This guide lists all the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and terms players will encounter in Guild Wars 2. If you notice an acronym that is not on the list, leave a comment and I will add it to the list.
 
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General Game

• GW2 – Guild Wars 2
• GW – Sometimes GW1. Guild Wars is the original game.
• HoT – The Heart of Thorns expansion
• PoF – The Path of Fire expansion
• EoD – The End of Dragons expansion
• LWS – Living World Season
• IBS – Icebrood Saga
• ArenaNet, developers of Guild Wars 2 is ANet – ArenaNet
• AP – Achievement points
• DR – Diminishing returns, an antifarming and botting measure
• GPH – Gold per hour
• IP – Internet Protocol. Each instance a map.
• MO – Mike O'Brien, an ArenaNet employee. Not to be confused or misunderstood with Mursaat Superseer.
• PvE – Player vs. Environment
• PvX is Player versus Everything. Someone who does PvE/PvP and WvW.
• Pug – Pick up group, a random group of players
• r – Sometimes, rdy. Stands for ready.
• Rep – Representing a guild
• RP – Roleplay
• TP – Trading post
• Train – Players work together to accomplish a variety objectives.
• Taxi – Joining another instance on a map

 
 
 

Open World

• PoI – Point if Interest map completion targets
• HP – Hero Points map completion targets
• Heart – Renown Hearts and Tasks are map completion goals
• WP – Waypoint map completion targets
• Meta – A series or events that are linked together and reward many items.
• VB – Verdant Brink map
• AB – Map of Auric Basin
• Tangled Depths map – TD
• 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 is 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 Shuter world boss in Jahai Bluffs
• Gerent – The Chak Gerent meta-event in Tangled Depths
• Octo – The Octovine meta event at Auric Basin
• Mat – The Wyvern Matriarch boss of Verdant Bik
• Pat – The Wyvern Chief Patriarch boss at Verdant Brink
• Frogs – The Kill Cotoni, Huetzi bossevent in Verdant Bik
• Tetrad is a boss event in Verdant Birink
• SI – Serpent’s Ine meta event
• TT – Triple Trouble world boss
• Teq – Tequatl is the Sunless world boss, Occasionally Taco
• RIBA – Red, Indigo, Blue, Amber. A Silverwastes gold farm train.
• SAB – Super Adventure Box
• A*S – Antique Summoning Stones – An item from End of Dragons
• Ecto – Globs of Ectoplasm – A crafting material
• MC – Mystic Coins, a crafting substance
• Pre – An event that takes place before a big event
• Champ – Champion level mobs
• Vet – Veteran level mobs
• DRM – Dragon Response Missions from 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 that looks like an Ore Vein.

 
 
 

Dungeons

• AC – Ascalonian Catacombs. This is the first dungeon located in Plains of Ashford.
• CM – Caudecus’s manor, Queensdale’s second dungeon. (Not to be confused with CM – Challenge moe (below)).
• TA, sometimes Arbor-Twilight Arbor, the third Dungeon in Caledon Forest
• SE – Sorrow’s Embrace, the fourth dungeon on 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 on Mount Maelstrom
• Arah – The Ruined City of Arah. This eighth dungeon is located on the Cursed Shore.
• p, also known as p1, 2, p3, and p4, is a reference to specific dungeons that are in explorable mode.
• Story – This story mode version allows you to unlock explorable pathways
• U, sometimes upwards, forward/upwards, or u/f — the first path through Twilight Arbor
• F, sometimes forward/forward, sometimes forward/forward – the second path through Twilight Arbor
• Aetherpath, sometimes Aether and AP – The third path in Twilight Arbor
• Experienced players can speed up, sometimes speed up, or go through dungeons quickly.

 
 
 

Fractals of the Mist

• FotM, sometimes called frac or fracturetals – Short form for Fractals of the Mist
• Fractal – Refers to individual levels such as Urban Battleground
• Scale – Refers to the difficulty in FotM
• T – understood as T1, T2, or T3, or T4- FotM Tiers
• rec – The daily recommended fractals
• CM – Challenge Mode or Mote is commonly referred to as CM 98/99/100 for the CM of specific fractals
• AR – Agony Resistance armor upgrades required for high level fractals
• F&P, occasionally P+F – Potions & Food
• UF, sometimes called UFE – Unstable Fracttal Essence, is rewarded from CM 98 to 99 and 100.
• ess – Unstable Cosmic essence, reward from CM100, used as kill proof
• DoD – Defier of Doubt – title earned from completing CM100, used as kill proof
• DwD – Dance With Demons, title derived from CM100 achievement and used as kill proof
• LNHB – Leaves No Heroes Behind – This title is for completing CM 99 and can be used as kill proof

 
 
 

