Electrifying moment! Voltarion was born in EU: Interview with Risee ⚡

- 「Dream Horse Voltarion」 -

Greetings, Adventurers!
Flash⚡News! The moment has arrived, and the first Voltarion

has stepped into the light in Europe!

Voltarion, a majestic being who races across the land at the speed of light,

is unmatched and only keeps company with those it deems strong enough.

To earn the right to command Voltarion, one must accomplish feats in both PvP and PvE!

A few weeks after the NA Region, it is now the turn for EU to see a storm brewing as Voltarion
arises and starts to walk its lands. Let's meet Risee, the first to own and complete

his 300 Traces of Thunderbolt collection!


▲ Our first look at Voltarion in EU!

	Greetings, Adventurer, could you please introduce yourself and describe your adventure so far in the world of Black Desert since it began?
	Hello! I’m Risee, and I’ve been playing BDO since March 2016, with some breaks here and there, so yeah, it’s been over 9 years since the game launched (feels old man). My first character was a Tamer, and I played her for over 4 years, so a lot of old-school players can still recognize me from back then. When Pearl Abyss developers added the gear copy system, I decided to switch back to Striker, who I played a bit when he first came out in 2017. Changing your main class used to be such a pain in the a*s back in the day since weapon swapping was way harder compared to now, and there were other issues too. The new gear copy mechanic made it so much easier, and honestly, the Striker’s playstyle just feels right for me since I’ve always picked assassins or fighters in other games. Anyways, I don't wanna sound like some old dude rambling about the good old days, though, so I'll chill on the nostalgia. 🙂 Since then I'm still on Striker and you can find me occasionally stream on twitch.tv/risee
	Nice to meet you, Risee...or Raiga? What's the difference between them, and why did you decide to go by Raiga as your in-game family name but Risee as your go-to for everywhere else?
	When I first created my account, I wasn’t really sure what exactly is family name, so I just used a variation of my real last name, which matches my character’s name, Risee. Back in the day (yep, here comes the old times) people used to call each other by their character names since you couldn’t have multiple mains. Over time, though, as people started creating more characters and weapon exchange coupons were released, most began using their family names to refer to each other. That’s why some people call me Risee/Rice, and others call me Raiga. It doesn’t bother me at all, and actually in my community there’s even a meme where these two are seen as totally different personalities 😀
	Alright, well, I don't know with which of the two personalities we're talking to today, but I think everyone is glad to have you here! Back to the conversation, and when Voltarion was first announced, how much of a goal did it become for you? How much work did you put into this objective so that you made sure to obtain as many Traces as possible every week as soon as they became available?
	At first, I wasn’t too excited about it. After seeing the teaser during Heidel Ball stream, I knew it was going to be the best horse in the game. However, the limited amount of traces and content available to obtain it made me think it would take around 3-4 months before someone would manage to get it. So, Node Wars, Sieges and War of the Roses all relied on my alliance and the only thing I could really focus on was the weekly Sangoon and Arena of Solare season where I achieved Incarnate rank in 192 games. Also, I could get one trace a week from the Deposed Crown Prince but let's not talk about that. ^^
▲ Me, jealous? No, I don't know what you mean by that. (I need it)
	We both discussed your doubts about being the first in EU to tame Voltarion. Would you mind sharing a bit more about what you found challenging?
	When you wrote on my stream that there was no Voltarion on EU yet, especially when I was already at 290+ pity, it really surprised me. I was sure another guild had won more sieges than us, and I honestly thought that someone had already collected 300 traces.
▲ Sometimes a bit of rest is necessary.
	Did you discuss it with anyone ahead of time, such as your guild or alliance, to see how many others could have obtained it?
	No, I couldn’t care less about it because I was 100% sure that someone had already unlocked Voltarion around the same time as on the NA server.
▲ If you want to relive the moment Risee obtained Voltarion, you can check out the clip!
	As a Veteran Black Desert Adventurer, I can easily imagine that Dream and Mythical horses have always been a part of your journey. So I reckon Voltarion had the same appeal for you, or was there something more than obtaining it that appealed to you, such as the method to acquire it?
	Getting Voltarion is a bit different from grinding out the Merchant Ring, hitting a Sovereign weapon on DEC or awakening a T10 horse. Here, progress is heavily limited by time, and there is no way to speed it up, so I just tried to take part in PvP content as often as possible.
	Highly motivated, I see, you just have to keep pushing forward!
▲ The man of the hour!
	How did you feel knowing you were the first one in Europe to accomplish this goal? It's not every day that you can proudly say that you were the first to do it.
	I was definitely surprised because I didn’t expect it at all. For a moment, I thought I was being trolled since someone mentioned seeing an announcement after War of the Roses that someone got Voltarion a few days earlier but it turned out to be the NA server.

