The glossary is a list of informal words, expressions, and abbreviations that are commonly used in RuneScape. It is incomplete, and never will be complete because of RuneScape's constantly changing vocabulary and community, so please add to it.
| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| Activity + #
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Request for # number of players to join in on an activity. (E.g. Raids +2)
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| +1
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A single item that can be preserved by the Protect Item prayer in a PvP situation; the first tier of upgrades to smithable armour
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| 2a
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Second Age
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| 2H
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Two-handed weapon
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| 3a
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Third Age
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| 4t, 4taa, 4 tick, c4t(aa)
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Four tick auto attack or the patched "constant 4taa"
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| 99
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Level 99, the maximum level for 22 of the 28 skills.
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| 110
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Level 110, the maximum level for several skills.
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| 120
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Level 120, the maximum level for Dungeoneering, Invention, Slayer, Herblore, Farming, Necromancy, and Archaeology. The maximum virtual level cap for all skills, besides Invention, which has a maximum cap of 150.
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| 200M
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200 million experience
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| AB
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Action bar
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| Abby
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Abyssal, Aberrant spectres, Abyssal whip, Abyssal demon
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| ABS
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Armadyl battlestaff
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| Accel, Accel pot
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Powerburst of acceleration
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| Adam, addy
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Adamant
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| Adr, Adren
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Adrenaline
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| AFK
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Away from keyboard, often referring to in-game activities that allow the human to be idle and not click or pay attention for extended periods of time.
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| AG
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Arch-Glacor
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| Aggro
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Aggression, aggressive, e.g. aggression potion, Aggression ability.
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| Agi, Agil
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Agility
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| Alch(ing)
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Using an alchemy spell to convert items into gold using either Low or High Level Alchemy.
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| Alt
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Alternative account, generally the second account.
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| Aml
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The Amlodd district in Prifddinas, typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
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| Ammy
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Amulet
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| Ancients
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Ancient Magicks
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| Anti
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Anti-poison, Anti-dragon shield, Antifire, Super antifire, Anticipation
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| Antic
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Anticipation ability
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| AntiP, Ap, Super AP
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Antipoison, Super antipoison potions
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| AoD
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Nex: Angel of Death
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| AoE
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Area of Effect, referring to attacks or abilities that affect multiple targets at once.
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| AoS
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Amulet of souls
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| Ard, Ardy
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Ardougne
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| Arma
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Armadyl
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| Arch
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Archaeology
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| Asc
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Ascension crossbow, Monastery of Ascension
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| Asphyx
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Asphyxiate ability
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| Assist
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Assist System (usually found while Runecrafting or opening an Effigy)
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| Atk, Att
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Attack, Attacker role in Barbarian Assault
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| ATN
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All Together Now (a Daredevil feat)
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| Aub
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Aubury or Aubury's Rune Shop. Commonly used by Shooting Star hunters as a crashed star location.
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| Autoer/autoing
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A bot user/using a bot
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| Auto, AA
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Auto-attack (attacking without the use of an ability), Auto Retaliate
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| Ava
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Avatar of Creation or of Destruction found in Soul Wars, Ava's attractor, accumulator, or alerter, Clan Avatar
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| B, bil
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Billion (a thousand million), e.g. 1b = 1,000,000,000 gold.
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| B2B/BTB
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Back-to-back, usually refers to receiving a rare item drop twice in a row.
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| BA
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Barbarian Assault
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| Bank made
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An exclamation, sometimes sarcastic, about the value of a drop or other benefit. Particularly used of drops (such as the abyssal whip and Dragon claws) which used to be extremely valuable.
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| Bankstand(ing)
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AFKing or socialising with other players in a populated area such as a bank or the Grand Exchange
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| Barb
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Barbarian, Gunnarsgrunn (previously known as Barbarian Village)
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| Barrage
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Ice Barrage, Smoke Barrage, Shadow Barrage, Blood Barrage
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| Basic
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Basic ability
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| Baxe
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Battleaxe
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| BB
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Blue Base (Stealing Creation), Barrows brothers
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| BBC
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Blightbound crossbow
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| BD
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Bladed Dive ability
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| Bh
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Bounty Hunter
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| BiS
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'Best in Slot', referring to a weapon, armour piece, or other item that is considered the unequivocal best item of its slot to use in a certain scenario
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| BLM
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Bad luck mitigation
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| BM
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Beastmaster Durzag
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| Blitz
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Blitz spells in the Ancient Magicks spellbook
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| BOB
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Beast of Burden familiar that can carry items
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| Bolg, Botlg
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Bow of the Last Guardian
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| Bot
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Macro user
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| BotG
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Brooch of the Gods
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| Box
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Fighting rules at Duel Arena when no equipment is used
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| Br, B/r
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The Saradomin brew and Super restores combo drop received at Nex
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| Brac, Brace
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Bracelet
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| Brawlers
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Brawling gloves
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| Brew(s)
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Typically Saradomin brews, also Guthix rest sometimes known as "Guthix brews"
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| Brid
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Hybrid. Utilising more than one style of the Combat triangle.
