Some of TERA's most fearsome dungeon bosses roam the open world, beginning Friday, August 16, and lasting until Friday, August 30.

The bosses (and where they normally appear) are as follows:

• Vergos—Harrowhold
  
• Hellgrammite—Gossamer Vault (Hard)
  
• Nightmare Darkan—Sky Crusier Endeavor (Hard)
  
• Shandra Manaya—Dreadspire
  
• Nightmare Imperator—Shadow Sanguinary (Hard)
  
• Nightmare Lakan—Velik's Sactuary (Hard)
  
• Nightmare Lachelith—Ruinous Manor (Hard)
  
• Nightmare Antaroth—Antaroth's Abyss (Hard)
  
• Nightmare Argog—Red Refuge (Hard)
  
• Nightmare Krakatox—The Abscess (Hard)

Bosses spawn within a 5-hour timeframe, twice per day:
6 a.m. to 11 a.m. PDT
5 p.m. to 10 p.m. PDT

Bosses roam and respawn in the following zones (on all channels):

• Celestial Hills
  
• Aurum Road
  
• Balder's Refuge
  
• Granarkus
  
• Plain of the Damned
  
• Seeliewood
  
• Darkquaver Woods
  
• Spring Valley
  
• Frost Reach

These roaming bosses drop useful items like Crafter's Cures, Item XP Boosts, Smart Dyad Structure, On Fire Effect, On Ice Effect, and Veteran Guardian Crate. These roaming bosses may also drop a tradeable Lenox, the flying gold lion (with a Flight and Movement Speed of 280).


Completing Vanguard Requests earns you increased Enhancement Point rewards, starting Tuesday, August 13 at 4 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Tuesday, August 20 at 4 a.m. PDT.


Starting Friday, August 16 at 4 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Monday, August 19 at 4 a.m. PDT, the following instanced dungeons reward you with increased drops upon completion:

• Gossamer Vault (Hard)
  
• Demokron Factory (Hard)
  
• Gossamer Vault
  
• Grotto of Lost Souls
  
• Red Refuge
  
• Ghillieglade

Have you earned your Gold Digger’s Dragon Helm and the deluxe Gold Digger title yet?

Check out our forums for more information.


Are you up for the challenge? Check out what you can earned here.


Summer is coming to an end, and so are the Beach Bash in Ostgarath, and the Festival of the Sun in Balder’s Refuge. Now is the time to take part in those special quests and mini-games, before they are gone.

(Beach Bash and Festival of the Sun will be removed when the event ends on Tuesday, August 20.)


Just a reminder: TERA is available through the En Masse Launcher, and the first time you log in through the launcher you’ll get a fistful of cool in-game items:

• Fiery Blue Halo (30 Days)
  
• Riding Skill: Tantor (30 Days)
  
• Personal Crafter's Cure ×10
  
• Haste Coin I (3 Hours) ×5
  
• Superior Noctenium Elixir ×15

The Dragon's Hoard Weapon Skin Loot Box has now been added for a limited time, appearing Tuesday, August 13 and remaining until the following Tuesday.

Additionally, during the same time, Heaven's Fury and Hell's Blessing Loot Boxes, as well as the Angelic Weapon and Diabolic Weapon Smart Boxes, will be offered at a discount.

Starting Tuesday, August 6 at 3 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Tuesday, August 13 at 3 a.m. PDT, you’ll earn increased gold and reputation rewards by completing Vanguard Requests.


Starting Friday, August 9 at 3 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Monday, August 12, you’ll earn increased Bellicarium Credits from Corsairs' Stronghold, Shore Hold, and Gridiron.


Have you earned your Gold Digger’s Dragon Helm and the deluxe Gold Digger title yet?

Check out our forums for more information.


Are you up for the challenge? See what can be earned here.


Ostgarath’s Beach Bash and the Festival of the Sun in Balder’s Refuge are still the places to be for hot summer action. Head to either site to take part in special quests and mini-games.

(Beach Bash and Festival of the Sun will end on Tuesday, August 20.)


