Global Lab Updates – 17th October 2025

Arena of Solare – New Season

• A new season of Arena of Solare begins.

• Arena of Solare starting score and scoring rules have changed.
  
  • The standard for points gained or lost when winning/losing a match has been changed from 25 points to 20 points.
    • Accordingly, the maximum/minimum values ​​for points gained or lost based on the outcome of a matched match will change from 35/15 points to 28/12 points.
  • The points earned for winning during the placement test have been changed from 60 to 36 points.
  • The winning streak bonus has been changed from every 3/4/11 wins to every 2/4/8 wins.
    • The winning streak bonus points have been changed to award 2/5/8 points for each winning streak segment.

• The magical crystals and equipment that can be equipped in Arena of Solare have been adjusted.
  • Arena of Solare Magic Modification Changes

Added magic power crystal (Arena of Solare)
Equipment Slot	Magic Crystal	Ability
Main weapon	Sikrua’s Wave Crystal	Adventurer’s additional attack power +1 Increases maximum health by +250
secondary weapon	Crystal of Unclean Light	All attack power +2 Critical hit damage + 11% All damage reduction -2
	Sacred Dark Crystal	All attack power +3 Back, Down, and Air Attack damage +12% -150 reduction in maximum stamina
Awakening Weapon	Crystal of Honorable Valor – Fighting Spirit	Adventurer’s additional attack power +2 All Accuracy +27 Increases maximum health by +250

Magic Crystal with changed ability (Arena of Solare)
Equipment Slot	Magic Crystal	Ability
Main weapon	Secrua’s Flaming Crystal	(Adjustment) All special attack bonus damage +7.5% → 5% (Adjustment) All damage reduction -5 → -2 (Adjustment) All evasion reduced -8 → -6
shoes	Missing Captain’s Crystal – Sail	(Adjustment) Maximum stamina +150 → +200 (Additional) Increased movement speed by +2.5% (Deleted) Max Health +350
Helmet	Pilgrim’s Crystal: Providence	(Adjustment) Maximum Health +150 → +250 (Additional) Natural HP recovery +50 (Deleted) Maximum stamina +250

Deleted Magic Crystal (Arena of Solare)
Equipment Slot	Magic Crystal	Ability
Main weapon	Visionary Crystal of Elkarr	All Accuracy +30
secondary weapon	Corrupted Magic Crystal	Critical hit damage +10% All attack power +2 All damage reduction -2 ※ 2 set effect Critical hit damage +2%
Secondary weapons and awakening weapons	Ultimate Combined Magic Crystal – Macalod	All attack power +3 Maximum stamina +30 +3% combat experience gained ※ 2 set effect All attack power +5 +100 maximum stamina All Accuracy r +4 ※ 4 set effect All attack power +5 +100 maximum stamina All Accuracy +4 +5% combat experience gained
Secondary weapons and awakening weapons	Ultimate Combined Magic Crystal – Hoom	All Accuracy +2 All damage reduction +3 All evasion +5 +75 maximum health +1% to all resistances ※ 2 set effect All damage reduction +5 +150 maximum health All evasion +4 ※ 4 set effect All damage reduction +5 +150 maximum health All evasion +4 All Accuracy +3 All resistances +3%

Added equipment (Arena of Solare)
Equipment Slot	equipment	Ability
Earring	Resolute Earring – Max HP	+250 maximum health

Deleted equipment (Arena of Solare)
Equipment Slot	equipment	Ability
Earring	Resolute Earring – Black Spirit’s Rage	Notation attack power +15 All Accuracy +10 +10% Black Spirit’s Rage, obtainable alone

Equipment with changed abilities (Arena of Solare)
Equipment Slot	equipment	Ability
Earring	Resolute Earring – Black Spirit’s Rage Recovery	Displayed attack power +12 → +15 Black Spirit’s Rage gained every 10 seconds increased from 0.5% to 0.3%

• Added the ability to do a victory pose when winning Arena of Solare.
  • Victory poses can be set through the UI next to ‘Set Exclusive Equipment’ in Arena of Solare UI.
  • The victory pose appears when all rounds are completed and the final victory is achieved. If the match ends in a draw, the victory pose is not shown.
  • The social actions below cannot be designated as Arena of Solare victory poses.
    – Move forward and sweep
    – It’s graduation!
    – Boarding

• With the start of the new season of Arena of Solare, the battle zone has changed.
  • The new season of Arena of Solare will feature five battlefields, including the existing Valley of Olun.
  • Information about new, unreleased battlefields will be added when the official server is updated.

Olun’s Valley	Neftak Outpost
Doomstill Pond	Flower-sunken Swamp

• The victory/loss rewards have been increased for Arena of Solare Flame Spear Crest (1501 points or higher).
  • Match rewards for less than the Flame Spear crest are the same as before.

