See? I just used one. UWO = Uncharted Waters Online.
People are usually turned off by acronyms and abbreviations they do not know.
Don't worry if you are one. Nobody knows all... It's just too much!
Trade
- WTB - Want to buy
- WTS - Want to sell
- WTT - Want to trade (e.g. my XYZ for your ZYX)
- WTH - Want to hire (Usually ppl looking for shipbuilders or surgeons)
- obo - or best offer
- PC / pc - Price Check (Someone asking for a price estimate)
- pm - private message (Use "Tell" command and type his/her nick)
- wc - wrong chat
- 1:X (UWC ducats conversion factor, e.g. 1:3 is 1 UWC per 3 million ducats)
Note: If you are not willing to negotiate you should always put your buying / selling price in your ad. That saves everybody's time.
General Chat
- afk - away from keyboard. Means he couldn't reply, react at that moment.
- atm - at the moment.
- brb - be right back
- cpy - company (Equivalent to a guild in most rpgs)
- dc - disconnect or disconnected
- dunno - do not know
- e1 - everyone
- ez - easy
- f2p - free to play
- gl - good luck
- gg - good game. Usually used after a match or fight. May also be "ghost grind" depending on the context.
- idk - I don't know
- ign - in game name
- imo - In my opinion
- IR - Industrial Revolution
- irl - in real life
- lol - laughing out loud
- noob or n00b - inexperienced player (Considered an insult). Use newbie instead.
- Main - Main Character (Usually the favorite or most played). Alt - Alternative Character (Usually the one following)
- MC - Merchant Chat
- nerf - weaken or made weak. Usually for the purpose of balancing a game.
- np - no problem
- omg - oh my gosh / god!
- op - overpowered
- pls or plz - please
- PK - Player Killing / Player Killer
- ppl - people
- PvP - Player vs Player
- PvE - Player versus environment
- tbh - to be honest
- Toon - Playable Character
- ty - thank you
- wb - welcome back
- WC - World Chat
- wtf - what the f***
- ye - yourself
- yt - Youtube
- yw - you're welcome
Money
- k - thousand (1,000Đ = 1k)
- m - million (1,000,000Đ = 1m)
- b - billion (1,000,000,000Đ = 1b)
Stats
- CC - Cultural Contribution
- lvl - level
- v - vertical sails / h - horizontal sails
- noto - notoriety
- prof - Proficiency
- r - rank
- xp - experience
- RC - Roman coins
Roles
- BH - Bounty Hunters
- CA - Community Advisor
- Fili - Filibuster
- GM - Game Master
- NPC - Non-Player Character
- SB - Shipbuilder
Events / Quests
- BC - Battle Campaign
- BR (Battle Report)
- EIB - Epic Investment Battle
- EPF - Epic Pirate Feud
- ESF - Epic Sea Feud
- GG - Ghost Grind
- IQ - Imperial Quest
Places
- co-shop - Company Shop
- DK - Doorkeeper (A usual meeting point in capital cities)
- EA - East Asia (Depending on the context may be Emergency Acceleration, the ship skill)
- EU - Europe
- FSD - Fort San Domingo
- MK - Market Keeper
- NA - North America
- SEA - Southeast Asia
- SoW - Sea of Wonders
- SY - Shipyard
Player Skills
- SP - Swordplay
- SM - Sword mastery
Items
- AFT - Armoursmiths Forging Tools
- AFT Plate - Armouringsmiths Forging Tools
- AOS - Amulet Of The Sun
- AVL / AVR - Aide experience item (Trade Battle or Adventure)
- Blue Flag - Secret no-war pact epistle (or Fragment of secret no-war pact)
- CFT - Cannonsmiths Forging Tools
- CT - Captain's Ticket
- CTT - Custom Tailoring Tools
- ESBT - Expedition ship boarding ticket
- FAB - Forbidden Alchemy Book
- HASC - Heavily Armoured Sterncastle
- HM or head meds - headache medicine
- LBET - Legendary Broadside Expansion Tool
