Global Lab Updates – 28th August 2026

Life Skill Gear Integration

• A Lifeskill Integration UI has been added, allowing you to equip all life equipment, including tools, clothing, accessories, artifacts, and muskets.
  • The Lifeskill Integrated UI features slots where items for each lifeskill category can be equipped.
  • Accessories, Alchemy Stones, and Orbs of Clearness apply their effects to all life skills even if only one is equipped, while other items must be equipped individually for each life skill to receive their stats.

• For Artifacts, Lightstones, and Lightstone combination effects, effects will not be applied upon equipping except for those listed below.
  • Common effects apply only to the installed Lifeskills.
    • Example) When equipping a Life Skill Mastery Increase artifact to Gathering → Only Gathering Mastery increases

• The artifacts that can be equipped by lifeskill category are as follows.
  • Common is an artifact that can be equipped in any life equipment slot, regardless of the type of life.
  • The common part of Sethra’s Artifact only applies to the equipped life EXP and mastery.

• As only Earth Lightstones are equipped in Lifeskill Artifacts, some Lightstone combination formulas and effects are changed as follows.

Unequipping and Transfer of Equipped Gear

Removed Alchemy Stone Durability

• With the integration of life equipment, Alchemy Stones can now be equipped separately for combat and life, and their durability has been removed.

• Due to the durability removal update, the item usage validity period for [Event] Tachros’s Spirit Stone and [Event] Stella’s Spirit Stone will be changed to 7 days.
  • Spirit Stone items with changed expiration dates will be provided in the form of boxes that can be opened and used after the scheduled maintenance.
    • Items with 0 durability will be deleted.

• As the Alchemy Stone was changed to an item effect upon equipping, the item effect of Kutum’s Power Stone has been changed.
  • Before Change: Reduces the defense of damaged monsters by 10 for 30 seconds
  • After change: All Attack Power +10
    • Items with 0 durability will be deleted.

• Items and quests related to Spirit Stones will be deleted.
  • The crafting recipes (Alchemy, Processing) for Spirit Stone items will be removed.
  • The material item ‘Reagent of Spirit Affinity’, which can be used to craft Spirit Stones, will be removed.
  • The quest ‘[Repeat] Alustin’s New Experiment’, which allows you to obtain the ‘Reagent of Spirit Affinity’ item, will be removed.
  • Integrated Currency – The exchange items for Radiant Spirit Stone of Destruction and Radiant Spirit Stone of Protection, which can be exchanged for 1,000 Immortal Tokens, will be removed.
  • Integrated Currency – Among the contents of the Passionate Loot Box, which can be exchanged for 30 Sylvia’s Tokens, the Splendid Spirit Stone Shard of Destruction and the Splendid Spirit Stone Shard of Protection will be removed.

•  The item that can recharge the durability of the Alchemy Stone will be removed and converted into silver coins of equivalent value.
  • The Alchemy Stone Charge item is removed from the contents of the box from which the Alchemy Stone Charge item can be obtained.
  • The item obtained by processing Destruction/Guardian/Life Spirit Stones has been changed from ‘Mysterious Spirit Powder’ to ‘Alchemy Stone Fragment’.
    • You can obtain 10 to 18 Alchemy Stone Fragments depending on your processing proficiency.
  • The material required to craft the Breath of All Things and Tear of Elion items has been changed from ‘Mysterious Spirit Powder’ to ‘Ancient Spirit Powder’.
  • The crafting formula that allowed obtaining ‘Mysterious Spirit Powder’ using Karanda’s Heart and Kutum’s Heart has been removed.
  • The exchange formula that allowed you to exchange Layla’s Petals for ‘Mysterious Spirit Powder’ through the Kamasilve Temple NPC Teia has been removed.

Jewel of Clear Water – New Crystal

• A new item, the Jewel of Clear Water, has been added.
  • The Jewel of Clear Water is an equipped item designed to replace the Crystal of Dawn – Life EXP item.
  • The Jewel of Clear Water can be equipped in Life Skill equipment and can be found in the accessory slot section at the bottom of the Life Skill tab.

