The temperature’s rising and Arborea’s inhabitants are making the most of the warm weather to have parties on the beach and pay homage to the sun god Balder. It would be an idyllic summer – if there weren’t vampires about! Those beastly bloodsuckers are celebrating the Carnival of Blood to dim the light of the sun. Put a stop to their plans and participate in some great summer activities from Thursday, 12th July until Tuesday, 28th August 2018!
Various quests will reward you with special tokens that you can redeem for the following items:
• Swimwear and weapon skins from the years 2015 to 2018 • Various hair decorations and back ornaments • Rings, earrings, necklaces and equipment • Enchanting materials up to Veilthroch • Shape changers • Water bombs • Strengthening foods
The Dreadspire returns – more challenging, more unnerving and harder than ever before! The cult dungeon opens its doors with Patch 71, which hits our servers on 12th July. To make things really exciting, there are additional events and rewards for you on our servers.
First Party to Beat Floor 5
As you know, competition is good for business – who will complete the new challenge fastest? The first party on each server to successfully complete the 5th floor of the Dreadspire will receive an extra reward!
Period: 10:00 AM on 12th July until 10:00 AM on 24th July
Boss: Kelsaik’s Shade, 5th floor
Reward: a new underwear set of your choice
Details:
Each party member will receive a token to exchange for underwear
A maximum of one party per server will receive the reward
Favor of the Goddess
For our region of Europe, as with other difficult instances, we’re adding an additional buff for the Dreadspire. During the first days you will receive the Favor of the Goddess, and the even stronger Illuminating Favor of the Goddess later on. This will allow you to first try out the normal balancing before the difficulty of the dungeon is adjusted to our region with the stronger buff.
Favor of the Goddess
Period: 10:00 AM on 12th July until 10:00 AM on 19th July
Effect: +23 power and +23 endurance
Illuminating Favor of the Goddess I
Period: From 10:00 AM on 19th July (no fixed end date)
The clock is ticking – are you ready for the ultimate race against time? From Thursday, 12th July, patch 71 challenges you with two additional instances and legendary Guardian Legion missions! There’s also the Festival of the Sun and many more events.
Dreadspire: All New!
This challenge really packs a punch: Fight your way through 10 floors full of brutal bosses in the new version of the Dreadspire. The time pressure is immense and the fight to survive becomes more merciless with every floor. Only the very strongest can prove themselves under these conditions!
For 5-player groups
1 daily entry, 2 for club members
Shown in the ranking
Failures and Entries
If you fail a dungeon attempt, you will have to reset the instance and start from the beginning (as a TERA Club member you have 2 daily entries).
A dungeon attempt will be deemed a failure and thus over if one of the following occurs:
Your party has no survivors left (“wipe”)
You do not manage to kill a boss within 10 minutes
You fail an important boss mechanic
Ranking
Your rank is made up of the total time required and the floor you were able to complete successfully.
So, if you defeat the first boss in 5 minutes and the second one in 8 minutes, your rank will say “Boss 2 defeated, 13 minutes in total”
Loot
The new Dreadspire rewards keen adventurers with various items – including the Helmet and Armor of Illusion, the exclusive new costume set! On each floor you’ll also have the chance to obtain various items.
Note: In addition to the listed rewards, there will also be regional loot. We’ll also fortify you with regional buffs for this special challenge. You’ll receive the details in a separate announcement.
Floor 1 to 4 – chance to get the following items:
Helmet of Illusion (7 Days)
Floor 5 – chance to get the following items:
Helmet of Illusion (Permanent)
Precisely Carved Adornment
Blood-stained Metal
Otherworldly Shard
Enlightenment Powder
Mystic Potion
Veilthroch
22,500 Gold
Floor 6 to 9 – chance to get the following items:
Armor of Illusion (7 Days)
Floor 10 – chance to get the following items:
Armor of Illusion (Permanent)
Precisely Carved Adornment
Blood-stained Metal
Otherworldly Shard
Enlightenment Powder
2x Veilthroch
22,500 Gold
Manglemire
Another familiar dungeon is returning! Will you see through Manglemore’s lies again and emerge victorious from the battle?
For 5-player groups
Difficulty: 4 stars
Required item level: 439
1 daily entry, 2 for club members
Rankings and Titles
In addition to the rankings for battlegrounds, rankings for dungeons were introduced in patch 69. Patch 71 is adding the Dreadspire to the rankings along with special new titles as rewards. The titles are awarded to the 3 best players of a battleground or dungeon and are kept for 28 days – an entire season.
