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2025 Calpheon Ball Summary: New Class, PVE/PVP Updates, Life Content Improvements, etc.
Summarizes the Black Desert update announced at the 2025 Calpheon Ball. Covers the introduction of the new class Savior, improvements to PVE and PVP content, Olvia Academy, life content updates, convenience features, and various events and collaboration news.
1. ⚔️ Introducing the New Class Savior: Weapon, Combat Style, Form Transformation
- ✅ The Savior uses the Covenant (main weapon) and Seal (sub-weapon), and has a combat style specialized in finishing blows.
- ✅ It has the characteristic of never-ending smoke, and the skill motion changes depending on the input timing.
- ✅ It has various combat elements such as grabbing, opening, blocking, and damage reduction.
- ✅ It has two combat forms: Angel Form (PP specialized, fast motion, narrow range) and Demon Form (PE specialized, slow attack speed, wide range).
- ✅ Olvia Academy will be introduced as a system for new users.
00:02 - 01:19
1. ⚔️ Introducing the New Class Savior: Weapon, Combat Style, Form Transformation
- ✅ The Savior uses the Covenant (main weapon) and Seal (sub-weapon), and has a combat style specialized in finishing blows.
- ✅ It has the characteristic of never-ending smoke, and the skill motion changes depending on the input timing.
- ✅ It has various combat elements such as grabbing, opening, blocking, and damage reduction.
- ✅ It has two combat forms: Angel Form (PP specialized, fast motion, narrow range) and Demon Form (PE specialized, slow attack speed, wide range).
- ✅ Olvia Academy will be introduced as a system for new users.
01:20 - 04:20
2. 🏞️ PVE Update: New Hunting Grounds, Party Hunting Grounds, Additional Loot and Enhanced Rewards
- ✅ New Hunting Ground Remake: Star's End, Sycraia Underwater Ruins Deep Sea, Zephyros Fortress added (Recommended Attack/Defense Power: 395).
- ✅ Added 3-person party hunting grounds: Black Aura of Edana, Forgotten Maze Ruins, Dekia Lantern Gyfin Rhasia Temple Ground (Required Attack/Defense Power: 350~380 / 427~440).
- ✅ Added top-tier hunting ground exclusive loot: Corrupted Immortal Oil, Effect Dye drop.
- ✅ Enhanced target-oriented rewards: Providing a choice box of exquisite hammers or a choice reward of Cron Stones when reaching a specific attack power value.
- ✅ Expanded content Cron Stone rewards: Cron Stones can be obtained when defeating Dark Rifts and Atoraxxion bosses.
- ✅ World Boss Improvement: Schedule reorganization, simultaneous appearance, reward increase.
- ✅ Integrated campsite annex buffs in the form of scrolls (Pearl Item).
- ✅ Improved growth convenience: Increased number of uses of Skill Generous Touch, stacking of Primal Black Stones possible, added function of Marni's Exploration Report.
- ✅ Alchemist Stone Reorganization: Can craft Vell's Heart into Shining Destruction/Vell's Heart, simple alchemy possible from Luminous grade.
- ✅ Blood Altar Remake: Reborn as a 3-person cooperative PVE content (stage method).
04:21 - 09:17
3. ⚔️ PVP Update: Node War/Conquest War Improvement, Red Battlefield, Arena of Solare, Rose War
- ✅ Node War Improvement Direction: Added new territories (Olukita, Edana), improved rules and convenience, enhanced rewards.
- ✅ Node War Stage Organization: Stage 1 (Balenos, Serendia), Stage 2 (Valencia, Olukita), Stage 3 (Calpheon, Edana). Stages 2 and 3 are rotated.
- ✅ Conquest Method Node Rule Change: Territory division according to the number of participating guilds, the last remaining citadel is converted to a question mark node.
- ✅ Construction Method Node Improvement: Simplified total kill/death number condition, increased progress time.
- ✅ Rule and Convenience Improvement: Added alliance member world map guide pin function, changed application method of injury, gathering possible in desert area, improved UI for whether trap installation is possible.
- ✅ Node Activity Feedback Improvement: Clarified feedback according to combat contribution (siege weapon, building operation, consecutive kills, etc.).
- ✅ Node Reward Enhancement: Enhanced basic rewards, added Brilliant Honorable Medal reward, periodic remake of rewards.
- ✅ Conquest War Win/Loss Structure Improvement: Immediate termination when the winning side's command post is destroyed, the guild with the highest score becomes the lord.
- ✅ Siege System Reorganization: Strategic building placement, summon usage possible, reward acquisition proportional to the time endured.
- ✅ Conquest War Territory and Buff Change: Balenos, Serendia, Mediah, Valencia composition, item acquisition probability increase buff applied to the entire world by territory.
- ✅ Red Battlefield Improvement: Clarified reward criteria (kill/death, damage), Valencia Red Battlefield occupation point reflection, enhanced honor/long-term rewards.
- ✅ Arena of Solare Improvement: Same score acquired upon victory, differential score reduction by tier upon defeat, MMR-based matchmaking, voice chat automatically activated (microphone default disabled), HUD improvement.
- ✅ Rose War Improvement: Adjusted balance of the Altar of Righteousness, reduced monster PVP reduction effect, changed object appearance time, added commander protection effect, enhanced rewards.
09:18 - 10:24
4. 🎓 Olvia Academy and Guild Related Improvements
- ✅ Olvia Academy: Starts January 7, 2026, can participate after season graduation, includes combat advanced/life class/faculty system, provides generous rewards (Cron Stones, Valks' Advice, Blackstar weapon enhancement, etc.).
- ✅ Early Section Reorganization: Changed Magonos/Euloe selection content, deleted Naru equipment, can start with Tuvala equipment.
- ✅ Guild Related Improvement: Changed guild mission charging method, increased guild boss rewards (raid mercenaries not allowed), simplified boss movement, created exclusive subjugation area, changed guild production material procurement method, activated party/platoon search.
10:25 - 11:23
5. 🎣 Life Content Improvement: Gathering, Cultivation, Trade, Hunting, Fishing Update
- ✅ Overall Life Content Upgrade: Can level up after saving gathering experience, added new wild horse.
- ✅ Cultivation: Changed harvest time (20 hours), increased experience/yield.
- ✅ Trade: Eased weight of stage 2 trade goods, added new trade (Land of the Morning Light, Edana, Kamasylvia).
- ✅ Hunting: Added Edana general hunting monster, added taxidermy furniture.
- ✅ Fishing: Improved inland revenue, added manual fishing automatic discard.
- ✅ Croc-dalo Nest Improvement: Can store 5 horses, Croc-dalo can be stored, automatic horse storage function added when moving items.
- ✅ Added life treasure 'Nostos Return Stone': Can be equipped in the campsite and moved to the manor/residence (production materials: lumbering, sap extraction, hoe gathering, butchering, skinning, mining).
11:24 - 12:13
6. ✨ Added Convenience Features, Events, Collaboration and New Character Preview
- ✅ Added Convenience Features: Instant character switching (scheduled for March update), can view skills of other classes, view all gathering items, world map function shortcut key, integrated adventure log.
- ✅ Event: Added a clumsy, thumping, snowy garden board game event.
- ✅ New Outfit: Spotlight to be released.
- ✅ Black Desert X Crimson Desert collaboration product sales.
- ✅ New Character Preview: Character presumed to be Dead Eye's younger brother revealed.