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[Notice] Calpheon Ball 2025 at a Glance!
ANNOUNCEMENTS 2025.12.13

 








Calpheon Ball 2025 at a Glance!


Dec 13 (Sat), 2025, Calpheon Ball 2025 was held
at Pearl Abyss Home One!


From the new class, new region,
to the announcement of Black Desert Mobile Remastered!

Let's get through the announcements made at Calpheon Ball 2025 together, shall we?



※ You can watch the livestream of Calpheon Ball 2025 on the official Black Desert Mobile YouTube channel.

 

 

 





7,000 Black Pearls, Restoration Scroll x600,000, and Blessing of W x3!
We've prepared massive gifts to thank all Adventurers for being with us this year!



 

 












❖ New Class: Seraph


※ Update Schedule: Dec 16, 2025 (Tue)


Sanctified sentinel, wielding the power of both ruthless darkness and benevolent light

・Seraph unleashes the primal source of Sacred Power into her greatsword, seamlessly shifting between benevolent light and ruthless darkness.
・Meet Seraph, wielding the primal Sacred Power of darkness and light, switching her combat focus between swift slashes and heavy blows, on Dec 16 (Tue)!




❖ New Region: O'dyllita


※ Update Schedule: Feb 24, 2026 (Tue)


・A new region that has been shrouded in mystery, O'dyllita, is being added.

[O'dyllita]
・O'dyllita does not require entry items (e.g., Citron Tea) to enter, and hunting in O'dyllita consumes Adventuring Fervor to gain EXP and obtain rewards, like normal hunting zones.
・Required CP for the region is 85,000 CP.

[Dark Fissure]
・When Hadum's power grows in O'dyllita, Dark fissures will emerge and enemies will spawn from the Dark Fissure. Upon defeating these enemies and closing the fissures for a certain period of time, Darkfell Kzarka will appear.
・Corrupted Lands will emerge across O'dyllita upon defeating Darkfell Kzarka. Defeating enemies in Corrupted Lands will grant Adventurers effects that boost their stats only in O'dyllita, including AP and DP.

 

[Condensed Lightstones]
・Condensed Lightstones scattered across O'dyllita will resonate with Adventurers after being activated for a certain period of time, granting them various buff effects.
・Outlaw Zone is formed around actiavated Condensed Lightstones.




❖ Kharazad Accessories


※ Update Schedule: Feb 24, 2026 (Tue)


・The Nebular-grade Accessories, "Kharazad Accessories," which are one grade higher than the Eternal Accessories, are available in O'dyllita.
・The Kharazad Accessories are obtainable as item drops in hunting zones with suggested CP of 105,000 or higher, and each hunting zone drops accessories for a certain slot.
・Monsters from Dark Fissures also drop Kharazad Accessories.
・Kharazad Accessories that are not enhanced are registrable on the Market.

[Transfer]

・+9 Eternal Accessories can be transferred to +1 Kharazad Accessories, and +10 Eternal Accessories can be transferred to +3 Kharazad Accessories.

[Enchantment]
・Enchantment exclusive to the Kharazad Accessories requires a new item obtainable from O'dyllita.
・Previous enchantments of the Eternal Accessories are added to the base stat of the Kharazad Accessories.




❖ Azunak Arena Revamp


※ Update Schedule: Jan 6, 2026 (Tue)


・A new format, where Adventurers fight in teams of two, will be added to Azunak Arena.
・Azunak Arena will regularly switch between the solo format and the duo format.

[Duo Format]

・12 teams, each team with 2 Adventurers, will take part in the battle.
・Any two players can make a team. They do not have to be from the same guild.

[Improvements]

・The map of Azunak Arena will become more even, with less inclines and declines.
・Shroud around the border of the battlefield will gradually close in, encouraging Adventurers to actively engage in combat against others.
・Daily, weekly, monthly rewards will all increase, with Medals of Honor added to the rewards.




❖ Great Desert Difficulty Unification


※ Update Schedule: Jan 27, 2026 (Tue)


・The three levels of Great Desert will be merged into one.

[Hunting Zone CP Distribution]



・Revamped Great Desert will provide hunting zones from the Nagas with 30,000 CP to the Crescents with 83,000 CP, making the region suitable for a wide range of Adventurers.
・Wandering Merchants and Evonatt Chests will remain available as is.

[Improvements]

・The quantity of Appraisal Items obtained upon excavation will increase.
・Blessed Light Crystal and Blessed Fog Crystal will be available as loot in Great Desert.
※ Purified Water and exploration time for Great Desert will remain as is after the update.