Just a reminder: TERA is available through the En Masse Launcher, and the first time you log in through the launcher you’ll get a fistful of cool in-game items:

• Fiery Blue Halo (30 Days)
  
• Riding Skill: Tantor (30 Days)
  
• Personal Crafter's Cure ×10
  
• Haste Coin I (3 Hours) ×5
  
• Superior Noctenium Elixir ×15

Say hello to your new costume! Dyeable Elin Spring Maid Uniform Loot Boxes are available for purchase in the TERA Store,, guaranteed to contain 500 Metamorphic emblems with a chance to obtain a Series 4 Dyeable Spring Maid Uniform (Elin) or an I Heart Hairband, Librarian Glasses, or other useful materials. Also available for individual purchase are the Dragon's Rage Loot Box, Golden Dragon Helmet, and Golden Dragon Wings.

And be sure to shop the store Friday through Tuesday for select costumes and accessories at discounted prices.

When you complete Vanguard Requests between Tuesday, July 30 at 3 a.m. PDT and Tuesday, August 6 at 3 a.m. PDT, you’ll receive increased item rewards.



Starting Friday, August 2 at 4 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Monday, August 5 at 4 a.m. PDT, the following instanced dungeons reward you with increased drops upon completion:

• Bahaar's Sanctum
  
• Grotto of Lost Souls (Hard)
  
• Antaroth's Abyss
  
• Shadow Sanguinary
  
• Velik's Hold (7-person)

Have you earned your Gold Digger’s Dragon Helm and the deluxe Gold Digger title yet?

Check out our forums for more information.



Are you up for the challenge? See what can be earned here.



Ostgarath’s Beach Bash and the Festival of the Sun (in Balder’s Refuge) are the places to be for hot summer action. Head to either site to take part in special quests and mini-games.

(Beach Bash and Festival of the Sun will be removed when the event ends on Tuesday, August 20.)



TERA has been available through the En Masse Launcher for a few weeks now, and to ease the transition to this platform we’re offering some great incentives the first time you log in through the launcher. Act fast, though: These rewards won’t be around forever!

• Moondrop Fragment ×10
  
• Fiery Blue Halo (30 Days)
  
• Riding Skill: Tantor (30 Days)
  
• Personal Crafter's Cure ×10
  
• Haste Coin I (3 Hours) ×5
  
• Superior Noctenium Elixir ×15

Added Golden Dragon Mount.



The Battle Canary Loot Box and Battle Thrush Loot Box are both 33 percent off in the TERA Store for a limited time! Pick yours up before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 6 to take advantage of the sale!

This week, Bathysmal Rise makes its return as a limited release event dungeon! You can explore its depths in both normal (90 AC) and (Hard) mode (200 AC), with additional rewards available every weekend (Friday through Sunday) through the Starlyn Elin UI Event window.


TERA’s latest content update goes live Tuesday, July 23, after maintenance. This great update features new Solo versions of many dungeons, and to help you take full advantage of this new feature we’ve seeded these dungeons with special relic pieces. Collect all eight to assemble a Gold Digger reward box, containing a Gold Digger Dragon Helmet and an exclusive title. For more information on the Gold Digger event, check out our forums.


From Tuesday, July 23 at 4 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Tuesday, July 30, you'll earn increased Player XP and Item XP when completing Vanguard Requests.


From Friday, July 26 at 3 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Monday, July 29, you’ll earn increased Bellicarium Credits from Corsairs' Stronghold, Shore Hold, and Gridiron.


Ostgarath’s Beach Bash and Balder’s Refuge’s Festival of the Sun are the places to be for hot summer action, and there’s still plenty of time for you to earn Sea Festival tokens this summer. Head to either site to take part in special quests and mini-games.


TERA has been available through the En Masse Launcher for a few weeks now, and to ease the transition to this platform we’re offering some great incentives the first time you log in through the launcher. Act fast, though: These rewards won’t be around forever!

