Glossary of Terms

The following is a glossary of common or community-created terms used in Honkai Impact 3rd. They are separated into several categories. If you have a specific term you'd like to search, press Ctrl+F to search for your term.
==Key Words==
A collection of key terms to help players understand the story and gameplay of Honkai Impact 3rd. These key terms are taken from a glossary in the official Honkai 3rd artbook and have been translated. They might not be up to date with more recent story revelations, in turn allowing them to be mostly spoiler-free.
ImpactA Series of Honkai Eruptions and aftershocks that result in the birth of a Herrscher.
The 1st Impact Happened in Berlin, 1952. https://event.bh3.com/avgAntiEntropy/indexAntiEntropy.php?from=ipz
The 2nd Impact Happened in Siberia 2000. https://manga.honkaiimpact3.com/book/1005
The 3rd Impact Happened in Nagazora 2014. https://manga.honkaiimpact3.com/book/1004 
Honkai
The force behind the phenomenon that collapses the composition of every substance on earth, or its energy. It originates from the Imaginary Plane, a realm outside of our reality. As long as humanity and its technology will advance, so will the Honkai. It has a sentient Gestalt called the Will of Honkai which only understands malice. Honkai as an extra dimensional form of matter has no mass. It is incredibly unstable and highly radioactive.
Herrschers
Herrschers are humans with high Honkai resistance, who have been chosen by the Honkai as its envoys to humanity. Often, they try to destroy humanity.
Honkai Beasts
Beings originating from the Imaginary Plane to attack humanity. They are called "beasts" due to their fauna appearance, typically that of a quadrupedal animal.
Beasts are broken down into classes, from least to most powerful: Chariot, Archangel, Knight, Templar, Emperor, Judgment and Vipralopa.
Schicksal
To stop the Honkai and ensure the survival of humanity, Schicksal formed around the 400s CE. Led by the descendants of the Mantis soldiers from the Previous Era, they research biological methods to combat Honkai.
The organization was established by three stigmata bearing families.
The current leader is Overseer Otto Apocalypse, from the Apocalypse family, one of the three Stigmata families. He cannot manifest his own stigmata but has invented the Artificial Stigmata. They produce vaccines that delay corruption for civilians. Artificial Stigmata implants are available to Valkyries that couldn't manifest their own Natural Stigmata. 
Stigmata Families
The three influential families that support Schicksal and are the original founders of Schicksal.
House Apocalypse - The family representing the "Overseer". They were in involved with the founding of Schicksal due to inheriting part of the Keys of God from the Ancient Civilization.
House Schariac - The family representing the "Divine Maiden". Members of this family have excellent Honkai resistance.
House Kaslana - The family representing the "Knight". In addition to having Honkai resistance, this family has produced amazing warriors.
Cascade
The phenomenon when a human with mild adaptability is corrupted by the Honkai. This process consists of rapid biological degeneration and mutation forming a human into a reinforced "Zombie".
Knight
The term given to male members of Schicksal with any form of Honkai adaptability. They are rare and tend to have a safer support role.
Valkyrie Ranks
In the game, the term Valkyrie applies to playable battlesuits, even of characters that don't belong to Schicksal, and their rank does not correspond with their lore strength. In-universe rank-breakdown goes as follows:
*Valkyries who are pure support and do not leave base are D-C Ranks.
*B Rank - the lowest tier of deployable Valkyrie and most common. They can typically handle a Seraph-rank Honkai Beast.
*A Rank - The majority commanders and instructors at training Academies.
*S Rank - There is a higher chance to find a four-leaf clover than it is to find a S rank Valkyrie. 
*Paladins - Overseer's personal guard, consisting of a coed guard who can wield multiple Divine Keys.
