TERA (video game)

Tera
Original North American cover art
Developer(s)	Bluehole Inc.
Publisher(s)	En Masse Entertainment, Gameforge,NHN Corporation via Hangame, NHN Japan Corporation via Hangame Japan
Distributor(s)	Atari,Ubisoft
Designer(s)	Yong-Hyun Park Byung-Gyu Chang Huang Cher Ung
Composer(s)	Inon Zur Rod Abernethy
Engine	Unreal Engine 3
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)	KOR: January 25, 2011 JP: Aug 18, 2011 NA: May 1, 2012 EU: May 3, 2012 RU: February 26, 2015
Genre(s)	Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Tera is a 3D fantasy themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Bluehole Inc.. The game was released in South Korea on January 25, 2011, in Japan on August 18, 2011, in North America on May 1, 2012, in Europe on May 3, 2012, and in Russia on February 26, 2015, with closed and open beta testings taking place before the launch dates. NHN Corporation, NHN Japan Corporation, En Masse Entertainment and Gameforge publishes the game in these regions, respectively. In February 2013 the game was renamed to Tera: Rising concurrently with the game's launch to the free-to-play model.

In September 2014 the game was renamed to "Tera: Fate of Arun" in the same patch that added a new level cap and expanded Tera's horizons with the new continent in Northern Arun: Val Oriyn "cut off from the rest of the world for centuries, Northern Arun is a land of savage jungles, colossal ruins, and the undiscovered homeland of the Barakas" The patch became effective on December 2014 in America and Europe .

Tera has typical MMORPG features such as questing, crafting, and player versus player action. The game's combat uses a real-time battle system that incorporates third-person camera view. The player targets an enemy with a cross-hair cursor rather than clicking or tabbing an individual opponent (which is called the "Non-Target battle system" by the developer). The Players need to actively dodge enemy attacks. A keyboard and mouse or a control pad can be used to control the character.

Characters may be one of seven races. Each race has a set of unique "racial skills" that gives them minor advantages. Races also have their own unique animations for many class-specific skills. Tera also has 12 classes (as of August, 2016), each with their own unique abilities and attributes.

The developers collaborated with CCP Games and their successful use of "PLEX" for Eve Online as a way of deterring gold farmers. As a result, Tera released a currency called "Chronoscrolls" that works similarly, as it allows game time to be purchased with real money and sold for in-game gold. The use of Chronoscrolls is only available to users who have purchased the game either digitally or physically. Those with the "Discovery Edition" cannot use Chronoscrolls.