Dear community,

we are really glad for all the great moments you have shared with us for this special contest and we would like to thank you all for participating!

Here are our top 20 winners:

Keeth – Shakan
Auransky – Velik
Bealyn – Yurian
BoomBoomCandy – Shakan
EmerxIde – Kaia
Fantasylinky – Velik
Frostgale – Shen
Justine – Velik
Knightmare – Kaia
Laifu – Mystel
Lodoo – Seren
Loryi – Velik
Lucid_dream – Mystel
Nang.palmmyy – Shen
Noira.neonblack – Velik
Pompèus - Yurian
Rozenlux – Mystel
Vamp – Shakan
Victoria – Mystel
Winterfalke – Yurian


You can find all the winning creations here: http://gf.link/teramemorieswinners

The TERA team

Dying to know what’s in store for TERA? This preview gives you a short taste of what’s coming up in patch 103.
Look forward to the new Killing Grounds instance, where you’ll face off against a seriously brutal final boss. Plus test your mettle in Lumikan’s Trial in The Catalepticon. The patch also brings promised improvements to etchings, and many other changes.

Already cut Lumikan down to size? Then it’s time to take Gardan to task. This seasoned warrior has earned a chilling reputation in Killian’s icy arena. Enter the Citadel of Torment in Westonia to enter the arena and challenge the new boss… if you have the guts!
Gardan is a berserker who employs an array of icy attacks to bring the pain. Watch out when he goes apoplectic, and be prepared for his attempts to lock you and your companions in a dome of ice. This shrinks the combat area and lets Gardan get up close and personal – just the way he likes it!
The boss is accessible to all players in normal and hard difficulties.





Last time you got access to the new weapons and armor. Now patch 103 brings the matching gloves and footwear! You can get this gear in the same way as before, but there are new required materials which need to be collected in Gardan’s dungeon!

As mentioned in our 2021 preview, all those temporary etchings will become permanent in this update, swapped out as follows:
• 30-day etchings turn into a permanent version
• 60-day etchings turn into 2 permanent versions
Even etchings that have already been applied to equipment will be converted during the server maintenance, but ONLY if they haven’t expired yet by that time.

Good luck against Gardan!
The TERA Team

If you enjoyed some great moments over the past year in TERA, now is your time to shine! Get creative and show us your favorite memory of 2020: you can send us your memories in a short video form, as a screenshot or even create an original artwork out of it!

When: from 5th February 2021 until 14th February 2021 11:59 PM CET (5:59 PM EST)

• Read and accept the Terms and Conditions.
  
• Send us your submission on the theme of “TERA Memories” in video, screenshot or fanart form to the following email address: contest@tera-europe.com .
  
• Video submissions must be recorded in game and should be less than 3 minutes long. The video must be uploaded as “Unlisted” on YouTube and the video description must specify that this is your contest entry and contain the following link: hhttp://gf.link/teramemoriescontest .
  
• Image submissions must be in .png, .jpg, .bmp or .psd format with dimensions of at least 1920x1080 pixels and maximum file size of 6 MB.
  
• Use the email address for your present TERA account and add the following information to your submission:
  
  1. Subject: “TERA Memories”
     
  2. Name of your character
     
  3. Name of your server
• Please note that only one submission is allowed per email account.
  
• All users residing within the European Union, the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, the Commonwealth of Independent States and South-East Asia are eligible to participate.

Final submission date: 14th February 2021 11:59 PM CET (5:59 PM EST)


On 15th February, Gameforge will select and announce the 20 winners that will receive a 10 Euro coupon for their account.

• The coupons will be sent to the winners the same day of the announcement via email.
  
• The winning submissions will be shared on all our platforms (website, forum, Steam, social media, YouTube).

Have fun!

The TERA Team

We’ve got an action-packed month up ahead with plenty of fantastic loot for you to grab!

Just want a quick overview? Then take a look at our event calendar .

Look forward to the following events in February:



2nd February 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST) to 9th February 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM)
The popular Fraywind Canyon makes a comeback for a short time. We’ve fixed up the balancing and rewards, but would love to hear your feedback so we can make the battleground even better in future.


11th February 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST) to 16th February 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
You’ll earn double loot and Gold for Vanguard Initiative quests during the event period.


12th February 2021 (6 PM CET, 12 PM EST) to 15th February 2021 (8 AM CET, 2 AM EST)
Your partners run like the wind and won’t stop for anything. They’ll return from their adventuring twice as fast as normal during this time, so take advantage of the 50% shorter adventure times and haul in that loot!