• Moondrop Fragment ×10
  
• Fiery Blue Halo (30 Days)
  
• Riding Skill: Tantor (30 Days)
  
• Personal Crafter's Cure ×10
  
• Haste Coin I (3 Hours) ×5
  
• Superior Noctenium Elixir ×15

Starting Friday, July 19 at 4 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Monday, July 22 at 4 a.m. PDT, the following instanced dungeons reward you with increased drops upon completion:

• Bahaar's Sanctum
  
• Red Refuge (Hard)*
  
• Dark Reach Citadel (Hard)*
  
• Antaroth's Abyss (7-Person)*
  
• Shadow Sanguinary (Hard)*
  
• Grotto of Lost Souls (7-Person)*
  
• Dark Reach Citadel (7-Person)*
  
• Broken Prison*
  
• Thaumetal Refinery (Hard)*
  
• Lilith's Keep (Hard)*
  
• Sky Cruiser Endeavor*
  
• Kalivan's Dreadnaught*
  
• Kalivan's Challenge*
  
• Abscess (7-Person)*
  
• Ghillieglade

We know that’s a long list—and here’s why it’s so long: All of those dungeons marked with an asterisk (so, all of them except Bahaar’s Sanctum and Ghillieglade) are going on hiatus! We’ve added them to this weeks’ Dungeon Highlights so that everyone has just a little more time to visit them again and reap some more rewards before they go away.


Starting Tuesday, July 16 at 4 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Tuesday, July 23 at 4 a.m. PDT, you’ll receive increased Enhancement Point rewards when you complete Vanguard Requests.


There's still plenty of time left to get more Sea Festival Tokens.

Ostgarath’s Beach Bash and Balder’s Refuge’s Festival of the Sun are the places to be for hot summer action. Head to either site to take part in special quests and mini-games.


TERA has been available through the En Masse Launcher for a few weeks now, so if you haven't already made that transition, make sure you claim the following items that are delivered after the first time you play TERA through the new launcher. Act fast, though: These rewards won’t be around forever!

• Moondrop Fragment ×10
  
• Fiery Blue Halo (30 Days)
  
• Riding Skill: Tantor (30 Days)
  
• Personal Crafter's Cure ×10
  
• Haste Coin I (3 Hours) ×5
  
• Superior Noctenium Elixir ×15

Starting Friday, July 12 at 3 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Monday, July 15, you can earn increased Bellicarium Credits from Corsairs' Stronghold, Shore Hold, and Gridiron.

Starting Tuesday, July 9 at 3 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Tuesday, July 16 at 3 a.m. PDT, you’ll earn increased gold and reputation rewards by completing Vanguard Requests.


There's still plenty of time left to get more Sea Festival Tokens.

Ostgarath’s Beach Bash and Balder’s Refuge’s Festival of the Sun are the places to be for hot summer action. Head to either site to take part in special quests and mini-games.


TERA has been available through the En Masse Launcher for a few weeks now, so if you haven't already made that transition, make sure you claim the following items that are delivered after the first time you play TERA through the new launcher. Act fast, though: These rewards won’t be around forever!

• Moondrop Fragment ×10
  
• Fiery Blue Halo (30 Days)
  
• Riding Skill: Tantor (30 Days)
  
• Personal Crafter's Cure ×10
  
• Haste Coin I (3 Hours) ×5
  
• Superior Noctenium Elixir ×15
  
• Colorful Hanboks

Colorful Hanboks in three varieties—plus a dyable version available in a loot box:

• Blue Wintersilk Dress Smart Box
  
• Aqua Wintersilk Dress Smart Box
  
• Violet Wintersilk Dress Smart Box
  
• Winter’s Ilk Loot Box (containing 300 Metamorphic Emblems—and possibly a Dyeable Wintersilk Dress for female characters)

This week kicks off with an invasion of Redcaps in the Freeholds, increased Item Rewards in Vanguard Requests, Dungeon Highlights, Summer Fest, and special deals to help you celebrate.


Starting the morning of Thursday, July 4 and ending the evening of Sunday, July 7, an invasion force of Redcaps arrives in the Freeholds to menace the federation. Defeat these nefarious evildoers, collect the tokens they drop, then spend those tokens on rewards such as the Freedom Band, Star-Spangled Sunglasses, and assorted fireworks.

When you complete Vanguard Requests between Tuesday, July 2 at 3 a.m. PDT and Tuesday, July 9 at 3 a.m. PDT, you’ll receive increased item rewards.


)Starting Friday, July 5 at 4 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Monday, July 8 at 4 a.m. PDT, the following instanced dungeons reward you with increased drops upon completion:

• Grotto of Lost Souls (Hard)
  
• RK-9 Kennel (Hard)
  
• Antaroth's Abyss (7-person)
  
• Lilith's Keep (Hard)
  
• Velik's Hold (7-person)

This all-classes leveling event (with a special reward given to brawlers) continues until Sunday, July 9. For details on everything that can be earned, be sure to check out this forum thread.