▲ Ka-Chow! ⚡So Fast and Fur... Ok, enough with it.
	So, I noticed you called your Voltarion "Bolt". Now, we can still compliment the originality since you have the only Voltarion called Bolt in EU, right? Are you the type of person who deeply thinks about your mount's name, or would you prefer to use something very common and move on?
	Haha, you’re right. I'm a simple person and there’s nothing deep behind it, I just like when the name matches the style. For example, I named my wagon "Leaf" because the roof literally looks like a leaf. 🙂

▲ A very intimidating gaze...
	I can imagine you already leveled up your mount and its skills quickly after obtaining it, so is it now ready for the field? If so, have you had the chance to try it out already, and how did it feel?
	Yeah, that’s right. The next day I was able to enjoy my new mount. I didn’t roll perfect stats, but it’s good enough for now (hopefully, we won’t have to wait too long for the T10 announcement, maybe at the upcoming Heidel Ball?). Voltarion definitely looks like it’s a horse from 2025 because both the server and my PC can barely handle it.. Sometimes it moves/teleports so fast that the map doesn’t even load for me, lmao. Hopefully, more people will get to enjoy it soon aswell.

▲ It looks majestic, doesn't it?
	But, it's also obtainable from Sangoon Calamities 8 through 10. I can only imagine that it also contributed to your total number of Traces. Can you explain to us how you approached this part? Did you simply do C8/C9/C10 on one character, and then C9/C10 on another, or did you take it to the next step, and complete C10 on 5 different classes, every week? In that case, could you tell us which ones, and how much work did it require you to complete C10 every week?
	In the first week, I was learning the Sangoon mechanics for C8/C9/C10 and then I figured it’d be worth tagging a few characters since you get a guaranteed pity for Calamity 10 and tag only costs me 40 fuel. That was a small price to pay for 5 Traces every week. It took me a few hours to learn the Sangoon patterns and each character's gameplay but it was definitely worth it. The characters I chose were: Succession Striker, Awakening Dosa, Awakening Tamer, Succession Lahn, and Deadeye.

▲ Ready for battle!
	As these rewards are primarily obtained from Node/Conquest War and War of the Roses, we can only imagine that this was difficult to achieve alone. Do you have any words you'd like to share with those who helped you along the way to accomplish this?
	I definitely want to thank my buddies from the Armbrows guild, who I’ve been with since 2019, as well as the other two guilds in our alliance, Mythic and RAW, especially the folks who handled the diplomacy. Without them, this wouldn’t have happened. There were a few moments, like purposely leaving the castle for "content" where a week later we got zerged by several guilds in 20 minutes, but hey, at least it’s something to laugh about now, haha. Also, big thanks to Conversion guild for giving me a merc for War of the Roses twice and to everyone who played with me during the last season of Arena of Solare.

▲ Together they go by two now, above and beyond!
	For some of us, we've been following your enhancing journey on Twitch, with or without success, and now that you have obtained Voltarion, I can only wonder, what is your next objective?
	What are my next plans? I definitely want to break my enchantment curse and finally be able to say that “ I’m carried". Right now, I’m grinding silver to enchant my DEC Sovereign weapons and get a Splendid Protection Alchemy Stone, where I’m currently at 83 consecutive fails, yee.. but we don’t give up! And of course, I’m collecting traces for the second Voltarion ^^
	Well, we wish you the best of luck with that and nothing but success! Perhaps we'll see you again in the future, who knows... Thanks again for taking the time for this interview, Risee, and Happy Adventures!

And with this, we are concluding today's interview with Risee, EU's first Voltarion owner!
Thank you so much for taking your time to read it, and see you again, until then, take care, everyone! ♡

* If you want to read about North America's first, Swpz, you can find it here!