Sacred 2:Game Glossary and Abbreviations

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A

• Acute Mind: A Dryad Combat Art
• Adornments of the Ancestors: A High Elf set
• AI:
• Alchemy: A General Skill
• AM: Abbreviation for Ancient Magic
• Amplifying Discharge: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Amulet:
• Ancaria: The fictional land in which Sacred 1 and 2 take place.
• Ancestral Fireball: A High Elf Combat Art
• Ancient Bark: A Dryad Combat Art (buff)
• Ancient Magic: A Combat Art Skill
• Anneal: A Blacksmith Art
• AoE: Abbreviation for Area of Effect
• AR: Abbreviation for Attack Rating
• Archangel's Wrath: A Seraphim Combat Art
• Archimedes Beam: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Area of Effect: Damage which affects multiple targets in a wide radius.
• Armatin's Legacy: A Shadow Warrior set
• Armor:
• Armor Lore: A Defensive Skill
• Arrant Pyromancer: An Aspect of the High Elf
• Arrant Pyromancer Focus: A Secondary High Elf Aspect Skill
• Arrant Pyromancer Lore: A Primary High Elf Aspect Skill
• Ascaron: The Publisher of Sacred and Sacred 2
• Aspect: One of three groups of Combat Arts that each character has.
• Assailing Somersault: A Seraphim Combat Art
• Astral Lord: An Aspect of the Shadow Warrior
• Astral Lord Focus: A Primary Shadow Warrior Aspect Skill
• Astral Lord Lore: A Primary Shadow Warrior Aspect Skill
• Astute Supremacy: An Aspect of the Inquisitor
• Astute Supremacy Focus: A Secondary Inquisitor Aspect Skill
• Astute Supremacy Lore: A Primary Inquisitor Aspect Skill
• Attack Rating:
• Attack Value:
• Attributes: The six primary statistics of all characters: Strength, Stamina, Vitality, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Willpower.
• AU: Australia (uses UK version or server)
• Augmenting Guidon: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Axe: A hafted weapon

B

• Baneful Smite: A Seraphim Combat Art
• Bargaining: A General Skill
• Battery:
• Battle Extension: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Battle Stance: A Seraphim Combat Art (buff)
• BeeEffGee: A Seraphim Combat Art (buff)
• Belligerent Vault: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• BFG: Abbreviation for Big F*cking Gun (BeeEffGee)
• Black Curse: A Dryad Combat Art
• Blacksmith: A General Skill/An NPC who can forge items into slots
• Blacksmith Art: One of three different Combat Arts which a Blacksmith can forge into a slot. (Taking the Blacksmith skill gives that character three additional exclusive Arts which he can socket without a Blacksmith NPC.)
• Blazing Tempest: A High Elf Combat Art
• Block Chance: Combat Arts:
• Block Chance: Projectiles:
• Blowpipe: A Dryad ranged weapon
• Book:
• Boss:
• Bow: A ranged weapon
• Bronze Difficulty: Easiest of five difficulty modes: good for beginners and new hardcore characters
• Buff:
• Bug: A glitch or software defect in the game.

C

• CA: Abbreviation for Combat Art
• Cabalistic Voodoo: An Aspect of the Dryad
• Cabalistic Voodoo Focus: A Secondary Dryad Aspect Skill
• Cabalistic Voodoo Lore: A Primary Dryad Aspect Skill
• Call of the Forest: A Dryad set
• Callous Execution: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• Capricious Hunter: An Aspect of the Dryad
• Capricious Hunter Focus: A Primary Dryad Aspect Skill
• Cascading Shroud: A High Elf Combat Art
• Casting Speed:
• CE: Abbreviation for Collector's Edition
• Celdrahil's Pandemonium: A High Elf set
• Celestial Magic: An Aspect of the Seraphim
• Celestial Magic Focus: A Secondary Seraphim Aspect Skill
• Celestial Magic Lore: A Primary Seraphim Aspect Skill
• Chance for Burn:
• Chance for Critical Hits:
• Chance for Poison:
• Chance to Evade:
• Chance to Reflect: Close Combat:
• Character: There are six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly called a Char or a Toon.
• Charge: One of three Horse Combat Arts
• Charged Grid: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Christmas Island: Additional quest area introduced in a patch
• Chunk of Lava: When forged into a slot, it converts a portion of physical damage to fire damage.
• Cleansing Brilliance: A Seraphim Combat Art (buff)
• Closed: Closed multiplayer. Characters are stored on Ascaron's servers and are less prone to cheating than Open MP.
• Clustering Maelstrom: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• Cobalt Strike: A High Elf Combat Art
• Cold Grave: A Shadow Warrior set
• Collector's Edition: A retail version of the game which contains bonuses such as the Elite Graphics disc, the online Carrier Imp, an art book, and a music CD.
• Combat Alert: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Combat Art: Basic gameplay unit, equivalent to skills and spells in other games. Commonly abbreviated CA. Each character has 15 CAs.
• Combat Discipline: A Combat Art Skill
• Combat Modules CC10: A Temple Guardian set
• Combat Reflexes: A Defensive Skill
• Concentration: A Combat Art Skill
• Console: Command line interface, accessed by pressing ~ (tilde).
• Constitution: A Defensive Skill
• CR: Abbreviation for Combat Reflexes
• Crit: Abbreviation for Critical Hit
• Critical Hit:
• Crystal Skin: A High Elf Combat Art (buff)
• CTD: Abbreviation for Crash to Desktop (when the game exits suddenly)
• CtfV: Abbreviation for Chance to find Valuables. Also FV or MF.
• Cybernetic Tormentor: A Temple Guardian set
• CZ: Czech version or server

