Sacred 2:Game Glossary and Abbreviations

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This is the Sacred 2 Game Dictionary and has been created to help viewers browse quickly through the game's various sayings, terms and abbreviations. If there is a specific term you are looking for, or want a more detailed explanation of the term, just type it into the search box or click on any link in the definition to go directly to the article.

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A

  • Acute Mind: A Dryad Combat Art
  • AM: Abbreviation for Ancient Magic
  • Ancestral Fireball: A High Elf Combat Art
  • Ancient Bark: A Dryad Combat Art (buff)
  • Ancient Magic:
  • AoE: Abbreviation for Area of Effect
  • AR: Abbreviation for Attack Rating
  • Area of Effect: Damage which affects multiple targets in a wide radius.
  • Arrant Pyromancer: An Aspect of the High Elf
  • Aspect: One of three groups of Combat Arts that each character has.
  • Astral Lord: An Aspect of the Shadow Warrior
  • Astute Supremacy: An Aspect of the Inquisitor
  • Attack Rating:
  • Attributes: The six primary statistics of all characters: Strength, Stamina, Vitality, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Willpower.
  • AU: Australia (uses UK version or server)


B

  • Black Curse: A Dryad Combat Art
  • Blazing Tempest: A High Elf Combat Art

C

  • CA: Abbreviation for Combat Art
  • Cabalistic Voodoo: An Aspect of the Dryad
  • Capricious Hunter: An Aspect of the Dryad
  • Cascading Shroud: A High Elf Combat Art
  • CE: Abbreviation for Collector's Edition
  • Celestial Magic: An Aspect of the Seraphim
  • Character: There are six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly called a Char or a Toon.
  • Closed: Closed multiplayer. Characters are stored on Ascaron's servers and are less prone to cheating than Open MP.
  • Cobalt Strike: A High Elf Combat Art
  • 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 Art: Basic gameplay unit, equivalent to skills and spells in other games. Commonly abbreviated CA. Each character has 15 CAs.
  • Combat Reflexes:
  • Concentration:
  • Console: Command line interface, accessed by pressing ~ (tilde).
  • Constitution:
  • CR: Abbreviation for Combat Reflexes
  • 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.
  • CZ: Czech version or server

D

  • Damage over Time: A secondary effect such as being poisoned or burning
  • Darting Assault: A Dryad Combat Art
  • DE: German version or server
  • Death Warrior: An Aspect of the Shadow Warrior
  • Delphic Arcania: An Aspect of the High Elf
  • Devout Guardian: An Aspect of the Temple Guardian
  • Dexterity: One of the six available Attributes.
  • DoT: Abbreviation for Damage over Time
  • Dryad: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2.
  • Dual Wield:
  • Dust Devil: A Dryad Combat Art
  • DW: Abbreviation for Dual Wield


E

  • Edaphic Lances: A Dryad Combat Art
  • EE: Eastern European version or server
  • Enhanced Perception:
  • Erris: Person to thank for typing this all in. ;)
  • ES: Spanish version or server
  • EU: European version or server
  • Exalted Warrior: An Aspect of the Seraphim
  • Exp: Abbreviation for Experience
  • Experience:
  • Expulse Magic: A High Elf Combat Art

F

  • Fire Demon: A High Elf Combat Art (buff)
  • Forest Flight: A Dryad Combat Art
  • FPS: Frames per Second (can be viewed using a third-party utility such as Fraps)
  • FR: French version or server
  • Frost Flare: A High Elf Combat Art
  • FV: Abbreviation for Chance to find Valuables

G

  • Glacial Thorns: A High Elf Combat Art
  • Gold: Gold coins are the unit of monetary exchange in Ancaria.
  • Goldenglade Touch: A Dryad Combat Art
  • Grand Invigoration: A High Elf Combat Art (buff)
  • Gruesome Inquisition: An Aspect of the Inquisitor

H

  • 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
  • Health: Life, or how many hit points a character has.
  • HE: Abbreviation for High Elf
  • Hell Hound: The Shadow Warrior's Special Mount
  • High Elf: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as HE.
  • 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

  • Incandescent Skin: A High Elf Combat Art (buff)
  • Incendiary Shower: A High Elf Combat Art
  • Inq: Abbreviation for Inquisitor
  • Inquisitor: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as Inq.
  • Intelligence: One of the six available Attributes.

J

K

L

  • LAN: Local Area Network. Mode of play which connects two computers directly.
  • Level:
  • Life Leech:
  • Lost Fusion: An Aspect of the Temple Guardian
  • Lvl: Abbreviation for Level

M

  • Magic Coup: A High Elf Combat Art
  • Magic Find: Generic term for Chance to Find Valuables and/or Enhanced Perception.
  • Malevolent Champion: An Aspect of the Shadow Warrior
  • Malicious Totem: A Dryad Combat Art
  • MF: Abbreviation for Magic Find
  • Mobiculum: The Temple Guardian's Special Mount
  • Monitor Lizard: The Dryad's Special Mount
  • Moribund Animus: A Dryad Combat Art (buff)
  • MP: Abbreviation for Multiplayer
  • Mystic Stormite: An Aspect of the High Elf

N

  • Nature Weaver: An Aspect of the Dryad
  • Nefarious Underworld: An Aspect of the Inquisitor
  • 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.
  • OS: Operating System (usually Windows XP or Vista)

P

  • PL: Polish version or server

Q

R

  • Ranged Weapons:
  • Ranging Nimbus: A High Elf Combat Art
  • Ravaged Impact: A Dryad Combat Art
  • Revered Technology: An Aspect of the Seraphim
  • Riding:
  • RU: Russian version or server
  • Rune:

S

  • S1: Abbreviation for Sacred/Sacred Gold/Sacred Underworld
  • S2: Abbreviation for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
  • Saber-toothed Tiger: The Seraphim's Special Mount
  • 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.
  • Sera: Abbreviation for Seraphim
  • Seraphim: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as Sera.
  • Shadow Step: A High Elf Combat Art
  • Shadow Warrior: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as SW.
  • Shroud Spider: The Inquisitor's Special Mount
  • Sinister Predator: A Dryad Combat Art (buff)
  • Skills:
  • Softcore: Mode of play in which a character resurrects after death. Commonly abbreviated as SC.
  • Source Warden: An Aspect of the Temple Guardian
  • SP: Abbreviation for Single Player; also abbreviation for Spain or Spanish version
  • 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

T

  • Tangled Vine: A Dryad Combat Art
  • Temple Guardian: One of the six playable characters in Sacred 2. Commonly abbreviated as TG.
  • TG: Abbreviation for Temple Guardian
  • Toon: Abbreviation for "cartoon" (Character)
  • Twisted Torment: A Dryad Combat Art

U

  • UK: English or International version or server
  • US: United States/North American version or server

V

  • Viperish Disease: A Dryad Combat Art
  • Vit: Abbreviation for Vitality
  • Vitality: One of the six available Attributes.

W

  • Willpower: One of the six available Attributes.
  • Wind Serpent: The High Elf's Special Mount

X

  • XP: Abbreviation for Experience or Windows XP

Y

Z