==Valkyries Abbreviation List==
===Kiana Kaslana===
Also nicknamed Tuna (explanation)
*White Comet
** WC - White Comet
*Valkyrie Ranger
** VR - Valkyrie Ranger
*Void Drifter
** VD - Void Drifter
*Divine Prayer
** DP - Divine Prayer
*Knight Moonbeam
** KMB - Knight Moonbeam
** KM - Knight Moonbeam
*Herrscher of the Void 
** HoV - Herrscher of the Void
** GK - God Kiana, pre-Global release nickname
** HV - Herrscher of the Void
** HotV - Herrscher of the Void
*Herrscher of Flamescion
** HoFs/HoFS - Herrscher of Flamescion
** HFS - Herrscher of Flamescion
** HoF - Herrscher of Flamescion (context dependent as it can be confused with Hawk of the Fog or Herrscher of Fire)
** FK - Fire Kiana
*Herrscher of Finality
** HoFi - Herrscher of Finality
** HoFin - Herrscher of Finality
** HFI - Herrscher of Finality
===Raiden Mei===
*Crimson Impulse 
** CI - Crimson Impulse
*Shadow Dash
** SD - Shadow Dash (can also refer to SD-type)
*Danzai Spectramancer
** DS - Danzai Spectramancer (can also refer to Dreamseeker)
*Valkyrie Bladestrike
** VB - Valkyrie Bladestrike
*Striker Fulminata
** StFu - Striker Fulminata
** SF - Striker Fulminata, context dependent as it can be confused with Scarlet Fusion
*Lightning Empress 
** LE - Lightning Empress
*Herrscher of Thunder 
** HoT - Herrscher of Thunder
** HT - Herrscher of Thunder
*Herrscher of Origin 
** HoO - Herrscher of Origin
** HO - Herrscher of Origin
===Bronya Zaychik===
*Valkyrie Chariot
** VC - Valkyrie Chariot
*Snowy Sniper 
** SS - Snowy Sniper
*Yamabuki Armor 
** YA - Yamabuki Armor
*Drive Kometa 
** DK - Drive Kometa
*Dimension Breaker 
** DB - Dimension Breaker
*Black Nucleus 
** BN - Black Nucleus
*Herrscher of Reason 
** HoR - Herrscher of Reason
** HR - Herrscher of Reason
*Wolf's Dawn 
** WD - Wolf's Dawn
*Haxxor Bunny 
** HB - Haxxor Bunny
** Haxxor - Haxxor Bunny
** Bronie - Haxxor Bunny's name in the story
*Silverwing: N-EX
** SW - Silverwing: N-EX
** N-EX/NEX - Silverwing: N-EX, can also refer to Bronya - N-EX stigmata
*Herrscher of Truth 
** HoTr - Herrscher of Truth
** HTr - Herrscher of Truth
===Murata Himeko=== 
*Battle Storm
** BS - Battle Storm
*Valkyrie Triumph
** VT - Valkyrie Triumph
*Scarlet Fusion
** SF - Scarlet Fusion
*Blood Rose 
** BR - Blood Rose
*Kriegsmesser
** Krieg/Kriegs/KR - Kriegsmesser
** AK - Arctic Kriegsmesser, from before the word 'Arctic' was taken out of the name
** Ice Himeko
*Vermilion Knight: Eclipse
** VK - Vermilion Knight: Eclipse
** VKE - Vermilion Knight: Eclipse
===Yae Sakura=== 
*Gyakushinn Miko
** Miko - Gyakushinn Miko
** GM - Gyakushinn Miko, can also refer to Goushinnso Memento
*Goushinnso Memento
** Meme - Goushinnso Memento
** UA - Unforgotten Apostle, pre-Global release nickname
** Mentos - possibly an inside joke on the Memento part
** GM - Goushinnso Memento, can also refer to Gyakushinn Miko
*Flame Sakitama
** FS - Flame Sakitama
*Darkbolt Jonin 
** DJ - Darkbolt Jonin
** Kasumi - Darkbolt Jonin's name in the story (Yae Kasumi)
===Theresa Apocalypse===
Also nicknamed Teri, Teri-Teri, Teriri
*Valkyrie Pledge
** VP - Valkyrie Pledge
*Violet Executer
** VE - Violet Executer
*Twilight Paladin
** TP - Twilight Paladin
*Sakuno Rondo
** SR - Sakuno Rondo
*Celestial Hymn
** CH - Celestial Hymn
*Luna Kindred
** LK - Luna Kindred
*Starlit Astrologos
** SA - Starlit Astrologos
** Kongming - Starlit Astrologos' name in the story (Zhuge Kongming, not to be confused with the stigmata)
*Lunar Vow: Crimson Love
** Luna
** LV - Lunar Vow
===Fu Hua===
