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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
Component in the guild system; joining a guild's academy gives a player items and money with every level-up, as determined by the guild's Academy Master.
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.
Aim%
Aim; derived from a character's basic stats and may be affected by buffs or debuffed directly. One of the factors in determining probability that attacks will hit a target.
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, specializing in ranged damage and DOT.
Axe
A two-handed weapon only usable by Fighters (therefore cannot be used in conjunction with a shield).
att
Abbreviation for attack.

B

B>
As a prefix to a chat message, this indicates that the player is looking to buy the item that they name.
BG
Battleground
BH
Burning Hills; relatively low-leveled area and base to the Pirates.
Blessed
A Blessed Elrue, Lix or Xir; has a decreased probability of item breakage during enhancement compared with a stone that is not Blessed.
BLOCK%
Block rate; derived from a character's basic stats and may be affected by buffs or debuffed directly.
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.
BoD
Bonds of Darkness; the level 50-59 dungeon.
Boss
A boss monster is unique on a map, respawning relatively infrequently, and is much more powerful than the surrounding monsters. Compare with elite monsters.
Bow
A weapon only usable by Archers.
BRB
(I'll) be right back; a common acronym in on-line chat.
buff
A positive effect applied to a character (or rarely by a monster to itself). These are temporary and may include increases to any statistics, healing over time, and increased movement speed.
BTW
By the way; a common acronym in on-line chat.
BR
Burning Rock; high-leveled area for 70+
BZ
Battlezone.

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 who primarily takes damage for the party.
clanking
the act of a Cleric tanking.
Cleric
One of the four classes, specializing 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 Copper. 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.
CP
May refer either to Collapsed Prison, Concealed Prison or Concealed Peak.
CRIT%
Critical rate; derived from a character's basic stats and may be affected by buffs or debuffed directly.
Crossbow
A weapon only usable by Archers.
CS
Cash Shop. In-game store where you use Sparkcash bought with real money, to exchange for virtual goods and services.
CSR
Customer Service Representative.

D

decomp
Abbreviation of Material Decomposition.
debuff
A negative effect applied to a character or monster. These are temporary and may include decreases to any statistics, damage over time, and decreased movement speed.
dc
Abbreviation of disconnect, what happens whenever you are logged-out of the game without your prompting.
DD
Damage-Dealer; refers usually to Archers and Mages. Sometimes to Fighters with axes.
DEF
Defense, specifically physical defense; derived from a character's basic stats and may be affected by buffs or debuffed directly.
DEX
Dexterity; one of the five basic stats, affecting a character's evasion and aim.
DMG
Damage, specifically physical damage; derived from a character's basic stats and may be affected by buffs or debuffed directly.
DOT
Damage over time.
DoTA
refers to Dungeon of the Abyss or Defense of the Ancients, a popular Warcraft mod.
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. May also refer to a connection being dropped, which means that a player is no longer connected to the game server and their character will automatically disappear from the map within ten seconds.
Dungeon
A map (usually modeled 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
Dust, Soul Dust, Spirit Dust of varying tiers. An item that can be found after killing Elemental monsters and Spirit monsters. These dust can also be bought from Item Merchant Nina. Used in Stone Production.

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 respawn less frequently than and are more powerful than the surrounding common monsters. Compare with boss monsters.
Elrue
A stone used to enhance an item up to +1, +2 or +3.
Empower
To increase the effectiveness of a skill by putting skill-points into it.
END
Endurance; one of the five basic stats, affecting a character's HP, block rate and physical defense.
enhance
To increase the effectiveness of a weapon or armour (to a maximum level of +9) through the use of stones at a blacksmith.
EVA%
Evasion; derived from a character's basic stats and may be affected by buffs or debuffed directly. Factor in determining if attacks are evaded.
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.
EXP
Experience; a number of points gained from killing monsters and completing quests, and lost from dying. Each level has an increasingly higher experience requirement to advance to the next level.

