Acronyms

Acronyms are often used to shorten a term. Many of these are fan designators that are used widely throughout the community, but some others are official (official acronyms or terms are bolded).

Dungeons
These are acronyms for the various dungeons in the game.
 * DS: Decrepit Sewers
 * IP: Infested Pit
 * LS: Lost Sanctuary
 * UC: Underworld Crypt
 * SST: Sand-Swept Tomb
 * IB: Ice Barrows
 * UR: Undergrowth Ruins
 * GG: Galleon's Graveyard
 * CDS: Corrupted Decrepit Sewers
 * CIP: Corrupted Infested Pit
 * CLS: Corrupted Lost Sanctuary
 * CUC: Corrupted Underworld Crypt
 * CSST: Corrupted Sand-Swept Tomb
 * FF: Fallen Factory
 * CIB: Corrupted Ice Barrows
 * CUR: Corrupted Undergrowth Ruins
 * EO: Eldritch Outlook

Builds and Identifying
Combinations like TWA, ETW, ETA mean build focused on these elements. For example TWA means build focused on, ,.
 * E or Str -
 * T or Dex -
 * W or Int -
 * F or Def -
 * A or Agi -
 * HR or HPR : Health Regen
 * MR: Mana Regen
 * LS: Life Steal
 * MS: Mana Steal
 * XP or XPB: XP Bonus
 * LB: Loot Bonus
 * LQ: Loot Quality
 * WS: Walk Speed
 * SPR: Soul Point Regen
 * EHP: Effective HP

Quests and Quest Bosses

 * ToA: Tower of Ascension
 * ToL: Temple of the Legends
 * CoW: Corrupter of Worlds
 * RoL: The Realm of Light
 * D&D: Dwarves and Doguns series
 * AJB/AJF: A Journey Beyond/A Journey Further
 * AHC: A Hunter's Calling
 * PoNR: Point of No Return
 * LI: Legendary Island
 * RoL: The Realm of Light questline (or place)

Miscellaneous

 * DXP: Double Experience (usually from Bombs)
 * Dungeon Party: a group of players running the same dungeon to gain experience; (usually) coupled with Dungeon Bombs and Double Experience Bombs
 * Prof Party: an event where (usually) both Profession Speed and XP bombs are thrown
 * WC#: World # (e.g., WC10 is World 10)
 * Glowbulb Party or Bulb Party: a party for the most popular grind spot for level 100+ (Glowbulb Cave), located in the Void Valley
 * DBomb: dungeon bomb
 * HIC: Hunted, Ironman, Craftsman, all on the same class; serves as a difficult challenge for experienced players
 * HICH or HHIC: HIC, with Hunted Mode
 * LR: lootrunning
 * CotL: Canyon of the Lost
 * SE: Silent Expanse
 * HB: HERO beta. A beta of the upcoming major update, only accessible by those with a HERO rank or higher.