Glossary

This page contains a list of common terms and abbreviations on Wolvden, sorted by category. Have a term you think should be added to this page? Let us know!

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Gameplay

Gameplay

SC: Silver Cones, Wolvden's basic currency.

GC: Gold Cones, Wolvden's premium currency.

LT: Lunar Tears, a currency of the monthly Lunar Event.

LE: Lunar Essence, a mechanic of the monthly Lunar Event.

LB: Lovebugs, the currency of February's The Matchmaker event.

GP: Glow Petals, the currency of April's Springtide Howl Fayre event.

CS: Cryptid Scales, the currency of August's Cataclysms event.

ME: Mysterious Effigies, the currency of October's Halloween Spectacle event.

SQ: Smoky Quartz, the currency of November's Coigreach event.

NBW: Newly Befriended Wolf. A wolf that you befriend while exploring.

T1/T2/T3/T*: Alternatively, TI/TII/TIII. The tier of base or marking that a wolf has. These are visible under the Looks and Markings sections of their page.

#M: i.e. 10m, 5m. Representing the amount of markings a wolf has. 5m means that the wolf has 5 markings.

Hetero, W/B, B/W, B/B, Het: Referring to the Hetero eye colors. Hetero Black/White, Hetero White/Black, Hetero Blue/Brown, and Hetero Brown/Blue.

Breed Only/BO: A term referring to a genetic attribute that can only be obtained through breeding. It cannot be obtained through applicators, NBWs, or any other means.

VLF: Very Low Fertility

ELF: Extremely Low Fertility

Brachy: Refers to Brachycephaly, a lethal mutation.

Poly: Either Polycephaly or Polymelia in the context of lethal mutations.

Spider/Spider Pup: Refers to a pup with Polymelia.

Mela: Refers to the Melanism mutation.

IPD: Instant Pup Delivery, an item available in the Grove.

IBF: Instant Birth Feather, another term used to refer to the Instant Pup Delivery item. Carried over from Lioden, where the item is called this instead.

RMA: Random Marking Applicator, an item received from rolling over 28 days in a row or by purchasing it in the Grove. Applies a random marking to your wolf in a chosen slot.

Gl: Glacier

Tu: Tundra

Ta: Taiga

CF: Coniferous Forest

M: Mountains

Gr: Grasslands

DF: Deciduous Forest

RW: Riparian Woodland

P: Prairie

De/D: Desert

Sw/S: Swamp

Rf/R: Rainforest

BG: Background

FAPA: Feed All Play All, a service purchased from the Grove.

RNG: Random Number Generator, representing how most of Wolvden's mechanics are based on random chance.

Community

Community

Clean/NIB: The wolf is not inbred by the player's definition. There is not an official definition for this as it's purely based on player preference.

Dirty/IB: The wolf is inbred by the player's definition. This could mean that they has the same wolf multiple times in their lineage, or just in the first page of their lineage, or another definition according to the player.

G#: i.e. G1, G5, etc. The generation of the wolf. This represents how long their lineage is. For example, a G3 wolf only has parents and grandparents, two generations of wolves before them, making them the third generation.

Fodder: A wolf generally undesirable by the player's definitions, usually being sold for cheap.

RNC/Raise & Chase/R&C/RC: A community movement involving raising wolves to adulthood and then chasing them, in hopes that another player will find them later as a chased wolf.

Reverse Breeding/Reverse Studding: The selling of a female wolf's heat -- the buyer usually gets to choose who the female is bred to, and then keeps all the pups from the resulting litter.

Traditional Breeding: Instead of sending a normal stud request, the buyer sends their female to the stud's pack and the stud's owner breeds them, then sends them back.

LF: "Looking For", in reference to a trade. What the seller is looking for in exchange for what they are selling.

LTB: "Looking to Buy", in reference to a trade. What the buyer is looking for.

EA: Early Access, when the game released for early access in September 2020.

PA: Public Access, when the game released for everybody in October 2020.

AB: "Autobuy", in reference to sales, common in auctions. Allows the buyer to instantly purchase the asset without bidding.

CB: In reference to auctions, the Current Bid (current highest bid) on the asset.

MI: In reference to auctions, Minimum Increment. The minimum amount of currency the buyer must add on to the previous bid.

SB: In reference to auctions, the lowest amount of currency someone needs to start the auction.

YCH/YWH: In reference to art sales, "Your Character Here" or "Your Wolf Here". A type of art commission in which the artist uses a single base and recolors it to match your character.