Glossary

Glossary of Dragon Nest terms go here in alphabetical order.

A

• ABN/Arch: Archbishop Nest
• Academic: Tinkerer class name used in server that other than NA Server
• ACL: Astral Coven Laboratory - popular grinding spot for lvl 16-24
• Acro: Acrobat
• Agi: Agility. Affects Ranged Physical Damage, Critical Chance and Critical Resist.
• Aggro: Aggravation. Refers to how likely the monster will attack the player. The player with the highest aggro will be the target of the monster's attack.
• Alch: Alchemist
• Auction/Auction House/AH: The Marketplace.
• AoE: Area of Effect. A skill that can hit multiple things at once. Dragon Nest does not use a targeting system, so nearly all attacks can hit more than one monster.
• Apo/Apoc: Apocalypse Nest or items related to the boss.
• Atk: Refers to Physical Damage or an elemental damage multiplier (eg. Fire Attk)

B

• "B>": "Buying this item here". The Greater Than sign is used as an arrow to point to the item.
• Bag: Inventory.
• BL/Blacklist: A list of skills that players have agreed not to use in 1v1 PvP matches outside of Ladder or Wipeout modes.
• BO: "Best Offer". The highest price a buyer is willing to pay for an item or the highest offer received by a seller during the selling period.
• Boots: General term for all footwear.
• BSD/Domain: Black Sovereign Domain
• Bottom: General term for all lower body equipment (not footwear).
• Build: The way skills are leveled for the character.
• Buff: Positive status effect. Also refers to an increase in a skill's damage or effectiveness.
• Buffer: Character with many Skill Points in Buff skills.

C

• "10c": "Ten Copper", a "c" at the end of a number signifies Copper, which is a denomination of Dragon Nest's currency.
• Cash Item: Items from the Dragon Vault.
• Cap: A set limit to stats or level. Currently, the level cap is 80.
• CDN/cDN: Chinese Dragon Nest - popular version where many players try out content unreleased in the North American or SEA version.
• Cerb: Cerberus Nest or items related to the boss.
• Ch: Server channel, e.g. 'Ch 1'
• Clean: No Enhancements, Hidden Abilitiess, prefixes or suffixes. Wealthier player often buy clean items to have better control over their upgrades.
• Closing Offer: Buyer's offer that results in an immediate sale. Lower offers may result in negotiation or rejection. Also written as c/o.
• Corrupt: Short for Corrupted. Refers to Titan-related items or drops.
• Crit: Critical rating.
  • Crit cap: The maximum critical rate allowed in this game. Currently, it is 89% or 17800 critical at 50 cap.
• Crus: Crusader

D

• Debuff: Negative status effect.
• Def/Pdef: Physical Defense
• Deso: Desolation Point
• DPS: Damage per Second. Refers to how much damage is done over time, or a class this excels in dealing damage (usually an Elementalist, Engineer, Lunar Knight, or a Warden).
• Duel: 1v1 PvP.
• Dun/Dung: Dungeon.

E

• Ele: Elementalist
• Engi: Engineer

F

• FD: Final Damage - a powerful but expensive damage multiplier.

G

• "10g": "Ten gold". A "g" at the end of a number signifies Gold, which is a currency.
• Glad: Gladiator
• GM: Game Moderator. Also refers to Gear Masters.
• GN: Guardian Nest
• Grinding: A leveling method in which the player runs his/her character though a dungeon repeatedly to gain more EXP. Popular grinding spots include Astral Coven Laboratory (lv 16-24), Black Sovereign Domain (24-32), Desolation Point (32-40), and Ruined Village/Dragon Cultist Base (40-50).
  • Less commonly refers to running dungeons to obtain loot to sell or to make equipment.

H

• Hat/Helm: General term for all headgear.
• HP: Hit Points. Refers to the character's health.

I

• Imba: Short for imbalanced. Often, but not necessarily interchangeable with "OP". Refers to when a skill/character is too powerful to compete with other skills/characters.
• Int: Intellect. Affects Magic Damage, Magic Defense and Max MP.
• Inv: Inventory.