- LCCT - Legendary Craftsman's Carpentry Tools
- LSB - Large Ship Blueprint
- ILES - Improved Large Extra Spanker
- MCCT - Master craftsman's carpentry tools
- MST - Master Smithy Tools
- MTT - Master Tailoring Tools
- NPC - Nanban Purveyor Certificate
- OSP - Original Shipbuilding Permit
- PA - Patriot Award
- PO - Purchase Order (types 1, 2, 3, or 4)
- QMP - Quest Mediation Permit
- RSBT - Relief Ship Boarding Ticket
- RIB - Request Investment Book
- RobeEx - Alchemist Robe Ex
- SPB - Special Purchase Bond
- SQMP - Special Quest Mediation Permit
- SRI - Ship Refitting Instruction
- SRG - Ship Refitting Guide
- SRM - Ship Refitting Mastery
- SSB - Special Shipbuilding Book
- SSBT - Special Ship Boarding Ticket
- SSIP - Special Shipbuilding Improvement Permit
- SWMP - Shipwreck Map Piece
- USB - Ultimate Ship Blueprint
- VoC - Vintage of the Covenant
- VW - Vagrant's Wear (Almost the same as Wanderer's Wear - WW)
- WFT - Weaponsmiths Forging Tools
- Ex (After an item name) - Means the item was transmuted (Improved by alchemy)
Shipbuilding
- Decor - Decoration
- Dura - Durability
- FS - Freestyle (shipbuilding)
- GS - Great Success
- Mod - One shipbuilding improvement. Improvements are sometimes called modding.
- Grade - Ship level obtained by fusion technique (Or grading).
- G1/g1 - Grade 1. G2/g2 - Grade 2 and so on...
- Noct - Nocturnal. Usually referring to the panel that makes a ship black.
- SSIP - Special Shipbuilding Improvement Permit
- SU 123- Speed up 1 2 and 3 (Grade bonus)
- Ticket - A ship that is not "opened". Easy to carry but do not know what skill it will get. Fresh - Just out of ticket, subject to ship carrying limits but you know which skill it comes with.
- WR - Wave Resistance
Ships
Here are some common non cash ships. Other popular cash ships can be found here with their abbreviation (If available).
- BTC - Big Trading Clipper or Big Trading Carrack (For shipbuilders)
- BTS - Big Trading Schooner
- CTC - Custom Trading Clipper or Cruising Tea Clipper
- LC - Large Carrack (For shipbuilders)
- LMS - Long Merchant Schooner
- TLG - Trading Large Galleon
FS Parts
FS - Free Style (Related to custom shipbuilding)
- AESC - Augmented Expanded Soldier's Cabin
- AESH - Augmented Expanded Ship Hold
- AFP - Antifouling Paint
- AGP - Augmented Gun Port
- ASD - Augmented Stern Deck
- ASC - Augmented Sailor's Cabin
- CIGP - Custom Improved Gunport
- DGaff / DGF - Delphin Gaff Sail
- DStorm / DSS - Delphin Storm Sail
- ESHS - Expanded Ship Hold for Stern
- ISC - Improved Sailors Cabin
- ISS - Improved Skysail
- ISST - Improved Shipside Tank
- LSS - Large Storm Sail
- MHGP - Modified Heavy Gun Port
- SE - Steam Engine
- SEH - Special Expanded Hold
- SSH - Special Ship Hold
- SST - Shipside Tank
Check other FS Parts here.
Ship and Aide skills
- APN - Attack prevention net
- BPA - Bullet-proof armouring
- CP - Command Post
- DHP - Direct Hit Prevention
- EA - Emergency Acceleration (Depending on the context may be East Asia)
- EMB - Evade Melee Battle
- HL - High Lookout
- IGP - Improved Gun Port
- ISM - Improved sea mine
- NTP - Nanban Trade Preference
- RSM - Roaring sea mine
- SSM - Special sea mine
- SMR - Sea mine removal
- WMB - Welcome Melee Battle
Other ship skills and aide skills.
Other
- RTG - Rare Trade Goods
- Otto - Ottoman
- MA - Memorial Album
- UWC - Uncharted Waters Cash (Papaya Play) - Same as NC / Astro used to be
Thanks to...
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