Glossary

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This page offers an alphabetical list of various commonly used jargon terms, with brief explanatory descriptions and links to other FiestaWiki pages. Some of these are game-specific terms and some are generic terms that may not be familiar to new players.

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The intention of this page is to decode abbreviations and explain words whose meaning may not be obvious, rather than to list every word that is used in reference to Fiesta. This page assumes a level of fluency in English (so 'starfish' is not defined, for example) but not necessarily any previous experience in internet gaming. The list does not include common misspellings as it is assumed that they can be worked out from context (and it is better to encourage correct use of language rather than lend any legitimacy to them). The names of specific player characters and guilds are also out of scope.

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A

academy

AEW

Ancient Elven Woods; one of the maps that make up Isya.

AFK

Away from keyboard; a common acronym in on-line chat.

aggro

The level of aggression that a monster has to each character around it. A monster will attack the character for whom it has the most aggro.

alt

Abbreviation of alternative character. Each player account may include up to four characters on a server, with alt referring to any of these other than whichever the player considers to be their main character.

AoE

Area of effect; usually used to refer to a skill that damages multiple targets.

Archer

One of the four classes, specialising in ranged damage and DOT.

axe

A two-handed weapon only usable by Fighters (therefore cannot be used in conjunction with a shield).

B

B>

As a prefix to a chat message, this indicates that the player is looking to buy the item that they name.

Blessed

A Blessed Elrue, Lix or Xir has a decreased probability of item breakage during enhancement compared with one that is not Blessed.

blue

A description of an item that has a name highlighted in blue. These are rare drops that have exceptional abilities, including a set of additions to stats. Compare with greens and oranges.

boss

A boss monster is unique on a map, spawning relatively infrequently, and is much more powerful than the surrounding monsters.

bow

A weapon only usable by Archers.

BRB

(I'll) be right back; a common acronym in on-line chat.

buff

C

city

A town that covers the majority of its map. On a map that includes a city, players have the option to hide all other characters so that they are not visible (reducing the amount of graphics requiring processing if the player is experiencing lag); this will also hide normal talking but not other forms of communication (whispers, shouts, party chat and so on).

clank

A Cleric that is tanking is said to be 'clanking'.

Cleric

One of the four classes, specialising in buffing characters.

comp

Abbreviation of Material Composition.

cooldown

The minimum period of time between consecutive uses of the same skill. A skill can be empowered to reduce its cooldown.

copper

One of the units of in-game money, denoted by . One copper equals one thousandth of a silver, and is the lowest unit of denomination. May also refer to the copper ore and copper lump items.

crossbow

A weapon only usable by Archers.

CSR

Customer Services Representative.

D

decomp

Abbreviation of Material Decomposition.

debuff

DEF

DEX

Dexterity.

DOT

Damage over time.

DPS

Damage per second.

drop

An item that appears next to a monster's corpse at the moment it is killed. Drops will disappear after a short while if they are not picked up. For a few seconds, a drop can only be picked up by the character that killed the monster (or another character in the same party) to prevent theft.

dungeon

A map (usually modelled as a network of underground caverns) with a set of monsters with names prefixed by 'Dungeon' that are more powerful versions of standard monsters. Dungeons have both minimum and maximum class level restrictions. A character that dies in a dungeon will respawn at the dungeon entrance (staying in the same map) rather than a town.

dust

E

Eld

Abbreviation of Elderine.

elite

An elite monster may appear in multiple areas of a map, but will usually be unique in its immediate vicinity. They spawn less frequently than and are more powerful than the surrounding common monsters.

Elrue

A stone used to enhance an item up to +1, +2 or +3.

empower

END

Endurance.

enhance

evasion

events

Limited period special occasions that typically involve new items in the on-line store and new quests, only available during the event period. These are often themed to coincide with real world celebratory periods.

experience

A number of points gained from killing monsters and completing quests, and lost from dying. Each class level has an increasingly higher experience requirement.

F

fame

A property of a character that is gained by completing quests and gaining titles. It can be spent to purchase learning scrolls and alchemy stones from Item Merchant Nina in Elderine, but has no other use. Contrary to its name, it is not a publically viewable property.

