Common PSOBB abbreviations

This page collects English abbreviations common in Ephinea chat, parties, combat and trading. An abbreviation’s meaning can change with context; when one has several meanings, judge from the room name, channel and surrounding messages.

Common chat abbreviations

Abbreviation	English	Meaning
`afk`	away from keyboard	Stepping away for a moment
`brb` / `bbl`	be right back / be back later	Back soon / back later
`brt` / `omw`	be right there / on my way	On my way
`gtg`	got to go	Have to go
`cya` / `l8r`	see you / later	Goodbye / see you
`gl` / `hf` / `gg`	good luck / have fun / good game	Good luck / have fun / good game
`ty` / `thx` / `yw`	thank you / thanks / you're welcome	Thanks / you’re welcome
`np` / `nw`	no problem / no worries	No problem / don’t worry
`idk` / `dunno`	I don't know	Don’t know
`imo` / `tbh`	in my opinion / to be honest	In my opinion / honestly
`btw` / `fyi`	by the way / for your information	By the way / for your information
`jk` / `lol` / `lmao`	just kidding / laughing out loud	Joking / laughing
`plz` / `ppl` / `asap`	please / people / as soon as possible	Please / everyone / as soon as possible
`wb`	welcome back	Welcome back
`w8`	wait	Wait a moment
`sec` / `1 sec`	second / one second	Just a second
`rdy`	ready	Ready; often asked on its own as a question `rdy?`
`rn` / `atm`	right now / at the moment	Right now / currently
`nvm`	never mind	Never mind
`mb`	my bad	My mistake / sorry
`sry` / `dw`	sorry / don't worry	Sorry / no problem
`gj` / `wp`	good job / well played	Well played
`grats` / `gratz` / `gz`	congratulations	Congratulations, often for a level-up or a rare drop
`gl on hunt`	good luck on the hunt	Hope you get the item you’re hunting
`pff` / `pfft`	Interjection	Shows disagreement, resignation or annoyance depending on context
`psst`	Interjection	Quietly gets someone’s attention

Quick communication in a game room

Common form	Original English	Meaning in game
`tp` / `pipe`	telepipe	Telepipe; `tp pls` means “please open a telepipe”
`p2`	Pioneer 2	Back to Pioneer 2; e.g. `back to p2`
`shop`	shopping	going back to buy medicine, sell items or restock
`bank`	bank	Visiting the bank to store or take items, usually asking teammates to wait
`inv full`	inventory full	Inventory full; need to sort or go back to town
`brb p2`	be right back, Pioneer 2	Going back to town, back in a moment
`heal pls`	heal please	Asking for Resta healing
`sd pls` / `jz pls`	Shifta & Deband / Jellen & Zalure	Asking for Shifta/Deband, or Jellen/Zalure on enemies
`anti pls`	Anti please	Asking for status effects to be cured
`res` / `revive`	resurrect / revive	Asking to be revived with a Moon Atomizer or Reverser; don’t confuse it with the reserved-room `Res`
`moon pls`	Moon Atomizer please	Asking for a Moon Atomizer to revive a teammate
`don't res`	don't resurrect	Don’t revive me yet; common when an Android is about to retrap
`split`	split up	The party splits up or clears areas separately
`follow` / `come`	follow me / come here	Follow me / come to me
`stay` / `wait here`	stay / wait here	Stay put / wait here
`go` / `go ahead`	go / go ahead	Go / you go first or keep pushing
`wrong way`	wrong way	Wrong way
`clear`	area clear	This room or area is cleared
`skip`	skip	Skip a room, enemy, box or step
`loot`	loot	Picking up drops; `loot first` means picking up items first
`need?` / `you need?`	do you need it?	Asking whether a teammate wants a drop
`take it` / `all yours`	take it / it is all yours	You take it / it’s yours
`pass`	pass	I don’t want it; in trading it can also mean withdrawing an offer
`dc` / `dced`	disconnect / disconnected	Disconnect / disconnected; can also mean the Double Cannon weapon
`relog`	re-login	Log back into the game
`lag` / `laggy`	network lag	Network lag / very laggy
`desync`	desynchronization	Client desync, where players see enemies in different positions or states
`join`	join	Join a room or party
`char`	character	Character; e.g. `change char` means switching characters
`pw`	password	Room password; can also mean the quest Phantasmal World or the Psycho Wand weapon
`ship` / `block` / `lobby`	ship / block / lobby	Server block / channel / lobby, used to agree where to meet
`full`	full	The room or inventory is full, depending on context
`last run`	last run	This is the last run
`one more`	one more run	One more run