❖ Chaos Runes


※ Update Schedule: Jan 27, 2026 (Tue)


・Chaos-grade Runes will be added.
・Chaos-grade Runes will require +20 Primal-grade Rune, Chaos Jewel, and Ah'krad as materials.

[Enhancement]
・Chaos-grade Runes have the same enhancement success rate as +19→+20 Primal-grade Runes and require Fogbound Crystals as enhancement material.

 

 







❖ Graphics Remaster

※ Update Schedule: Mar 17, 2026 (Tue)


・Experience a whole new world of Black Desert Mobile, with higher resolution and more vivid textures from the graphics remaster.



PBR, SSR, Improvements to Shadow Quality and Rendering Resolution

[PBR and SSR]
・PBR (Physically Based Rendering) and SSR (Screen Space Reflection) create a more realistic graphic experience, from the texture of metal to reflection of the background objects on water surfaces.

[Shadow Quality Improvement]
・Shadows are sharper and more natural, enhancing the depth of in-game objects.

[Rendering Resolution Improvement]
・By reducing the aliasing that makes curves look jagged and subtle graphic noise, the game will have greater visual fidelity.

 

Sample Footage

Grána City: Before & After


Hall of the Glorious Paragon: Before & After

 

LOD Quality Upgrade for Characters and Background Objects & Viewing Distance Upgrade

[LOD Quality Upgrade]
・Characters and background objects will be much clearer even at a farther distance.

[Double Viewing Distance]
・The viewing distance will be doubled so that characters and NPCs that weren't visible can be seen.

 

Sample Footage

Heidel: Before & After


Gyfin Rhasia: Before & After


Support for Higher FPS

・The game will be available at up to 120 fps on high refresh rate monitors.

 

Sample Footage

 A comparison between 120/60/30 FPS

※ The sample footage was recorded in slow motion for framerate comparison.

Remaster Special Outfit


・A special outfit in celebration of the remaster will be added.
・This outfit will be updated with the graphics remaster, featuring improved leather and metal textures.

 


 


❖ UI Remaster

※ Update Schedule: Mar 17, 2026 (Tue)


・The overall UI, including the field screen, Black Spirit, Inventory, and more, will be remastered to make gameplay more convenient.

※ The old UI will be available for a certain period after the UI remaster and will be removed from the game after Adventurers have gotten used to the new UI.


Field UI

・Buttons that are used less often will be moved to the menu, clearing the screen space to enjoy the remastered graphics.

[UI Customization]
・A UI customization feature that allows Adventurers to adjust the size and position of UI elements will be added.

 

UI Customization


 

Menu UI

・Icons will be smaller and sorted by function, creating a more intuitive menu.



Inventory and Equipment UI


・Screen-cluttering information will be simplified. Inventory and Equipment, the most frequently visited information, will be prioritized.
・Click on respective buttons to display detailed information.



Black Spirit UI

・Existing features will be separated into different pages according to its function.

[Family]

・This page will contain features such as Lightstones, Rift Stone, and Runes, elements which affect the whole Family.

[Equipment]

・This page will contain features such as Enchantment and Crystals, elements which affect the individual character.

[Common Features]

・Frequently used features such as Black Spirit Quests and Black Spirit Mode will appear on both pages.

❖ Other Upcoming Improvements
・Fewer messages will appear at the top of the screen, with improvements to their design.
・The [Craft] menu will be revamped so that recipes can be found more intuitively.
・Other parts of the UI will undergo changes to improve the user experience.



 


❖ Visual Effects Remaster

※ Update Schedule: May 2026


・Lighting effects will be improved for more natural and vibrant visuals, making the meshes of stones, ground, and more appear clearer.
・Performance can be boosted by changing the Effect Quality Setting to optimize the particle effects and experience a smoother gameplay.

 

Fog and Skill Effects Separation

・Background Fog and Skill Effects will be separated to create better contrast and clarity.

 

Sample Footage

Restricted Zone



Skill Visual Effect Upgrade

・Skill visual effects for each class will be improved to emphasize the unique characteristics of each class, and provide a more vivid combat experience.

 

 

Sample Footage

Woosa: Stormfall

 

Gladiator: Scars of Dusk


Graphics Settings

・A Visual Effect Quality setting will be added to reduce visual clutter and obstruction caused by vibrant Skill Effects during RvR content, such as Battlefield of the Sun.
・The setting is divided into Low, Medium, and High for both mobile app and PC client, with an additional option—Ultra—available for the PC client.

 

Sample Footage

Woosa: Cloudrise

※ The sample footage was recorded in slow motion for visual effect quality comparison.


 


❖ Class Remaster

※ Update Schedule: May 2026


・The Class Remaster will focus on providing more customizable options for each class, while retaining its unique gameplay, through Skill Equipment and Expansion.


