Black Desert Online has formally introduced the Ancient Anvil, a new gear enhancement system that will give you another shot at guaranteed enhancement should you fail in prior attempts.
This is part of a series of quality of life changes that Pearl Abyss has been making to make Black Desert more player-friendly and more welcoming to new and returning players. They unveiled the system recently. Now there are more details on how it all works and how you can benefit.
The system provides a safeguard. If you fail to enhance your gear, with this new feature in place, you accumulate Agris Essence, and after the number of essences reaches a certain threshold, the Ancient Anvil will take care of that next enhancement attempt and guarantee success.
Essences will stack on each weapon or armor piece you try, as long as they're in the same group. So trying and failing on enhancement for a TET Blackstar Greatsword and a TET Blackstar Crossbow will accumulate essences in the same stack and get you closer to that guaranteed upgrade. Accessories will work differently, with essences only counting for that one item.
Still, the system at least makes the rough luck of item enhancement failures worth something. The system gives everyone a second chance without diluting the process of enhancement or making the risk not worth taking. PEarl Abyss stated that they wanted to add something like this to help keep players invested longer and reduce frustration, and this could make some feel the enhancement risk is worth taking.
After this, the team is looking at tweaking other enhancement and upgrade systems. You can now take advantage of this system in Black Desert Online.
