Studio Pearl Abyss held a live presentation “Calphe:ON Part 2”, dedicated to the future changes in the MMORPG Black Desert. During the event, the developers presented a new class, talked about visual changes, and also talked about various gameplay improvements. In addition, they shared several coupons giving rewards. But first things first!
New class in Black Desert: Dracania
Drakania is a female class that uses Slayer and Shard weapons in combat. In the story, she came from the Mountains of Eternal Winter to crush the Flame.
Character pre-creation will become available on March 30, and the update with the new class will be installed on the servers of the Russian version on April 6.
Story trailer:
Gameplay trailer:
Visual changes in Black Desert
- Improved appearance of the main NPCs:
- New look for galleons (the patch is planned for May, but will be released in Korea first):
- Boss spawn scene improvements.
Gameplay changes in Black Desert
- Balenos main quest update and cutscenes added (the patch will be released on April 6 in Korea, other regions are in the process of localization). Example:
- Adjustment of the balance of earnings on the hunting locations of Elvia.
- Addition of hunting locations Elvia in Calpheon:
- Changed the way you enter hunting locations in Elvia. Now login is available on any server:
- Personal location for hunting for an hour a day.
- Separate inventory for Relics and Glowing Stones.
- Combining Processing Stones.
- Improved loot pickup by pets.
- Separate inventory for craft tools.
- Reduced the amount of Marni’s Unstable Fuel needed to transfer items by 50% (Patch releases April 6 in Korea and April 13 in other regions).
- New ways to get Marni’s Refined Fuel.
- Decreased potion reuse timeout from 10 seconds to 1.
- Complete removal of durability from Relics.
- In development is a screenshot mode in which you can change the time of day.
- A means of transportation for beginners is a horse without a master.
New costumes in Black Desert
- New outfit for all classes in the Mountains of Eternal Winter concept:
- New costume for Shai:
- Concept art of the new costume for the Sage:
- Concept art of the new costume for Hashashin:
- Concept art of the new costume for the Barbarian:
New coupons for Black Desert
In honor of the Calphe:ON Part 2 event, the developers have shared several new coupons that allow you to get a lot of rewards. You can activate them on the official website, in the game itself or in the Black Desert+ app.
- HOPE-TOSE-EYOU-SOON (until June 15) – Weapon Exchange Coupon Chest x1, Secondary Weapon Exchange Coupon x1, Special Journey Chest x1, Artisan’s Blessing (30 days) x1, Cron Stone x2000, [Ивент] Letter from Ruby 1 pc.
- THX4-WATC-HING-EPI2 (until June 15) – Council of Valks (+150), [Ивент] Radiant Seal of Shakatu x20, Unstable Marni Fuel x500
- GRAB-YOUR-JSHA-MMER (until May 24) – Loyal hammer from J 1 pc.
- QUIZ-SHOW-GIFT-HERE (until June 15) – Council of Valks (+100), [Ивент] Help chest I 1 pc., [Ивент] Valuable Trotter Training Chest x1, Advice of Valks (+40) x1, [Ивент] Valuable chest with furniture to choose from 1 pc., [Ивент] Valuable chest with interior items of your choice 1 pc, Special scroll J 1 pc, Esquire’s Chest 1 pc, [Ивент] Aid Chest III x1, Mysterious Master’s Memory Chest x1
The full recording of the broadcast with all the details in Russian is located below.
