Heidel Ball 2024

Introduction

The Heidel Ball 2024 has announced new updates with free Rewards for all players!

• The Heidel Ball comes with coupon and event rewards during the Heidel Ball period
• A new Male Class "Dosa" has been announced and will release shortly on July 3rd 
• Players will be given a PEN Blackstar weapon of their choice and Sovereign weapons are being added
• There's plenty of upcoming releases like the Land of the Morning Light Part 2 - Seoul update!

 

Free PEN Blackstar Weapon for all Adventurers

Last Calpheon Ball a TET Blackstar weapon, this time at Heidel Ball 2024 it's been announced that all adventurers will be receiving a PEN Blackstar weapon. 

 

 

This PEN Blackstar is not just considered a gift because of the Heidel Ball event, it's more to allow more adventurers to take part in newly announced content. 

 

They will not be able listed on the Central Marketplace and will have some requirements to obtain. 

 

An additional PEN Blackstar will help veterans craft the new Sovereign weapons while newer adventurers will greatly benefit from the weapon itself. You can choose between a Main hand or Awakening weapon.

 

New Male Class Dosa 

 

Dosa wields a weapon called the Hwando, with a pipe called Gombangdae as a subweapon. 

 

 

He can use heat based sword attacks while using his pipe to summon warriors of fog to help him in combat. 

 

 

He can combine these two different energies to unleash more powerful attacks called Taeguk: 

 

 

Dosa will be available on Global Labs from June 28th with more details to be announced. 

 

Free J's Hammers and Outfit Box & Heidel Ball Events

As usual with Heidel Ball, players expected to be given a J's Hammer, this time just like with Calpheon Ball we've been given 2 J's Hammers. 

 

 

There's also a special Outfit box that has been prepared for Heidel ball, here's what the 10 Years box contains. 

 

 

The coupon code for the hammers and the outfit box use the coupon BALL-HELD-INHE-IDEL

 

There's also some special login rewards that will be giving some pretty good rewards for players to have after Heidel Ball. 

 

 

J's Hammer of Loyalty can't be used on the new Sovereign weapons so you don't need to hold on to them. 

Land of the Morning Light Part 2 

The expected update of Land of the Morning Light that had been previously announced at the Calpheon Ball 2023 was shown off during the live stream.

 

 

The theme of the update is Seoul, with the Gyeongbokgung Palace being recreated within Black Desert as the new area's center piece at Hwanghae Province. 

 

 

For the Part 2 of Land of the Morning Light, there'll be new interactivity features. NPCs and animals will interact with adventurers to help the world feel more alive, but can also be ignored if players aren't interested. 

 

 

The story will feature additional lore based around Tamer and will beslightly longer than Land of the Morning Light Part 1. 

 

 

Black Shrine 2

The story will once again feature voice acting and 8 different Tales and there will be a total of 10 unique bosses to fight in the Black Shrine game mode. 

 

 

Black Shrine 2 was originally intended to be for guild raids of 20 players however this has been changed to 5 man group content to focus on team work

 

It will feature boss mechanics like sharing damage across the party, there are changes compared to the first Black Shrine. 

 

 

You are unable to heal from things like potions or gain healing from skills that give HP on hit, instead you're only able to heal.

 

Because of this, the Sun, Moon and Earth auras are now party roles that players can choose from to change how they play Black Shrine 2. 

 

 

The difficulty is easier than Attoraxxion, the rewards can only be received once per week just like the first Black Shrine, guild parties will also receive additional rewards for all members once per week. 

 

There's also a new "Like" system for guild members that help out others complete Black Shrine 2 parties. 

 

Palace Management 

Gyeongbok Palace production nodes have individual node levels, with various benefits to levelling the nodes like a change in produced items or a better chance of obtaining rarer materials. 

 

 

You can increase node levels by completing quests from various NPCs or by delivering certain items. The materials can be used to make silver or can be used for crafting rare items. 

 

The items across all nodes change periodically, so adventurers should try to focus on the nodes that provide the items they need the most. 

 

Primordial Tier Weapons - The "Sovereign" 

 

These weapons are the highest grade items to date, being even higher tier than BlackStar or Fallen God equipment. 