D

• Daerwain's Revenge: A Dryad set
• Damage Lore: An Offensive Skill
• Damage Mitigation: Physical:
• Damage of Enraged Players:
• Damage over Time: A secondary effect such as being poisoned or burning
• Darting Assault: A Dryad Combat Art
• Dashing Alacrity: A Seraphim Combat Art
• Dazzle: A Divine Gift granted by choosing Lumen as a Deity
• DE: German version or server
• Deathly Spears: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Death Warrior: An Aspect of the Shadow Warrior
• Death Warrior Focus: A Primary Shadow Warrior Aspect Skill
• Dedicated Blow: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Defense Value:
• Deity: One of six Deities (or Gods) must be chosen when creating a new character.
• Delphic Arcania: An Aspect of the High Elf
• Delphic Arcania Focus: A Secondary High Elf Aspect Skill
• Delphic Arcania Lore: A Primary High Elf Aspect Skill
• Demonic Blow: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Denderan's Tactical Genius: A Shadow Warrior set
• Determined Justice: An Inquisitor set
• Detheya's Agility: A Dryad set
• Detrimental Magic Effects:
• Devine Devotion: A General Skill
• Devout Guardian: An Aspect of the Temple Guardian
• Devout Guardian Focus: A Primary Temple Guardian Aspect Skill
• Dex: Abbreviation for Dexterity
• Dexterity: One of the six available Attributes.
• Deylen's Power: An Inquisitor set
• Difficulty Mode: There are five modes: Bronze (easiest), Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Niobium (hardest)
• Dislodged Spirit: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• Divine Protection: A Seraphim Combat Art
• DoT: Abbreviation for Damage over Time
• Drapes of Catharsis: An Inquisitor set
• Dreadbringer: An Inquisitor set
• Dryad: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2.
• Dryad's Merry Christmas Set: A Dryad set received after completing the Christmas Quest
• Dual Wield: An Offensive Skill
• Dust Devil: A Dryad Combat Art
• DW: Abbreviation for Dual Wield

E

• Edaphic Lances: A Dryad Combat Art
• EE: Eastern European version or server
• Endijian's Artifacts: A Seraphim set
• Energy Weapon:
• Enhance: A Blacksmith Art
• Enhanced Perception: A General Skill
• Erris: Person to thank for typing this all in. ;)
• Eruptive Desecration: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• ES: Spanish version or server
• Eternal Flame: A Dryad set
• Eternal Silence: A Shadow Warrior set
• EU: European version or server
• Exalted Warrior: An Aspect of the Seraphim
• Exalted Warrior Focus: A Primary Seraphim Aspect Skill
• Executioner's Aids: A Shadow Warrior set
• Exp: Abbreviation for Experience
• Experience:
• Expulse Magic: A High Elf Combat Art

F

• Faladal's Blizzard: A High Elf set
• Fiery Ember: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Fire Demon: A High Elf Combat Art (buff)
• Flaring Nova: A Seraphim Combat Art
• Fog of War: The black areas of the map which the character has not yet explored.
• Forens: The Goddess of Philosophy and Wisdom (Light)
• Forest Flight: A Dryad Combat Art
• Forging: Using a Blacksmith or the Blacksmith Skill to insert an item into a slot
• FPS: Frames per Second (can be viewed using a third-party utility such as Fraps)
• FR: French version or server
• Frenetic Fervor: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• Frenzied Rampage: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Frost Flare: A High Elf Combat Art
• Furious Emblazer: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• FV: Abbreviation for Chance to find Valuables