Also nicknamed Fuka (this is her Japanese name)
*Valkyrie Accipiter 
** VA - Valkyrie Accipiter
*Hawk of the Fog 
** HF - Hawk of the Fog
** HotF - Hawk of the Fog
*Phoenix
** PX - Phoenix
*Night Squire
** NS - Night Squire
*Shadow Knight
** SK - Shadow Knight
*Azure Empyrea 
** AE - Azure Empyrea
*Herrscher of Sentience
** HoS - Herrscher of Sentience
** HS - Herrscher of Sentience
*Fenghuang of Vicissitude
** FoV - Fenghuang of Vicissitude
** FV - Fenghuang of Vicissitude
===Kallen Kaslana=== 
*Ritual Imayoh 
** RI - Ritual Imayoh
** IR - Imayoh Ritual (sometimes written this way in official media)
*Sixth Serenade 
** 6S - Sixth Serenade (if you see something like 7S, 8S, or 9S, it could be 6S plus the ranks, for example: rather than saying SSS 6S someone may say 9S. Context is important.)
*Sündenjäger
** SJ - Sundenjäger
===Rita Rossweisse===
*Umbral Rose
** UR - Umbral Rose
*Phantom Iron
** PI - Phantom Iron
*Argent Knight: Artemis 
** AKA - Argent Knight: Artemis
** AK - Argent Knight: Artemis (may also refer to Kriegsmesser (formerly Arctic Kriegsmesser))
*Fallen Rosemary
** FR - Fallen Rosemary
*Spina Astera 
** SpA - Spina Astera
===Olenyeva Twins===
*Blueberry Blitz
** BB - Blueberry Blitz
*Molotov Cherry
** MC - Molotov Cherry
*Fervent Tempo Δ
** FT - Fervent Tempo Δ
** Delta - Fervent Tempo Δ (Δ is delta in the Greek alphabet)
===Seele Vollerei=== 
*Swallowtail Phantasm
** SP - Swallowtail Phantasm
*Stygian Nymph
** SN - Stygian Nymph
*Starchasm Nyx 
** Nyx - Starchasm Nyx
** SX - Starchasm Nyx
*Herrscher of Rebirth
** HoRb - Herrscher of Rebirth
** HRB - Herrscher of Rebirth
===Durandal===
*Valkyrie Gloria 
** VG - Valkyrie Gloria
*Bright Knight: Excelsis
** BK - Bright Knight: Excelsis
** BKE - Bright Knight: Excelsis
*Dea Anchora 
** DA - Dea Anchora
*Palatinus Equinox
** PE - Palatinus Equinox
** Juan (Juan is a meme-name made by the community as a joke, pretty frequently used)
===Carole Pepper=== 
*Sweet 'n' Spicy
** SnS - Sweet 'n' Spicy
===Elysia===
Also nicknamed Ely or Ellie 
*Miss Pink Elf♪ 
** MPE - Miss Pink Elf♪
** ME - Miss Pink Elf♪
*Herrscher of Human: Ego
** HoH - Herrscher of Human: Ego
** HoHE - Herrscher of Human: Ego
** HoE - Herrscher of Human: Ego
** HHE - Herrscher of Human: Ego
** H2O - Herrscher of Human: Ego Origin form (Typically used in reference to the ult build in Elysian Realm, may also just refer to water)
===Mobius=== 
*Infinite Ouroboros
** IO - Infinite Ouroboros
===Raven=== 
*Midnight Absinthe 
** MA - Midnight Absinthe (MA may also refer to Memorial Arena, please note context)
===Pardofelis=== 
*Reverist Calico
** RC - Reverist Calico
** Pardo - Pardofelis
** Cat - She's got cat ears, a cat tail, hangs out with a cat, and loves cats
** Neko - Same as above, but Japanese
===Aponia===
*Disciplinary Perdition
** DPe - Disciplinary Perdition
** DP - Disciplinary Perdition (DP may also refer to Divine Prayer, please note context)
** DiP - Disciplinary Perdition
===Eden=== 
*Golden Diva
** GD - Golden Diva
===Griseo=== 
*Starry Impression 
** SI - Starry Impression
*Cosmic Expression 
** CE - Cosmic Expression
** Potential Man - based on a meme surrounding the hype she generated in contrast to her actual utility
** Jedi - as she uses lightsabers to fight
===Vill-V===
*Helical Contraption
** VV - Vill-V
** HC - Helical Contraption
===Li Sushang===
*Jade Knight
** JK - Jade Knight
===Asuka=== 
*Blazing Hope
** BH - Blazing Hope
===Fischl=== 
*Prinzessin der Verurteilung!
