Global Lab Updates – 12th June 2026

Blue Battlefield Changes

As the end time for each fort in the Blue Battlefield approaches, multiple guilds and alliances tend to focus their cannon fire on the forts. This often causes the occupying guild to change multiple times within a short period. While this can keep the excitement of victory alive until the very end, it left something to be desired in terms of the enjoyment that comes from planning and executing strategies.

To address this, we have adjusted the durability of Blue Battlefield forts so they can withstand bombardment a bit longer, while also adjusting the damage ships deal to them.

The durability of the Blue Battlefield Fort has increased by approximately 32%.
The amount of damage dealt by some large ships to the Blue Battlefield Fort has been changed as follows.

Types of ships	Damage increase/decrease rate
Guild Galley	▲ 11.90%
Improved Guild Galley	▼ 45.14%
Epheria Sailboat	▲ 49.56%
Epheria Frigate	▲ 49.56%
Epheria Caravel	▲ 49.56%
Epheria Galleass	▲ 49.56%
Improved Epheria Sailboat	▲ 49.56%
Improved Epheria Frigate	▲ 49.56%
Epheria Carrack	▼ 21.78%
Panokseon	▼ 21.78%
Epheria Galleon	▼ 9.70%

In the Blue Battlefield, Adventurers often board big ships such as Carracks and Panokseons when Guild Galleys are at full capacity or when carrying out individual objectives. However, big ships had a relatively smaller role in combat compared to Guild Galleys, which play a crucial role in destroying forts, leaving something to be desired for Adventurers who wanted to make a greater impact on the battlefield.

To improve this, today’s update increases the damage big ships deal to Guild Galleys. Big ships can now put more pressure on enemy Guild Galleys, increasing their ability to hinder fort destruction. As a result, it has become more important for Galleys to maneuver carefully to avoid concentrated fire. We hope these strategic elements make participating in the Blue Battlefield even more enjoyable.

We understand that Adventurers in guilds that mainly relied on Guild Galleys due to having too few big ships available for the Blue Battlefield may have some concerns about today’s update. However, Guild Galleys will continue to play a vital role in securing victory in the Blue Battlefield. We will continue to closely monitor the situation after the update to ensure this remains the case.

The damage dealt by the following large ships to the Improved Guild Galley and Galley has increased by approximately 24.8%.

Epheria Sailboat
Epheria Frigate
Improved Epheria Sailboat
Improved Epheria Frigate
Epheria Caravel
Epheria Galleass
Epheria Carrack
Panokseon
Epheria Galleon

Black Shrine – Solo Reward Improvements

In a previous update, Light Orbs were added to Black Shrine – Donghae, easing the difficulty of Calamity 1 to 7 Boss Blitzes. To give Adventurers taking on these difficulties a greater sense of achievement, we have improved the Boss Blitz rewards. We hope you continue to take on the challenge.

Black Shrine – Donghae (Solo) has added Essence of Dawn and Gold Bars to the rewards obtainable when defeating the level 2 – 7 calamity.

Difficulty	Ranking	List of additional rewards
C2 Boss Blitz Reward	Rank 1	Essence of Dawn x0-1
	Rank 2
	Rank 3
	Rank 9
C3 Boss Blitz Reward	Rank 1	Essence of Dawn x1
	Rank 2
	Rank 3
	Rank 9
C4 Boss Blitz Reward	Rank 1	Essence of Dawn x1 Gold Bar 100G x2
	Rank 2
	Rank 3
	Rank 9
C5 Boss Blitz Reward	Rank 1	Essence of Dawn x1 Gold Bar 100G x5
	Rank 2
	Rank 3
	Rank 9
C6 Boss Blitz Reward	Rank 1	Essence of Dawn x2 Gold Bar 1,000G x1
	Rank 2
	Rank 3
	Rank 9	Essence of Dawn x1 – 2 Gold Bar 1,000G x1
C7 Boss Blitz Reward	Rank 1	Essence of Dawn x4 Gold Bar 1,000G x1
	Rank 2
	Rank 3
	Rank 9	Essence of Dawn x3 – 4 Gold Bar 1,000G x1

An Essence of Dawn Box has been added to the rewards for Black Shrine – Hwanghae (Party) Hard Mode. This change aims to make acquiring Essences of Dawn needed for PvP gear progression smoother, while also preserving the overall value of Boss Blitz rewards in response to changes in Central Market prices for certain existing reward items. We look forward to your continued participation in Black Shrine – Hwanghae (Party) Hard Mode.