Transcendent Class


・Ascended Class and Awakened Class will be combined into the Transcendent Class.
・Classes with only one version (Shai, Sura, etc.) will have new skills added.
・Skills of Transcendent Class will include skills from both Ascended and Awakened classes. Additional balance adjustment will ensure movement skills, Rabam Skills, and passive skills are not biased toward a certain class.

 

Videos

Remastered Huntress

 

Remastered Lotus



Skill Imprint

・Skill Imprint will replace enhancement, which previously provided simple effects such as Increase AP.
・Arcane Scrolls can be attached to Imprint slots. Higher-grade Arcane Scrolls will have better effects.
・While the first slot is limited to branches, other slots will allow for various effects, such as Forward Guard, Additional Target, etc.
※ There will be separate rules for each type of Arcane Scroll effects that can be imprinted. Details will be announced in future patch notes.



Skill Level Expansion

・Skill level limit will be expanded to 20.
・New skillbooks will be added to level up the skills above Level 10.

 


 


❖ Content Remaster

・Existing content will be revamped, and new content will be added, to ensure that Adventurers can have a more diverse gameplay experience.



Great Library of Calpheon

※ Update Schedule: Mar 17, 2026 (Tue)


・Great Library of Calpheon will allow Adventurers to acquire Adventure and Academics Knowledge with ease.
・Adventurers will be able to acquire Adventure/Academics Knowledge by reading books in the Holy College of Calpheon.

[Donation]
・Adventurers who have acquired all Adventure/Academics Knowledge for a certain region will be able to use parchment and ink obtainable from normal hunting zones to craft books containing their Knowledge and donate them to the librarian in the Library in exchange for Silver and titles.



Boss Blitz

※ Update Schedule: May 2026


・Boss Blitz will allow Adventurers to challenge Bosses to see how much they've grown while acquiring Boss Knowledges.
・Adventurers will be able to clear Boss Blitz with auto-combat. Boss Blitz will feature different Bosses every one or two weeks.

[Combat Footage]

 

・Boss Knowledge can be acquired as part of the rewards obtained upon clearing the Boss Blitz.
・Manual control will allow Adventurers to engage in more dynamic combat, such as parrying boss attacks, and breaking their existing record of the stage. The record will indicate not only character growth but also improvement in the Adventurer's understanding and control of the character.



Martial God Tournament Revamp

※ Update Schedule: Mar 17, 2026 (Tue)


・Martial God Tournament will be revamped.

[Demotion Shield]

・Adventurers in Brawler–General rank will not be demoted to lower ranks.

[AI Mode]
・AI matches will be added to shorten the matchmaking time.
・If too few Adventurers are participating in the Martial God Tournament, an AI bot will be matched as the opponent.
・AI matches will grant identical achievement rewards as player matches.

[Class Ban]
・Class Ban will be added to Martial God Tournament.
・Up to 2 classes can be banned per match. Different classes can be banned for different matches.



Enhancement System Revamp

※ Update Schedule: Jan 13, 2026 (Tue)


・Ancient Anvil, a system to guarantee a successful enhancement within set number of attempts, will be added.

[Ancient Anvil]

 

・The "Anvil Gauge" will fill up with failed enhancement attempts. When the Anvil Gauge reaches maximum, the next enhancement will be guaranteed to succeed.
・The Ancient Anvil System will apply to most enhancements, including gear, Umbral Chaos gear, accessories, etc.

 

 

[Shared Anvil Gauge]
・Equipments that share the same slot and enhancement level share the Anvil Gauge.

※ Details on this system, including numerical data, are subject to change in future updates.
※ The Anvil Gauge will reflect failed enhancement attempts made from Jul 1, 2025. Failed attempts with Blessing of W will also be included.
※ Please note that a successful enhancement will reset the Anvil Gauge to zero. Only failed attempts after the last successful attempt will count toward the Anvil Gauge.


[Enhancement UI Improvement]

・Enhancement UI will be improved with future updates.
・Various enhancement methods (enhancement, forced enhancement, etc.) will be combined into a single page. Selecting an item from this page will lead to its respective enhancement page.

 

 

Outfit Disassembly System

※ Update Schedule: Dec 23, 2025 (Tue)


・The event recipe for Encarotia's Boutique outfits from last November will be added as a permanent system.
・Starting from First Crush, all outfits obtainable from Encarotia's Boutique in the future can be exchanged for Restoration Scroll x200,000 each.
※ First Crush outfits currently registered on the Marker are temporarily unavailable for purchase. All registered First Crush outfits will expire during the maintenance next week.

[New Outfit: Grandpa Cron's Helper]




・A new outfit, "Grandpa Cron's Helper," will be added with the Outfit Disassembly update.

