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Events Jan 12, 2024, 20:00 (UTC) Scholar Open Tournament!
 
Demonstrate your mastery of the gravity cores and prove yourself as the best Scholar player. To celebrate the release of the latest new class, Scholar, we are thrilled to announce the Open Tournament for Scholar! How high will your hammers fall? Will the throne of glory crush under the pressure or will it be yours?


Find information on how to sign up, schedule, ruleset, and rewards below.

 

Scholar Open Tournament Schedule

The goal of this tournament is to determine who's the best Scholar by having Adventurers of the same class compete against each other. The Tournament takes place over a single day starting with the round of 64. 

Region

EU

NA

Entry Period 

January 12, 2024 (Wed) - January 22, 2024 (Sun) 00:00 (UTC)

Bracket Release 

January 24, 2024 (Wed)

Brackets

[Bracket] (Added)

[Bracket] (Added)

* Match times and a complete schedule will be announced at a later date.

* The schedules of matches may be changed, modified, or canceled.

* The tournament will be streamed on the official Black Desert Twitch channel. A detailed streaming schedule will be announced at a later date.

* Tournament Organizers will share schedule updates via the Tournament Discord

 
Event Rewards

Placement

Reward 

Winner  

30,000 Pearls 

2nd Place  

10,000 Pearls 

3rd Place  

5,000 Pearls 

* Rewards will be delivered to the winner's mail within two weeks of tournament conclusion
 

Scholar Open Entry

Tournament Entry Conditions 

Discord

 

Character must be a Trial Scholar and Participants must join the [Discord] for entry details.
*Trial Scholar characters will be introduced in the January 17th, 2024 Maintenance.

* You will only be able to enter with one class. In case of duplicate entries, your latest submission will be entered. 
* If there is a discrepancy from the entry form and actual in-game information, you will be disqualified from participating in the tournament. Please be sure to enter the correct information. 
* Signup doesn’t guarantee participation
 

Broadcasting and Host Information

 You can catch all the Scholar Open Tournament action on our official Twitch channel or the hosts' channels!

EU NA Official Channel [Restream]
Our European Host is Anfieldw and co-hosted by BlueSquadron Our North American host is Jonneyfive and co-hosted by BlueSquadron Our Official Channel will restream the action!
Saturday, January 27, 2024 16:00 CET  | 15:00 UTC Saturday, January 27, 2024  | 1PM EST
Sunday, January 28, 2024  | 1PM EST
EU: Saturday, January 27, 2024  | 15:00 UTC
NA: Saturday, January 27, 2024  | 18:00 UTC
Sunday, January 28, 2024  | 18:00 UTC
Anfieldw Jonneyfive BlackDesertGame

 

Scholar Open Tournament - Progress Guide 

Round

Match Details

Victory Condition

Round of 64, 32, 16, and 8

1 vs 1

Best of Three 

Semifinals, Finals

1 vs 1

Best of Five 

- If there is an odd number of participants, a random participant will receive a bye.
* The matches will be played in accordance with [2024 Scholar Open Ruleset]. 
* Matches will last for 3 minutes, against an opponent of the same class  
* Before each match, the loading screen will appear 2 times to reset the Black Spirit's Rage. 
* When the match starts, you must move out of the arena's gate within 10 seconds to proceed with the match. 
* After 10 seconds, the arena’s gate will automatically close, and you will not be able to proceed with the match.
* When you enter the Arena of Arsha, buffs from elixirs, food, scrolls, etc. will be removed.
* During a match you will only be able to use [Battlefield] potions, Ornette’s Spirit Essence, and Odore’s Spirit Essence 
Failure to follow the rules below may result in disqualification from the tournament, or loss of a match. 
2024 Scholar Open Tournament Rules    
   
* Participants must show up at scheduled time and do not intentionally leave or disconnect during a match.  
* Participants must not change their family name and character name during the tournament (From tournament start date to tournament end date).  
* Participants’ family name or character name must not violate the [Black Desert Operational Policy].  
* Participants must not deliberately interfere with the opponent's match.  
* Participants must follow [Host] instructions for a fair match. 
* Participants must not have another player participate in the tournament on their behalf.    
* Participants must not deliberately induce a draw/not actively participate in the match.  
* Participants must not violate [2024 Scholar Open Ruleset].  
* Participants’ account must not have been restricted or violated of the [Black Desert Operational Policy].   
* Participants must not participate in a match in an unusual way under the [Black Desert Event Rules].  
(Action may be taken in accordance with the [Black Desert Operational Policy]).  
* Participants must not participate in a match in an inappropriate way other than the intended in-game method of progressing the game as described.  
(The criteria for improper participation methods are determined by [Hosts] and participants may be disqualified based on the results of the investigation).  
 
 

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