19th February 2021 (6 PM CET, 12 PM EST) to 22nd February 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
Complete your card fragment collection – you’ll have triple the odds of getting those missing pieces during the event!


25th February 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST) to 2nd March 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
During the event, your chances of loot in the following dungeons is doubled:

Killing Grounds
Lumikan (Low)
Forbidden Arena [Undying Warlord]
Draakon Arena
Corrupted Skynest
Commander’s Residence
Corrupted Skynest (Hard)
Bahaar’s Sanctum
Lumikan (High)
Ruinous Manor (Hard)


26th February 2021 (6 PM CET, 12 PM EST) to 1st March 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
Take advantage of the doubled upgrade chances this month and reach that epic gear! The increased chances apply to the following items:

All relics
All halidoms

Complete missions, fill your Battle Pass and unlock different reward levels – earn recognition for your dungeon runs, battlegrounds, cooking and other skills in this event.

Complete different missions each day and earn Battle Points in reward. You can take your BP to Master Iaito in Highwatch and exchange them for ever better reward chests, up to the fabulous Ultimate Chest.

Whoever successfully completes the season will get a **Lethal Intent Potion** from the final rewards chest. This can be used repeatedly for 30 days to produce a magical and sinister fog effect around you.

Event Period

The event runs until **23rd February 2021** (10 AM CET, 4 AM EST).

Starting Missions

Each day you’ll receive a mission briefing one minute after logging in for the first time. This will contain 4 random dungeon missions, one random solo mission, one crafting mission, plus a ticket for a battleground or dungeon mission of your choice. Each mission is embodied by an item in your inventory which will remain in your possession for up to 12 hours.
You can receive additional missions at the weekend for your time online. During the week, you’ll receive extra Battle Points instead.

Completing Missions

To complete a dungeon mission, you require a token from the respective dungeon. Each final boss will drop one token per party member, i.e. you’ll need to complete the dungeon just once. Collect your token from the boss and then right-click to complete the mission. You’ll earn BP in reward. The same applies for battleground missions.

Solo missions can be completed in the same way. In this case, however, you earn the tokens from Vanguard Initiative quests instead of from the dungeon boss.

Right-clicking on crafting missions opens a window in which you’ll need to drag the amount of silex, meals or plates. Once you’ve done that, the mission will be complete and you’ll receive your BP.

Rewards

The BP you earn can be converted into reward chests from Iaito in Highwatch. Each chest (with exception of the Ultimate Chest) contains a reward and returns the BP used to open it. That means your BP level remains unchanged and you don’t have to start back from scratch after each chest. You can only receive each chest once.

Iaito also has a selection of golden reward chests available. These work exactly the same as the regular reward chests, except that you need a **[Battle Pass] Gold Key** from the TERA Shop to open them. This key will open all the golden reward chests without being consumed, so you only need the one key to open all the chests.

Once you’ve collected all the rewards, you can convert your BP into an Ultimate Key, unlocking further bonuses. More details can be found further below.

Inside the Reward Chests

* [Battle Pass] Reward I: 4x Common Card Fragment Box
* [Battle Pass] Reward II: 5x Astonishing Steamed Kirash + 5x Refreshing Steamed Kirash
* [Battle Pass] Reward III: 10x Serghetto’s Gear Protector (50%)
* [Battle Pass] Reward IV: 2x Annealed Dark Shard Cohesion Arcane
* [Battle Pass] Reward V: 100x Manaforce Refined Duranium Ore
* [Battle Pass] Reward VI: 1x Stamp: Winter Wonderland
* [Battle Pass] Reward VII: 10x Legacy Essence
* [Battle Pass] Reward VIII: 5x Mystery Market Coin
* [Battle Pass] Reward IX: 100x Dark Shard Armor Feedstock
* [Battle Pass] Reward X: 12x Common Card Fragment Box
* [Battle Pass] Reward XI: 50x Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock
* [Battle Pass] Reward XII: 1x Riding Skill: Snowdrift
* [Battle Pass] Reward XIII: 1x TERA Club Membership (3 Days)
* [Battle Pass] Reward XIV: 1x Lethal Intent Potion (30 Days)

Inside the Golden Reward Chests

* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward I: 1x Snow Pixie Wings
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward II: 1x 1,200 Adventure Coin
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward III: 12x Token: Essence Selection
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward IV: 150x Refined Duranium Ore
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward V: 20x Improved Dark Shard Armor Feedstock
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward VI: 1x Enhanced Duranium Medallion
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward VII: 5x Adventure Completion Ticket
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward VIII: 8x Uncommon Card Fragment Box
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward IX: 15x Improved Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward X: 2x Token: Fragment Selection
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward XI: 1x Inspired Option Boost Scroll [Armor]
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward XII: 3x Enhanced Duranium Medallion
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward XIII: 1x Companion Appearance Change Voucher
* [Battle Pass] Gold Reward XIV: 1x Smart Box: Dyeable Pixie Costume

The Ultimate Key

You can still receive bonus rewards after opening all the reward chests by converting your BP into an Ultimate Key. This can be used to open Ultimate Chests which Iaito will give you for 1,000 BP.

