Blue Battlefield

New Huge Guild Rewards!

By nyaiera

Published: Dec 05, 2025

Updated: Apr 23, 2026

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Introduction

The Blue Battlefield is an all new type of ship based mass PvP content for the sea of Black Desert!

The Blue Battlefield has guilds and alliances fighting in ship based PvP combat on the open sea
Blue Battlefield has these guilds and alliances competing for control of island nodes
For the Blue Battlefield rules, it basically operates under the current Node War - Occupation Mode rules
Ships within Blue Battlefield have their own unique strengths to mix up ship based gameplay.

What Is Blue Battlefield?

Blue Battlefield is a guild-based PvP mode in Black Desert where players use ships to fight for control over forts located on various islands that act as nodes.

Players need to work together with their guilds to capture and defend these forts, sink enemy guild carracks and galleys, and be the last to hold the captured forts.

Blue Battlefield Main Rewards
Guild Tax	Loot Box Contents	Family Buffs
Guild Tax 2 to 4 billion Silver	Up to Crow Coins x5,000 Oquilla's Origin Stone Deep Sea Crystal Box Gold Bar 5,000G, etc.	Life Skill Mastery +100 Life EXP +50% Sailor EXP +30%

How to Apply for Blue Battlefield

Since it's similar to Node war rules, to join Blue Battlefield or Node War, your guild must have a Node War Participation Opportunity, which resets every Saturday after the Conquest War.

For Blue Battlefield, your spent participation opportunity will be refunded if your guild/alliance has a combined total of 10 or more allied/enemy ships destroyed or temporarily occupies a fort at least once

How to Apply & Participate
War Days	Sun to Fri (Sat excluded)
War Time	EU: 20:00-21:00 CEST/CET (1hr) NA: 18:00-19:00 PT (1 hr)
Server	O'dyllita-1
Application Period	Up to 1 hour before start time on war day
Application Method	Guild Master or a member with "Apply for Node War" authority can apply via the Blue Battlefield button (Balenos Sea) found in Menu (ESC) → War (F7) → Node War
Participants	Max 20 (same for guild & alliance, War Hero cannot participate)
Confirmation	15 minutes before the battle begins, participating guilds are finalized. (You can check the list in the Node War menu.)
* Guild members can change their participation status in Blue Battlefield via Guild (G) → Guild Member Status tab.

It's important to note that you can only have one Node War Participation Opportunity at a time. Once you use your participation opportunity in either the Node War or Blue Battlefield, you won't be able to join other content.

Basically, if you apply for Blue Battlefield and use your Node War Participation Opportunity there, you won't be able to take part in the Node War on the same day.

Blue Battlefield Rules

The Blue Battlefield takes place in the Balenos Sea. Depending on the number of participating guilds, forts will spawn on the following islands:

Blue Battlefield has different tiers of forts, here's the tiers:

Blue Battlefield Fort Tiers
Tier 5	Marlene Island	Balvege Island	Baremi Island
Tier 5	Mariveno Island	Eveto Island	-
Tier 4	Invernen Island	Angie Island	Duch Island
Tier 4	Weita Island	Luivano Island	-
Tier 3	Al-Naha Island	Paratama Island	Narvo Island
Tier 3	Louruve Island	Marka Island	-

The battles last anywhere between 20 to 60 minutes, the end time is randomized. Some forts may have a “?” end time.

Fort placement rules in Blue Battlefield, as in Occupation Node War, are determined by the number of participating guilds and the participation status of guild and alliance members 15 minutes before the war begins.

At that point, you can't switch your participating status. If a guild or alliance cancels its Node War application, the participation status for all members will be reset to "No".

During the battle, you can track active forts and remaining time via the World Map and widget on the right. Forts can be attacked by other guilds, losing durability. The guild that depletes the fort's durability temporarily occupies it.

Attacking forts with characters does negligible damage, it's better to use ship cannons for real impact. Pirates (Naval Fame below 0) can also join in the Blue Battlefield without penalties.

When a fort's timer ends, the guild/alliance currently occupying it becomes the final owner. Only one fort can be secured per day per guild/alliance. If a guild holds multiple forts, only the first one held until the end counts; others revert to neutral.

