Patch Notes 27 - The Classic Server

Forward to the past – On 12th February 2019, we’re opening the temporary Classic Server.

Go on a journey back in time to 23rd July 2014, where the challenges of patch 27 await you!

These patch notes are only valid for the Classic Server and do not affect the regular servers. You’ll find more information about the Classic Server here:

• Classic FAQ
• Preview
• Twitch stream

Dungeons

The following dungeons are open:

The following adjustments apply to Classic Server dungeons:

Level 20 to 53 dungeons

• Loot permanently increased by 100% during the event
• Experience points gained during the event increased by up to 200%

Level 57 to 58 dungeons

• Loot permanently increased by 50% during the event
• Experience points gained during the event increased by up to 200%
• Cooldown of hard dungeons is 1 hour (30 minutes for club members)

Level 60 dungeons

• 1 daily entry (2 for club members)
• Experience points gained during the event increased by up to 200%
• Loot gained during the event increased by up to 200%
• Tradeable Masterwork Alkahest can be looted for each group member in all dungeons regardless of the difficulty and categorization (VM1, VM2, etc.)

Level 60 dungeons – only VM2 and VM3

• Health and attack power of bosses increased by 15-20% for the start of the event
• This makes VM1 the first worthwhile equipment goal
• This increase will be removed after a few weeks

Temple of Temerity

• Cooldown reduced to 1 hour (30 minutes for club members)

Sirjuka Gallery

• Increased the number of exchange tokens for ranks 1 and 2 to make getting glyphs faster
• 3 daily entries (6 for club members)

Battlegrounds

The following battlegrounds are open at the times shown here. Active battlegrounds will also be shown in the game. Please note that the Kumasylum will not be open all weekends as an event battleground.

 

Battleground Rewards

The battlegrounds’ rewards have been heavily adjusted:

Reputation and Reputation Credit Stores

• Depending on your own rating and whether you win or lose, there are different amounts of Bellicarium and Killing Spree Credits as a reward
• Points can be exchanged in the respective stores, for example, for gear, glyph crates, or sea chests
• At the start of the event, there are no VM2 or VM3 recipes in the stores. These will be added after several weeks

New Rewards Boxes

All battlegrounds send rewards boxes with enchanting materials to participants. The contents of the boxes can be viewed here: BG Reward Boxes

The following battlegrounds send you boxes:

• Kumasylum
  • 1-3x Kumas Candy Box, depending on the number of Diamonds won
• Corsairs’ Stronghold
  • 1x Sea Chest each day for the first victory upon completion of a quest
  • 1x Victor’s Box for every 3 rounds won
  • 1x Challenger’s Box for every 3 rounds lost
• Fraywind Canyon
  • 1x Victor’s Box for every 4 rounds won
  • 1x Challenger’s Box for every 4 rounds lost
• Champions’ Skyring
  • 1x Victor’s Box for every 8 rounds won
  • 1x Challenger’s Box for every 8 rounds lost

Nexus & Alliance

Nexus and Alliance content is open as follows:

No further changes to the content are planned for the time being.

Enchantment

Greatly increased chances of success when enchanting Tier 13 and 14 equipment. This allows more players to obtain strong gear faster.

• Chances of masterworking an item hugely increased
• Contents of the Locked Enchanter’s Coffer hugely improved
  • Contents list

Gathering and Crafting

The crafting and gathering of materials have be adjusted as follows:

• Every successful gathering attempt rewards you with double the number of materials
• Every crafting attempt, whether a failure or a success, rewards you with double crafting skill points
• Recovery of production points tripled

Reputation Factions and Daily Quests

• You will start with at least a neutral reputation among all factions so that you can quickly achieve a good reputation
• Number of daily quests doubled to 20 (40 for Club members)

Challenges

Take on special challenges and receive exclusive rewards! You will receive rewards boxes, which can be opened after the transfer to the regular servers, for the following achievements.

