Global Lab Updates – 30th October 2026

Character Switching Optimization

• The character switching UI has been improved so that the current character changes immediately when switching between tagged characters that are not performing individual actions.

• To attempt an immediate swap, you must have the Emergency Evasion skill available. Accordingly, the cooldown for the Emergency Evasion skill will apply after the immediate swap.
• Immediate swap has been changed so that it is only possible when the tagged character is level 20 or higher.
• During individual actions, the character change animation follows, and the character change proceeds.
• However, you cannot immediately switch to a tagged character while certain content is in progress. In this case, if you attempt to switch via the character switching UI, the switch will be performed through a character swap animation.
• Depending on the action state of the tagged character, the instant switching function changes as follows.

• It has been changed so that character switching via the ESC menu is possible with the tagged character even in the following situations.
  • During Node/Conquest/War of the Roses
  • When in the ocean/desert

• Now, other characters within the family active in the Black Desert world are displayed.
  
  • My characters in my family can only be seen by the player, and other adventurers cannot see them.
  • Only characters within the family with a level of 20 or higher are displayed.

• You can instantly switch to another character within the family by approaching them and interacting with them.
  
  • In the case of a tagged character that travels with you without performing individual actions, it appears as the character that performed the tag, and you can select the character to switch to while interacting with that character.

• • You cannot switch immediately if the character currently logged in is on a mount.

• • To switch immediately to another character within the family, you must be in a state where character switching is possible. In other words, if you are in a state where character switching is disabled due to actions such as using skills, you cannot switch immediately.

• • If a character enters combat mode due to taking or dealing damage, all other characters within the family will transform into Black Spirits and become unable to interact. In this case, if 20 seconds pass without taking or dealing damage, they will return to their original forms and become able to interact again.

• The following improvements have been made when changing characters via the ESC menu.
  • Character change speed has been optimized.
  • An animation has been added when changing characters.
    • Depending on the relationship between the currently logged-in character and the target character, a special appearance may be displayed when changing characters.

• If the message ‘Skip cutscene after ESC loading’ appears in the bottom right corner during the character change cutscene, you can press the ESC key to change characters immediately.

Imperial Delivery Seal Improvements

• The Imperial Household has started issuing new seals to adventurers who deliver tribute.

Imperial Reward Seal – [Cooking]
classification (Changes to the Golden Reward Seal)	Exchange items	Required seal quantity before change	Required number of seals after change
New	Imperfect Lightstone of Flora x1	–	150
Maintain	Supreme Cooking Utensil x1	500	500
	Black Essence: Cobelinus x1	400	75
	Sunset Dyed Wool x1	100	100
	Milk x50	50	25
	Eggs x100	50	25
Removed	Manos Cook’s Clothes x1	10,000	–
	Manos Tanner’s Knife x1	10,000	–
	Manos Butcher’s Knife x1	10,000	–
	Spellbound Tool Box x1	200	–

Imperial Reward Seal – [Fishing]
classification (Changes to the Golden Reward Seal)	Exchange items	Required seal quantity before change	Required number of seals after change
New	Imperfect Lightstone of Flora x1	–	15
Maintain	Black Essence: Carmae x1	250	10
	Black Essence: Addis x1	250	10
	Gold key x1	70	35
	Breezy Conch Seaweed x1	25	3
Removed	Manos Fisher’s Clothes x1	50	–
	Epheria Frigate: Light Plating	50	–
	Epheria Frigate: Lillia Cannon	50	–
	Epheria Frigate: Red Breeze Sail	50	–
	Epheria Sailboat: Brass Figurehead	40	–
	Epheria Sailboat: Enhanced Plating	40	–
	Epheria Sailboat: Julia Cannon	40	–
	Epheria Sailboat: High Winds Sail	40	–