** PV - Prinzessin der Verurteilung!
** Fish - How her name sounds when pronounced, minus the "L" sound
===Ai Hyperion Λ=== 
*Chrono Navi
** CN - Chrono Navi
** Ai Chan - An alternate version of her character name
===Susannah===
*Valkyrie Quicksand
** VQ - Valkyrie Quicksand
===PROMETHEUS===
*Terminal Aide 0017
** TA - Terminal Aide 0017
===Misteln Schariac=== 
*Dreamweaver
** DW - DreamWeaver
** Hare - Her name in story
===Shigure Kira===
*Sugary Starburst 
** Kira - Shigure Kira
** SSb - Sugary Starburst
** SSt - Sugary Starburst
===Sirin=== 
*Miracle ☆ Magical Girl
** MMG - Miracle Magical Girl
===Senadina===
*Deepspace Anchor: First Light 
** FL - Deepspace Anchor: First Light
** DAFL - Deepspace Anchor: First Light
** DsA - Deepspace Anchor: First Light
===Helia===
*Valkyrie Boltstorm 
** VBs - Valkyrie Boltstorm
===Coralie=== 
*Valkyrie Blastmetal
** VBm - Valkyrie Blastmetal
===Thelema=== 
*Mad Pleasure: Shadowbringer 
** MPS - Mad Pleasure: Shadowbringer
==="Lantern"=== 
*Lone Destruction: Shadowchaser
** LD - Lone Destruction: Shadowchaser
** LDS - Lone Destruction: Shadowchaser
=== Songque ===
* Jovial Deception: Shadowdimmer
** JDS - Jovial Deception: Shadowdimmer
==ELFs/AstralOps==
*Jingwei's Wings 
** JWW - Jingwei's Wings (can also refer to Jingwei's Wings (Pistols))
** JW - Jingwei's Wings (can also refer to Jingwei's Wings (Pistols))
*Blood Embrace
** BE - Blood Embrace (can also refer to Blood Embrace (Cross))
*Tesla ZERO
** T0 - Tesla ZERO
*Water's Edge
** WE - Water's Edge
** Wedge - Water's Edge
*Blade Durandal
** BD - Blade Durandal (can also refer to Blood Dance)
*Project Bunny
** PB - Project Bunny
*Dreamseeker
** DS - Dreamseeker (can also refer to Danzai Spectramancer)
** Entropy - their default name that can be changed by the player
*Songque 
** SQ - Songque
==Weapons==
===Pistols === 
*DoGe - Domain of Genesis
*DoI - Domain of Incandescence
*DoV - Domain of the Void
*EoP - Echo of Paradise
*EoPri - Echo of Paradise: Time Ruins
*JWW or JW - Jingwei's Wings (can also refer to the Jingwei's Wings ELF)
*KoRa or KoR - Key of Radiance (KoR can sometimes refer to Key of Reason)
*KoV - Keys of the Void
*ToE or Twins - Twins of Eden
*XY pistols or XY guns - Xuanyuan Pistols
===Katana=== 
*7TR/7T - Seven Thunders of Retribution: Narukami (can sometimes refer to Seven Thunders of Retribution: Rumble)
*DoS - Domain of Sanction
*DoU - Domain of Unity
*KoC - Key of Castigation
*MagTy or Mag - MAG-Typhoon (Mag can sometimes refer to MagStorm)
===Cannon=== 
*Bri EX or Bri - Briareus EX (Bri can sometimes refer to Briareus PRI)
*CB19 - Crusher Bunny 19C
*DoR - Domain of Revelation
*EoC or Eye - Eye of the Collapse
*FF19 - Falcon Flare 0019
*FFF - Falcon Flare: FINAL