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| Broads
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Broad arrows
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| B sale, Bsale, Bs
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Bank sale, big sale
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| Bsa
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Black stone arrows
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| BSD
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Black stone dragon
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| BT, base
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Base tank, i.e. main tank at a boss, except at Vorago, where 'BT' refers to the bomb tank and 'base' refers to the base tank.
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| BTW
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By the way, occasionally used as a meme in reference to Ironman Mode.
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| BXP
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Bonus experience
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| BXW/BXPW
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Bonus XP Weekend, now known as Double XP events
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| C(number 1-6)
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Complexity (Dungeoneering); usually refers to either Complexity 1 or 6. Can also refer to the class of clay, resources or sacred clay objects in Stealing Creation, up to 5.
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| CA
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Combat Academy
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| Cad
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The Cadarn district in Prifddinas, typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
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| Cade
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Barricade defensive ability
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| Cammy, Cam
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Camelot
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| Cannon
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Dwarf multicannon
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| Cap
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Reach the maximum weekly resource limit in a Clan Citadel
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| Cath
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Catherby
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| CBA
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"Can't be arsed" ("can't be bothered")
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| Cball
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Cannonball
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| Cb, Cb lvl, Cbt, Cmb
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Combat level, combat
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| CC
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Clan chat, Christmas cracker
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| CCB
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Chaotic crossbow
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| Cept
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Intercept
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| CFB, CFP
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Cabbage Facepunch Bonanza
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| Chin(s), chinning
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Chinchompas, or the act of using chinchompas in combat for the area-of-effect damage
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| Charges
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Refers to the charges from the charge pack
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| Cinders
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Cinderbane gloves
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| Cit
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Clan Citadels
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| Clue
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Clue scroll
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| CLS
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Chaotic longsword
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| Cwars, Cw
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Clan Wars or Castle Wars
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| Comp, Comp cape
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Completionist cape
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| Comps
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Components used in Invention
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| Con, Cons
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Construction, Constitution
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| Core
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Advanced pulse core, Frozen core of Leng
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| Corp
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Corporeal Beast
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| Crash
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To forcefully or excessively consume or hog resources - such as a person or group's kills at a multi-combat Slayer creature or boss, or skilling location - to the detriment of others' ability to access or utilise them effectively.
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| Crest
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A rare drop from each of the four Heart of Gielinor bosses.
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| Crit
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A Critical hit hitsplat that displays when an attack or ability deals additional damage.
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| Cro, Croe
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Croesus
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| CS
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CoinShare, Customer support, Clue scroll.
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| Crypt
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Cryptbloom armour
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| Cstaff
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Chaotic staff
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| D/Drag (weapon/armour name)
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Dragon equipment
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| D (in friends chat)
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When an event such as soul obelisk or travelling merchant is called in a friends chat, "d" refers to the event ending ("dead").
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| D/A
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Disassemble (Invention)
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| Da, Duel
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Duel Arena, ring of duelling
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| Dag(s), Dagg
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Dagannoth, dagger
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| Daily, Dailies
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Daily events, Daily challenges
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| DB
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Dragon Breath (ability), Dark bow (equipment)
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| DBS
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Dark beasts
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| Dbane
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Dragonbane arrows, Dragonbane bolts
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| Dbones
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Dragon bones
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| DC, DC'd
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Disconnect, disconnected. Used when players have lost connection with the game server. May result in death if in dangerous combat.
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| Dclaws
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Dragon claws
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| D&D, Distractions
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Distractions and Diversions
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| DD, Death dot
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Death dot, a multicombat player killing tactic where a number of players stand on the same square, making them appear as one player on the minimap.