Match results	Existing Reward	Change Reward
Match Win	Exultant Solare Box (Open to obtain Gold Bar 1,000G x1) Seal of Solare x50	Joyful Solare Box (Open to receive Gold Bar 1,000G x2) Seal of Solare x50
Match Defeat	Rallying Solare Box (Open to receive Gold Bar 100G x6) Seal of Solare x30	Encouraging Solare Box (Open to obtain Gold Bar 1,000G x1 Seal of Solare x30

• A challenge (Y) has been added that allows you to obtain rewards based on the cumulative number of wins in Arena of Solare Ranked Battles.
  • You can check the challenge in question in the ‘Objective Challenges’ section of the in-game Challenges (Y).
  • Ranked match win records from past seasons will also be applied retroactively.

• The Arena of Solare UI has been changed to display the cumulative rank match record.
• The UI of Arena of Solare results window has been changed.
  • The vertical length of the results window UI has been reduced.
• The end-of-season rewards for the new season of Arena of Solare are the same as the rewards for the previous season.

Horse/Ship/Wagon Cron Extraction Added

Magic Crystal Stat Changes

• Original, Dawn of the Dawn Crystal – Damage reduction and evasion values ​​have been changed.

Item	Existing Stats	Changed Stats
BON Dawn Crystal – Damage Reduction	Notation Defense (Damage Reduction) +23 All damage reduction +3	Notation Defense (Damage Reduction) +18 All damage reduction +2
WON Dawn Crystal – Damage Reduction	Notation Defense (Damage Reduction) +20 All damage reduction +2	Notation Defense (Damage Reduction) +15 +1 to all damage reduction
BON Dawn Crystal – Evasion	Notation Defense (Evasion) +23 All evasion +35	Notation Defense (Evasion) +18 All evasion +33
WON Dawn Crystal – Evasion	Notation Defense (Evasion) +20 All evasion +27	Notation Defense (Evasion) +15 All evasion +26

• The usage effects listed in item descriptions have been unified according to common rules.

Item Changes

• Fixed an issue where parentheses were added to the item name.
  • Example 1) Valks’ Advice (+10) → Valks’ Advice (+10)
  • Example 2 ) C-9 Boss Blitz Reward: Bamboo Legion (9th rank) → C-9 Boss Blitz Reward: Bamboo Legion (9th rank)
  • Example 3) Epheria Speedboat (Relic of the Fallen Bell Pirates) → Epheria Speedboat (Relic of the Fallen Bell Pirates)

• A bulk processing recipe has been added to the Perfume of Envy and Perfume of Tenacity Processing Recipe that uses the Essence of Caphras, allowing you to produce 10 at a time using 10x the amount of materials and 1 Essence of Ibellap.

Monster Changes

• The following changes have been applied when subduing the Gumiho on the 8th, 9th, and 10th tiers.
  • When progressing through the Fox Statue pattern, the conditions for the Fox Orb to appear have been changed.
    • Fox Orbs no longer appear randomly, and appear less frequently depending on how long it took to enter the pattern.
    • When entering a pattern within 30 seconds – 1 appears
    • After that, every 30 seconds, the number of beads required by the pattern increases by 1, and after about 4 minutes, 9 beads appear.
  • The cooldown of some of Gumiho’s invincibility patterns has been changed from 15 seconds to 25 seconds.

• The invincibility effect that existed during some of the attacks of Illezra’s Black Illusions that appear in The Final Gladius has been removed or modified.
• During the battle with the Heart of Atomagia, if you defeat all of Illezra’s Black Phantasms summoned, the ancient weapon chasing the adventurers will stop and will be improved to always hit the Heart of Atomagia.

• [Aetherion Castle] When the Black Wings appear, the surrounding dark spirits will now be stunned.
• [Nympamare Castle] The wait time before Coral Naga and Coral Dreamfish respawn has been reduced by 1 second.
• [Orbita Castle] During the bonus gimmick, the scene where the Night Grave Keeper is defeated after being affected by the explosion to purify the ominous crack in the Tomb of Light in Orbita has been improved to flow more naturally.

• The Forward Guard effect has been removed from some of the attacks of Rusalka that appear during the [Weekly] Nympamare progression.

• Added top 20 rewards for killing World Bosses Quint and Muraka.
  • The contribution rules for killing World Bosses Quint and Muraka have been further refined as follows:
    • Before change: Top 70% / Below Top 70%
    • After change: Top 20 / Top 70% / Below Top 70%

• When hit by a Spook that appears while grinding in the same location, health is reduced by 100%.

Node/Conquest War Changes

• Changed the maximum attack power limit to apply to the Cadria Elephant in Node/Conquest Wars.
  • Maximum attack power limit: 395 (based on total stat cap)
  • Attack power exceeding the maximum attack power limit will not be applied.
  • Due to the maximum attack power limit, the health and defense of the Cadria Elephant have been adjusted together.

• The exterior of some buildings near Dernil Farm has been changed.
  
  • In accordance with this change, the location where Drunkard Dennis moves in the Serendia region quest ‘Trauma is a Bane!’ has been changed.
  • The location of the Sinister Cultist deployed near the area has been changed.

