Greetings Adventurers,

Since the release of Sage – our newest class – on March 17, we’re sure many Adventurers are wondering about the start of a new Season. While we do plan to continue improving and providing Season Servers, unfortunately, there will not be an upcoming Spring Season. We understand Adventurers who waited for the new season will be disappointed by this news, so we want to share what we’ve prepared to help new/returning Adventurers with the release of Sage.

We’ve always put a lot of consideration into how to make it easier for new Adventurers or friends of existing Adventurers who are starting for the first time to adapt to the game and find more enjoyment.

As a result, we've tried many different avenues to address this in a way that fits Black Desert’s style. First starting off with the introduction of the Olvia Server, then moving onto the Cliff’s Weapon Series, Suppressed Gear, Horse Rental, Oasis Gear, PEN (V) Capotia Series, and the Season Servers that started last year.

Nonetheless, as our service continues, we’ve increasingly received feedback saying that new Adventurers face greater difficulties adapting to the game. Of these difficulties, the topic of gear progression is something we discussed and considered internally. One of the results of these discussions is the upgraded version of “Suppressed Gear” -- the “Narchillan” gear. Narchillan gear is similar to DUO (II) - TRI (III) enhanced Blackstar gear and is relatively easy to obtain as you exchange the familiar PEN (V) Naru gear for it.

Additionally, we’ll be adding a Guild-based Item Rental feature, akin to the existing horse rental feature. So, how does it work? Anyone in the guild can put storable items into the Guild Rental Storage, and someone who needs the item can ask to rent the item from its owner. Rented gear can be used exactly like normal gear, but will be returned to the owners in their original state once the event period ends. (E.g. If you enhance a TRI (III) Kzarka Longsword with Caphras Stones, the Caphras enhancement will revert to their original state once the event ends.)

This event is meant to foster an environment where Adventurers can help friends or new guild members. Nevertheless, we want to ensure this event won’t be exploited or abused, so we’re only allowing Adventurers with a total character level of 150 or below to rent gear, and only TRI (III) - TET (IV) level gear will be rentable.

Finally, we’re introducing the new Olvia server. This new Olvia server is intended to be a place where new and returning Adventurers can level their characters during the “off-season,” so its benefits will be maintained until the next season server. In the previous Olvia server, only Combat and Skill EXP received a big boost, but in the new Olvia server, Contribution and Life Skill growth will also be boosted. We also want to give existing Adventurers a chance to experience some of these benefits, so we’ll be applying the new Olvia server benefits to the normal servers for approximately 4 weeks (2 weeks – 2 weeks) as well.

Happy adventuring!