Glossary

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The following is a list of terms and abbreviations commonly used within the SkyBlock community.

# represents any number.


  • #₀/#₁ (Dungeons) - Number of secrets out of total secrets in the current room. For example, 7/8 means 7 secrets found of 8 total
  • #₁m #₂a #₃h #₄b #₅t (Dungeons) - The desired class composition for a Dungeon party. Any of the parts may be omitted. For example, 3m 1a 1h represents 3 Mages, 1 Archer and 1 Healer.
  • #c (Dungeons) - Number of Crypts destroyed in the run. For example, 4c means 4 crypts
  • OFA/1FA - One For All
  • XP run - A technique where the Dungeon party plays until 1 minute has elapsed, then dies for XP.
  • 1 tap - Killing a mob in a single hit
  • 1-tick - Mining a block in a single Minecraft tick (or 0.05 second). See also instamining.
  • #-ticking - Mining a block in # Minecraft ticks. Mostly used within the  Mining community, most notably in the context ofGemstone Gemstone Mining.
  • 3-5 business days - 1471 days, the time it took for the Wizard to repair his portal and open The Rift. Used as a joke in the community when something is stated to come "soon".
  • 30 (Player) - thirtyvirus
  • 50m Midas - Midas' Sword with 50M Coins paid
  • 80% run - A technique where the Dungeon party rushes until the dungeon is 80% complete, then dies for XP.
  • Cata - Catacombs
  • CC - Crit Chance
  • CD - Crit Damage
  • Cheese - A strategy to complete a task in an unintended and faster way.
  • Chest (Armor) - Chestplate
  • Clean - An unmodified item
  • Collat - Collateral
  • Collateral - A guarantee in the form of money or items, given when trusting another player with an item for them to borrow or upgrade
  • Comm - Commission
  • Cookie - Booster Cookie
  • CP - Chestplate
  • DA - Dark Auction
  • DC (Cata F7) - see Downcrush
  • DC (General) - Disconnect (from the server)
  • Def - Defense
  • DH (Enchantment) - Dragon Hunter
  • DH (Location) - Dungeon Hub
  • Dia - Diamond
  • Dmg - Damage
  • DOT - Damage over Time
  • Downcrush (Cata F7) - Crushing Necron with a downwards movement of the pillar.
  • DP - see Dragon party
  • DPH - Damage per hit
  • DPS - Damage per second
  • Drag - Ender Dragon
  • Dragon party - A party of typically 2-4 people, each with Summoning Eyes, who team up to spawn a Dragon
  • Dream (Player) - A Minecraft YouTuber. He received the 8th most votes in the Resistance Elections despite not being a SkyBlock player.
  • Drop blocks - A request for another player to drop Enchanted Diamond Blocks to pick up and sell to the Trade menu. Used when one cannot afford to unlock a Dungeon Reward Chest with a valuable reward inside. Obsolete since 2021 as players cannot perceive items dropped by other players anymore.
  • Drop recomb - A request for another player to drop Recombobulator 3000 to pick up and sell to the Bazaar. Used when one cannot afford to unlock a Dungeon Reward Chest with a valuable reward inside. Obsolete since 2021 as players cannot perceive items dropped by other players anymore.
  • DSM - Danker's SkyBlock Mod
  • Dung - Dungeons
  • During (Cata F6) - see Golems during
  • Dupe - Item duplication exploit
  • Inquis - Minos Inquisitor
  • Instamine, Instamining - To fully mine and break a block in a single click. See also 1-tick.
  • Inv (party) - Party invite
  • KB - Knockback
  • Key (Dungeons) - Wither Key or Blood Key
  • Kismet - Kismet Feather
  • NEU - NotEnoughUpdates mod
  • NL - Necromancer Lord
  • No PF - No prefire, do not prefire
  • Non
  1. Someone with default rank on Hypixel network, derogatory
  2. A player who is bad, in terms of gear or skill, and usually has low Accessory Power. See Juju non.
  • NPF - No prefire, do not prefire
  • NW (Farming) - Nether Wart
  • NW (Stat) - Net worth
  • ND (Dungeons) - No Dupes(duplicate roles)
  • O4A (Enchantment) - One For All
  • OFA (Enchantment) - One For All
  • OL - Overload
  • One cycle (Cata F7) - Dealing enough damage to Necron on the first pillar in phase 2 to immediately continue to phase 3.
  • One pillar (Cata F7) - see One cycle
  • Overmaxed - Upgraded with expensive upgrades
  • Overpay - Paying more than what an item is worth (usually in Dark Auction)
  • P# (Dungeons) - Phase # (of the boss)
  • P# (Bows) - Power #
  • P2W - The mechanic of buying in-game items with real money.
  • PC#K - Personal Compactor #000
  • PF (Cata F7) - Prefire
  • Ping Gliding - A technique developed primarily in  Mining communities, where a player with high ping will assume they are a "step ahead" of the servers and move on to break another block before the server has shown them the visual confirmation that the block they were on was broken.
  • Pink (item) - MYTHIC
  • PL - Pet Luck
  • Prefire (Cata F7) - Shooting the Wither Skeletons on the ground when midair going from phase 1 to phase 2 of Necron.
  • Purple (Cata F7) - Purple pillar
  • Purple (item) - EPIC
  • PY (Cata F7) - Where the Tank solo crushes Storm at purple pad and then the yellow pad, effectively halving the Storm Phase's time.
  • Q - Queue
  • UC (Cata F7) - Upcrush
  • Upc (Cata F7) - Upcrush
  • Upcrush (Cata F7) - A technique where players use Jerry-chine Gun or other methods to boost themselves upwards, causing Necron to move upwards into a pillar when it is being raised. This counts as a crush.
  • Water (Dungeons) - Water Board puzzle
  • WC - Wrong chat/Wrong channel
  • Wipe - Glitch which causes items to be deleted
  • White (item) - COMMON
  • ZK - Zombie Knight
  • ZS - Zombie Soldier