The Arena of Arsha is where guild masters can host their own PVP tournaments.

A guild master can reserve the arena for a day by opening the Arena of Arsha window in the main menu (hotkey: Esc).
The guild master can then invite Adventurers to the arena and have them fight in either a team match or survival mode.

The arena is reserved using guild funds.
However, any Adventure with an invitation can enter the arena, regardless of the guild they are in.

The arena is different from Red Battlefield and other large-scale battles, as Adventurers can form teams with other Adventurers beforehand, and the host can set the rules such as time limit, victory conditions, and other details.

Spectators cannot participate directly but are free to watch.

Go to the Arena of Arsha window to see the reservation status on the server you are in. You can pick whichever day you want as long as another guild didn’t reserve it yet.

The Arena of Arsha operates separately on each server.
If the date you want isn’t available on the current server, try looking on a different server.

However, please note that the arena isn’t available on servers that hold Conquest Wars (Serendia - 1, Calpheon - 1, Mediah - 1, Valencia - 1, Balenos - 1).

You must claim your operation rights on the day you reserved it. Open the Guild window (hotkey: G) and then click on the ‘Host AOA’ button on the main page. It’s impossible to transfer or return your operation rights.

You can enter and set up the arena once you have obtained your operation rights.
After this, you can invite other Adventurers and set the match rules.

You can invite Adventurers by entering their name and then clicking ‘Invite’ on the left side of the window.

Invitees will appear on the waiting list.
You can place Adventurers that will be fighting into teams.

There are 2 ways for Adventurers to change teams.
First, the operator can right-click on their name and click on the option to change teams.
Second, the invitee can select the team they want to go to.

Adventurers can switch back to the waiting list before the match starts.

You can restrict participants and spectators from entering the arena by clicking on the lock in the top left corner of the settings window.
No one can enter the arena once you click on this lock, including Adventurers with invitations.

Above, from the operator’s view, right-click on the character name to either, remove, promote, or change their teams.

Operators, suboperators, and invitees can enter the arena and move around freely, but their skills will be restricted. Adventurers cannot see characters other than their own.
When the match starts, you can only see yourself and other participants in the match.

Adventurers invited as spectators can only spectate the match from the spectator’s bench.

After placing all the Adventurers into their teams, you can now start setting the rules.
You can set the matches as ‘Team Match’ or ‘Team Survival Match’.
Team Match has 2 teams fight each other while in Team Survival Match you can have multiple teams fight each other to be the last ones standing.

Participants will be teleported to either one of these locations at the start of the match.

You can buy potions or repair your equipment through the AOA Guard NPCs.

Participants will have their team indicated above their heads after the 20-second prep time.
HP of participants is shown on the left side of the screen.
The winners are decided by the rules set by the operator.
The next round will automatically start after 20 seconds of prep time.
You can see the current score and the time left in the match in the middle of the screen.

When 1/3 of the match time has elapsed, if the current health is 80% or more of the maximum health, the health is reduced by the amount exceeding 80%.
The recovery rate of health potions and health restoration skills is reduced by 80%, and you cannot recover more than 80% of your maximum health.

When 2/3 of the match time has elapsed, if the current health is 50% or more of the maximum health, the health is reduced by the amount exceeding 50%.
The amount recovered by health potions and health recovery skills is reduced by 50%, and you cannot heal more than 50% of your maximum health.

Operators can stop a match that's in progress.
They can resurrect all participants that had died by clicking ‘Resurrect All’.

Each character will have a team name marked above their head once the match starts. The current score and the time left in the match are visible in the middle of the screen.

Operators can pause the match anytime by clicking ‘Pause.’
They can choose to resurrect all participants at this time by clicking ‘Resurrect All.’

Operators, suboperators, and Adventurers on the waiting list can press ‘F5’ to enter ‘spectator mode’ if a match is underway.
Spectator mode allows you to watch the match from the point of view of the participants.
Press ‘F5’ or ‘F6’ to rotate between different participants. You can press ‘F7’ to exit spectator mode and return to your character.

You can also spectate using the observer mode. This view will allow you to move the camera freely in the arena while ignoring obstacles.
You can enter this mode by pressing ‘R’ while your character leans on a wall or sits on a bench.
The character will lean on the wall if you position the wall behind your character and then walk back into it. The character will sit on a bench if you press ‘Q’ near a bench.

Lastly, to learn more about PvP in Black Desert, please check the [PvP] page.

* The content of the game guide may differ from the actual game content, depending on the update and content changes.