Item	Details	Equip location
Jewel of Clear Water

• The Crystal of Clearness, used to enhance the Jewel of Clear Water, has been added.
  • You can obtain the Crystal of Clearness in the following ways.

Crystal of Clearness
Processed materials	Processing method	Acquired items	Integrated exchange price
Essence of Dawn x1 Trace of Nature x30 Magical Lightstone Crystal x500	Processing – Heating	Crystal of Clearness x1	Upper limit: 300,000,000 Lower limit: 75,000,000

• The information on the enhancement stages of the Jewel of Clear Water is as follows.
  • The Jewel of Clear Water is enhanced with the Crystal of Clearness, and there is a 100% chance of success when attempting enhancement.

•  3 types of Dawn Crystal – Life EXP (WON/BON/JIN) have been removed.
  • Upon the official server update, Crystal of Clearness items equivalent to the deleted crystals will be distributed to the Black Spirit’s Safe – Mailbox.
    
    • JIN Dawn Crystal – Life EXP → 25 Crystal of Clearness
    • BON Dawn Crystal – Life EXP → 5 Crystal of Clearness
    • WON Dawn Crystal – Life EXP → 1 Crystal of Clearness

• The following knowledge information has been changed.
  • Before Change: WON Dawn Crystal – Life EXP
  • After change: Crystal of Clearness
• The following knowledge has been deleted.
  • JIN Dawn Crystal – Life EXP
  • BON Dawn Crystal – Life EXP

Merv’s Silver Needle and Knot

• Merv’s Silver Needle and Knot items, which can extract the functions of functional clothing, have been added.
  • You can obtain knots with each function by processing existing functional pearl outfits.
  • Each knot item can be equipped to life equipment.
  • To activate the knot effect extracted from functional clothing, you must use ‘Black Spirit’s Claw’ on the Pearl outfit.
    • Example) You must equip the Black Spirit’s Claw on the Lifeguard outfit after using it for the knot effect to activate.
  • Functional Pearl outfits obtained through processing have the same wearing effects as regular Pearl outfits and can receive Pearl outfit set effects.
    
    • Exploration discovery distance +10m
    • +10% death penality resistance
    • Amity gain +10%
    • Jump height +0.5m
  • The ‘Attack/Casting Speed ​​Potential +2 level’ effect of the Bear Necessities outfit cannot be extracted with Merv’s Silver Needle.
  • The effects of the Bear Necessities Hat and Bear Necessities Knot do not overlap.
  • The effects of the Venia riding cap and the Venia knot do not overlap.
  • Merv’s repair tools cannot be used on functional clothing made with Merv’s silver needles.

Type	Uses	Source of acquisition
Merv’s Silver Needle	Functional clothing made with knots	Purchase from the Old Moon Manager NPC (Purchase Price: 10 million silver coins)
Grand Bear Knot	Attached to hunting equipment Hunting EXP +30% Hunting musket base ammo capacity +1	Process the materials below (L) – Crafting Merv’s Silver Needle x1 Bear Necessities Hat x1 Bear Necessities Clothes x1
Agris knot	Attached to farming equipment Farming EXP +30% Harvesting/breed improvement time -2 seconds	Process the materials below (L) – Crafting Merv’s Silver Needle x1 Agris Hat x1 Agris’s Clothes x1
Pavilla knot	Attached to alchemy equipment Alchemy EXP +15% Alchemy processing time -2 seconds	Process the materials below (L) – Crafting Merv’s Silver Needle x1 Pavilla Helmet x1 Pavilla Armor x1
Venesil (Karki) knot	Attached to processing equipment Processing success rate +3% Warehouse Item Processing (Processed items go into the character’s inventory.)	Process the materials below (L) – Crafting Merv’s Silver Needle x1 Karki Hat x1 Karki Suit x1 or Merv’s Silver Needle x1 Venesil Hair Ornament x1 Venesil Dress x1 Venesil Gloves x1 Venesil shoes x1
Canape knot	Attached to cooking equipment Cooking EXP +15% Cooking time -2 seconds	Process the materials below (L) – Crafting Merv’s Silver Needle x1 Canape Hat x1 Canape Clothes x1 Canape Shoes x1
Venia knot	Attached to training equipment Mount EXP +30%	Process the materials below (L) – Crafting Merv’s Silver Needle x1 Venia Riding Hat x1 Venia Riding Suit x1

• Changes have been made so that the quest objective for Olvia Academy’s ‘[Combat Lecture] Relics and Lightstones’ will not be completed if life-related relics are equipped during the quest.