*KoR - Key of Reason (KoR can sometimes refer to Key of Radiance)
*SoE - Star of Eden or Star of Eden: World
*SoE:AE - Star of Eden: Anti-Entropy
===Greatsword=== 
*BD - Blood Dance
*DXY sword - Dark Xuanyuan Sword
*SB - Sleeping Beauty
*SL - Swan Lake
*Sleepri or Sleeper(s) - Sleeper's Dream
*Uwu - Might of An-Utu
*XY sword - Xuanyuan Sword
===Cross === 
*BE - Blood Embrace (can also refer to the Blood Embrace ELF)
*Hekate - Hekate's Gloom
*Leit or 11th- 11th Leitourgia
*PoS - Pledge of Sakura
*Sombrero - Hekate's Sombre
*SoS - Salvation of Sakura
===Gauntlets===
*Brick - Infinite Intimidator if 81+ expected to be Incredibly Infinite Intimidator
*DoSe or Senpri - Domain of Sentience
*FFD - Final Form: Destiny
*FHD - Fenghuang Down
*GTX - Grips of Tai Xuan
*KoO - Keys of Oblivion
*MKP or Kissy - Miracle Kissy Pillow
*ND, Nebs, or Neb - Nebulous Duality
*Neb PRI or Cosmic - Cosmic Duality
*Night Candle - Nocturnal Stealth
*Pandora - Pandora's Box 18th
*Skoll or Wolves - Skoll and Hati
===Scythe === 
*Harvest or Harvestpri - Life Harvester's Song (may also refer to Life Harvester's Path: Shared Destiny)
*Iris - Iris of the Dreams or Iris of Helheim (determined by player level, 81+ expected to have PRI)
*PtA - Path to Acheron
*PtAK or PtA:K - Path to Acheron: Kindred
*Skadi - Skadi Ondurgud
*Thrymheim or Skadipri - Skadi of Thrymheim
===Lance === 
*AF - Abyss Flower
*Sagi - Sagittarius Astra
=== Bow=== 
*CF - Cerulean Flare
*CoC - Call of Crescent
*DoE - Domain of Ego: Flawless Return
*MW - Mitternachts Waltz
*Whisper or Whispri - Whisper of the Past: Sonnet (Whisper may also refer to Whisper of the Past)
===Chakram === 
*Purpri - Purana Phantasma: Nighteye
*Rudder - Rudder in Dream (may also refer to Rudder in Dream Λ-I)
*Gilded - Gilded Librae
*Glaze - Twirling Glaze (may also refer to Twirling Glaze: Lustrous Bloom)
===Javelin=== 
*Prophet - Prophetic Dreams
==Stigmata== 
*Alex - Alexandra
*Avo or Avocado - Avogadro
*Balloon - Summer Day
*Beet - Beethoven
*BiankaT - Bianka: Theatre
*Candy or Gluttony or Glut - Theresa - Gluttony
*Cat or Schro - Schrodinger
*Children - Children (Can sometimes refer to Columbus since they're interchangeable)
*Cleo - Cleopatra
*CNY or Fireworks - New Year
*DXY - Dark Jixuanyuan
*Drac - Dracula
*Ely - Elysia
*FHM or Musician - Fu Hua Musician
*Homeless - Holmes
*Hymn - Kallen - Hymn
*Higo - Higokumaru
*JST - Jin Shengtan
*Lee or LWH - Leeuwenhoek
*Liu Qi - Willows
*LJ - Little Joys
*Margrave or Marg - Fu Hua: Margrave
*Mich - Michelangelo
*Newt - Isaac Newton (B)
*Origins or TeriO - Theresa: Origins
*Overtime or OT - Susannah: Overtime
*Paga - Paganini
*PPM or Mei M - Mei: Beach Party (M) (set is called Pool Party in Japanese, PPM = Pool Party M)
*SBand - Schrodinger Band
