Game Terms

Here are some terms and abbreviations that you may encounter in the game of Witch Arcana, specifically in the in-game chats.

Abbreviations
ATA = the game developers of Witch Arcana, A Thinking Ape Entertainment Ltd.

DCC = Daily Club Contest. A contest that resets daily and counts points from every club member.

GH = Great Hall. The central building on campus.

IAP = in app purchase. Anything that is bought with real money.

OC = "over capacity". Capacity is the amount of resources (food, wood and gold) you can protect. Anything that is over this capacity can be stolen by another player if/when you get attacked. You can raise your capacity by upgrading your Great Hall, building and upgrading Treasuries, and researching "Treasury Reinforcement" in the Resource Gathering category. This research only boosts the capacity for gold.

RC = realm chat. At the bottom of the game screen, you can access the chats. There is the realm chat, and - if you are member of a club - a club chat.

RSS / rss = resources (gold, wood, food)

WA = Witch Arcana

Club Terms
Clubs in Witch Arcana are hierarchical, and the hierarchies can sometimes be referred to as "ranks", abbreviated further with "R".

Club leadership = R5 and R4

R5 = the club president; this is the person who created the club. May also be referred to as "Club Leader".

R4 = the vice president/s; these are appointed by the club president.

R3 = secretary. Members in this role can see other club members on the map.

R4 = treasurer. Members in this role can see other club members on the map.

R5 = members without an assigned role. These members can NOT see other members on the map, so have to ask for locations for RSS sharing and similar.

Witch Arcana Slang
Pug scout = Attacking another player without scouting in order to check for RSS or defense

Rally = a club march to hit a single target; rallies can also be executed by a single player, which makes sense sometimes as it allows for bigger marches.

Nodes = the resource gathering points on the map

Node knocking = hitting another player off a node; by sending a march to a node where either another player is already gathering or is also marching towards, an attack will automatically initiated once the second player reaches the node. The stronger player will take the node. (Node knocking might be frowned upon in your realm.)

Sniping = some PvE targets on the map require multiple hits. Destroying gives the most points, and "sniping" refers to taking the kill shot from the person or club who has done majority damage. (Sniping might be frowned upon in your realm.)

Stripping = intentionally buying someone's allies to destroy gold or weaken defense. Allies give bonus to defense, so obviously buying someone's allies off of them reduces their defense and makes them easier to attack. At the same time, buying someone's allies also gives that person ally gold. As long as ally gold is not collected, it can be destroyed in an attack. This is not easy to do, as there is no easy way to see someone's allies. (Stripping might be frowned upon in your realm.)

Swarm = multiple marches from multiple accounts on one target Different from a rally, which is a single march that might have multiple players participating.

Volleying = buying an ally back and forth with the intention of raising price for gold or safeguarding You may find people in RC asking for others to "volley" them. This is because being volleyed gets the person being volleyed essentially gold for no effort.

Zeroing = attacking another player over and over until they have all troops except the garrison cap injured or killed.