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title: "Glossary"
description: "Glossary"
url: https://support.travian.com/en/articles/167-glossary
collection: "All tips From Beginner to Legend"
updated: 2026-10-24
language: en
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# Glossary

Glossary

## Symbols & Numbers

-   **0 pop (zero)** — A player or village with no inhabitants. 
    
-   **18c / 15c / 9c / 7c / 6c** — Tile with 18/15/9/7/6 crop fields. 
    
-   **+/+ , +/- , -/+ , -/-** — NE, SE, NW, SW map quadrants. 
    

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## A

-   **Aca** — Academy. 
    
-   **Afk** — Away from keyboard; often used to mean inactive. 
    
-   **Aggro** — Alliance focused on fighting over WW play. 
    
-   **Aka** — Also known as. 
    
-   **Ally** — Alliance. 
    
-   **Analyser** — External stats/report sites (e.g., inactive search, Travco, Gettertools). 
    
-   **Anvil** — Large defensive army. 
    
-   **Artefact** — Special bonus item (activated in treasury on special worlds). 
    
-   **Asap** — As soon as possible. 
    
-   **Axes** — Axeman. 
    

## B

-   **Bashing** — Keeping a player small via frequent attacks. 
    
-   **Battle groups** — Sub-teams acting together for ops/defense. 
    
-   **Bonus (oasis)** — Resource bonus from oases. 
    
-   **Boonies** — Far from (0|0); fewer close fights, focus on growth. 
    
-   **BP** — Beginner’s Protection; also Building/Construction Plans (context). 
    
-   **Brb / Btw** — Be right back / By the way. 
    
-   **Bug** — Game error. 
    

## C

-   **C** — “See.” 
    
-   **Caesaris** — Equites Caesaris. 
    
-   **Capital** — Only one; fields >10; cannot be conquered (can be moved). 
    
-   **Cata / Catapults** — Destroy buildings; count as infantry. 
    
-   **CC** — Command Centre or Corinthian Crushers. 
    
-   **Cheating** — Rule violations. 
    
-   **Chief** — Unit that reduces loyalty to conquer (generic name). 
    
-   **Chiefing** — Conquering by lowering loyalty. 
    
-   **Clear / Cleaner** — Army/wave to remove defense before catas/chief. 
    
-   **Clubbies** — Clubswingers (Teuton t1). 
    
-   **Cluster** — Own villages near each other; grouped for protection. 
    
-   **CM** — Community Manager. 
    
-   **Confed** — Confederacy (up to three alliances). 
    
-   **Construction Plans** — Required to build WW; second set needed past lvl 49. 
    
-   **Coords** — Coordinates. 
    
-   **Counter** — Follow an enemy army back home to hit it. 
    
-   **CP** — Culture Points; also Construction Plans (context). 
    
-   **Croplocked** — Village forced deeply negative in crop. 
    
-   **Crop / Cropper** — Food resource; a 9c/15c (18c on specials). 
    
-   **Cya / Cyt** — See you / See you tomorrow. 
    

## D

-   **Def** — Defensive troops. 
    
-   **Deletion** — Avatar removal
    
-   **Dmg** — Damage. 
    
-   **Double Target** — Catas hit two buildings (Rally Point 20). 
    
-   **Druids** — Druidrider. 
    
-   **Dual / Dual Construction** — Multiple people on one avatar; Romans build field+building at once. 
    

## E

-   **EC / EI** — Equites Caesaris / Equites Imperatoris. 
    
-   **Elite** — Single alliance, no wings/confeds (opposite of meta). 
    
-   **End Game / Hammer / Meta** — Post-plan phase; hammer for plans/WW sites; meta supporting WWs. 
    
-   **Epic / Exp / Expansion slot** — Awesome; hero XP; slots in palace/residence/command centre. 
    

## F

-   **Fake** — 20-unit fake to hide true target. 
    
-   **Farm / Farmer / Farming** — Raided account; person who raids; repeated raiding (incl. oases). 
    
-   **FTW** — For the win. 
    

## G

-   **GB / GG / GS / GW** — Great Barracks / Granary / Stable / Warehouse. 
    
-   **GL / GN / GZ** — Good luck / Good night / Congrats. 
    
-   **Ghost hammer / Ghosting** — Fast cav hammer; killing enemy off at home. 
    
