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The very first season will be called 'Summer Season' and here, you can learn how you can enjoy exclusive benefits with your Season Characters!

[h3]What are Season Servers?[/h3]

Season Servers are focused on character growth.

Season Servers are not limited to specific adventurers. That is, the Season Servers can be accessed by all adventurers. Everyone can enjoy the benefits!

Unlike the Olvia servers which provided benefits to the entire Family, the key difference of the Season Servers is that it provides benefits specifically to the individual character.

Therefore, you need to create a Season Character in order to enjoy the benefits of the Season Servers.

If you feel unsure about which class to choose for your Season Character, don't forget that you can create Trial Characters to test out all skills including Awakening and Succession skills, so try a class out before creating your Season Character!

Choose one of the Season Servers in the 'Select Server' screen, then try creating a Season Character! (During pre-creation period, you will be able to create Season Characters in any server)

*Forced PvP is not possible in the Season Servers. Season Arsha Server, a server that will allow players to engage in forced PvP, will be available within a month after Season Servers are opened.


[h3]Creating a Season Character[/h3]

Only Season Characters can enter the Season Servers, therefore you must first create a Season Character.

You can create a Season Character through the "Create Season Character" button in the character creation window.

Once you have created a Season Character, you will see a special mark in the character selection window which shows you that the character is a Season Character.

Only Season Characters can enter the Season Servers, so make sure you create a Season Character to enter the Season Servers!

As long as you have empty character slots available, any adventurer can create a Season Character.

[h3]After Entering Season Server[/h3]

Are you ready for a new adventure in the fast lane?

You can always press (,) to call out the Black Spirit who will guide you through your adventures in the Season Servers, but the biggest benefit you can enjoy is the EXP boost running 24/7 on Season Servers.

Season Servers will always offer Combat EXP +100% and Skill EXP +20% buff. Also, there are no level restrictions for receiving the EXP buff.

As long as the Season Servers are up and running, your Season Character will receive the EXP buff!

[h3]Summer Season Challenges[/h3]

Go through the main quests offered by the Black Spirit and you will see your character level up fast.

But every Season Character is also given a Season Pass or a free entrance to try and complete various Summer Season Challenges for more rewards.

When you reach Lv. 10 for example, you will also see a flickering Black Spirit mark on the top right corner of your main game screen (left of minimap).

Click on it and see that you will have claimed Leveling Aid Boxes which will give you so various items and instant buffs for opening.
By purchasing the Black Spirit Pass from the Pearl Shop (F3), you will also be able to receive additional benefits for reaching the same Summer Season Challenge.

There's more to the Summer Season Challenges then reaching a certain level, so be sure to check it out after the Summer Season opens.

[h3]Main Quests[/h3]

Open up the World Map (M) now and see the vast world of Black Desert Online for you to explore.

Through the main quests you can discover the history and stories big and small of Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, Mediah and so on. You will also learn about the triumphs and disasters of NPCs you meet along the way.

You can always check the "Main Quest" tab under the Quest window (O) to see your progress.

[h3]Your New Best Friend: Fughar[/h3]

Fughar is a Season Server exclusive NPC who will be located next to the Stable Keepers in large towns including Velia.

Fughar offers special daily quests for 40 days for your Season Character to tackle and complete to learn the know-how on adjusting to the gameplay of BDO fast and also receive items to help in your growth.

In addition, complete the main quests in Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, and Mediah and go see Fughar to receive [Season] Secret Book of the Misty Breeze which will give you plenty of Skill EXP!

Finally once you complete the final quest, you will receive Advice of Valks (+100) from Fughar after the Season Server ends, and also be able to select either a PEN (V) Capotia Earring or a PEN (V) Capotia Ring.

We advise you to go see Fughar every day!

[h3]Rent Gear with Contribution Points[/h3]

As you complete the main quests offered by the Black Spirit through Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon, you will have obtained Contribution Points. With Contribution Points you can rent powerful gear to get stronger and make a name for yourself.

Find out more on how to utilize Contribution Points <Here>

[h3]Season Server Exclusive Gear: Tuvala[/h3]

Season Characters are limited to equipping the following three types of gear.

