Black Desert X Crimson Desert Collaboration and New Class ‘Seraph’ Unveiled at Calpheon Ball
Pearl Abyss unveiled a lineup of new content, system renewals, and cross-title collaborations for Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile during the 2025 Calpheon Ball. This year’s announcements highlighted the introduction of the new class Seraph, overhauls to progression and PvP systems, and an official collaboration with Crimson Desert, ahead of its global release in March 2026. For Black Desert Mobile, the developers also announced the arrival of the new Seraph class, as well as major remaster enhancements designed to modernize the mobile experience.
Black Desert – Key Announcements
New Class: Seraph
Pearl Abyss introduced Seraph, a new playable class arriving across multiple platforms. Wielding a massive greatsword and equipped with both grab and guard capabilities, Seraph introduces a dual-nature combat theme designed around light and shadow. Following a period of hands-on testing via the Global Lab, Seraph will launch on global servers on December 18, and on console platforms on January 8.
Monster Zone Improvements
Pearl Abyss detailed a reform of monster zones, introducing a new generation of top-tier farming zones designed for the most advanced Adventurers. Several regions will be reworked into high-end farming zones, equipped with new mechanics and exclusive loot such as Corrupt Oil of Immortality and color-shift weapon effects. Party-based farming zones are also expanding, including a new top-tier three-player farming zone in the Edania region and remastered versions of the Gyfin Rhasia Temple and Mirumok Ruins. To support less experienced Adventurers, the studio also announced strengthened milestone rewards, a streamlined enhancement system, and expanded avenues for Cron Stone acquisition across weekly boss encounters.
Alchemy Stone & Altar of Blood Renewal
Alchemy Stones above Resplendent grade can now be fused with Vell’s Heart. The Altar of Blood has also been fully remade into a large-scale, three-player cooperative defense challenge featuring expanded waves, new mechanics, and stack-based rewards.
PvP System Overhaul
Black Desert Online will undergo a structural overhaul of its PvP systems, particularly Node War, Siege War, Red Battlefield, Arena of Solare, and War of the Roses. Node War will introduce new territories, Ulukiita and Edania, to diversify regional combat, alongside revised participation rules, updated victory conditions, and expanded build-phase options. Reward structures across multiple PvP activities will be significantly elevated, allowing adventurers to earn higher-value combat items and family-wide enhancement materials. Additional refinements to matchmaking, MMR(Match Making Rating) evaluation, battlefield layouts, and siege weapon placement are set to modernize competitive play as a whole.
Olvia Academy
Operated in cyclical seasons, the Olvia Academy will offer guided combat and life-skill training, abundant source of Cron Stones, high-value enhancement tools, guaranteed high-grade weapons, and a wide range of progression materials, ensuring that new players enter the main game system with stability and confidence.
Life Skill Improvements
Life-skill players will also see major updates, including revisions to Seals and significant enhancements to horse taming, farming, and trading. Notable improvements include uniformed training XP gain across mount tiers, expanded stable capacity, enhanced inland fishing yields, a new treasure item tied to gathering, streamlined trading weights, and expanded trade routes.
Seasonal Events & Outfits
Winter season event returns with an expanded Snowboard Mode, now featuring Score, Jump, and Speed modes. A new outfit line, Spotlight, draws inspiration from K-pop star aesthetics.
Black Desert X Crimson Desert Collaboration
Adventurers who pre-register for Crimson Desert will receive exclusive rewards in Black Desert Online, including an Arduanatt mount, the Ashen Crow Horse Gear appearance set for mounts, a fourth-generation Golden Star pet, and Golden Star Statue, and a special manor decoration.
Black Desert Mobile – Key Announcements
New Class: Seraph
Black Desert Mobile will introduce Seraph on Global servers on December 16. The mobile version also incorporates the dual system, allowing players to enter either the light or darkness state depending on their passive specialization. Each form grants access to distinctly different combat styles, expanding variations in gameplay.
New Region: O’dyllita
Launching on February 24 for Global servers, O’dyllita is a new open-world region bordering Kamasylvia. The region includes its own version of the Rift, where waves of enemies and escalating bosses culminate in the appearance of the corrupted Kzarka. With the arrival of O’dyllita, players will also gain access to the new Kharazad accessory, ranked above Eternal grade, while allowing the transfer of level from existing accessory.
Azunak Arena Revamp
Azunak Arena will be redesigned as a two-player-per-team, twelve-team competitive mode featuring a newly flattened battlefield layout, shrinking zone mechanics, and elevated daily, weekly, and monthly reward scales. The updated battlefield is expected to arrive on Global servers on January 6.
Great Desert – Unified Difficulty Levels
The Great Desert difficulty levels will be unified, giving players freedom to enter any zone aligned with their combat power, while also introducing a new Chaos-grade Rune system to support further growth. This update is expected to arrive on Global Servers on January 27 launch.
Black Desert Mobile Remastered
Arriving as part of Korea server’s 8th anniversary, this remaster includes graphical upgrades through PBR rendering, SSR reflections, improved shadows, doubled draw distance, higher precision models, and expanded framerate support. Additional remaster categories will cover UI modernization, effect refinement, class restructuring through an Ascension-Awakening unification system, and a wide range of content improvements. The update also introduces a test server and a PC client, expanding flexibility for players who prefer to play on PC.
Black Desert Mobile X Crimson Desert Collaboration
Black Desert Mobile will also participate in the Crimson Desert collaboration, offering its own platform-specific rewards similar to those planned for Black Desert Online. Exclusive rewards for Adventurers who pre-register for Crimson Desert include the Arduanatt-exclusive mount gear Ashen Crow, a Tier 7 pet Golden Star, the camp decoration Golden Star Statue, and 4,000 Black Pearls.
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ABOUT BLACK DESERT IP
The Black Desert IP is Pearl Abyss’ open-world action MMORPG franchise with cutting-edge visuals and skill-based combat that redefines the genre. With the most developed character customization system of any game currently on the market, players can break out of the norm and make unique characters that truly represent themselves. Its intuitive controls, beautifully designed world, and extensive lore will excite both newcomers and veterans of MMO games and action RPGs. Pearl Abyss is currently servicing the Black Desert IP, which has gained 55 million players across the world on PC, mobile, and console.
ABOUT CRIMSON DESERT IP
Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Pearl Abyss, aiming for a global release on console and PC platforms. Through vibrant storytelling and intense action, Crimson Desert depicts realistic characters and narratives that revolve around the Greymanes fighting to achieve their noble mission. Players will experience the beautiful yet brutal continent of Pywel and witness the conflicts and epic sagas surrounding Kliff, the leader of the Greymanes, as his mission takes him on an unforgettable journey.
ABOUT PEARL ABYSS
Established in 2010, Pearl Abyss is a leading developer in the game industry with its renowned MMORPG franchise Black Desert, which is available on PC, mobile, and console. All of Pearl Abyss’ games are built on the company’s proprietary engine and are renowned for cutting-edge graphics. Pearl Abyss is currently developing Crimson Desert, DokeV, and PLAN 8 using its next-generation game engine and is poised to grow its overseas market. More information about Pearl Abyss is available at: www.pearlabyss.com.
