Global Lab Updates – 2nd January 2026

Olvia Academy Delayed

While preparing the Olvia Academy and Red Battlefield improvements, originally set to launch in Korea on January 7, we found some areas that needed further refinement. We’re currently working to address these issues.

As a result, the Olvia Academy update has been postponed to January 21. For the Red Battlefield improvements, we’ll announce the updated schedule as soon as it’s finalized.

We apologize to Adventurers who have been waiting for these updates. We’re committed to delivering a more stable and polished experience.

Guild Boss Changes

After a long run as the Guild Bosses, Ancient Puturum and Mirumok’s Watcher Offin are stepping down to make way for new bosses: Moghulis and Org. To make it easier for guild members to travel together to the new boss areas, we added them near the previous boss locations.

To further enhance the Guild content that supports Adventurers’ progression and gameplay, Guild Boss loot will be significantly improved. In light of these loot improvements, we’ve adjusted how the “War Hero (Mercenary)” system applies to Guild Boss subjugations.

Previously, War Heroes could earn disproportionately high rewards by joining multiple guilds for boss subjugations. To address this, Guild Boss subjugations will no longer be available to War Heroes going forward.

We understand that guild masters who relied on War Heroes to fill their subjugation teams may worry about having enough members. To help with this, we’ve lowered the difficulty so subjugations can be completed with fewer participants.

We know this may be disappointing for Adventurers who enjoyed participating as War Heroes, but these changes are necessary. Guild Boss subjugations are a core part of guild activities, and these adjustments will allow us to offer more diverse guild events and greater rewards.

Additionally, we’re working on a range of guild improvements, including updates to the Guild window and other quality-of-life features. We appreciate your continued interest and support. Thank you.

All guild boss content has been changed to take place in guild-only subjugation areas .
- You can enter and exit the subjugation area from the Guild Window (G) – guild boss subjugation window.
- When the guild boss and authorized guild members enter the raid area through the guild leader UI at the summoning location designated for each leader, a guild-exclusive raid area is created.

Before change	After change
Proceed from the designated location	Move to the guild boss exclusive subjugation area at the designated location and proceed.

When a guild member with the authority to summon a boss creates a raid area, all guild members can enter the raid area from the area where the boss appears.
Only guild members belonging to the same guild can enter the subjugation area.
The duration of the created guild-only subjugation area is 1 hour.
- When the duration elapses, all characters within the subjugation area will be moved out of the subjugation area.

※ War heroes cannot move to guild-only subjugation areas.

The guild-only subjugation area can be created by the guild leader and authorized guild members
- Cannot be created on node/conquest/Arsha servers
  
  [If entry is not possible]
Entry is not possible when in forced attack (Alt+C) state.
You cannot enter while in a forced attack state by hitting or killing another adventurer.
- However, entry is possible when the karma value is less than 0 or when the character is evil.
Cannot enter while in duel mode
Entry is not possible while on a mount.
Cannot enter when character is not in standby state
Entry into Elvia’s realm is prohibited.

New guild bosses Org and Mogulis have been added.
- The Ancient Puturum Leader has been removed as new Guild bosses have been added.

Guild Boss	Spawn Location
Org
Morgulis

Ferrid, the leader of the giant mud monsters, has had his health changed as follows:
- [Extra Large] 10% reduction in HP compared to the original
- [Large] 15% reduction in HP compared to previous version
- [Medium] 18% reduction in HP compared to previous version
- [Small] 22% reduction in HP compared to previous version

The probability of obtaining items when defeating a guild boss has been changed.
- The probability of acquiring knowledge has been doubled compared to before.
- The probability of obtaining modified items has increased by approximately 2-3 times compared to before.
  - Rebellious Spirit Crystal, Black Spirit Crystal, Awakened Spirit Crystal, Valtarra Spirit Crystal
  - The probability of acquisition increases depending on the difficulty.