 

Only Main and Awakening Weapons will be available at release and there are no current plans to add a sub weapon but it may be considered at a later date. 

 

 

There are three different methods to obtain these new Sovereign type weapons: 

 

The Primordial Flame will be obtained from Black Shrine 2 and was mentioned to be a challenging item to obtain. 

 

The next method is combining two PEN BlackStar Weapons together in order to craft a Sovereign weapon

 

Finally, the third method is to combine a PEN BlackStar weapon, a PEN Caphras 20 Weapon and a Gem of Twilight together. 

 

 

The gem of twilight will be available from the main continent but this will be the most expensive method despite being easier to obtain. 

 

 

The Sovereign will have 10 enhancement levels that surpass PEN. They will range from PRI all the way up to DEC, preserving the roman numeral naming system. 

 

 

The enhancements are aimed around the Fallen God equipment with only the final levels of the enhancement being really difficult. 

 

J's Hammer of Loyalty can't be used on the new Sovereign weapons so you don't need to hold on to them.

 

The Sovereign weapons will require their own unique enhancement materials and will not be skippable through dumping large amounts of silver. 

 

 

The Sovereign weapons will also be able to make use of the Ancient Anvil pity system that was recently added to reduce RNG. 

 

Besides Attack Power (AP) you'll also be able to choose up to 5 additional effects for your Sovereign weapon through a special refining process.

 

 

Additional effects will be added post release. The visual effects of the weapon start as a dim glow at PEN, at OCT the glow will become brighter, the glows will also remain on when wearing cash shop weapon skins. 

 

The initial glow that appears at the PEN enhancement level

 

The greater effects that appear at the OCT enhancement level

 

The devs mentioned they put a lot of consideration into adding a new weapon as It's been 5 years since the last weapons have been added, during this time 4 regions and 10 classes were added. 

 

Hardcore Server Season 1

 

 

A new hardcore server has been announced, the server will have it's own specifically created characters similar to a season server. 

 

It will also have its own unique gear. Players will start at level 60 with 230 AP and 280 DP which can then be easily enhanced to around 260 AP and 300 DP. 

 

 

You can use recovery potions but food or elixirs will not be available, you can't see each other's family names and party and chat functions are de-activated. 

 

Meanwhile, PvP is always on in this game mode, you can attack anyone without restrictions.

 

 

If you die your character won't be deleted, instead you'll be sent to prison and require "Rest Points" to escape the prison cell. 

 

 

It'll take a few days to get enough Rest Points or you can fight other inmates in 1v1 battles to steal their points. 

 

 

There will be a season system with a unique ranking system that takes into account a few different factors to help you rank higher for different rewards. 

 

 

Things like character effects, exclusive titles and different colours. This server has been added for those who don't want to focus on upgrading gear and just want to focus on gameplay. 

 

 

More details will follow when the content is added into the game, so look out for further updates on the hardcore servers. 

 

Dehkia's Lantern Tier 2

Alongside LoML Part 2, there will be an extra difficulty added to Dehkia's Lantern called Tier 2 which will be added to Dehkia's Lantern monster zones.

 

 

Dehkia's Lantern was added as a way for adventurers to choose their own difficulty, with the new changes you'll be able to choose Tier 2 and Dehkia's lantern will be available in more locations. 

 

 

Tier 1 will stay at the same difficulty that it has always been where as Tier 2 is suited for a combined gear score of 750, making it challenging for veteran players. 

 

Starting with Tier 2 Dehkia's lantern and beyond, there will also be special weekly quests so you don't have to spend too long fighting monsters. 

 

The quests will feature substantial rewards to ensure high efficiency for anyone that can complete them.

 

New Asadal Accessories

New accessories universally available in both the Black Shrine and existing monster zones are being added called the Asadal set.

 

 

They're the same grade as Tungrad accessories and have special abilities similar to Taebaek's Belt, with the goal of helping adventurers choose their own playstyle. 

 

Guild System Changes 

There's a new Guild Trait and Tier system being added based around guilds that have different playstyles such as PvP, PvE or Life Skilling. 

 

 

This change will allow guilds to select which type of guild they are, then accumulate fame in that type of area. The example used is the PvP type. 

