Abbreviations are used in chat to shorten text for easier reading. You will often find this useful for chat in-game or discord.
- General
- RoC - Rise of Cultures
- AM1 - Game Server 1: Americas & Asia
- AM2 - Game Server 2: Americas & Asia
- EU1 - Game Server 1: Europe
- EU2 - Game Server 2: Europe
- RP - Research Point
- BP - Blueprint
- PF - Pirate Fortress
- AC - Alliance City
- Eras
- SA - Stone Age
- BA - Bronze Age
- ME - Minoan Era
- CG - Classic Greece
- ER - Early Rome
- RE - Roman Empire
- Byz - Byzantine Era
- AoF - Age of the Franks
- FA - Feudal Age
- IE - Iberian Era
- KoS - Kingdom of Sicily
- HM / HMA - High Middle Ages
- Wonders
- WW - World Wonders
- AW - [Category] Wonders of the Ancient World
- GE - [Category] Wonders of the Great Empires
- SH - Stonehenge
- HG - Hanging Gardens
- SoZ / Zeus - Statue of Zeus
- ToA - Temple of Artemis
- ToM - Tomb of Mausolus
- Cheops - Cheops Pyramid
- GS / Sphinx - Great Sphinx
- AS / Abu - Abu Simbel
- LoA - Lighthouse of Alexandria
- CoR - Colossus of Rhodes
- HS - Hagia Sofia
- Col - Colosseum
- PoA / Aachen - Palace of Aachen
- SF - Sherwood Forest
- TA / Terra - Terracotta Army
- FC - Forbidden City
- GW - Great Wall
- Sayil - Sayil Palace
- Carcassonne - Cité de Carcassonne
- Ygg - Yggdrasil
- Val - Valhalla
- Dragonship - Dragonship Ellida
- Battle
- ATH / TH - Alliance Treasure Hunt
- Inf - Infantry
- Archers / Ranged - Ranged
- Cav - Cavalry
- HI - Heavy Infantry
- IG - Imperial Guard (Palace of Aachen units)
- Commanders
- Minos - King Minos
- Leo - Leonidas
- Alex - Alexander
- Queen X - Queen Xochitl
- Idia - Queen Idia
- Qin - Emperor Qin
- Vlad / Dracula - Vlad Dracula
- Ragnar - Ragnar Lodbrok