Just like the Gold Key, the Ultimate Key is not consumed on use, so you can continue opening chests as long as you have enough BP. Each Ultimate Chest contains 100 Ultimate Coupons which can be exchanged for awesome bonus rewards. Owners of a Gold Key get an extra bonus, as they can also open the box inside each Ultimate Chest containing another 100 coupons.

If you convert your BP into an Ultimate Key too early – meaning that Iaito still has unopened reward chests for you – he can give you a Key Grinder which will break your Ultimate Key back down into the full amount of BP.

Event Items Exclusive to the Tikat Shop

If you want to make the most of the event, you can visit the Tikat Shop and buy 300 BP or [Battle Pass] Selection Dungeon Tickets to get more missions to complete.

Note:

The items belonging to the current season will be deleted before the next season starts, so please use them before this time. This does not affect rewards received (e.g. Ultimate Coupons).

Start the new year right in TERA with patch 102—the first update of the year with two brand-new instances, new gear, and dungeon improvements!



A total of four new instances are being added: two brand-new ones, and two you haven’t seen in TERA for a long, long time!



**Instance Info:**

* Designed for 5-player groups from item level 501

* No entry limits

* Accessible from level 70

* Can be entered via group matching

* Entry costs 350 Adventure Coins

* 50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group

* Added dungeon to the dungeon rankings


**Possible Loot Includes:**

* Ishara’s Halidom II, Amarun’s Relic II

* Magic Ingot

* Lumikan’s Horn Piece

* Soul Greedhead’s Option Change Scroll [Weapon]

* Soul Greedhead’s Option Change Scroll [Armor]

* Etching IV (Brooch)


**Daily Quest Rewards (per completion, for the first 16 daily quests):**

* 6,000 Gold

* 100x Vanguard Initiative Credits

* EP XP++

* 1x Dragonwing Scale

* 100x Noctenium Infusion



**Instance Info:**

* Designed for 5-player groups from item level 498

* No entry limits

* Accessible from level 70

* Can be entered via group matching

* Entry costs 280 Adventure Coins

* 50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group


**Possible Loot Includes:**

* Ishara’s Halidom I, Amarun’s Relic I

* Magic Alloy

* Lumikan’s Wing Fragment

* Soul Greedhead’s Option Change Scroll [Weapon]

* Soul Greedhead’s Option Change Scroll [Armor]

* Azart Force War Trophy Chest


**Daily Quest Rewards (per completion, for the first 16 daily quests):**

* 4,500 Gold

* 75x Vanguard Initiative Credits

* EP XP++

* 1x Dragonwing Scale

* 75x Noctenium Infusion



**Instance Info:**

* Designed for 5-player groups from item level 501

* No entry limits

* Accessible from level 70

* Can be entered via group matching

* Entry costs 350 Adventure Coins

* 50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group


**Possible Loot Includes:**

* Ishara’s Halidom II, Amarun’s Relic II

* Magic Ingot

* Soul Greedhead’s Option Change Scroll [Weapon]

* Soul Greedhead’s Option Change Scroll [Armor]

* Etching IV (Brooch)


**Daily Quest Rewards (per completion, for the first 16 daily quests):**

* 6,000 Gold

* 100x Vanguard Initiative Credits

* EP XP++

* 1x Dragonwing Scale

* 100x Noctenium Infusion



**Instance Info:**

* Designed for 5-player groups from item level 479

* No entry limits

* Accessible from level 70

* Can be entered via group matching

* Entry costs 200 Adventure Coins

* 50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group


**Possible Loot Includes:**

* Kaia’s Gear Box

* Improved Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock

* Improved Dark Shard Armor Feedstock

* Rare Relic or Halidom II

* Etching II (Earring, Necklace)

* Azart Force Loot Chest

* Azart Force War Trophy Chest

* Unstable Soul Option Change Scroll [Weapon]

* Unstable Soul Option Change Scroll [Armor]

