Preview: Summer Hero Transformation

Following the two most recent patches, which brought mythical gear as well as a big overhaul of the dungeon drops to Arborea, there’s even more good news to announce: in the next six months, your combat skills are going to get a divine boost!

In the first phase, many class skills and their impact on your stats will be given a complete revamp in honour of TERA’s 8th birthday. Later on in the summer, phase two will follow as part of a large update: the introduction of Avatars! Are you ready for a heroic transformation?

**Please note: The terms used in this preview are yet to be finalized and may be subject to change when the update is translated.**

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You can obtain your first Avatar via a special quest at level 70, similar to the Awakening Quests. At this point you’ll receive a skill that enables you to transplant yourself into the body of a popular TERA NPC for a short time – and to use their spectacular skills!
A new Arborean cult personality will also be available to you after completing each hero quest. Heroes such as Fraya, Elleon or Kaidun, as well as villains such as Thulsa and even gods like Killian, the insidious God of Chaos, will be able to lend you their power.

Become an Avatar and your HP, attack power and defense will increase dramatically. In addition, new skills are coming that mortals can only dream of: some boss monster attacks that would normally annihilate a character straight away can hardly touch the incarnation of a god like Killian, for example. On the other hand, a hero like Elleon can protect his group from major damage by stunning boss monsters for a few seconds. Each Avatar offers four unique skills that you can use to put the fear of god into your opponents!


You’ll find the exact details in a comprehensive preview closer to the patch release date. We can, however, already reveal the following:
* In certain circumstances you can use your Avatar in instances
* For balance reasons, only the two battleground leaders can access their Avatars
* To activate your Avatar, you’ll need a new form of energy which you can collect in dungeons, via daily quests and other content
* Your Avatar will only last for a short period of time after being activated – so use it wisely!


The hero or god whose form you take on when you use the skill can be selected beforehand in a menu similar to the one used for character creation.


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Here you’ll find an overview of the corresponding Avatar’s strengths, skills and a small recap of their back story.
In the next step, you can customise your chosen form as you like – while their appearance will remain generally in character, you can change the following features, for example:
* Eye color, hair, armour, weapon, cape (if available)
* Face decorations such as tattoos, scars, earrings, make-up
* Aura color and animation, e.g. divine glow, blue particle storm or flickering flames

There’s still a little while to go before summer but we hope you’re already as excited about this big patch as we are! As soon as we have more information there will be more news on the stream, as always. Until then, enjoy the forthcoming updates!

The TERA Team