Common Terms and Abbreviations
For beginners and newcomers to this game, here is a complete list of the common terms and abbreviations used on this site for The Wind Waker and what they all mean. You may find this resource very useful when it comes to understanding the language of the various routes used in speedrunning this game.
Note: This page is currently under construction.
Locations:
Abbreviation | Description |
DRC | Dragon Roost Cavern |
DRI | Dragon Roost Island |
FF1 | First visit to Forsaken Fortress |
FF2 | Second visit to Forsaken Fortress |
FF3 | Visiting Forsaken Fortress any time after the second visit and Valoo "killing" Ganondorf cutscene |
FH | Forest Haven |
FoF | Forest of Fairies (Forest on top of Outset Island where Tetra falls at the beginning of the game.) |
FW | Forbidden Woods, Forest Water |
GFI | Great Fish Isle |
H1 | Hyrule 1 or the First Visit to Hyrule (to get the Master Sword) |
H2 | Hyrule 2 or the Second Visit to Hyrule (after FF2 with Tetra) |
H3 | Hyrule 3 or the Third Visit to Hyrule (to defeat Ganondorf) |
ToG or TotG | Tower of the Gods |
Items & Enemy Treasures:
Abbreviation | Description |
BoG | Ballad of Gales |
BK | Boss Key |
CM | Command Melody |
Leaf | Deku Leaf |
EGL | Earth God's Lyric |
FW | Forest Water |
GF | Golden Feather |
Grapple, Hook | Grappling Hook |
JP | Joy Pendant |
KC | Knight's Crest |
Rang | Boomerang |
SH | Skull Hammer |
SN | Skull Necklace |
WGA | Wind God's Aria |
WW | Wind Waker |
Enemies/NPCs:
Abbreviation | Description |
KD | Kalle Demos |
KoRL | King of Red Lions |
NPC | Non-playable Character
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PG | Phantom Ganon or Puppet Ganon |
Tricks:
Abbreviation | Description |
Dry Roll | A roll that's done without touching the control stick by holding ZL and pressing A. |
BK Skip | Boss Key Skip. Usually preformed by accessing the boss room loading zone from OoB. Currently in TWWHD, every dungeon with a boss key (except the ToG) has a boss key skip. |
Deathwarp | Intentionally killing yourself or jumping into a void to warp back to the beginning of a room or dungeon. |
EMS | Early Master Sword (Done by accessing FF2 early and activating the "meeting Ganondorf" cutscene.) |
Savewarp | Saving and then reseting to return to the first room of a dungeon, etc. Usually used more in RTAs. |
SS | Superswim |
ZH | Zombie Hover(ing) |
ESS | Extended SuperSlide (position) |
Miscellaneous:
Abbreviation | Description |
Any% | Beat the game |
CS | Cutscene |
IL | Individual Level (Dungeon) Speedrun |
IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
Low% | Beat the game with the fewest items possible |
OoB | Out of Bounds |
RTA | Real Time Attack. Like a Single Segment speedrun, except you are allowed to savewarp. |
Seg'd/Segged | Segmented |
SDA | SpeedDemosArchive |
SS | Single Segment |
TAS(er) | Tool Assisted Speedrun(ner) |
TWWHD | The Wind Waker HD |
ZSR | ZeldaSpeedRuns |
Last updated 02/14/2018
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