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| De
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Dead end, usually used in Dungeoneering
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| Debil
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Debilitate ability
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| Deci
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Decimate ability
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| Denk
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Dead end, no key, a term used in Dungeoneering stating that there is no key in a recently-reached dead end room.
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| Dewk
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Dead end, with key, a term used in Dungeoneering stating that there is a key in a recently-reached dead end room.
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| Def
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Defence, Defender
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| Devo
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Devotion ability
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| Dfs
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Dragonfire shield
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| Dh
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Dharok the Wretched's equipment
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| D hide, D'hide
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Dragon hide
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| Div Loc
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Divine location
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| Divine, Div, Divi
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Divine spirit shield, Divination
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| DK, DKS
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Dagannoth Kings
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| DM
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Deathmatch or Dominion mine
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| Dome
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Shield Dome
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| Dp
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Drop party
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| DPL
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Damage per level (the player's damage output based on their relevant combat skill level(s))
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| DPS, DPM
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Damage Per Second/Minute (amount of damage dealt over time). Also used to refer to players dealing damage in a boss encounter.
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| Drag, Drags
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Dragon, either the type of armour or the monster
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| DRS
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Deadly red spiders
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| Dry, Drys
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Drygore weaponry
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| DS
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Death's Swiftness ability, Disruption Shield
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| DSwift
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Death's Swiftness ability
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| DT
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Desert Treasure, Dominion Tower
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| DTB
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Deathtouch bracelet
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| DTD
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Deathtouched dart
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| Dg, Dung
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Dungeoneering
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| Dummy
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Training dummy, Combat dummy, or Elite training dummy
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| DW
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Dual wielding
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| DWF
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Dark Warriors' Fortress
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| DXP/DXW/DXPW
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Double XP, Double XP Weekend
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| Ecto
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Ectofuntus, Ectophial
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| ED
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Enhanced Devoted perk
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| ED#
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Elite Dungeon 1, Elite Dungeon 2, Elite Dungeon 3, or Elite Dungeon 4 depending on number used.
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| Edge
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Edgeville
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| EGW, EGWD
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Elder God Wars Dungeon
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| EHP
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Efficient Hours Played, a metric used to calculate how much experience can be gained per hour. Used more commonly in Old School RuneScape than RuneScape.
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| EKQ
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Exiled Kalphite Queen
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| Ele
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Chaos Elemental
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| ELM
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East of the Lava Maze, a Wilderness Warbands location
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| Ely
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Elysian spirit shield
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| Enr
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Enrage, a boss mechanic which makes the fight tougher the higher the enrage.
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| Ens, En
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Tectonic energy, Malevolent energy
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| EoC, EOC
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Evolution of Combat
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| EoF, EOF
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Essence of Finality amulet
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| Ess
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Essence drops found in the Heart of Gielinor, Blood essences, rune or pure essence
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| Etect
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Elite tectonic armour
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| Ext
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Extend (typically aura or daily challenge)
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| Excal, EE, EEE
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(Elite) Enhanced Excalibur
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| EXP
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Experience
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| EZK
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Ek-ZekKil
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Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| F
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| F(number), NF(number)
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Floor number in Daemonheim. The N variant stands for "Need floor".
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| F2P, F2Pers, Ftp, Freers
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Non-members (Free-to-play).
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| Fally
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Falador
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| FB
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Final Boss achievement/title
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| Fc/Fcc
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Friends Chat channel
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| Ff
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Fish Flingers
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| FFA
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Free For All. Person who deals the most damage gets the drop.
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| FI/Fall/Fi
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Fall in, used to get people to follow a leader into a war or battle or player killing trip.
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| FoG
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Fist of Guthix
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| FL
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Friends List
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| Flip
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A trading term that refers to buying an item on the Grand Exchange and then, within a short period of time, selling it for a profit.
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| FM
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Firemaking, full manual combat mode
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| FMod
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Forum Moderator
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| Forts
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Fortunate components, or the Treasure Trails rewards that can be disassembled to obtain them.
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| Frag(s)
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Short for "fragments"; e.g. Soul fragments used in Soul Wars; fragments in Stealing Creation; Sacred metal fragments used in the Battle of Lumbridge; Chronicle fragment used in Divination
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| Fremmy, Frem
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Fremennik
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| Frost(s)
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Frost dragon or Frost dragon bones
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| FSOA, FSoA
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Fractured Staff of Armadyl
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| Full
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Complete armour set that usually consists of a helm, shield, body piece and leg piece. In Liberation of Mazcab "full" refers to killing both Beastmaster Durzag and Yakamaru in one trip ("full raid").