G

• Garments of the Storms: A High Elf set
• Gear: Armor or weapons
• Glacial Thorns: A High Elf Combat Art
• God Spell: An additional Combat Art granted by the player's chosen Deity
• Gold: Gold coins are the unit of monetary exchange in Ancaria.
• Gold Difficulty: Difficulty mode attainable after completing Silver in Single Player or level 60 in Multiplayer.
• Goldenglade Touch: A Dryad Combat Art
• Grand Invigoration: A High Elf Combat Art (buff)
• Grim Resilience: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art (buff)
• Gruesome Inquisition: An Aspect of the Inquisitor
• Gruesome Inquisition Focus: A Primary Inquisitor Aspect Skill
• Guardians of Light: A Temple Guardian set
• Guardians of Shadows: A Temple Guardian set

H

• Hafted Weapons: An Offensive Skill
• Hallowed Restoration: A Seraphim Combat Art
• Hamachi: An Internet connection which emulates LAN play.
• Hardcore: Mode of play in which a character has only one life. Commonly abbreviated as HC.
• HC: Abbreviation for Hardcore
• HE: Abbreviation for High Elf
• Health: Life, or how many hit points a character has.
• Heavenly Justice: A Seraphim set
• Hell Hound: The Shadow Warrior's Special Mount
• High Elf: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as HE.
• High Elf's Merry Christmas Set: A High Elf set received after completing the Christmas Quest
• Hit Points: Units of health. Character dies when HPs reach 0.
• Horse: A mount use for increasing movement speed.
• HP: Abbreviation for Hit Points (health)

I

• Ice Crystal: When forged into a slot, it converts a portion of physical damage to ice damage.
• Icy Evanescence: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Ilgard's Judgment: An Inquisitor set
• Illuminated Skies: A Seraphim set
• Incandescent Skin: A High Elf Combat Art (buff)
• Incendiary Shower: A High Elf Combat Art
• Inexorable Subjugation: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• Infernal Torment: A Shadow Warrior set
• Infinite Revenge: A Seraphim set
• Infusion: A Divine Gift granted by choosing Kybele as a Deity
• Inq: Abbreviation for Inquisitor
• Inquisitor: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as Inq.
• Inquisitor's Dark Christmas Set: An Inquisitor set received after completing the Christmas Quest
• Insignia of Balefulness: An Inquisitor set
• Inspiration: A Divine Gift granted by choosing Forens as a Deity
• Instill Belief: A Seraphim Combat Art
• Int: Abbreviation for Intelligence
• Intelligence: One of the six available Attributes.
• Island: The starting location when joining a Multiplayer server
• Item Color: Gear comes in seven colors: Gray (low quality), White (normal), Blue (magical), Yellow (rare), Orange (legendary or epic), Gold (unique), Green (belongs to a set).

J

• Jewelry: Rings and Amulets
• Jolting Touch: A Temple Guardian Combat Art

K

• Kayser's Luck: A set usable by all classes
• Ker: The Goddess of Chaos or Evil (Exclusive Dark)
• Killing Spree: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Kuan: The God of War (Dark)
• Kuan's Breath: A Divine Gift granted by choosing Kuan as a Deity
• Kybele: The Goddess of Nature and Life Force (Light)

L

• LAN: Local Area Network. Mode of play which connects two computers directly.
• Leap: One of three Horse Combat Arts
• Leaves and Twigs: A Dryad set
• Level: Characters start at level 1 and progress toward level 200.
• Levin Array: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• Life Leeched per hit:
• Light Saber:
• Lost Fusion: An Aspect of the Temple Guardian
• Lost Fusion Focus: A Secondary Temple Guardian Aspect Skill
• Lost Fusion Lore: A Primary Temple Guardian Aspect Skill
• Lucreti's Stars: A Shadow Warrior set
• Lumen: The God of Light (Exclusive Light)
• Lumen's Servents: A Temple Guardian set
• Lvl: Abbreviation for Level