One Essence of Dawn Chest has been added to the Hunt Chest (Challenge), which is the challenge difficulty reward for each boss in Black Shrine – Hwanghae (Party).
- When opening the Essence of Dawn Box, you can obtain one of the following items according to a specified probability.
  - Essence of Dawn – Black Spirit Rage
  - Essence of Dawn – Accuracy
  - Essence of Dawn – Damage Reduction
  - Essence of Dawn – Evasion

Edania Monster Zone Improvements

The following improvements have been applied to the monsters in Zephyros Castle.
- Collision detection with monsters has been added when Beelzebub is summoned.
- Beelzebub has been changed to definitely perform a howling attack before performing a jumping attack.
The following improvements have been applied to the Tenebraum Castle monsters.
- The movement speed of monsters in the Tenebraum hunting ground has been increased.
  - Designer’s Remnants: 1.16 times compared to the existing version
  - Remnants of the Prophet: 1.16 times compared to the previous level
  - Remnants of the Watcher: 1.4 times compared to the previous version
The following improvements have been applied to Orbita Castle monsters.
- The Tomb Guardian Colossus has been improved so that it moves to a close range when summoned from a long distance.
The following improvements have been applied to Nymphamare Castle monsters.
- The health of Coral Naga Trickster and Watcher has been reduced by approximately 10% compared to the original.
- The appearance location of the Dream Fish has been designated as one place.

Pit of Undying Improvements

Kharoxia, who appears in the Pit of the Undying, had a mechanic where she could be damaged using attacks with Knockback or Floating. While some classes in Black Desert have many Knockback and Floating skills, others have more difficulty using them, causing the difficulty of fighting Kharoxia to vary by class. To address this, we have improved the mechanic so it can now also be triggered with other types of CC, allowing all classes to face Kharoxia using their own unique traits.

Changes have been made so that in addition to knockback and launch, Kharoxia of the Immortal Abyss can be attacked with status effects such as knockdown, bound, stagger, and stun.

▲ Awakened Ranger – The stun effect of Nature’s Tremble being applied

Ascendra features a mechanic where Adventurers must use her summon, Kun, against her. However, while fighting Ascendra and repeating this mechanic, Kun would sometimes be defeated, preventing Adventurers from performing the mechanic. To mitigate this issue, we have increased Kun’s survivability and made additional adjustments so the mechanic can be triggered more smoothly.

Summoner Kun’s maximum HP has been increased by 50% compared to before.
It has been improved so that the gimmick is performed first when the summoner Kun’s HP drops below a certain level.
The activation conditions for Summoner Kun’s HP recovery pattern have been changed.
- Before change: Health 50% or less
- After change: Health 20% or less
The summoner Kun has been improved so that an invincibility effect is applied while moving to perform a gimmick.

Sea Monster Relocations

Some Ocean Stalkers near Iliya Island spawned too close to the safe zone, causing Adventurers to fire at them from within the safe zone. Since cannon fire from within a safe zone does not deal damage, we have relocated these monsters to reduce this inconvenience.

The locations of <Hungry> sea monsters and creatures inhabiting the area around Illiya Island have been changed.
- Accordingly, the target location for some requests has been changed.
  - [Daily] Wanted: Starving Marine Life
  - Drifter tracker descended from the ocean

The issue where <Hungry> Hekaru was awkwardly placed in a specific location has been fixed.

Farming Mole Improvements

Improvements have been made so that a speech bubble is displayed immediately after movement, making it easier to find the moved mole.

The range at which the mole recognizes and starts running away when an adventurer approaches has been reduced by approximately 28.5%, and the distance it runs away has been reduced by 30% compared to the previous version.
The time from when the appearance notification message is displayed until the mole appears has been reduced by 2 seconds.
The pillar of light that appears when it emerges has been improved to be exposed according to the mole’s location.
The phenomenon where it was impossible to hit for a certain period of time after appearance has been alleviated.
- Before change: Can be hit after the mole has fully emerged from the ground.
- After change: The mole can be hit from the moment it reveals its body above ground.
The number of Crimson leaves obtainable from moles has been increased.
- <Hungry> Mole: Up by approximately 733.3% compared to before
- <Caught Red-Handed> Slowpoke Mole: Approximately 335.5% increase compared to before
- <Greedy> Chubby Mole: Up by approximately 173.6% compared to the previous level
- <Lost> Giant Mole: Approximately 192.5% increase compared to previous level
- <Troublemaker> Shushu: Approximately 135.7% increase compared to before

Monster Changes

The Guard Crush effect for the attacks of Dark Rift bosses Red Nose, Dastard Bheg, Muskan, and Ferrid has been removed.
The summoning pattern of the Wilderness Golem, a guild boss monster Morgulis, has been adjusted so that it appears only once during the battle.