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| G altar
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Gilded altar prayer training facility found in a Player-owned house
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| Gano
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Ganodermic beasts, Ganodermic armour
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| GB
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Green Bomb, a Vorago mechanic and rotation
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| GCD
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Global cooldown, the 3 ticks (1.8s) between each ability
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| Gconc
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Greater Concentrated Blast ability
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| GD
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Guardian door (Dungeoneering)
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| GDD
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The golden variant of the Daredevil title
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| GDS
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Greater Dazing Shot ability, Greater Death's Swiftness ability
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| GE, G.E.
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The Grand Exchange
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| Gf
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"Good fight", a term typically used during PvP
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| GGS
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Group gatestone in Dungeoneering
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| Glory
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Amulet of glory
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| Gmaul
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Granite maul
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| Goebiebands
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Supply run on Mazcab
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| Gold, GP
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Gold pieces (coins), primary in-game currency
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| Gold sink
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Removal of gold pieces from the economy, e.g. spending them at shops, or reclaiming items from Death
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| GOP
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The Great Orb Project minigame located in the Runecrafting Guild
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| Gore(s)
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Drygore weaponry
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| GotE
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Grace of the elves
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| Greaters
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Greater demons
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| Greg
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Gregorovic
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| Grico
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Greater Ricochet ability
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| Grim
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Erethdor's grimoire
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| GS
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Godsword, Gatestone, Guthix staff, Tree Gnome Stronghold
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| GStaff
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Guthix staff
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| GSun
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Greater Sunshine ability
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| GTE
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Teleport to the Group gatestone and end the Dungeoneering floor
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| GWD, GW
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God Wars Dungeon
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| GWD2, GW2, The Heart
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Heart of Gielinor, typically referred to as God Wars Dungeon 2
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| Gz, Gratz
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"Congratulations", typically used when someone achieves a skill level, obtains rare or valuable item, or completes a difficult achievement
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| Hally
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Halberd
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| Harm ore
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Harmonised rocks
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| HC, HCIM
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Hardcore Ironman
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| Hef
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The Hefin district in Prifddinas, typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
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| Herb
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Herblore
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| HH
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Herblore Habitat, Hellhound, Havenhythe
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| Hilt
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Godsword hilt, also used to refer to Araxxi's fang, web, and eye.
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| HLF
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High Level Forums, the forum section which could only be accessed by having an account with level 99 in all skills.
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| Hop
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To change worlds, i.e. "Let's hop worlds."
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| HP
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Hitpoints. Could be used to refer to a player's Constitution level, an amount of life points, or to the historical Hitpoints skill. Can also refer to Hero Pass.
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| HSR
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Hazelmere's signet ring
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| Hybrid
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Catering to more than one combat style of the combat triangle
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| H/V
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Heal & provoke role at Kalphite King, responsible for drawing aggression away from the tank during the green mechanic. Can also use Heal Other on the tank.
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| Ice
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Icicle mechanic at Nex or Nex: Angel of Death
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| IFB
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Insane Final Boss achievement/title
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| Ignore, Iggy'd
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Ignore list, added to ignore list
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| IIRC
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"If I recall correctly"
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| IM, Iron
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Ironman Mode
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| Immort
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Immortality defensive ability
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| In
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An invitation to enter; usually refers to a boss instance, Player-owned house, or the Clan Wars purple portal.
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| Inb
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Instant buy, used for Grand Exchange offers.
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| Inc
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Incite ability
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| Incand(s)
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Incandescent wisps, Incandescent energy
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| Ins
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Instant sell, used for Grand Exchange offers.
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| Inv
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Inventory, Invention, requesting an invite to a group/clan/etc.
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| IOH, IotH
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Ingenuity of the Humans ability
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| IOM
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"In on me". Used to tell other players to enter an instanced area via the person's name.
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| Ior
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The Iorwerth district in Prifddinas, typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
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| Ith
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The Ithell district, in Prifddinas, typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| M, m, mil
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Million (e.g. 6M = 6,000,000 gold)
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| MA
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Mobilising Armies
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| Mage
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Magic
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| Main
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A player's main character
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| Malev
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Malevolent armour, Malevolent energy
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| MB
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Mage bank (the Mage Arena in deep Wilderness) or Mage box (used in duelling).
