TERA's third closed beta test begins in two short days! On March 8 at 10:00 AM PST, Tera is deploying a new patch.

Here are some at-a-glance facts about this weekend's event:

Duration: Friday, March 9 at 11:00 AM PST to Sunday, March 11 at 11:59 PM PST
Servers: Arachnaea (PvE), Serpentis Isle (PvE), Valley of Titans (PvP), Jagged Coast (PvP)
Maximum Level: 32
Character Slots: 2 per server

Note that Tera Closed Beta Test 3 starts an hour earlier that the other events because of  Daylight Saving Time starting this weekend and stealing an hour away.

Closed Beta Test 3 has some great improvements. They made some small tweaks to the PvP system according to players feedback. It's now uncool to kill players six or more levels lower than you, and players who do will receive the red name of shame, with their punishment left up to the community. Tera's design goal is to give players the tools to run the PvP server and set a framework that encourages meaningful PvP but doesn't let asshats ruin it for everyone else.

Increasing the level cap to 32 opens up two provinces to explore: the Val Aureum desert lands and the tropical coast of Ostgarath. In addition to discovering the towns of Chebika and Cutthroat Harbor, you can take adventure into Azarel's Temple, which is an open dungeon containing small instances.

There will be five closed beta tests for TERA from February to April, each lasting about 60 hours for a total of 300 hours. The number of servers, the maximum level, and number of available character slots will increase over the course of the events. There will be no non-disclosure agreement or NDA during any of these events, so feel free to screenshot, film, and write about your experiences, and share them with your friends and guildmates!

Working with effort, Tera is constantly changing and planning to make TERA better.

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