It’s time for Dosa Awakening to command the five elements for new ways to play in Black Desert Online. Today’s update also adds a lot more Land of the Morning Light - Seoul content, new events, and improvements.
Dosa Awakening is the centerpiece of this latest update, with the already versatile and unique class, a master of both sword strikes and summoning spectral warriors and shrouding the area in fog, now a master of elemental generation. He uses his Awakening weapon, the Enlightened Blade, and can not only use the elements of fire, water, air, metal, earth, and wood, but he can use them in devastating combos to enhance one another. Think using a fire skill, then using a wood skill to strengthen the flame’s impact. There’s a lot more to explore with the new combat options.
The update also starts some events to help you to level up a Dosa Awakening character and much more. There are also a few ongoing events, including daily login rewards, season++ progression bonuses, and returning player rewards.
Land of the Morning Light - Seoul gets a ton of new content, in particular, 149 general quests in the various regions of Seoul. The bulk of the new quests–84 of them–are added to Gyeongbokgung Palace, and there are 20-25 added to other regions.
Within these quests, you'll be able to play through missions and helping people, and in the process, learn about the various villagers that are otherwise overshadowed in all of the main story quests. Pearl Abyss is making the LoTML content a little richer with these everyday people stories to discover. Some of the new quests are also categorized as “epilogue” quests, That you can access after you have already completed the main questline.
There are some improvements for Arena of Solare, with new stats now set to apply at 100% instead of 50% and increased damage to enemies. That's based on character skill and equipment should be better balanced and more accurately reflected, giving everyone a little more flexibility in their builds.
The hardcore server gets a new location, Arena of the Dead in the Cantusa Desert. this structure is being added to the live server, but you won't be able to access it, since it is essentially a prison exclusive to the hardcore server. Eventually once it's added, it will be where dead characters can fight when the hardcore server opens.