Quest, Knowledge Changes

A quest has been added to obtain additional sea monster essence needed for the expansion of Epeeria trading ships and destroyers.
- If you complete these quests along with the Olvia Academy Sailing/Trading quests [Sailing Lesson] Threat of the Sick Hekaru, [Sailing Lesson] Threat of the Young Sea King, [Sailing Lesson] Proof, and Defeat Hekaru, you can more easily upgrade to a trading ship and a destroyer.

Quest Name	Quest Requirements	How to complete	Reward
The sick Hekaru that came down from the ocean	Enter the quest area marked on the world map (M).	Defeat 1 Sick Hekaru	100 Sea Monster Extracts
Young sea kings that came down from the ocean		Defeat 1 young sea king
Hekaru who came down from the ocean		Defeat 1 Hekaru

Quest Area Guide
The sick Hekaru that came down from the ocean	Young sea kings that came down from the ocean	Hekaru who came down from the ocean (Left of Kuit Islands)

Improvements have been made so that you can acquire deleted knowledge related to the Guild Duke by talking to Duncan, the Guild Supply Manager in Velia Village.
- The material descriptions for deleted guild crafting item knowledge have been removed, and related information has been added.

Knowledge added to be obtainable from Duncan, the <Guild Supply Manager>
[Guild] Customs Clearance Request	[Guild] Ink	[Guild] Parchment	[Guild] Wax
[Guild] Seal	[Guild] Iron Core Lumber	[Guild] Desert Alloy Ingot	[Guild] Spirit-Infused Heart Plywood
[Guild] Wind-Stained Robe	[Guild] Elephant Drinking Water	[Guild] Elephant Feed	[Guild] Elephant Cage Parts
[Guild] Our Repair Timber	[Guild] Divine Beast Leather	[Guild] Millennium Water Heart Plywood	[Guild] Vanadium Chain
[Guild] Titanium Dig	[Guild] Tough Silk Thread	[Guild] Beast’s Hide	[Guild] Soft Straw
[Guild] Delicious Fruit	[Guild] Fresh Vegetables	[Guild] Sticky Glue	[Guild] Rough Decoration
[Guild] Sea-infused Chest	[Guild] Cloud-infused Wood	[Guild] Sand-Infused Ingot	[Guild] Storm-Infused Rope
[Guild] The Restored Forbidden Book of Kadri	[Guild] Crescent Moon Magic Neutralizer	[Guild] Plywood Engraved with the Power of the Ocean	[Guild] Ingot infused with the energy of the depths
[Guild] Wooden plank imbued with the energy of the deep sea

Bug Fixes

The content regarding the source of acquisition in the description of the following knowledge has been modified.
- Memories of the Calpheon Imperial Auction House #1, Memories of the Calpheon Imperial Auction House #2
The issue where the knowledge image of Hanipu, the barter NPC in Arehaza Village, was displayed awkwardly has been fixed.
The unnatural positioning issue when moving the character to the next base has been improved.
- Aetherion Castle, Orbita Castle, Zephyr Castle
Fixed an issue where the ‘Calpheon Journal’ knowledge category was displayed as incomplete if the user possessed the Blood Altar knowledge prior to the renewal.
Fixed an issue where the icon for the ‘[Cultivation] My Own Small Farm’ quest was not displayed.
Fixed an issue where Sweet Fireplace and Frostwood Fireplace could not be placed in a specific area on the 2nd floor of Heidel 9-3.
The issue where only one non-stacked material was included when selecting a processing formula containing non-stacked materials in a recently successful processing has been fixed.
Fixed an issue where a message appeared stating that using the exchange could yield more profit when selling trade goods.
Fixed an issue where the time limit could not be checked in the tanning mini-game (Green Artisan).
As the World Exchange has concluded, the font applied for language support between exchange countries has been changed back to the original font.
[Pad Mode] The shortcut key to open the trading warehouse in the warehouse has been changed from Y to RT+X.

Class Changes

Following last week’s update, we are continuing balance adjustments with the objective of narrowing the PvE damage gap between classes. This week, we focused on Corsair Succession and Awakening, as well as Sage Succession, whose damage output was somewhat low when also considering factors such as subjugation difficulty and stability. We will continue to roll out PvE balance adjustments moving forward, and we are also preparing structural improvements for certain classes once the Arena of Solare regular season comes to an end.

We are also closely monitoring the results of the balance changes applied to the live server this week. In this process, we confirmed that some classes are performing beyond the intended range, even when accounting for the factors considered at the time of adjustment. For these classes, we are preparing additional adjustments so they can maintain the intended level of performance, and we will share more details as soon as they are ready.

We will continue doing our best to provide a better PvE balance environment. Thank you.

Corsair

Main Weapon, Succession

The PvE damage of the following skills has been changed.

