir Wilds expansion VoE - Visions of Eternity expansion LWS - Living World Season IBS - Icebrood Saga ANet - ArenaNet, the developers of Guild Wars 2 AP - Achievement points DR - Diminishing returns, an anti-farming and botting measure GPH - Gold per hour IP - Internet Protocol, each instance of a map MO - Mike O’Brien, a former ArenaNet employee. Not to be confused with Mursaat Overseer. PvE - Player vs Environment PvX - Player versus Anything. Someone who does PvE, PvP, and WvW. Pug - Pick up group, a group of random players r - Sometimes rdy. Stands for ready. Rep - Representing a guild RP - Roleplay TP - Trading post Train - Players continuously completing a variety of objectives together as a group Taxi - Joining another instance of a map MP - Mastery Point Open World PoI - Point if Interest map completion objectives HP - Hero Points map completion objectives Heart - Renown Hearts, or Tasks, map completion objectives WP - Waypoint map completion objectives Meta - A series of events that are connected together, generally reward a lot of items VB - Verdant Brink map AB - Auric Basin map TD - Tangled Depths map EotN - The Eye of the North hub LA - Lion’s Arch map BC - Black Citadel map DR - Divinity’s Reach map GH - Guild Hall Lab - Sometimes Laby, the Mad King’s Labyrinth Akili - An event in the Domain of Istan Pala - Palawadan, the meta event in the Domain of Istan DBS - Death Branded Shatterer world boss in Jahai Bluffs Gerent - The Chak Gerent meta event in Tangled Depths Octo - The Octovine meta event in Auric Basin Mat - The Wyvern Matriarch boss in Verdant Brink Pat - The Wyvern Patriarch boss in Verdant Brink Frogs - The Kill Cotoni and Huetzi boss event in Verdant Brink Tetrad - A boss event in Verdant Brink SI - Serpent's Ire meta event TT - Triple Trouble world boss Teq - Occasionally Taco, Tequatl the Sunless world boss RIBA - Red, Indigo, Blue, Amber. A gold farm train in the Silverwastes. SAB - Super Adventure Box ASS - Antique Summoning Stones, an item from End of Dragons Ecto - Globs of Ectoplasm, a crafting material MC - Mystic Coins, a crafting material Pre - An event before a popular event Champ - Champion level mobs Vet - Veteran level mobs DRM - Dragon Response Missions from the Icebrood Saga DSD - Refers to the Deep Sea Dragon JP - Jumping Puzzle MF - Magic Find MF - Sometimes Forge, the Mystic Forge Node - A resource node, like an Ore Vein Dungeons AC - Ascalonian Catacombs, the first dungeon in Plains of Ashford CM - Caudecus’s Manor, the second dungeon in Queensdale (not to be confused with CM - Challenge mote (below) TA, occasionally Arbor - Twilight Arbor, the third dungeon in Caledon Forest SE - Sorrow’s Embrace, the fourth dungeon in Dredgehaunt Cliffs CoF - Citadel of Flame, the fifth dungeon in Fireheart Rise HotW - Honor of the Waves, the sixth dungeon in Frostforge Sound CoE - Crucible of Eternity, the seventh dungeon in Mount Maelstrom Arah - The Ruined City of Arah, the eighth dungeon in Cursed Shore p, commonly seen as p1, p2, p3, or p4 - Path, refers to specific versions of dungeons in explorable mode Story - The story mode version of the dungeon, done to unlock explorable paths U, sometimes upward, forward/upward, or u/f - the first path in Twilight Arbor F, sometimes forward, forward/forward, f/f - the second path in Twilight Arbor Aetherpath, sometimes Aether or AP - the third path in Twilight Arbor Quick, sometimes speed or fast - Going through a dungeon quickly, generally done by experienced players Fractals of the Mist FotM, sometimes frac or fractals - Short for Fractals of the Mist Fractal - Refers to individual levels, such as Urban Battleground Scale - Refers to the difficulty level in FotM T - seen as T1, T2, T3, or T4 - FotM Tiers of difficulty rec - recommended, the daily recommended fractals CM - Challenge Mode or Mote, commonly seen as CM 98, 99, or 100 for the CM of those specific fractals AR - Agony Resistance, armor upgrades necessary for high level fractals F&P, sometimes P+F - Potions and Food UF, sometimes UFE - Unstable Fractal Essence, rewarded from CM 98, 99, and 100 ess - Unstable Cosmic Essence, reward from CM 100, used as kill proof DoD - Defier of Doubt, title earned from completing CM 100, used as kill proof DwD - Dance with Demons, title from an achievement in CM 100, used as kill proof LNHB - Leaves No Heroes Behind, title for completing CM 99, used as kill proof Raids W, commonly seen as W1, W2… W7 - Wing, specific raid maps including certain bosses Wing 1, W1 - Spirit Vale Wing 2, W2 - Salvation Pass Wing 3, W3 - Stronghold of the Faithful Wing 4, W4 - Bastion of the Penitent Wing 5, W5 - Hall of Chains Wing 6, W6 - Mythwright Gambit Wing 7, W7 - The Key of Ahdashim Wing 8, W8 - Mount Balrior VG - Vale Guardian, first boss of Wing 1 Gors - Gorseval, second boss of Wing 1 Sab - Sabetha the Saboteur, third boss of Wing 1 Sloth - Slothasor, sometimes referred to as Cave Monster, the first boss