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| Max, Maxed
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When a stat has reached level 99 (e.g. maxed Strength); when someone hits their max hit on a person (maxing); when someone has a combat level of 138 – often referred to as "maxed cb" or "max melee"; or when a player has reached the maximum experience (30,000) through the Assist System and cannot assist for a few hours.
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| MD
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Melee Distance, a player being close to a monster (usually in context of combat)
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| MDS
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Mutated Dazing Shot ability, now known as Greater Dazing Shot
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| Med, Med helm
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Helm
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| Mei(l)
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The Meilyr district in Prifddinas, typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
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| Mem, Memb
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Member/membership
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| Mena
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The city of Menaphos
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| Mep1, Mep2
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Mourning's End Part I and Mourning's End Part II
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| Merch
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The buying of very large amounts of an item on the Grand Exchange to cause the price to unnaturally go up, then selling that same item later on in order to make a profit. Also Travelling merchant
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| Meta
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Metamorphosis ability
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| MG
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Max Guild
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| Mith
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Mithril
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| Mob
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Enemy monster, Mobile perk
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| MQC, MQPC
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Master quest cape, Master Quest Cape (achievement)
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| MVGT, MGT
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Move gatestone. In Dungeoneering, requests that another party member move the group gatestone from where it is to a more suitable location.
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| Mw
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Masterwork equipment
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| MwSoA, MSoa
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Masterwork Spear of Annihilation
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Meaning
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| Nat
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Nature rune, Natural Instinct (PvP term)
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| Natty
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Natural Instinct ability
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| Necro
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Necromancy
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| Nerf
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Reducing the effectiveness of a game mechanic via updates
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| NH, Nhing
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No Honour, or No Honour killing, used to describe someone who Player kills with no regard for honour
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| Nib
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Not instant buy, used for Grand Exchange offers.
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| Nip
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Dreadnip
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| Nis
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Not instant sell, used for Grand Exchange offers.
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| Noob, n00b, nub
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Short for newbie (new player)
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| Nox
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Noxious weaponry
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| NS, Nsing
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Non-stop, generally used in clan wars FFA portal to refer to non-stop killing
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| P#
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Precise (Invention perk, rank #), Phase #
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| P2P(er)
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Members (Pay-to-Play)
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| Pass
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Password, Shantay Pass, Underground Pass
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| Pb
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Personal best completion time, Purple Bomb rotation/mechanic at Vorago, Powerburst
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| PC
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Pest Control, Price check
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| Peng(s)
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Penguins from the Penguin Hide and Seek
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| PF, PF switch
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Planted Feet perk
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| Ph, Phat
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Partyhat
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| Phas
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Port Phasmatys
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| Phase (noun)
|
A stage of a boss encounter
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| Phase (verb)
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To push a boss into the next phase, usually timed carefully to give an advantage to the player(s).
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| Pile, Piling
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Multiple people attacking the same opponent in PvP
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| Pick
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Pickaxe
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| PK, PKer, PKing
|
Player Killer/Player killing. Someone who is fighting other players, specifically in the Wilderness or other high risk PvP areas.
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| Plate
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Platebody
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| PM, DM
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Private message
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| PMod
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Player Moderator
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| Pneck
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Phoenix necklace, commonly used for PvP and Vorago entry
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| Ports
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Player-owned port, Portables
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| POF
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Player-owned farm
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| POH
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Player-owned house
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| POP
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Player-owned port
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| Pot, Pots
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Potions
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| Pp
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Pyramid Plunder, Prayer points, polypore
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| PR
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Persistent Rage relic power, personal record (time)
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| Pray Pot/Ppot
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Prayer potion, but can also loosely refer to Super restores and other prayer-restoring potions.
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| Prep
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Preparation ability, prepare
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| Prif, Priff
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Prifddinas
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| Proc/Procs
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Process, activation. Programmed Random Occurrence. Typically used to say that a random passive effect has activated.
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| Prot, Prot item
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Protect Item prayer or curse (typically PvP terminology), Protect from Magic/Melee/Ranged prayers or Deflect curses.
