Black Desert FESTA – A Decade of Adventures Recap!
10 Years of Black Desert FESTA held on Dec 14, 2024 (Sat) at Suwon Messe!
Marking Black Desert’s 10th anniversary, at the FESTA,
we shared adventures from bustling Velia to bone-chilling Everfrost.
Shall we take a look back on what news each territory shared together?
“I’ll Let My Gun Do the Talking for Me.” – Deadeye Release on Dec 24, 2024 (Tue)
Deadeye, the 29th class, rides into Black Desert on Dec 24 (Wed).
Inspired by gunslingers of the “wild” American western era, Deadeye wields revolvers, a shotgun, and her “Lil’ Devil” rocket launcher. Curious about her origins and striking appearance? Check out the main trailer below!
For more details on Deadeye, check out the GM Note below.
* The new class, “Deadeye,” will be available for a sneak peek on the Black Desert Global Lab on Dec 20 (Fri). Further details will be provided in upcoming notices.
Balenos - Our Adventure Begins
Enhancement Support for New Adventurers - Dec 24, 2024 (Tue) update
· Permanent Combat EXP +1,000% on Season Servers ·
To help characters level faster, all season servers will now have Combat EXP +1,000% on at all times.
· More Advice of Valks from +50 to +100 Stacks ·
· Infinite Potion & Guaranteed PEN (V) Boss Gear Materials ·
Upon seasonal graduation, a new quest will grant you Atanis’ Element x100 (crafting/ materials for the infinite potions — Ornette’s and Odore’s Spirit Essences) and Oquilla Piece of the Old Moon x40.
Filling up specimens for special Marni’s Stones at treasure monster zones will also grant a total of 3,000 Caphras Stones.
· Weapon & Accessory Exchange ·
Upon seasonal graduation, you will obtain Essences of Ascent that you can use to exchange a PEN (V) Tuvala accessory and gear into a HEX (VI) Tuvala equivalent.
You can enhance this HEX (VI) Tuvala accessory and gear up to DEC (X), which can later be exchanged into a TET (IV) Kharazad accessory and PEN (V) Blackstar weapon, respectively.
· Blackstar and Godr-Ayed Enhancement Adjustments ·
Life Skill Revamps - Jan 8, 2025 (Wed) update
· Gradual increase of max Life Skill Mastery to 3,000 ·
· Higher-tier than Manos – Preonne New Life Skill Accessories ·
· Manos Tool Additions (Fishing/Hunting/Cooking/Alchemy) ·
Great Ocean – Feb 2025 update
· Fish Guide ·
The fish guide will now show caught fish sizes up to two decimal places, and new content, the “Weekly Fishing Tournament,” will be added.
· Automatic Sailor Fishing ·
A feature to designate sailors to automatically fish while sailing at sea will be added.
· Manage Sailors UI and the First Mate ·
You can now hire the First Mate, who comes with the “Ocean Compass” ability, via the Manage Sailor UI to navigate the seas. You can also assign various roles to each sailor besides the First Mate as well.
· Sea Crystal Stat Adjustments & Ebenruth’s Ocean Tear Nol – Jan 2025 update ·
Sea Crystal Stat Adjustments & Ebenruth’s Ocean Tear Nol – Jan 2025 update.
Some adventurers expressed disappointment in not being able to equip a Sea Crystal with Ebenruth’s Nol.
We will add a new Rusalka Sea Crystal, which can be used to upgrade Ebenruth Nol to gain Sea Crystal stats.
Training - Jan 2025 update
· Mount Growth Calculator ·
A calculator which displays growth info for your mounts will be added.
Training EXP gains will be increased by approx. 25%, adjusting the growth stats range from a minimum of 0.6 to a maximum of 1.3.
You will now be able to register and harness up to four wild horses directly onto an empty wagon.
Serendia
Quality of Life Improvements
· Character Tag ·
The “Travel Separately” button will be added, enabling you to choose whether or not your tagged characters will stick together or move separately. Also, the total amount of Marni’s Fuel required to copy items has been reduced to only 45 fuel.
Item Improvements
· Unequip and Move Other Character’s Gear ·
· Move Character Portraits via the ESC Window ·
· Maid & Residence Storage ·
Improved residence containers and maids to now be able to use the “Auto-move to Current (Storage)” and “Auto-move to All (Storage)” functions. On top of that, the auto-move feature will also be added to the guild storage.
