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[January 13 Patch Notes]
UPDATES 2026.01.13

Patch Notes

 

Greetings, Adventurers!
This is the Black Desert Mobile Service Team.

 

The Patch Notes for the update on Jan 13 (Tue) are here!
Adventurers, please check out the newly applied patch details for an even more enjoyable adventure.

※ All screenshots in the main text were taken on the test server and may differ from the actual update content.
If there are any discrepancies between the patch notes and the applied content in the game, please contact Support.

 

Ancient Anvil

Developer Commentary

The Ancient Anvil, previously announced at the Calpheon Ball 2025, is now live.

 

With this update, whenever you fail enhancement or awakened enhancement (hereinafter "enhancement"), the Ancient Anvil gauge will fill up. When the gauge is full, the Ancient Anvil will activate and the next enhancement attempt is guaranteed to succeed.

 

Many Adventurers have hesitated to attempt enhancement due to the low success rates and significant risks associated with failure in various enhancement systems. In 2023, we introduced updates such as Umbral Chaos Gear to reduce the burden of enhancement failure. However, even with safeguards against enhancement level drops, enhancement remained challenging for many Adventurers.

 

To further ease the burden of enhancement and let Adventurers embrace both the challenge and the growth from enhancements, we are adding the Ancient Anvil system. We will continue to introduce various systems that will improve your gameplay experience.

 

▶ Sample Image of Ancient Anvil for Awakened Enhancement

 

▶ Sample Image of Ancient Anvil for Chaos Enchantment


- Added a new system: "Ancient Anvil."
- The Ancient Anvil gauge for the current enhancement level will increase by 1 upon a failed enhancement attempt.
- When the gauge reaches the threshold, the Ancient Anvil will activate and the next enhancement attempt is guaranteed to succeed.
ㆍThe Anvil gauge for enchantment will increase with evey attempt that does not increase the stats.
ㆍGemstone of Tenacity and Gemstone of Determination's respective stats increase by 2 upon a successful refinement for stats of +101 or higher. The guaranteed refinement upon a full gauge will also increase the repsective stats by 2.
ㆍOnce your gauge is full, using the activated Ancient Anvil consumes the same enhancement materials as a regular enhancement attempt of the same type.
- The Anvil gauge will reset to 0 if enhancement succeeds before the gauge is full.
- The gauge will also fill up upon failed enhancement when the following items are used:
ㆍBlessing of W, Okiara's Blessing, Eidolic/Nocturnal Okiara's Blessing

 

- Please refer to the following table for the types of enhancement eligible for the Ancient Anvil and items that share the same gauge:

Category Content Details
Separate gauges Gear Awakened Enhancement

• Affected items: Chaos-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Separate gauges for each slot (Main Weapon, Sub-Weapon, Helmet, Armor, Gloves, Shoes)

Eidolic Gear Awakened Enhancement

• Affected items: Chaos-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Separate gauges for each slot (Main Weapon, Sub-Weapon, Helmet, Armor, Gloves, Shoes)

Severing Gear Awakened Enhancement

• Affected items: Chaos-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Separate gauges for each slot (Main Weapon, Sub-Weapon, Helmet, Armor, Gloves, Shoes)

Accessory Enhancement

• Affected items: Primal-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Separate gauges for each slot (Ring, Necklace, Belt, Earrings, Bracelet)

Chaos Enchantment

• Affected items: Chaos-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Separate gauges for each enchantment slot unlocked upon Awakening gear/accessories (AP, DP)

Emblem Gemstone Refinement

• Affected items: -


• Application Details:
Separate gauges for each gemstone (Valor, Equanimity, Ferocity, Tenacity, Determination)

Lightstone Enhancement

• Affected items: Chaos-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Separate gauges for each Lightstone slot (Aan, Ti, Ki, Tae)

Rune Enhancement

• Affected items: Abyssal-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Separate gauges for each Rune slot (no Anvil gauges for +5, +10, and +15 enhancements with 100% success rate)

Greater Outfit Upgrade

• Affected items: Abyssal-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Separate gauges for each upgrade slot that requires Memory Shards as material (Outfit, Weapon)

Shared gauges Alchemy Stone Enhancement

• Affected items: Primal-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Shared gauges for all four alchemy stones attachable to Harmony Stone

Harmony Stone Enhancement

• Affected items: Chaos-grade or higher


• Application Details: -

Totem Enhancement

• Affected items: Mystical/Abyssal


• Application Details:
Shared gauges for Rift Totem, Savior Rift Totem, Unity Rift Totem, and Wrathful Rift Totem

Relic Enhancement

• Affected items: Primal-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Shared gauges for all four branches (Aal, Serrett, Labreve, Ahib)

Relic Branch Enhancement

• Affected items: Chaos-grade or higher


• Application Details:
Shared gauges for all four branches (Aal, Serrett, Labreve, Ahib)

* All items listed above will have separate Anvil gauges for each enhancement level.