* Blightoath Medallion


**Daily Quest Rewards (per completion, for the first 16 daily quests):**

* 3,500 Gold

* 40x Vanguard Initiative Credits

* EP XP++

* 1x Dragonwing Scale

* 30x Noctenium Infusion

* 40x Skill Advancement Scroll II

* 25x Skill Advancement Scroll III

* 20x Skill Optimization Scroll II



**Instance Info:**

* Designed for 5-player groups from item level 464

* No entry limits

* Accessible from level 66

* Can be entered via group matching

* Entry costs 180 Adventure Coins

* 50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group


**Possible Loot Includes:**

* Kaia’s Gear Box

* Improved Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock

* Improved Dark Shard Armor Feedstock

* Rare Relic or Halidom I

* Equipment Etching IV

* Azart Force Loot Chest

* Azart Force War Trophy Chest

* Unstable Soul Option Change Scroll [Weapon]

* Unstable Soul Option Change Scroll [Armor]


**Daily Quest Rewards (per completion, for the first 16 daily quests):**

* 3,000 Gold

* 40x Vanguard Initiative Credits

* EP XP++

* 1x Dragonwing Scale

* 30x Noctenium Infusion

* 40x Skill Advancement Scroll I

* 25x Skill Advancement Scroll II

* 20x Skill Optimization Scroll I





The breakdown of instances from level 66 is now as follows:



The rewards and the strength of the opponents have been adjusted accordingly. The solo dungeons have also been reworked to focus on skill advancement scrolls and old enchanting materials.



The following dungeons are closing their doors:

* Sky Cruiser (Hard)

* Forbidden Arena [Nightmare Undying Warlord]

* Draakon Arena (Hard)

* Grotto of Lost Souls (Hard)

* Forbidden Arena [Hagufna]

* Gossamer Vault (Hard)

* Antaroth’s Abyss (Hard)

* RK-9 Kennel

* Red Refuge

* Thaumetal Refinery

* Macellarius Catacombs

* Velik’s Hold

* Velik’s Sanctuary


Training grounds belonging to the listed dungeons will be removed from the game accordingly. Dungeon Gauntlets will also be removed with this update for the time being.



There’s also new gear to be had in patch 102: Kaia’s Soul Gear! To kick things off a weapon and armor will be available in January, with hand and foot armor following in patch 103. New items (accessories) are currently not planned for this set.


How to get the new gear:

The Kaia’s Soul set is an upgrade to Kaia’s Wisdom/Fury Gear and works as follows:

* You Kaia’s Wisdom/Fury armor or weapon must be at +15.

* The item must be soulbound to you.

* You need 10x Lumikan’s Wing Fragment and 5,000 Gold.


If you fulfill these requirements, you can upgrade your gear with a single click (100% chance of success). The new item will be immediately bound to you, but it can be liberated five times (used number is reset).


The upgrade transforms your item into a Kaia’s Soul item with 0 of 3 possible random options, regardless of whether the original item had 0 or 3 options.


Etchings and fusion options are also lost when upgrading. However, new options and etchings can be added using the existing systems.



Kaia’s Soul Gear can be enchanted up to +9 and will never lose an enchantment level that has already been reached. So if you have reached +8, you will be able to reach an even higher level but you will never fall back to +7!


Other than this one alteration, the system remains unchanged. Only the materials and their sources are new:





The chances of success when enchanting are shown in game, and a familiar feature is making a return: enchantment correction. Each unsuccessful enchantment attempt slightly increases your chances of success the next time you try!


How to get more options:

The system is identical to the current one. However, there will be new scrolls that allow options on gear to be redone.


The functions and sources of the scrolls are as follows:


The effects are as follows:

While you can no longer drop to a lower level from enchantment levels +7, +8, and +9, they are time-consuming to reach—and for good reason: reaching these levels activates additional powerful effects that grant you an advantage in instances.





To make the road to new gear a little easier for all players—both newcomers and veterans—the following changes have been made:

* Enchant rate greatly increased, and each failure now adds a 1% correction rate.

* Significantly reduced required number of enchanting materials.

* Reduced Gold price and cost of repair items by one third.

* Greatly reduced probability of damaging an item and falling a level.

* Reduced costs of Serghetto’s Safeguard and Gear Protector.

* Lowered level required for Kaia’s Wisdom/Rage Gear to 65.


Many other elements relating to the old armor set have also been adapted, including:

* The items received during extraction.

* Removed glow effect of old equipment that was available as loot from monsters.

