Check your Quest Log: Occasionally when you’re given a quest, like taken down a local boss NPC, the map won’t update unless you go into the Quest Log and click the target you’re looking for. We think this is another mechanism to allow players to engage with the story rather than just being a bug, but bare it in mind as it’ll prevent you from spamming chat with annoying requests demanding to know where Vekas is. You’ll thank us later.
Don’t Be Afraid to Grind: Like other MMOs any NPC that has an quest for you to do will have a giant exclamation mark floating over their head, and there’s usually a lot of text associated with each activity. Occasionally you’ll find yourself under levelled and without any questing content to do thanks to certain missions being level gated. When that happens just pick on some local monsters that are at your level and start banging heads together. It sounds crude, but it doesn’t take too much grinding to get your character enough XP to be eligible for the next quest.
Use Teleportation Scrolls: There’s a lot of running back and forth in TERA, so it’s always worth keeping a few Safe Haven teleport scrolls handy just so you aren’t continually commuting and wasting time.
Don’t Buy Anything: The starter zone is really there just to ease you into the game. It’s impossible to get any loot on Dawn Island that’s worth a damn, despite the presence of gold farmers and bots, and the vendors aren’t supplying any good stuff either. Don’t buy armour, weapons, crafting tools or any other low level junk. Save your money until you hit capital city Velika, that’s where the really great goods are being sold.