K

• KDN/kDN: Korean Dragon Nest

L

• L-grade/Legendary: Refers to Legend grade items.
• LF: (LF>) Looking for
  • Light Fury
• LK: Lunar Knight

M

• Manti: Manticores, typically the Manticore Nest boss and its signature drops.
• Matk/Mdmg/Mag: Magic damage.
• Merc: Mercenary
• ML: Short for Moonlord, the name used to refer to Lunar Knight overseas
• Mob: Shorthand for Monster
• Mod: Refers to
  • Moderator
  • Game modification (Note: Game modifications are currently against the ToS and may be illegal)
• Mdef: Magic defense.
• Mino: Minotaur Nest. Also refers to the creature, Minotaur.
• MP: Mana or Magic Points. Less commonly refers to Magic Power, a weapon suffix.
• MT: Main Tank. Usually a Paladin.

N

• NADN/DN NA: Dragon Nest North America
• Neck: General term for all necklaces.
• Nerf: Reduction of a skills damage or effectiveness.
• Nesting: Refers to when a player is running a nest for the purpose of obtaining crafting materials to either make equipment for self or for profit.
• NONR: "No Offer No Reply". Seller will reject any message or trade that doesn't immediately offer a buying price. Usually used when selling high demand items.
• NPC: Non Player Character.
• NX: The cash currency used in the North American version of Dragon Nest. Derived from the publisher's name; Nexon.

O

• OBO: "Or Best Offer". Tells a buyer that this person is willing to negotiate the price.
• Offhand: Refers to the secondary weapon.
• OP: Overpowered. Used to describe skills that gives the caster a greater advantage over their opponent.

P

• Pala/Pally: Paladin
• Patk/Pdmg/Phys: Physical Damage.
  • Phys also refers to the Physician class.
• PKN: Professor K Nest
• PM: Private Message, i.e. Whisper ('/w')
• Potential: Hidden Abilities.
• Proc: A crafted weapon's Equip Ability
• PvE/PvM: Player vs Environment/Monster. Refers to when the player is fighting against AI-controlled monsters.
• PvP: Player vs Player. Refers to when the player is fighting against another human-controlled player.

Q

• Questing: A leveling method in which a player uses quests to gain EXP. Slower than grinding, but allows the player to enjoy the storyline and obtain more items.

R

• "R>":"Recruiting for this guild". Used to find members to join a guild. The Greater Than sign is used as an arrow.
• Raid: Eight member party that can be formed under certain circumstances. Currently only used for the Sea Dragon Nest.
• Res: Resistance.
• Rez: Resurrection using Life Stones or Resurrection Scrolls. The latter use is more common as players usually do not inform others when resurrecting themselves.
• Runner: Term used by Black Sovereign Assembly grinding parties, referring to characters who can rush ahead of the party to kill drummers before they trigger map changes. Usually a Warrior or Acrobat. Also refers to a player who refuses to fight an opponent in a PvP match.
• Rush: First-come-first-serve basis, typically without negotiation.
• RV: Ruined Village

S

• "10s": 1. "Ten Silver". A "s" and the end of a number signifies Silver, which is a currency. 2 "Ten Seconds".
• "S>": "Selling this item here". The Greater Than sign is used as an arrow to point to the item.
• SEA/DNSEA: South East Asia Dragon Nest
• SM: Swordsman (Sword Master for servers that other than NA and EU Server)
• SS: Refers to:
  • Sharpshooters
  • Shooting Stars
  • A screenshot
• Sorc: Sorceress
• Stack: Maximum number of an item that can fit in a single inventory slot. Active traders usually sell consumables in stacks.
• Str: Strength. Affects Melee Physical Damage, Paralyze Chance, Paralyze Resist and Stun Chance.
• Suffix: Refers to the craft an equipment has (eg. Ancient Totem Axe (Windswept)). This modifies stats an equipment has. It can be reverted using a Suffix Revert Cube.
  • Suffix 2/Suffix II: Refers to an additional suffix added to suffixed equipment (eg. Ancient Totem Axe (Wind II)). Consequently, the original suffix is called Suffix 1/Suffix I

T

• T3: The previous skill system used in NADN and SEA until August 2012.
• T4: The current skill system in place since August 2012.
• Tank: The party member who holds aggro from monsters. Usually a Paladin, but a Mercenary can also fill in for this role.
• Tink: Tinkerer
• TKN: Typhoon Krag Nest
• Top: General term for all upper body equipment.
• Totem: Short for Ancient Totem. Refers to Archbishop-related items or drops.

V

• Vit: Vitality. Affects Physical Defense, Stun Resist and Max HP.
• VOM: Valley of Mourning Popular grinding spot for Lv. 9/10-16

W

• "WTB>": Willing to Buy. Alternative form of "B>"
• "WTS>": Willing to Sell. Alternative form of "S>"
• Weap: Weapon.
• WW: Windwalker