Global Lab Updates – 17th January 2025

Arena of Solare – New Season

Arena of Solare – Scoring System

• When the Arena of Solare rank match begins, a ‘placement match’ will be held.
  • The starting score for placement matches is 700, and the starting score is the same regardless of your final score at the end of the previous season.
  • There are a total of 10 placement matches per family, and when you win a placement match, you earn 2.4 times the usual victory points.
    • During a placement match, points will not be deducted even if you lose.
    • However, the penalty for leaving the match is the same as before.

Arena of Solare – Battlefield Maps

• The Arena of Solare matches will take place on the following six maps:

Holborn

Godu Village

Kelmorn Moors

Valley of Olun

Gyfin Rhasia Temple

Gounmaru reed field

Arena of Solare – Other Changes

• The amount of additional life applied by Arena of Solare has been changed.
  
  • Additional life 2,000 → 10,000

• The effect of the elemental trace that appears in Arena of Solare has been adjusted.
  • Breath of Grass: Recovery amount 3,000 → 5,000
  • Cold of Water: When destroyed, all defense increases by 30.
  • Warmth of Fire: When destroyed, all attack power increases by 30.
  • Song of the Wind: The durability of the Song of the Wind is reduced by 60% compared to before.

• The exclusive equipment that can be worn in Arena of Solare has been changed as follows.

Exclusive Equipment – Fighting Spirit

Main weapon of fighting spirit	Awakening weapon of fighting spirit	Subweapon of Fighting Spirit
Attack power: 131 Accuracy: 208 Additional damage to all races +20 Attack speed potential +3 levels Casting speed potential +3 levels Critical damage +2%	Attack power: 131 Accuracy: 6 Additional damage to all races +12 Critical damage +3%	Attack power: 45 Accuracy: 4 Defense: 7 (Damage reduction 7) All special attack additional damage +10% All resistances +10% Max Vitality +900 Max Endurance +100

Helm of Fighting		Armor of Fighting Spirit
damage reduction	evasion	damage reduction	evasion
Defense: 80 – Evasion power: 28 (+60) – Damage reduction: 52 (+22) Max Vitality +100 +5% to all resistances	Defense: 80 – Evasion power: 33 (+83) – Damage reduction: 47 (+17) Max Vitality +100 +5% to all resistances	Defense: 89 – Evasion power: 40 (+53) – Damage reduction: 49 (+45) Max Vitality +300 Max Spirit +10	Defense: 89 – Evasion power: 40 (+120) – Damage reduction: 40 (+24) Max Vitality +300 Max Spirit +10
Gloves of Fighting Spirit		shoes of fighting spirit
damage reduction	evasion	damage reduction	evasion
Defense: 62 – Evasion power: 26 (+78) – Damage Reduction: 36 (+19) Max Vitality +100 Accuracy +50	Defense: 62 – Evasion power: 33 (+103) – Damage reduction: 29 (+17) Max Vitality +100 Accuracy +50	Defense: 79 – Evasion power: 43 (+45) – Damage reduction: 36 (+41) Max Vitality +100 Movement speed potential +1 level	Defense: 79 – Evasion power: 45 (+90) – Damage reduction: 34 (+14) Max Vitality +100 Movement speed potential +1 level

necklace of fighting spirit		Belt of Fighting Spirit
Attack power: 30 Accuracy: 20		Attack power: 20 Accuracy: 12 Maximum carrying weight +80LT
ring of fighting spirit		Earrings of Fighting Spirit
Attack power: 20 Accuracy: 12		Black Spirit’s Rage	Recovering the Black Spirit’s Rage
		Attack power: 15 Accuracy: 10 Black Spirit’s Rage +10% that can be obtained alone	Attack power: 12 Accuracy: 10 Black Spirit’s Rage recovery per 10 seconds +0.5%

Arena of Solare – Season Rewards

Worker Changes

• It has been improved so that workers can learn the ‘Special Delivery’ skill from level 1.

• Improvements have been made so that workers from other villages where the character is not currently located can also be hired.
  • When hiring a worker from a work supervisor, you must first designate the village to which the worker is to be introduced and then be introduced to the worker.
• Improvements have been made so that workers from other villages where the character is not currently located can also register in the worker exchange.

Hire workers from other villages
Registering in another village’s worker exchange

• The Today’s Worker window, where you can hire workers, has been improved to display the maximum number of workers that can be hired for each village.

• Improvements have been made to allow multiple workers to take the promotion test at the same time.
  • Click the ‘Promotion’ button in the promotion information tab of the worker list UI to start the promotion test.

Monster Changes

• When the leader fox bandit appears in Honglim base, the sharpshooter fox bandit has been added to appear together.
  • Unlike other fox bandits, sharpshooting fox bandits do not approach after attacking, but repeat powerful attacks from a distance.
  • Since they are more powerful than regular monsters, you can get higher rewards when you kill them.