* Reduced cost of upgrading to Kaia’s Wisdom/Rage Gear.



There have also been lots of changes to existing items:

* Serghetto’s Gear Protector

* Identical items can be used for the new gear.

* Serghetto’s Safeguard

* Can be transformed into Serghetto’s Gear Protectors at a ratio of 1-to-3, as the new gear can no longer drop a level.

* Golden Cryolites

* Greatly reduced crafting costs.

* Various Duranium Items

* Can now be stored in the guild bank.

* Various Etchings IV

* Can no longer be extracted.

* Various Etchings

* Can now be applied from level 65.

* Some items can now be sold to merchants—some for less Gold than previously.

* Adjusted crafting of various items (Duranium and * materials for crafting etchings).

* Changed contents of boxes for new players (levels 3 to 70).

* Reduced difficulty of leveling up Halidoms and Relics as well as the cost of doing so.



* Serghetto’s Mystery Market

* Can now contain new enchanting materials

* Can now even contain Amarun’s Relic or Ishara’s Halidom III

* Free Exodor Reputation Shop

* Added Improved Dark Shard Armor Feedstock

* Removed more common feedstock

* Exodor Justicar Reputation Shop

* Added Improved Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock

* Removed more common feedstock

* Renamed Magic Merchant to Development Merchant

* Adjustment of contents

* Bellicarium Shop

* Removed old enchanting materials



Two new cards have been added—each in all three rarities. These can only be obtained in the corresponding instances.

* Lumikan

* Catalepticon


Additionally, the value of cards sold to merchants has been reduced.


In addition to the reworked battleground rewards, the choice of available battlegrounds has also been adjusted. The following battlegrounds will be available with patch 102:

* Corsairs’ Stronghold

* Shore Hold

* Underground Battlepit

* Champions’ Skyring (Solo)






Existing Triumph Tokens will be renamed “Triumph Token (Old)” and will no longer be available. However, you can still right-click any you have left over and exchange them for a selection of items:

* (Random) Luminous Superior Relic/Halidom Box

* (Random) Luminous Rare Relic/Halidom Box

* Battered Oath Exchange Token

* (Random) Legacy Essence Box

* (Random) Warlord’s Bracing Accessory Box

* (Random) Warlord’s Fearsome Accessory Box

* (Random) Accessory Resizing Stone Box

* Weapons of Victory Enchantment Scroll (Legendary)

* Armor of Victory Enchantment Scroll (Legendary)


The new tokens can be taken to the corresponding merchant in Highwatch and exchanged for various different items, including:

* PvP Resizing Stones (Outer Core District has been removed)

* Option Change Scroll and various accessories

* Enchanting material for Kaia’s Soul Gear

The new tokens can no longer be purchased for Gold, and the corresponding merchant has been removed.




* TERA Battle Arena has been removed.

* The Outer Core District has been removed.

* The Shore Hold now uses unified gear.

* The prices of potions on the battleground have been massively reduced.



* The XP required between levels 65 and 70 has been reduced.

* A new quest for the Catalepticon has been added that all characters automatically receive at level 70.

* The rewards of various important quests have been adjusted, with unused items being removed.

* The conditions for unlocking Kaia’s Wisdom/Rage Gear have been simplified.

* Various Exodor quests have been adjusted so that they can now be received earlier (level 65/66).

* Players level 65 and up can obtain matching Kaia’s Wisdom/Rage Gear, including matching jewelry, in Highwatch via the [Important] Skills and Glyphs quest.



The following new adventures have been added:

* Exodor [Gathering]

* Gossamer Vault (Easy) [Adventure]

The following old adventures have been removed:

* Island of Dawn [Gathering]

* Velik’s Sanctuary [Adventure]

* Red Refuge [Adventure]

* Rift’s Edge [Adventure]

* Arborea [Adventure]



* It is now possible to set keyboard shortcuts for dungeon and battleground matching.

* After server selection you are now taken to character selection without having to make an additional selection.

* Character selection has been adapted to match the season.

* The cost of purchasing additional EP pages has been reduced to 500.

* The manufacturer emblem is displayed whether or not the title is shown.

* Monsters in the open world on Exodor now no longer drop a number of items as loot—including many items from the old gear. The Gold received here has also been reduced.

* The items for returning players have been adjusted.



TERA Battle Arena will no longer be available from patch 102. Players who have used Tikat to purchase heroes or costumes will receive a refund. You’ll receive more details in a separate announcement.



**General**

* Timescape (Normal and Hard) have been removed again in patch 102. The merchants will remain in Highwatch for the duration of patch 102.