General game terms

Abbreviation	English	Meaning
`N` / `H` / `VH` / `U`	Normal / Hard / Very Hard / Ultimate	Normal / Hard / Very Hard / Ultimate difficulty
`NM` / `CM` / `BM`	Normal / Challenge / Battle Mode	Normal / Challenge / Battle mode
`OPM`	One Person Mode	Single-player mode
`HC` / `SB`	Hardcore / Sandbox	Hardcore / sandbox character mode
`TA`	Time Attack	Speed running for the fastest clear time
`cc`	change character	Switch characters
`NT`	No Target	An enemy is desynced on the client and can’t be targeted or hit for now
`RT`	retrap	An Android deliberately revives with a Scape Doll to refill traps; don’t revive them first
`Alt+BS`	Alt + Backspace	Back to the title/login screen
`WC`	water closet	Going to the bathroom, usually a short break
`EXP` / `Lv`	experience / level	Experience / level
`DAR`	Drop Anything Rate	The chance an enemy drops any item
`RDR`	Rare Drop Rate	Rare drop rate
`RER`	Rare Enemy Rate	Rare enemy appearance rate
`ATP` / `DFP`	Attack Power / Defense Power	Attack / defense
`ATA` / `EVP`	Attack Accuracy / Evade Power	Accuracy / evasion
`MST` / `LCK`	Mental Strength / Luck	Mental strength / luck (affects criticals)
`N` / `H` / `S`	Normal / Heavy / Special attack	Normal / heavy / special attack; e.g. `NHS` means a three-hit combo using these three in order
`N1` / `H2` / `S3`	attack type + combo step	The letter is the attack type and the number is its step in the combo; e.g. `H2` is a heavy attack as the second hit
`SNS`	Special–Normal–Special	A combo order that uses the hit-check mechanics to raise special-attack accuracy

Combat mechanics, areas and weapon attributes

Abbreviation / form	English	Meaning
`EP1` / `EP2` / `EP4`	Episode 1 / 2 / 4	Episode 1 / 2 / 4; Blue Burst has no Episode 3
`F` / `C` / `M` / `R`	Forest / Cave / Mine / Ruins	Forest / Caves / Mines / Ruins; in parties usually the EP1 areas
`CCA` / `CT`	Central Control Area / Control Tower	Central Control Area / Control Tower
`Crater` / `Desert`	Crater / Subterranean Desert	Crater / Subterranean Desert, both EP4 areas
`FT` / `CT` / `DT`	freeze / confuse / damage trap	Freeze / confuse / damage traps; `CT` can also mean Control Tower
`CC`	crowd control	Crowd control, such as freezing, paralysing, confusing or knocking down a whole group
`DMC`	damage cancel	The damage-cancelling mechanic; removed on Ephinea but still common in old guides and talk about other servers
`DP`	Divine Punishment	The Divine Punishment special attack, not a unique short name for one weapon
`ES` / `S-Rank`	ES Weapon / S-Rank Weapon	Challenge Mode reward weapons with custom names and some choice of special
`Zerk`	Berserk	Weapon specials that spend HP for high damage
`Demon's` / `Hell`	Demon's / Hell special	Specials that cut HP by a proportion / instant-kill specials
`Arrest` / `Freeze`	paralysis / freezing special	Paralysis / freeze weapon specials
`N` / `AB` / `M` / `D`	Native / A.Beast / Machine / Dark	Weapon damage attributes against Native / A.Beast / Machine / Dark enemies
`Hit` / `50h`	Hit attribute	The Hit attribute; `50h` means 50 Hit, adding 50 ATA
`0/0/0/0\|50`	weapon attribute notation	Native / A.Beast / Machine / Dark / Hit in order; this example has only 50 Hit
`untekked`	unidentified weapon	An unidentified weapon; when identified, its non-zero attributes can vary by up to 10 around the base value
`max` / `maxed`	maximum grind	In trading usually means the weapon is fully ground; it doesn’t mean the attributes are maxed

Parties, room names and trading

Abbreviation	English	Meaning
`+FO`	plus Force	The party wants an FO to join
`NoFO`	no Force	The party already has an FO and wants other classes
`Res`	reserved	Reserved room, only for players who arranged it
`FO/DP`	Force / Divine Punishment	Only FOs or characters that can use Divine Punishment, common in EP4
`A1`–`A4`	Anguish level 1–4	Anguish level; the higher the number, the stronger the enemies
`RBR`	Ragol Boost Road	Ragol Boost Road, a rotating quest set that builds a personal boost
`B>` / `S>` / `T>`	buying / selling / trading	Buying / selling / trading
`PC>`	price check	Asking for a price; the `PC` here isn’t Photon Crystal
`A>` / `PDA>`	auction / Photon Drop auction	Auction / auction taking PD bids only
`Res`	reserve bid	In trading can also mean an auction’s reserve price

Photon Blasts

For damage formulas, parameters and chain diagrams see Game mechanics: Mag Photon Blasts (PB).

