Search Guide
Quick Search:
Type a keyword into the "Library quick search" bar located in the header of any page in the Library and hit Enter. This will bring you to a page that shows each area of the Library where you can find more information on that topic. Pages are listed from top to bottom, with the top result being the page with the most references related to that topic. Click on any one of those pages and then dig deeper...
Digging Deeper:
To search an area of the Library for each reference that has been labeled with a certain keyword, start at the top of that page and do the following:
Windows: Hold down “Ctrl” then press “F”
Mac: Hold down “Command” then press “F”
iOS: Tap then tap “Find on Page”
Android: Tapthen tap “Find in page”
- Type the keyword(s) or part of the keyword you want to search for into the search bar.
- This search tool will only show exact matches of what you enter, so shorter entries produce more results. (Ex: Searching for "craft" will produce many more results than "crafting system.")
- You can enter anything into the search bar, but at the bottom of this Search Guide is a non-comprehensive list of keywords you can search for to find more information on common topics in all areas of the Library, except the Patch Notes and Alpha Tracker.
- Click on ᐱ and ᐯ to skip through each result.
- Click on any blue underlined heading or subheading to open that reference in a new tab. Remember to always check the date noted to see how recent the information is.
- Want to share your newfound information with someone? Right-click on any blue underlined hyperlink and click "Copy link address," then paste wherever you want to share!
A NOTE FROM THE CURATORS
The Library of Pantheon strives for exhaustive cataloging, but if a quote doesn’t appear in your search results, that does not necessarily mean it doesn’t exist. Try searching for a different term or browse manually to find more info.
Always remember the importance of context -- to fully understand a clip or article, you may need to understand other references first.
Also, keep in mind that our archives are still expanding and do not yet include quotes from forums, live chat channels, social media, etc. If you have any suggestions or corrections to improve the Library’s archives, please contact us.
Curator’s Tips:
- New to Pantheon? Search for "Pantheon overview" in the Great Hall to jump to the references where the developers have described what Pantheon is overall.
- Keep an eye out for Curator's Choice badges ( ) throughout the Library which denote references that the curators have deemed particularly important or informative. You can click on any one of them to view the full list of Curator's Choices in the Curator Collection.
- Found a video but still can’t find what you’re looking for? Click on the “···” below the lower right-hand corner of any non-mobile YouTube video player and click on “Open Transcript” (if available). You can then press Ctrl+F (or Command+F on Mac) to search that transcript for a word or phrase.
- Prefer to read instead of watch a video? Simply search for "written" in the Great Hall to jump to all of the written articles submitted by community members that summarize certain videos. Keep in mind that these often include unofficial paraphrases rather than direct developer quotes.
Additional tags can be found in square brackets next to some references in the Library to provide a brief summary of topics that source covers, but are not included in the title. Example:
Year-Month Day: Heading heading heading heading heading <<Reference Type>> [tag, tag, tag]
You can always search for races and classes by name, as well as Visionary Realms developers (current and former) by first and last name as shown on their team page. Remember to type keywords into the search bar exactly as listed below (without the parentheses) for best results. For example, "explor" is not a typo. Because the search tool only finds exact matches, typing "explor" will produce results for "exploration," "exploring," "explorer," etc. We recommend keeping this open in a separate tab to reference as you explore the Library:
Characters
Abilities (spells and abilities in general)
Ability
Active (activated abilities)
Attribute (stats)
Buff
Cast (casters, casting spells, etc.)
Character Creation
Class
Combination (race class combinations)
Healer (healers, healing, etc.)
Identity (race and class individuality)
Loadouts (saved ability or gear sets, quick swap, etc.)
Character model
Passive (passive abilities)
Pets
Race
Racial (racial passives, actives, identity, etc.)
Regen (resource regeneration)
Resource (HP, mana, endurance, etc.)
Role
Skill
Specialization
Starting area
Combat
Aggro
Combat
Condition (synergistic statuses - Drenched, Windswept, etc.)
