Guide:New player guide/Quests

Quests are the core of the TERA experience. From around level 15, you will almost always have a dozen active quests in your quest log. A lot of the time, if you're like many, you will have the maximum of 30 quests in your log. It is good, however, to limit this as well as is reasonable, because others frequently have quests to share with you. The more of the group working on the same quest, the better, as you can all work to a common goal and you each know distinctly what that goal is.

Quests are obtained from NPCs, from items in the world, or shared from party members. Not all quests can be shared, and there are many quest lines that you must follow from the beginning; you cannot skip within a quest line.

In the starting area, you will find some quests that are common to all. All of these quests are good to start gaining experience. These often include killing low-level creatures in the area or speaking to one of the nearby NPCs.


 * [[Image:Pointer Target.png]] Pointing at quest giver

You can identify quest giving NPCs from the ! over their head. Talk to the quest giving NPC to get the quest. Note: The hotkey {F} may be used to access NPC's as well - although the auto targeting sometimes is not meaning to talk to. The giver of a quest you have yet to complete will have above his head a ?. When you complete the quest by meeting its requirements, the quest giver will have a * over its head. These symbols will also appear on your mini-map to help in navigation and discovering new quests.
 * Note: If you have the requirements, but some items are in the bank, you must retrieve them to finish the quest. They must be in hand. Otherwise, it will appear as though the quest is bugged when it's not.

Most of your first 11 levels will come from quests and from monsters you kill as a part of doing quests. While a good group is a very good thing, if you find yourself in a party that wanders around killing non-quest monsters and doesn't seem to be working towards a quest, it may be better to go questing alone. Most frequently, groups involving different classes are much more effective than groups of only one class, or being solo. Also, in groups, players can share many quests with one another so that all of them can be doing the very same quest, and if the quest involves only killing monsters, each monster killed contributes to everyone's quest. If a quest involves picking up an item from one specific mob, all party members need to get their own items.

You should always take the time to read the quest information. Note: Currently many in game quest info does not show up till after you have taken the quest. It is usually necessary to open the {L} quest log description and read it that way to get the information you need. It will almost always tell you where to go in order to complete the quest objective, or occasionally tell you to check an item in your Inventory for detailed information regarding your objectives (quests that do not tell you where to go or what to do in the quest log are few and far between).

Note: TERA quest log often fills with boring quests you didn't finish (like killing 10 monsters of specific type). Closing quest on on-screen quest list doesn't abandon. You can open quest log with key L. Clicking on quest name on-screen will move you to quest description. Trash can icon will abandon quest. You can abandon all quests on area you moved away by clicking trash can next to area name on list. Inside the quest description are links that will mark your goal or target on the mini-map itself - usually found as a underlined word toward the bottom of the description.