Old level 65 gear



Old level 65 gear system was in place from TERA: Fate of Arun in September 2014 until October 2017 revamp. It was followed by new style level 65 gear (Guardian/Twistshard/Frostmetal/Stormcry/Heroic Oath sets, until April 2020).

This system had basic gear received when reaching level 65, two mid-range gear sets and high-end VM (Visionmaker) gear. New gear was introduced about every six months and higher mid-range rotated to became lower mid-range gear. Every piece of gear has unique name. Some sets had certain themes, like Schisma had time related names and Dreadnaught naval theme.

Gear was enchanted to +9 with feedstock and alkahest matching its tier. At +9 gear had to be masterworked by applying Master Enigmatic Scroll and Intricate Identification Scroll which had about 3% chance to masterwork gear and allow it to be enchanted to +12. Masterworking also improved gear base stats. Lower mid-range gear however was very easy to masterwork and enchant.

Gear also had to be rolled. Ie. weapon had 4 enchantment lines with random effect. Master Enigmatic Scroll made gear enigmatic and Identification Scroll gave random enchantment lines. Applying scrolls repeatedly gear could be rolled to have desired lines. Good lines could be locked with Spellbinds.

For enchanting from +10 to +12 one used feedstock matching gear tier and Masterwork Alkahest (commonly know as MWA).

For enchanting high-end VM gear past +12 one had to travel to Habere and go to Muhrak's Workshop there. Before enchanting the gear had to be Awakened, which took fixed amount of MWA and feedstock, but always succeeded.

Basic gear
Basic gear from TERA: Fate of Arun was named Idoneal. It originally dropped in Sabex Armory and Macellarius Catacombs. Later it was automatically given from quest when player reached level 65 and could also be bought from Vanguard Initiative merchants. Idoneal was not enchantable, it had no rollable lines, but should be replaced asap with better gear.

Idoneal weapon was later removed. It was moved to level 64 avatar weapon because later story quests were too hard. "Purging" weapons from Macellarius Catacombs are same as level 64 avatar weapons. However, as these are level 64 weapons, they can't equip niveot crystals like Idoneal did.

Rotating gear sets
Original mid-range gear was Ambit which dropped in Bathysmal Rise, or could be bought with Ambition tokens earned in other dungeons playable with Idoneal. Later it could be bought from Vanguard Initiative merchant. Higher mid-range gear was Discovery from Bathysmal Rise Hard Mode and Sky Cruiser Endeavor. High tier gear was VM4 Generation.

Go Berserk! patch in July 2015 introduced tier 5 Fulminate gear. It replaced Ambit and Discovery gear which were removed. Fulminate dropped in reworked 7-man Bathysmal Rise. Fulminate could not be enchanted and was considered "Idoneal 2.0". Mid-range gears from Go Berserk! patch were tier 6 Wroth (lower) and tier 7 Schisma (higher). Schisma was first mid-tier set which had special "chest line" in armor to improve some skill. This was previously only feature of Visionmaker sets. High tier gear was VM5 Lucid and high-end PVP gear Tensus. These could be enchanted to +15.

In Knockout patch 37 (brawler patch) Schisma became lower mid-range gear and new tier 8 Dreadnaught gear was introduced. It originally dropped in Kalivan's Dreadnaught. Dreadnaught was first hybrid PVE-PVP gear and no low-end PVP gear was released anymore. Main PVP feature was that set has crit resistance and "take less damage from crits" lines. Patch also introduced tier 9 Starfall VM gear. Tensus was buffed to match Dreadnaught and Starfall gear. Starfall was last VM gear with special line "Blacksmith's Hammerstrike". This meant that it had change to randomly stun opponent with hit.

In Ninja patch in May 2016 Dreadnaught became lower gear and new tier 9 Slaughter gear was introduced. It originally dropped in Demokron Factory. High-end gear was tier 10 Imperator gear. Imperator and newer VM-weapons have Blacksmith’s Last Mercy special line. It has random change to reduce enemy crit resistance by 10. Patch also saw release of high-end tier 9 PVP gear Conflate.

Spellbound patch in October 2016 saw release of tier 10 Guile as higher mid-range gear. It originally dropped in Lilith's Keep. High-end gear was tier 11 Ambush (VM8). Ambush could be upgraded to Behemoth (VM8.5) gear using materials from Harrowhold.

Tier 11 Misery gear was released in Velik's Fate patch. Tier 12 Deathwrack (VM9) was high-end gear from the patch. Deathwrack could be upgraded to Oblit (VM9.5) gear using materials from 20-man Harrowhold.