 

- The Anvil gauge thresholds for each type of enhancement by enhancement level (or stats) are as follows:

 

Content Enhancement Level / Stats Anvil Gauge Threshold
Gear Awakened Enhancement 0 - 1  -
2 2
3 3
4 5
5 8
6 10
7 17
8 50
9 100
Eidolic Gear Awakened Enhancement 0 - 9 17
Severing Gear Awakened Enhancement 0 - 4 17
Accessory Enhancement 0 - 2 -
3 2
4 3
5 4
6 12
7 25
8 100
9 334
Chaos Enchantment 0 - 9 -
10 - 29 2
30 - 49 4
50 - 59 5
60 - 69 7
70 - 89 8
90 - 99 10
Emblem Gemstone Refinement 1 - 39 -
40 - 69 2
70 - 89 4
90 - 149 10
Lightstone Enhancement 0 - 1 5
2 - 5 7
6 - 7 10
8 - 9 20
10 - 19 34
Rune Enhancement 0 2
1 4
2 5
3 7
4 10
5 -
6 - 9 20
10 -
11 - 14 34
15 -
16 - 19 34
Greater Outfit Upgrade 1 - 9 -
10 - 29 2
30 - 49 4
50 - 59 5
60 - 69 7
70 - 89 8
90 - 99 10
Alchemy Stone Enhancement 0 - 2 -
3 - 4 2
5 4
6 12
7 25
8 100
9 334
10 358
I 385
II 417
III 455
IV 500
V 556
VI 625
VII 715
VIII 834
IX 1,000
Harmony Stone Enhancement 0 2
1 4
2 10
3 - 5 11
6 - 8 12
9 - 11 13
12 - 13 14
14 - 15 15
16 - 17 16
18 17
19 - 20 18
21 19
22 20
23 21
24 22
25 23
26 25
27 26
28 28
29 30
30 32
31 34
32 38
33 41
34 46
35 51
36 58
37 68
38 81
39 100
Totem Enhancement 0 - 2 2
3 4
4 7
5 10
6 20
7 34
8 50
9 100
Relic Enhancement 1 10
2 20
3 - 4 34
5 - 6 50
7 - 8 100
9 - 10 200
Relic Branch Enhancement 1 10
2 20
3 - 4 34
5 - 6 50
7 - 8 100
9 - 10 200
11 - 20 40

 

ㆍAs previously announced at the Calpheon Ball 2025, all failed enhancement attempts between Jul 1, 2025, and the update maintenance on Jan 13, 2026, are reflected in the initial Ancient Anvil gauge.
ㆍIf the initial Anvil gauge reaches the threshold, the next enhancement attempt for the item is guaranteed to succeed.
ㆍThe Anvil gauge will not fill above the threshold even if the number of failed enhancement attempts exceeds the threshold.

- A feature to view the Anvil gauges for levels higher than current levels is scheduled for a future update.

 

Character

- The following traits can now be activated by pressing the "Y" key.
ㆍDeadeye: Quick Draw
ㆍShai: Spirit's Protection
ㆍIgneous: Spirit's Protection
ㆍWizard: Spirit's Protection
ㆍArchmage: Spirit's Protection

 

 

Developer Commentary

In Black Desert Mobile, each class has its own skills and traits, and some traits are shared among similar classes.
Utilizing these traits greatly helps resolve combat more efficiently.

 

With this update, we improved a few underwhelming traits by decreasing their activation cooldowns, adding additional effects, or enhancing their visual effects.

 

We are expecting these changes to increase the utility of these traits and their strategic use in combat.

 

We will continue to work on providing Adventurers with balanced combat while preserving the unique characteristics of each class and trait.


[Spirit's Protection]
- Affected Classes: Archmage, Igneous, Wizard, Shai
- Improved the visual effect to notify when the protection ends.

 

 

[Oblivion]
- Affected Classes: Reaper, Raven, Void Knight, Phantasma
- Decreased Cooldown (40 sec → 30 sec)
- Added the "Target DP -150" effect.