* Harrowhold will remain in the game until the next patch as there was initially some balancing difficulties. However, there will be no changes to the loot.


**Harrowhold**

* The HP of the skeletons in Phase 4 has been reduced.

* The HP of the four treasure chest has been greatly increased to avoid unintentional opening.

* The damage of the “Aggro Wipe” mechanic has been greatly increased.

* The inner ring of Vergos’ jump mechanic in Phase 4 now also kills the skeletons.



* The maximum number of marks in the inventory has been increased to 2,000.

* Many existing items that have been useless for some time have been removed.

* Various consumables have been replaced by better versions.

* Supply boxes have been replaced by new versions to match the new gear.



A number of old boxes and items have been removed, such as old Battle Pass seasons and items from finished events. More details can be found in the server maintenance announcement.


All items from the following old events will be deleted with this maintenance:

- Easter Eggs 2020

- Summer Seashells 2020

- Elemental Fusion 2020

- Fire Demon's Tome 2020*


*The Reward boxes ([Event] Fire Demon's Chest) and Tokens gotten through them will stay available until Patch 103 in February. Please make sure to exchange your rewards by then.



The following non-tradable items will be exchanged for tradable versions. This is a one-time change. If you open the "Trade Chest", you'll receive the non-tradable skill book accordingly.

- Skill: Darkan's Green Wings

- Skill: Darkan's Black Wings

- Skill: Darkan's Pink Wings

Hello TERA players,

We’d like to wish you all a Happy New Year! 2020 was a bit of a crazy year and despite the coronavirus pandemic which has hit all of us hard, we’ve been working to turn several huge TERA projects into reality.
Some of these have been very successful, particularly the addition of new players from Southeast Asia, Russia and America to the Gameforge family. Unfortunately, the TERA Battle Arena and Core Area were not as successful as we’d hoped and will be closing their doors again in 2021.




As part of the first two larger updates coming in the new year, we’ll be implementing lots of the changes and additions to TERA that you’ve requested. Here’s a brief overview of what you can look forward to:


New dungeon: The Catalepticon – with no entry limit
Returning dungeon: Ruinous Manor
New gear: Without any degradation in the event of failure


Etchings will become permanent
An additional new dungeon

As well as these adjustments, we’re also working on further improvements at the moment. It goes without saying that we’ll keep you posted.


In the new dungeon The Catalepticon, you’ll have to go up against Lumikan, a warrioress you’ll already know from the story around Exodor.But watch out; she’ll turn her swords into a spear during combat in order to draw you out.

Thanks to your feedback in recent months, this instance will be playable without any weekly limit whatsoever! As a reward, you’ll receive (among other things) valuable materials which you’ll need for enchanting the new gear.




You can get this new gear by upgrading your existing equipment – you’ll need some +15 Mythical gear. But don’t worry: enchanting existing items is getting easier too – further details are in the patch notes.

Kaia’s Soul Gear can be enchanted up to +9, with the first 6 levels (+0 to +6) being relatively easy to reach. The last 3 levels (+6 to +9) demand quite a bit more dedication. However, this equipment will never revert back to a lower level – while it’s still possible for an enchantment to fail once you’ve reached +8, the level will no longer drop back down.

As levels +7, +8 and +9 are particularly difficult to reach, they will grant you certain pre-defined effects once you achieve them!

And it’s not just in dungeons that it’s possible to get hold of new materials, but also via various PvP activities as well as via merchants in the TERA world. As always, the full details on this gear can be found in the patch notes.


We’ve heard your feedback on etchings loud and clear and forwarded it on to the developer. All temporary etchings from patch 99 will be converted as part of patch 103 so that:

all 30-day etchings become permanent
all 60-day etchings become an item with two permanent versions

Etchings which have already been applied to your equipment will also be converted as part of the patch – in the event that they’re still valid when the server maintenance takes place.


You’re welcome to keep on sending us requests, suggestions and complaints. Please be sure to do this via the forum – this is the only way your feedback can reach the developer to then be transformed into effective changes for future updates.

We hope the changes listed above show how valuable your feedback is to us – both to Gameforge and the developer, Bluehole – and that we want to keep on improving the game for everyone!

We hope you get off to a good start in the New Year – keep well!
The TERA Team

The new year is starting with a bang in TERA, with a whole raft of action-packed events and plenty of juicy loot to clean up!

Just want a quick overview? Then take a look at our event calendar .