The amount of rewards you can obtain when defeating a guild boss has been changed. The available rewards are as follows:

Guild Boss	Before change	After change
Khan	x1 Khan’s Concentrated Magic x1 Resplendent Lightstone of Flora x3-8 Prairie Green Coral x3-8 Daybreak Blue Coral x3-8 Green Coral x3-8 Blue Coral x20 Sea Monster’s Ooze x2-4 Marni’s Unstable Fuel x1-3 Cron Stone x100-150 Coral Piece x100 Tidal Black Stone x40 – 60 Black Stone x1 Gold Bar 1,000G x15-20 Gold Bar 100G x20-30 Gold Bar 10G x7-11 Khan’s Tendon x12-22 Khan’s Scale	x1 Khan’s Concentrated Magic x2 Resplendent Lightstone of Flora x3-8 Prairie Green Coral x3-8 Daybreak Blue Coral x3-8 Green Coral x3-8 Blue Coral x20 Sea Monster’s Ooze x2-4 Marni’s Unstable Fuel x1-3 Cron Stone x150-120 Coral Piece x150-200 Tidal Black Stone x40 – 60 Black Stone x2 Gold Bar 1,000G x15-30 Gold Bar 100G x20-50 Gold Bar 10G x7-12 Khan’s Tendon x15-22 Khan’s Scale x2-3 Concentrated Magical Black Gem (New!) ※ The amount obtained increases depending on the difficulty level. – Tidal Black Stone, 100G Gold Bar, 10G Gold Bar, Khan’s Tendon, Khan’s Scale
Ferrid	x1 Rebellious Spirit Crystal x1 Black Spirit Crystal x1 Awakened Spirit Crystal x1 Valtarra Spirit Crystal x1 Infinite Magic Crystal Box x5-10 Mass of Pure Magic x1 Energy of All Creations (4 types) x4-8 Marni’s Unstable Fuel x60-120 Black Stone x1 Secret Book of the Forgotten Adventurer x1 Advice of Valks (+30/40/50) x1 Resplendent Lightstone of Wind/Fire/Earth x1 Gold Bar 1,000G x15-20 Gold Bar 100G x20-30 Gold Bar 10G	x1 Rebellious Spirit Crystal x1 Black Spirit Crystal x1 Awakened Spirit Crystal x1 Valtarra Spirit Crystal x1 Infinite Magic Crystal Box x5-10 Mass of Pure Magic x1 Energy of All Creations (4 types) x4-8 Marni’s Unstable Fuel x60-120 Black Stone x1 Secret Book of the Forgotten Adventurer x1 Advice of Valks (+50/60/70/80/90/100) x2 Resplendent Lightstone of Wind/Fire/Earth x2 Gold Bar 1,000G x15-30 Gold Bar 100G x20-50 Gold Bar 10G ※ The amount obtained increases depending on the difficulty level. – 100G, 10G ※ The probability of acquisition increases depending on the level of difficulty. – Advice of Valks
Giant Mudster
Org (NEW!)	–
Morgulis (NEW!)	–

The guild quest ‘[Buddhist Leader Subjugation] Watcher of the Mirumok Ruins’ has been removed.

※ As the guild boss rewards have been reorganized, we plan to meet the summoning conditions so that all guild bosses can be summoned immediately during the regular maintenance on January 7 (Korea) and January 8 (Global).

Family Fame Changes

The “Family Fame Fund,” awarded based on your Combat, Life, and Special Fame, has typically been viewed as a small bonus you can save up and use when needed. However, with changes to content and character progression, its usefulness has gradually diminished.

To address this, we’ve increased the maximum Family Fame Fund payout to over 100 million Silver, allowing you to accumulate even more Silver just by logging in as your Family grows.

We’ve also updated the Family Fame brackets and expanded the maximum achievable Fame, giving Adventurers new milestones to reach as you build your reputation in the world of Black Desert.

The amount of family support you can receive daily has been increased based on your family reputation.