Have you had a chance to check out the summer festivities? If not, head to Ostgarath for the Beach Bash, and Balder’s Refuge for the Festival of the Sun, to take part in special quests and mini-games. Check out this page for more details.


TERA has been available through the En Masse Launcher for a few weeks now, so if you haven't already made that transition, make sure you claim the following items that are delivered after the first time you play TERA through the new launcher. Act fast, though: These rewards won’t be around forever!

• Moondrop Fragment ×10
  
• Fiery Blue Halo (30 Days)
  
• Riding Skill: Tantor (30 Days)
  
• Personal Crafter's Cure ×10
  
• Haste Coin I (3 hours) ×5
  
• Superior Noctenium Elixir ×15

Celebrate in style with new Independence Swimwear that arrives in the TERA Store on Tuesday, July 2. Along with these swimsuits, you can also find the new animated sun accessories that let everyone know exactly what kind of day you’re having!

Summerfest is in full swing this week. Here’s a quick rundown of in-game events and special deals to help you celebrate.

Starting Tuesday, June 25 at 4 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Tuesday, July 2, you'll earn increased Player XP and Item XP when completing Vanguard Requests.


Starting Friday, June 28 at 3 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Monday, July 1, you can earn increased Bellicarium Credits from Corsairs' Stronghold, Shore Hold, and Gridiron.


Ostgarath’s Beach Bash, and Balder’s Refuge’s Festival of the Sun are the places to be for hot summer action. Head to either site to take part in special quests and mini-games, and be sure to check out our Summerfest page for more details.


Our current leveling event (with a special rewards for brawlers) runs until Sunday, July 9. Visit our forums for more details on the cool care packages you can earn on your leveling journey.


TERA‘s been running on the En Masse Launcher for a few weeks now. If you haven't been using the new launcher, download it today and claim the following items the first time you launch the game:

• Moondrop Fragment x10
  
• Fiery Blue Halo (30-Days)
  
• Riding Skill: Tantor (30 Days)
  
• Personal Crafter's Cure x10
  
• Haste Coin I (3 hour) x5
  
• Superior Noctenium Elixir x15

Now available: Series 7 swimsuits, emotes and new summer accessories. Upgrade your style today!

With the invasion of crabs slowly starting to subside, the Summer Festival is ready to begin. Starting Thursday, June 20 and lasting until Monday, August 19, head to Ostgarath for the Beach Bash, and Balder’s Refuge for the Festival of the Sun, to take part in special quests and mini-games. Check out this page for more details.

Starting Tuesday, June 18 at 4 a.m. PDT, and continuing until Tuesday, June 25 at 4 a.m. PDT, you’ll receive increased Enhancement Point rewards when you complete Vanguard Requests.


From Friday, June 21 at 0500 UTC until Monday, June 24 at 0500 UTC, you’ll earn additional rewards for completing the following dungeons:

• Gossamer Vault (Hard)
  
• Antaroth's Abyss (Hard)
  
• Dark Reach Citadel (Hard)
  
• Thaumetal Refinery (Hard)
  
• Lilith's Keep
  
• Ghillieglade

TERA is available through the En Masse Launcher, and you can earn the following items the first time you play TERA through the new launcher:

• Moondrop Fragment ×10
  
• Fiery Blue Halo (30 Days)
  
• Riding Skill: Tantor (30 Days)
  
• Personal Crafter's Cure ×10
  
• Haste Coin I (3 Hours) ×5
  
• Superior Noctenium Elixir ×15

It’s time to stock up on strongbox keys for an amazing weekend of fun and prizes!

Starting after maintenance on Thursday, June 20, and continuing until maintenance at 10 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, July 2, open any of the following strongboxes for a chance at some incredible jackpot rewards:

• Locked Item XP Strongbox
  
• Locked Gem Strongbox
  
• Locked Talent Strongbox
  
• Locked Crafters Strongbox
  
• Locked Noctenium Strongbox
  
• Locked Fashion Strongbox

Jackpot rewards for this event include:

• Flying Skill: Battle Canary
  
• Crafter's Cure ×20
  
• Metamorphic Emblem Chest ×500
  
• Golden Talents ×6,000
  
• Silver Talents ×6,000
  
• Diamond ×15

Need more strongbox keys? Stock up and save on stacks of 10, 20, or 50 keys in the TERA Store!

