Common Terms and Abbreviations
For a lot of new users, trying to read a route or understand a speedrunner can be quite confusing. Ocarina of Time is a large game, and with it comes many, many terms and shorthands. Hopefully, this resource will help you make sense of this complex speedrun-speak.
Locations:
| Abbreviation | Description |
| BotW |
Bottom of the Well |
| DC |
Dodongo's Cavern (or more rarely, Desert Colossus) |
| DM |
Death Mountain (usually Death Mountain Trail) |
| DMC |
Death Moutain Crater |
| DMT |
Death Mountain Trail |
| Deku |
Deku Tree |
| Fire |
Fire Temple |
| Forest |
Forest Temple OR Kokiri Forest/Lost Woods area (depending on context) |
| GC |
Goron City / Ganon's Castle (depending on context) |
| GF / Fortress |
Gerudo Fortress |
| GTG |
Gerudo Training Grounds |
| GV |
Gerudo Valley |
| HF/Field |
Hyrule Field |
| Wasteland |
Haunted Wasteland |
| IC |
Ice Cavern |
| Jabu |
Jabu Jabu's Belly |
| Kak |
Kakariko Village |
| Kokiri/KF |
Kokiri Forest |
| LH |
Lake Hylia |
| LLR |
Lon Lon Ranch |
| LW |
Lost Woods |
| SFM |
Sacred Forest Meadow |
| Shadow |
Shadow Temple |
| Spirit |
Spirit Temple |
| ToT |
Temple of Time |
| Water |
Water Temple |
| ZD |
Zora's Domain |
| ZF |
Zora's Fountain |
| ZR |
Zora's River |
Items:
| Abbreviation | Description |
| BGS |
Biggoron Sword / Broken Goron's Sword |
| BK |
Boss Key |
| Chus |
Bombchus |
| DF |
Din's Fire |
| Explosives |
Bombs or Bombchus |
| FA |
Fire Arrows |
| FW |
Farore's Wind |
| Gaunts |
Silver and/or Gold Gauntlets, depending on context |
| HC |
Heart Container |
| HP |
Heart Piece |
| HS / Hook |
Hookshot |
| Hovers |
Hover Boots |
| IA |
Ice Arrows |
| IBs |
Iron Boots |
| LA |
Light Arrows |
| Lens |
Lens of Truth |
| MS |
Master Sword |
| MoT |
Mask of Truth |
| NL |
Nayru's Love |
| Nuts |
Deku Nuts |
| OoT |
Ocarina of Time (or the game itself) |
| Potion |
Odd Potion (in some contexts, red/blue/green potion) |
| Prelude, Minuet, Bolero, Serenade, Nocturne, Requiem |
Respective warp songs |
| Rang |
Boomerang |
| Rod |
Fishing Rod |
| Saw |
Poacher's Saw |
| Sling |
Fairy Slingshot |
| SoS |
Song of Storms |
| SoT |
Song of Time |
| Spell |
Din's Fire, Farore's Wind, or Nayru's Love |
| Stick |
Deku Stick |
| Sticks |
Deku Sticks |
| Strength Upgrade |
Goron's Bracelet, Silver Gauntlets, Gold Gauntlets, or Colored Gauntlets |
| ZL |
Zelda's Lullaby (or Zelda's Letter) |
Enemies/NPCs:
| Abbreviation | Description |
| Dorf |
Ganondorf |
| GS |
Gold Skulltula |
| KD |
King Dodongo |
| KZ |
King Zora |
| Nabooru-Knuckle |
The last Iron Knuckle fight right before Twinrova |
| NPC |
Non-playable Character |
| PG |
Phantom Ganon |
Tricks:
| A Slide |
Analogue Slide |
| WESS |
Water Extended Superslide |
| Ass Chest |
Horseback archery prize involving glitched RBAed quiver |
| BA |
Bottle Adventure |
| DoT Skip |
Door of Time Skip |
| ESS |
Extended Superslide |
| GJ |
Ground Jump |
| HESS |
Hyper Extended Superslide |
| ISG |
Infinite Sword Glitch |
| OI |
Ocarina Items |
| PCS |
Power Crouch Stab |
| Pokey Escape |
Crouch Stab Kokiri Forest Escape |
| RBA |
Reverse Bottle Adventure |
| GIM |
Get Item Manipulation |
| SS |
Superslide |
| SH/SJ |
Spirit Hover/Jump |
Movement:
| Abbreviation | Description |
| Backwalk |
Holding target, move straight backwards |
| Black Wind |
Resetting the neutral position of the control stick so its always in the ESS position, typically used during transitions between scenes. |
| ESS Position |
the position of the control stick that allows for ESS |
| Guanowalk |
while holding target, move diagonally |
| JS |
Jumpslash |
| Moonwalk |
Rotate stick after releasing target in a guanowalk |
| Pivot |
Turn 90 or 180 degrees without changing position |
| Sidehop |
Jumping to the left or right while holding target |
| Silent Roll |
Rolling in place |
| Target |
Z on an N64 controller, L on a Gamecube controller |
Miscellaneous:
| Abbreviation | Description |
| Any% |
Beat the game |
| Carpet chus |
Bombchus from the salesman on the flying carpet in Haunted Wasteland |
| CC |
Crooked Cartridge |
| CS |
Cutscene |
| DW/Deathwarp |
Dying to reset your location (if continue) or warp to file select starting point |
| GC(N) |
GameCube |
| IRC |
Internet Relay Chat
|
| Low% |
Beat the game with least items possible |
| MM |
Majora's Mask |
| MQ |
Master Quest |
| MST |
Medallions Stones Trials (Complete all 8 major dungeons, dispel Ganon's trials, and beat the game) |
| N64 |
Nintendo 64 |
| NMS |
No Major Skips (see MST) |
| OoB |
Out of Bounds |
| Buffer |
Pause Buffer |
| RDO |
Reverse Dungeon Order |
| RNG |
Random Number Generator |
| RTA |
Real Time Attack |
| Seam |
The edge of two textures that can or can't be climbed |
| Split |
Segment (of a run) |
| TAS(er) |
Tool Assisted Speedrun(ner) |
| SDA |
Speed Demos Archive |
| SW |
Savewarp (Saving and reloading to reset your location) |
| VC |
Virtual Console |
| BoTW/Well chus |
Bombchus from the chest in Bottom of the Well |
| ZSR |
ZeldaSpeedRuns |
| SRC/SRDC |
Speedrun.com (when referring to the OoT page) |
Last updated 09/13/2017
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