Details of the update for the Global Lab BDO test server, which was released on Friday, July 03, 2026
Please note that Black Desert test server update information applies specifically to the test server itself and is subject to change when the official servers are updated.
Characters
Thank you very much for your interest in the PvE balance adjustments over the past few weeks.
Today’s update marks the end of this round of PvE balance adjustments. Moving forward, we will closely monitor the changes we have made and take some time to prepare for further improvements. We fully understand the importance of class balance, as it directly impacts your gameplay experience. That is why we are constantly exploring better approaches. During this break from balance updates, we will thoroughly review the process and results of the recent adjustments to identify areas for improvement. We will do our best to deliver balance updates that better meet your expectations in the future. Thank you once again to all our Adventurers for your continued feedback..
Warrior
We have improved Warrior Succession’s combos that previously felt clunky due to the misaligned cooldowns of each skill.
With the damage and usability of Prime: Forward Slash and Absolute: Ground Slash improved, incorporating these two skills into your combos will now result in smoother combos and more consistent damage.
Main weapon, Succession
Deep Ground Slash
- The attack range of the Warrior’s Spirit skill has been adjusted to match the animation.
- Warrior’s Spirit now applies to targets in close proximity to the Warrior.
Prime: Forward Slash
- The attack range of Warrior’s Spirit applied to skills has been adjusted to match the animation.
- It now uses the same area of effect as Prime: Forward Slash.
- Attack speed now also increases when mastering the skill “Ultimate: Forward Slash”.
- However, the range of movement is slightly reduced compared to the previous version.
- Added a smooth transition to the second hit after the skill “Prime: Heavy Strike”.
- There is now a short delay after the third hit, after which the combo can resume.
- Improvements have been made to allow the Severing Thrust and Counter skills to be used consecutively after using the previous skill.
Spinning Slash
- When using the skill “Counter” after other skills such as “Spinning Slash”, the character will now rotate according to the direction of the camera at the start of the skill.
- The Warrior’s Spirit effect now also applies to targets near the Warrior.
- The damage of the following skills has been adjusted.
| Name skill | Before changes | After changes |
| Succession: Warrior’s Spirit | 978% x 1 100% damage in PvP only | 3032% x 1 32,26% damage in PvP only |
| Prime: Forward Slash III | 1747% x 2 31,14% damage in PvP only | 5049% x 1 21,55% damage in PvP only |
Valkyrie
For Valkyrie Succession, we adjusted the cooldowns of skills other than Prime: Judgment of Light and Prime: Divine Power to make it easier to build combos around these two skills.
Additionally, we adjusted the Skill Add-on tier for Prime: Sword of Judgment, making it easier to maintain its Skill Add-on buffs.
Основное оружие, Наследие
Prime: Sword of Judgment
- The awakening level of the skill “Prime: Sword of Judgment ” has been changed from 1 to 2.
- Consequently, the skill’s cooldown has been changed from 4 seconds to 6 seconds.
Gladius Gloriae
- Cooldown changed from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
Celestial Smite
- Cooldown changed from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
The damage of Valkyrie Awakening’s Awakening skills was increased so that high damage output can be maintained using only combos focused on those skills, without having to rely on Main Weapon skills like Celestial Smite or Gladius Gloriae.
Awakening
- The damage of the following skills has been adjusted.
| Name skill | Before changes | After changes |
| Purificatione | Attack damage: 4167% x 1 Energy explosion attack damage: 4167% x 2 39,59% damage in PvP only | Attack damage 4500% x 1 Energy explosion attack damage 4500% x 2 36,66% damage in PvP only |
| Castigatio | Attack damage 6073% x 1, max 3 hits 36,85% damage in PvP only | Attack damage 6559% x 1, max 3 hits 34,12% damage in PvP only |
| Divina Inpulsa | Attack 1 damage: 1876% x 1 Attack 2 damage: 3752% x 2 Last attack damage: 3752% x 2 41,57% damage in PvP only | Attack 1 damage: 2026% x 1 Attack 2 damage: 4052% x 2 Last attack damage: 4052% x 2 38,49% damage in PvP only |
| Blitz Stab | Attack damage: 6108% x 2 28,7% damage in PvP only | Attack damage 6719% x 2 26,09% damage in PvP only |
| Ultimate: Blitz Stab | Attack damage: 6108% x 2 28,7% damage in PvP only | Attack damage: 6719% x 2 26,09% damage in PvP only |
Striker
We improved the usability of Striker Awakening’s Endless Fight, allowing it to be used in the Fallout → Endless Fight → Autumn Blaze combo.