M

• Magical Hiding Place: A secret location which an item emerges from when discovered.
• Magic Coup: A High Elf Combat Art
• Magic Find: Generalized term for Chance to Find Valuables and/or Enhanced Perception.
• Magic Pearl: When forged into a slot, it converts a portion of physical damage to magic damage.
• Magic Staffs: An Offensive Skill
• Malevolent Champion: An Aspect of the Shadow Warrior
• Malevolent Champion Focus: A Primary Shadow Warrior Aspect Skill
• Malicious Totem: A Dryad Combat Art
• Map: Pressing the M key opens the large in-game map. Right-click and drag to scroll and use mouse wheel to zoom. Click and drag the middle mouse button or wheel to view a scrollable Tab-map inside the large map.
• Mastery: Placing 75 points in a Skill grants additional bonuses.
• Meho'Sun: A Dryad set
• MF: Abbreviation for Magic Find
• Minimap: A tiny customizable map of your nearby terrain
• Mob: A small group of foes
• Mobiculum: The Temple Guardian's Special Mount
• Modding:
• Monitor Lizard: The Dryad's Special Mount
• Moribund Animus: A Dryad Combat Art (buff)
• Mortifying Pillory: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• MP: Abbreviation for Multiplayer
• Mystic Stormite: An Aspect of the High Elf
• Mystic Stormite Focus: A Secondary High Elf Aspect Skill
• Mystic Stormite Lore: A Primary High Elf Aspect Skill

N

• Nature Weaver: An Aspect of the Dryad
• Nature Weaver Focus: A Secondary Dryad Aspect Skill
• Nature Weaver Lore: A Primary Dryad Aspect Skill
• Nefarious Netherworld: An Aspect of the Inquisitor
• Nefarious Netherworld Focus: A Secondary Inquisitor Aspect Skill
• Nefarious Netherworld Lore: A Primary Inquisitor Aspect Skill
• Nether Allegiance: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art (buff)
• Niobium Difficulty: Hardest difficulty mode, attainable after completing Platinum in Single Player or level 140 in Multiplayer.
• Niokaste's Blade Dance: A Seraphim set
• NPC: An NPC (Non Player Character) is a character in Ancaria that you can interact with, not associated with a player in the game; they are controlled by the game itself.

O

• Open: Open multiplayer. Characters are stored on players' computers, and are more prone to cheating than Closed MP.
• Opponents chance to cause secondary effects:
• Origin of the Seraish: A Seraphim set
• OS: Operating System (usually Windows XP or Vista)

P

• Pacifism: A Defensive Skill
• Paralyzing Dread: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• Patch: Downloadable content and bug fixes, often a source of great frustration.
• Pelting Strikes: A Seraphim Combat Art
• PL: Polish version or server
• Platinum Difficulty: Difficulty mode attainable after completing Gold in Single Player or reaching level 100 in Multiplayer.
• Poison Fang: When forged into a slot, it converts a portion of physical damage to poison damage.
• Pole Arm:
• Pole Arms: An Offensive Skill
• Portal:
• Potions:
• Primal Mutation: A Temple Guardian Combat Art
• Propelled Levitation: A Temple Guardian Combat Art (buff)
• Purifying Chastisement: An Inquisitor Combat Art (buff)

Q

• Quest:
• Questgiver:

R

• Radiant Pillar: A Seraphim Combat Art
• Rallied Souls: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Ranged Weapons: An Offensive Skill
• Ranging Nimbus: A High Elf Combat Art
• Ravaged Impact: A Dryad Combat Art
• Raving Thrust: An Inquisitor Combat Art
• Rear Up: One of three Horse Combat Arts
• Reflective Emanation: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art (buff)
• Regen: Abbreviation for Regeneration Penalty
• Regeneration Penalty:
• Relic Holder: A rotatable part of the UI which contains groups of Relics.
• Relics: Items which boost armor and one of four General Skills, and are inserted into the player's Relic Holder.
• Res: Abbreviation for Resurrection, or returning to life after dying (softcore only)
• Resurrection Shrine:
• Revelation of the Seraphim: A Seraphim set
• Revered Technology: An Aspect of the Seraphim
• Revered Technology Focus: A Secondary Seraphim Aspect Skill
• Revered Technology Lore: A Primary Seraphim Aspect Skill
• Reverse Polarity: An Inquisitor Combat Art (buff)
• Riding: A General Skill
• Ring:
• RoF: Abbreviation for Rate of Fire
• Rousing Command: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• RU: Russian version or server
• Ruinous Onslaught: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Rune: An item which upgrades a Combat Art, either by forging or reading
• Runemaster: An NPC who can trade runes for other runes (for a price)
• Ruthless Mutilation: An Inquisitor Combat Art