1st January 2021 (6 PM CET, 12 PM EST) to 4th January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
Take advantage of the one-third increase to enchantment chances and reach that epic gear! With the exception of Enchant Scrolls. The increased chances apply to the following items:

Dauntless & Manaforce Azart Gear
Flawless & Master’s Duranium Gear
Dark Light, Annihilation, and Eternal Gear
Mythical gear


7th January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST) to 12th January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
You’ll earn double loot and Gold for Vanguard Initiative quests during the event period.


8th January 2021 (6 PM CET, 12 PM EST) to 11th January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
Take advantage of the doubled upgrade chances this month and reach that epic gear! The increased chances apply to the following items:

All relics
All halidoms


14th January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST) to 19th January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
Enter dungeons for fewer adventure coins:

Gossamer Vault (Hard) for 150 adventure coins (instead of 200)
Antaroth’s Abyss (Hard) for 150 adventure coins (instead of 200)
Grotto of Lost Souls (Hard) for 150 adventure coins (instead of 200)
Akalath Quarantine for 150 adventure coins (instead of 200)
Draakon Arena for 150 adventure coins (instead of 200)
Sky Cruiser Endeavor (Hard) for 150 adventure coins (instead of 230)
Bahaar’s Sanctum for 200 adventure coins (instead of 280)
Corrupted Skynest for 200 adventure coins (instead of 280)
Forbidden Arena [Hagufna] for 200 adventure coins (instead of 280)


15th January 2021 (6 PM CET, 12 PM EST) to 18th January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
Complete your card fragment collection – you’ll have triple the odds of getting those missing pieces during the event.


21st January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST) to 28th January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
During the event, your chances of loot in the following dungeons is doubled:

Lumikan (Low)
Forbidden Arena [Undying War God]
Draakon Arena
Corrupted Skynest
Commander’s Residence
Corrupted Skynest (Hard)
Bahaar’s Sanctum
Lumikan (High)
Ruinous Manor (Normal)


28th January 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST) to 18th February 2021 (9 AM CET, 3 AM EST)
On your way up to level 70, the League of Levelers will reward you with useful items for certain sections. Score powerful skill advancement and enchantment scrolls, a permanent Vulcan Drake as your flying mount, perfect skill advancement magic books, an Azure Blue Yakuta, various boosts, and much more! You can find all the details on the rewards in our Google Sheet.

Additionally, Vanguard Initiative quests and other content during the event will give you a hefty boost on experience points and item XP.

Our Christmas events are already in full swing and we’re rounding off 2020 with a bang. Gear up for patch 101, which sees you facing challenges you could never have dreamed of while being richly rewarded with loot, all with a new system for more difficult dungeons.

You’ll also get your hands on new and rarer card fragments, with additional events and rewards also in store for you as part of this update.

Dungeon Gauntlets

This new system makes it possible to play existing instances with scalable difficulty – all you need to do is simply go to the respective teleportal and select the “Dungeon Gauntlet” option. Please note that the instances available are subject to change in future updates.

You’ll then be taken to a new menu where you can decide on the difficulty level. The recommended item level will also be displayed. As the difficulty increases, so too does the item drop rate and the amount of Adventure Coin. The number of Dungeon Gauntlet runs you can make per week are counted separately, and are independent of regular instance entries.


**Akalath Quarantine**

* 10 entries per week (20 for Club members)

* The increased drop rate affects existing loot





**Red Refuge**

* 10 entries per week (20 for Club members)

* The increased drop rate affects existing loot






**Draakon Arena & Velik’s Sanctuary**

* No entry limit

* The increased drop rate affects event tokens (read more about this below)





**Training Ground**

* No entry limit




Expanded Card Collection

**New Cards**

New cards have been added to the Card Collection, which you can now collect:

* 5 NPC cards

* 26 monster cards

* 12 materials cards

* 6 fish cards

* 11 panorama cards




**New Item Grade**

Alongside common cards (white) and uncommon cards (green), there are now rare cards (blue) too!

The cards can be viewed via the usual Card Collection menu and lend you more powerful effects, which have, of course, been added to the collection effects as well.




**Miscellaneous**

* The number of possible card presets has been increased from 3 to 10.

* 11 additional collection effects have been added.

* More rewards for a higher number of Card Collection Points (10,500–23,500) have been added. On top of that, it’s possible to reach higher Collection levels with the new cards.

* The rewards for existing Card Collection Points (500–9,500) have been updated.


Card Fusion

A new system for combining card fragments has been added. You can now make use of any duplicate cards you’ve collected in full.