 

[Unhealing Wound]
- Affected Classes: Sura, Kunoichi, Kurenai, Hashashin
- Increased the effect of Decrease HP Recovery. (50% → 75%)

 

[Reprimand]
- Affected Classes: Paladin, Spiritwalker, Drakania, Letanas, Seraph
- Decreased Cooldown (60 sec → 50 sec)

 

[Cloud Conceal]
- Affected Classes: Dosa, Seonin, Maegu, Hwaryeong, Woosa, Choryeong
- Recover all MP and Combat Resource, and nullify all debuffs upon activation.

 

[Last Stand]
- Affected Classes: Destroyer, Solaris, Warlord, Zayed, Berserker
- Decreased Cooldown (120 sec → 90 sec)
- Reset all skill Cooldown upon activation. Decrease Attack/Move Speed Immunity while activated.

 

 

Developer Commentary

Windwalker is a class that excels at disrupting opponents through her outstanding agility.
Her melee combat benefits greatly from the "Wind Energy" effect, activated upon using a skill after three dash skills.

 

Since Wind Energy effect works best on non-dash skills, careful calculation is required to activate it on the right skill.
And when Wind Energy is activated, Adventurers often face dillemmas on whether to use a skill best suited for the moment or the one that maximizes the effect.

 

With this update, Wind Energy will no longer activate on dash skills,
allowing Adventurers to use the right skills and utilize the effect at the right moment.

 

Additionally, to address the issue where Windwalker lacked skills that could counter debuffs despite being a melee class,
we added Forward Guard to Ethereal Blast, enhancing her combat stability in melee combat.

 

 

Guidance of Wind
 
- Removed the "Super Armor for 1 sec upon Accelerate" effect.

 

"Guidance of Wind" effect
- Effects applied on the next skill used upon 3 stacks of "Wind Energy" (Forward Guard, Rear Super Armor, Damage Reduction, Grab Immunity, Next Skill Damage +30%) are no longer applied on Wind Knife, Gale Harvest, X-Strike, Spirit's Haven, and Cyclonic Fury.

 


 


Ethereal Blast
 
- Added Forward Guard and Rear Super Armor during the skill.

 


 


Gale Harvest
 
- Added the skill branches Aal and Ahib.
- The Enhancement "Increase Max Hits" will now be merged into the skill itself as follows.

 

- Changed PvE Damage. (6 hits → 2 hits)
ㆍ Lv 1: 371.05% → 371.05% x4
ㆍ Lv 10: 501.7% → 501.7% x4

 

- Changed PvP Damage. (6 hits → 2 hits)
ㆍ Lv 1: 144.84% → 144.84% x4
ㆍ Lv 10: 195.84% → 195.84% x4

 

- Changed the maximum number of hits for Flow: Howling Winds. (Max 3 hits → Max 1 hit)

 


 


X-Strike
 
- Removed the skill branches Aal and Ahib.

 


 

Wind of the Spirit (Rabam Skill)
 
- Increased combo speed when comboing into Rupture.
(Combo duration: 3.96 sec → 3.51 sec)

 


 


Cyclonic Fury
 

- Increased PvE Damage.
ㆍ Lv 1: 525.92% x3 → 604.8% x3
ㆍ Lv 10: 683.7% x3 → 786.26% x3
 
- Increased PvP Damage.
ㆍ Lv 1: 159.47% x3 → 183.38% x3
ㆍ Lv 10: 209.22% x3 → 240.6% x3

- Increased the travel distance upon activating the enhancement "Increase Travel Distance." (8.47m → 10m)

 


- Chaser's Instinct and Guidance of Wind will now activate upon using any of the following skills three times: Wind Knife, Gale Harvest, X-Strike, Spirit's Haven, or Cyclonic Fury.


 

 

Gale Harvest (Succession Skill)
 

- The Enhancement "Increase Max Hits" will now be merged into the skill itself as follows.

- Changed PvE Damage. (6 hits → 2 hits)
ㆍ Lv 1: 371.05% → 371.05% x4
ㆍ Lv 10: 501.7% → 501.7% x4
 
- Changed PvP Damage. (6 hits → 2 hits)
ㆍ Lv 1: 144.84% → 144.84% x4
ㆍ 10Lv : 195.94% → 195.84% x 4 
 
- Changed the maximum number of hits for Flow: Howling Winds. (Max 3 hits → Max 1 hit)

 

New Content and Improvements

- Nightmare: Tshira has closed, and the Rift leading to Nightmare: Jade Starlight Forest has opened.
ㆍExploration time and Brand of the Nightmare will not reset.
- The Boss "Erebjork" will now enter a frenzy 3 minutes after it spawns.
ㆍErebjork's AP will increase and DP will decrease during the frenzy.
ㆍErebjork's frenzy will be nullified when Erebjork's HP drops below a certain threshold, temporarily dazing it.

