
LFG- Looking for Group/Looking For Guild. ICR/IR – Icereach (dungeon) (IR can also mean “Immortal Redeemer”, a title. Also could refer to when a high level player(s) surprise attack lower-level players. Gank- Dealing a lot of damage to a player by catching them by surprise. Used to describe new OP builds that don’t last long. Farming- Grinding for materials and/or gear. Drops – Items that can be looted from enemy’s corpse. Can literally mean how much damage a character does per second or can denote a character that does damage as their role in dungeons/trials Debuff – An effect that makes whatever it is applied to weaker. Craglorn Trials- The trials located in Craglorn (Aetherian Archive, Hel Ra Citadel, Sanctum Ophidia). Named “Chapters” because the ESO team wanted to make it clear that content was available to all players at any level, not just max level players like traditional MMOs. Chapter- The equivalent of an expansion in other MMOs. Build- Refers to a character’s race, attributes, chosen skills, gear and abilities. Buff – An effect that makes your character/group stronger. BoL- Breath of Life (a skill from the Templar Restoring Light skill line. BC – Banished Cells and/or Blessed Crucible (dungeons). Alt- An alternative character on a player’s account. Taunting an enemy will increase its aggro towards you. Determines which player an enemy will attack. “v” before any dungeon/trial acronym- Denotes the veteran version of the dungeon/trial. Usually has Mag-/Stam- in front of it to denote the character’s main resource (eg- Stamplar) -cro – Necromancer (Class).Usually has Mag-/Stam- in front of it to denote the character’s main resource (eg- Magcro). “n” before any dungeon/trial acronym- Denotes the normal version of the dungeon/trial.
-blade- Nightblade (class) Usually has Mag-/Stam- in front of it to denote the character’s main resource (eg- Magblade).
1T- One Tamriel (Really big ESO update that introduced a ton of stuff, including level scaling).
If you ever see a player using in-game jargon and you’re not sure what it means, you can consult this guide to find out! ’s Acronym Dictionary is an alphabetical list of the common acronyms and phrases used by players in the Elder Scrolls Online.