Additionally, we increased the PvE damage of skills that were previously avoided due to their low damage, ensuring their damage now matches that of the main skills.
Awakening
Endless Fight
- The skill that could be linked to “Endless Fight” has been replaced with the skill “Fallout”.
- Activation via the skill quick slot remains unchanged.
- The Down Attack effect has been removed.
- The Stiffness effect has been changed and now only applies to monsters.
- The damage of the following skills has been adjusted.
| Name skill | Before changes | After changes |
| Spiral Cannon | Attack damage: 2941% x 3. Extra attack damage: 2522% x 2. 69,8% damage in PvP only | Attack damage: 3382% x 3 Extra attack damage: 2900% x 2. 60,7% damage in PvP only |
| Battle Cry | Attack damage: 5112% x 4 Last attack damage: 5858% x 1 32,06% damage in PvP only | Attack damage: 5879% x 4 Last attack damage: 6738% x 1 27,06% damage in PvP only |
| Echo Spirit | Attack damage: 2107% x 8. 57,49% damage in PvP only | Attack damage: 2423% x 8. 49,99% damage in PvP only |
Ninja
Ninja Awakening uses quick motions to weave most of his skills into his combat flow. However, some of the skills used in his combos dealt low damage, resulting in lower-than-expected average damage output.
To address this, we have increased the damage of some skills.
Awakening
- The damage of the following skills has been adjusted.
| Name skill | Before changes | After changes |
| Seamless | 2336% x 2, max 3 hits 31,67% damage in PvP only | 3018% x 2, max 3 hits 24,51% damage in PvP only |
| Flow: Execution | Attack damage 4025% x 2 46,58% damage in PvP only | Attack damage 5563% x 2 33,7% damage in PvP only |
| Sudden Decapitation (Basic Stance, Awakened Stance) | Attack 1 damage: 5508% x 1 Attack 2 damage: 5508% x 2 Attack 3 damage: 5508% x 2 34% damage in PvP only | Attack 1 damage: 6103% x 1 Attack 2 damage: 6103% x 2 Attack 3 damage: 6103% x 2 30,69% damage in PvP only |
| Sudden Decapitation (secondary Stance) | Upward strike attack damage: 4016% x 2. Downward strike attack damage: 4016% x 2 34% damage in PvP only | Upward strike attack damage: 4450% x 2. Downward strike attack damage: 4450% x 2 30,69% damage in PvP only |
| Flow: Mach Explosion | Attack 1 damage: 2225% x 4 Attack 2 damage 8052% x 2 27,95% attack 1 damage in PvP only 39,01% attack 2 damage in PvP only | Attack 1 damage: 2448% x 4 Attack 2 damage: 8860% x 2 25,4% attack 1 damage in PvP only 35,45% attack 2 damage in PvP only |
| Flashing Light | Attack damage 8281% x 2 37,96% damage in PvP only | Attack damage 9103% x 2 34,53% damage in PvP only |
| Corrupt Sword Dance (Basic, secondary Stance) | Attacks 1 and 2 damage 4020% x 2 Forward attack damage: 4020% x 2, max 3 hits Backward attack damage: 4020% x 1 42,03% damage in PvP only | Attacks 1 and 2 damage 4340% x 2 Forward attack damage: 4340% x 2, max 3 hits Backward attack damage: 4340% x 1 38,93% damage in PvP only |
| Corrupt Sword Dance (Awakened Stance) | Attack 1 damage: 5019% x 2 Attack 2 damage: 5019% x 2 42,03% damage in PvP only | Attack 1 damage: 5419% x 2 Attack 2 damage: 5419% x 2 38,93% damage in PvP only |
| Bloodthirst: Katana Shower | Slash attack damage: 2102% x 1 Blade attack damage: 4730% x 4; Last attack damage: 5120% x 1. 29,34% slash and blade attack damage in PvP only 46,58% last attack damage in PvP only | Slash attack damage: 2272% x 1 Blade attack damage: 5113% x 4; Last attack damage: 5535% x 1. 27,14 % slash and blade attack damage in PvP only 43,09% last attack damage in PvP only |
Corsair
Most of Corsair Succession’s Recover HP effects were tied to Mareca skills, which generally take longer to use. To address this in PvE, we have added or increased the Recover HP effects of non-Mareca skills.