-   **Golding** — Using gold. 
    
-   **GTG** — Got to go. 
    
-   **Guides** — Official guide index. 
    

## H

-   **Haeds** — Haeduan. 
    
-   **Hammer / Hammer village** — Large off army; village that builds it. 
    
-   **HDT** — Horse Drinking Trough. 
    
-   **Hero** — Your avatar’s unit with stats/bonuses. 
    

## I

-   **IGM / IGN** — In-game message / name. 
    
-   **IIRC / IMO** — If I remember correctly / In my opinion. 
    
-   **Imp** — Imperian. 
    
-   **Insert** — See “Sniping”; also offensive villages placed close to enemy for short-range fights. 
    

## J / K / L

-   **JK** — Just kidding. 
    
-   **Kick** — Remove from chat/alliance. 
    
-   **L8r / Lag / Leg / Loot / Lvl** — Later; delay; Legionnaire; stolen resources; level. 
    

## M

-   **Macemen** — See Clubbies. **MB** — Main Building. 
    
-   **Meta** — Group of alliances working together. 
    
-   **Mill** — Grain Mill. **Mirror kill** — See Second Kill. **MM** — Mass Message. **MP** — Marketplace. **Multi** — Multiple accounts (illegal). 
    

## N

-   **NAP** — Non-Aggression Pact. **Newbie / Noob** — New player / derogatory for newbie. **NP** — No problem. **NPC / NPCing** — Exchange merchant / using it. 
    

## O

-   **Oasis** — Conquerable map spot that grants production bonus; requires Hero’s Mansion. **Off** — Offensive troops.  
    

## P

-   **PA** — Plus Account. **Pala / Pally** — Palace or Paladin (Teuton). 
    
-   **Parking village** — Maximizes crop to feed stationed troops. 
    
-   **Phala** — Phalanx. **Plus** — Plus Account. **PM** — Private message. **Pop** — Population. 
    
-   **Pushing / Pusher** — Sending resources for a purpose / the player who does it. 
    

## Q

-   **Quad / Quad-line** — Quadrant and its divider line. **Quests** — Daily Quests / Tasks. 
    

## R

-   **R / RL / ROFL** — Are / Real life / Rolling on the floor laughing. 
    
-   **Raid / Raider** — Attack to steal resources / the player who raids. 
    
-   **Ram / Rammer** — Wall-destroying unit / ram hammer. 
    
-   **Recruiter** — Finds new members. **Reinforcements (Reins)** — Troops stationed to defend. 
    
-   **Res / Resi** — Resources / Residence. **ROI** — Return on investment (see guide). **RP** — Rally Point. 
    

## S

-   **Script** — Third-party modification; illegal. 
    
-   **Scouts / Scout hammer or anvil** — Recon unit; many scouts for offense/defense. 
    
-   **Second Kill / Secondary Clear** — Landing a second later to kill; second clearing wave. 
    
-   **Server (gameworld)** — One round of Travian. **Sim City / Simmer** — Pop-first playstyle / player. 
    
-   **Sitter / Sitting** — Playing via sitter access. 
    
-   **Spam / Spammer** — Off-topic post / person. 
    
-   **Speed server** — x2/x3/x5/x10 speed vs x1. 
    
-   **Spike** — Hide defense in a farmed village to hurt raiders. 
    
-   **Spy (troop / player)** — Scout unit / infiltrator. **Split** — See Sniping. **Sniping** — Insert defense between waves. 
    
-   **Starvation** — Troops die when crop is zero. **Supporters** — Support staff. **Swords** — Swordsman. 
    

## T / U / V

-   **TC / TK / TO / TS / TT** — Treasure Chamber / Teutonic Knight / Trade Office / Tournament Square / Theutates Thunder. 
    
-   **U / Ur** — You / you’re or your. 
    
-   **(V)** — (No common entries listed.) 
    

## W

-   **Wall** — City/Earth Wall/Palisade; boosts defense. 
    
-   **Waves / Wb** — Multi-attack timing tactic; Wave Builder tool. 
    
-   **Wings** — Allied side-alliances. **WW / WWK** — World Wonder / WW killer hammer. 
    

## X / Y / Z

-   **(X, Y)** — (No common entries listed.) 
    
-   **Zerg Meta** — “Many members” meta beyond confed limits. **Zero** — See 0 pop.