New Features

• Popori Brawler
  Watch trailer here!
  
  • Added brawlers as a playable class for popori.
    
  • Players can now create up to 22 characters per server.
    
  • Leveling Event running until July 9th for all classes. Brawler's will earn Kitten Hittin'-Mittens at level 65!
    

• Treasure Map System
  
  • Added treasure map fragments to high level dungeons:
    
    • Naslow's Treasure Map: Left Half from dungeons item level 435-445
      
    • Naslow's Treasure Map: Right Half from dungeons item level 446-456
  • Combining two map fragments creates one of five treasure maps.
    
  • Map Fragments are temporary items (15-day duration), are not tradeable, and can be stored in the guild bank
    
  • Finding (and opening) a treasure chest rewards all members of your party, placing one or more of the following items directly into inventory:
    
    • Diamond
      
    • Dyad Niveot Structure
      
    • Blightoath Medallion
      
    • Skill Advancement Scroll
      
    • Skill Optimization Scroll
      
    • Relics or Halidoms
      
    • Gold or Silver plates

Dungeons

• New Dungeon: Gossamer Vault (Hard)
  
  • For 5 players of level 68 and above (item level 457).
    
  • Rewards Include:
    
    • Legacy Essence
      
    • Skill Advancement XP
      
    • Supreme Metal
      
    • Weight Pendulum
      
    • Lepidoptera Crystal Dust/Powder
      
    • Naslow's Treasure Map: Right Half
      
    • Transparent Mask
      
    • Relics or Halidoms
      
    • Legendary Inner Armor
• Gossamer Vault
  
  • Reduced the HP of Hellgrammite and Gossamer Regent.
    
  • Adjusted Gossamer Regent’s pattern difficulty.
• Returning Dungeon: Macellarius Catacombs
  
  • Adjusted difficulty for 3 characters of any class.
    
  • Available through instance matching at level 65 (item level 440).

Battlegrounds

• Gridiron Times adjusted. Now open everyday from 16:00-06:00 UTC.

Class Balance

• Priest
  
  • Adjusted options for Focus Heal: Velocity and Focus Heal: Weakened Light
    
    • Faster target acquisition
      
    • Increased casting speed
  • Adjusted options for Focus Heal: Heal
    
    • Changed HP recovery from 2.5% HP per sec for 5 sec to 120 HP per sec for 5 sec
      
    • Now affected by HP Recovery buffs.
  • Increased the target acquisition time for Divine Intervention, Mass Divine Intervention

[Developer’s Comment]
We increased the target recognition and casting speed of Focus Heal’s Velocity and Weakened Light options in order to improve the options’ usability, and we increased pulling time of allies when using Divine Intervention and Mass Divine Intervention in order to help players deal effectively with faster monsters.

• Mystic
  
  • Changed Restorative Arun's Vitae from 20% HP recovery to 35,000 HP.
    
  • Removed cooldown on Arun’s Tears when canceling the skill.
    
  • Adjusted options for Titanic Favor: Velocity and Titanic Favor: Destruction
    
    • Faster target acquisition
      
    • Increased casting speed
      
    • Faster cancel animations
  • Arun's Tears
    
    • Cooldown removed when canceling the skill

[Developer’s Comment]
We increased the target recognition and casting speed of Titanic Favor’s Velocity and Destruction options in order to improve the options’ usability.

• Sorcerer
  
  • Reduced aggro generation from the following skills:
    
    • Ice Lance
      
    • Iceberg
      
    • Prime Flame
      
    • Arcane Storm
      
    • Elemental Fusion

UI

• Added the option to stack HP/MP bars to the right of the class emblem.
  
• Adjusted class difficulties (stars) shown in the Character Creation

Items

• Replenishment Potables now provide additional MP for ninjas.
  
• Ethereal Rings and Earrings can now be upgraded to Radiant versions.
  
  • Can be obtained by upgrading Ethereal Rings and Earrings.
    
    • Requires gold, golden and silver plates, and either Refined Lepidoptera Crystal Dust or Refined Lepidoptera Crystal Powder.