Combat Fame (Before Change)	Payment amount (before change)	Combat Fame (After Change)	Payment amount (after change)
15 ~ 300	4,200,000	10 ~ 300	5,000,000
301 ~ 600	4,900,000	301 ~ 900	9,000,000
601 ~ 900	5,600,000	901 ~ 1500	13,000,000
901 ~ 1200	6,300,000	1501 ~ 2400	17,000,000
1201 ~ 1500	7,000,000	2401 ~ 3300	21,000,000
1501 ~ 1800	7,700,000	3301 ~ 4200	25,000,000
1801 ~ 2100	8,400,000	4201 ~ 5100	29,000,000
2101 ~ 2400	8,900,000	5101 ~ 6000	33,000,000
2401 ~ 2700	9,400,000	6001 ~ 6900	37,000,000
2701 ~ 3000	9,900,000	6901 ~ 7800	41,000,000
3001 ~ 3300	10,400,000	7801 ~ 8700	45,000,000
3301 ~ 3600	10,700,000	8701 ~ 9600	49,000,000
3601 ~ 3900	11,000,000	9601 ~ 10500	53,000,000
3901 ~ 4200	11,300,000	10501 ~ 11400	57,000,000
4201 ~ 4500	11,600,000	11401 ~ 12300	61,000,000
4501 ~ 4800	11,800,000	12301 ~ 13200	65,000,000
4801 ~ 5100	12,000,000	13201 ~ 14100	69,000,000
5101 ~ 5400	12,200,000	14101 ~ 15000	73,000,000
5401 ~ 5700	12,400,000	15001 ~ 15900	77,000,000
5701 ~ 6000	12,500,000	15901 ~ 16800	81,000,000
6001 ~	12,600,000	16801 ~ 17700	85,000,000
		17701 ~ 18600	89,000,000
		18601 ~ 19500	93,000,000
		19501 ~	97,000,000

※ You will earn 1 point per character level. (Same as before)

Characters level 56 and above will receive double the points, and characters level 60 and above will receive 5 times the points.

Life Fame (Before Change)	Payment amount (before change)	Life Fame (After Change)	Payment amount (after change)
10 ~ 150	600,000	10 ~ 300	1,000,000
151 ~ 300	1,200,000	301 ~ 600	4,000,000
301 ~ 450	1,700,000	601 ~ 900	7,000,000
451 ~ 600	2,100,000	901 ~ 1200	10,000,000
601 ~ 750	2,400,000	1201 ~ 1500	13,000,000
751 ~ 900	2,600,000	1501 ~ 1800	16,000,000
901 ~	2,700,000	1801 ~ 2100	19,000,000
		2101 ~ 2400	22,000,000
		2401 ~ 2700	25,000,000
		2701 ~ 3000	28,000,000
		3001 ~ 3300	31,000,000
		3301 ~ 3600	34,000,000
		3601 ~ 3900	37,000,000
		3901 ~ 4200	40,000,000
		4201 ~ 4500	43,000,000
		4501 ~	46,000,000

※ For level 1 specialists, you will receive 93 Life Fame points (same as before).

※ After level 1 of Expert, fame increases by 3 points per level, and at level 1 of Taoist, life fame becomes 243 points. (Same as before)

Special Fame (Before Change)	Payment amount (before change)	Special Fame (after change)	Payment amount (after change)
50 ~ 250	600,000	10 ~ 100	1,000,000
251 ~ 500	1,200,000	101 ~ 200	3,000,000
501 ~ 750	1,700,000	201 ~ 300	5,000,000
751 ~ 1000	2,100,000	301 ~ 400	7,000,000
1001 ~ 1250	2,400,000	401 ~ 500	9,000,000
1251 ~ 1500	2,600,000	501 ~ 600	11,000,000
1501 ~	2,700,000	601 ~ 700	13,000,000
		701 ~ 800	15,000,000
		801 ~ 900	17,000,000
		901 ~ 1000	19,000,000
		1001 ~ 1100	21,000,000
		1101 ~ 1200	23,000,000
		1201 ~ 1300	25,000,000
		1301 ~ 1400	27,000,000
		1401 ~ 1500	29,000,000
		1501 ~ 1600	31,000,000
		1601 ~ 1700	33,000,000
		1701 ~	35,000,000

※ Calculated as the sum of 1/10 of the family knowledge count and the contribution score. (Same as before)

The maximum amount of family fame that can be obtained from the Black Spirit Gift Box has been changed from 1 billion silver to 10 billion silver.

