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trash mob

trash mob

6.6
A group of weak enemies in a game that are easy to defeat
  • noun
  • /træʃ mɑb/
  • Jargon
translation icon : oleada de enemigos débiles
  • Before the boss fight, we had to clear a dozen weak trash mobs spawning from the room.

Examples

  • The raid leader told everyone to ignore the trash mob and focus on the patrol in the courtyard.

  • Grinding experience, she killed several trash mobs near the village until she reached level twenty.

  • I just defeated a trash mob in the game.

  • The trash mobs in this level are too easy.

  • In the dungeon, we encountered a trash mob that was easily defeated by the team.

  • The players quickly eliminated the trash mobs before moving on to the main boss.

  • My character leveled up by farming trash mobs near the starting area of the game.

Synonyms

mook
vstrash mob
  • Offensive
3 9.9

A weak enemy you fight in large numbers in a game

refers to a group or wave of such weak enemies rather than one

Antonyms

elite
258 4.7

A small group of the most powerful or rich people in a society

ultimate boss
  • Jargon
7.0

The final, most difficult enemy you must beat in a game

How Tough

elite
241 4.5
minion
  • Offensive
88 6.3
fodder
  • Offensive
17 7.2
trash mob
  • Jargon
6.6

Surface Forms

trash mob singular
trash mobs plural

Morphology

trash + mob

The constituents 'trash' (worthless) + 'mob' (group) transparently yield the sense of a low-value or unimportant group, so a learner could infer that meaning. However, the specific gaming sense — a wave of weak, low-level enemies — and the noun use of 'mob' for game enemies are domain-specific and not fully predictable from the parts alone, so the expression is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Trash mob in video games borrows the same picture: a mob made of trash enemies that are easy to kill. That's why it means a group of 'weak enemies' you clear out before the main fight.