• Gear obtained through main quest rewards
  
• Gear obtained through loot from defeating monsters
  
• Season Server exclusive gear: Tuvala
  

If you felt the deserted lands of Mediah weretoo challenging, try equipping Tuvala gear.

Only Season Characters can use Tuvala gear, and to get Tuvala gear you will need Tuvala Ores. You can get Tuvala Ores by defeating monsters in Valencia, Kamasylvia, Drieghan, and Sycraia Underwater Ruins.

When you have collected enough, you can take your Tuvala Ores to blacksmiths to exchange them for weapons, defense gear, or accessories. Blacksmiths NPCs can be found in most large towns.

You can use the Storage or the Central Market warehouse to move Tuvala gear to a different character, but only Season Characters can equip them.

However, once the Season is over, the Season character will be turned into a normal character, and the Season gear will be turned into regular, family-bound gear. This means you can hand over the gear to any character in your in-game family but not to a character outside your family.

In addition, you can enhance Tuvala gear to make them better.

Tuvala gears have a higher enhancement chance so try using the Time-filled Black Stones and Refined Magical Black Stone obtained from daily quests from NPC Fughar to enhance your Tuvala gear or obtained from defeating monsters.

Enhancing Tuvala gear to at least enhancement level +7 has a 100% success rate. Therefore, you can enhance up to that point with a peace of mind. After that point though, there is a chance your enhancement attempt will fail and the Max Durability of your item will go down.

If the durability of the Tuvala gear goes down if your enhancement attempt fails, go see a blacksmith to recover the Max durability of your gear and try again.

[h3]Awakening and Succession[/h3]

Have you reached Lv. 56 already?

Then accept and complete the Awakening quest recommended by the Black Spirit and try equipping Awakening weapons and perform Awakening skills!

Do you like main skills more than the Awakening skills? Then complete Succession quests to enjoy a stronger set of main skills. One thing to note is you can only try Succession quests after you have completed the Awakening quests.

We highly recommend you try both Awakening and Succession to experience a new way to enjoy your gameplay.

[h3]Get Materials from Valencia[/h3]

Once you have tried Awakening or Succession and continue on with your adventure following the main questline, you will find yourself located in the vast desert area of Valencia.

If you had to obtain enhancement materials for enhancing Tuvala gear via Fughar's daily quests until now, you will also be able to get these same materials by defeating monsters in regions like Valencia and regions you will get to explore from then on such as Kamasylvia, Drieghan, and Sycraia Underwater Ruins.

It's time to really start enhancing Tuvala gear.

Main Materials



AP of Areas that give more Tuvala Enhancement Materials

(Note all areas in Valencia, Kamasylvia, Drieghan, Sycraia Underwater Ruins will drop Tuvala enhancement materials)



[h3]Enhancement Gear for Advice of Valks[/h3]

If you equip TRI (III) and TET (IV) grade gear (Helmet, Armor, Gloves, Shoes, Main Weapon, Sub-weapon, Awakening Weapon), excluding accessories and go see NPC Fughar, you will be able to complete another type of quests which will grant your Advice of Valks items.



If you have 7 TRI (III) Tuvala gear equipped, you will get 7 Advice of Valks +40 items!

This Advice of Valks items given for having equipped various Tuvala gears is only offered once per family for your Season Character during the Summer Season period, so please make sure to complete it before the season ends!

When you reach level 60 and 61 with your Season Character, you will receive PEN (V) Tuvala Ring and PEN (V) Tuvala Earring via Summer Season Challenges so don't be lazy in leveling up either.

[h2]Graduation - A New Start[/h2]

Our journey together does not end when the Summer Season ends. Your true story begins after your 'Graduation' from the Summer Season.

[h3]Graduation Benefits[/h3]

1) Convert Season Character/Gear to Regular Servers!

Your Season Character will be turned into a normal character. Therefore, the character can no longer access the Season Server. The character will remain at the same level and keep their gear.

Any Tuvala gear your character has will retain its enhancement level but it will no longer be possible to enhance it. The character will also get to keep only one of each type of Tuvala gear, the one that was enhanced to the highest level. Do note that the Tuvala gear will become family-bound.