 

- Normal Monsters in Levels I–II will now drop Voidsent Eye at a low chance upon defeat.
- Increased the rewards obtained upon defeating Erebjork.
ㆍRank 1 rewards for Level V remain unchanged. Rewards have increased by a greater amount at lower levels.

 

[Levels I–IV]
ㆍAdventurers of all Ranks will now obtain more Chaos Cores and Noble Tears of the Goddess upon defeating Erebjork.
[Level V]
ㆍAdventurers of Rank 2 or lower will now obtain more Chaos Cores and Noble Tears of the Goddess upon defeating Erebjork.

 

 

Developer Commentary

With the notice "Early Notice on the Ancient Anvil System" on Dec 31 (Wed),
we announced an adjustment to the required materials for Eidolic gear enhancement to Exquisite Black Crystal x15
to balance the difference in the expected quantity of materials required between Eidolic gear and ordinary gear.

 

However, we noticed that the calculation wouldn't match how Adventurers evaluate the value of enhancement materials
if we take not only Restoration Scrolls but also Akhram Prophecy/Advice of Valks, Silver, Pristine Black Crystals, and time taken into account.

 

So, we re-evaluated the value of enhancement materials for both enhancement system and re-adjusted the enhancement material required for Eidolic gear.
Similar adjustments to the required materials have also been made to Severing gear.

 

- Adjusted the quantities of materials required for Awakened enhancement of Eidolic/Severing gear, restoration of Totem enhancement, and the recipes for crafting Totem Chests.


ㆍMaterial required for each Awakened enhancement attempt for Eidolic/Severing gear

Affected Items Before After
Eidolic gear Exquisite Black Crystal x30 Exquisite Black Crystal x7
Severing gear Exquisite Black Crystal x2 Exquisite Black Crystal x1

 

 

 

ㆍMaterial required for crafting Rift Totem Chests

Affected Items Before After
+6 Rift Totem Chest Crystallized Totem x1,000 Crystallized Totem x300
+7 Rift Totem Chest Crystallized Totem x20,000 Crystallized Totem x4,000

 

ㆍMaterial required for restoring failed Totem enhancement attempts

Affected Items Before After
+2 Totem Crystallized Totem x3 Crystallized Totem x2
+3 Totem Crystallized Totem x5 Crystallized Totem x4
+4 Totem Crystallized Totem x15 Crystallized Totem x9
+5 Totem Crystallized Totem x90 Crystallized Totem x43
+6 Totem Crystallized Totem x900 Crystallized Totem x240
+7 Totem Crystallized Totem x19,000 Crystallized Totem x3,700

 

 

 

Developer Commentary

With the Ancient Anvil update, awakened enhancement materials for both Umbral Chaos gear and ordinary gear changed,
and some Adventurers may no longer wish to continue attempting enhancements for Umbral Chaos gear.

 

So, we added recipes to convert Umbral Chaos gear back to ordinary gear regardless of Umbral Chaos enhancement level.
Eidolic gear can be converted back to +8 gear, and Severing gear back to +7 gear.
Adventurers may now choose the enhancement method they prefer based on the materials they have or their playstyle.

 

 

Umbral Chaos Gear as An Alternative Enhancement System

Before the Ancient Anvil update, enhancement materials required for Umbral Chaos gear and ordinary gear were not significantly different.

 

But with this update, even if you set the quantity of Restoration Scrolls, Akhram Prophecy, or Advice of Valks to minimum,
the enhancement threshold will eventually guarantee a success if you have enough Pristine Black Crystals, Silver, and time,
which means Umbral Chaos gear would consume far more Restoration Scrolls than the ordinary awakened enhancement.

 

On the other hand, since you can craft Exquisite Black Crystal not only with Akhram Prophecy 100% but also 10% or 50%,
Umbral Chaos gear can be an alternative enhancement system if you do not have enough Akhram Prophecy 100%.
Plus, you can still gradually increase your CP since the enhancement level does not drop upon failed enhancement attempts.
So, we are keeping Umbral Chaos gear as an available option for gear enhancement.


