Shadow Arena News

A full moon rises in Shadow Arena,

and it brings you abundant rewards! (>̯-̮

Check in every day to receive various rewards and reap the benefits from the Battle Point 2x event! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶



[h2]Event 1. Login Rewards Abound like the Full Moon! [/h2]

[h3]■ Event Period [/h3]
- September 16 (Thu), after the maintenance – September 30 (Thu), before the maintenance


[h3]■ Daily Rewards [/h3]
- Log in every day for a chance to get “[Event] Hero Selection Coupon” and “[Event] Skin Selection Box”!





▲ Log in to the game and then from the main menu go to ESC > Login Rewards to check the Login Rewards.



* If you do not have enough space in your Storage, you can claim rewards by clicking the “Claim Reward” button that will be activated at the bottom of the Reward Icon.

* Once the “Receive Reward” button becomes active, all the following rewards can be received by clicking on the button.

* You will receive the login rewards automatically every day and the refresh time are as follows.

> Asia Server: Every day at 00:00 (UTC+9)

> North America, Europe/Russia Server: Every day at 00:00 (UTC+0)



▼ Gorgath's Alchemy Chest / Skin Selection Box Details (Close)




※ If you already have these skins, go to [Storage] -> [Disassemble] menu to exchange it for Skin Shards.


[h2]Event 2. A Chance to Earn Double the Battle Points![/h2][h3]■ Event Period [/h3]
- September 16 (Thu), after maintenance – September 30 (Thu), before maintenance


[h3]■ Event Details [/h3]
- You can obtain twice as many battle points during the event period.

※ If you have enough Battle Points for each achievement, you can get rewards based on the points required from the Battle Pass.

▶ Go to [Beta Season 6 Battle Pass] Notice


※ Additional Notice

- Please note that unclaimed rewards during the event period cannot be restored.

- Items that have been received or used cannot be restored.

- Unclaimed rewards from the event period will be deleted after the maintenance on September 30 (Thu), so make sure to claim them before then.

- Pearl Abyss reserves the right to change, modify, or cancel the event depending on its circumstances. If any changes are made, they can be found on this event page.

- If you participate using inappropriate methods, your participation will be canceled, items will be retrieved, and you may be restricted from accessing the game.

- If you have any other questions or concerns related to the event, please contact us via [Support].

- Any matters not listed on this page will follow the [Shadow Arena Event Rules].

Greetings from Pearl Abyss.



Today, September 10th, marks the 11th anniversary of Pearl Abyss.
It feels like yesterday that we celebrated the 10th anniversary together.

We, at Pearl Abyss, have always done our best to bring new and amazing experiences to
everyone, and we’ve worked tirelessly to make Pearl Abyss better with each passing day.

None of what we've achieved in the last 11 years would’ve been possible without you.
Thank you for supporting us throughout this journey, and we'll set our sights on exceeding future expectations.







▼ Coupon Disclaimers

- Coupon Expiration Date: October 9, 2021 (Sat) 23:59 (UTC+9)

- This coupon can only be redeemed once per account. Please note that if you redeem this coupon

on one server, you will no longer be able to redeem the same coupon on another server.

- Coupons can be redeemed from the in-game menu (ESC) -> [Coupons]. Once redeemed,

rewards will be sent to your in-game mailbox.

- Incorrectly entering the wrong coupon code 10 times in a row will prevent you from

entering coupon codes for 1 hour.



[Black Desert]

- Coupon/In-game Mail/Web Storage Expiration Date: October 9, 2021 (Sat) 23:59
- This coupon can only be redeemed once per Family.

- Coupon codes are no longer be redeemable after the expiration date, and any redeemed items stored

in the Web Storage or in-game mailbox (B) will also disappear after the expiration date.

- Incorrectly entering the wrong coupon code 10 times in a row will prevent

you from entering coupon codes for 1 hour.