2) Get a Graduation Gift Box!

For those who have enjoyed the Summer Season, you will receive some graduation-themed keepsakes at the end.

These include Graduation Certificate, Graduation Cap, Graduation Emoji, and Graduation Gift Box.

You can use the Graduation Certificate to convert your season exclusive gear, Graduation Cap to dress up your character and use the free emojis when chatting. Finally, the Graduation Gift Box is like a care package of useful items to help your character get adjusted to life outside the Season Server.

3) Fughar has a special gift for you!

If you had completed all 40 daily quests from Fughar before the Summer Season ends, you will receive Advice of Valks (+100) from and also be able to select either a PEN (V) Capotia Earring or a PEN (V) Capotia Ring.

4) Exchange Season Gear with Boss Gear!

Take the Graduation Certificate to a certain NPC to exchange a piece of Tuvala weapon or defense gear with a boss weapon or gear of comparable stats. This means that the boss gear will be one enhancement level lower than the Tuvala gear.

For example, you can exchange a PEN: Tuvala Longsword for a TET: Kzarka Longsword, or a TET: Tuvala Shoes for TRI: Muskan's Shoes.

One Graduation Certificate is only valid for one exchange, so choose wisely!

Also, note that the boss armor you get by exchanging a piece of Tuvala gear with a Graduation Certificate cannot be registered on the Central Market.



Stay tuned for the Summer Season coming up shortly and don't forget to pre-create your characters early so that you don't miss special pre-creation event rewards!

Click <Here> for details on the Season Character Pre-creation event!

Get ready for the adventure in the fast lane!

Greetings Adventurers,

Summer is almost here in the world of Black Desert Online, so we are preparing some events to help you welcome in these warm months of the year.

First of all, acquire Fughar's Lost Crystal Shards when defeating monsters on regular servers, which you will be able to exchange for special Black Stones that you will need to enhance the Season Server exclusive "Tuvala" gear. Take advantage of this event to give your Season Character a boost when Season Servers are live!

Secondly, the great hunter Jimmy Brooks is visiting the major towns of the continent, and he is looking for the bravest adventurers to complete special quests. Once you complete these quests you will be awarded with Sharp Black Crystal Shards and Hard Black Crystal Shards.

As usual, you can read the details of the events, other fixes, and new additions below! Enjoy!


[h2]Event & System[/h2]

[h3]New Events[/h3]

• Waiting for Summer
  
  • Period: June 10 (after maintenance)–Until Season Server Launch (exact date to be announced)
    
  • NPC Fughar will be a good friend to help you in your adventures in the Summer Season. Collect Fughar's Lost Crystal Shard during this pre-launch period, and exchange the item with NPC Fughar for Time-filled Black Stones!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details.
    

• Track Down Jimmy Brooks
  
  • Period: June 10 (after maintenance)–June 24 (before maintenance)
    
  • The great hunter Jimmy Brooks of Behr is rounding off his long journey by visiting the major towns of the continent. Track him down for the following quests, which can be accepted once a day.
    
    • After you have enough Hunter's Seals you can turn them into complete the quest and get a certain number of Sharp Black Crystal Shards or Hard Black Crystal Shards.
      
    • Event quests will reset daily at 00:00 UTC and can only be completed once per family per day.
      

[h3]Ongoing Events[/h3]

• Arsha Leaderboard Returns: May 27–June 24 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Mid Season Events: Event 1: Amazing Attendance Rewards: May 21–June 17 (23:59 UTC)
  
  
• Shai's Got Talent
  
  • Submission period: May 20–June 7 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Staff Pick: June 8–June 10
    
  • Community Vote: June 11–June 16
    
  • Winner Announcement: June 17
    
  • Reward Distribution: June 24 (during maintenance)
    

[h3]Ended Events[/h3]

• Newly Discovered Treasures
  
  
• Drop Rate Boosts
  

[h3]Reward Distribution[/h3]

• Arsha Leaderboard Returns: Season Rewards Week 2
  
  • For placing in the top 20 ranks for this week, your Season Rewards have been sent to your in-game mailbox (B). Congratulations and thank you for the fierce fights.
    