Primordial Blackstone Changes

To make it easier for Adventurers to gain Enhancement Chance failstacks, you can now convert Primordial Black Stones into failstacks after this update. We hope this makes it easier to secure the Enhancement Chances you need.

A feature has been added that allows you to exchange Primordial Black Stones for enhancement chance.

Number of Primordial Blackstones required	Enhancement Chance
25	+110
35	+120
45	+130
60 pieces	+140
75	+150
90	+160
105	+170
125	+180
145	+190
170	+200

Global Lab Updates - 2nd January 2026

Descriptions regarding the exchange of increased enhancement probability values have been added to the item descriptions of Blackstone, Crystallized Despair, and Primordial Blackstone.

Black Shrine Changes

The health and attack power of monsters appearing in Black Shrine Calamity Level 8, 9, and 10 have been adjusted.

Boss	Changes
Sangoon	HP reduced by approximately 15% compared to before Attack power reduced by 10% compared to before
Gumiho	HP reduced by approximately 10% compared to before Attack power reduced by 5% compared to before
Bamboo Legion Lieutenant Apex Changui Golden Pig King	Attack power reduced by 5% compared to before

Background, NPC, Effects, Cutscenes Changes

Gray Biantz, the <Elian Priest> who was located at Casta Farm, has been moved to the church inside Olvia Academy.

Krogdalo’s Sanctuary Improvements

Krogdalo’s Sanctuary has been updated to allow you to store up to five horses at once, including Krogdalo.
Previously, if you had a horse out from the Sanctuary, you couldn’t transfer the Sanctuary directly between characters.
With this update, we’ve added a retrieval feature: if a horse is out when you move the Sanctuary, it will automatically be returned to the Sanctuary.
Thank you to all Adventurers who have been waiting for this update. We’ll keep working to make your journey even smoother with ongoing quality-of-life improvements.

Improved the ability to store up to 5 horses in Krogdalo’s Sanctuary, with no restrictions on the type of horse.
- The Krogdalo Sanctuary UI has been changed and improved to allow for easier storage and removal of horses using the number keys.

Even if another character finds the Dream Fantasy Horse in Krogdalo’s Sanctuary, it has been improved so that you can use the maid to bring Krogdalo’s Sanctuary to your inventory.
- When trying to move Krogdalo’s Sanctuary, the distance between the character holding it and the horse it was taken out of will be affected by the flute held.
  - Celestial Horse Flute: Unlimited calling range
  - Trainer’s Whistle: Calling range 500
  - Default: Calling distance 150

Example) When a horse is out at a distance of 600 from the location of the character “Ranger” who owns Krogdalo’s Sanctuary , in order for the “Warrior” character to bring Krogdalo’s sanctuary out through the maid, the horse must be summoned first, so the Warrior must be holding the Celestial Horse Flute.

With the addition of new feature to Krogdalo’s Sanctuary, trade items and treasure items can no longer be stored in a horse’s mount inventory to prevent them from being lost.

We understand that Adventurers who previously used horses for processing trade goods may be wondering how to continue with trade content going forward.

You can still use wagons, miniature elephants, and donkeys as before. To minimize any inconvenience for those who relied on horses, we’ve reduced transport costs to one-tenth of their original value and increased the maximum load capacity for transported goods.

Changed so that trade goods and treasure items can no longer be stored in the horse mount inventory.
- Mounts other than horses can store trade goods and treasures as before.

The cost of trade wagons for warehouse material transport has been reduced to 1/10 of the original price, and the load capacity has been doubled.
- The ‘+1,500LT load capacity when transporting’ benefit included in the Kamasylve’s Blessing buff remains the same as before.

Improved so that you can now release fish below a selected grade even during manual fishing.
- The function is the same as auto-fishing, and items other than fish are obtained regardless of grade.