Additionally, we have improved her damage output in situations that require repositioning, such as attacking monsters from behind, as it previously felt lacking compared to using skills quickly while stationary.
Main weapon, Succession
Crashing Wave
- Added an effect that restores +38/46/54/62/70/78 HP per hit.
Flow: Squall
- HP recovery effect per hit increased from +50/63/75/100 → +96/120/144/168.
Prime: Wave Lash
- Added an effect that restores +60/75/90/105 HP per hit.
Wave Blast
- Added an effect that restores +132 HP per hit.
- The damage of the following skills has been adjusted.
| Name skill | Before changes | After changes |
| Prime: Storm Surge | Attack 1 damage 3156% x 1, max 2 hits Last attack damage 3156% x 2 50,91% damage in PvP only | Attack 1 damage 3696% x 1, max 2 hits Last attack damage 3696% x 2 43,47% damage in PvP only |
| Соответственно, урон от навыка “Комбо: Стихающий шторм” также изменен. | ||
| Prime: Ocean’s Allure | Attack 1 damage: 1395% x 2 Attack 2 damage: 3721% x 2 66,49% damage in PvP only | Attack 1 damage: 1582% x 2 Attack 2 damage: 4218% x 2 58,66% damage in PvP only |
| Prime: Ocean Melancholy | Attack damage 3588% x 1, max 3 hits 48,96% damage in PvP only | Attack damage 4067% x 1, max 3 hits 43,20% damage in PvP only |
Class changes and fix
- [Ninja] Fixed an issue where sprinting was possible when using Ninjutsu: Block Jump while in Ninjutsu: Oni Shadow stealth mode.
- [Shai] Fixed an issue where the stun effect would apply more frequently than intended in certain situations when using the skill “Forest’s Echo” in the “We’re Gonna Win!” state.
- [Shai] Fixed an issue where the Talent skill effect was applied less effectively if the character continued moving in the “We’re Gonna Win!” state compared to standing still.
- [Hashashin] Fixed an issue where the Retribution buff effect would disappear when using Mirage in the Dual Glaives state.
- [Nova] Fixed an issue where character movement was unnatural when using Break Orbit to the left in Sting.
- [Woosa] Fixed an issue where the skill “Chain: Flitting Step” would activate first when pressing W + Shift after the skill “Butterfly Step” in Main Weapon Mode.
Content
- The second semester at Olvia Academy has been extended.
- We ask adventurers seeking the second semester to take their time, and those who haven’t yet enrolled to submit their applications quickly..
| Olvia Academy, 2nd semester | Before changes | After changes |
| Period of progress | Korea – Until scheduled maintenance on July 8th Global version – Until scheduled maintenance on July 9th. | Korea – Until scheduled maintenance on July 29 Global version – Until scheduled maintenance on July 30. |
| Reception period | Korea – Until scheduled maintenance on July 15 Global version – Until scheduled maintenance on July 16 | Korea – Until scheduled maintenance on July 22 Global version – Until scheduled maintenance on July 23 |
| Order acceptance period | Korea – Until scheduled maintenance on July 15 Global version – Until scheduled maintenance on July 16. | Korea – Until scheduled maintenance on July 22 Global availability – Until 11:59 PM on July 22 |
Items
- Added an animation for opening the next Atoraxxion reward chest.