**4-to-1 Fusion**

Using the new option in the inventory menu, you can fuse 4 card fragments (of the same rarity grade) together to produce a new result — the possibilities are as follows:

• You receive card fragments of the same rarity grade (one or more).

• With a little luck, you receive card fragments of a higher value (up to 20 at once).

• If the fusion is unsuccessful, you’ll still receive Mileage Points (find out more about this below).

Different cards must be used for each fusion. Rare cards cannot be fused and event card fragments (e.g. Ruby Moon Elin) cannot be obtained as a result.


**20-to-X Fusion**

You can also fuse 20 of the same card fragments via a second tab – with this, the chances of coming away empty-handed are high. If the fusion is successful, however, you can get 10 to 20 fragments of a higher rarity grade!


**Mileage Points**

You get Mileage Points whenever a fusion attempt fails. This means you’ll still profit even when unsuccessful, as 1,000 Mileage Points will get you 20 Mileage Point Tokens, and these can be exchanged for specific cards!


Instance Changes

**Classification**

The classification of the following bosses has been changed (this is important for the way Card Collection effects work):




**Loot Adjustments**

* Macellarius Catacombs:

* High-level relics have been removed from the loot list.

* The loot in the following locations has been adjusted: RK-9 Kennel, Red Refuge, Velik’s Hold, Thaumetal Refinery, Antaroth’s Abyss, Gossamer Vault, Grotto of Lost Souls, Akalath Quarantine, Draakon Arena

* Rare gear (blue) has been removed.

* It’s now possible to obtain Improved Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock or Improved Dark Shard Armor Feedstock.

* Rewards relating to card fragments have also been revised in the majority of instances.


**Kezzel’s Gorge**

Patch 101 sees this event instance closing its doors.

**Commander’s Residence**

* Entering this instance reduces the number of entries.

* Adventure Coin is now collected upon entering the instance.

* The boss will only be summoned once all 20 players have entered the instance.


Battleground Changes

**Leaderboard**

A new limitation has been introduced whereby players who play fewer than 3 rounds in a week automatically lose their Rank Points (every Thursday) .


**Underground Battlepit**

* Following some adjustments, the battleground is now designed for 5 vs 5.

* Playing time has been reduced to 5 minutes and rewards have been reduced by 30%.

* The positioning of various battleground elements has been changed.

**Corsairs’ Stronghold**

New skills for group leaders have been added.


Item Changes

**Open World / Exodor**

* Rare gear (blue) and superior gear (gold) have been removed.

* It’s now possible to obtain Improved Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock or Improved Dark Shard Armor Feedstock.


**Card Fragments**

Changes have been made to content relating to the reworking of Card Collections – this affects Partner Adventures and the Specialty Store.


**Shop Adjustments**

* Triumph Token Exchange Shop:

* New items are now available.

* The cost of existing stock has been reduced.

* Some older items have been removed.

* Traveling Merchant:

* “Serghetto Box I” will be available for a time.

* Bellicarium Shop:

* A whole host of enchantment and skill advancement items have been added.

* Reputation Shops:

* The contents of these shops has been updated.


Event Loot

**Velik’s Sanctuary**

* Lakan’s Weapon Skin (for lancers) will now be dropped as rare loot.

* Lakan’s Cape can also be obtained as loot (for all classes).

* Along with the patch release, an event will start during which you can also get Lakan’s Costume and other items (using tokens via the daily quests of many dungeons).


**Draakon Arena (Normal, Hard)**

* It’s possible to obtain the rare or superior version of a partner as bonus loot. The superior version allows you to keep the power buff after you die.


Miscellaneous

Server communication in dungeons and the character selection animation have been improved.


TERA Battle Arena

The TERA Battle Arena game mode will come to an end with next update (patch 102) at the beginning of 2021 – you can find more information about this in our [[url=https://gameforge.com/en-GB/play/tera/news/280c785c-72f5-43bb-9fe0-2604f9b9ef74]news post[/url]]. Changes to the TERA Battle Arena will therefore not be discussed in further detail in the patch notes.

A new TERA patch is in the starting blocks, and we want to give you a little taste of what’s to come! Click onto our TERA livestream on 9/12/2020 at 6:00 PM CET (12 PM EST):
https://www.twitch.tv/teraeurope

Our Game Designer Atmorph will be presenting all the most important goodies in the new patch. You can look forward to the following topics:

• New difficulty levels for dungeons
  
• Improved trading card system
  
• Additional in-game drops
  
• New mounts, costumes, furniture and quite a bit more

Note: the stream will only be available in English – have fun!

See you on Twitch!
The TERA Team