Black Desert

Bondurant said:

June 28th, Heidel Ball "leaks":

Spoiler: Maybe, maybe not

Black Desert: Heidel Ball 2025

Report: Half-yearly report before the Heidel Ball.

Here comes the traditional half-yearly post for the content awaiting us at the ball! There is a lot of information, and a lot of expectations. Let's begin.

✦New territory - Edania, Hell, Demon Land, Northern Valencia.
Amelia called the Black Star to the Star's End. A false meteorite, the Red Star, from which the Blackstar weapon was forged, flew in to answer the call. The true Black Star fell on Northern Valencia, where it recreated a true paradise.

Let me remind you that the developers hinted to the players about the further development of events after the meteorite fell in Edania, Northern Valencia: a huge castle will emerge from the meteorite crater, which will open the players a journey to other worlds through the Gates of Alyaelli. In our case, there are several castles. The location promises to be gloomy and touch on the background of such classes as Hashashin and Nova. Do not forget that according to the storyline of O'dyllita, players are destined to go to another world to fight Hadum with the help of the Stone of Imbalance, suspiciously made in similar purple tones.

After the end of Atoraxxion, the player will have to follow Illezra after the Last Gladios to Edania, however, her words are interpreted completely differently: if Edania was previously called Alyaelli, now it is fully confirmed that Alyaelli, the Land of Truth, is a separate dimension, if not a territory. Illezra will most likely appear in the finale of the Edania story, namely in the second part. It is confirmed that the Legion of Ators will be in Edania along with half-destroyed models of giants.

Having set foot on the lands of demons, the player will see territorial castles and single siege PVP content. In addition, you will have to fight the Castle Bosses - Jordine, Enslar, Caphras, Rusalka, Cartian.

The history of Cartian and Rusalka was just touched upon by the latest updates in old knowledge and new fishing quests. The knowledge of Cartian is no longer forbidden, while Rusalka is associated with the Kingdom of ancient Orzekea (now this is modern O'dyllita, not to be confused with Orzekea in Atoraxxion).

✦It seems that the Hashashins will be associated with the main foothold for the player. In the Ziggurat of the Hashashins, where they guard the Gates of Alyaelli, there are all the associative statues of the Bosses of Edania, which can be implemented as an entry point to the battle, like in the Black Shrines. For each of the Bosses of Edania, there is a Throne Room with a Throne made in the individual style of the Bosses. Details of the battle with the bosses have also become known.

JORDINE
In the battle with Jordine, he transforms into something new. The boss is associated with the two-handed sword of the awakened Warrior.

ENSLAR
In the battle with Enslar, the player will encounter mechanics dedicated to manipulating fragments of light and darkness, and summoned figures and copies of herself that Enslar will reveal in battle. Her mechanics are randomized and have several variations.

CAPHRAS
In the battle with Caphras, the player will encounter an elf transformed into something with claws and a tail, throwing meteorites onto the battlefield. His transformation is supposedly connected with Ibedor and a certain sprout of a new tree. Also, fight with Caphras is divided into two parts - a fight with his humanoid essence, normal, and with a transformed one. It is worth remembering that the main story of Caphras should be in the Mountains of Dawn. His appearance is prepared more carefully than other bosses in Edania.

RUSALKA
In the fight with Rusalka, the player will face mechanics, from Uturi and Orze. Wielding a frost spear, Rusalka manipulates tornadoes and waves, throws the player up, shackles them in water prisons and forces them to look for safe zones on the battlefield. Historically, Rusalka is the mother of the Corsair.

CARTIAN
Not yet known.

✦New territory — Mountains of Dawn.
At the moment, Mountains of Dawn are ALREADY READY AND RENDERED ON THE MAP! The sudden information not only confused, but also stunned, how to interpret the plans of the developers. The territory of Mountains of Dawn was prepared before the preparation of Edania and at the same time. It is known that the territory is located right below Ulukita and is an ascent to the mountain. However, it is not united with O'dyllita and leaves a gaping hole on the continent under the Mountains of Eternal Winter.