Vahmalkea: Desert Chest- Sycrakea: Abyssal Chest
- Yolunakea: Scalding Chest
- Orzekea: Void Chest
Vahmalkea: Desert Chest
Sycrakea: Abyssal Chest
Yolunakea: Scalding Chest
Orzekea: Void Chest※ The animation added to the Atoraxxion reward chest is identical to the animation that appears when opening loot in the Black Shrine raid, etc.
Monsters
Black Shrine – Donghae (Solo): Songakshi Calamity 8-10
Songakshi, the tormented soul who struck fear into the hearts of the young men of the Land of the Morning Light, returns in an even more powerful form.
With the Calamity 8, 9, and 10 difficulties added in this update, we have introduced brand-new mechanics to deliver a fresh challenge. The overall difficulty of this Boss Blitz is similar to the recently added Duoksini and Oduksini.
We hope your courage and wisdom will allow you to defeat Songakshi, who radiates a chilling aura, and protect the peace of the Land of the Morning Light.
- Added difficulty levels 8, 9, 10 for the Black Shrine – Donghae (Solo): Songakshi.
- To pass the test at each difficulty level, you must meet the following performance requirements:.
| Boss difficulty | Required indicators |
| 8 | Display AP: 365 |
| 9 | Display AP: 375 |
| 10 | Display AP: 385 |
※ At difficulty levels 8 and above, stats from the Light Orb (Sun/Moon/Earth energy) do not apply; instead, stats are determined by the equipment the character is wearing at the time of entry.
※ Bosses of each difficulty level share the weekly number of bosses killed from the existing Black Shrine – Donghae (Solo).
- The weekly loot rewarded for defeating a boss on each difficulty level is as follows:
- Depending on the boss’s rank, you can get trophies up to rank 1; the higher the rank, the more guaranteed trophies and the higher the chance of getting random trophies.
- For items whose quantity is not specified, you receive 1.
 Boss Blitz Reward: Songakshi VIII (Rank 1-9) | |
| Guaranteed reward | Additionally, with a certain probability |
   – Tear of Illusion – Embers of Hongik 20-23 – Memory Fragment 15-20 – Sangpyeong Coin 105-120 – Black Stone 50 – Sealed Black Magic Crystal 5 – Imperfect Lightstone of Wind – Trace of Nature 15-17 – Essence of Dawn 20-24 – Trace of Thunderbolt (when unlocking level 1 mining) – Gold Bar 1 KG 2 – Essence of Dawn Box |     – Dahn’s Gloves – Deboreka Earring – Deboreka Earring I – Deboreka Earring II – Flame of Hongik – Faint Origin of Dark Hunger – Essence of Taebaek – Crystal of Harmony – Crystal of Darkness – Crystal of Bitterness – Crystal of Decimation – Bonghwang’s Tear – Haetae’s Tear – Girin’s Tear – Resplendent Lightstone of Wind – Trace of Thunderbolt (when unlocking level 2-9 mining) |
Boss Blitz Reward: Songakshi IX (Rank 1-9) | |
| Guaranteed reward | Additionally, with a certain probability |
– Tear of Illusion – Embers of Hongik 22~24 – Memory Fragment 20~25 – Sangpyeong Coin 105-120 – Black Stone 50~55 – Sealed Black Magic Crystal 5 – Imperfect Lightstone of Wind – Trace of Nature 20 – Essence of Dawn 21~24 – Trace of Thunderbolt (when unlocking level 1 mining) – Gold Bar 1 KG 2~3 – Essence of Dawn Box 2 | – Dahn’s Gloves – Deboreka Earring – Deboreka Earring I – Deboreka Earring II – Flame of Hongik – Faint Origin of Dark Hunger – Essence of Taebaek – Crystal of Harmony – Crystal of Darkness – Crystal of Bitterness – Crystal of Decimation – Bonghwang’s Tear – Haetae’s Tear – Girin’s Tear – Resplendent Lightstone of Wind – Trace of Thunderbolt (when unlocking level 2-9 mining) |
Boss Blitz Reward: Songakshi X (Rank 1-9) | |
| Guaranteed reward | Additionally, with a certain probability |