1st place in PvP (completely highlighted with red flames):
2nd and 3rd place in PvP (half-highlighted with red flames):
Champions' Skyring: Fighting Spirit Guardian
Fraywind Canyon: Honor Guardian
Corsairs' Stronghold: Artillery Guardian
1st place in PvE (completely highlighted with blue flames):
Antaroth’s Abyss (Hard): Abyss Guardian
Pit of Petrax: Vault Trainer
Dreadspire: Illusion Slayer
2nd and 3rd place in PvE (half-highlighted with blue flames):
Antaroth’s Abyss (Hard): Stared into the Abyss
Pit of Petrax: Vault Assistant
Dreadspire: Illusion Killer
Note: With the release of patch 71, all existing rankings will be reset!
Arborea Guardian Mission
Grasping Claws of Vengeance A new type of Guardian Mission has been added – a legendary battle against Est and Ost, and then a confrontation with Magnuut. Join the mission in Velika!
Changes to Existing Missions
Adjusted various texts
Various improvements to the presentation of rewards
Adjusted Hurricane damage
Adjusted the HP of various monsters
Adjusted the scaling of damage for various classes
Other Changes
Adjusted guild change: Once a player leaves a guild, there is a cooldown of 2 days until they can join another guild.
Added extra NPCs to Stepstone Isle
New underwear was added to the laundry basket. The following new stats are possible:
Increases critical hit factor by 28.
Increases power by 14.
Increases endurance by 14.
Restores 210 MP every 5 seconds.
Increases maximum HP by 11%.
Removal of Dreamer's Tokens from all inventory spaces
Want a peek at what awaits you for the upcoming patch? Or want to see the new Underwear in action again? Then join our team this Thursday (July 5th) at 06.00 PM CEST for a special Live Stream!
Atmorph (Game Designer) and Baldrov (Quality Assurance Specialist) will go through the various costumes and items, as well as give an overview of what’s to be expected. Additionally, Languste (Quality Assurance Specialist) with a team of testers will show off a dungeon run from the upcoming Patch 71!
And of course, we’ll have various free item codes prepared for you to submit!
Here is the rough content of the Live stream:
Show off: Swimsuits 2018 & New Underwear
Show off: Patch 71: Dreadspire Floor 1~5
Show off: Patch 71: New Guardian Missions & Summer Festival
Are you ready for the new Champion Challenges? From Tuesday,3rd July (10:00 CET) until Thursday, 12th July (10:00 CET) you can look forward to new dungeon challenges for reaping rewards.
Event details: Mastering a challenge requires you to successfully complete dungeons during the event. You can view your current challenges by clicking on the little Elin button while the event is active. Each time you defeat the final boss of the dungeon, you will make some progress in the respective challenge.
Ravenous Gorge - Clear the Ravenous Gorge 15 times and get the following rewards:
Cat Whiskers
A random chance to get:
Shape Changer: Shrink (1day)
Shape Changer: Grow (1 day)
Shape Changer: Big head (1 day)
Ruinous Manor (NM) - Clear the Ruinous Manor 6 times and get the following rewards:
50x Goldfinger Token
A random chance to get:
4x Dyad Niveot Structure
2x Smart Dyad Niveot Structure
Thaumetal Refinery (NM) - Clear the Thaumetal Refinery (NM) 12 times and get the following rewards:
Would you like to start again from scratch? Then seize the opportunity and level up as much as you can!
You'll receive special rewards from the League of Levelers each time you level up a character from Thursday, 7th June until Monday, 2nd July 2018 (08:00 am CEST). This mysterious society has an eye on promising heroes and will send you a variety of great items for each milestone in your ascent.
You can look forward to receiving your reward via the "Ingame Mail" already at level 10: the Adventurer's Equipment Box. Open it at level 65 to receive a complete Twistshard set and jewelry!
Note: Reapers will get the box as well this time, but only when reaching level 64.
Further highlights are also in store:
Reach level 2
100% XP Boost (1 day)
Smart Box: Argon Hunter's Armor (7 Days)
Smart Box: Manaya's Weapon Skin (7 Days)
Reach level 10
Wings of the Adamantine Queen (7 Days)
Argent Fellhorn Helm (7 Days)
Adventurer's Equipment Box
Village Atlas (7 days)
Reach level 20
15x Valiant Potion
Flying Skill: Abyssal Wyvern (7 Days)
Travel Journal (7 days)
1500 Fashion Coupon
Reach level 35
5x Strong Bravery Potion
5x Tempestuous Savage Draught
25x Valiant Potion
Care And Use Of Your Pet Dragonette (30 Days)
Reach level 50
25x Valiant Potion
5x Strong Bravery Potion
5x Tempestuous Savage Draught
100% XP Boost (1 Day)
Reach level 60
500x Fashion Coupon
Emerald (1.000 Gold)
2x Veteran Complete Crystalbind
15x Valiant Potion
Reach level 65
Glowing Noble Black Satin Underwear (Gold, 7 Days, Non-Tradeable, MP-Reg)
10x Strong Bravery Potion
10x Tempestuous Savage Draught
20x Metamorphic Emblem Chest
Don't forget to open your Equipment Box from level 10!
