The glossary

16 of 304 words for “Quest”

1. Quest

   MMO

   A task from an NPC with XP, gold and gear at the end.

   “Quest is bugged, the NPC isn't there.”

   See also: XP, Group quest

2. Group quest

   MMO

   A quest meant for several players, marked as such. Solo it at your peril.

   “It's a group quest, elite at the end.”

   See also: Quest, Elite

3. Addon

   WoW

   A player-made UI modification: damage meters, boss timers, questing helpers.

   “Which addon shows the debuff timers?”

   See also: Macro, WeakAura, Damage meters

4. Attunement

   Raiding & dungeons

   A quest chain you must finish before you can enter a raid: Onyxia's is famous, Molten Core's is a short run through Blackrock Depths.

   “Get your Ony attunement done before we start clearing.”

   See also: Raid

5. Elite

   WoW

   A mob with several times the health and damage of a normal one. Group quests and dungeons.

   “That's an elite, don't solo it at 30.”

   See also: Mob, Group quest

6. Legendary

   WoW

   Orange-quality item: Thunderfury, Sulfuras, Atiesh. Long quest chains and raid drops, one per guild for months.

   “Guild's second Thunderfury goes to the off tank.”

   See also: Epic

7. NPC

   Gaming slang

   Non-player character: quest givers, vendors, guards, anyone not a person.

   “Talk to the NPC by the well.”

   See also: Mob, Vendor

8. Phasing

   MMO

   The world showing different things to different players depending on their quest progress — a burned-down town for you, a normal one for your friend.

   “We can't see each other, it's phasing from the quest.”

   See also: Layer

9. PvE

   MMO

   Player versus environment: quests, dungeons, raids. Fighting the game, not each other.

   “PvE server, no ganking, just questing.”

   See also: PvP, Raid

10. Rare

    WoW

    Blue-quality item: dungeon drops and good quest rewards. Most pre-raid gear.

    “Blues from Scholo and Strat carry you into Molten Core.”

    See also: Epic, Uncommon

11. Toon

    MMO

    A character. Older word, from EverQuest.

    “Logged onto my rogue toon.”

    See also: Alt, Main

12. Uncommon

    WoW

    Green-quality item: random world drops and quest rewards with a stat suffix — 'of the Monkey', 'of the Eagle'.

    “Greens of the Bear are fine tank gear while levelling.”

    See also: Rare

13. XP

    MMO

    Experience points. Kill, quest, ding.

    “Two bars of XP to 40 and the mount.”

    See also: Ding, Rested XP

14. Gank

    PvP

    To attack someone who can't fight back: lower level, half health, mid-fight with a mob. World PvP's favourite word.

    “Got ganked in STV three times on the way to the quest.”

    “It's a PvP server, ganking is the game.”

    See also: Corpse camping, World PvP, STV

15. Griefing

    Gaming slang

    Ruining other players' fun on purpose: pulling extra mobs onto them, training a boss, stealing tags.

    “Griefing the quest area by killing every NPC.”

    See also: Toxic, Training

16. Mob

    MMO

    Any computer-controlled enemy. 'Mobile object', from MUDs.

    “Ten mobs for the quest.”

    “Elite mobs hit like trucks.”

    See also: Elite, Add