Large Number Abbreviations

Large numbers are represented in Crusaders by adding a suffix in a similar way that computer memory is measured, the difference is that computer memory works in multiples of 1024 bytes to make 1 kilobyte; 1024 kilobytes to make 1 megabyte and so on.

Crusaders of the Lost Idols uses pure multipliers of 1000. So 1000 DPS is the same as 1K DPS; 1000K gold is the same as 1M gold; etc.

In the table below, the value is represented as a power of 10—that means that the raised number after the 10 is the number of zeroes after the one in the fully written out number. The names given are the US, Canada and accepted modern British names based upon the short scale system of names for each new multiple of a thousand (10³), for other naming systems such as the traditional British long scale, where names are given for each new multiple of a million (10⁶), see the Wikipedia article on names of large numbers.

These are the values that the game is currently using, however, as it is still in beta, this could change. It is increasingly unlikely to change as the years go by.

Abbreviation	Name	Value	Equivalent
K	Thousand (Kilo)	103	1000
M	Million	106	1000K
B	Billion	109	1000M
t	trillion	1012	1000B
q	quadrillion	1015	1000t
Q	Quintillion	1018	1000q
s	sextillion	1021	1000Q
S	Septillion	1024	1000s
o	octillion	1027	1000S
n	nonillion	1030	1000o
d	decillion	1033	1000n
U	Undecillion	1036	1000d
D	duodecillion	1039	1000U
T	Tredecillion	1042	1000D
Qt	quattuordecillion	1045	1000T
Qd	Quinquadecillion	1048	1000Qt
Sd	Sexdecillion	1051	1000Qd
St	Septendecillion	1054	1000Sd
O	Octodecillion	1057	1000St
N	Novendecillion	1060	1000O
v	vigintillion	1063	1000N
c	unvigintillion	1066	1000v

Once any value has gone beyond 999c the game automatically switches into scientific notation.

Scientific, or Engineering, Notation

This is often observed on calculators and in spreadsheets, when a number starts to get longer than around eight digits. Looking at a couple of simple examples first will help to understand:

Standard decimal notation	Scientific notation
42	42 × 100
	4.2 × 101
	0.42 × 102
	0.042 × 103
1234	1.234 × 103
9876543210	9.876543210 × 109

Scientific notation allows for any value of exponent to be used, whereas engineering notion (as used by Crusaders) only uses multiples of three. Now, when displayed in the game the × 10 part gets replaced by the letter e (for exponent) and the actual exponent value is shown normally (not as a superscript), so the above table values, if they were being shown in the game, would be shown as:

Standard decimal notation	Scientific notation
42	0.042e3
1234	1.234e3
9876543210	9.876543210e9

In the game options, it is possible to select constant display of scientific notation, this switches off the use of the abbreviations listed on the page here.