Item level



Item level is a numerical value based on the statistics of a character's gear. More accurately, item level of character is sum of item levels of all gear pieces that have this value. (Although it now seems that item levels of individual pieces of gear are not shown anymore).

Note that TERA uses term of "item level" for level of piece of gear and total sum, that is character's item level shown in Profile equipment tab. (some other MMORPG uses term "gear score" for the sum).

It is supposedly the maximum potential of a player's performance. However, it is up to the player to perform that well. Item level is used to unlock some dungeons and quests. There's minimum item level to use Instance Matching to queue dungeon. Also Vanguard Requests and most famously Apex quests unlock on certain item level.

Some common required item levels are:
 * 439, approximately Frostmetal Gear
 * 444, +0 Exodor Scout gear and accessories from Awakening quest
 * 446, approximately Stormcy Gear
 * 453, approximately +5 Stormcy and Entropy set or +7 weapon
 * 453, Exodor gear: level 68 +0 Azart gear (rare, or blue gear)
 * 457, approximately Heroic Oath Gear
 * 460, full +3 Heroic Oath


 * 498, (to run The Catalepticon), +15 Kaia's gear (one armor piece can be +14)

Note that January 2019 PVP gear (Disciplinary/Harmonic/Impregnable) has zero item levels and can't be used to queue dungeons. Also you can't finish Vanguard Request for Guardian Legion mission if you use these powerful weapons (roughly equivalent to Stormcry weapon), even you can earn the boxes.