[h3]Content[/h3]

• You can now make the following barters after using the Ship Material Refresh function if you have a certain accumulated barter count.
  
  
  
• Fixed the issue where it was possible to barter Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot or Brilliant Pearl Shard for more items than intended.
  
  
• Barters exchanging Crow Coins for the following items will now appear at a low rate during ship material barter.
  
  • Golden Galley Figurine
    
  • Golden Turtle Shell
    
  • Obsidian Crystal Bracelet
    
  • Elaborate Pearl Necklace
    
  • Gilded Coral
    
    • Since there were two items called Golden Coral, the one used in bartering has been renamed "Gilded Coral."
      

• Changed the stats of the Velia Tribute Wagon and Heidel Tribute Wagon that depart 2 hours before the start of Conquest Wars as follows.
  
  • Durability + 1,000%
    
  • DP +100%
    

• Toggling off Agris Fever point consumption will now take into effect immediately.
  
  
• Increased the AP and DP of the boss monsters for the Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, and Mediah main quests.
  

[h2]Game World, NPC & Effects[/h2]

[h3]NPC[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where you could not get past NPC Rafa of Gahaz Bandit's Lair.
  

[h2]Class Changes[/h2]

[h3]Guardian[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where Guardian moved strangely when using the skill Juggernaut I, II, or III in awakening mode with zero stamina.
  

[h2]Item Changes[/h2]

• An alert message will now always appear when exchanging Dark Spirit's Greed via an NPC.
  
  
• Added more details about the quests that need to be completed to use Laila's Petal to the item's description.
  
  
• Increased the Central Market's max price for the following items.
  
  • Red Battlefield Crystal: Harphia
    
  • Red Battlefield Crystal: Cobelinus
    
  • Red Battlefield Crystal: Viper
    
  • Red Battlefield Crystal: Hystria
    
  • Red Battlefield Crystal: Carmae
    
  • Red Battlefield Crystal: Addis (previously called Red Battlefield Crystal - Addis)
    

• Matched the Central Market max prices of Loggia Necklace, Loggia Ring, and Loggia Belt per enhancement level to those of Loggia Earring.
  
  
• Matched the Central Market max prices of Geranoa Earring, Geranoa Necklace, and Geranoa Belt per enhancement level to those of Geranoa Ring.
  
  
• Added text to the descriptions of the following items about how the Debuff Resistance Against Monsters and normal resistance are applied separately.
  
  • Elixir of Resistance
    
  • Elixir of Sharp Resistance
    
  • [Party] Elixir of Resistance
    
  • [Party] Elixir of Sharp Resistance
    

• Added text to the description of J's Special Scroll saying that the item will start expiring immediately.
  
  
• For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!
  

[h2]Monster Changes[/h2]

• Added monsters to the more remote parts of Star's End.
  
  • Added Unstable Star Debris and monsters to the areas of Star's End less densely populated by monsters.
    
  • Moved the location of some of the existing Unstable Star Debris so they do not overlap with the newly added ones.
    
  • Added quest-related structures around the Ancient Stone Statues in Star's End
    

• Fixed the issue where some of the Lateh's Tombs in Sherekhan Necropolis moved at night.
  

[h2]Quests & Knowledge[/h2]

[h3]Quest[/h3]

• Changed the objective of the Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, and Mediah main quests that required using the Investigate or Eavesdrop functions to be easier to complete.
  
  
• Highlighted the text in the quest summary of Collecting Traces about how to replace a lost Sample Collecting Tool.
  

[h3]Knowledge[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where the title of the knowledge entry about the Flute Boy was appearing as "Witch at the Farm."
  

[h2]Interface Changes[/h2]

• The icons for the Pet List, Fairy Information, and Maid/Butler List windows will now always appear on the left side of the game screen.
  
  • If you do not possess a pet, fairy, maid, or butler the relevant icons will appear gray.
    
  • Clicking on the icons without possessing a pet, fairy, maid, or butler will lead you to the relevant BDO wiki page.
    