Mountains of Dawn, as a continuation of Mountains of Eternal Winter and Ulukita, is dedicated to one of the most important characters in the history of the world of the Black Desert — the elf luthragon Caphras. Caphras is also found among the Bosses of Edania, apparently, together with the serpent Ibedor. But unlike the other Bosses, his appearance is made more painstakingly than the others and the character model has several variations at once — it seems that this is not his only appearance. The identity of Caphras has long remained shrouded in mystery, as has his mysterious disappearance, his connection to Hadum, and some alchemical discoveries, such as the properties of Vell's heart. After so many years, the face of the mysterious alchemist will be revealed to the world.
Most likely, the storyline of the Mountains of Dawn will start in Ulukita with the Society of Equilibrium, whose presence has not yet been explained. Perhaps the Knights of Dawn will be affected. Where are all the other luthragons besides Caphras is a pressing question that may also be answered in the Mountains of Dawn.

✦Caphras went to the Altar of Blood to save the world from the coming of Hadum. A 100-level PVE dungeon is planned.

✦Abyss Two: Omnibus
The Omnibus is supposed to open a new floor in the Timeless Dimension and continue the story with characters from the closed Shadow Arena and slumbering Yeonghwa after the events in Seoul, the Land of the Morning Light. Previously, it was believed that the Omnibus was postponed for the near future due to the expanding world map of the Black Desert. The assumption was confirmed. The Omnibus can be considered a plot continuation of Magnus, which the developers declared as a springboard for traveling between space and time.
The potential of the Abyss is still huge, and its continuation is a matter of time.

The true existence of the Omnibus in the game is due to the developers' statement after the completion of Edania to touch on the story of Magnus. Perhaps some details will be revealed at the Heidel Ball 2025. If not, the information will be investigated by the next ball.

✦New class - Wukong.
The port of Wukong from the Chinese version of the game has been successfully completed. The much-talked-about class is not just ready, but has long been awaiting release on the official servers. Perhaps this will be the most balanced, optimized and high-quality class of all existing in the game, due to the current situation around its development since 2020. Let me remind you that Wukong was supposed to be released instead of the Sage and was announced at the reception of that time, but the development plans changed.

✦New class — ???
At the moment, it is expected to release 5 more classes. With the latest trend, the developers are now deliberately showing the community several upcoming classes at once.
With some chance, the new territory of Edania will be dedicated to its own new class - perhaps the Necromancer, since the developers began to fulfill the wishes of players. From speculative thoughts - the next class may be Eddie, inspired by the sorcerer Gannicus. As experience has shown, Deadeye turned out to be dedicated to Ulukita.

There is a chance that one of the next classes will be dedicated to the Mountains of Dawn. There are no obvious prerequisites.

✦Additional Sovereign weapon will be shown at the Heidel Ball 2025.
It seems that the Additional Sovereign Weapon can be obtained from fights with the Bosses of Edania. This weapon may be called differently, but it belongs to the endgame gear set. Its production method may change from what is already known, but with this information, you can already prepare in advance.

✦Dream Voltarion.
Dream Voltarion may be shown at the Heidel Ball. Although the horse in the game is identified as a treasure, the breakdown of the horse into 2 genders signals future content in advance, suggesting that players prepare. Whether the awakening system will be similar to the rest of the Mythicals is unknown.

It is assumed that Dream Voltarion will be made in green or purple colors. If Voltarion is subject to space-time in the theme of lightning, the Mythical version may concern the Cosmos, Magnetic fields in the style of pulsars, or be confined to the parallel dimension of Elvia or Alyaelli.

✦Incarnation of Krogdalo.
Developer Vansu, who was be speaking for the first time at the Calpheon Ball 2024 instead of J, mentioned the possibility of combining all the Mythicals into one, or implementing the functionality of each illusion that changes in a certain situation. At the Heidel Ball 2025, it will become clear which path the devel

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Pyros said:

There is a bunch more stuff now after seasons, free PEN Blackstars and shit, and the gearing is also kinda faster-ish with the new accessories and Tuvala X I think? But yeah there's a big gap between a lot of the new content they're adding and where a new player will be after like a month, but that's pretty standard with this game.

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Kirun said:

Does the game still start you off at roughly 240 AP/DP after seasons? If so, that's fucking wild to me. They really need to update seasons at this point to kick you out around 290-300. I can't imagine they're getting ANY new players at this point with how far behind seasons are structured.

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Bondurant said:

IIRC Full PEN Tuvala is around 268 AP.

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Uriel said:

Its 248 I think.

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