※ This information cannot be confirmed at the Black Desert Research Institute and will be updated on the official server.

Inventory Quest Improvements

• If you have already completed the quest to expand your bag, the quest has been improved so that you can complete it through conversation without having to proceed with the quest with another character.
  • Knowledge for each quest has been added to the 12 types of quest rewards below.
    • After obtaining knowledge as a quest reward, you can complete each quest with a different character simply through conversation.

Quest Search Feature

• A search function has been added to Quest Log (O).
  • This function allows you to search for quests only for those displayed in the quest log (O) window (in progress, main, recommended quests, etc.).

• The Quest Log (O) window has been improved as follows.
  • In the ‘In Progress’ tab, the function to hide empty groups has been iconized.
  • The ‘Type/Region’ button has been changed to an expansion list.
  • ‘The display of the number of quests in progress has been moved to the bottom.

UI Improvements

• A function that adds up the prices of the fish you own has been added to fish tank items.

• Improvements have been made so that when Notepad is terminated without being properly closed, the written content is automatically saved.

Other Changes

• It has been improved so that when you arrive at your destination while seated on a griffon in a snowy field, you will land naturally.

• Automatic route navigation from the capital city of Valencia to nearby islands adjacent to Hakovan Island has been improved.

• [Dead Eye] When selecting a different costume after wearing the wilderness duel costume at the Pearl Shop, the weapon effect has been modified to be more natural.
• [Dosa] The issue where the falling arrow effect was unnatural in certain situations when using the skill Winter Shower has been fixed.
• The character’s expression has been improved to be more natural when entering Magnus.
• An issue where the device that brought you back to the course did not work properly when you fell down a cliff while snowboarding in a snowy field has been fixed.
• The phenomenon of getting the ‘hypothermia’ disease when doing regular fishing at the end of the ice fishing area has been fixed.
• The issue where the water next to the ice fishing area was incorrectly considered a safe zone has been fixed.
• An issue where the effect did not disappear during smelt fishing in certain situations has been corrected.
• An issue where it was not possible to retrieve another character’s pearl bag items while the currently connected character’s bag was full has been fixed.
• The issue where the pop-up notification text in the fairy and pet simple purchase window was awkward has been improved.
• The quest ‘[Crow Shop] Combat/Skill Experience Point Exchange Coupon’, which is in a state where it cannot be processed, has been modified so that it cannot be accepted.
  • The combat/skill experience exchange coupon that can be obtained through this quest can be obtained by exchanging an immortal token through the integrated goods UI.
• The issue where the ‘Start of the Prestigious’ quest that could not be completed was displayed in the quest list has been corrected.
• When completing the quest ‘[Special Support] Narsilan’s Powerful Awakening Weapon’, the issue where the quest was not visible in the quest list has been fixed.
• The issue where knowledge from NPC Runier could not be obtained under certain circumstances has been fixed.
• A typo in the ‘Glory of Calpheon’ knowledge has been corrected.
• During the quest ‘[Calpheon] Inside Trina Fortress’, the issue of intermittently falling below the ground when arriving at the destination has been fixed.
• The issue where pad snapping could not be performed on horse information connected to a carriage when using the pad-only UI has been fixed.
• An issue where the parent item details view function in Alchemy Stone – Growth did not work when using the pad-only UI has been fixed.
• The text displayed when attempting to register a ship while the dock slots are full has been improved to be more natural.
• An issue where the input cursor did not disappear intermittently and remained displayed in UI that required input has been fixed.
• The grade section displayed in the grade tooltip in the horse details window has been modified to display from two to four decimal places.
• The issue where items were displayed incorrectly in the warehouse when receiving items from the Black Spirit’s Gift Box when opening the warehouse through a maid has been fixed.
• The issue where activity fees were deducted when purchasing guild items while the character bag is full has been fixed.
• In the message displayed after capturing a wild horse, the message about registering the captured horse has been corrected.
• An issue where the Redo and Return buttons were continuously displayed when returning to the Return button after a character’s death during a cutscene has been fixed.

Class Changes

Berserker

Elastic Force

Guardian

Main Weapon

Absolute: Black Blood’s Descent

• The issue where a description of the increased movement distance was left in the description of the skill Absolute: Black Blood’s Descent has been corrected.

Awakening

Black Spirit: God Incinerator

• The issue where the attack/defense increase buff effect was not applied when using the skill Black Spirit: God Incinerator has been corrected.

Nova

Succession

Prime: Bitter Reign

• In conjunction with other skills, the skill Specialization has been changed to apply even when only 2 hits are used for the skill Prime: Bitter Reign

Sage

Awakening

Black Spirit: Flow: Interrogate

• The issue where the casting speed increase effect was not applied to the caster when using the skill Black Spirit: Flow: Interrogate has been corrected.

Dead Eye