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| PT
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Poison tank role at Yakamaru, Pet tank roles at Beastmaster Durzag
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| Pure
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A player who trains only one type of skill; someone who only trains specific combat skills, or only non-combat skills. (Those who specifically train non-combat skills only are more commonly known as skillers).
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| Puz, Puzz
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Liberation of Mazcab puzzle
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| PvM, PvE
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Player versus Monster, Player versus Environment
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| Pw
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Password
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| QBD
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Queen Black Dragon
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| QC
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Quick Chat, Quest Cape
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| QFC
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Quick find code, for referring to the forums
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| QH
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Quick hop, the act of joining a friend on another world without going to the lobby
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| QoL
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Quality of Life
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| QP/QPS
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Quest points, Quick prayers
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| QPC
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Quest Cape
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| QS
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Quick Start, phrase used before Barbarian Assault waves to start before the 30 second wait
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| Querc
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Quercus, an ent via which you hand in Wilderness Warbands supplies in exchange for experience or gold.
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Meaning
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| R
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Ready
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| R2H
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Rune 2h sword
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| RaF, RAF
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Refer a Friend Programme
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| Rago
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Vorago
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| Rax
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Araxxor/Araxxi
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| RB
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Re-bank (to withdraw more food or potions, etc.), Red Base (Stealing Creation)
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| Rcb
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Royal Crossbow
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| RCing
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Runecrafting
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| RDI
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Southeast of the Red Dragon Isle, Wilderness Warbands location
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| RDT
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Rare drop table
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| Recoil, RoR
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Ring of Recoil
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| Red barred
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Term sometimes used to describe a person with so little Life points remaining that its health bar appears to be completely red.
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| Rep
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Reputation at various places
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| Req(s)
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Request assistance, Requirement(s)
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| Res, Reso
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Resonance defensive ability
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| Reset
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Daily, weekly and monthly resets. Resetting Liberation of Mazcab locks.
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| Rev(s)
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Revenant
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| Revo
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Revolution mode of combat
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| Rex
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Dagannoth Rex
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| Rg
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Re-group
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| RFD
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Recipe for Disaster
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| Rm
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Rematch
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| Rng, RNG
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Random Number Generator
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| RoD
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Ring of death
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| RoF
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Ring of Fortune
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| Rot
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Boss rotation (applies to bosses with mechanics that vary periodically), ability rotation
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| ROTM
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Ritual of the Mahjarrat
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| ROTS
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Barrows: Rise of the Six
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| RoW
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Ring of Wealth
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| RR
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Reroll
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| RS
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RuneScape
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| RS3
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RuneScape 3
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| RSC
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RuneScape Classic
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| RSN
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RuneScape Name, i.e. a player's username or character name
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| RSMV
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A music video filmed in RuneScape, uploaded to video sites such as YouTube
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| RSOF
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RuneScape Official Forums
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| RT, Rocks
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Rocktail
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| RWT
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Real world trading
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| Santa
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Santa Claus, Santa hat
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| Sara
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Saradomin
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| Sbow
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Saradomin bow
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| SC
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Stealing Creation minigame, Smoke Cloud
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| Scimmy, Scim
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Scimitar
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| Scop
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Scopulus mechanic at Vorago
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| Scrim
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Scrimshaw, various pocket slot items.
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| Seers
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Seers' Village
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| Seis
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Seismic wand and Seismic singularity
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| SG
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Spirit grove, Sorceress's Garden, a player-owned farm animal with the Sparkling and Glistening traits
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| SGB
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Seren godbow
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| SGS
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Saradomin godsword or Solomon's General Store
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| SHB
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Silverhawk boots
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| Sh10, St10
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Mirage role at Yakamaru responsible for tanking and closing the Shark pool with 10 planks.
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| Sig
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Sigil or Ascension signet
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| Sign
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The activation of a Sign of life, Sign of death, Portent of life, Portent of death, Defence cape perk, or Desert pantheon aura ward of Icthlarin effect.
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| Sing
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Seismic singularity
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| Sip(s)
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Perfect juju potion doses, generally refers to free Perfect juju prayer potion sips available while Prayer training at a POH
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| Size x
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The layer that the Shooting Star is currently on. Often abbreviated to just SX, such as S5.
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| Skiller
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Someone who trains non-combat skills (can be any combat level), more commonly someone who trains non-combat skills primarily or exclusively.
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| Skillpure
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Someone who exclusively trains non-combat skills (combat level 3).