• The button for Sprouting will now always appear in the Fairy window.
  
  • If you press the button for Sprouting when your fairy cannot sprout yet, a message will appear about how you should try again after rebirthing or growing the fairy first.
    

• Added explanatory text to the Fairy Information window about how fairies can sprout after reaching their max level.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not click and drag the Group Chat window from the right side of the window which displays the title.
  
  
• Removed the hazy effect from the background of the Find NPC window.
  
  
• Added text in the window that appears when requesting a chat ban that explains that each request consumes Energy.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the location of the quests listed in the Quests (O) window did not update correctly when a quest was forfeited via that window.
  
  
• Added text about how often Black Spirit's Rage recovers to its explanation.
  
  
• Fixed the text overlap issue in the My Bid List section sometimes obscured the Remaining Bid Count of the Guild Auction House window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue with text in the Title tab of the My Information (P) window not fitting in the UI after the window was adjusted to the smallest possible size.
  

[h2]Resolved Issues[/h2]

• Fixed the graphical issues with the following apparel.
  
  • [Warrior] Bern
    
  • [Musa] Demon Binder
    
  • [Guardian] Marine Romance
    
  • [Dark Knight] Shudad Black
    

• [Shai] Fixed the graphical issue with hair color that occured when equipped with certain items.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the place you have to go to complete the quest Escape from Waragon Cave was wrong.
  
  
• Fixed the issue with a missing line break in the quest acceptance dialogue for [Boss] The Stomp Heard Round the World.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue with floating rocks at certain locations.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where lying on the ground in certain locations made you appear buried there.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where characters would get stuck in certain locations in Altinova.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue with the branches of trees at Rhua Tree Stub.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where characters could fall and get stuck in certain places at Pujiya Canyon.
  
  
• If the text next to the checkbox for creating a Season Character is too long, it will now automatically be shortened to fit.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Life Info tab in the My Information (P) window sometimes appeared strangely after adjusting the size of My Information (P) window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue with the button for gathering resources (e.g. water) repeatedly not functioning correctly.
  
  
• Fixed the awkward navigation between Grána and Weenie Cabin.
  
  
• Fixed the awkward navigation within Port Ratt.
  
  
• Removed the text in the description of Marine Romance outfits that said they could not be registered in the Central Market.
  

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

• [Valkyrie] We are aware of the issue where after using Death Line Chase to move backward while Shield Chase III is on cooldown, using any Shield Chase again causes weapons and skills to act abnormally.
  
  • This issue is expected to be fixed with the June 17 maintenance.
    

Reach us on the »forums« to share your feedback, opinions, and suggestions.

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

[h3]Date: Wednesday, June 10th 2020[/h3]

[h3]Duration: 4 hours.[/h3]

• Global 8:00 UTC ~ 12:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 14:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 5:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 8:00 EDT
  

[h3]Reasons:[/h3]

• Waiting for Summer event will start.
  
• Track Down Jimmy Brooks event will start.
  

[h3]Ending Events:[/h3]

• Drop Rate Boosts
  
• Newly Discovered Treasures
  

Follow us on Twitter & Facebook to stay up to date.

We apologize for the inconvenience and we ask for your generous understanding.


Best regards,
BDO Team

Greetings Adventurers,

On May 30th, the upcoming update roadmap for the remaining time of 2020 was revealed!
Now then, don’t you wanna see what kind of updates are in store for Black Desert?

[h3]New Class - Hashashin[/h3]

• Hashashin is Aal’s warrior, who can manipulate sandstorms with the power of the native Valencian god.
  
• He engages in melee combat with the Shamshir as his main weapon, and also wields the sandstorms to quickly escape from danger or suppress his opponents.
  
• Hashashin has minor passives suitable for the desert. He can travel slightly faster in the desert and has a mildly higher resistance to desert diseases compared to other classes.
  
• Once Awakened, his faith in Aal will grow stronger, allowing him to receive the hidden power of the god.
  

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• The skill in this video is one of Hashashin’s main skills, the Apostle’s Descent.
  
