A word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words.
| Acronym | Full word | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AFK | Away From Keyboard | Letting people know you're not in front of your keyboard |
| BRB | Be Right Back | Letting people know you'll be away and be back shortly |
| DPS | Damage Per Second | A calculated number of damage a ship or a sword can deal, in average, per second |
| NPC | Non Person Character | a computer controlled figure |
| OMW | On My Way | Tells people that you are on your way to wherever they ask you are needed |
| PvE | Players versus Environment | Open Sea Combat or Avatar Combat against NPC's |
| PvP | Player versus Player | In PotBS, Open Sea Battle or Avatar Combat between players of opposing nation/faction |
| RvR | Realm versus Realm | In PotBS, Port Batlle - Sea Battle or Avatar Combat between multiple players of one nation/faction against multiple players of another nation/faction |
| TY | Thank You | Used for saying thnk you |
| YW | You are Welcome | Usually replied to TY |
| Acronym | Full word | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AC | Avatar Combat | When you're fighting with your avatar |
| BC | Buccaneer | In-game career |
| BSN | Burning Sea Note | In-game currency, 1 BSN = 300 BSP |
| BSP | Burning Sea Point | In-game currency, 1 BSN = 300 BSP |
| CoC | Citation of Conquest | Trade-In tokens, awarded at map victory |
| CT | Cutthroat | In-game career |
| DB | Doubloons | In-game currency |
| ECO | Economy | every aspect related to in-game build - various materials, ammunition ships, some consumables |
| FT | Freetrader | In-game career |
| MoTD | Message of The Day | set by a ports governor, the message is shown in chat when entering the port |
| NO | Naval Officer | Game career |
| OS | Open Sea | The world map where you sail |
| PB | Port Battle | A battle for control of a port town |
| PotBS | Pirates of the Burning Sea | name of the game |
| PR | Privateer | In-game career |
| TA | Treasure Aisle | In-game store |
| UC | User Content | Content created by players - flags, sail, ships |
Alot of abbreviations are used aswell, examples:
Infra = infrastructure (of port, affects econmy)
SC = Santa Clara, port
Tort = Tortuga, port
Soc = Society (clans/guilds)