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| Smited
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Having prayer points depleted, usually by Smite or Soul Split prayers in PvP.
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| Smoke
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Smoke pool in Nex: Angel of Death
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| Snipe
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To receive a desirable drop in LootShare, when one does not have the distinct highest LootShare potential in the team.
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| SoA
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Spear of Annihilation, Staff of Armadyl, sometimes refers to the Fractured Staff of Armadyl
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| Sof
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Squeal of Fortune, preceded Treasure Hunter
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| Soph
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The city of Sophanem
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| Sos
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Staff of Sliske or Stronghold of security
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| Spec
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Special attack
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| Spooned
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Extremely lucky, achieved a good drop with very little effort. From "spoon-fed".
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| SS
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Soul Split curse, Spirit shields, screenshot
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| Stall
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The act of stalling adrenaline, Ability stalling, or the delay Vorago has when he moves a square on phase 5 in NM, or phases 10/11 on HM
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| Steads
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Steadfast boots
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| Sticks
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Incense sticks
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| Str
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Strength
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| Subj
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Subjugation equipment
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| Summ
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Summoning skill
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| Sun
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Sunshine ability
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| Sup
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Superior version. E.g. Superior Morrigan's javelin
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| Super set
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All of the super potions relevant to that combat style. Super attack, strength, and defence for melee; super ranged and defence for ranged; and super magic and defence for magic. Necromancy has the Super necromancy potion.
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| Sus
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Croesus
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| SWH, Stat hammer
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Statius's warhammer
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Meaning
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| T[number]
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"Tier"; all equipment requiring a certain level, e.g. T85, T90, T95. Can refer to weapons or armour.
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| T95/T99 curses
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Ancient Curses: t95 refers to Turmoil and its equivalents for other styles, t99 refers to Malevolence and its equivalents for other styles
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| Tally/Tali
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Talisman
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| Tab
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A teleport tablet
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| Tag
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Attacking a monster first, or being the first to touch a Shooting Star
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| Tassy, Tassets
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Bandos tassets
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| Tav
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Taverley
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| Tb, Tbed, Tb'ed, Tb'd
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Teleblock, reference to someone getting Teleport Blocked, mainly used during PKing. Can also refer to the Trouble Brewing minigame.
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| Tc
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Target cycle
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| TDS
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Tormented demons
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| TH
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Treasure Hunter
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| Thresh
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Threshold ability, an ability that requires 50% adrenaline
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| Tick
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Game tick
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| TL, TL5
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Top lure role at Vorago. Usually combined with Voke 5 role.
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| TMW
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Trimmed masterwork armour
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| Tog/Tears
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Tears of Guthix
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| Total/ttl
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Total level
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| TP, Tele
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Teleport
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| Trah
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The Trahaearn district in Prifddinas, typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
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| Trust Trading
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The act of trading an item (typically valuable) to another player, relying exclusively on trust for them to return it.
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| TT
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Treasure Trail, Temple Trekking
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| Turm
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Turmoil curse
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| TWP
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Teamwork Protection curse
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| Tubbied
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A Shooting Star that has been mined to its centre, revealing the Star sprite. This term refers to the TV show Teletubbies.
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Meaning
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| Vamp
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Vampyrism aura or scrimshaw
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| Varr
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Varrock
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| Veng
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Vengeance, Vengeance Other, or Vengeance Group
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| -vention
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Added to the end of a skill or action to refer to training it alongside Invention (e.g. "fishvention" refers to simulatenously training Fishing and Invention, such as by using a Fishing rod-o-matic)
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| Vig, Vigour
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Ring of vigour switch
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| Vin/Vind/Vindi/Vinny
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Vindicta
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| Virt
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Virtus equipment
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| Vis
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Vis wax or the Rune Goldberg Machine D&D
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| Vit
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Vitalis mechanic at Vorago, the Vitalis pet, Powerburst of vitality
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| Voke
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Provoke ability
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| Voker
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Kalphite King role involving use of the Provoke ability to keep aggression off the tank.
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| Volcano
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Wilderness Crater, formerly known as Wilderness Volcano
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| VoS
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Voice of Seren
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| V Sq
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Varrock Square
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| Vuln
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Vulnerability debuff, Vulnerability bomb
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| Vwand, Vbook
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Virtus wand, Virtus book
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Meaning
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| Xlog
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Log out by closing the game window
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| XP
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Experience
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