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.
FBZ
Free Battle Zone.
Fighter
One of the four classes, specialising in high mêlée damage.
FoM
Forest of Mist; one of the maps that make up Isya, a low-leveled map.
FoT
Forest of Tides; one of the maps that make up Isya, a starting map.
FoS
Forest of Slumber; one of the maps that make up Isya, a high-leveled area and considered one of the most beautiful.
friend
Person you've added to your friend's list, you can have up to 50 friends in Fiesta.
FTL
For the loss; a common acronym in on-line chat.
FTW
For the win; a common acronym in on-line chat.

G

gank
Abbreviation for Group-Kill.
Gamigo
The company that publishes Fiesta in Europe. Note that Fiesta was originally developed and published by Ons On Soft in Korea.
gather
Collect materials from wood/ore/plant/mushroom spawns.
GC
Goblin Camp; a level 30-40 level area.
Gem
One of the units of in-game money, denoted by Gem(s). One gem equals one hundred gold, and is the highest unit of denomination. May also refer to the Gemstone items.
GGK
Great Goblin King; a boss mob. May refer either to the one in KQ or in the dungeon.
GH
Giant Harpy; a boss mob in the Trumpy Remains. May also refer to the Gold Hill Adventure Kingdom-Quest.
gl
Abbreviation for Good Luck; a common term in on-line chat.
GoC
Giant Orc Captain; a boss mob in the Land of Trials.
GoD
Graveyard of the Dead; has a level 30 level-requirement.
GM
Game Moderator/Game Master. In charge of in-game issues and events.
Gold
One of the units of in-game money, denoted by Gold(s). One gold equals one thousand silver, and one hundredth 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
Fighting the same monster(s) over and over to gain experience.
Guild
Group of players banded together in an organization.

H

Hammer
A one-handed weapon only usable by Clerics (therefore can be used in conjunction with a shield).
harvest
See gather. Collect materials from wood/ore/plant/mushroom hexes.
HQ
High-Quality; usually used to refer to high-quality materials.
House
Structure that the Player's avatar rests in. Restores HP and SP.
HP
Hit/health points; these are a measure of the character's ability to withstand damage. When a character's HP is reduced to zero, they are dead.
HT
Helga's Tomb; one of the maps that make up Isya,currently the highest-leveled map in the game.

I

ic
I see; a common acronym in on-line chat.
idc
I don't care; a common acronym in on-line chat.
idk
I don't know; a common acronym in on-line chat.
INT
Intelligence; one of the five basic stats, affecting the power of a character's magical attack.
inventory/inv
The amount of limited space that a character has for carrying items. Each item takes up one slot (although many items of the same type will stack together in the same slot). Items that are worn or wielded do not count towards the inventory space. May also be an abbreviation for invite.
Isya
The name of the world in which the Fiesta game is set.
imo
In My Opinion; a common acronym in online chat.

J

jk
joke/joking; a common acronym in on-line chat.

K

k/kk
Okay; a common term in on-line chat.
kick
Snearing Kick; a Fighter ability to increase aggro on a single mob.
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
One of a range of time-limited quests that are only accessible at particular times, are held entirely on maps not otherwise accessible, and are participated in by several characters simultaneously. Participants work towards a common goal.
KQ
Abbreviation of Kingdom Quest.
KS
Abbreviation of Kill-steal.

L

lag
A state in which a player is suffering from poor response times in the game. A lagged player may see nothing moving or jerky movement. If the lag is resolved, often the player will see the action that they missed play out rapidly.
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).
lfp
Looking for Party; a common acronym in on-line chat.
license
An item that may be used (at a weapon title merchant) to increase the effectiveness of a weapon against a specific monster. Repeated use of a licensed weapon against that monster will further increase its effect.
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.
LoT
Land of Trials, the 6x dungeon.
Lucky
A Lucky Elrue, Lix or Xir has a chance of increasing the enhancement of an item by +2 rather than just +1.
LQ
Low-Quality; usually used to refer to low-tier materials.