Additional information:
During this event, new characters can get the mentioned rewards but keep in mind it’s only once per class per server.
Level Rewards are send via "Ingame Mail" only
The Adventurer's Equipment Box (not tradable and not bankable) must be used/opened before the end of the event (afterwards, those event items will be deleted).
From June 7th, patch 69 is bringing with it additional instances, a new battleground, and more powerful gear!
But that’s not all, of course: we’re opening one additional server each for English and German speakers. This gives you the opportunity to start your career as a hero again from scratch and to take the new world by storm!
New Dungeons
Antaroth’s Abyss will be available in normal and hard modes. Guild quests have also been added for these dungeons.
Antaroth’s Abyss:
For 5-player groups
Difficulty: 4 stars
Required item level: 446
1 daily entry, 2 for club members
Antaroth’s Abyss (Hard):
For 5-player groups
Difficulty: 5 stars
Required item level: 453
1 daily entry, 2 for club members
Extra Rankings
Like for battlegrounds, with patch 69 there are now also rankings for two instances:
Antaroth’s Abyss (Hard):
Pit of Petrax
Here you’ll be able to view the rankings for the fastest completions in each 4-week season, filtered by class.
From patch 71 (planned for July), they will also be joined by the new Dreadspire!
Battleground Changes
Underground Battlepit
The Underground Battlepit is new patch 69 and replaces the Gridiron.
Here are a few details on this new battleground:
Opening times: Saturdays and Sundays between 8 PM and 10 PM
Minimum level: 65
Number of players: 10v10
Reward: depends on the rank achieved
The 10 best players in the battleground will receive between 5 and 9 rewards chests.
Rewards are issued independent of your own party and are only dependent on your own rank.
At least 300 points need to be scored to receive a reward.
Players in each party are anonymous. This means that the name of your character is not visible to other players:
Players receive names such as “Red 01” or “Blue 10”.
All players receive identical-looking equipment.
Your name is also anonymized in the battleground’s rankings.
Kumas Royale
The voting process for expelling a player from the party has been adjusted. In the future for the vote to pass, 80% of the players must vote “Yes”.
The number of rewards for lost rounds has been increased from 1 to 3 rewards chests.
Corsairs’ Stronghold
Reduced the cooldown for the Corsairs’ Stronghold to 10 minutes
Are you ready for the Revolution? Patch 68 hits our servers on 15th May. Look forward to exciting challenges in a new dungeon, a brand-new equipment slot, and mysterious events on the Island of Dawn!
New Dungeons The Red Refuge opens its doors in normal and hard mode.
Red Refuge:
For 5-player groups
Difficulty: 3 stars
Required item level: 439
1 daily entry, 2 for club members
Red Refuge (Hard):
For 5-player groups
Difficulty: 4 stars
Required item level: 446
1 daily entry, 2 for club members
New Equipment Slot and Matching Items A new equipment slot provides space for masks that you can get in the game. They each grant +2 or +3 endurance as well as one of these bonus stats at random:
Mask of the Beginning
+9 crit factor
+4 power
+0.04 crit power
+2.4% cooldown reduction
Mask of the Infinity
+12 crit factor
+6 power
+0.06 crit power
+3% cooldown reduction
Island of Dawn Interact with the Essence of Life appearing on the Island of Dawn and get one of the following outcomes:
Receive a random buff upon collection
Summon a thief instead These thieves carry chests, which can be opened using keys obtained from daily quests.
Other Changes
Increased the additional damage received by priests during the Awakened quest series form 15% to 30%
Added extra items to the shop for Fashion Coupons
“Gender Change” function now also available for brawlers using items such as the voucher of the same name
Additionally, there’s also the popular Wings and Club Membership shop offer again this year.
The birthday’s not the only reason to celebrate, however: in mid-May, patch 68 is bringing two new dungeons to the game along with the new option to equip face masks.
We would like to thank you, our loyal players, for 6 fantastic years and wish you all lots more fun in Arborea!