Latest Black Desert Online News

Kakao Games has announced that the Mysteries of Summer event will be landing in Black Desert Online starting June 28th. The event is said to be "heavily inspired by Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One" film. During the course of Mysteries of Summer, players will be charged with completing the challenges in a race to be first. There will be prizes awarded to those who are in the top echelons including an Alienware Area-51 R5 PC, ultrawide monitors, GEforce GTX 1070Ti GPUs and more.

When today's maintenance is complete, Black Desert Online players will be able to enjoy a new event called Golden Goal. Players, through gameplay, try to collect a variety of colored balls that can be traded for a special Golden Ball currency that can be traded to Morco of the Crow Merchants Guild located in several cities.

The Black Desert Online forum has a new notice to inform the community about a new wave of bans and to put hackers on notice that more frequent bans will be coming. The current wave of bans "go after not only people that are actively using 3rd party software but also historic cheaters" the post reads.

The Black Desert Online site has been updated with a new post to let players know that they can now "date an NPC". The process is simple. Players simply need to check out the 15 available bachelors and bachelorettes and begin to "build amity" by choosing to give them presents. The process can be accelerated by using Marketplace-registrable items up to 50M Silver. When the Amity level reaches 1,000, it's time for the big confession of affection. But wait! That's not all!

Pearl Abyss announced that the Black Desert Online XBox One beta will be taking place in Fall 2018. The trailer said that BDO would be coming to XBox One as a "console launch exclusive".

Earlier today, we reported on the rising discontent in the Black Desert Online community with regard to the Hystria hack and other programs allowing some players to gain advantage over others. In a new post on the BDO forum, Kakao developers have written that "we've been working to identify those malicious players to execute a thorough ban wave". Over 700 accounts have been banned permanently.

The Black Desert Online community is in an uproar over the seemingly endless rise in hacking and bot use in the game. "Players have been complaining for nearly 2 years now and Kakao, the publisher, haven't budged at all whilst the number of hackers/botters increases" our tipster wrote. "We even have cases of users who have been speed hacking for 6 months with multiple reports still being able to play the game".

After today's Black Desert Online maintenance is complete, the Lahn class will have received her Awakening. She will be equipped with a pair of chained swords called the Crimson Glaives that can perform devastating ranged attacks or she can use a new skill called Soul Raid that allows her to pull enemies to her for melee combat. The Lahn will also be able to quickly switch between pre-Awakened and Awakened forms.

Black Desert Online has been updated to bring the new Lahn Absolute Skills on board. In addition, the Valencia Hunt-a-Thon has started and will run through June 13th. Players will need to find and defeat several types of critters in order to get hold of trophies and participation rewards. The BDO team also has a small gift for players in appreciation for their patience with recent class balance updates.

The Black Desert Online Twitter (and forum) have been updated with the news that the new Lahn class is now available in the game. She brings "aerial acrobatics and fast-paced combat" to players who choose to play her. Players can take part in the Lahn Level-up Challenge from today through May 13th. In addition to the Lahn, players can look for additional changes to all classes and are asked to provide feedback to the team.