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 referred to as alts.
Mank
A Mage who takes damage for the party.
manking
Refers to the action of a Mage tanking.
map
A single continuous playing area in 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
May refer either to a Guild-Master or an Academy-Master.
Material Composition
One of the five alchemy skills.
Material Decomposition
One of the five alchemy skills.
MDEF
Magical defense; derived from a character's basic stats and may be affected by buffs or debuffed directly.
MDMG
Magical damage; derived from a character's basic stats and may be affected by buffs or debuffed directly.
mine
To collect materials; specifically used when collecting from ores.
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 modeled as objects that had additional properties like movement (hence mobile).
monster
A game-generated and controlled creature, usually hostile to the player. Killed for experience and quests.
mover
A mount that a character can ride to increase movement speed.
MQ
Medium-Quality; usually used to refer to mid-tier materials.
MT
Moonlight Tomb; one of the maps that make up Isya.

N

np
No Problem; a common term in on-line chat.
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

omfg
Oh my ****ing God; a common acronym in on-line chat.
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.
ores
may refer to the ore materials used for Stone Production.
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
A small avatar of a monster that hovers at a character's shoulder. Pets grant a bonus to all of a character's basic stats.
plz
Abbreviation for please; a common term in on-line chat.
P'O/PO
Abbreviation of pissed-off.
Potions
One of the five alchemy skills, and the type of item that it produces.
pots
Abbreviation of Potions.
Production
refers to either the Production-Skills or the action of using them.
ppl
Abbreviation for people.
pt
Abbreviation for party.
pull
Attract a monster's aggro from a distance, usually a job given to a ranged-class to draw a mob towards the party.
PvE
Player versus Environment. Refers to Player versus game-generated and controlled monsters.
PvP
Player versus player. Refers to Player versus other Player-controlled characters.

Q

Quest
Missions given by NPCs, players have to fulfill given objectives to be rewarded experience, money and fame. Equipment and items may also be rewards.

R

res/rev
Abbreviation of resurrection/revive, referring to use of the Cleric's Revive ability.
respawn
To reappear on a map after having been killed. Characters will respawn in the closest town two minutes after dying (unless the player clicks the "Move to town" button to respawn immediately). Monsters will respawn at a random point within a certain fixed area, a short period of time after dying.
rider
A skill that can be learnt by any class, allowing a character to use a mover.
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. Also refers to the item itself.
Robo
Refers to Millennium Robo, both a boss monster in Vine Tomb and a boss monster in the eponymous Kingdom Quest Millenium 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
Abbreviation of Roleplay.
RPG
Roleplaying Game; a game in which a player assumes the persona and abilities of an in-game character.

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.
SEG
Scaffold Execution Ground; one of the maps that make up Isya.
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
A collection of Armor with the same name.
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.
skin
SparkCash Item you can use to give your weapon a new look and increased damage and critical rate.
silver
One of the units of in-game money, denoted by Silver(s). 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
Purchased with real money at fixed rate (currently 700 SparkCash per US dollar), SparkCash is a currency used to buy items from the Fiesta Store.
SPR
Spirit; one of the five basic stats, affecting a character's SP, critical rate and magical defense.
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; one of the five basic stats, affecting the power of a character's physical attack.
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
A term given to a character, usually a Fighter with high defense, who has the job of taking all the damage from a horde of monsters for party-members.
Tarcher
Refers to an Archer who acts as a Tank.
tarching
Refers to the action of an Archer tanking.
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
Feature in Fiesta; it is a tag or denomination that is earned by doing certain tasks, and is displayed above a character's name.
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 to the original spawn position. They will aggro any in range while they run back. It is considered bad etiquette to form a train in such a way that the returning monsters attack other characters against their wishes.
tyvm
Thank you very much; a common acronym in on-line chat.

U

Uru
Uruga; the third major-city in Fiesta.

V

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

W

Wand
A weapon only usable by Mages.
war
Guild War; form of PvP in Fiesta.
wep
Abbreviation of weapon.
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.
wtb
Want to buy; a common acronym in on-line chat.
wtf
What the f**k; a common acronym in on-line chat.
wts
Want to sell; 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

ZK
Zombie King. Boss Mob of Graveyard of the Dead

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