Faint Origin of Dark Hunger (when unlocking level 1 mining) – Tear of Illusion – Embers of Hongik 22~24 – Memory Fragment 20~25 – Sangpyeong Coin 110~125 – Black Stone 50~55 – Sealed Black Magic Crystal 5 – Imperfect Lightstone of Wind – Trace of Nature 20 – Essence of Dawn 23~25 – Trace of Thunderbolt – Gold Bar 1 KG 3 – Essence of Dawn Box 3 | – Dahn’s Gloves – Deboreka Earring – Deboreka Earring I – Deboreka Earring II – Flame of Hongik – Faint Origin of Dark Hunger (when unlocking level 2-9 mining) – Essence of Taebaek – Crystal of Harmony – Crystal of Darkness – Crystal of Bitterness – Crystal of Decimation – Bonghwang’s Tear – Haetae’s Tear – Girin’s Tear – Resplendent Lightstone of Wind |
Increased Landscape Paint Drop Rates in Monster Zones
Allan Serbin’s Landscape Paint gives you a chance to obtain treasure items without being limited to their original monster zones. The paint can be obtained by defeating monsters in designated monster zones.
However, many of these zones are too easy for Adventurers with high-level gear. To address this, we have increased the drop rate of the paint so you can obtain it faster and move on to monster zones that better match your gear level.
- The drop rate of Landscape Paint obtained from the following monster zones has been adjusted.
| Zones with monsters | Adjusting the probability of acquisition |
| Ash Forest | Increased by approximately 2.49 times compared to the previous level. |
| [Dehkia’s Lantern] Ash Forest | Increased by approximately 2.41 times compared to the previous level. |
| [Dehkia’s Lantern II] Ash Forest | Increased by approximately 2.37 times compared to the existing level. |
| upper level Sycraia Underwater Ruins | Increased by approximately 2.47 times compared to the existing level. |
| lower level Sycraia Underwater Ruins | Increased by approximately 1.69 times compared to the previous level. |
| Roud Sulfur Works | Increased by approximately 2.40 times compared to the existing level. |
| [Dehkia’s Lantern] Roud Sulfur Works | Increased by approximately 2.41 times compared to the previous level. |
| Pila Ku Jail | Increased by approximately 2.47 times compared to the existing level. |
| [Dehkia’s Lantern] Pila Ku Jail | Increased by approximately 2.44 times compared to the previous level. |
| Aakman Temple | Increased by approximately 2.48 times compared to the existing level. |
| [Dehkia’s Lantern] Aakman Temple | Increased by approximately 2.44 times compared to the previous level. |
| Hystria Ruins | Increased by approximately 2.53 times compared to the previous level. |
| [Dehkia’s Lantern] Hystria Ruins | Increased by approximately 2.48 times compared to the existing level. |
| Padix Island | Increased by approximately 3.09 times compared to the existing level. |
| Crypt of Resting Thoughts | Increased by approximately 8.17 times compared to the existing level. |
| City of the Dead | Increased by approximately 2.89 times compared to the previous level. |
| Tungrad Ruins | Increased by approximately 1.75 times compared to the existing level. |
| Darkseekers’ Retreat | Increased by approximately 2.39 times compared to the previous level. |
- Improvements have been made to ensure that Allan Serbin’s Landscape Paint is applied to areas with [Dekiah’s Lantern] Tunkuta monsters.
- Changes have been made so that when Beelzebub appears, the HP of Shadow Knights of Zephyros who have been exposed to powerful energy is significantly reduced.
Orbita Castle’s monster zone
- The following improvements have been made to provide a more natural display of Titans:
- Fixed an issue where the attack danger zone display would appear unnatural.
- Fixed an issue where the direction Titans were facing looked unnatural.
- Fixed a bug that prevented characters from being knocked back.
- To ensure a more natural display of the Gravekeeper Golem, the following improvements have been made:
- Fixed the Gravekeeper Golem unnatural directionality.