Imperial Reward Seal – [Subjugation]
classification (Changes to the Golden Reward Seal)	Exchange items	Required seal quantity before change	Required number of seals after change
Maintain	Ancient Artifact Pot x1	100	30
	Ancient Slate Ornament x1	100	50
	Ancient Artifact China x1	100	50
	Black Essence – Hystria x1	80	20
	Black Essence – Cobelinus x1	80	20
	Black Essence: Carmae x1	80	20
	Black Essence: Addis x1	80	20
	Black Essence: Viper x1	80	20
	Black Essence: Harphia x1	80	20
	Ancient Kamel Statue x1	50	30
	Black Essence: Black Spirit Crystal x1	20	20
Removed	Spellbound Tool Box x1	50	–

Imperial Reward Seal – [Training]
classification (Changes to the Golden Reward Seal)	Exchange items	Required seal quantity before change	Required number of seals after change
New	Rare Courser Training Box	–	30
Maintain	Swaying Wind Shard	1	1
	Rumbling Earth Shard	1	1
	Powder of Ascension	12	10
	Black Essence – Viper	12	3
	Stonetail Wind’s Meal	40	25
	Stonetail Tonic	40	25
	Registration: Light Brown Camel	5	1
	Registration: Dark Brown Camel	15	1
Removed	Grand Prix Vera’s Scroll	100	–
	Storm Horse Gear Box	2	–
	Courser Training Reward Box	2	–
	Granverre Feather Champron	50	–
	Granverre Leather Barding	50	–
	Granverre Leather Saddle	50	–
	Granverre Metal Horseshoe	50	–
	Granverre Leather Stirrup	50	–
	Manos Trainer’s Clothes	100	–
	Manos Riding Crop	100	–

• • Stonetail Fodder, Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast, Pure Forest Breath, Rainbow Gem Fruit, Breezy Conch Seaweed, Deep Blue Hoof Root

Imperial Reward Seal – [Work Supervisor] ※ The acquisition quantity of Imperial Reward Seal – [Work Supervisor] has been adjusted to match the required quantity for Integrated Goods exchange.
classification (Changes to the Golden Reward Seal)	Exchange items	Required seal quantity before change	Required number of seals after change
New (Weekly Exchange)	[Velia] Professional Worker Contract Box	–	70
	[Heidel] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Calpheon] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Altinova] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Grana] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Odraxxia] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Duvencrune] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Elton] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Valencia] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Yukjo Street] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Nampo Mudle Village] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Muzgar] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Hakinza Temple] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
	[Angavou Outpost] Professional Worker Contract Box	–
New (Always Exchange)	[Velia] Worker Contract Box	–	100
	[Heidel] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Calpheon] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Altinova] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Grana] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Odraxxia] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Duvencrune] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Elton] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Valencia] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Yukjo Street] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Nampo Mudle Village] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Muzgar] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Hakinza Temple] Worker Contract Box	–
	[Angavou Outpost] Worker Contract Box	–
Maintain	Imperfect Lightstone of Flora	10,000	500
Removed	[Velia] Worker Contract Box I	5,000	–
	[Heidel] Worker Contract Box I	5,000	–
	[Calpheon] Worker Contract Box I	5,000	–
	[Altinova] Worker Contract Box I	5,000	–
	[Velia] Worker Contract Box II	10,000	–
	[Heidel] Worker Contract Box II	10,000	–
	[Calpheon] Worker Contract Box II	10,000	–
	[Altinova] Worker Contract Box II	10,000	–

Imperial Reward Seal – [Alchemy]
classification (Changes to the Golden Reward Seal)	Exchange items	Required seal quantity before change	Required number of seals after change
New	Imperfect Lightstone of Flora x1	–	35
	Trace of Nature x1	–	1
Maintain	Magical Shard	40	20
	Supreme Alchemy Tool	100	100
	Black Essence – Hystria	250	150
Removed	Imperial Trace Box	50
	Spellbound Tool Box	80
	Scorched Fragment	100
	Manos Alchemist’s Clothes	5000
	Manos Fluid Collector	5000
	Manos Hoe	5000

• The range of messages displayed during combat with Khalk in Edania: Inner has been increased by 150% compared to before.
• To alleviate the issue where hits were blocked by thorns when striking Khalk with a matchlock, Khalk has been changed to start combat from a higher position.