- Coupons can be redeemed from the in-game Menu (ESC) → Adventurer Support (F11) →

[Use Coupon] menu, and redeemed rewards will be sent to your in-game mailbox (B).

- Coupons can also be redeemed on the official website under [Coupons].



[Black Desert Console]

- Coupon/In-game Mail/Web Storage Expiration Date: October 9, 2021 (Sat) 23:59 (UTC)
- This coupon can only be redeemed once per Family.

- Coupon codes are no longer be redeemable after the expiration date, and any redeemed items stored

in the Web Storage or in-game mailbox will also disappear after the expiration date.

- Incorrectly entering the wrong coupon code 10 times in a row will prevent

you from entering coupon codes for 1 hour.

- In-game accounts must be linked to the website to register and redeem coupons.


How to Link Your Account

- Sign in at the Black Desert Console Official Website.

- Select My Information at the in-game main menu.

- Press Y/△ to begin linking your account.

- Enter the email account you used to sign up on the official website and enter your password.

- Coupons can also be redeemed through the official website’s [Coupons] menu or Black Desert+ app.



[Black Desert Mobile]

- The 11 Year Commemoration Gift will be sent to all eligible Adventurers

(account created before the reward is sent out).

Please make sure to claim the reward from the in-game mail before it expires on October 9, 2021 (Sat) 23:59 (UTC+9).

- Using the 11 Year Commemoration Gift will allow you to obtain 1,100 Black Pearls.
- The 11 Year Commemoration Gift is usable once you've completed Southwest

Calpheon and defeated [Boss] Hexe Marie.

Here are the updates made to Shadow Arena during the maintenance on September 16 (Thu).
* Patch Size: Approx. 433.55 MB


Check out the details below, and we will see you in the Arena!




[h3]■ Major Fixes and Improvements [/h3]

- [Solo] Removed the skill Barrier (V).
- Increased Vision Range from 15m to 30m.
- Removed the Vision Range increase effect from the Dark Nebula’s buff.
-Improved the situation where normal monsters would wait while trapped in a terrain.

[Dev Note]

The barrier was added so that players could catch fleeing enemies, reduce intrusion variables, and turn 1:1 battles into proactive situations. However, it was removed because its use had strayed from its intended purpose, and it was primarily used for survival as well as a variety of other issues arising from the creation of artificial barriers.

The fog vision was added with the goal of allowing players to strategically use items and objects by limiting basic information. But, the basic fog vision range was too narrow which added aspects of frustration to the play as well as ranged attacks being too excessive, making it hard for players to respond. Therefore, the range has been doubled so that all fields of view within the combat range is visible and so that the basic field of view itself is wide allowing players to respond to ranged attacks better than before.


- Increased the number of Tokens obtained upon defeating a Hero from 300 to 500.
- Increased the ratio of kill points to tier points to the following,
> (Before): +1.5 points per 1 kill
→ (Now): +5 points per 1 kill (Maximum: 20 points)
> [Solo] However, as before, kill points can only be obtained from kills that occur after the grace period.

[Dev Note]
Currently, it was possible to grow by purchasing items with the tokens obtained from farming without getting into combat until the end of the game. On the other hand, there was little incentive for scoring kills even though defeating other heroes also came with the possibility of being eliminated. Because of that, the main strategy was to prioritize farming rather than proactively engaging in combat.

Therefore, we slightly increased the amount of tokens obtained from defeating heroes and increased the benefits that are earned from kills which will now have bigger effect on tier points. If you have 1-2 or more kills,

less tier points will be deducted even if you get eliminated in the early stage of the game. We believe that this will reduce the burden of engaging in combat compared to before.