• In addition, he has a skill that allows him to imbue the memory of a specific place in a sandstorm which allows him to teleport to that place, given that he is not too far away. He can also create sandstorms to chase enemies or ambush them from above.
  

[h3]Siege of Thornwood[/h3]

• Thornwood Fortress is a new content in O’dyllita, previously introduced as the Siege of Thornwood.
  

• 5 Adventurers will band together and form one team, then randomly be assigned to either the Ganelles or the Vedirs. Both teams will participate in a PvP plus boss-raid type of combat. The team that defeats the final boss, Sephir Odore, will claim victory.
  
• As each team moves towards their destination, they must react quickly to the given situations, balancing between monsters and the enemy team.
  
• Thornwood Fortress is a new content founded on simple PVE rules with a dash of PVP. A variety of tactics and strategy can come into play as Adventurers will be required to effectively communicate with their team members.
  

[h3]Grand Prix & Race Horses[/h3]

• Thanks to the donations of the Old Moon Guild, Gula, the Chairperson of the Riding Association of Stonetail, will be introducing new horse breeds.
  
• Brisa, Viento, Rafaga, Tempesta are similar in appearance to existing horse breeds, but have totally different and unique skills.
  
• According to Gula, they are Race Horses from a faraway continent.
  
• These new breeds of Race Horses possess a type of Stamina called the Power of Wind. The Power of Wind is consumed when performing Sprint & Instant Acceleration during a race, and slowly recovers while cornering or sprinting normally.
  
• Managing such limited resources and strategizing against the course will best aid Adventurers achieve victory in the race and win the competition.
  

[h3]Bounty[/h3]

• With the addition of ocean content, including bartering, sea monster hunting, Khan, and Vell, more and more Adventurers have shown interest in the high seas.
  
• Using these newly-introduced systems and content to make ships, then engaging in PVP with self-built boats over the high seas, can provide a wholly different experience compared to PVP on land.
  
• We expect to see a variety of new systems that may be implemented as more Adventurers participate in PVP on water. Amongst these that may be implemented, we’d like to introduce the possible implementation of “Bounty.”
  
• Adventurers who’ve been attacked by other Adventurers in PVP can place a bounty on them. Adventurers who can take down those with a bounty will be rewarded honor points proportionate to the bounty amount.
  
• There’s plenty of room for improvement as this is still in the early development stage, yet we believe this will offer new and exciting gameplay for those who may have grown a bit bored with their current playstyle.
  

[h3]Zodiac Signs?[/h3]

• Do you remember the Zodiac Sign you chose when you first made your character? There are a multitude of Zodiac Signs in Black Desert, such as the Goblin, Black Dragon, Hammer, Owl Treant, Giant, and Camel.
  
• Zodiac Signs are inherent to your character and allow you to converse with NPCs with the same Zodiac Sign without the required level of Amity, as well as grant a slight bonus in the Amity game, which doesn’t hugely impact your gameplay.
  
• This time, we thought long and hard about where else we could utilize these Zodiac Signs that were implemented as a stress-free in-game content.
  
• We will introduce a new feature by which your characters’ daily fortune changes depending on their Zodiac Sign. For example, if today’s Zodiac Sign is the Shield, all characters of the Shield sign would gain either an 1% increase to item drop rates, +1 enhancement stack, additional EXP, an increase to their enhancement success rate, immunity to desert sickness, and other minimal yet fun effects.
  
• We feel this will add a little spice to each day in-game, and later it could develop into a content such as Zodiac Tarot Shops.
  

[h3]New Challenge in Node Wars[/h3]

• While there are still servers with very active participation in Node Wars, it isn’t the same as it was in the past. There may be a variety of reasons why, but we believe that the current situation calls for at least a slight change.
  
• At the center of this change for Node War, is a form of warfare where one slowly expands one’s territory based on the initially acquired node, similar to how you had to connect the nodes to conquer them in the past.
  
• Depending on the node, you would discuss carefully with your Guild Master, Officers, and Members on which node to attack or protect next, strategizing and preparing for the next move.
  
• Despite dividing up the nodes into different tiers, we’ve also been collecting the feedback you’ve sent us, such as the high barrier of entry for novice guilds, making mercenaries into permanent War Heroes, rewards for acquiring nodes, and we will continue to look into each and everyone of them in order to improve Node War.
  