- Fixed an issue with characters being thrown backwards.
Background, NPCs, effects, cutscenes
- The NPC blacksmith Kadir in the Hakinza Sanctuary has started trading Latent Boss Aura.
- As with NPC blacksmiths in other villages, you can exchange Latent Boss Aura for weapons, armor, or memory fragments.
Conquest war, node war
- Improved the interface for displaying the status of conquest war, allowing you to check the performance of participating siege guilds (alliances) before destroying a field command post or the defending side’s command post.
- You can view the status of conquest war in the menu (ESC) – War (F7) – Conquest war.
Guild Mounts
Guild Mounts play a vital role in guild-level PvP content, such as Node/Conquest Wars, and the Blue Battlefield.
Due to their importance, only guild members with a specific permission are allowed to manage them. However, Mount Transport was available regardless of this permission, so we have corrected this.
- The guild mount transfer feature has been changed so that it can only be used by guild members who have mount control rights.
UI
- Improvements have been made so that when a new player mounts a leveling mount with less than 30 stamina, the description related to the mount’s stamina is displayed.
- The following animal species are presented in this description: horses, camels, elephants and donkeys.
- Changed so that selecting a different character while viewing the equipment/inventory interface of one character in the account character view mode on the world map (M) displays that character’s equipment/inventory.
- The Open Warehouse button (M), which appears at the top of the screen when opening a warehouse, has been moved to the far right.
- Improvements have been made so that when equipping a rod with a limited durability, a durability warning will be displayed based on the remaining usage time.
- Even if the actual durability of the fishing rod has not yet been exhausted, a warning will be displayed when the rod is about to expire.
- This warning appears when changing the fishing position or performing automatic fishing after the display conditions have been met.
| Upon expiration | When the validity period is 10% or less |
 Marked as having insufficient strength (red) |  Displayed as an expiration date warning (orange) |
Changes and fix
- Fixed an issue where the exclusive animation would not appear when the Clocked In outfit was equipped on the Personal Maid of the following classes.
- Ninja, Kunoichi, Guardian, Scholar
- Fixed an issue where the quest “[Morning Light] Tokkaebi Storyteller’s Trial” would not appear in the list of recommended quests.
- Fixed an issue where the quest “Mischievous Trickster” would not progress after obtaining knowledge about the highest point on Byukgye Island.
- Improvements have been made to allow you to receive more detailed instructions on completing tasks when communicating with the NPC Garania on the island of Papua Crinea.
- Fixed an issue where unnatural furniture would float on the shore of the harbor in the dead of night.
- Fixed an issue where players could step on transparent platforms inside Magnus.
- Fixed an issue where some objects would be incorrectly summoned when quickly selecting the next illusion after completing the Altar of Blood phase.
- Fixed an issue where merit points were not awarded when destroying Tier 2 Siege Defense Towers in Capture mode.
- Fixed an issue where using the Command to Gather skill at the start of the Ulukita Node war would occasionally cause players to fall underground.
- Conquest Mode Battle Result Status – Fixed an issue where the top 10 killed adventurers records would not display correctly in the Alliance UI.
- Fixed an issue where selecting “Use Abyssal Well” while using pathfinding would result in the wrong location.
- Fixed an issue where settings would not display correctly when using Load from Local Settings Storage while the Auto Use Potions/Food feature was enabled.
- Accordingly, the automatic potion/cooking feature will be disabled when using loading from local settings storage.
- Fixed an issue where the “Register Maid/Butler to Cafe PC” button would reappear and then not appear after the character reconnected after clicking that button in the maid/butler list.
- Fixed an issue where the “Snowfall Crasher” event would appear in the menu (ESC) in some situations.
- [Gamepad Mode] Fixed an issue where descriptions of each item were not displayed in the status area at the bottom left of the My Information (P) section.
- [Gamepad Mode] Fixed an issue where the world map would close when pressing the B key while an central market was open on the world map (M).
- [Gamepad Mode] Fixed an issue where an error would occasionally occur when exiting Magnus.