Fighter

One of the four classes, specialising in high mêlée damage.

FoM

Forest of Mist; one of the maps that make up Isya.

FoT

Forest of Tides; one of the maps that make up Isya.

FTW

For the win; a common acronym in on-line chat.

G

Gamigo

The company that publishes Fiesta in Europe. Note that Fiesta was originally developed and published by Ons On Soft in Korea.

gather

gem

One of the units of in-game money, denoted by . One gem equals one thousand gold, and is the highest unit of denomination. May also refer to the gemstone items.

GGK

GL

GM

gold

One of the units of in-game money, denoted by . One gold equals one thousand silver, and one thousandth of a gem. May also refer to the gold ore and gold lump items.

green

A description of an item that has a name highlighted in green. These are uncommon drops that have better than normal abilities, usually a random set of additions to stats. Compare with blues and oranges.

grind

guild

H

hammer

A one-handed weapon only usable by Clerics (therefore can be used in conjunction with a shield).

harvest

house

HP

Hit points; these are a measure of the character's ability to withstand damage. When a character's current HP are reduced to zero, they are dead.

I

INT

Intelligence.

inventory

Isya

The name of the world in which the Fiesta game is set.

J

K

kick

Snearing Kick; a Fighter ability to gain aggro.

kill-stealing

The action of attacking a monster that another character (not in the same party) is already attacking, without permission. This is universally considered bad etiquette as only one of these characters will receive the benefit of counting that monster towards their quest kill totals.

Kingdom Quest

KQ

KS

Kill-steal.

L

lag

level

A word with multiple uses. May refer to any of:

• The class level of a character, gained through increasing experience, that affects the character's effectiveness, which items they can use, which quests they can start, which maps they can access, and more. This is the most commonly used meaning of 'level'.
• The level of a monster, which is analogous to a character's class level. The higher the monster's level is in relation to a character's level, the more experience points the character will gain for killing it.
• The skill level that a character has in a production skill, affecting the range of items that the character can produce with that skill.
• The dungeon level for an area that is constructed of multiple connected maps (for example Luminous Stone).

lives

During a Kingdom Quest, a character has three lives (represented by clearly visible red hearts). If they die and are not Revived, they will use up a life rather than respawning in a town. If they run out of lives, they will respawn in a town, leaving the Kingdom Quest.

Lix

A stone used to enhance an item up to +4, +5 or +6.

Lucky

A Lucky Elrue, Lix or Xir has a chance of increasing the enhancement of an item by +2 rather than just +1.

M

mace

A one-handed weapon only usable by Clerics (therefore can be used in conjunction with a shield).

Mage

One of the four classes, specialising in ranged damage and DPS.

main

Refers to a player's main character. Each player account may include up to four characters on a server, with the others being refered to as alts.

map

A single continuous playing area of the game (as a metonym from the representation of the area on the map display). There is a short load time required when moving from one map to another.

master

Material Composition

One of the five alchemy skills.

Material Decomposition

One of the five alchemy skills.

mine

MMORPG

Massively Multiplayer On-line Roleplaying Game; a computer RPG played over the internet that can support large numbers of players in the same game world such that the players can all interact with each other.

mob

Abbreviation for mobile, and used as a synonym for 'monster'. This term originates from early multiplayer text adventure games where monsters were modelled as objects that had additionally properties including movement (hence mobile).

monster

mount

N

NPC

Non-Player Character; a game character that is system-controlled rather than player-controlled. NPCs remain fixed in their locations and often give quests, sell items, or perform other services. All NPCs are marked on the map.

O

Ons On Soft

The company that originally developed Fiesta and publishes it in Korea.

orange

A description of an item that has a name highlighted in blue. These are extremely rare drops that have outstanding abilities, including a set of additions to stats. Compare with greens and blues.

ore

OutSpark

The company that publishes Fiesta in North America. Note that Fiesta was originally developed and published by Ons On Soft in Korea.

P

party

A group of characters linked together, limited to a maximum of five characters. When the party are close together (roughly in visible distance) they split experience for kills, will all benefit from monster kill counts, and can chat privately to the party as a whole.

pet

Potions

One of the five alchemy skills, and the type of item that it produces.

pots

Abbreviation of Potions.

production

PvE

Player versus enemy.

