Common Terms and Abbreviations

A list of common terms and abbreviations used within the TP speedrunning community.

For a list of community-given enemy names, see little guy spreadsheet.

Locations

Abbreviation / Term	Description
FT	Forest Temple
GM	Goron Mines
LB / LBT	Lakebed Temple
AG	Arbiter's Grounds
SPR	Snowpeak Ruins
ToT	Temple of Time
CitS / City	City in the Sky
Palace / PoT	Palace of Twilight
Hyrule / HC	Hyrule Castle
SF / NF	South Faron / North Faron
Kak	Kakariko Village
DM / DMT	Death Mountain Trail
LH	Lake Hylia
UZR	Upper Zora's River
CT	Castle Town
HFS / HFE / HFN	Hyrule Field South (Faron) / East (Eldin) / North (Lanayru)
SP	Snowpeak
HV	Hidden Village
CoO	Cave of Ordeals
IoR	Isle of Riches (layered platforms in LH)

Items / Collectables

Abbreviation / Term	Description
R	Rupees
Rang / Gale	Gale Boomerang
Claw / Claws	Clawshot(s)
B&C / BaC	Ball and Chain
BA	Bomb Arrow(s)
Rod / Dom Rod / D Rod	Dominion Rod
F Rod	Fishing Rod
HP	Heart Piece
WB	Water Bombs
GB	Golden Bug
GW	Golden Wolf
HS	Hidden Skill
EB	Ending Blow
BS	Back Slice
JS	Jump Strike
GS	Great Spin
ZA	Zora Armor
MA	Magic Armor
MS	Master Sword
LS	Light Sword
IB / Boots	Iron Boots

Tricks

Abbreviation / Term	Description
BiT / BiTE	Back in Time / Back in Time Equipped
BHS / WBHS	Bomb House Skip / Wolf Bomb House Skip
EMS	Early Master Sword
Gorge Slide	Epona Slide over the Gorge
GV	Gorge Void
JA	Jump Attack
LJA	Long Jump Attack
LHS	Long Helm Splitter
JSLJA	Jump Strike Long Jump Attack
PC	Pillar Clip
RR	Rupee Roll
SSS / S&S / S+S	Sword and Shield Skip
ELH	Empty Lake Hylia
BK Skip / BKS	Boss Key Skip
PGS	Poe Gate Skip
PGC	Poe Gate Clip
TSS	Triple Stalfos Skip
DSS	Death Sword Skip
Lord Skip	Stallord Skip
SKS	Small Key Skip
CGC	City Gate Clip
DDS	City Gate Clip with 3pcc (Double Dyno Skip)
MB	Moon Boots
WSJ	Wolfos Superjump / Wolfos Jump
WMG	White Midna Glitch
DN Skip	Darknut Skip
DSSS	Double Sol Staircase Skip
G2S	Grove 2 Skip
LFC	Ladder Freezard Cancel
KSS	Key Shard Skip
TD	Text Displacement
MJ	Moon Jump (cheat code)

Other

Abbreviation / Term	Description
RTA	Real Time Attack
IGT	In Game Time
LRT	Load Removed Time
TAS	Tool Assisted Speedrun
ESS	Referring to the position on the stick barely in a given direction, just outside of the neutral dead zone
EBF	Early Boss Fights / Boss Flag
KB / KB1 through KB4	King Bulblin / King Bulblin 1, 2, 3, 4
HSW	Hot Springwater
CS	Cutscene