Raids

• W, also known as W1,W2…W7 – Wing, specific raid maps, including bosses
• Spirit Vale Wing 1, W1
• 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
• VG – Vale Guardian, the first boss of Wing 1
• Gorseval is the second boss of Wing 1.
• Sab – Sabetha the Saboteur is third boss of Wing 1.
• Sloth – Slothasor, also known as Cave Monster, is the first boss in Wing 2.
• Trio-Bandit Trio, also known as Protect the prisoner prisoners, prisoner camp, or sometimes "Berg Zane, Narell" is the second boss at Wing 2.
• Matthias Gabriel, Matt, the third boss at Wing 2
• Escort – Sometimes keep escort Glenna, Siege of the Stronghold, or McLeod. The first boss in Wing 3
• KC – Keep Construct, the second boss in Wing 3
• TC – Sometimes castle, an encounter at Wing 3
• Xera – The third boss of Wing 3
• Cairn, Cairn The Indomitable, was the first boss of Wing 4.
• MO – Mursaat Overseer is the second boss in Wing 4.
• Sam – Samarog, third boss of Wing 4
• Deimos – Sometimes referred as Saul, the fourth boss in Wing 4.
• SH, Desmina – Soulless Horror, first boss of Wing 5
• River, RoS, River of Souls – The first encounter of Wing 5
• Statues, Statues of Grenth. This is the second encounter of Wing 5,
• Dhuum, The Voice in Void, VoiV is the second boss of Wing 5.
• CA – Conjured amalgamate, the first boss in Wing 6
• Largos: Twin Largos (Nikare and Kenut), the second boss of Wing 6
• Q1 – Qadim, third boss of Wing 6,
• Adina – Cardinal Adina, the first boss or second boss of Wing 7
• Sabir – Cardinal Sabir, the first boss or second boss of Wing 7
• Q2 – Also known by Qadim 2, QtP and QTPie – Qadim, the third boss in Wing 7.
• LI, sometimes LD – Legendary Insights, Legendary Divinations or Legendary Divinations. These are rewards for killing raid bosses. Not to be confused for Low Intensity.
• FC – Complete clear, killing every boss on a wing

 
 
 

Strike Missions

• Strike – Shorthand for strike mission
• EZ3 is an acronym for Easy 3, which refers to the three easy Icebrood Saga strike mission: Fraenir of Jormag (Voice of the Fallen), Voice of the Fallen (Claw of the Fallen), and Shiverpeaks Pass
• Pass – The Shiverpeaks Pass strike Mission
• Bears – Sometimes Koda or Claw, Voice: Claw of Fallen and Voice of the Fallen strike mission
• Fraenir – Fraenir of Jormag strike mission
• WoJ – Sometimes whisper, The Whisper of Jormag strike operations
• Aetherblade, sometimes Aether, is the Aetherblade Hideout strike force mission
• Junkyard – Sometimes Annka, Xunlai Jade Junkyard strike force
• 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 is an item/title that proves that you have worked with a boss in the past
• Daily – Daily achievements which change each day and will reward you with bonus loot if you achieve specific objectives
• EXP – Experienced
• LFG – Looking for group?
• LFM – Looking for more?
• LFT – Looking for a team?
• LFR – Looking for raid

 
 
 

Skills and talents

• DPS – Damage per second
• CDPS – Condition damage per section
• Boons – Sometimes buffs. Temporary, beneficial, positive effects
• Conditions – Sometimes DoTs. Temporary, harmful, negative effects
• Condi – Shorthand to describe conditions
• Quick – Quickness, an advantage that increases your ability speed
• Alac – Alacrity – A boon which decreases ability cooldowns
• Stability – A boon that prevents crowd control
• Crowd control – CC Abilities that slow down, knockdown and etc
• Res – Sometimes rez, resurrect
• Precast – Casting abilities and skills in advance to stack boons
• CD – Cooldown, the time to recharge for a skill
• AA – Autoattack
• ICD – Internal cooldown. This is the time between attacks of multiple abilities.
• Boonstrip: Skills that remove boons for enemies
• Veil – Mesmer's Veil ability to grant stealth
• AoE = Area of Effect
• AotJ- Ashes of the Just Firebrand skill
• AP – Assassin's Presence (is not to be mistaken with Achievement Points)
• CA – Celestial avatar, a Druid mechanic
• EA – Empower Allies, a Warrior trait
• Epi – Epidemic, Necromancer ability
• FA – Fresh Air, an Elementalist trait
• FGS – Fiery Greatsword, an elite skill of the elementliast elementliast
• GotL – Grace of the Land, a Druid trait
• Port – Portal Entre, a Mesmer capability
• PS – Phalanx Strength, an important Warrior trait
• RI – Righteous Instincts, a Guardian trait
• RR – Righteous Rebel, a Renegade trait

 
 
 

Specializations

• Spec – Specializations for specific occupations
• Professions – This is the official Guild Wars 2 name for a class
• dh- Dragonhunter
• Firebrand
• wb – Willbender
• Soulbeast – slb
• vindi – Vindicator
• holo – Holosmith
• dd = Daredevil
• de – Deadeye
• chrono – Chronomacer
• virt – Virtuoso
• harb – Harbinger
• bsw – Bladesworn