PvP

Player versus player.

Q

quest

R

res

Abbreviation of resurrection, referring to use of the Cleric's Revive ability.

respawn

rider

roar

A chat message heard by all individuals on the same server as the person roaring. Currently available only as a per-use item purchasable using SparkCash.

Robo

Refers to Millennium Robo, both a boss monster in Vine Tomb and a boss monster in the eponymous Kingdom Quest Millennium Robo Plot. Often used to refer to the Kingdom Quest rather than Millennium Robo himself.

roleplay

Acting (and in particular talking) in the way that the character would, rather than in the way that the player would. This implicitly constrains assumed knowledge and conversation to just the game universe, rather than breaking the roleplay by talking about real life topics.

RP

Roleplay.

RPG

Roleplaying Game; a game in which a player assumes the persona and abilities of an in-game character.

Roar

Fiesta Store: 1745 SparkCash. This item lets you sends out a server wide message to all users. Minimum level requirement: 10.

S

S>

As a prefix to a chat message, this indicates that the player is looking to sell the item that they name.

SC

SparkCash.

SBL

Summoned Beast Leather; a drop required for scroll production that is often in demand.

Scrolls

One of the five alchemy skills, and the type of item that it produces. Also refers to other types of scroll such as transport scrolls (that teleport characters to towns) and learning scrolls (that teach skills).

server

The computer on which a particular character's database record is stored. Each server is completely independent, so characters can only interact with other characters on the same server.

set

shield

A defensive item only usable in conjunction with one-handed weapons, and only usable by Fighters or Clerics (any individual shield will specifically be usable either by Fighters or by Clerics, never both).

shout

A chat message heard by all individuals on the same map as the person shouting.

silver

One of the units of in-game money, denoted by . One silver equals one thousand copper, and one thousandth of a gold. May also refer to the silver ore and silver lump items.

SoG

Sea of Greed; one of the maps that make up Isya.

SP

Spell points; these are used by used to power certain abilities, with the character unable to use that ability if they have insufficient SP.

spam

Describes an action performed repeated in rapid succession.

SparkCash

spawn

SPR

Spirit.

stack

A number of items that completely fills one inventory space. For most drops this means fifty identical copies of the same item. Some items (such as enhancement stones) have smaller stack sizes. Some items (such as weapons and armour) do not stack at all.

staff

A weapon only usable by Mages.

Stones

One of the five alchemy skills, and the type of item that it produces. Also refers to other types of stones such as healing stones (that restore HP) and spell scrolls (that restore SP).

storage

An additional inventory space that can be accessed only through certain NPCs, and so requires a character to visit a town in order for it to be used. The same storage space is shared by all characters that a player has on their account on one server and so acts as a method to transfer items between characters controlled by the same player.

STR

Strength.

sword

A weapon only usable by Fighters; may be one-handed or two-handed (may be used in conjunction with a shield only if one-handed).

T

tank

tier

A property of an item that gives an indication of its relative effectiveness. Higher tier items will have a high class level requirement to use. The tier of a stone must match the tier of the item it is being used to enhance.

title

ToS

Terms of Service. The legal terms which you agree to in order to play Fiesta.

town

An area of a map that is characterised by no monsters, multiple NPCs, and is an area in which characters will respawn upon death.

train

A character may gain a monster's aggro by passing close to them. Running through an area may attract many monsters in sequence, forming a train that follows the character. When the player gets far enough from a monster's initial location, the monster will give up chasing and return. It is considered bad etiquette to form a train in such a way that the returning monsters attack other characters against their wishes.

U

V

VT

Vine Tomb; one of the maps that make up Isya.

W

wand

A weapon only usable by Mages.

war

whisper

A chat message sent to and heard by just one individual. Displays as purple text in the chat box.

WoW

World of Warcraft; a rival MMORPG (that requires a monthly fee to play) which is often used as a standard for comparison due to its notability.

WTF

What the fuck; a common acronym in on-line chat.

X

xbow

Abbreviation of crossbow.

Xir

A stone used to enhance an item up to +7, +8 or +9.

Y

Z