The year 2020 gets off to a start with a salty adventure at sea! Coming with a new dungeon with 4 difficulty levels, the Elin Valkyrie, plus various improvements to a variety of items and rewards, patch 90 brings a range of great content to TERA from Tuesday, 28th January. Please note that some of the names in these patch notes are subject to change and may differ in the game.
**Warning: At the end of the patch notes you will find information regarding items which will be removed with this patch. Please make sure you use all these items before the server maintenance!**
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New Dungeon: Sea of Honor
* For 5-player groups from item level 446 (to 475+)
* Cannot be entered via group matching
* No Vanguard Initiative daily quest
* Teleportal in Cutthroat Harbor
* 1 entry per week (2 for Club members)
* 4 selectable difficulty levels with different rewards
* Each entry requires 1 Sea of Honor Voyage Map [Difficulty 1-4] for the whole group
The Sea of Honor Voyage Map [Difficulty 1-4] can be obtained in all group instances of item level 435 and above, with the exception of the Macellarius Catacombs.
Difficulty Levels and RewardsIn reward, you can loot Exodor enchanting scrolls, amongst others. These can be used to enchant your level 67/68 gear without using any feedstock. The enchantment attempt has the same rate of success and potential results (success, no change, level loss, damage) as a regular enchantment attempt with feedstock.
The Sea of Honor can be played in the following difficulty levels:
Difficulty 1* Recommended from item level 446
* Predominantly weaker monsters
* Rewards all players with a chest containing:
* 2-4x (Limited Duration) Extensive XP Tome [Sea of Honor]
* 50-150x Silver Talent
* 20-60x Silver Siglo
* 10,000-30,000x Metamorphic Emblem
Difficulty 2* Recommended from item level 453
* Stronger monsters
* Characters hit by enemies receive HP or MP debuffs
* Rewards all players with a chest containing:
* 2-3x Exodor Weapon Enchanting Scroll [Rare] OR Exodor Armor Enchanting Scroll [Rare]
* 10,000-30,000x Metamorphic Emblem
* 6-10x Azart Expedition Badge
Difficulty 3* Recommended from item level 461
* All level-2 modifications
* Other mechanics such as lightning strikes which hit the deck every 50 seconds
* Rewards all players with a chest containing:
* 2-3x Exodor Weapon Enchanting Scroll [Superior] OR Exodor Armor Enchanting Scroll [Superior]
* 10,000-30,000x Metamorphic Emblem
* 6-10x Azart Expedition Badge
Difficulty 4* Recommended from item level 475
* All level-2 and level-3 modifications
* Additional mechanics and attack patterns for the boss
* Rewards all players with a chest containing:
* 3-5x Exodor Weapon Enchanting Scroll [Superior] OR Exodor Armor Enchanting Scroll [Superior]
* 1x Ishara’s Halidom I OR Amarun’s Relic I
Bonus Chest* Unlocked when you complete the dungeon within 30 minutes
* Contains between 50 and 150 Sea Guardian Tokens
* Sea Guardian Tokens can be exchanged for an exclusive Berserker weapon skin or for obtaining Emeralds and Skill Advancement Scrolls
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Elin Valkyrie
The Valkyrie will be available to another race with the release of patch 90: Elins!
* You can start a new character from level 1
* You can also transform an existing Valkyrie into an Elin using a Race Change Voucher
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Character Slots
This update sees the maximum number of character slots increased by 1.
* The total number of character slots is now 23
* After the patch is released you can collect a free character slot voucher from the TERA Shop
* Collect this slot between 28th January (10 AM) and 11th February (10 AM)
* Your account must have at least one character of level 30 or higher in order to qualify for the free character slot
* The voucher for unlocking the character slot will be given to a character on a server of your choice
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Class Changes
Priest
* Words of Judgment
* Resets the cooldown of Holy Burst and Zenobia’s Vortex
* Triple Nemesis – ‘Stigma’ EP
* Increased effect duration from 12 to 21 seconds
Mystic
* Arunic Release
* Reduced MP costs from 1050 to 700
* Reduced damage from 9750 to 8287
* Thrall Augmentation
* Removed permanent MP cost during effect
* Volley of Curses – Stigma EP
* Increased effect duration from 12 to 21 seconds
Reaper
* Godsfall
* Reduced cooldown from 5 to 4 minutes
Gunner
* Hits by any of the following skills have a certain probability to generate an Arcane Splash near the target:
* Remote Trigger: 100% damage on explosive hits
* Mana Missiles, Obliteration, Scattershot (20%)
* Burst Fire, Bombardment (15%)
* Burst Fire while Modular Weapon System is active (30%)
* Arcane Explosion
* If the Arcane Splash hits its target with Blast, Remote Trigger, Mana Missiles or Balder’s Vengeance, it will be destroyed and causes additional area damage
* Modular Weapon System (level 69 skill advancement)
* Doubles damage of Arcane Explosion when Arcane Barrage is used
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Guilds
Guild War* Increased minimum distance between two towers to 30m
* Increased movement speed effect of your own tower by 35
* Increased tower health points by 300%
* After resurrecting at your tower, you receive a 5-second invulnerability effect
* While your own tower stands, the resurrection cooldown is reduced by 50%
* Standard resurrection cooldown is 10 seconds
Missions* Slightly increased guild gold and weekly guild experience
* New Valderion Tokens added as reward currency for missions
* Once enough Valderion Tokens have been collected, they can be exchanged for additional rewards up to 3x per week
* Guild quests can be completed until the maximum weekly Valderion Tokens have been earned
* Existing missions have been updated
* Battleground missions now apply across all battlegrounds
* Instance missions no longer apply to specific dungeons but to certain types of monster
* Added new missions
* Added new missions for monsters in the open world
* Added new missions for the 3 bosses in the open world
* Added new fishing missions
* Updated sequence/unlocking of missions
* New members can only take on missions after the weekly Valderion Token reset (Monday mornings)
* Increased the number of simultaneous missions from 3 to 15
* Other changes
* New members can only earn guild gold after a weekly reset
* Guild size is recalculated with each weekly reset
* New mission sorting
Note: As a result of the large amount of extensive mission changes, all active missions will be deleted/reset with the maintenance.