· Expiry Dates for Buff Items (e.g., Supreme Old Moon Scroll) Removed ·
· Fairy Skill - Continuous Care Delay Reduced ·
Guild Missions, Workers, and the World Map
· Guild Missions ·
You can now choose the guild mission you want, and also check who accepted which mission in the guild logs.
· Workers ·
All workers will now gain the “Delivery” skill as a default skill. You can also hire, register, and promote workers in different towns.
· World Map ·
Optimized the world map to open with less delay.
Calpheon - Black Desert’s “Capital”
PvP Content Updates
· Red Battlefield ·
Improved the rewards and changed to a matching system.
· Guild League ·
2nd and 3rd teams will be added to Guild League so that members of the same guild can join as separate 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teams.
However, MMR for matchmaking is based on the whole guild, so 2nd and 3rd teams will share the same MMR as the 1st team.
· Arena of Solare – Jan 2025 update ·
Replay mode is coming to the Arena of Solare. You'll be able to share your replay files with adventurers from other regions.
· Node/Conquest Wars ·
The stat limits for the current Node War and Conquest War will be increased and unified across both wars.
With this change, the rule that extended defensive time when gates are destroyed will be removed, fixing the defensive time at 2 hours.
Construction mode for Node War will now last 2 hours.
We're also working on a balance patch to enhance the effects of annexes.
For Node Wars without stat limits, Flame Tower will gain a new effect that reduces enemy DP and Evasion on hit, and Elephants will become even sturdier.
· Black Dragon, Harbinger of Doom ·
As a PvP honor reward, the Black Dragon "Harbinger of Doom," will be added.
Mediah & Valencia
Hardcore Server - Jan 2025 update
“A battleground where death doesn't stop your challenges.”
and “a place where defeating monsters can lead to powerful gear and unexpected outcomes.”
In the Hardcore Server, your top priority is to accumulate Survival Points by defeating
other Adventurers or monsters within the 2 hours you are given per day.
You can revive at random locations for unlimited times within the 2 hours to continue your challenge, and you can leave through one of the four sanctums located in the desert.
However, you will not be able to enter again regardless of how much time you had left.
Bosses like Puturum and Laytenn can randomly appear at any location, and defeating them
will grant you a large amount of Survival Points.
All participants in the Hardcore Server are considered to be your enemies,
so even if you use other means of communication, playing together will not be beneficial.
You can obtain exclusive gear as loot here, and some have incredible power,
allowing you to get a taste of being a slayer.
Atoraxxion - Orzekea - Feb 2025 update
The final chapter of Atoraxxion, the stronghold of Ancient secrets, is coming soon.
Orzekea will be more approachable for “boss-run” focused Adventurers, turning “trash mob areas” into private monster zones. This change will also be applied to the other biomes (Vahmalkea, Sycrakea, Yolunakea) at a later date.
Illezra, the White Witch
The final boss of Atoraxxion, “Illezra, the White Witch” is under development and scheduled for release after Orzekea.
What does Illezra truly want from our Adventurers? How will their tale end? Please look forward to the climactic finale to this chapter.
Kamasylvia & O’dyllita
Voltarion, the new lightning-manifest Dream Horse -Jan 15, 2025 (Wed) update
Designed with a lightning motif, the new Dream Horse “Voltarion” features a mane and tail wrapped in lightning. Its pupils are calm yet majestic, akin to the eye of a hurricane.
· Ancient Anvil for Dream/Mythical Horses ·
The Ancient Anvil system will be added for awakening Dream and Mythical Horses (max 30 Agris Essence).
Land of the Morning Light
· Golden Pig Cave Monster Zone ·
The third monster zone of Morning Light will be added.
· Calamity 8 to 10 ·
Calamity 8 to 10 difficulties for the solo Black Shrine bosses will also be added.
These have a fixed AP requirement for entry, and drop materials to awaken the new Dream Horse, Voltarion.
Ulukita
Finale of Black Desert’s Act 1 - Edania, the Demon Realm
Preview of Major Edania Regions
· Hashashin Temple ·
· Enslar’s Domain ·
· Aetherion Castle ·
· Zephyros Castle ·
Drieghan & Everfrost – Jan 8, 2025 (Wed) update
· Tumbling Snowflake Field ·
Located in the Mountain of Eternal Winter, this is a winter festival with a host of events such as snowboarding and ice fishing.
· New Winter Outfit - “Noonbora” ·
This new outfit comes complete with an equippable snowboard accessory that has three different designs – Papu, Otter, and the Black Spirit.
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