Adds

What is adds short for in MMORPG games?

Additional mobs

Adds are the pesky additional mobs that make your MMORPG adventures more exciting and challenging. Triggered often unintentionally, these mobs join the main battle, increasing chaos and danger for you and your party. When you are fighting a boss in World of Warcraft (WoW) and suddenly a bunch of trolls show up to crash the party, you are dealing with adds.

In video games, particularly MMORPGs, adds can complicate strategies and test group coordination, turning a simple raid into a hectic battlefield. Players need to act quickly to manage these extra threats, often assigning specific roles or strategies to control or eliminate them before they overwhelm the group.

Example

adds incoming!
ahhh! who pulled them this time!?
WoW gamer encountering adds
WoW gamer encountering adds

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Updated May 6, 2026

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