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Other Changes
Daily Quests* Reduced the number of enemies who must be defeated for certain daily quests on the Exodor islands
Ghillieglade* Increased chance of looting existing enchanting materials
* Removed the following items from possible loot:
* Wood Scrap
* Archdevan Catalyst
* Metal Fragment
* Added the following items as possible loot:
* Veilthroch
* Skill advancement XP
* Banyaka Coins (can be exchanged for glyphs and boosters)
* Accessory Amplifier I and II (can be extracted to Banyaka Coins)
System for Returning Players* Expanded with more rewards for players at levels 65 to 70
* Includes Stormcry gear, Relics, Halidoms, Skill Advancement Scrolls, Azart equipment and more!
Items* Added Veilthroch to the Metamorphic Emblems shop
* Titus album card
* Cost reduced from 6 to 5 points
* Reduced card effect strength (common/uncommon) by 14%
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Regional Changes
We’re making changes to an array of chests in patch 90, as well as removing various items from the game.
Item DeletionDuring the maintenance, the following event items will be removed from all inventories. **Please use all your remaining letters, chests and tokens before the server maintenance!**
These items will be deleted:
* [Event] Runestone: L, Q, R
* [Event] Runestone: K, P, F
* [Event] Runestone: D, J, O
* [Event] Runestone: F, E, N
* [Event] Runestone: M to R
* [Event] Runestone: G to L
* [Event] Runestone: B, H, M
* [Event] Runestone: B, G, M
* [Event] Runestone: A to F
* [Event] Runestone: All Letters
* [Event] Fire Demon's Chest
* [Event] Letter A
* [Event] Letter B
* [Event] Letter C
* [Event] Letter D
* [Event] Letter E
* [Event] Letter F
* [Event] Letter G
* [Event] Letter H
* [Event] Letter I
* [Event] Letter J
* [Event] Letter K
* [Event] Letter L
* [Event] Letter M
* [Event] Letter N
* [Event] Letter O
* [Event] Letter P
* [Event] Letter Q
* [Event] Letter R
* [Event] Letter Box A
* [Event] Letter Box B
* [Event] Letter Box C
* [Event] Letter Box D
* [Event] Letter Box E
* [Event] Letter Box F
* [Event] Letter Box G
* [Event] Letter Box H
* [Event] Letter Box I
* [Event] Letter Box J
* [Event] Letter Box K
* [Event] Letter Box L
* [Event] Letter Box M
* [Event] Letter Box N
* [Event] Letter Box O
* [Event] Letter Box P
* [Event] Letter Box Q
* [Event] Letter Box R
* [Event] Heroic Emblem
* [Event] Mark of Bravery
* [Event] Gold Ducat
* [Event] Ancient Wyvern Bone
* [Event] EXTREME Summer Victory Chest
* [Event] Summer Victory Chest
* [Event] Deep Sea Explorer's Victory Chest
* [Event] Neptune Key
* [Event] Sunken Treasure Chest
New Chest ContentsWe’re updating the contents of various chests to coincide with patch 90. Various items which offer benefits when used will disappear from the game, and will no longer be available. Items which you currently have in your inventories can still be used (and will not be deleted).
The following items will no longer be acquirable after the update:
* Inexorable Savage Draught
* Tempestuous Savage Draught
* Strong Canephora Potion
* Combat Accelerator Potion
* Seal of the Undying Flame
* Emblem of Eminence
* Glorious Memento
Such items will thus disappear from the following chests:
* Surprise Box: Ancient Mighty Frost Monarch
* Surprise Box: Ancient Mighty Gryphons
* Surprise Box: Ancient Mighty Drakes
* Surprise Box: Ancient Mighty Dream Birds
* Surprise Box: Ancient Mighty Phoenixes
* Surprise Box: Wicked Wyverns
* Surprise Box: Ancient Mighty Dragons
* [Event] Dark Secret
In addition we’re removing certain other items from these chests:
* Metamorphic Emblem
* Goddess’s Blessing
* Superior Noctenium Elixir
* Semi-Enigmatic Scroll
* Veteran Apothecary Dye
* 1,200 Adventure Coins
The following items will be added to some of them to compensate:
* Tikat
* Elleon’s Mark of Valor
* Astral Fragment
* Refined Duranium Ore
* Trade Chest: Card Fragment Random Box (Uncommon)
No Longer SoldThe War Cry Chest will be removed from the shop with patch 90.
GhilliegladeThe Combat Accelerator Potion and Strong Canephora Potion will no longer be available as regional additional loot in the Ghillieglade. Instead you have an increased chance of Elinu’s Tears, and 400 Adventure Coin has been added as potential loot.