In the future, we plan to decrease the number of monsters overall and at the same time decrease the burden of relying on gears for growth. With these changes, the direction we are aiming for is to make it easier for players to obtain necessary items and allow them engage in battle over objects more easily. We hope you look forward to these changes.
[h3]■ Hero [/h3]


| All

- Increased the height of jump, forward jump, and back jump by 15%.
> The sprint jump remains unchanged.
- Increased the rolling speed after Sprint Jump Attack by 25%.
- After Sprint dash attack, it is now possible to perform another action without rolling in 0.476 seconds (Previous rolling motion: 0.648 seconds).
- After Sprint Jump Attack, it is now possible to perform another without rolling in 0.476 seconds (previous rolling motion: 0.648 seconds).

[Dev Note]

The rolling motion after using a sprint-related special attack was intended to increase the risk of the attack and limit its use as a movement skill. However, the rolling motion was performed even when it was used as a "basic motion" rather than as an attack, resulting in frustration. As a result, we have eliminated or improved the rolling motion so it is performed at a more natural speed.


| Black Spirit Skill
- [Kick] Increased the cooldown time from 30 seconds to 40 seconds.





- Fixed an issue where the Shield of Heidel (RMB) could not be used when holding the Shift key while sprinting.


| Formation Break B (R)
- Increased the transition to another action after using skill by 0.2 sec.






| Sausan's Tremble (RMB)
Increased the transition time into another action after using skill by 0.5 sec.


| Gate Breaker A (Q)
Fixed the issue where the skill would not be immediately cast in the direction of the character.





| Thunder Rip (RMB)
- Increased damage by approximately 19%.


| Heart Stab A (Q)
- Increased damage by approximately 13%.



| Heart Stab B (Q)
- Increased damage by approximately 10.6%.




- Removed the 'Base AP enhancement effect’ text from the skill description.


| Kamasylve Tree A (R)
- Removed the AP reduction debuff effect for enemies near the tree.


- Decreased the basic attack's last hit damage by 50%.
> (Before): Deals 4 times the basic attack damage
→ (Now): Deals 2 times the basic attack damage

- Increased the basic attack damage by approximately 17%.

| Twin Fairy Arrow A (Q)
- Decreased applied fixed damage from 300 to 200.

| Arrow Storm A (E)
- Increased cooldown from 10 sec to 13 sec.

[Dev Note]

Although it is true that Orwen must be able to inflict high damage from a distance as a hero who specializes in ranged attacks, we felt that her survivability skill was overly high due to her high fixed damage and evasion ability. As a result, we reduced the fixed damage, but high damage can still be obtained by purchasing offensive items, and we increased the cooldown of Arrow Storm (E) to decrease her survivability.





- Fixed the issue where the damaging motion of the last hit was not in sync when using enhanced Asura Tread while Golden Gate is activated.


| Helix Cannon (RMB)
- Decreased the maximum damage of Helix Cannon while Golden Gate B skill is activated by 20%.

[Dev Note]

Helix Cannon was intended to match the effectiveness of Asura Thread which is the reason for its high set damage. However, we found that the damage was too high as a ranged attack to keep opponents in check, especially given the current situation where the overall damage has been increased. As a result, we have decreased the damage.





| Iron Pulverizer (RMB)
- Improved the camera effect to be more intense upon landing successful additional hits.





| Switch Stance (RMB)
- Changed so that Patience Stance will now be maintained even if the Mysterious Kettle item is used while in that stance.
- Changed so that Patience Stance will now be maintained even if the Stun Trap and Sandwich items are used while in the stance.


| Sacred Barrier A (Patience Stance Q)
- Decreased the HP of Sacred Barrier from 15000 to 8000.


| Breath of Elion B (Patience Stance E)

- Buff effects have been changed to the following.
> Before: AP +300 for 7 sec, DP –300 for 7 sec, Attack Speed +20% for 7 sec
> Now: AP +200 for 5 sec, DP -200 for 8 sec, Attack Speed +10% for 7 sec



| Heavenly Descent A (Courage Stance R)

- Increased cooldown from 23 sec to 25 sec.
- Changed so cooldown is decreased by 5 seconds when failing to target skill. (Before: -8 sec)
- Added an animation of the that shows the "Celestial Sword projectile" flying upon casting skill.
- Decreased attack range from 30m to 15m.
- Increased the time upon casting skill to performing an attack from 0.37 sec to 0.83 sec.



| Judgment of Light A (Patience Stance R)
- Increased cooldown from 23 sec to 25 sec.
- Changed so cooldown is decreased by 5 sec when failing to target skill. (Before: 8 sec)


| Heavenly Descent B (Courage Stance R)
- Increased damage by approximately 21%.

