Server

Server is realm were players can interact with each other. Players in same server see others who play on same server. Servers have server-wide Trade Broker, global chat, LFG-announcements and leaderboards for PvE and PVP. Each account on server has: character slots, shared bank and wardrobe space for your characters and common EP points and Card Collection.

Note: on TERA it's possible to separate players on same server to different Channels where they don't see each other. Each Channel has separate monsters and mining/gathering nodes and only players on same channel see each other.

Different publishers have several servers. Ie. North American publisher En Masse Entertainment had one PvE/roleplay server and one PvP server. European publisher Gameforge has PvE server, PvP server, German language PvE server and French language PvE server. Since November Gameforge also handles NA servers.

(This list does not include Korea, Japan, Taiwan or consoles since I have no info on them.)

NA servers
North American servers where handled 2012–2020 by En Masse Entertainment.

In September 2016 servers Valley of Titans, Lake of Tears and Highwatch were merged in to Fey Forest. In September 2018 server merge old servers Mount Tyrannas and Fey Forest were merged to new PVP65 server. Ascension Valley, Celestial Hills and Tempest Reach merged to new PVE server.

NA servers form their own cluster and are separate from other clusters. These servers have common (but separate from EU) dungeon server and PVP battlegrounds.

You need to switch Region in Gameforge launcher to switch between NA/EU+SEA (Settings->Game account->Region and Language). For historical reasons Tera Club subscription, Tikat, and premium currency are separate from NA to EU (as of November 2020). Certain items have different names, mostly costumes. Also server transfer is not possible to EU servers.

NA servers are in Chicago. Ping to NA from northern Europe is 150–170 ms.

EU servers
EU had big server merge end of August 2016. Killian + Icaruna (Merged from servers Zuras + Icaruna + Balder) became new Killian (PVP). Old PVE servers Fraya + Veritas + Arcadia + Zenobia became Mystel. German servers Kaidun + Hasmina were merged to Yurian. French servers Akasha + Elinu were merged to Seren.

After the merge some new PVE servers were created. Those stayed mostly empty and were merged into bigger servers in April 2018. (For the sake of completeness those servers where nobody played were EN Sikander, DE Saleron, FR Amarun.)

PVP65 server Killian was merged to Mystel in August 2019.

New server was opened for South East Asia player in January 2020. (Playwith SEA closing down).

Russian server opened in June 2020. The server is located in Germany. Should have 40 ms ping to Moscow.

There have been two event servers: Manahan with experimental PvP in winter 2017 and classic server with level 60 cap (reaper patch) Visionmaker in spring 2019.

SEA servers
South-East Asia was 2018–2020 under publisher Playwith, since 2020 Gameforge. This is separate cluster with separate dungeon server and PVP battlegrounds. Tikat, Tera Club, and premium currency are shared with EU.

Ping to SEA from Europe is 200+ ms.

Russian servers
Russian servers were merged into Мистель (Mystel).

Russian publisher is closing servers in 31th May 2020. Players get free transfer to new Gameforge server Shakan.

Server Transfer
A server transfer simply is moving your character from one server to the next without creating a new character. Server transfers can only happen between servers from same publisher and within cluster. It's not possible to move existing character from NA to EU, in example.

The main benefit of server transfer is that you can bypass all the stress of making copies of a certain class that you enjoy using or starting over from scratch.

You start by buying Character Transfer Voucher either from Shop or from trade broker and use it in your inventory. This gives you account credit for one transfer. With Gameforge website "rework" you start server transfer from Gameforge Client. Click ... button after your account name. This will open the Account Management on the main website.

You will find three easy steps...
 * 1. Select a character to transfer - Find your character within the different servers.
 * 2. Select a destination server - In the search bar, pick and choose which server you would like to send your character.
 * 3. Initiate Transfer - Confirm your choice and next time you log in your character will have switched servers.

Items in bank will not transfer to the new server. Since the bank is shared between all characters on the server, it is tied to the server rather than your character. If you want to move items with you, make sure you put them in your inventory before the transfer. Other things that don't transfer are Enhancement Points and Card Collection.

Beware that certain items cannot be transferred and transfer can't be done in that case. There's usually no indication of what items are not transferable. Conflicting items are usually high-end enchant materials or certain vouchers. If you have problem and you can't fix it, try seek help from forums or mail support.