 

Guilds with the PvP trait will receive fame based on PvP activities, as you might expect: 

 

Based on this fame, the guilds PvP tier will be determined. This tier is not based on accumalated fame but by the ratio among all guilds that have selected this trait. 

 

 

While frequent play is important, teamwork and skill will be more rewarded and form the top tier of guilds. 

 

The tier will effect various systems like MMR for Node and Conquest Wars. Now guilds with High-Tier PvP fame can only fight against other High-Tiers. 

 

 

This helps guilds get more even fights that will be against other guilds of a similar strength for better PvP matches. 

 

 

High tier guilds will have exclusive seals engraved on their Guild and Family names and when they chat on the server or world they will have effects that make them stand out. 

 

Guild Dragon Mount

The dragon guild mount was announced last Calpheon Ball, achieving the highest rank of the PvP tier will allow players to mount the black dragon mount. 

 

 

This is to serve as a reward for hitting the highest tier. The trait system has been added as a way for guilds to work together toward a goal. 

 

There will be more information on the PvE and PvP guild traits before the content is added into the game. 

 

Skill Hit Changes and War of the Roses

With the recent changes to the skill hit amounts, the devs mentioned that they are still working hard on adding extra optimization to these new changes. There will also be a continuation of the War of the Roses. 

 

 

Summer Events

There will be no new event area this year but the Sea Palace will be returning alongside the Terrmian beach. The four summer event races will be brought together through different events. 

 

New Summer outfit "Badakka"

The outfit will have one main design with different various for a few more customization options for different appearances. 

 

 

This is to give people more freedom of choice rather than only having dyeing as a way to change the outfit's look. 

 

 

 

 

There are more options available that will be in the shop for players to purchase as well, all styled around a modern casual summer look. 

 

Porting to PS5 

The devs mentioned that the port to the PS5 has been going well, the footage they shown was from a current dev version of the game on PS5. 

 

The texture quality and effects have been improved while things like trees and rocks have also been enhanced. 

 

 

There's also improved LOD levels and improvements to the quality of distant views and loading times as well.

 

The devs mentioned the frame rate will be the biggest enhancement which allows players to enjoy Black Desert more comfortably and in higher quality than before. 

 

 

There will be a final test in December and then they hope to be able to announce an ETA for this version of the game. 

 

Upcoming Releases 

The Jordine Saga revamp will be added to Global on June 26th while it will be released on July 10th for Console players. 

 

 

The regular season for Arena of Solare is being added on July 3rd and will run at the same time for all regions worldwide. 

 

As this is the first season that will be taking place after the hit count reduction, the balance is still planned to be changed. 

 

There's also going to be the addition of the new male class Dosa on July 3rd as well. The new summer outfit will by July 10th.

 

 

War of the Roses will becoming back on July 14th for a regular season with some changes to make the gameplay more enjoyable. 

 

The guild system, Dehkia's Lantern 2, Asadal accessories and the Hardcore server will all be updated in all regions sequentially after LoML 2's release. 

 

The Land of the Morning Light Part 2 will be released around fall for Global regions due to localization and released in Korea on August 7th. 

 

Mountain Of Dawn Break & Demon Land 

Just to the south of the Mountain of Eternal Winter, a new region will be added called the Mountain of Dawn Break. 

 

In this area players will follow the story of Caphras and there will be a unique 100 floor dungeon for adventurers to combat. 

 

Unlike the other regions, Demon Land is being added to be one massive fortress for players to explore, you'll make your way through the castle while facing different combat mechanics. 

 

 

After these two regions are added all of the fog on the world map will be gone, revealing the entire world map to adventurers. 

 

Magnus Time Travel 

Using the magnus as a plot device that can travel to different worlds and locations, the devs are developing the magnus to allow players to go back in time.

 

 

The destination for this is the Black Desert world from thousands of years ago, with the first massive change being that Valencia was not a desert during this time period. 

 

Current Valencia Desert as we know it 

 

Old Valencia when it wasn't a desert

 

There was also speculations being made by the devs for things such as Sycria Ruins possibly being similiar to a massive underwater city like Atlantis. 

 

This has been labelled as the Era of Edana which is set thousands of years ago. This has been announced because the 10th anniversary for Black Desert is coming up. 

 

What do you think about the updates announced at Heidel Ball and all of the gifts? Let us know!


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