of Wing 2 Trio - Bandit Trio, referred to officially as Protect the caged prisoners, prisoner camp, and occasionally “Berg, Zane, and Narell.” The second boss of Wing 2 Matt - Matthias Gabriel, the third boss of Wing 2 Escort - Sometimes keep escort, Glenna escort, Siege the Stronghold, or McLeod. The first boss of Wing 3 KC - Keep Construct, the second boss of Wing 3 TC - Sometimes castle, an encounter in Wing 3 Xera - The third boss of Wing 3 Cairn - Cairn the Indomitable, the first boss of Wing 4 MO - Mursaat Overseer, the second boss of Wing 4 Sam - Samarog, the third boss of Wing 4 Deimos - Occasionally referred to as Saul, the fourth boss of Wing 4 SH, Desmina - Soulless Horror, the first boss of Wing 5 River, RoS - River of Souls, the first encounter of Wing 5 Statues - Statues of Grenth, the second encounter of Wing 5 Dhuum - The Voice in the Void, VoiV, the second boss of Wing 5 CA - Conjured Amalgamate, the first boss of Wing 6 Largos - Twin Largos, Nikare and Kenut, the second boss of Wing 6 Q1 - Qadim, the third boss of Wing 6 Adina - Cardinal Adina, the first or second boss of Wing 7 Sabir - Cardinal Sabir, the first or second boss of Wing 7 Q2 - Also referred to as Qadim 2, QtP, or QTPie - Qadim the Peerless, the third boss of Wing 7 LI, occasionally LD - Legendary Insights or Legendary Divinations, rewards from killing raid bosses. Not to be confused with Low Intensity. FC - Full clear, killing every boss in a wing Strike Missions Strike - Shorthand for strike mission EZ3 - Easy 3, referring to the three easy Icebrood Saga strike missions: Fraenir of Jormag, Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen, and Shiverpeaks Pass Pass - The Shiverpeaks Pass strike mission Bears - Sometimes Koda, Claw, Voice: The Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen strike mission Fraenir - Fraenir of Jormag strike mission WoJ - Sometimes whisper, the Whisper of Jormag strike missions Aetherblade - Sometimes Aether, the Aetherblade Hideout strike mission Junkyard - Sometimes Annka, the Xunlai Jade Junkyard strike mission KO - The Kaineng Overlook strike mission HT - The Harvest Temple strike mission Cross Content CM - Challenge Mode or Mote, a harder version of a fight KP - Kill proof, an item or title that proves you have completed a boss before Daily - Daily achievements that change every day that will reward bonus loot for completing specific objectives EXP - Experienced LFG - Looking for group LFM - Looking for more LFT - Looking for team LFR - Looking for raid adds - Weaker enemies who fight with a boss trash - groups of enemies in between bosses Skills and Traits DPS - Damage per second CDPS - Condition damage per second Boons - Sometimes buffs. Temporary, beneficial, positive effects Conditions - Sometimes DoTs. Temporary, harmful, negative effects Condi - Shorthand for conditions Quick - Quickness, a boon that increases ability speed Alac - Alacrity, a boon that decreases ability cooldowns Stab - Stability, a boon that prevents crowd control abilities CC - Crowd control. Abilities that slow, knockdown, etc Res - Sometimes rez, resurrect Precast - Casting abilities and skills in advance, normally to stack boons CD - Cooldown, the recharge time for a skill AA - Autoattack ICD - Internal cooldown, the time between attacks of an ability that attacks multiple times Boonstrip - Skills that remove boons from enemies Veil - Mesmer’s Veil ability that grants stealth AoE - Area of Effect AotJ - Ashes of the Just Firebrand skill AP - Assassin’s Presence (not to be confused with Achievement Points) CA - Celestial Avatar, a Druid mechanic EA - Empower Allies, a Warrior trait Epi - Epidemic, a Necromancer ability FA - Fresh air, an Elementalist trait FGS - Fiery Greatsword, an elementliast elite skill GotL - Grace of the Land, a Druid trait Port - Portal Entre, a Mesmer ability PS - Phalanx Strength, a Warrior trait RI - Righteous Instincts, a Guardian trait RR - Righteous Rebel, a Renegade trait Specializations Spec - Specializations for specific professions Professions - The official Guild Wars 2 name for class dh - Dragonhunter fb - Firebrand wb - Willbender slb - Soulbeast vindi - Vindicator holo - Holosmith dd - Daredevil de - Deadeye chrono - Chronomacer virt - Virtuoso harb - Harbinger bsw - Bladesworn Builds LI - Low Intensity, not to be confused with Legendary Insight Alacrage - Alacrity Mirage Alacrigade - Sometimes AlacRen, Alacrity Renegade BS - Banner Slave CFB - Condition Firebrand CQB - Condition Quickbrand HB - Sometimes HFB, Healbrand Chronotank - Chronomancer tanking build HK - Hand Kiter HS - Sometimes HSc, Heal Scourge Hmech, sometimes hm - Heal Mechanist ham - Heal Alacrity Mechanist hcata - Heal Catalyst hat - Heal Alacrity Tempest qharb - Quickness Harbinger qcata - Quickness Catalyst alacmech - Alacrity Mechanist miralac - Alacrity Mirage alacren - Alacrity Renegade psb - Power Soulbeast charb - Condition Harbinger Player