[Dev Note]
The increased damage from Breath of Elion B was excessively high so its damage was slightly reduced, but the increased duration of the reduced DP effect heightens the risk associated with using the skill. Furthermore, in the case of Heavenly Descent A, the skill could be used from a long distance to instantly preemptively attack opponents, making it somewhat unfair from their point of view. As a result, we reduced the attack's range and added a short casting motion, allowing players to better mitigate the attack.




| Dragon Impaler (RMB)
- Decreased the duration time of Blowback from 1.5 sec to 0.9 sec.




| Reload (RMB)
- Increased basic attack damage by approximately 16%.


| Charged Shot A (Q)
- Decreased the transition time into another motion after firing by approximately 0.75 sec.


| Overload B (R)
- Improved so roll can be performed before firing the last shot of Explosive Slugfest.
- Decreased the damage of Explosive Slugfest while using Overload B by 15%.

[Dev Note]

In the case of Tantu, the reload requirement and movements were frustrating, but this is offset by Tantu's special skill (Explosive Slugfest), which made him a rather powerful hero. Tantu was thus a situational hero with limited use and was also a difficult hero to play. As a result, we reduced Tantu's Explosive Slugfest damage while increasing his overall base stats to so he could be played more versatile.





| Helix Slash A (E)
- Increased damage of skill by approximately 12%.


| Helix Slash B (E)
- Increased damage of skill by approximately 23%.





| Shining Light B (E)
- Fixed the issue where the view would rotate while casting skill and presing W+A or W+D.
- Improved so camera view could freely rotate before shooting light.
- Fixed the issue of an awkward buff icon appearing after using skill.


[h3]■ Content [/h3]

- Improved the default setting of the Dye window.
- Interchanged the buff icons of the Mountain Stoneback Crab and the River Stoneback Crab.
- Changed the icons of Mastery Booster and Silver Booster.
- Fixed the issue where the Tree Spirit's HP recovery effect did not apply if a defense skill was used at the time the heal is applied.


| Blackstar Fragment
- Fixed the issue where the charging sound of the last gauge sounded abnormal upon obtaining a level 3 Blackstar Fragment.
- Fixed the issue where the gauge bar would remain if Level 3 Blackstar Fragment is deactivated while it was being activated.


| Blackstar Beacon

- Weakened the sound and effect of an activated Blackstar Beacon while on standby.
- Improved the animation of Blackstar Fragments being generated at a specific location when players approach the Beacon.
- Changed so the descriptive text for Blackstar Beacon generating Fragments is more detailed.
- Improved so that the text that appears after the Blackstar Beacon has finished creating Blackstar Fragments last longer.
- Fixed the issue where the Level 3 Blackstar Beacon remained at a fixed activating location when the Last Fog location was at the center of the Shrine.
- Fixed the issue where the vision range buff was not applied when skills were used while passing the Blackstar Beacon.



| Shop (B)
- Fixed the issue where scroll would not be displayed within the Shop(B).
- Fixed the issue where the background would move awkwardly when scrolling.
- Fixed so the placement and size of Item Slots fit accordingly.
-Changed so that when selling consumable items, you can acquire 50% Tokens of the purchase price.


| Item
- Changed the items required to create Silver-Lined Gauntlet to the following.
> (Before): Wooden Shield + Hunting Hawk Amulet
→ (Now): Iron Shield + Hunting Hawk Amulet


- The below Item effects and purchasing prices have been changed to the following.