Blue Battlefield Ships

In Blue Battlefield there's a few different types of big ships that can be used, they all have different strengths and weaknesses, here's a break down on the ships:

Guild Galley Improved Guild Galley	Can carry multiple guild members on the inner deck and port/starboard sides. Strategically distribute members across the deck and cannons to ensure your presence on the battlefield. (Assign crew to the inner deck for the "Cap'n's Orders" minigame, which can grant "Fair Winds: BreezySail" for increased mobility. Assign crew to cannons for direct fire on forts and ships.) * The inner deck and Cap'n's Orders are exclusive to Improved Guild Galleys. TIP: Galleys take little damage from other ships but deal massive damage to forts. Crew must manually aim and fire, so attacking stationary forts is easier than moving ships.
Epheria Galleon	Personal ship, available for limited time via special barters. No crew, but tougher plating than Epheria Carracks. Similar firepower compared to Epheria Carracks. TIP: Galleons are sturdy but can be overwhelmed by multiple Epheria Carracks. Focus on defending and targeting vulnerable enemy galleys.
Epheria Carrack	Versatile personal ship. Carrack cannons can damage forts but are best used to escort friendly galleys or destroy enemy galleys for tactical advantage. TIP: To win on the Blue Battlefield, hold your fort for as long as possible. Destroy enemy galleys by engaging more aggressively with the escorting guild ships.
Panokseon	Personal ship with high durability and large cabin for crew assignment. Carrack cannons can damage forts but are best used to escort friendly galleys or destroy enemy galleys for tactical advantage. Unique skill: "Death's-Pivot: SmoothTurn" allows the ship to rotate in place and fire port/starboard cannons alternately.
Other Ships	Destroyers, Traders, Improved Epheria Frigates, Epheria Sailboats, etc., can also be used.

Things to note for the Blue Battlefield system:

During Blue Battlefield, Oquilla Current does not apply. Ship movement stats (Speed, Accel, Turn, Brake) are reduced by 30%. For Epheria Carrack - Volante, stats are reduced by 15%.
Ships destroyed or collected remotely will neither reduce sailors' satiation nor cause illness. Trading/barter goods are lost as usual.
Ship repair and mount resurrection items cannot be used on the battle server and war time.
Annexes and siege weapons cannot be built within the battlefield.

There's also a new Panokseon skill: Death's-Pivot: SmoothTurn.

Death's-Pivot: SmoothTurn
Skill Description	Controls	Required Rations
Enhances the SmoothTurn skill, letting the ship instantly change facing direction while stationary.	Shift + A/D	3,000

Blue Battlefield Guild Skills

There are new and exclusive guild skills for Blue Battlefield, these skills will also apply to alliance members, Seawatch Pulse is automatically applied to guilds occupying a fort.

You can change the color of enemy ships detected on the World Map (M) with Seawatch Pulse by adjusting guild color settings under Guild (G) → Guild Information.

Skill Name	Effects	Required Pledge of the Blood	Cooldown
Seaforge Blessing	Instantly repairs 15% of guild ships' Durability	500	30 min
BreezyVoyage	Guild ship's Movement Speed +20% (Duration: 5 min)	200	15 min
Seawatch Pulse	Displays enemy ship locations on the World Map (Duration: 5 min)	350	20 min
Admiral's Rally	Extra Damage Against Ships and Forts +5200 (Duration: 5 min)	200	15 min

Using the Seawatch Pulse reveals enemy ships on the World Map (M).

10 minutes before Blue Battlefield begins, the "Assemble!" button appears at the top right. Pressing it teleports each guild to a random coordinate in either, Velia, Iliya Island or Lema Island.

If you have a ship out, it will be remotely collected to the local wharf. There's no sailor satiation loss or sickness on remote collection, but any trading/barter goods on board are destroyed to prevent abuse.

If you have no ship out, use the Wharf Manager's Transport function to retrieve stored ships. Guild ships out at the start will be remotely collected, so keep them in the Guild Wharf.

Blue Battlefield Quality-of-Life Features

If your ship is destroyed during Blue Battlefield, you can revive at one of these wharfs via a special UI, You can instantly resurrect when your character dies in Blue Battlefield.

[Blue Battlefield] Resurrection Spots upon Ship Destruction
Velia	Iliya Island	Lema Island

You can now also spawn over at areas in Olvia to encourage strategic gameplay during Blue Battlefield:

Olvia Academy Grounds Revival Location		Olvia Coast Revival Location

Names of other adventurers are visible from farther away in the Blue Battlefield. You can see info for allies/enemies on ships faster.

Set guild colors via "Set Node/Conquest War Guild Colors" for easier identification of other guilds. Use the icons available via Guild (G) - Guild Information. You can set the colors for every participating guild.

