Glossary

The following is a list of terms and definitions for common phrases and acronyms in Dragalia Lost.

General Terms

AI - Artificial Intelligence, refers to the units a player uses that are controlled by the computer

Aura - Dragon aura, refers to the passive stat-boosting abilities of dragons

BIS/BiS - Best in Slot

Brick - Steel Brick / Damascus Ingot

C# - Combo #, referring to the normal attack combination performed when tapping screen # of times. For example, C5 is a 5-tap combo

Co-Ability/Coab - Team-wide buffs specific to each weapon type of adventurer. Do not stack. See Co-abilities.)

Chain Co-Ability/CCA - Team-wide buffs specific to each adventurer. These do stack, however are usually element-locked. See Chain Co-abilities.)

Dama/Chocolate bar - Damascus Ingot

Dama Break/Dama Dismantle - Using a Damascus Ingot on a 5T3 weapon and then dismantling the weapon to obtain more materials. (Not a popular tactic anymore).

DoT - Damage Over Time. For example, taking damage from Bleed every few seconds.

DPrep - Dragon Prep, refers to anything that grants Shapeshift Prep

Epithet - Titles which a player can earn, equip and display to other users. See Epithets.

FS (Force Strike) - Attack used when player taps and holds the screen. See Combat Mechanics#Force Strikes.

Gala - Summon banner featuring limited units with increased 5 summon rates and lower pity amount needed for a guaranteed 5 summon. Also introduces a new Gala unit with each run, and these Gala units are usually powerful. Happens on an irregular schedule

HoT - Heal over Time, or heals that regenerate HP over time instead of flat heals.

IFrame/i-frame - Invincibility Frame, the time upon using a skill where the player and player's AI characters are immune to certain damage. Team-wide protection lasts 1 second, while personal adventurer protection can vary based on skill.

MC (Mana Circle) - See Mana Circles.

Might - One of the stat values given when viewing a team and its units. Is often used to unlock content. See Might.

MS/Spiral (Mana Spiral) - See Mana Spiral.

OD - Overdrive. A mode where a boss changes its behavior and becomes overall more dangerous.

ODPS - Overdrive damage-per-second. A measure of how fast a unit can deplete the mode gauge during Overdrive.

#UB (# Unbound) - The amount of times a dragon / wyrmprint / weapon has been unbinded. For example, 2UB Agni would refer to an Agni that has been unbound twice.

MUB (Max Unbound) - Dragons / Wyrmprints / Weapons which have been fully unbinded (4 times) through duplicates or their respective unbind resources (Stone, Key, Brick)

S# - Skill #. For example, S1 refers to a character's Skill 1.

SP - Skill Points, granted when attacking and used to charge skills for usage.

SS - Shared Skill. Some skills can be borrowed from other units through the use of Tomes. See Shared Skills.

Stone / Moonstone / Sunstone - Moonlight Stone / Sunlight Stone, used to unbind 4 /5 dragons respectively.

Suptix / Dream Summon - Choose-a-5* ticket. Term taken from another of Cygames' games Granblue Fantasy alluding to the Dream Summon, which is a summon that can be redeemed for a character or dragon of choice.

Welfare - Units given out for free from events.

WP - Abbreviation for Wyrmprint.

Character Alt Notation

Characters with alternate versions are often denoted in the following format:

<Shortened Event Name>!<Character>

The following are a few examples:

H!Elisanne (H!Eli) - Halloween Elisanne

DY!Cleo - Dragonyule Cleo

V!Hildegarde (V!Hilde) - Valentine's Hildegarde

G!Ranzal - Gala Ranzal

S!Maribelle - Student Maribelle

W!Aoi - Wedding Aoi

Certain alternate versions may also be abbreviated by adding or replacing the first letter with that of the event or alternate costume. Note that the previous format is more universally applicable, while this format might not be used for every alternate character.

The following are a few examples:

Heli/Helly - Halloween Elisanne

Vilde - Valentine's Hildegarde

Granzal - Gala Ranzal

Smari - Student Maribelle

Waoi - Wedding Aoi

Gleo - Gala Cleo

Quests Acronyms

AtP - Avenue to Power

AtF - Avenue to Fortune

DT - Dragon Trials

HDT - High Dragon Trials

HBH/HBrun - High Brunhilda

HMS/HMid - High Midgardsormr

HMC/HMerc - High Mercury

HJP/HJup - High Jupiter

HZD/HZod - High Zodiark

eHDT - expert High Dragon Trials

AO - Ayaha & Otoha's Wrath

IO - Imperial Onslaught

MG - The Mercurial Gauntlet

Ruins - Elemental Ruins

VB/Void - Void Battles

Weapons

Ele - Elemental weapon, typically refers to the third tier of a non-void weapon

Void - Void Weapons, weapons craftable from materials earned from Void Battles

Notation

There are two common notations for core weapons which are as follows:

<Rarity>T<Tier>

Example. 4T3 would refer to a Core 4 Weapon at its 3rd Tier.

<Rarity>.<Tier>.<Unbinds>

Example. 4.3.4 refers to a Core 4 weapon at its 3rd Tier with 4 unbinds.

Chimeratech Weapons use "CT1" or "CT2" to indicate Tier 1 or Tier 2 versions.
High Dragon Weapons use "HD1"/"HDT1" or "HD1"/"HDT2" to indicate Tier 1 or Tier 2 versions.

Wyrmprint Acronyms and Abbreviations

Wyrmprints which are commonly used or considerably powerful in relation to other wyrmprints are often given acronyms. The following list contains some commonly used wyrmprint acronyms.