Player versus environment

PvE, player vs environment (also known as player versus monster, or PvM in some communities), is a term used in online games, particularly MMORPGs, CORPGs, MUDs, and other online role-playing video games, to refer to fighting computer-controlled enemies[1]—in contrast to PvP (player versus player).[2]

"PvE" and "PvM" redirect here. For other uses, see PVE (disambiguation) and PVM (disambiguation).

Usually a PvE mode can be played alone, with human companions or with AI companions. The PvE mode may contain a storyline that is narrated as the player progresses through missions. It may also contain missions that may be done in any order.

Examples

Guild Wars narrates its story by displaying in-game cut scenes and dialogue with non-playable characters (NPCs). To enhance replayability, missions can often be completed many times. Characters playing in this mode are often protected against being killed by other players and/or having their possessions stolen. An example of a game where this is not the case is Eve Online, where players can be, and often are, ambushed by other human players player versus player while attempting to complete a quest. Some games, such as World of Warcraft, offer the player the choice of participating in open-world PvP combat or doing quests without PvP interruption through use of specialty servers and temporary player flags.

gollark: You could try calculating digits of tau, the cool and underappreciated circle constant.
gollark: Maybe try computing comparatively small things, like the... millionth Fibonacci number? Or try and find a different way to do this. Maths seems to have lots of those.
gollark: That's probably quite a big number, then.
gollark: I... see.
gollark: Maybe you could try and store the numbers on disk somehow. Or reevaluate whatever you're doing which somehow involves multiplying numbers that big.

See also

References
  1. Bartle, Richard (2003). Designing Virtual Worlds. New Riders. p. 406. ISBN 0-13-101816-7. Player versus Environment (PvE). Players are opposed by the environment—that is, the virtual world. In a combat situation, this means player characters (PCs) fight monsters.
  2. "PvP and PvE in MMO Games – What's the Difference?". plarium.com. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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