The glossary

18 of 304 words for “Loot”

1. Loot

   MMO

   Items that drop from enemies, and the act of taking them.

   “Loot the boss.”

   “Loot rules are in the raid description.”

   See also: Loot table, Need or greed, Ninja

2. Loot council

   Raiding & dungeons

   Loot handed out by a small group of officers deciding who benefits most. Fair when it's fair.

   “Loot council gave the sword to the tank, obviously.”

   See also: Master looter, DKP

3. Loot table

   Raiding & dungeons

   The list of items a boss can drop, with their chances.

   “The trinket is on Onyxia's loot table at about 5%.”

   See also: Loot, Boss, RNG

4. Master looter

   Raiding & dungeons

   A loot mode where one player hands out everything. Standard in guild raids.

   “Master looter is the raid leader, whisper your rolls.”

   See also: Ninja, DKP, Loot council

5. BoP

   MMO

   Also: Bind on pickup

   Bind on pickup: soulbound the moment you loot it. Can't be traded or sold.

   “It's BoP, you can't give it to your alt.”

   See also: BoE, Soulbound

6. Boss

   Raiding & dungeons

   A named enemy with mechanics and a loot table. The point of the instance.

   “Last boss drops the trinket.”

   See also: Trash, Mechanic, Loot table

7. DKP

   Raiding & dungeons

   Dragon kill points: a guild's loot currency, earned by attending raids and spent bidding on items.

   “I've saved 400 DKP for the Ashkandi.”

   “Minus 50 DKP for standing in the fire.”

   See also: Loot council, GDKP

8. Epic

   WoW

   Purple-quality item: raid loot, world drops and top PvP gear. Above rare (blue) and below legendary (orange).

   “First epic at level 60, finally.”

   “Purple doesn't mean upgrade.”

   See also: Rare, Legendary, ilvl

9. GDKP

   Raiding & dungeons

   A gold DKP run: loot goes to the highest gold bid, and the pot is split among everyone at the end. Banned in some versions of the game for feeding gold buying.

   “GDKP for Naxx, 5,000 gold minimum bid on tier.”

   See also: DKP, RMT

10. Main spec

    WoW

    The role you actually play in the raid. First in line for the loot that fits it.

    “Main spec rolls only on the tier chest.”

    See also: Off-spec, MS > OS

11. MS > OS

    Raiding & dungeons

    Loot rule: main spec rolls before off spec. The default in most pickup raids.

    “Loot is MS > OS, one epic per person until everyone has one.”

    See also: Main spec, Off-spec, Soft reserve

12. Ninja

    Raiding & dungeons

    Someone who takes loot they shouldn't — needing on everything, or a master looter giving items to themselves. 'Ninja'd' means it happened to you.

    “He ninja'd the epic and left the group.”

    “Ninja looter, blacklist him.”

    See also: Need or greed, Master looter

13. Off-spec

    WoW

    A role or gear set other than your main one. Loot rules usually give main-spec priority.

    “I'll roll off-spec on the healing mace if nobody needs it.”

    “MS before OS on all drops.”

    See also: Main spec, MS > OS

14. Raid

    Raiding & dungeons

    A large-group instance — 20 or 40 players in vanilla — and the group itself. Weekly lockouts, big bosses, epic loot.

    “Raid is Tuesday and Thursday, be on by seven.”

    “Molten Core was the first 40-man raid.”

    See also: Dungeon, Lockout, Tier set

15. Raid leader

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: RL

    The person calling the pulls, the strategy and the loot. Usually the one who spent all week reading strategies.

    “Raid leader says stack on the left.”

    See also: Raid, Ready check

16. Soft reserve

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: SR

    A pickup-raid loot rule: everyone names one item; if it drops, only those who reserved it roll.

    “SR the trinket and roll on the rest.”

    See also: Hard reserve, PUG, MS > OS

17. Split run

    Raiding & dungeons

    A guild running several raids with alts to funnel loot to the main roster.

    “Split runs are how top guilds gear so fast.”

    See also: Speedrun, Alt

18. Tag

    WoW

    The first hit that claims a mob's XP and loot for you or your group.

    “Tagged the rare, it's ours.”

    See also: Mob, Griefing