vs Player PvP - Player vs Player SPvP - Structured Player vs Player HotM - Heart of the Mists, the PvP lobby Spawn - Where your team starts in a map Conquest - 5v5 with 3 capture points Node - The capture points in Conquest maps Home - The closest node to your team’s spawn Far - The farthest node to your team’s spawn Mid - The middle node in a map Beast - Svanir or Chieftain Utahein in the Forest of Niflhel map Lord - The Red or Blue lord in the Legacy of the Foefire map Orb - The orb you capture in the Spirit Watch map Meditation - The Meditation of Stillness and Meditation of Tranquility channeling objectives in the Temple of the Silent Storm map Treb - The trebuchet in the Battle of Khylo map Laser - Sometimes cannon or Skyhammer, the special capture point in the Skyhammer map Bell - Sometimes cannons, the special capture point in the Revenge of the Capricorn map Sword - The Sword of Reaping special item in the Eternal Coliseum map Shield - The Shield of Life special item in the Eternal Coliseum map Champ - The Mist Champions in the Battle of Champion’s Dusk map Ninja - Capturing a point without the other team noticing Group - The entire team coming together Rotate - Moving from one capture point to another Defend - Sometimes bunker, sitting on one capture point to hold it Cap - Capture a capture point AT - Automated tournaments Decap - Remove a capture point from enemy control without full capturing it for yourself World vs World WvW - World vs World Bomb - The squad using every skill on the enemy Bait - Tricking enemy group into using bomb Juke - Quickly moving in a direction and going back to original location Water - Putting down water fields and bursting them with abilities Smoke - Thieves blasting smoke fields to grant stealth Stealth - Cast stealth abilities on the squad, such as Mesmer Veil Pull - Using pull abilities to grab enemy players Lines - Guardians using Staff skill 5 Stack - The entire group forming tightly on top of each other Pirate ship - The group using entirely ranged characters Flip - Capturing an objective PvD - Player versus door, players attacking gates Outer - The outermost or first set of walls in a keep Inner - The innermost or second set of walls in a keep Bay - Sometimes fire. The westernmost keep on WvW maps. Hills - Sometimes air. The easternmost keep on WvW maps. Garri - Garrison, the northernmost keep on WvW maps wg - Water gate, the gate with a water entrance in the garrison in Alpine Borderlands Camp - Supply Camps Yak - Supply Dolyaks NWT - Northwest Tower NET - Northeast Tower SWT - Southwest Tower SET - Southeast Tower NWC - Northwest Camp NEC - Northeast Camp SWC - Southwest Camp SEC - Southeast Camp SMC - Stone Mist Castle in the Eternal Battlegrounds EBG - Eternal Battlegrounds BL - Borderlands DBL - Desert Borderlands ABL - Alpine Borderlands EotM - Edge of the Mists GBL - Green Borderlands BBL - Blue Borderlands RBL - Red Boderlands OS - Obsidian Sanctum Fog - The fog tactivator that applies chill to enemies in an objective Airship - The airship tactivator that bombards enemies in SMC EWP - The emergency waypoint tactivator that spawns a temporary waypoint AC - Arrow Cart siege equipment Ram - Flame Ram siege equipment Cata - Catapult siege equipment Treb - Trebuchet siege equipment Bal - Ballista siege equipment Golem - Siege Golem siege equipment Sup - Supply, used to build and repair Zerg - Groups of players usually 20+ and unorgained Blob - Groups of players usually 20+ and organized Havoc - Smaller group of players that focus on capturing smaller objectives Roamer - A single player roaming around the map Duel - Two players fighting eachother RI - Righteous Indignation, invulnerability that an objective boss has after recently being captured CT - Contested OJ - Orange swords CD - Cool down Tag - The commander Rally - Regroup at a specific location Push - Attack a specific location Wipe - Completely killing an entire enemy group Rush - Running to a specific location without stopping Snipe - Target an enemy and burst them down by range, usually done be rangers focusing longbow attacks on an enemy commander (looked down upon) Inc - Incoming, an enemy group is running towards your group GvG - Guild vs guild, usually organized and planned fights Bag - Bags of loot that drop from killing enemies PPT - Points per tick PPK - Points per kill Gaming Culture afk - Away from keyboard brb - Be right back gtg - Sometimes g2g, got to go wb - Welcome back bio - Leaving the computer to go to the bathroom Disc - Discord, a popular VoIP program TS - TeamSpeak, a popular VoIP program Mat - Materials, used for crafting FPS - Frames per second DLC - Downloadable Content HUD - Heads up display UI - User Interface NPC - Non-Playable Character Conclusion If you have any questions about acronyms or an acronym is missing from this list, let me know and I can help you and add it! 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