Abbreviation	English	Meaning
`F`	Farlla	Serpent
`E`	Estlla	Dolphin
`L`	Leilla	Goddess
`G`	Golla	Stag
`M` / `Twins`	Mylla & Youlla	Twins, casting Shifta and Deband
`P`	Pilla	Statue
`#`	Current PB value	e.g. `80` means the PB gauge is at 80%
`00`	PB ready	PB is at 100%; can be combined with a name, e.g. `00 Twins`
`10d` / `20d` / `30d`	donate PB	Donate 10 / 20 / 30 PB to a PB chain

Quests

Abbreviation	Quest name
`TTF`	Towards the Future
`RT`	Respective Tomorrow; can also mean retrap, depending on context
`FoaM`	Fragments of a Memory
`RFR`	Rescue from Ragol
`TE`	Tyrell's Ego
`LHS`	Lost HEAT SWORD
`LIS`	Lost ICE SPINNER
`LSB`	Lost SOUL BLADE
`LHP`	Lost HELL PALLASCH
`LSS`	Lost SPIRIT STRIKER
`LBB`	Lost BERSERK BATON
`ET` / `WT`	East Tower / West Tower
`PW`	the Phantasmal World series
`RoCT`	Raid on Central Tower
`GDVD`	Gal Da Val's Darkness
`MAE` / `MAS`	Maximum Attack E / Maximum Attack S
`MSB`	the Military Strikes Back series
`ANH`	A New Hope
`RL`	Restless Lion
`BPD` / `BPD2`	Black Paper's Deal / Black Paper's Deal 2
`CD5`	Claire's Deal 5
`BtH`	Beyond the Horizon
`MA4`	the Maximum Attack 4th Stage series, followed by the chapter and route, e.g. `MA4-2C`
`MU`	the Mop-up Operation series
`SU`	the Sweep-up Operation series
`WoL`	the War of Limits series (EP4)
`CF`	the Christmas Fiasco series; e.g. `CF1` is the EP1 version
`DD`	the December Disaster series; e.g. `DD1` is the EP1 version

Weapons

Weapon abbreviations aren’t unique. For example, RS can be Red Sword or Red Saber, and DB can be Dual Bird or Dark Bridge; write the full name when trading to avoid misunderstandings.

Abbreviation	English name
`RS`	Red Sword / Red Saber
`CS`	Chain Sawd
`Excal` / `Lame`	Excalibur / Lame d'Argent
`SJS` / `TJS`	Sealed J-Sword / Tsumikiri J-Sword
`TK`	Two Kamui
`LB` / `DC`	Lavis Blade / Double Cannon
`DLS`	Daylight Scar
`DoB` / `SoF`	Diska of Braveman / Slicer of Fanatic
`RB`	Rainbow Baton
`MKB` / `BKB`	Monkey King Bar / Black King Bar
`PoL` / `TB`	Partisan of Lightning / Twin Blaze
`S&Y`	Sange & Yasha
`FS` / `SQ`	Frozen Shooter / Snow Queen
`CR`	Cannon Rouge
`SN`	Spread Needle
`BR` / `HR`	Bringer's Rifle / Holy Ray
`HS` / `HP`	Heaven Striker / Heaven Punisher
`OS`	Ophelie Seize
`MR` / `LS`	Master Raven / Last Swan
`GM` / `MM`	Guld Milla / Mille Marteaux
`DB`	Dual Bird / Dark Bridge
`CV` / `CA`	Charge Vulcan / Charge Arms
`Y9K`	Yasminkov 9000M
`RdF`	Rage de Feu
`LK38`	L&K38 Combat
`RM` / `IF`	Rambling May / Iron Faust
`DF` / `DM`	Dark Flow / Dark Meteor
`BOPP`	Branch of Paku Paku
`GD` / `SoC`	Glide Divine / Striker of Chao
`Merc`	Mercurius Rod
`PWand`	Psycho Wand
`MP` / `PoM`	Magical Piece / Prophets of Motav
`SoD`	Summit of Darkness

