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Ratting: killing of NPCsin MMORPGsfor loot. Rats are the common first enemy in many RPGs and have become synonymous with easy kills for in-game gold or rewards. Therefore, rats are any NPC character or enemy that is to be killed simply for loot.

Any spawning non-player characters NPC that exist in massively multiplayer games MMORPGfor the human player to kill. Generally low ranking baddies who are quite easy to kill. Take off on the classic first enemy of so many role playing games RPG, the (nearly) harmless sewer rat.

The act of killing rats.

Rat: NPC character in a MMORPG videogame. Since rats are a common first enemy in many RPGs the term can now apply to any NPC to be hunted or fought strictly for the in-game experience points or loot.