- Added recipes to convert Umbral Chaos gear back to ordinary gear under [Menu] - [Craft] - [Umbral Chaos Gear] - [Extract Enhancement].

 

| +0 Severing Gear

ㆍ+0 Severing gear can now be converted back to ordinary gear at [Menu] - [Craft] - [Umbral Chaos Gear] - [Forge Gear].

Materials Result
Awakened +0 Severing Chaos gear Awakened +7 Chaos gear

 

 

| +1 or higher Umbral Chaos Gear

ㆍEnhanced Umbral Chaos gear can now be converted back to ordinary gear at [Menu] - [Craft] - [Umbral Chaos Gear] - [Extract Enhancement].

Materials Result
Awakened +1–+4 Severing Chaos gear Awakened +7 Chaos gear
Awakened +1–+9 Eidolic Chaos gear Awakened +8 Chaos gear

ㆍMaterials already used to enhance the Umbral Chaos gear will be lost when you convert it back to ordinary gear.

 

 

- A tutorial on Adventuring Fervor will now be displayed when entering the Black Spirit screen for the first time after the update.

 

 

- Riftborn Fervor can now be traded on the Market.
ㆍ Initial Price: 5 billion Silver / Maximum Threshold: 10 billion Silver / Minimum Threshold: 2.5 billion Silver

 

 

- [Arduanatt] Increased the height of 2nd leap upon using Wings of Wind.
- Dream Horse Selection Chest can now be placed in Storage.

 

 

- Removed the Seraph-themed Sleep mode.
- The following items are no longer displayed as enhancement materials in Auto-Awakening.
※ Enhance the gear manually to use these items for awakened enhancement.

Items
ㆍPure Magical Black Stone (Main Weapon)
ㆍPure Magical Black Stone (Sub-Weapon)
ㆍPure Magical Black Stone (Armor)
ㆍPure Magical Black Stone (Helmet)
ㆍPure Magical Black Stone (Gloves)
ㆍPure Magical Black Stone (Shoes)
ㆍPowerful Magical Black Stone (Main Weapon)
ㆍPowerful Magical Black Stone (Sub-Weapon)
ㆍPowerful Magical Black Stone (Armor)
ㆍPowerful Magical Black Stone (Helmet)
ㆍPowerful Magical Black Stone (Gloves)
ㆍPowerful Magical Black Stone (Shoes)

 

 

- The purchase UI will now be displayed when you attempt to change Normal/Bonding Skills without the corresponding coupons.
- Removed the [Craft] button from the Chaos Rift entry UI.

Before After

 

 

- Added information on where to obtain the collection items below the titles of event collections under Papu's Precious Collection.

 

Error Fixes

- [Warlord] Improved an issue where the Increase Max HP effect of To Arms was not immediately reflected in the HP bar UI.

 

 

- Fixed an issue where the products would not refresh when moving between products at [Pearl Shop] - [Apperance/Dance/Pets] - [Outfits].
- Fixed an issue where mounting would occasionally fail in certain content.
- Fixed an issue where certain terrain would display abnormally in Mountain of Eternal Winter.
- Fixed an issue where some skills and Evasion would become unavailable while pressing L1 on a gamepad.

 

 

- Improved an issue where the remaining time would display abnormally in Hidden Banquet Hall.

 

Upcoming Updates

- First clear reward status for Trials of Ator: Elite will be reset during the update maintenance on Jan 20 (Tue).

 

Events

New Events

New Year's Golden Roulette!
· Event Period: After maintenance on Jan 13, 2026 (Tue) - Feb 2, 2026 (Mon), 22:30
Roulette Ticket Missions
· Event Period: After maintenance on Jan 13, 2026 (Tue) - Feb 2, 2026 (Mon), 22:30
Snowflake Chest Event
· Event Period: After maintenance on Jan 13, 2026 (Tue) - Feb 2, 2026 (Mon), 22:30
Restoration Scroll Rush Event
· Event Period: After maintenance on Jan 13, 2026 (Tue) - Jan 19, 2026 (Mon), 22:30

 

 

Ended Events

ㆍ[New/Returning] +8 Awakened Enhancement Challenge!
ㆍCollect Red Hooves!
ㆍNew Year Login
ㆍSeraph Premium Login

 

Pearl Shop

Find out new items released in the Pearl Shop with the update on Jan 13 (Tue) from the link below:

 

[To the Pearl Shop Update]

 

 

We look forward to your continued support for Black Desert Mobile.
Black Desert Mobile Team

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