Non-Stop TERA Action: Get psyched for patch 98, containing not only multiple new dungeons, but also additional jewelry as well as special visual weapon skins and partners.
New Dungeons
Aeternia, Forbidden Arena
Designed for 5-player groups from item level 461
Five entries per week (ten for Club members)
Accessible from level 70
Can be entered via group matching
Entry costs 250 adventure coins
50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group
Loot Highlights
Zenobia’s Sacred Breath Box
Power Fidelity Earrings
Strength Fidelity Earrings
Fidelity Circlet
Superior Etching Box
Legendary Annihilation/Dark Light Weapons or Gear
Ishara’s Halidom I, Amarun’s Relic I
Daily Quest
(per completion, for the first 16 daily quests)
6,000 Gold
100 Vanguard Initiative Credits
EP XP++
1x Dragonwing Scale
1x Pure Refined Duranium Ore
Immortalis, Forbidden Arena
Designed for 5-player groups from item level 480
Five entries per week (ten for Club members)
Accessible from level 70
Can be entered via group matching
Entry costs 250 adventure coins
50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group
The instance has been added to the rankings
Loot Highlights
Zenobia’s Sacred Breath Box
Wind Earring Talent Stone
Earthen Circlet Talent Stone
Ishara’s Halidom II, Amarun’s Relic II
Superior Etching Box
Brooch Etching IV (Pumped, Keen, Quicksteps)
Daily Quest
(per completion, for the first 16 daily quests)
6,000 Gold
100 Vanguard Initiative Credits
EP XP++
1x Dragonwing Scale
1x Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock
3x Dark Shard Armor Feedstock
1x Pure Refined Duranium Ore
Kezzel’s Gorge
Kezzel’s Gorge is returning temporarily for the duration of patch 98, and will close again with patch 99 (beginning of October).
Designed for 5-player groups from item level 452
Teleportal in Frontera
40 entries per week (80 for Club members)
Accessible from level 68
Can be entered via group matching
Entry costs 150 adventure coins
50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group
Loot Highlights
Kezzel’s Token
Arborea’s Sacred Breath Box
Midi Weapon Feedstock
Maxi Weapon Feedstock
Midi Armor Feedstock
Maxi Armor Feedstock
Dark Stone Shard Weapon Feedstock
Dark Stone Shard Armor Feedstock
Legendary Annihilation/Dark Light Weapons or Gear
Daily Quest
(per completion, for the first 16 daily quests)
1,500 Gold
50x Vanguard Initiative Credits
50x Noctenium Infusion
EP XP++
1x Dragonwing Scale
1x Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock
New Training Dungeon
To give all new players the opportunity to learn the mechanics of difficult dungeons, Bahaar’s Sanctum is being added as a new training dungeon.
Cannot be entered via group matching, and does not require any adventure coin
Can only be entered via Whurloc in Highwatch
The damage you deal is measured and displayed by the game
(Training) Bahaar’s Sanctum is available from level 70
A merchant selling various enhancement potions is ready and waiting for you in the dungeon
Items can be used for 2 hours (at a cost of 1 copper)
Items and buffs have no effect outside of the instance
Various crystals are available to you ahead of the bosses, providing tanks, healers or instructions
Additional Items in Dungeons
Forbidden Arena (Hagufna)
The boss’ weapon skin can now be dropped as rare loot for slayers (greatsword)
The boss’ cape can also be obtained as loot (for all classes)
An event will also start in the week following the patch release, during which you can also get his costume and other items (using tokens via the daily quests of many dungeons)
RK-9 Kennel (Normal, Hard)
A new partner may be included as bonus loot
It looks like a little RK-9, and can be looted as a rare or legendary version
The legendary version has a special skill that prevents the power buff from expiring if you die
Other Changes
The Rift’s Edge instance is closing its doors once more
A Complete Crystalbind is now automatically used in training dungeons
The priest NPC no longer generates Aggro
Bahaar’s Sanctum has been removed from the rankings
New Jewelry
Earrings and Circlets
You can acquire new Fidelity Earrings and Circlets in the (Aeternia) Forbidden Arena. Existing jewelry cannot be upgraded to these pieces!
Power Fidelity Earring
Strength Fidelity Earring
Fidelity CircletEach piece of new jewelry contains 3 of the following options:
Physical/magic amplification
Physical/magic crit damage
Physical/magic penetration
Physical/magic resistance
Ignore physical/magic resistance
Max. HP / MP
Crit factor
Talent Stones
You can set additional options on your new jewelry using Talent Stones via the existing Equipment Merging menu. The Wind Earring and Earthen Circlet Talent Stones are available as loot in the (Immortalis) Forbidden Arena.The Talent Stones each have 5 random stats (the same options as for the rings/necklace), of which 2 can be transferred to your earring or circlet at random!
Fidelity Cubes
As was the case before with rings and necklaces, Fidelity Cubes return again this time and you can use them to obtain a new earring or circlet from multiple existing ones:
Fidelity Cube
Place five earrings or circlets into the mechanism to receive a random new one each time.These cubes can be purchased from Specialty Stores in the big cities. The ring and necklace Fidelity Cubes will also change from “add 3” to “add 5”.
PvP Changes
Equipment
When enchanting Disciplinary, Harmonic and Impregnable gear, the risk of a downgrade has been removed
Violet/Azure Particles/Plates can no longer be sold
For battlegrounds with uniform gear, the gear has been adjusted
Equipment items now contain the new stats, such as magic and physical amplification or resistance
Accessories (rings, earrings, necklaces, circlets, masks, belts) are no longer uniform, but individual (you use your own items)
Corsairs’ Stronghold
Various objects have been adjusted for the new equipment stats
The HP as well as the physical and magic resistance of gates have been increased
Damage from self-destructing has been drastically increased
The Core
Items
The ???? reputation merchant also now has Talent Stones with PvP options for the new earrings and circlets on offer. Individual equipment is more important than ever before due to changes in the way it is used on battlegrounds
The gold price for Exodor Core Essence has been reduced to 500 gold
The cost of (Random) Exodor Belts/Brooches/Mask Cubes (legendary) has been reduced to 500 reputation points
New (Random) Exodor Belts/Brooches/Mask Gold Cubes (legendary) have been added for 1,500 reputation points
The rewards in Caiman’s Golden Chest have been changed
Gameplay Changes
New elements have been added to the zone: walls, fallen trees and so on
These go some way in creating partitions on various parts of the map, and leave fewer areas that are “just open space”
The Golden Caiman now has 50% more HP and instantly negates the effect obtained from reliquaries if you get too close to him
Adjustments to the “untouchable” zone (in which you cannot be attacked)
Class Balancing
Gunner
Reduced MP cost for Mana Missiles and Detonate
Burst Fire is now influenced by your attack speed
Reaper
Shadow Step duration has been increased
Various skills can now be chained differently