*ShakeA - Shakespeare: Adrift
*Sima or Shui - Shuijing
*SirinA or SAsc - Sirin: Ascendant
*SSwords or Shattered - Shattered Swords
*TBand - Tesla Band
*Turg - Turgenev
===Event Stigmata=== 
*BoL - Bringer of Light 
**BL1 - first set of stigmata from set, fire set
**BL2 - first set of stigmata from set, ice set
*EP - Elysian Paragon - lightning set
*RB - Rebel's Blades
**RB1 - first set of stigmata from set, lightning set
**RB2 - second set of stigmata from set, physical set
==Astral Ring Specializations==
*RoO - Rite of Oblivion
*WoD - Wheel of Destiny
*WS - World Star
==Enemies==
*AK or AKA - Argent Knight: Artemis
*Benny or Bella - Benares
*BK or BKE - Bright Knight: Excelsis
*Clock, Clockwork, or Clock boi - Husk - Nihilius
*DXY or Horse - Dark Jixuanyuan
*FGO - False God Otto
*GK or HoV - Herrscher of the Void
*Heph - Hephaestus
*Higo or Fox - Hellmaru
*HoI - Herrscher of Ice
*Ice pig or Parv - Parvati
*Kelp - Flame-Chaser: Kalpas
*Lobster, Tony, or Tona - Tonatiuh
*Pig - Ganesha
*Rime - Herrscher of the Rimestar
*SK - Shadow Knight
*Tank - MHT-3 Pax
*Wolf - Dominator of Wolves
== Other == 
*4/4 - refers to a Valkyrie with their best in slot weapon and stigmata (12/12 refers to 3 valkyries who are 4/4, 13/13 refers to adding an ELF or an AstralOp that is the best for that team)
*AR - Astral Ring (sometimes incorrectly used instead of Stellar Outburst)
*ARI - Astral Ring Intensity (Astral Ring charge)
*ATF - Absolute Time Fracture (triggered by Herrscher of Finality's hold evade)
*A button - ATK button
*B button - ULT button
*AL - Ancient Legacy
*AW - Ancient Willpower
*BiS - Best In Slot (used to describe if a stigma or weapon is the best option)
*ER - Elysian Realm
*GMN, GPN or GlutMeiNewt - Theresa: Gluttony (T), Mei: Beach Party (M), Newton (B) combination set
*HotT - Hot on the Trail
*JML - Jingwei (T), Marco (M), Lier (B) combination set
*LoW - Land of Wishes
*MA - Memorial Arena
*MoI - Moment of Indulgence (Mad Pleasure: Shadowbringer's attack that can be performed when her bar is full)
*NCC - Normal Crystal Core
*OW - Open World
*PtG - Path to Greatness
*RL - Redlotus (Abyss skill division)
*SD-type or SD - Stardust-type battlesuit or enemy (can also refer to Shadow Dash)
*SO - Stellar Outburst
*TMB - Top, Middle, Bottom pieces of a stigmata set; position for a stigma
*TF - Time Fracture
*TFD - Time-frozen Domain (also referred to as "time stop")
*TDM - Total Damage Multiplier
*TDT - Total Damage Taken
*TSC - Twin Soul Crystal
*TSP - Time Swirl Pass
*TSW - Twin Sakura Will
*UE - Ultimate Evasion
*WT - War Treasury (a shop that can be found in "Activity Shop" category in game)
*Dkey - Divine Key
==Notes==
==References==
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