• When you open the Enhancement Inventory, a button has been added at the bottom to view a list of Advice of Valks
• The icons that display the increased enahncement chance have been modified to now open the increased enahncement chanc window.
• When searching for Advice of Valks in Find My Items (Ctrl+F), the location has been changed from ‘Enhancement Inventory’ to ‘Advice of Valks List’.
• The issue where the list of enhancement targets was not immediately updated after removing equipment from the enhancement screen has been fixed.
  • This information cannot be confirmed by the Black Desert Lab and will be applied to the official server.

• The High Combat Experience Acquisition tag has been added to the hunting grounds below in the hunting ground information UI.
  • Temple of Aetherion, Nymphamare, Orbita, Tenebraum, Zephyros, and Gaifinrasia (Underground)
• The icon color of the event information UI at the top of the game screen has been changed to red.
  • A banner has been added to the right of the menu (ESC) to open the event window.
    • This information cannot be confirmed by the Black Desert Lab and will be updated on the official server.
• When clicking on the in-game Arena of Solare banner, the page will now open with the in-game Adventurer’s Notes.

• The category name of the Black Spirit’s Gift Box (B) has been changed from ‘Daily Special’ to ‘Special Pass’.
• Changed so that health, fighting spirit, and divine power can be automatically recovered during cutscene battles that occur during event requests.
  – ‘[Event][Selection] Encounter with an Angel’, ‘[Event][Selection] Encounter with a Devil’, ‘[Event][Selection] Summon the Incarnation of Good’, ‘[Event][Selection] Summon the Incarnation of Evil’
• Improved so that when the cutscene that is played during an event request ends, you will be moved to the front of the NPC Marni in Velia Village.
  – ‘[Event][Selection] Encounter with an Angel’, ‘[Event][Selection] Encounter with a Devil’, ‘[Event][Selection] Summon the Incarnation of Good’, ‘[Event][Selection] Summon the Incarnation of Evil’
• The issue where the shadows and speech bubbles of the disappeared NPC residents remained after completing the quest ‘[Event] Human Nature…?’ has been fixed.
• Some awkward dialogue during sub-quests in the Edania region has been corrected.
• An issue where you could obtain an incense candle and a rustic candlestick while carrying a Hakinja Incense Candle during a sub-quest in the Edania region has been fixed.
• The description of the following items has been changed to ‘[Barter][Daily] Lively Ilya Island’.
  – Reinforced Island Wood Plywood, Pure Pearl Crystal, Cox Pirates’ Relic (Negotiation Grade), Glue with Deep Sea Memories, Pure Reef Fragment
• The issue where ‘Reinforcement Material Items’ could not be registered in the reinforcement screen after the reinforcement of ‘Forest Path Carriage Wheels, Covers, Flags, and Insignia’ failed has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where lower rewards were awarded when defeating World Bosses Quint and Muraka if only one person on the server contributed to the kill.
• The issue where the notification message was not displayed in the center of the screen when registering a Voltarion badge in the stable has been fixed.
• [Tenebraum Castle] The issue where Ancient Ator Remnant monsters were not occasionally summoned when a purified manticore releases energy has been improved.
• Fixed an issue where, when Krogdalo was moving manually in the desert and pressed the T key to auto-move, he would have to stop completely before pressing the T key again to move on the auto-move path.
• The issue where Krogdalo would land without connecting to a double jump after using the instant acceleration skill while in the Fantasy Horse Dine state has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where the loading bar on the loading screen could go off the screen in a 4K resolution environment.
• The issue of moving on abnormal terrain intermittently during the 1vs1 battle at the Edana’s Throne in Orbita Castle has been fixed.
• An issue where this month’s guild history was not displayed has been fixed.
• The following text has been added to the contribution usage history: “There may be contribution items installed in the residence you are currently renting. Please check the residence list.”
• The interior points for the following furniture placed in a residence have been changed from 100 points to 10 points.
  • [Event] Guardian Spirit, [Event][Manor] Pumpkin Streetlight, [Event] Skeleton Shrine Mood Light, [Event] Pumpkin Lamp
• In the Black Shrine (solo), the description of the lightning traces has been added and improved in the item description of the reward for subduing the Golden Pig King and the Mountain Nine-Tailed Fox from Iljaesini to Sipjaesini.
• [Pad Mode] The close button in the hunting ground information UI has been modified to not be displayed in pad mode.
• [Pad Mode] When checking the Black Temple ranking reward information, the reward information for the currently selected monster has been changed to appear.

Class Changes

Deadeye

Main weapon

Doom ‘N Gloom

• The defense judgment of the skill has been changed.
  • Before change: Super Armor
  • After change: Super armor while moving, forward guard while attacking.

Max Pain

• The defense judgment of the skill has been changed.
  • Before change: Invincible → Super Armor
  • After change: Super Armor

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Awakening Weapon

Beautiful Demolition

• The defense judgment of the skill has been changed.
  • Before change: Super Armor
  • After change: Forward guard

Evasive Maneuver

• The defense judgment of the skill has been changed.
  • Before change: Invincible → Super Armor
  • After change: Super Armor → Forward Guard

※ This information cannot be confirmed by the Black Desert Lab and will be applied to the official server. (Additional)