※ Details regarding the integration of life equipment cannot be found on the Black Desert Research Lab and are scheduled to be applied to the official servers.

Monster Changes

• Coral Crystals and Blue Whale Oil can now be obtained from Khan and Vell.
  • The name of blue whale oil has been changed to ocean oil.
    • Accordingly, some item and knowledge descriptions have been changed.
  • You can obtain 1 Ocean Oil and 2 Coral Crystals from Khan and Vell’s reward bundles.
    • However, this applies only to rewards obtained from Guild Raid Khan and World Boss Vell after the update, and does not apply to reward bundles you already possess.

• When defeating Lyngbkr, the amount of Sailor experience points obtainable has been reduced by 75% compared to the previous amount.
• When defeating Lyngbkr, the Ocean Fame obtained has been reduced by 75% compared to the previous amount.

• The names of some regions within the ‘Event Horizon’ have been changed to ‘Singularity’.

Siege War/Node War Changes

• A stat restriction item is added to the Tiier 1 capped Node War stats, and some skills are restricted.
  • For maximum Black Spirit’s Rage, you can obtain up to the maximum limit of 500% through Rage Transfer.
  • However, the increase in natural HP regeneration, stamina, maximum Black Spirit Rage, Black Spirit Rage recovery, special additional damage, and critical hit chance obtained by the character through skills (both active and passive) will be applied beyond the limit.

Node War Fort Tier Adjustments

• The fortress levels within each territory for node wars have been standardized to 5.
  • Upon final capture of each fort, rewards will be distributed identically based on the existing Tier 5 fortress standards.
  • When 2 fortresses are created in the occupation mode, 2 fortresses are created randomly from 6 nodes, and one of them becomes a question mark.
  • In terms of construction methods, the fortress tier changes, but the limit on the number of participants per day remains the same as before.

Changes to some rules of Node War (Occupation mode)

• The defense power of the castle gates in the occupation battle has been increased by 20% compared to the previous level.
• The amount of damage adventurers inflict on the castle gate has been reduced by 60% compared to before.
• The defense power of fortresses and command posts in Unlimited Node War/Siege War has been increased by approximately 20% compared to before.
• The defense power of annex buildings in Unlimited Node War/Siege War has increased by approximately 4.1% compared to the previous level.
• The amount of damage ships inflict on fortresses, command posts, and outbuildings has been significantly reduced.

• Search and filter functions have been added to Marni’s Private Realm UI.

• The ‘Recruitment Representative’ field in the Party/Platoon Finder menu has been modified to display the family name instead of the character name.
• The cheering action and UI animation have been removed when acquiring the Primordial Spark or the Black Crystal of Condensed Magic Power.
• In the World Map (M), the location of the Edania: Inner Territory icon has been moved so that it does not overlap with other icons.
• The description displayed when hovering the mouse over the Dawn’s Modification slot in the Modification Equip UI has been modified.
• The ‘New’ icon has been removed from the Atoraxion region change UI.
• The color of the daily pay with Guild Fame applied in the Guild (G) UI has been changed.
• [Pad Mode] The key guide for the ‘Turn Notification UI On/Off’ function in Marni’s Secret Room UI has been changed.

System Changes

• Mitigation work has been carried out on some factors that could have caused server instability.
• The method of reflecting activity levels based on guild missions has been changed so that they are reflected all at once after the mission is completed.