Armour, barriers, units and Mags

Abbreviation	English name	Notes
`BORN` / `BOVN`	Black Odoshi Red Nimaidou / Blue Odoshi Violet Nimaidou	Black Odoshi Red Nimaidou / Blue Odoshi Violet Nimaidou
`LMant` / `Iggy`	Lieutenant Mantle / Ignition Cloak	Lieutenant Mantle / Ignition Cloak
`MG(+)`	Mother Garb (+)	—
`VA:Lafu`	Virus Armor: Lafuteria	Virus Armor: Lafuteria
`SSS` / `3S`	Standstill Shield / Three Seals	Standstill Shield / Three Seals
`RR`	Red Ring	Red Ring
`ALR` / `ADR`	Anti-Light Ring / Anti-Dark Ring	Anti-Light Ring / Anti-Dark Ring
`HU/RA/FO Wall`	Hunter / Ranger / Force Wall	The class barriers for the three class types
`Resta Merge` / `RM`	Resta Merge	A recovery-boost barrier; `RM` can also mean Rambling May
`RP`	Rico's Parasol	Rico’s Parasol; don’t lump it together with other barriers starting with R
`G/` / `H/`	God/* / Heavenly/*	Units in the same series; the asterisk stands for the stat type
`C/Abil`	Centurion/Ability	Centurion/Ability
`C/Legs`	Centurion/Legs	Adds EVP (evasion), not movement speed
`C/status`	Cure/status	Immunity to the matching status effect, e.g. `C/Freeze`
`PoSS`	Proof of Sword-Saint	PROOF OF SWORD-SAINT
`SL`	Smartlink	Removes the distance accuracy penalty for ranged attacks
`SLore` / `SML`	Swordsman Lore	Swordsman Lore
`V101`	V101	A popular all-round unit that raises attack speed and several stats
`V501`	V501	Raises the success rate of some weapon specials; every class can equip it
`V502`	V502	An upgraded V501 that further raises instant-kill special success
`V801`	V801	Raises technique casting speed and adds MST
`H/Battle` / `C/Battle`	Heavenly/Battle / Centurion/Battle	Raises attack speed; the two don’t stack, and the highest effect applies
`Adept`	Adept	An all-round unit unsealed from the Limiter
`Aga` / `Nid`	Agastya / Nidra	Agastya / Nidra
`GG`	Gael Giel	Gael Giel

Techniques

Abbreviation	English name	Meaning
`Foie` / `Gif` / `Raf`	Foie / Gifoie / Rafoie	Foie / Gifoie / Rafoie
`Zonde` / `Giz` / `Raz`	Zonde / Gizonde / Razonde	Zonde / Gizonde / Razonde
`Barta` / `Gib` / `Rab`	Barta / Gibarta / Rabarta	Barta / Gibarta / Rabarta
`SD`	Shifta & Deband	Raise attack and defense
`JZ`	Jellen & Zalure	Lower enemy attack and defense
`RA`	Resta & Anti	Restore HP and cure status effects
`Meg`	Megid	The instant-kill technique

Tools

Abbreviation	English name	Meaning
`mm` / `dm` / `tm`	Monomate / Dimate / Trimate	Small / medium / large HP recovery
`mf` / `df` / `tf`	Monofluid / Difluid / Trifluid	Small / medium / large TP recovery
`$`	Scape Doll	—
`PD` / `PC` / `PS`	Photon Drop / Crystal / Sphere	—
`PB`	Photon Booster	Photon Booster; in combat it usually means Photon Blast
`PGF`	Parasitic Gene “Flow”	—
`MSI`	Magic Stone “Iritista”	—
`BBS`	Blue-black Stone	—
`Sync`	Syncesta	—
`MRHK` / `MRM`	Magic Rock “Heart Key” / “Moola”	—
`AddSlot`	Add Slot	—

Classes

Abbreviation	Classes	Notes
`HUmr`	HUmar	Male human Hunter
`HUnl` / `Huney`	HUnewearl	Female Newman Hunter
`HUct` / `HUcl`	HUcast / HUcaseal	Male / female Android Hunter
`RAmr` / `RAml`	RAmar / RAmarl	Male / female human Ranger
`RAct` / `RAcl`	RAcast / RAcaseal	Male / female Android Ranger
`FOmr` / `FOml`	FOmar / FOmarl	Male / female human Force
`FOnm`	FOnewm	Male Newman Force
`FOnl` / `Foney`	FOnewearl	Female Newman Force

Enemies and bosses

Abbreviation	English name	Meaning
`DRL`	De Rol Le / Dal Ra Lie	EP1 Caves / EP2 VR Temple boss
`VO1` / `VO2`	Vol Opt form 1 / 2	EP1 Mines boss, first / second form
`DF1` / `DF2` / `DF3`	Dark Falz form 1 / 2 / 3	Dark Falz’s three forms
`BR`	Barba Ray	EP2 VR Temple boss; can also mean Bringer’s Rifle
`OF1` / `OF2`	Olga Flow form 1 / 2	Olga Flow, first / second form
`Epsi`	Epsilon	—
`SM`	Saint-Milion	—
`Sham` / `Shamby`	Shambertin	—
`Kondy`	Kondrieu	—

References and notes

English terms and common forms mainly follow the Ephinea PSO Wiki: Terminology. Equipment effects follow the matching Wiki entries; names follow this site’s item names and common player usage. Community slang changes, so if you find something missing or used differently, judge from context.