- Effects of Shoe items per Mode have been changed to the following.






[h3]■ AI Bots [/h3]

- Improved the issue where AI bots would stand still next to the Blackstar Fragment.
- The following changes have been made to AI bots’ basic stats so that they are equal to Hero players.




[h3]■ UI[/h3]


- Added [Event Cup - Solo] Registration banner on the [Asia Server] main window.

- Enlarged the icon and font size of the chat window on the main screen.

> With these changes, the area within the window has been adjusted.

- Changed Chat Friends [F2] tab designation to Chat[F2] within the main screen.

- Changed the location of the new chat icon within the chat channel to the bottom.




[h3]■ Event [/h3]

- [Event Cup - Solo] Participant Registrations have started.
> Participant Registration Period: September 16 (Thu), 2021 After maintenance ~ September 23 (Thu), 2021 before maintenance
> Everyone is eligible to register! Get [Lahn] Ruby Floretta (Skin) and a chance to obtain additional goods through the bonus mission!



- [Rewards Abound like the Full Moon!] Event has started.
> Event Period: September 16 (Thu), 2021 After maintenance ~ September 30 (Thu), 2021 before maintenance
> Event 1. Get 2 Free Skins Just by Logging in!
> Event 2. Earn Double the Battle Points!

[h3]■ Improvements to the Official Website [/h3]

- Improved so that you are taken to the Pearl Abyss Sign Up page upon clicking the Sign Up button.


[h3]■ Fixes and Improvements to the Pearl Abyss Website [/h3]
*The fixes and improvements listed below were applied during the September 15th (Wed) maintenance made on the Pearl Abyss website.


- Deleted the ‘Remove Parental Controls’ button. Please contact Customer Support for future inquiries regarding Parental Control services.
- Improved the UX of the Sign Up page.



▶ Check out Currently Known Issues


Click the link above to view the known issues that are currently being investigated by the developers.

We are currently working to resolve these issues, and we will update players through the linked page as soon as an issue is resolved.

Thank you.

We will be undergoing maintenance on September 16, 2021 (Thu).

During the maintenance, you will be unable to access the game and the official site.



[h3] [/h3][h3]■ Game Maintenance [/h3]


- Game Maintenance Target: All server

- Game Maintenance Schedule:

> September 15, 2021 (Wed) 19:00 - 23:00 (PDT)

> September 16, 2021 (Thu) 04:00 - 08:00 (CEST)

> September 16, 2021 (Thu) 05:00 - 09:00 (MSK)

- Game Maintenance Impact : Unable to access the game


[h3]■ Web Maintenance [/h3]


- Maintenance Target: Official Website

- Maintenance Schedule :

> September 15, 2021 (Wed) 19:00 - 21:00 (PDT)

> September 16, 2021 (Thu) 04:00 - 06:00 (CEST)

> September 16, 2021 (Thu) 05:00 - 07:00 (MSK)

- Website Maintenance Impact: Unable to access all services within the official website



※ Additional Notices

- The maintenance and website maintenance times are subject to change, extension, and/or early completion. Any changes will be provided as an update on this site.

- Once the maintenance begins, you will be automatically disconnected from the game, even if you are waiting in-queue or in a match.


Thank you.

Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.

We would like to inform that work to stabilize the Customer Support and Pearl Abyss websites

will begin on September 15 (Wednesday). Please check below for details.



[h3]Pearl Abyss Website Stabilization[/h3]


■ Stabilization Schedule : September 15, 2021 (Wednesday), 17:00 – 18:30 (UTC+9)

- Please understand that logging in through the launcher may not be seamless during this time.


[h3]Pearl Abyss Support Page Maintenance[/h3]


■ Maintenance Schedule : September 15, 2021 (Wednesday), 17:00 – 19:00 (UTC+9)


■ Customer Support Maintenance Impact

- Unable to access Customer Support Page and Parental Controls Support Page.



We will do our best to provide you with a more stablilized service.

Thank you.