S

• S1: Abbreviation for Sacred/Sacred Plus/Sacred Gold/Sacred Underworld
• S2: Abbreviation for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
• Saber-toothed Tiger: The Seraphim's Special Mount
• Sakkara: A Divine Gift granted by choosing Ker as a Deity
• Saraki's Path to the Netherworld: An Inquisitor set
• SB: Abbreviation for Survival Bonus
• SC: Abbreviation for Softcore
• Screenshot: To capture a picture of one frame in your game by pressing PrintScreen (or using a third-party program such as Fraps). Ctrl+PrtScrn will capture with the User Interface showing. Commonly abbreviated as SS.
• Scything Sweep: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Sera: Abbreviation for Seraphim
• Seraphim: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as Sera.
• Seraphim's White Christmas Set: A Seraphim set received after completing the Christmas Quest
• Server:
• Set: A collection of matching gear, which gives extra bonuses for equipping some or all of its items. Set items are displayed with green text.
• Shadow Step: A High Elf Combat Art
• Shadow Veil: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Shadow Warrior: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as SW.
• Shadow Warrior's Merry Christmas Set: A Shadow Warrior set received after completing the Christmas Quest
• Shield:
• Shield Lore: A Defensive Skill
• Shield Regeneration Time:
• Shroud Spider: The Inquisitor's Special Mount
• Shrunken Head:
• SIF: Sacred International Forums (the official forum)
• Silver Difficulty: Second easiest difficulty mode; most players start out here
• Sinister Predator: A Dryad Combat Art (buff)
• Skeletal Fortification: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Skills: Each class receives ten skills of their choice to level up as they progress.
• Slot: A colored socket on a piece of gear which allows runes, blacksmith arts, jewelry, or damage type items to be forged into.
• Sofia's Benevolence: A Seraphim set
• Softcore: Mode of play in which a character resurrects after death. Commonly abbreviated as SC.
• Soul Hammer: A Seraphim Combat Art
• Soul Reaver: An Inquisitor Combat Art (buff)
• Source Warden: An Aspect of the Temple Guardian
• Source Warden Focus: A Secondary Temple Guardian Aspect Skill
• Source Warden Lore: A Primary Temple Guardian Aspect Skill
• SP: Abbreviation for Single Player; also abbreviation for Spain or Spanish version
• Spectral Hand: A Shadow Warrior Combat Art
• Speed Lore: An Offensive Skill
• Spell Intensity:
• Spell Resistance: A Defensive Skill
• Stam: Abbreviation for Stamina
• Stamina: One of the six available Attributes.
• Str: Abbreviation for Strength
• Strength: One of the six available Attributes.
• SS: Abbreviation for Screenshot
• Survival Bonus: A value which increases whenever a character is in combat. Commonly abbreviated as SB. Higher SB will give better chance to find valuables and increase opponents' levels. It is reset to 0 upon dying.
• SW: Abbreviation for Shadow Warrior
• Sword:
• Sword Weapons: An Offensive Skill

T

• Tab-map: A larger version of the Minimap, viewed by pressing the Tab key
• Tactics Lore: An Offensive Skill
• Tangled Vine: A Dryad Combat Art
• Technical Modules: A Temple Guardian set
• Temple Guardian: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as TG.
• Temple Guardian's Merry Christmas Set: A Temple Guardian set received after completing the Christmas Quest
• Tendrils of Time: A Dryad set
• T-Energy Modules: A Temple Guardian set
• T-Energy Shroud: A Temple Guardian Combat Art (buff)
• Testa: The God of Science (Dark)
• TG: Abbreviation for Temple Guardian
• Throwing Star:
• Toon: Abbreviation for "cartoon" (Character)
• Toughness: A Defensive Skill
• Trap:
• Trash Mob: A small group of easily dispatched foes.
• Twilight of the Gods: A Seraphim set
• Twisted Torment: A Dryad Combat Art

U

• UI: User Interface
• UK: English or International version or server
• Unique: Unique items are displayed with dark gold text.
• Untouchable Force: A Temple Guardian Combat Art (buff)
• US: United States/North American version or server

V

• Velaria's Heirloom: A High Elf set
• Vendor: An NPC merchant who buys and sells items
• Vestments of Innocence: A High Elf set
• Viperish Disease: A Dryad Combat Art
• Virgo's Revenge: A High Elf set
• Vit: Abbreviation for Vitality
• Vitality: One of the six available Attributes.

W

• Warding Energy: A Seraphim Combat Art (buff)
• Warding Energy Lore: A Defensive Skill
• Whet: A Blacksmith Art
• Will-o-wisp: A Divine Gift granted by choosing Testa as a Deity
• Willpower: One of the six available Attributes.
• Wind Serpent: The High Elf's Special Mount

X

• XP: Abbreviation for Experience or Windows XP
• XTM-2174: A Temple Guardian set

Z

• Zealous Doppelganger: An Inquisitor Combat Art