Consumable
Crowd control
DPS
Encounter
Hotbar
Limited Ability Set
Pacing (time-to-kill, action vs. strategy, etc.)
Positional
Pulling
PvP
Raid
Ranged
Tank
Targeting
Telegraph (warnings for certain NPC abilities)
Zerging (making content trivial by swarming with many players)
Community
Guild
Guide
GM (game masters, events, etc.)
Griefing
Matchmaking (group finding tools)
Mentor
Multiboxing
Onboarding (new player experience, tutorial, etc.)
Play nice policy
Policing (players enforcing social rules)
Population (player population in zones, servers, etc.)
Roleplaying
Solo
Streamer (streamer program)
Target audience
Crafting
Craft (crafting, crafted, etc.)
Harvesting (gathering)
Ingredient
Node
Profession
Development
Alpha 1
Artist
Asset (art assets)
Beta
Client (datamining and how info is sent from the server)
Communication
Concept (concept art)
Content (in-game content)
Demo (demonstrating a specific in-game system or feature)
Design
Develop (development, developer, developing, etc.)
Evaluation Build
Fund (funds, funding, funded, crowdfunding, etc.)
Gaia (world building tool)
Graybox
HDRP (high definition render pipeline)
Implement (adding features, systems, art, etc. into the game)
Investor
Kickstarter
Launch
Network
Outsourcing
Placeholder
Pledge
Pre-Alpha
Programming
Project Faerthale
Publisher
Quality Assurance
Release (releasing information)
Reveal
Team (dev team size, growth, work, etc.)
Test
Timeline
Unity engine
Visionary Realms
World building
Economy
Auction
Bound (bind on equip, bind on acquire, etc.)
Currency
Dumpster diving (buying items from vendors that other players sold)
Economy
Vendor (merchants)
Itemization
Appearance
Armor
Attribute (stats)
Bound (bind on equip, bind on acquire, etc.)
Cosmetic (vanity skins, transmog, etc.)
Durability
Gear
Iconic (item identity, recognizability, desirability)
Item
Loot
Restrictions (minimum level, race/class combinations, etc.)
Situational
Twinking (giving powerful higher level items to lower level players)
NPCs
Aggro
Ambient
Boss
Camp (camps, camping, etc.)
Chase Range (leashing, trains, etc.)
Consider
Disposition
Encounter
Faction
Manifestation (dispositions for bosses)
NPC
NPC AI
Spawn
Telegraph
Trait
Progression
Acquisition (acquiring abilities, mastery points, etc.)
Attribute (stats)
Delevel
Endgame
Epic
Experience
Gated
Grind
Level
Mastery
Progression (vertical & horizontal progression)
Rank (ability ranks)
Skill
World
Atmosphere (later renamed to “Fractures”)
Boat
Climate (extreme climates and acclimation)
Day/night
Environment
Explor (explore, exploring, exploration, etc.)
Instanc (instances, instanced, instancing, etc.)
Map
Scale (size of environments in relation to the player)
Seamless
Starting area (home cities for each race)
Terminus
Terrain
Travel
Underwater
Vista (looking out over large areas of the world)
World
Zone
Other
Audio
Climbing
Codex (spellbook)
Compatibility (console/gamepad support)
Corpse (corpse runs)
Death
Deit (deity, deities, etc.)
Downtime (time in between encounters)
Handholding
Housing
Immersion
Infamy (system to mitigate content monopolization)
Kill credit (MDD vs. FTE, etc.)
Limited playtime (options for players who can only play a few hours)
Lore
Macro (text command macros)
Merch
Mobile (companion apps, phone compatibility, etc.)
Monopolization (spawn camping bosses, bottlenecks, etc.)
Mounts
Perception
Quest
Revenue (subscription model, cash shop, etc.)
Server
System Requirements
User Interface
Customization (User Interface skins, add-ons, etc.)
Website