 
 
 

Builds

• LI – Low intensity, not to be mistaken with Legendary Insight
• Alacrage – Alacrity Mirage
• Alacrigade, sometimes AlacRen and Alacrity Renegade
• BS – Banner Slave
• CFB – Condition Firebrand
• CQB- Condition Quickbrand
• HB – Sometimes HFB and Healbrand
• CFB – Condition Firebrand
• Chronotank – Chronomancer tanking build
• HK – Hand Kiter
• HS – Sometimes HSc. Heal Scourge
• Hmech, sometimes hm — Heal Mechanist
• Ham – Heal Allacrity Mechanist
• hcata — Heal Catalyst
• hat – Heal Alacrity Tempest
• qharb = Quickness Harbinger
• qcata — Quickness Catalyst
• alacmech – AlacrityMechanist
• 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 – Your team starts on a map
• Conquest – 5v5 and 3 capture points
• Node – The capture points in Conquest Maps
• Home – The closest node that is within a few meters of your team's spawn
• Far – The furthest node from your team'sspawn
• Mid – The middle node on a map
• Beast – Svanir/Chieftain Utahein in Forest of Niflhel
• Lord – The Red lord or the Blue lord in the Legacy of the Foefire maps
• Orb – The orb you capture on the Spirit Watch map
• Meditation – The Meditation of Stillness, Meditation of Tranquility and Meditation of Meditation of Tranquility are the channeling goals in the Temple of the Silent Storm Map
• Treb – The trebuchet of the Battle of Khylo maps
• Laser – Sometimes cannon and Skyhammer. This is the special capture point in Skyhammer's map.
• Bell – Sometimes, cannons are used as the special capture point in the Revenge of the Capricorn maps.
• Sword – The Sword of Reaping special item on the Eternal Coliseum maps
• Shield – The Shield of Life special piece in the Eternal Coliseummap
• Champ – The Mist Champions on the Battle of Champion’s Dusk Map
• Ninja – Capturing a point with the other team unaware
• Group – The whole team coming together
• Rotate – Moving from one capture point into another
• Defend – Sometimes bunker, sitting at one capture point in order to hold it
• Cap – Capture a capture point
• AT – Automated tournaments
• Decap – Remove a capture points from enemy control without fully capturing them

 
 
 

World vs. the World

• WvW – World vs World
• Bomb – The squad using all skills on the enemy
• Bait – Tricking enemy groups into using bombs
• Juke – Quickly moves in a specific direction and returns to your original location
• Water – Setting up water fields and then bursting them with potential
• Smoke – Thieves using smoke fields to grant stealth
• Stealth: Cast stealth abilities, such as Mesmer Veil, on the squad.
• Pull – Use your pull abilities to grab the enemy players
• Lines – Guardians using Staff skill 5
• Stack – The whole group is stacked on top of each others
• Pirate ship – A group of completely diverse characters
• Flip – Capturing an object
• PvD – Player against player, players attacking gates
• Outer – The outermost or earliest set of walls within a keep
• Inner – The innermost, or second, set of walls in a keep
• Bay – Sometimes fire. The westernmost location on WvW maps.
• Hills – Sometimes air. The easternmost location on WvW maps.
• Garri – Garrison, the northernmost fort on WvW Maps
• 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 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 activator that applies chills to enemies within an object
• Airship – The airship activator that bombards enemy in SMC
• EWP – The emergency waypoint activator that spawns temporary waypoints
• AC – Arrow Cart siege apparatus
• 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 for building and repair
• Zerg – Groups usually of 20+ players and ungained
• Blob – Groups of players usually 20+ organized into a blob
• Havoc – A smaller group of players that focuses on capturing smaller goals
• Roamer: A single player roaming the map
• Duel – Two players fight each other
• RI – Righteous Indignation – The invulnerability an objective boss feels after being captured
• CT – Contested
• OJ – Orange swords
• CD – Cool down
• Tag – The commander
• Rally – Regroup at a certain location
• Push – Attack an area
• Wipe – Completely kill the entire enemy group
• Rush – Running quickly to a particular location without stopping
• Snipe: Target an enemy and blast them down from range. This is usually done by rangers who focus longbow attacks upon an enemy commander (.) looks down upon it.
• Inc – Incoming enemy group is running towards your group
• GvG is Guild vs Guild, which are usually planned and organized fights
• Bag – Bags containing loot that are dropped by killing enemies
• PPT – Points per tick
• PPK – Points per kill

 
 
 

Gaming Culture

• afk = Away from the keyboard
• brb – Be right back
• gtg- Sometimes g2g. Got to go
• wb – Welcome back
• bio – Leave the computer and go to the toilet
• Discord, a popular VoIP application, is Disc.
• Mat – Materials that are used for crafting
• FPS – Frames per second
• DLC – Downloadable Content
• HUD – Heads up display
• UI – User Interface
• NPC – Non-Playable Character

 
 
 

Conclusion

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