Equipment

The Well-Dressed Adventurer

There are three types of armor in TERA, and each class has their own signature weapons. Armor is shared across both classes and roles, and is not gender-specific until worn. Specific abilities of garments may vary from class to class.

Robes

Sorcerers, mystics, and priests wear robes, cloth shoes, and sleeves.

Light Armor

Warriors, slayers, and archers wear hauberks, boots, and leather gloves.

Heavy Armor

Lancers and berserkers wear armor, greaves, and gauntlets.

Selecting Your Stuff

There are four ways to get better equipment in TERA: find it, earn it, craft it, or buy it. The first two happen naturally as you quest. If you can't wait, you should try the other two.

Crafting

Equipment in TERA is ordered in grades, with each grade covering a 5 level range. Crafting your own equipment can maximize its effectiveness, though each type of weapon or armor needs a different kind of raw material. You'll need to find or buy recipes as you progress, with higher-level recipes requiring hard-to-find runes and accessories. For more information about crafting in TERA, jump to Crafting.

Extracting

Extraction is one of several skills that "makes something out of nothing." If you have a piece of equipment you can't use anymore, or is for another class, if your skill matches the grade of the item you can render it into raw materials. Scrolls teaching extraction levels are available at general vendors.

Award Token Equipment

In addition to XP, some quests and monsters offer award tokens. You can exchange these tokens for armor, weapons, and consumable items at specialty vendors in major cities. This equipment can have a set selection of abilities or may be enchantable.

Customizing Your Character

Although equipment can look the same, how it's used and what it does varies wildly from player to player. TERA allows you to select the right equipment for the right situation, and customize it to suit your play style.

Crystals

Available as quest rewards, item drops, or purchasable from vendors, enhancement crystals change the abilities of your weapons and armor in fantastic ways. Extra HP or MP, increased defense, or any number of special effects can alter your fights. TERA also allows you to switch out equipment situationally, so it's a good idea to stock up on multiple types of effects!

Each weapon or main armor has a number of crystal slots available. Be careful though—if you die in combat, there's a chance for one or more crystals to shatter!

Enchanting

Certain items are "primed," meaning that in addition to already cool abilities, you can enchant them for even more powers. These weapons are found or created "enigmatic," — use an identification scroll available from any general vendor to discover their true abilities and potential.

Using a bonding agent also available from the vendor, you can combine a primed item and item of the same grade and type (weapons for weapons, armor for armor) through the enchanting interface (T).