Blue Battlefield Rewards

There's both Victory and Participation rewards for the Blue Battlefield. Guilds that secure a fort at the end receive the following node tax as guild funds according to fort tier:

Guild Funds per Fort Tier
Tier 5 Fort	6-8 billion Guild Funds
Tier 4 Fort	5-7 billion Guild Funds
Tier 3 Fort	4-6 billion Guild Funds

Guilds who participate or achieve victory in Blue Battlefield will obtain the following Family buffs for 48 hours.

Victory Buff Conditions
- Given to all guild/alliance members who secure a fort.
Participation Buff Conditions
- Given if your guild/alliance temporarily occupies a fort at least once and has a combined total of 10 or more allied and enemy ships destroyed, without final victory.

Victory Buff	Participation Buff
Life Skill Mastery +100 Life EXP +50% Sailor EXP +30%	Life Skill Mastery +50 Life EXP +30% Sailor EXP +20%

There's also a newly added item for Adventurers who perform well in the Blue Battlefield called the Wavelit Crystal.

Fort Tier	Wavelit Crystal Qty
Tier 5	20 (+10 bonus for Question Mark Fort)
Tier 4	17
Tier 3	15
Participation Reward	15

You can see the entire list of the rewards in the currency exchange menu, but the 300 stack and gold bar box is a nice addition, 600 crons a week is also a nice pay out if you have the currency for them.

Family buffs from Blue Battlefield and Node Wars do not stack and only the most recent buff is applied.

Guild members who participate in fierce battle and/or achieve victory in Blue Battlefield can obtain the following personal rewards:

Given if your guild/alliance temporarily occupies a fort at least once and has a combined total of 10 or more allied and enemy ships destroyed, without final victory.

Type	Participation Tier & Reward	Open to Obtain
Victory Reward	Tier 5 - Oceanlord Triumph Box (Tier 5)	Guaranteed Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 10,000G x1 Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x2 Bluewave Loot Box x7 Deep Sea Crystal Box x1 Wavelit Crystal x20 Chance-based Oquilla's Origin Stone x1 Pirates' Sunken Treasure Chest x1
	Tier 4 - Oceanbreaker Triumph Box (Tier 4)	Guaranteed Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 10,000G x1 Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x1 Bluewave Loot Box x6 Deep Sea Crystal Box x1 Wavelit Crystal x17 Chance-based Oquilla's Origin Stone x1 Pirates' Sunken Treasure Chest x1
	Tier 3 - Oceanstrider Triumph Box (Tier 3)	Guaranteed Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 10,000G x1 Bluewave Loot Box x5 Deep Sea Crystal Box x1 Wavelit Crystal x15 Chance-based Oquilla's Origin Stone x1 Pirates' Sunken Treasure Chest x1
Participation Reward	Tiers 3 to 5 - Waveworn Resolve Box	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x5 Bluewave Loot Box x1 Wavelit Crystal x15 Chance-based Oquilla's Origin Stone x1 Pirates' Sunken Treasure Chest x1
* If you capture a “?” fort, you get an extra Bluewave Loot Box x2 Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x2 Wavelit Crystal x10

Open the Bluewave Loot Box to obtain the following according to a set probability:

Oquilla's Origin Stone x1
Crow Coin x5,000
Crow Coin x3,000
Crow Coin x2,000
Gold Bar Box x1
Manos Necklace x1 (up to DUO)
Manos Earring x1 (up to DUO)
Manos Ring x1 (up to DUO)
Manos Belt x1 (up to DUO)
Perfume of Deep Sea x5
Perfume of Courage x5
Crow Coin x1,000
Concentrated Magical Black Gem x10

An Oquilla's Origin stone can be used for the following:

Processing	Materials	Product
Simple Alchemy	Oquilla's Origin Stone x1 Margoria Sea Crystal x1	Margoria Crystal
Simple Alchemy	Oquilla's Origin Stone x1 Rusalka Sea Crystal x1	Rusalka Crystal

You can also obtain a Deep Sea Crystal Box which contains the following items:

Deep Sea Crystal Box

Origin of Margoria x1-3

Origin of Rusalka x1-3

Margoria Crystal x1

Rusalka Crystal x1

Additional rewards are issued to the top contributor in the winning guild for Blue Battlefield.

Top Contributor Reward: Crow Coin x1,000, Secret Book of Florin x3. There's also 7 day titles as well:

Naval Hero Destroy 10 ships in Blue Battlefield.	Fleet Commander Destroy 25 ships in Blue Battlefield	Naval Weapon Destroy 50 ships in Blue Battlefield

There's also an entirely new reward that was added to make Blue Battlefield more exciting for the whole guild to get excited for, this is meant to be a call back to how Sea monster hunting used to be.