Bug Fixes

[Mystic] Fixed an issue where the unique standby motion was not activated when wearing the Cheongpaok Armor, which cannot be registered on the exchange.
[Seraph] Fixed an issue where the Shroud Knight costume could not be heated.
[Seraph] Fixed an issue where heating a specific Pearl Life Costume would result in obtaining an ‘Ancient Spirit Crystal’ that was different from the item description.
The issue where the description of the preceding request for the following request was incorrect has been corrected.
- [Weekly] Gwang: The Last Duel of the Immortals
- [Weekly] Go: The Last Duel of the Immortals
- [Weekly] Yu: The Last Duel of the Immortals
- [Weekly] East: The Last Duel of the Immortals
The issue where an unproceedable event quest was displayed when the intimacy conditions were displayed during conversations with Santo Manzi, Crio, and Bahar has been fixed.
During the ‘[Hakinza Temple] Enemy Attack’ quest cutscene, the combat section has been changed to not be included in the skip.
The phenomenon of the black crystal moving unnaturally when colliding with it during the quest ‘[Serendia] What Remains’ has been fixed.
The awkward names of some NPCs in Berandir Village have been fixed.
Fixed an issue where the cooldown timer would not be displayed on the icon when using the Crow’s Trade Warrant item.
Fixed an issue where some collectibles were disappearing from the Wolf Hill stronghold.
The text displayed when extracting an improved alchemy stone has been changed to the correct content.
The descriptions of purchasable items in the New Moon Camping Store Contract and Napart Camping Store items have been changed to the correct content.
Fixed an issue where the quest ‘When your body relaxes, your mind relaxes’ could not be completed if you had knowledge of the Duvencrune Hot Springs.

Class Changes

Seraph

Rabam (Enhanced) skills have been added to Seraph. Specifically, when in Sacramentum, we’ve improved the lack of Forward Guard skills in PvE and focused on adding skills with Super Armor for PvP. Additionally, while in Purgatum, all Rabam skills will be changed into dash skills to boost mobility.

Rabam’s Enlightenment (skill enhancement) has been added to the Seraph class.
- Rabam’s Enlightenment (Skill Enhancement) allows you to acquire only one of the skills below per level, and requires prerequisite skills.

Level 56

Descending the horizon	Example

Splitting the Horizon	Example

Covenant & Condemnation: The Brand of Purification	Example
	▲ Covenant: Mark of Purification ▲ Condemnation: The Brand of Purification

Level 57

Dig in and push	Example

judgment	Example

Covenant & Condemnation: Judgment of Justice	Example
	▲ Covenant: Judgment of Purification ▲ Condemnation: Judgment of Purification

Level 58

Link: Twist and Pull	Example
	▲ Condemnation: Digging in and stabbing

Focus: Overlapping Slashes	Example
	▲ Covenant: Overlapping Slash

Oblique Rising Slash

Added +5/10/20 damage reduction effect when using skills.

Vanguard Chase

Improved to smoothly link with other skills while firing forward and left and right.

Purga: Unveiled Enmity

The cancel activation that increased the activation speed when chaining after a specific skill has been removed. Now, it always activates at the same speed.
Improved to smoothly link with Purga: Unveiled Enmity skills while using all Purga skills.
Defense judgment changed from Super Armor while using the skill → Forward Guard to Super Armor while using the skill.
The damage reduction increase effect when using skills has been removed.

Purga: Seething Hatred, Purga: Raining Curses

Added an effect that increases damage reduction when using skills.

Purga: Seething Hatred

Defense judgment changed from Super Armor while using the skill → Forward Guard to Super Armor while using the skill.

Purga: Spreading Violence

Changed so that the skill can be activated alone.

Class Bug Fixes

[Dead Eye] Fixed an issue where stamina would recover for a certain amount of time when using the Max Pain skill to the left twice in a row.
[Seraph] The issue where the activation speed of the Oblique Rising Slash skill would slow down when the skill level increased has been fixed.

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Global Lab Updates – 2nd January 2026

Olvia Academy Delayed

Guild Boss Changes

Family Fame Changes

Primordial Blackstone Changes

Black Shrine Changes

Background, NPC, Effects, Cutscenes Changes

Krogdalo’s Sanctuary Improvements

Bug Fixes

Class Changes

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Class Bug Fixes

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