Skill name	Before change	After change
Prime: Storming Gale	Hit damage 4012% x 2, max 2 hits Wave Strike Damage 4012% x 1, Max 2 hits Damage application ratio in PvP: 30.08%	Hit damage 4225% x 2, maximum 2 hits Wave Strike Damage 4225% x 1, Max 2 hits Damage application ratio in PvP: 28.56%
Prime: Storm Surge	1 hit damage 2996% x 1, max 2 hits Last hit damage 2996% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 53.63%	1 hit damage 3156% x 1, max 2 hits Last hit damage 3156% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 50.91%
Prime: Wave Lash	Hit damage 4906% x 2, max 2 hits Wave Strike Damage 4906% x 1, Max 2 hits Damage application ratio in PvP: 26.55%	Hit damage 5181% x 2, maximum 2 hits Wave Strike Damage 5181% x 1, Max 2 hits Damage application ratio in PvP: 25.14%
Prime: Ocean’s Pearl	Explosive hit damage 10760% x 2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 38.71%	Explosive hit damage 11352% x 2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 36.69%
Prime: Wipe Out	1 hit damage 7354% x 1, max 2 hits Final hit damage 9805% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 32.36%	1 hit damage 7597% x 1, max 2 hits Last hit damage 10129% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 31.32%
Prime: Mareca: Jet Stream	1 Hit Damage 3575% x 5 2 Hit Damage 5063% x 2 Last hit damage 5063% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 54.5%	1 Hit Damage 3821% x 5 2 Hit Damage 5411% x 2 Last hit damage 5411% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 51.05%
Prime: Mareca: Whale Song	1 Hit Damage 3664% x 3 2 Hit Damage 9159% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 40.6%	1 Hit Damage 3903% x 3 2 Hit Damage 9757% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 38.15%
Prime: Mareca: Spiral Soak	1 hit damage 8774% x 1, max 2 hits 2 Hit Damage 14623% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 24.87%	1 hit damage 9186% x 1, max 2 hits 2 Hit Damage 15310% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 23.75%
Prime: Wave Pout	Hit damage 7302% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 29.65%	Hit damage 7636% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 28.35%
Prime: Whirling Slash	Hit damage 1902% x 2 Additional hit damage 6325% x 1 Damage application ratio in PVP: 75.78%	Hit damage 1975% x 2 Additional hit damage 6568% x 1 Damage application ratio in PVP: 72.98%
Prime: Cap’n’s Orders: Open Fire!	Hit damage 9126% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 32.65%	Hit damage 9598% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 31.04%
Prime: Ocean’s Allure	1 Hit Damage 1326% x 2 2 Hit Damage 3536% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 69.95%	1 Hit Damage 1395% x 2 2 Hit Damage 3721% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 66.49%
Vigor Rush	1 Hit Damage 6178% x 1 2 Hit Damage 7722% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 41.45%	1 Hit Damage 6283% x 1 2 Hit Damage 7853% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 40.76%
Tidal Surge	Hit damage 3495% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 69.95%	Hit damage 3554% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 68.79%
Rising Whirlpool	Hit damage 6784% x 2 Damage application rate in PVP: 41%	Hit damage 6899% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 40.32%
Wave Blast	Hit damage 7578% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 36.22%	Hit damage 7707% x 2 Damage application ratio in PVP: 35.61%

Awakening

The PvE damage of the following skills has been changed.

Skill Name	Before change	After change
Core: Spare No Quarter!	1 Hit Damage 4350% x 2, Max 2 Hits Last hit damage 6524% x 2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 38.38%	1 hit damage 4568% x 2, max 2 hits Last hit damage 6850% x 2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 36.55%
Surface-slicer Patraca	Hit damage 5750% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 58.56%	Hit damage 6268% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 53.72%
Sun-shielder Patraca	Hit damage 7753% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 47.08%	Hit damage 8303% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 43.96%
Crow’s Mark	Hit damage 7654% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 48.03%	Hit damage 8228% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 44.68%
Cap’n’s Orders: Open Fire!	Hit damage 9415% x 2 Final hit damage 12554% x 2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 33.17%	Hit damage 9697% x 2 Final hit damage 12931% x 2 Damage application rate in PvP: 32.2%
Flow: Earth-render Patraca	Hit damage 7189% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 44.98%	Hit damage 7692% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 42.04%
Wind-piercer Patraca	Hit damage 7195% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 38.43%	Hit damage 7699% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 35.91%
Close Quarters: Charge	Hit damage 8171% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 48.62%	Hit damage 8620% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 46.09%
Tide-splitter Patraca	Hit damage 4547% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 46.54%	Hit damage 4865% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 43.5%
Entangling Vortex	Hit damage 6631% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 48.67%	Hit damage 7095% x2 Damage application ratio in PvP: 45.49%

Sage