• The Edania’s Energy buff, obtainable by defeating hunting monsters in Edania: Outer, has been improved.
  
  • If you defeat the following monsters from a certain distance within the buff’s duration while holding the buff, the buff duration will be refreshed.
    • Cliff goat
    • Golden leaf snake
    • rock elephant
    • Coral dolmen crab

Monster Changes

• Improvements have been made so that the character does not die even if a specific mechanic in Phase 2 of the battle against the boss Aal encountered in the Edania quest is failed.

• All main quests in the old Mediah region have been removed, with the exception of the currently available main quest, ‘[Mediah] The Dark Energy Threatening Media’.
  
  • Accordingly, characters currently progressing through the Mediah region main quests can now proceed starting from the first quest, ‘[Mediah] The Dark Energy Threatening Media,’ regardless of their progress level.

UI Changes

• The emoticon selection UI has been improved to display up to 5 recently used emoticons when opened. (Removed)

• Fixed an issue where the cooldown of ‘Mudul/Dalbeol/Byeotgol Original Gukbap’ appeared to be reset when changing the character to Succession State.
• During the Great Steps of ‘[Aresion] Recurring Trials’, Basam and Uruku have been improved to fight more naturally.
• Fixed an issue where an error message would appear when attempting to equip an expired time-limited title after re-acquiring it and reconnecting.
• The description displayed when hovering over the following categories in the Hyperboost UI has been modified.
  • [Armor] Defeat Black Shrine bosses to obtain Primal grade armor
• Fixed an issue where the durability notification UI displayed at the top left of the minimap remained visible in certain situations even after repairs were made.
• Awkward expressions in the Black Shadow knowledge description have been corrected.
• The description of the request ‘Clean beer with clean water’ has been modified from “bottle filled with turbid water” to “bottle filled with river water”.
• Fixed an issue where interaction with the Mysterious Pumpkin was not possible in the ‘Mysterious Pumpkin Accelerator’ quest.
• The description related to the Jewel of Light has been removed from the request description below.
  • ‘[Daily] The Guseunsae disrupting the rain prayer’, ‘[Daily] A suspicious band of bandits’, ‘[Daily] A group of golden pigs that stole the gold mine’
• Fixed an issue where frame rates dropped when pathfinding was activated for the ‘[Daily] Monsters Blocking the Sea Route’ quest.
• The awkward movement of some of the gates in Emesia Castle has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where certain attack animations of the Priest of End were awkward in <Witness of the Apocalypse>.
• Fixed an issue where the sea level displayed on the minimap kept changing at certain locations.
• Fixed an issue where bushes at specific locations around the Calpheon Marni Cave Path were awkwardly floating in the air.
• Fixed an issue in the Request UI where the headings of some requests did not display the “In Progress” or “Completed” status.
• Fixed an issue where vehicle bags were not visible in the warehouse even when vehicles were nearby.
• Fixed an issue where damage was not applied correctly when a character was launched into the air by the deposed Crown Prince’s attack during combat.
• Fixed an issue where the reward icon for the ‘[Weekly] Raurau Hunt’ quest on the World Map (M) was displayed differently from the actual one.
• The issue where Laulau’s appearance was intermittently and awkwardly exposed has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where experience points were still acquired upon completing certain main quests even after reaching the maximum level.
• Fixed an issue where a ‘Processing…’ pop-up window appeared when exiting the Altar of Blood.
• Fixed an issue where there was terrain in the inner outer regions of Edania that allowed for unnatural movement.
• The issue where awkward terrain features were visible at specific points on the Asula Plateau has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where the manor furniture ‘Sacred Tree of Red’ and ‘Tree of Caphras’ could not be installed outside the manor.
• Fixed an issue where the game could intermittently freeze when waiting for a long time without pressing any keys.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where snapping occurred on the right side of the Adventure Log, extending beyond the UI boundaries.

Class Bug Fixes

• [Shai] Fixed an issue where animations appeared abnormal during Stun, Knockback, or Forward Guard status effects.
• [Shai] Fixed an issue where stamina was recovering while under the Stun status effect.