Preview: TERA in 2021!

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