General acronyms
- MSM – MapleStory M
- KMSM – Korean MapleStory M
- GMS – Global MapleStory
- KMS – Korean MapleStory
- MMO – Massive Multiplayer Online
- EXP – Experience
- AoE – Area of Effect (i.e. wide range skills)
- QJ – Quick Join
- AFK – Away From Keyboard (e.g. not actively playing Legends)
MSM acronyms
- AB – Auto-Battle (sometimes Angelic Buster)
- TS – Trade Station
- SF – Star Force
- AF – Arcane Force
- Mag soul – Magnificent soul
- mpets – Master Label Pets
- Vac pets – pet set that can vacuum in drops/meso
- FashionStory – Focusing on appearance/royal style as a main goal of the game
Stats
- CP – Combat Power
- PA – Physical Attack
- MA – Magic Attack
- PD – Physical Damage
- MD – Magic Damage
- CR – Critical Rate
- CD – Critical Damage
- FD – Final Damage
- Acc – Accuracy
Dungeons
- Dailies – Daily Missions
- ED – Elite Dungeon
- Legends – The Legends Return
- DI – Dimension Invasion
- EoS – Edge of Space
- Cooking – Cooking with Tangyoon
- Kerning – Kerning M Tower
Bosses
- Expeds (add n/h/c to designate normal, hard and chaos difficulties) – Expedition
- Zak – Zakum
- HT – Horntail
- PB – Pink Bean
- Emp – Empress
- RA – Root Abyss
- VL – Von Leon
- Ark – Arkarium (can also refer to Ark, the soon to be released character)
Classes
- Pally – Paladin
- DK – Dark Knight
- Bish – Bishop
- ILM – Ice/Lightning Mage
- FPM – Fire/Poison Mage
- BM – Bowmaster
- MM – Marksman
- PF – Pathfinder
- NL – Night Lord
- DB – Dual Blade
- Bucc – Buccaneer
- DW – Dawn Warrior
- BW – Blade Wizard
- WA – Wind Archer
- NW – Night Walker
- TB – Thunder Breaker
- Merc – Mercedes
- Lumi – Luminous
- WH – Wild Hunter
- Mech – Mechanic
- BaM – Battle Mage
- DA – Demon Avenger
- DS – Demon Slayer
- AB – Angelic Buster
Updated: 2023/2/19