Sunday 9 November 2014

TERA: The Phantom Tower/Challenger's Tower



     Many people call this the Phatom Tower, which sounds cool, however you will be disappointed if you expect ghosts, phantoms and other cool stuff. So i'd call it now Challenger's Tower as it will be a real challenge to reach the top. (Name will be changed anyway.)

(Video trailer of the instance)



The teleportal to the instance is in Tempest Reach, the frozen area. You will have two ways to enter:


  • You can enter "normally", where you will need to clear all the 20 floors to clear the instance, however if you fail one of the floors before the 16th, you wont be able to retry.

     The first 15 levels have bosses or other monsters from the past against you, but that doesnt mean its easy. The higher you can reach, the harder the monsters you will face.


Everytime you clear 3 normal levels the next challenge will be a little minigame instead of a boss fight, so you can take rest for a bit, and the instance wont get boring. Clearing some special floors will give you buff, that will be useful for the remaining levels, these are: floor 4, 9, 14. There is a point counter system built in the instance, if you reach high score, you will be rewarded with more buffs. 



After the minigame stages, boss fights come.





  • If you have a ticket for this instance, you can skip the first 15 levels and start from the 16th. These tickets are dropped in the "Fate of Arun" dungeons, and in Challenger's Tower as well.


From 16th to 20th floor there are only boss monsters with a high difficulty. Here you can choose (after clearing each floor) if you want to take the reward (fitting the difficulty), or you are more badass than this and want to continue with the next level. 





From 16h-19th floor you have the chance to get armor templates/costumes, similar to the current fashion coupon system.



After clearing the 20th (last) floor, you get the chance for a black fiery lion mount, Smoulder to drop. (You may know the mount from CoF already)




The instance can be cleared Elkara gear, however stronger equipment is recommended for easier run, and more rewards (/points).




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As more information is released, this post will be edited. :)