The contents of the boxes can be viewed here: Achievement Rewards

[Classic] Progress Chest

• Challenge: Reach level 60 with your character.
• This chest can only be earned once per character.
• You can only open this chest on a regular server.
• The chest is automatically awarded via the corresponding achievement in the game.

[Classic] Firestarter Chest

• Challenge: Be the first player of your class to reach level 60.
• This chest can only be earned once per class and server.
• You can only open this chest on a regular server.
• The chest is automatically awarded via the corresponding achievement in the game.

[Classic] Adversity Chest

• Challenge: Be the first to complete one of the following dungeons:
  • Argon Corpus (Hard)
  • Manaya’s Core (Hard)
  • Wonderholme (Hard)
  • Rift’s Edge (Hard)
  • Kelsaik’s Nest (20-Person)
• This chest can only be earned once per dungeon.
• You can only open this chest on a regular server.
• The chest is awarded manually after evaluation of the data.

[Classic] Carnage Chest

• Challenge: Complete the following dungeons on the server 10 times:
  • Manaya’s Core (Hard)
  • Wonderholme (Hard)
  • Rift’s Edge (Hard)
• Transform the Dungeon Insignias received in dungeons into rewards boxes using the [Classic] Dungeon Insignia Fusion item (available from merchants).
• This chest can only be earned once per character.
• You can only have 1 of these chests in your inventory.
• You can only open this chest on a regular server.

[Classic] Bloodlust Chest

• Challenge: Complete the following battlegrounds on the server 10 times:
  • Corsairs’ Stronghold
  • Champions’ Skyring
  • Fraywind Canyon
• Transform the Battleground Insignias received on battlegrounds into rewards boxes using the [Classic] Battleground Insignia Fusion item (available from merchants).
• This chest can only be earned once per character.
• You can only have 1 of these chests in your inventory.
• You can only open this chest on a regular server.

[Classic] Battleground Hero Chest

• Challenge: Rank among the top 5 battleground players (in the in-game rankings, once per battleground rankings)
• This prize can only be earned once per battleground and season.
• You can have up to 5 chests in your inventory.
• You can only open this chest on a regular server.

[Classic] Tenacious Chest

• Challenge: Play on the Classic Server each day and collect Rollcall Insignias.
• Transform 30 received Rollcall Insignias into rewards boxes.
• This chest can only be earned once per server.
• You can only have 1 of these chests in your inventory.
• You can only open this chest on a regular server.

[Classic] Imperturbable Chest

• Challenge: Play on the Classic Server for 3 hours
• You can only open this chest on the Classic Server.
• This chest can only be earned once per day.

[Classic] Championship Chest

• Challenge: Complete the following dungeons with rank 1 on the server 10 times:
  • Sirjuka Gallery
  • Crucible of Flame
• Transform the received Dungeon Rank Insignias into rewards boxes.
• This chest can only be earned once per character.
• You can only have 1 of these chests in your inventory.
• You can only open this chest on a regular server.

Items

The following equipment items are available:

Equipment (weapons, armor, gloves, shoes)

• All equipment up to and including Tier 15
• Crafting of VM1, VM2, and VM3 sets
• Special PvP variants of VM2 and VM3 sets can be crafted. The respective recipes will be added to the reputation merchants after a few weeks. The required materials are available from the merchant.

Jewelry (rings, earrings, necklaces)

• All variants available in patch 27, including those available from reputation factions and alliance vaults

Brooches & belts

• All variants available in patch 27

Underwear

• All variants available in patch 27 are available using Goldfinger Tokens

Other Changes

Account Types

• Permanently doubled experience points for all players
• Each account type starts with 2 character slots available

Character Creation

• Only one reaper can be created per account and server
• To create a reaper, you must have reached level 55 with at least one of your characters on the server

TERA Club

• The Jeweled Lion is considered a Club mount on the Classic Server
• Various buffs are available each day, which can be activated three times a day
• Club members can collect supply crates from the Club bar each day containing useful items. Details of their contents can be found here: TERA Club Daily Box