• [Scholar] Fixed an issue where certain parts of the Lifeguard Gloves were awkwardly exposed.
• [Agent] Fixed an issue where the chest area was awkwardly exposed when wearing the Citrus outfit after body shape adjustment.
• The description of the ‘Purified Divine Power’ debuff, obtained by approaching the brazier in the Temple of Magaia hunting grounds, has been modified to reflect the actual damage taken.
• Fixed an issue where monsters would not appear if the main target party member died during the boss battle in the Scales of Judgment hunting ground.
• Fixed an issue where flame effects remained in the air during combat in ‘[Weekly] Qualification for the Throne: Battle of Aresion’.
• A typo in the guide description for the knowledge obtainable on Cheongsa Island, Dongjuk Seodang Knowledge, has been corrected.
• The unnatural terrain on the seabed of Cheongsa Island has been improved.
• The unnatural terrain in the Ergo area and the Aigal Mountains has been improved.
• The issue where the description for Linbak’s Horn was awkward has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where Linbak Colony monsters appeared abnormally in certain situations.
• The issue where the item description appeared awkward in the Panokseon Cheongun equipment crafting ceremony has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where the Black Spirit dialogue assisting with quest acceptance was not displayed during the Olvia Academy Combat Lecture.
• Fixed an issue where information regarding Caphras Breakthrough was not displayed when checking equipment descriptions in the “View Other Character Equipment/Inventory” section.
• Fixed an issue where unused items would flash when continuously clicking the Family Bag or Enhancement Bag tabs.
• Fixed an issue where ‘Story Exchange (4)’ was activated when quickly pressing the space bar while entrusting 4 items to the Calpheon Warehouse Keeper.
• The issue where switching between Korean and English within the game could not be performed has been alleviated.
• Fixed an issue where the game did not run properly in certain environments using graphics cards GTX 1050 or lower.
• The quest names for Remnants of Aresion VI and Remnants of Emesia VI have been changed to Remnants of Aresion IV and Remnants of Emesia IV to match the order of the quests.
• Fixed an issue where only certain areas were displayed when the ‘Top-tier Hunting Ground’ tag was selected in the Hunting Ground Information UI.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the Guild Strategy Guide World Map status remained when entering the World Map (M) after leaving a guild.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the region button and key guide overlapped in the hunting ground information.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where, when interacting with the Throne of Edania NPC to open the Throne of Edania UI, checking the reward description using the LT or RT buttons would display an item description different from the reward for that throne.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the effect extraction key guide overlapped with the existing key guide on the dyeing screen.
• [Pad Mode] When using the item transfer function from Bag to Family Bag, the maximum transferable quantity is now entered by taking weight into account when the Max Quantity button is pressed.
• [Pad Mode] The key guide for ‘Turn Notification UI On/Off’ in Marni’s Secret Room has been changed.

Class Changes

Tamer

Main Weapon, Succession

 Prime: Moonlight Strike

• Changes have been made so that stamina is not restored while using skills.

Prime: Legendary Leap

• Stamina consumption has been changed from 200 to 150.

Awakening

Moonlight Strike I~III, Flow: Full Moon

• Changes have been made so that stamina is not restored while using skills.

Maehwa

Main Weapon, Succession

Striker

Awakening

Endless Explosion

• The effect of recovering +200 HP per hit upon a successful strike has been changed to +125.

  Fallout, Endless Fight

• A health recovery effect has been added upon successful hit.
  • Fallout: Recover +220 Health per hit upon successful strike
  • Endless Fight: Recover +230 HP per hit upon successful strike

Drakania

Awakening

Extinction, Doombringer

• A WP (MP) recovery effect has been added upon successful hit.
  • Extinction: Recovers WP +75 per hit upon successful strike
  • Doombringer: Recovers WP +30 per hit upon successful strike.

Scholar

Main weapon

Attraction

• To mitigate the phenomenon where movement is intermittently impossible even on flat ground when linked with Gravity Anchor – Attraction skill, the following changes have been made.
  • The Gravity Anchor skill has been changed so that it is no longer affected by attack/cast speed increases/decreases.
    • Accordingly, the base activation speed of the skill has been increased by 25%.
  • The Gravity Anchor appearing via the Gravity Anchor skill has been changed to be installed faster.
  • The duration of the Gravity Anchor that appears with the Gravity Anchor skill has been reduced from about 7.7 seconds to about 5 seconds.

Class Bug Fixes