[h3]Global Arena of Arsha[/h3]

• With the stability that we've achieved with BDO over the past years, we believe we can take novel approaches to its direction.
  
• That’s why we are planning to select representatives of each country, invite them to Korea, and host a global Arena of Arsha tournament. Of course, we won’t be able to host it now during these difficult times, but we will as soon as we can safely see each other.
  

[h3]Specialized Servers[/h3]

• As our Adventurers continued to progress, leveling became much faster, and hunting grounds in the initial leveling routes are being forgotten. For example, the Fogan and the Red Orc regions in Serendia are traversed only once during the leveling process and never seen again.
  
• Here we seek to develop a new system: a special server where the power of Hadum continues to grow stronger.
  
• In these specialized servers where the power of Hadum grows, monsters in lower level zones will become greatly empowered. As such, those forgotten hunting grounds mentioned earlier will become dangerous once more.
  
• And to match this danger, they will award Adventurers with suitable rewards. We hope to provide Adventurers who’ve grown too powerful a small sense of danger to their daily travels.
  

[h3]This isn’t the End of the World[/h3]

• Currently, we plan for developing a high-altitude region covered with snow, located south of Mediah.
  
• Legend has it that a gigantic dragon, different from Garmoth, resides in this place. At the moment, we are aiming for a Winter 2021 release.
  
• Next is a region previously announced as the Land of Demons, located above Valencia. This is where Hashashin fought arduously against demonic foes. You can expect a rather different type of power and monsters to inhabit this place.
  
• A new region shrouded in mystery...but wait, there’s more. What lies beyond the lands of the Kingdom of Haso? If our current technology is not enough to incarnate and introduce these undiscovered lands to all of you, we will seek out new means and techniques to make it true.
  

Everything from the wielder of sandstorms, Aal’s warrior, Hashashin, to a new region that’s planned for development!

During the remaining time of 2020, we will do our best to deliver a variety of updates that we can enjoy with our Adventurers together.

*Please note the content above is subject to change in name, schedule, and form.


This isn't the end! We also held a Global Q&A session during Heidel Ball: AT HOME and collected questions from adventurers across the globe. Due to limitation in time, we couldn't get to all the wonderful questions provided.

Therefore, we wanted to present the questions and answers on this for our EU and NA players and we will be offering this via our official forums a little later.

Period: June 3 (after maintenance) – Until Season Server Launch (exact date to be announced)




Get ready for the very first Summer Season starting soon. But before you dive into the Season Servers where you will experience fast growth and huge benefits, pre-create an exclusive Season Character in advance and get special rewards!

The release of Season Servers for the NA and EU servers, which was originally set for June 10, has been postponed. We will announce further details at a later time. Thank you for your understanding.


[h3]How to Participate[/h3]

• Log into your game client, and enter Character Selection and create a Season Character.
  
• During Pre-creation period (June 3–Until Season Server Launch) you can create a Season Character regardless of which server you select.
  

• If you have a Season Character created during the pre-creation period, you will receive special rewards shown below via in-game mailbox (B) on the maintenance of Season Server launch.
  
• The Season Character you have created will be able to enter and play in the dedicated Season Servers found in the server list from the maintenance of Season Server launch.
  • For detailed information on Season Servers, please click <HERE>
  

[h3]Pre-creation Rewards[/h3]

• Time-filled Black Stone is a season server-exclusive item that will be used to enhance season server-exclusive gear. This item can be used only in season servers
  
• Papu Emoji can be used permanently in the in-game chat function. Click on the “E” button next to the chat textbox to see what emojis are available for you.
  

[h3]Notice[/h3]

• Please note you need to have 1 empty Character Slot in order to create a Season Character to join your roster.
  
• Reward items given out during events can be bound or not depending on the items and some cannot be moved or restored.
  • Please refer to the individual item descriptions for more detailed information.
  
• Any exploit or abnormal ways of entering in-game events may result in the restriction of your account.
  
• Event period and specs. may change with future notice.