 

 

Silver Denomination


※ Update Schedule: Feb 10, 2026 (Tue)


・10,000 Silver will become 1 Silver after the Silver Denomination update.
・E.g., 1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion) Silver before denomination → 100,000,000 (100 million) Silver after denomination
・All in-game Silver values will be affected by this denomination.

[Changes in Item Prices]

・E.g., The shop price for Voidsent Eye will change from 50,000,000 (50 million) Silver to 5,000 (5 thousand) Silver after denomination.
・E.g., The market price for Caphras Ring will change from 6,000,000,000 (6 billion) Silver to 600,000 (600 thousand) Silver after denomination.

※ The total value of items with shop prices below 10,000 Silver before denomination will be calculated and retroactively sent to Adventurers. These items will also be made unsellable to vendors.



Fishing Revamp

※ Update Schedule: Mar 17, 2026 (Tue)


・The Fishing content will be revamped.

[Reward Boost]

・Shop price of fish items will become 100 times the current price, and delivery price up to 10,000 times the current price.

[Fish Delivery]

・Abyssal and Primal fish will be added to fish obtainable from normal fishing. Also, all fish will have the attribute "size."
・Abyssal and Primal fish will grant more Silver when delivered.

[Fishing Rankings]

・Rankings for fishing will be added.
・Fishing Rankings will feature fish with high grade as well as the size of the fish.
・Rankings will reset regularly, and Adventurers ranked high in the rankings will acquire special titles.



Rank 1 (Small Fish) Lord of the Krill
Rank 1 (Medium Fish) Tugging Champion
Rank 1 (Large Fish) Loved by the Sea


[Golden Fishing Spot]

・Golden Fishing Spots will appear in 5 fishing zones at designated times.
・Adventurers can fish faster and catch larger fish at Golden Fishing Spots.
・Some fish are only obtainable from Golden Fishing Spots, and Cursed Pirate Island Passes can sometimes be fished from Golden Fishing Spots.


・A message will display when Golden Fishing Spots appear. The world map will display where the Golden Fishing Spots are.
・Golden Fishing Spots will have different available fishing times, so Adventurers can move freely between Golden Fishing Spots to catch more fish.

 


 


❖ Season Remaster

※ Update Schedule: Mar 17, 2026 (Tue)


・Seasons will be remastered to assist in Adventurers' fast growth.


Major Changes

[Separation from Main Quests]

・Season quests will no longer require completion of main quests. Adventurers who prefer other contents will be able to complete the Season without feeling obliged to complete the main quests.

[Reduced Completion Time]
・Time required to complete the Season will be reduced to 7–8 hours.

[60,000 CP upon Completion]
・The Season Remaster aims to help Adventurers achieve approximately 60,000 CP upon completing the Season.



New Winter Season

・A new season, "New Winter Season," will begin after the maintenance on Dec 16 (Tue).
※ Changes from the Season Remaster will be applied to the season after the New Winter Season.

[Completion Reward]

・Blessed Light/Fog Crystal Selection Chest will be added to the list of completion rewards.

[Secrua Crystal]

・The Secrua Crystal in possession will be reset to Mystical grade, with stats of AP: +50 and DP: +50.
・The Secrua Crystal can be re-upgraded to Eternal grade with Secrua Essence obtained from Heatswept Land.
・The Eternal Secrua Crystal will grant Adventurers "Field Item Drop Rate +5%" and "Field Combat EXP +25%" effects.

 

[Mega Growth Boost Buff]

New and returning Adventurers will receive "Field Combat EXP +500%" and "Field Item Drop Rate +100%" buffs for 30 days in all hunting zones and Black Spirit Mode.





❖ Black Desert Mobile Test Server Launch

※ Update Schedule: Mar 31, 2026 (Tue)


・Test Server will be available for Adventurers to try out the characters before the Class Remaster.
・Test Server will become available temporarily under specific circumstances such as prior to major updates, and its opening schedule will be announced in advance.

※ Details on the Test Server will be announced via future notices.





❖ PC Client Launch

※ Update Schedule: Mar 31, 2026 (Tue)


 

・A PC client that allows Adventurers to play Black Desert Mobile on PC is coming soon.
・PC client provides higher resolution, smoother controls, and the highest quality graphics in Remaster mode.





❖ Crimson Desert Collaboration

・A special collaboration event with Crimson Desert will take place, featuring Black Desert Mobile limited edition items as rewards.
・Please refer to the following notice for details on the collaboration:


 Black Desert Mobile X Crimson Desert 



To present you with the best updates,
we'll do our best until the very end.

We hope for your continuous support, Adventurers!
Thank you.

 

 

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